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Discovery Channel - How It's Made: Sports Collection (2011)

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How It's Made: Sports Collection
Have you ever wondered how many of the everyday objects we use become the things they are. Watch as How It s Made - Sports reveals the methods and materials of everyday items in a behind-the-scenes look at the manufacturing process of footballs, golf balls, baseball bats and much more!
This collection of short documentaries explains how 40 different everyday pieces of sports equipment are created and how they developed over time

Part 1:
Disc 1
• Footballs
• Football Helmets
• Beer
• Baseball Bats Aluminum
• Baseball Bats - Wooden
• Mascots
• Hot Dogs
• Wooden Golf Clubs
• Golf Putters
• Golf Balls
• Golf Tees
• Hockey Pucks
• Goalie Pads
• Hockey Sticks
• Goalie Masks
• Hockey Gloves
• Ice Skates
• Skating Rinks
• Snowmobiles
• Curling Stones

Part 2:
Disc 2
• Cross-Country Skis
• Snowboards
• Bamboo Fly Rods
• Graphite Fly Rods
• Fly Fishing Reels
• Fishing Flies
• Fishing Reels
• Fishing Lures
• Darts
• Billiard Cues
• Billiard Tables
• Pinball Machines
• Lacrosse Sticks
• Cricket Bats
• Kayaks
• Wooden Kayaks
• Cedar Canoes
• Canoe Paddles
• Personal Watercraft
• Inflatable Watercrafts

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Sports Collection

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BBC - Britain's Lost Treasures Returned (2013)

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Dan Cruickshank tells the story of how the first British prime minister Robert Walpole's art collection, one of the finest in the 18th century western world, was sold to Russia in the 1770s and how, for the first time, it is returning to Britain for the summer of 2013 to hang in its original home of Houghton Hall in Norfolk.

Full title: Britain's Lost Treasures Returned: How Houghton Got Its Art Back

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Grainger TV - Wildest Islands of Australia (1999)

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Wildest Islands of Australia
Wildest Islands of Australia shows the enormous diversity of both plants and wildlife in the islands surrounding Australia. Sanctuaries like idyllic Lord Howe Island are shown with its plentiful colonies of birds, such as the endemic endangered Lord Howe Island Woodhen, and the Red-tailed Tropic-bird, with its fancy courting rituals. Kangaroo Island is featured, with its own sub-species of kangaroo, as well as koalas and sea lions. On Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, there s the very friendly marsupial, the Ouokka. And on Montague Island, off the far south coast of Australia, penguins and seals mix with whales and dolphins. The program also shows the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef, highly colorful corals teeming with giant rays, and sharks. Finally, there's the extremes of the sub-Antarctic on Macquarie Island, with huge colonies of colorful king penguins.

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www.graingertv.com

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Discovery Channel - How It's Made Collection 2 (2008)

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How It's Made Collection 2
Each day we use hundreds of products throughout our routines, never stopping to think about where those products come from and how they were manufactured. How It's Made shows you the outrageous behind the ordinary in the step-by-step processes of building, crafting and creating our most common products.

Part 1:
Disc 1
Part 1 pre-inked stamps, cranberries, cotton yarn and road signs
Part 2 combination locks, pottery, recreational vehicles and erasers
Part 3 wheel loaders, vegetable oil, hand tools and cotton swabs
Part 4 temporary metal fences, expanded polystyrene products and hard candies,
Part 5 horse-drawn carriages, artificial eyes, and dog and cat food, mirrors
Part 6 yogurt, candles, neon signs and bookbindings
Part 7 fresh-cut flowers, adhesive tape, tofu and lottery tickets
Part 8 prepared mustard, violins, nuts and bolts, and toilet paper
Part 9 inflatable watercraft, couscous, modelling dough and wicker product

Part 2:
Disc 2
Part 10 wind generators, PVC gloves, and thermo-formed glass and fire trucks
Part 11 car radiators, hatchery chicks, phyllo pastry and cross-country skis
Part 12 electric baseboard heaters, moulded pulp container
Part 13 fighter boots, garden tools, automated machines and gypsum board
Part 14 plastic bottles & jars, mail, eggs, and handcrafted wooden pens
Part 15 plastic injection moulds, automotive oil filters, filing cabinets
Part 16 high-precision cutting tools, stained glass, semi-trailers
Part 17 conga drums, metal plating and buttons
Part 18 grinding wheels, compost, window blinds and milk

Part 3:
Disc 3
Part 19 brushes & push brooms, blackboards, smoked salmon and zippers
Part 20 3D commercial signs, hardwood floors, corrugated polyethylene pipe
Part 21 ceramic tiles, nuts, steel forgings and skateboards
Part 22 car engines, flour, recliners and envelopes
Part 23 plastic cups & cutlery, special effects makeup, gold and harps
Part 24 countertop laminate, frozen treats, children's building blocks and detergents
Part 25 architectural moldings, pulleys, industrial rubber hose and sheet vinyl flooring
Part 26 putty knives, garage doors, electric motors and wool

Further Information

en.wikipedia.org

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ZED - Tank on the Moon (2007)

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During the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a feverish competition to be the first to set foot on the moon. We know who won this race, but less about a secret chapter.

The Soviets may not have sent a man to the moon, but they successfully guided two small robots by remote control from the earth.

For 16 months between 1970 and 1973, these "Lunokhods" traveled more than thirty miles over the moon's surface. With the declassification of the former USSR space archives, along with recollections by several of the key participants in the Lunokhod program, the true story of the Russian lunar robots can finally be told.

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