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Abenteuerer und Kosaken
Kosaken vom Don und der Wolga waren die ersten, die den mutigen Schritt über den Ural wagten und in ein bis dahin völlig unbekanntes Land vorstießen. Die Eroberung Kasans 1552 durch Iwan den Schrecklichen hatte den Weg nach Osten ermöglicht. Doch es vergingen noch 30 Jahre, bevor der russische Zar... Die Eroberung Sibiriens
Adventure Bhutan - Expedition Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a mystical land tucked away in the high Himalaya, and even in the 21st century is virtually undiscovered by western explorers. Join an expedition going over snow covered mountains, down churning rapids and into thick sub-tropical jungle, on an adrenaline-fuelled mission to... 100 min 2007
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder, an American Masters special, is the first definitive portrait of the inventor of the mobile, a co-production of American Masters and Florentine Films/ Sherman Pictures LLC. The one-hour PBS program shows Calder at work in his studio, and features never before seen archival films... 60 min 1998
Altitude Everest Expedition 2007
Follow the Altitude Everest Expedition 2007 moment by moment as Conrad Anker leads a team retracing the last journey of legendary explorer George Mallory. In a golden age of exploration, Mallory was the pioneering adventurer who dared to reach into the world´s last great untouched wilderness. But... 2007
Antarktis - Die Entdeckung des Südpols
Einer der größten Südpolforscher war General Richard E. Byrd, der auf seinen zahlreichen Expeditionen zwischen 1929 und 1956 mehr als die Hälfte der Kontinentalfläche des Südpols entdeckte und kartographierte. Der Film erzählt von seiner Expedition von 1933 bis 1935. Den Kommentar zu diesem... 90 min 2004
Apollo 11 - First on the Moon: The Untold Story
One-Hour Special for Discovery Science Channel/five When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon in July 1969, Apollo 11 was hailed as the supreme triumph of American technology. But behind the flag waving lies a very different story: the untold account of how close the mission came to disaster... 60 min 2006
Apollo 13 - The Inside Story
One-Hour Special for five / Discovery Channel / La7 FremantleMedia When a violent explosion tore through the fragile skin of the Apollo 13 spacecraft 200,000 miles from earth in April 1970, NASA mounted the most dramatic rescue mission in the history of human exploration. For the first time,... 60 min 2007
Auf den Spuren von Max Planck
Das "Planck'sche Wirkungsquantum" - es beschreibt das exakte Verhältnis von Energie und Frequenz eines Lichtteilchens. 3:41 min
Auf den Spuren von Max Planck
The "Planck constant" describes the exact relationship between the energy and frequency of a photon. 3:41 min
Beckoning Silence
Im Mai 1985 überlebte der Engländer Joe Simpson wie durch ein Wunder ein schweres Bergunglück in den peruanischen Anden. Jetzt hat Joe Simpson die Bergstiefel wieder angezogen, um die Geschichte von Toni Kurz nachzuzeichnen, der 1936 an der Eiger-Nordwand unter tragischen Umständen zu Tode kam. Der... 73 min 2007
Beyond My Shore
Star of the West is a Galway hooker, a traditional timber built gaff-rigged sailing craft from the West of Ireland. Beyond My Shore traces the story of the Galway hooker through the eyes of 30 year old boat builder and fisherman Michael McDonagh, as he and six other crew members set sail on an 850... 1998
Calling Hedy Lamarr
Calling Hedy Lamarr is a film about the legendary Hollywood diva and so-called "most beautiful woman of the world" Hedy Lamarr (alias: Hedwig Maria Kiessler). It is hardly known that the famous actress was also a visionary inventor. Hollywood didn´t provide opportunities for female smart... 72 min 2004
Calling Hedy Lamarr
Ein Film auf den Spuren der legendären Hollywood-Diva Hedy Lamarr (alias: Hedwig Maria Kiessler), die eine Weile als "schönste Frau der Welt" galt. Kaum bekannt ist, dass sie parallel zu ihrer Filmkarriere eine visionäre Erfinderin war. Hollywood hatte keinen Platz für kluge Frauen, und... 72 min 2004
Captain Cook - Obsession and Discovery
"I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go." James Cook Geographer, historical consultant and bestselling British author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend as she traces his story in a series... 54 (per episode) min 2007
City of the God Kings
1000 years ago the ancient Cambodian city of Angkor was one of the biggest and most advanced cities in the world. But why was it abandoned to the jungle after occupying the site for six hundred years? Using new scientific discoveries and extensive CGI, the film brings to life the city of the God-... 50 min 2002 Lost Worlds
Columbus - Secrets from the Grave
Columbus is celebrated as the founding father of the new world. Yet for all his fame, he kept a closely guarded secret: his identity. Could he once have been a pirate? An enemy of the state? Even a Jew hiding from the terror of the Spanish Inquisition? The secret of Columbus´ true identity went... 60 min 2004
Conquistadors
In the early 16th century some 35 million people were ruled by two men whose names have resonated down the centuries: the Aztec Montezuma and the Inca Atahualpa. They were kings and gods in one, divine rulers with total sway over their subjects, yet these all-powerful emperors were swiftly brought... 180 min 2000
Darwin's Lost Paradise
Charles Darwin is one of mankinds greatest thinkers. His extensive scientific research, which culminated in the publication of the theory of evolution in 1859, shook man’s age old belief in being the chosen ones – the fruit of „divine creation“ and proved that man had developed through a long... 90 min 2008
Das goldene Vlies
Zwei Archäologen unterwegs auf den Spuren der mystischen Sage um das goldene Vlies. 3:05 min
Das goldene Vlies
Two archaeologists on the search for evidence of the mythical saga of the Golden Fleece. 3:05 min
Deep Water
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, Deep Water is the stunning true story of Donald Crowhurst, a free-thinking electronics inventor who enters the most daring nautical race ever, the very first Sunday Times Golden Globe solo, non-stop, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhust - driven by... 90 min 2005
Der Eiswanderer - Arved Fuchs
Arved Fuchs has turned adventuring into a lifestyle. The fifty-year-old from Northern Germany crossed Greenland, circumnavigated Cape Horn, and sailed through the most dangerous ocean of the world. He is the only human being who walked to the North and the South Pole in the same year. But he does... 2003 Abenteurer
Der Eiswanderer - Arved Fuchs
Arved Fuchs hat das Abenteuer zum Beruf gemacht. Der fünfzigjährige Norddeutsche hat Grönland durchquert, Kap Horn umrundet und das gefährlichste Meer der Welt durchsegelt. Er ist der Einzige, der in einem Jahr zum Nordpol und zum Südpol gelaufen ist. Doch sein Ziel sind nicht Rekorde, sondern ein... 2003 Abenteurer
Der Zauberlehrling
Dokumentarfilm über die Welt der Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure, die mit dem Computer zukünftige Visionen des Lebens realisieren wollen. Anhand der Innovationen von Forschern wie Joseph Weizenbaum, Giulio Sandini, Hans-Joachim Wünsche und Ray Kurzweil widmet sich der Film zukünftigen, quasi „... 90 min 2008
Die Erfindung der Schrift
Kaum eine andere Erfindung hat die geistige und kulturelle Entwicklung der Menschheit so stark geprägt wie die Erfindung der Schrift. Erst mit Schrift lassen sich Sprache und damit Wissen unabhängig von Personen überliefern. In der Stadt Uruk, im Süden Mesopotamiens, wurde im späten vierten... 71 min 2008 uni auditorium |
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