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121) Black Rain
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
A vividly detailed drama film about the horrors of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb, and the strength of those who survived. Based on the novel by Masuji Ibuse, it is set five years after the bomb was dropped in 1945. Yasuko lives with her aunt and uncle, who worry about her future health and marriage prospects.
122) Hiroshima
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
A dramatization of the decision to drop the atomic bomb and its consequences in Japan.
124) Lost Worlds
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Ancient cities are now accurately and beautifully rebuilt, using all new research and CGI. Places and events explored include the battle at Stirling Bridge, Romania's real life Dracula, the Biblical Jerusalem, lost city of Atlantis, and more.
125) Connections: 1-2
Series
Connections volume 1-2
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Description
A series presenting science as a detective story illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Part 1: Beginning in Egypt the program explains how plowing, building, writing, taxation, and astronomy began and how they became interdependent. Man's present dependence on complex technological networks is illustrated with a reconstruction of the New York City power blackout of 1965. The program ends in Kuwait, a...