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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 17 x 30 min. The Human Miracle 264781 Documentary 02 x 30 min. The Mysteries of the Brain 264762 Documentary 14 x 30 min. Science on the Seven Seas 264749 Documentary 05 x 30 min. Foresight 264724 Documentary 08 x 30 min. The Quest for Knowledge 264700 Documentary 64 x 30 min. Know it! 264743 Magazine 112 x 30 min. 224742 Clips 871 x 02–06 min. Totally Phenomenal 244680 Documentary 20 x 15 min. EinSteinchen (Animation) 124666 Animation 12 x 90 sec. EinSteinchen (Clips) 124665 Clips 12 x 03–05 min. TECHNOLOGY digital 264940 Documentary 04 x 30 min. Our Technical World 264848 Documentary 02 x 30 min. Faster, Higher, Stronger – Tomorrow’s Technology 264777 Documentary 05 x 30 min. MEDICINE How Nature Heals 264745 Documentary 15 x 30 min. TeleMed 264607 Documentary 44 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, Portuguese, Russian, 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, Portuguese, Russian, 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? Our planet and the life it sustains are the product of cosmic processes. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Portuguese, The stars have always fueled humanity’s desire for knowledge. Space Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, LR missions and sophisticated telescopes that reveal distant galaxies, black holes and exoplanets have enabled many groundbreaking insights into 264898 006 fundamental phenomena. Physics, chemistry and biology have all Aeronautics – What’s the Point? benefited as a consequence. Many technological achievements can be Aeronautics may be very expensive, but it is proving traced back to developments in space travel. During the Cold War the very useful. For example, satellites monitor Earth’s Soviet Union and the United States sparred to claim milestones such landmasses and oceans, making it possible to as the first satellite in space and the first manned moon landing, but identify changes swiftly. They provide evidence nowadays many teams work together on an international level. that climate change is a reality and that it is caused Key projects include research into earthlike celestial bodies, manned by humans. missions to Mars and the quest to find natural resources in space. Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, LR 264898 264898 001 Documentary, Apollo Astronauts – The Best of the Best 264898 007 17 x 30 min., Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on Space Junk – Long Ignored, Now a Major Threat Arabic, English, the moon in 1969. Only 11 other astronauts Debris has been accumulating in space for decades Spanish followed in those footsteps until the end of US now – old satellites and bits of rockets, for example. moon missions in 1972. How were those fortunate All that junk represents a serious and growing risk 12 x 30 min., few actually selected? to spacecraft and satellites. But the responsible Portuguese, Russian Documentary, 30 min., 2018, HD; Arabic, English, Portuguese, agencies on Earth have been slow to face up to the Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR problem, let alone develop ways to clean up space and mitigate the risk. 264898 002 Documentary, 30 min., 2018, 4K; Arabic, English, Portuguese, The Centerpiece of the Apollo Missions – Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, LR The Saturn V Rocket 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, Portuguese, Russian, 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, Portuguese, Russian, 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 264898 008 would an answer mean to us? Rendezvous for Peace – The Apollo-Soyuz Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Portuguese, Test Project Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR It was a historic moment when in 1975 a Soviet and an American spaceship met in space. It was the first 264898 012 such encounter of manned spacecraft from the two Where Will We Live? – The Colonization of Space nations. The commanders shook hands and became Overpopulation, catastrophic climate change or a life-long friends. The project was also a milestone basic urge to discover new places: There are many in the process of détente as the Cold War drew to a reasons why humans may one day seek to make close. Rapprochement in space went more swiftly their home far from Earth. This is no longer quite than on Earth. such a distant prospect, as plans are drawn up for Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Portuguese, colonies on the moon, on Mars, on asteroids and Russian, Spanish; VoD, LR in orbit around the Earth. The challenges are huge. Where might we want to live and where might it 264898 009 really be possible? Is There Life Beyond Earth? – Researching Documentary, 30 min., 2019, HD; Arabic, English, Portuguese, Exoplanets Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR 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, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish; VoD, M, IFE, LR SCIENCE 264898 013 264898 016 Mission to Mars – Exploring the Red Planet All Just Fake News? – Myths Surrounding the Missions to Mars are among the most ambitious Moon Landing space programs. Key considerations are the planet’s NASA’s manned missions to the Moon were a climate and geology. These factors will determine momentous moment in the history of mankind. whether and how manned flights to Mars will be So much so that doubters subsequently emerged realized. Mars rovers are already sending back claiming the whole story was nothing but a big hoax. breathtaking images of the surface of the Red Their theories persist to this day, not least because Planet. Scientists and engineers are working on several details of the photos and archive footage special devices for probing deep into the ground to don’t quite add up. What’s really going on here? locate potential water deposits.