Contributor
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Imprint:Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.
Description6 videodisc ( 1055 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Title from container,"Four landmark BBC series presenting the definitive portrait of the land, wildlife and peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Antarcticia". -- from container
Note:Land of the Eagle disc 1. Episodes 1-4: The greatest encounter ; Confornting the wilderness -- Conquering the swamps ; Across the sea of grass -- Disc. 2 Episodes 5-8: Into the shining mountains ; Living on the edge ; The first and last frontier ; Searching for paradise. Spirits of the Jaguar Disc 3. The forging of a new world ; Forests of the Maya ; Hunters of the Caribbean Sea ; The fifth world of the Aztec. Wild South America Discs 4-5. Lost worlds ; Mighty Amazon ; The great plains ; The andes ;Amazon jungle ; Penguin shorees. Life in the freezer -- Disc. 6. The bountiful sea ; The ice retreats ; The race to breed ; The door closes ; The big freeze ; Footsteps in the snow.
Note:Land of the Eagle, the story of how North America was discovered, is told throught the eyes of the Native Americans and the European newcomers. A magnificent ensemble of paintings, photographs, wildlife films, and Native Amercans voicing the words of their ancesters. In Spirits of the jaguar amid volcanoes, jungles, deserts, and reefs, we enter the legendary kingdoms of the Mayas and Aztecs where each creature from monkey to snake , turtle to flamingo, is ruled by the all-powerful spirit of the jaguar.
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