All Movies : Geography

Amongst White Clouds: Amongst White Clouds is a look at the lives of zealot students, gaunt ascetics and wise masters living in isolated hermitages dotting the peaks and valleys of China's Zhongnan Mountain range. The Zhongnan Mountains have been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor...

Like a giant snake, the Nile River slithers through some of the driest desert on earth to isolate a narrow green valley. The Nile was also home to one of the earliest civilizations in history....

Ancient Graves Voices of the Dead: National Geographic Ancient Graves Voices of the Dead: Ancient Graves -- Voices of the Dead} is a video anthology of sorts that includes a vast assortment of burial styles, techniques, and examples to give viewers a concrete overview of the strange and mysterious h...

The Alhambra is the greatest example of Islamic military architecture in Europe. In 1238, the Moorish Sultan Muhammad I withdrew to Granada, in southern Spain, to create a bastion that would protect his family against Christian attack. It was here, against the backdrop of war and terror that Muhamma...

The story of the Taj Mahal is well known: a mausoleum built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Yet, there are probably some hidden meanings behind it. This program tries to find some of those meanings, ending up as the story of an egomaniac emperor, who ...

Zoo Comes to Class: Animals from Stanley Park Zoo visit an elementary school in Vancouver. Roll-call in the Rockies: In Banff National Park census takers on horseback count animals. Zoo Comes to Class: Animals from Stanley Park Zoo visit an elementary school in Vancouver. It's A Dog's Life: The S.P...

In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself. But then Omer is hardly looking. Instead he chooses to loose himself among the stacks of books at the local library, where he works. It is a respite from real life. From time to time he goes on bli...

Apollo Zero: Apollo was an anomoly in space travel, never surpassed or approached in 40 years. Learn why by watching this film....

Bruce travels to Alaska Americas last great wilderness where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas.Bruce learns the ropes onboard a salmon-fishing boat and dives to the bottom of the Bering Sea to look for gold.In the far north Bruce witnesses the annual whale hunt o...

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. The Gwitchin tribe has hunted migrating caribou in the Arctic wilderness for thousands of years but this tradition is now under threat from oil exploration. Bruce then heads south to the ta...