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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MEDICINE NATURE ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE WORLD ISSUES HISTORY ARTS CULTURE PEOPLE PLACES CHILDREN YOUTH SPORTS MOTORING M U S I C FICTION ENTERTAINMENT For screening and comparehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com DW Transtel | Sales and Distribution | 53110 Bonn, Germany | [email protected] Key VIDEO FORMAT RIGHTS 4K Ultra High Definition WW Available worldwide HD High Definition VoD Video on demand SD Standard Definition M Mobile IFE Inflight LR Limited rights, please contact your regional distribution partner. For screening and comparehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com DW Transtel | Sales and Distribution | 53110 Bonn, Germany | [email protected] SCIENCE Science Workshop The series is designed to show viewers how scientific research can 262634 105 affect our everyday lives. The emphasis is not on dogmatic certainties Intelligent Plastics but on the struggle to extend the frontiers of knowledge. This Polymers, plastics obtained from petroleum, are “workshop atmosphere” is intended to give the viewer a better more versatile than virtually any other type of understanding of scientific research and make it clear that even the material. They are replacing conventional materi- most complex subjects can be broken down into a logical sequence als in more and more areas of application. The of small, individual steps. advantage of polymers is that they are light, have a long service life and can be recycled. These 262634 103 are outstanding prerequisites for becoming the Expedition into Nanoland leading materials of the future. And now plastics Nanotechnology – science on the border of the are revealing an entirely new capability: they are perceptible. Tiny particles and molecules are starting to organize themselves... giving growth in research and industry an Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2005; Arabic, English, French, undreamt-of boost. This film presents some of Spanish; WW the most interesting projects; for example, how nanoparticles hunt viruses, how nanominerals 262634 106 dispel toothache and how nanoglass makes the Concerns, Inventors, and Innovations sun shine more brightly. This film takes an exciting journey through the Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2005; Arabic, English, French, research laboratories of major concerns and Spanish; WW organizations. Optical data networks, the world’s starchiest potato, the fastest rail vehicles, outer 262634 104 space in the classroom, the digital motor car, air Healing with Molecules traffic logistics of the future – and time and again Medicinal drugs cure disease and save lives. But the question of whether firms in Germany, and a new drug usually takes twelve years to develop, Europe as a whole, are equipped for global often at a cost of more than 500 million euros. competition. Cooperation between university hospitals, bio- Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2005; Arabic, English, French, technology firms and the research departments Spanish; WW of pharmaceutical companies is of vital im- portance. This film traces the development of a medicinal drug and explains what Germany – and Europe as a whole – has to do to regain its place among the world’s elite. Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2005; Arabic, English, French, Spanish; WW For screening and comprehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com SCIENCE On a Research Trip in the Pacific 262634 113 Off the coast of Central America scientists on A Look into the Depths board the German research vessel “Meteor” are In this film an ROV submersible descends to a studying oceanic regions where tectonic plates depth of up to two thousand meters in search of are pushing against one another. They want to gas vents, bacteria mats, and samples of find out more about processes which influence sediment. the genesis of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2006; English, French, German, and tsunamis. The following three parts of this Spanish; WW, VoD, M mini-series not only take the viewer down to unknown depths, they also provide a look behind 262634 114 the scenes of a modern research ship. Change of Staff We experience a final dive on board the ROV submersible before heading for the port of Caldera. The exhausted scientists leave the ship with their “booty” to be replaced by a new team equipped with a deep-sea drill. Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2006; English, French, German, Spanish; WW, VoD, M 262634 115 Messages from the Mud In this film, as the Scottish team go into action with the deep-sea drill, geologists on board tensely await the first samples. But then the computer crashes… Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2006; English, French, German, Spanish; WW, VoD, M For screening and comprehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com SCIENCE 262634 122 262634 126 How the Brain Learns Synthetic Aperture Radar Reconnaissance The human body is controlled by twenty billion The synthetic aperture radar reconnaissance nerve cells. Each nerve cell is linked to thousands system (SAR) does not operate with normal of others, transmitting and receiving impulses photographic methods. Instead it utilizes via contact points called synapses. When we radar technology which enables it to see through learn, scientists believe, the number and strength cloud cover and take pictures even in the dark. of the synapses change. Developed in Germany, the SAR process yields Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, high-resolution images from a height of approxi- Spanish; LR mately 500 kilometers. The system can monitor the entire globe. 262634 123 Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, Perceiving Space – The 3-D-Puzzle of the Spanish; LR Neurons How does the brain perceive the spatial world? 262634 127 And what questions arise when this phenomenon Quantum Computers is researched? In their efforts to learn more, Quantum computers are microscopically small neuro-scientists are making only slow progress. and need comparatively little energy, but in It is an issue that also interests biologists, terms of computing power they are to present- engineers and philosophers. day computers as a rocket is to an ox-cart. Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, Quantum computers still belong to the realm of Spanish; LR science fiction. But researchers are already working on the fundamentals of these 262634 124 computers of tomorrow. Marine Research – Searching for Clues in the Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, Deep Spanish; LR Studying the oceans, which cover 70 percent of the earth’s surface, is no easy task. For thousands 262634 132 of years mankind was blind to life in the depths. The Big Bang – The Quest for Our Beginnings Yet processes take place there that have a The European Organization for Nuclear Research decisive influence on life and death on land. (CERN) near Geneva houses the world’s largest Researchers are trying to assess the dangers and highest-energy particle accelerator, the arising from these processes and to find Large Hadron Collider. It’s here that astrophysi- solutions in the deep to the major problems cists hope soon to simulate the Big Bang and the facing mankind – like climate change. conditions that followed it, in order to answer at Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, last some of the most fundamental questions Spanish; LR about the beginnings of the world and the universe. 262634 125 Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2009; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR Cool Beauties – Focus on Cold-Water Corals The sea off the coast of Europe, especially the 262634 133 continental shelf, is a paradise for coral. It is a The World’s New Eyes world ruled by cold water corals, which feed on New advances in perception have been made small crustaceans. Unlike their tropical relatives, thanks to the advent of raster electron micro- these corals need neither sunlight nor algae. scopes, extreme high speed cameras and Only one location seemed too adverse for cold- neutron tomography. These devices enable us to water corals: the Mediterranean. So an see things in the world that would otherwise expedition was mounted to find out why. The remain invisible. surprising result of this research is that the Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2009; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR corals also inhabit the Mediterranean. It is just that their presence is cleverly concealed. Documentary, 30 min., SD, 2008; Arabic, English, French, Spanish; LR For screening and comprehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com SCIENCE The Miraculous Cosmos of the Brain 264102 A comparison of the human brain with the 264102 008 Documentary, cosmos reveals astonishing similarities. The Our Senses Create Our World 13 x 30 min., SD, impenetrable infinity of the universe is paralleled 1992-1994; by that of the brain. The great fascination of 264102 009 Arabic, English, brain research derives from the hope of recog- When the World Doesn’t Make Sense French, Portuguese, nizing just what makes human beings “tick”. The Spanish goal is to find out more about the very nature of 264102 010 human existence. Without the brain there would The Brain Versus the Computer LR be no human awareness and thus no links to the world around us or to other people. We would 264102 011 have no knowledge of ourselves.