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Foreign Documentaries that start with the letter "V"
 | Virus Hunters follows the front line workers in the war on viruses, their triumphs and defeats, and the challenges they face with a potential global pandemic on the horizon. |
 |  Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention. |
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 | If a small volcano like Eyjafjallajokull can cause such chaos - what would a much bigger one do?
That's the question being pondered here while meteorologists explain how the unique conditions of this particular eruption came together to create a kind of perfect storm.
While science waits expectantly for a bigger, more easily pronounceable volcano to take over the spotlight, the best detail to emerge from this show is that the sensor located between Eyjafjallajokull and Katla is called Godabunga. |
 | 5) Voice Job This short documentary profiles a different tool for getting work. In an immigration-rich society, the agency Voice Job offers an alternative to the traditional job search. This film was made as part of the Work For All project 2006, an NFB and HRSDC-Labour initiative to combat racism in the workplace. |
 | During the 20th century more people were killed by viruses than by all warfare worldwide. Yet epidemiologists suspect the real invasion is yet to come. Hundreds and thousands of unknown types of viruses may surface from beneath the canopies of unexplored rainforests. "Why are we still here?" asks virus guru Joshua Lederberg. "Only because our microbial adversaries have a shared interest in our survival". But we cannot rely on this pact any longer. The top killers, malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS, kill 700 people every hour. Microbiological computer animation of modern plagues underline the viewers' feeling that science fiction is becoming fact and that human civilization has been invaded by the forces of THE VIRUS EMPIRE. The entire series is shot in high definition, as is the tradition in the case of documentaries produced by ColourFIELD. |
 | Join paleontologist Jack Horner on a journey into the arid badlands of Montana where more T. rex skeletons have been uncovered than any other place on earth. Follow Horner , who found five T. rex dinosaurs here in a single summer , as he scrutinizes the T. rex's arms, large olfactory lobes, tiny eye sockets and unique teeth, to gain insight into whether T. rex was a ferocious predator or an opportunistic scavenger. For example, Horner surmises that the T. rex's stumpy arms wouldn't allow T. rex to scoop up prey, indicating he may have come along after the kill.
Among Jack Horner's finds is the oldest T. rex ever found. At 68 million years, it's 3 million years older than any other specimen challenging the beliefs of when T. rex roamed the Earth. Also, see a 90% complete never before seen juvenile tyrannosaur called Daspletasaurus , an earlier large meat-eating cousin of T. rex. Visit dig sites, labs and museums, and witness brilliant computer animation that visualizes how these creatures lived and died. Plus, see new evidence that could allow scientists to reach ever further back in time. |
 | In this film, best selling author Philip Gardiner takes us on a journey into Norway to meet author, Harald S. Boehlke who has uncovered this amazing mystery in the land of the Norse.
Travel with us across a beautiful landscape, into the very heart of ancient serpent worship as we unravel the sacred language of our ancestors. See the amazing serpent Stave Churches up close; walk with us along the sacred pathways of the Celtic Church and discover their unique and clever symbolic devices; journey by boat to the Holy Island and enter a landscape virtually untouched by the ravages of time.
The Viking Serpent is a discovery on the scale of the Great Pyramids of Egypt and the Lost Tomb of Jesus, holding ancient truths of wisdom from a lost, yet highly sacred Church. Prepare to be stunned by the ramifications of this incredible find, and embark on a stunning, visual journey into a forgotten time and land.
, I can assure you that we are as excited by this discovery as you are., Henry Lincoln, co-author, The Holy Blood & The Holy Grail. |
 | A story of friendship, a retrospective, and a look at haute couture as business: we watch Valentino Garavani (1932- ) and partner Giancarlo Giammetti from preparation for the 2006 Spring-Summer Collection in Paris to a July 2007 retrospective of Valentino’s 45-year career, which included dressing Jacqueline Kennedy. The film documents a year of work, shows, business changes, and decisions. We follow a creation from sketch to runway: he’s always in pursuit of beauty. We’re in Paris, Rome, and Venice. He receives the French Legion of Honor medal; his acceptance speech brings tears. Reporters ask when he’ll retire. Is the Roman retrospective his career’s finale? Cue Puccini. |
 | 10) Vampire Secrets Think that the origins of the Vampire are strictly from Bram Stoker and Vlad the Impaler? Think again. This History Channel documentary delves even further into the myth based on true history that supposedly inspired the myth. Originally broadcasted in 2006, Vampire Secrets (narrated by Corey Burton) combines historical information with the contemporary phenomena that surrounds the vampire. With the aid of intense historical reenactments, interviews with experts of the subject, and some shocking revelations on how far some people get involved with the vampire phenomena, Vampire Secrets answers some questions we couldn't even think to have. |
 | 1988 docudrama about "the ideas of Douglas Hofstadter". It was created by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos. Features interviews with Doug Hofstadter and Dan Dennett. Dennett also stars as himself. Original acquired from the Center for Research in Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University. Uploaded with permission from Douglas Hofstadter. |
 | This is a documentary about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons. Scientists from both the NASA and ESA worked together to succesfully get two machines to find out what the conditions are like on Saturn and Titan. A little while later after they got Cassini-Huygens orbiting Saturn, Huygens separated from the Cassini orbiter and went on its way to descent onto the surface of Titan. This was one of the most crucial parts of the mission, as the friction with the atmosphere would turn Huygens into a fireball of more than 11,000 degrees Celsius. |
 | This documentary-drama is the true story of Norwegian, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer & hero & his attempt to be the first person to reach the North Pole. His expedition, although never reaching the pole, was truly the most successful failure ever. |
 | This is the true story of how Ferdinand Magellan was credited as the 1st person to circumnavigate the globe. He transformed an ambitious commercial voyage into a truly historic one; turning himself into one of the most celebrated explorers in history. |
 | In 79AD Italy’s Mt. Vesuvius erupted in a torrent of death & destruction. In the Roman towns of Pompeii & Herculaneum hundreds perished in what was one of the worst volcanic disasters in human history. This documentary tells what really happened that day. |
A total of 17 videos found in Foreign Documentaries that start with the letter "V"
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