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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 comprehensive 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 comprehensive catalog information, please register online at b2b.dw.com DW Transtel | Sales and Distribution | 53110 Bonn, Germany | [email protected] Table of Contents SCIENCE ORDER NUMBER FORMAT RUNNING TIME Reaching for the Stars 264898 Documentary 12 x 30 min. The Human Miracle 264781 Documentary 05 x 30 min. The Mysteries of the Brain 264762 Documentary 15 x 30 min. Science on the Seven Seas 264749 Documentary 09 x 30 min. Foresight 264724 Documentary 15 x 30 min. The Quest for Knowledge 264700 Documentary 79 x 30 min. Know it! 264743 Magazine 110 x 30 min. 224742 Clips 816 x 02–06 min. Totally Phenomenal 244680 Documentary 28 x 15 min. EinSteinchen (Animation) 124666 Animation 12 x 90 sec. EinSteinchen (Clips) 124665 Clips 12 x 03–05 min. TECHNOLOGY Our Technical World 264848 Documentary 06 x 30 min. Faster, Higher, Stronger – Tomorrow’s Technology 264777 Documentary 18 x 30 min. MEDICINE How Nature Heals 264745 Documentary 14 x 30 min. TeleMed 264607 Documentary 51 x 30 min. The World of Medicinal Plants 264710 Documentary 04 x 30 min. SCIENCE 264898 003 Is There Life Beyond Earth? – Exploring Our Solar System Scientists are looking for evidence or even proof that there is or has been life elsewhere in the cosmos. They believe missions to Mars and to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn will help them in their quest. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR 264898 004 Our Link to the Stars – Cosmic Rays Life on Earth owes its existence to the stars. And scientists believe that these stars continue to exert an influence on us – through cosmic rays. Research facilities all over the world are exploring just how they affect us and our environment, as well as how they facilitated life in the vastness of the universe. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR 264898 005 Living in Space – Fantasy or Imminent Reality? Manned space flights are expensive and, despite all the technological advances, they are still dangerous. Could it nonetheless be the case that one day people Reaching for the Stars will head off into space not just to conduct scientific research but to settle on other planets? 20 July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of man’s first step on the moon. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Spanish; To this day, only the United States has completed successful manned VoD, M, LR missions to Earth’s only natural satellite. In doing so, the US sealed victory over the then Soviet Union in the Space Race between the two 264898 006 Cold War superpowers. It began in the mid -1950s and in the early years Aeronautics – What’s the Point? the Soviet Union was in the lead: In 1957, Sputnik 1 became the first Aeronautics may be very expensive, but it is proving satellite to go into orbit around the Earth; in 1961 Yuri Gagarin became very useful. For example, satellites monitor Earth’s the first person to travel into space. The rivalry has since given way to landmasses and oceans, making it possible to co-operation. The International Space Station is jointly run by the space identify changes swiftly. They provide evidence agencies of the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. Nations send that climate change is a reality and that it is caused their scientists to the ISS to conduct a variety of experiments. by humans. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Spanish; 264898 264898 001 VoD, M, LR Documentary, Apollo Astronauts – The Best of the Best 12 x 30 min., Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on 264898 007 Arabic, English, the moon in 1969. Only 11 other astronauts Space Junk – Long Ignored, Now a Major Threat Spanish followed in those footsteps until the end of US Debris has been accumulating in space for decades moon missions in 1972. How were those fortunate now – old satellites and bits of rockets, for example. few actually selected? All that junk represents a serious and growing risk Documentary, 30 min., 2018, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; to spacecraft and satellites. But the responsible VoD, M, IFE, LR agencies on Earth have been slow to face up to the problem, let alone develop ways to clean up space 264898 002 and mitigate the risk. The Centerpiece of the Apollo Missions – Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Spanish; The Saturn V Rocket VoD, M, LR The centerpiece of the Apollo missions was the gigantic Saturn V rocket. Without it, there would have been no flights to the moon. Its development was masterminded by Wernher von Braun from Germany. He led a team of more than 200,000 scientists and engineers. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR SCIENCE 264898 010 Microorganisms – Space Travel Stowaways It’s probably the least-known specialist field in space travel: Planetary Protection. Huge sums are spent on disinfecting spacecraft and equipment in line with stringent regulations. Were terrestrial microorgan- isms to hitch a ride on a vessel bound for space, they could perhaps contaminate celestial bodies such as Mars. Conversely, if microbes from alien worlds found their way to Earth in rock samples, who knows what that could lead to? Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR 264898 011 Talking to Extraterrestrials No man-made objects have ventured further into space than the two American Voyager space probes. Each is carrying a Golden Record – a gold-plated phonograph disc with images, sounds and messages of greeting from Earth. The intended recipients are extraterrestrials intelligent enough to understand them. We’ve also sent interstellar radio signals such as the “Arecibo message“ into space. So far, the messages have been met with silence. But what would an answer mean to us? 264898 008 Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; Rendezvous for Peace – The Apollo-Soyuz VoD, M, IFE, LR Test Project It was a historic moment when in 1975 a Soviet and 264898 012 an American spaceship met in space. It was the first Where Will We Live? – The Colonization of Space such encounter of manned spacecraft from the two Overpopulation, catastrophic climate change or a nations. The commanders shook hands and became basic urge to discover new places: There are many life-long friends. The project was also a milestone reasons why humans may one day seek to make in the process of détente as the Cold War drew to a their home far from Earth. This is no longer quite close. Rapprochement in space went more swiftly such a distant prospect, as plans are drawn up for than on Earth. colonies on the moon, on Mars, on asteroids and Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; in orbit around the Earth. The challenges are huge. VoD, LR Where might we want to live and where might it really be possible? 264898 009 Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; Is There Life Beyond Earth? – Researching VoD, M, IFE, LR Exoplanets Thanks to super-telescopes on Earth and in space, we now know that most stars in our galaxy have their own planet or planets. Thousands of these exoplanets have already been discovered; there are thought to be billions. Could there be life on any of them? Scientists are searching far beyond our solar system for a “second Earth”. Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR SCIENCE The Human Miracle The human heart pumps 8,000 liters of blood around the body every day. 264781 005 Human eyes can differentiate between more than seven million colors. What Makes Some of Us Strong? Human skin has thousands of sensors that detect sensations and relay Why does one person emerge stronger from a information to the brain. The human brain can store the same amount crisis, and another cracks under the strain? Why of information as 20,000 dictionaries. All these statistics show that the do some people know how to turn failure to their human body is quite rightly regarded as a miracle. And not all human advantage, while others do not? The capacity to cope capabilities can be expressed in numbers. successfully with stressful situations such as failure, misfortune and emergencies is what researchers call 264781 264781 001 resilience. But where does such strength come from? Documentary, Little Conquerors – How Babies Discover the World Is it something we are born with, or can we acquire it 05 x 30 min., In the first three to four years of their lives, children through learning? Arabic, English, accomplish incredible feats of learning.