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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] Table of Contents SCIENCE ORDER NUMBER FORMAT RUNNING TIME Reaching for the Stars 264898 Documentary 07 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 73 x 30 min. Know it! 264743 Magazine 103 x 30 min. 224742 Clips 775 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 44 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? On 20 July 2019, exactly 50 years will have passed since the first man Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Spanish; set foot on the moon. To this day, only the United States has completed VoD, M, LR successful manned missions there. They sealed its victory over the then Soviet Union in the Space Race, which had begun in the mid-1950s 264898 006 between the two Cold War superpowers. In the early years, however, Aeronautics – What’s the Point? the Soviet Union had been 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. That rivalry has since given way to landmasses and oceans, making it possible to co-operation. The International Space Station is a project run by the identify changes swiftly. They provide evidence space agencies of the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. Scientists that climate change is a reality and that it is caused from around the world come together up there to conduct experiments. by humans. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Spanish; 264898 001 VoD, M, LR Apollo Astronauts – The Best of the Best Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on 264898 007 the moon in 1969. Only 11 other astronauts Space Junk – Long Ignored, Now a Major Threat 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 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 001 resilience. But where does such strength come from? Little Conquerors – How Babies Discover the World Is it something we are born with, or can we acquire it In the first three to four years of their lives, children through learning? accomplish incredible feats of learning. They set Documentary, 30 min., 2011, SD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR out to explore and conquer the world. They aim to make contact with their counterparts from the first 264781 006 moment. Children are naturally inquisitive, and The Secret of Healing Powers learning is an almost automatic process – providing A baby is born and survives that doctors think does they grow up in a stimulating environment in which not stand a chance. A paralyzed cellist returns to they feel safe. For a long time, scientists thought the concert stage, even though that is said to be out conscious communication only began with language. of the question after four brain operations. Both But pre-linguistic contact with the world is the very recoveries were only possible because doctors were first stage of all communication and learning. prepared, alongside modern medicine, to put their Documentary, 30 min., 2011, SD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR faith in the power of self-healing. Documentary, 30 min., 2011, HD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR 264781 002 The Ego… What is it? Is human consciousness just a neurochemical process? If so, what does that mean for the idea of free will or the human subject or self? Does modern brain research show that it is not the self that decides what we think and want, but rather chemical and physical processes in the neurons? Some philosophers reject such theories. They point to the impact that consciousness can have on the nervous system, for example in the case of the placebo effect. Documentary, 30 min., 2011, SD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR 264781 003 How Our Muscles Influence Our Lives Until now, the 640 muscles in the human body were viewed as components of a highly complex system, but also as passive command receptors. But new research shows that the fibers play a much more important role. Muscles emit a large number of transmitters, most of which have not yet been properly analyzed, and communicate with other organs. Documentary, 30 min., 2011, SD; Arabic, English, Spanish; LR SCIENCE The Mysteries of the Brain The brain is the nerve center of the human body. It is the point where 264762 003 all information from the body and its environment is collected and Nerve Center for Movement processed into reactions and memories. Everything we think, say or do is We need our brain to think and learn. But it is also controlled by the brain, as are processes that occur without our conscious responsible for controlling our movements. We learn input, such as understanding what we are seeing or hearing, feeling to control our movements through the cerebral joy or fear, or recognizing danger.