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Chasing Steve: a mystery in the night sky
"Chasing Steve" is a documentary about a group of unwitting Alberta aurora chasers who discover a new phenomenon in the night sky and name it.
For years, a group of aurora chasers across Alberta had been photographing a curious ribbon of purple and green light in their night skies. Extending for thousands of kilometres and appearing for just a few minutes to an hour at a time, these citizen scientists captured this celestial phenomenon in their photographs not quite knowing what it was.
The documentary is the exciting and heart-warming tale of what happened when the word got out, and the world met ‘STEVE’.
Password: Aurora
The End Game
THE END GAME is a documentary film about coral bleaching caused by global warming. The film was shot during the global bleaching event of 2014-2016, which destroyed coral reefs including those in Hawaii and parts of the Great Barrier Reef. The film covers the causes and effects of bleaching, and follows the work of the late Dr. Ruth Gates, one of the top researchers in the world, to develop a strategy to protect reefs from the coming destruction.
Space Suite I
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos. You'll take a dip into a star and discover how the ingredients for life came to be, tour the planets, and discover what a typical day looks like for Astronaut Chris Hadfield.
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Space Suite II
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos. See what the Universe would look like if you had infrared vision, radio vision, even X-ray and gamma ray vision, celebrate the beauty of a rare lunar eclipse, and fly through Saturn's rings.
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Space Suite III
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos. Explore a world of clouds, lightning and endless storms, witness the evolution of the space craft, and discover what is it like to navigate through a normal day when everything around you floats.
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Space Suite IV
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos. Find out how planet Earth has endured millennia of meteorites and meteor showers, explore the monsters in our universe that are swallowing stars, and follow the story of the telescope.
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Space Suite Apollo
Trace the history of NASA's Lunar missions from Mercury to Gemini, to the Apollo Missions that ultimately landed a man on the moon. Set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Space Suite Apollo gives viewers an unflinching look at the raw footage that continues to capture the world's imagination.
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Knowledge Kids
Watch hundreds of full length episodes of top rated kids shows. Play your favourite games! Commercial free good fun, and no registration required.
OMNIMAX® Films
Dinosaurs Alive!
Dinosaurs Alive! is a global adventure of science and discovery – featuring the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous, “reincarnated” life-sized for the giant screen. Audiences will journey with some of the world’s preeminent paleontologists as they uncover evidence that the descendants of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us. Narrated by Michael Douglas.
We would like to thank Giant Screen Films for sharing this film with us.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Part historic journey and part forensic adventure, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs follows researchers and explorers as they piece together the archaeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies. Through ambitious computer graphics and dramatic reconstructions, the film tells the story of one of the greatest finds in modern history: the late 19th century discovery of a cache of forty mummies, including twelve Kings of Egypt, among them the legendary the Great. Narrated by Christopher Lee.
We would like to thank Giant Screen Films for sharing this film with us.
Wild Ocean
Wild Ocean is an award-winning, action-packed adventure exploring the interplay between man and our endangered ocean ecosystem. The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy, an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind. Narrated by John Kani.
We would like to thank Giant Screen Films for sharing this film with us.