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violence and aggressive behavior in children. The Frontline team also set up
surveillance cameras in the homes of three families with children in third grade
to find the effects of viewing habits.
Off-air recording.
ERC VID.
302.2345 DOES (Not for I.L.L.).
THE TUBE IS REALITY [VIDEORECORDING].
Producer & director, Michael Jones and Nicholas Fraser.
Television programs in America present their own version of events. The three
major networks have created one nation under television.
Off-air recording of SBS Television Broadcast 25/2/92 Channel Four Television,
c1991.
ERC Media Store.
302.2345 TUB : VHS.
GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL [VIDEORECORDING] / DIRECTOR AND SERIES PRODUCER, CASSIAN
HARRISON.
Off-air recording of the ABC program broadcast 02/01/05, 09/01/05, 16/01/05.
Copied under Part 5A of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winner: Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human
societies by Jared Diamond.
Copyright notice: Commonwealth of Australia. Copyright Regulations. 1969.
Warning.
[disc 1] episode 1. Out of Eden ; episode 2. Conquest -- [disc 2] episode 3.
Into the tropics.
Produced & directed (1-2) by Tim Lambert ; editor (1-2) James Gold, (3) Simon
Greenwood.
Host and consultant, Jared Diamond ; narrated (1-3) by Peter Coyote.
This documentary is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title
by Jared Diamond. He has spent over 30 years, travelling the globe in search of
answers to the question of why the world is so unequal. He has journeyed across
five continents, from the jungles of P.N.G. to the snow-capped peaks of Peru.
Professor Diamond has delved deep into the past and explored the very roots of
power in the modern world, i.e., how guns, germs and steel have shaped the
history of the world. His quest is to understand why one people, Europeans have
conquered so much of the world. In his view, the roots of European triumphs
stretched back thousands of years and rest on the power of geography. His quest
is also to understand the great forces of human history, the lives of individual
human beings who lie at the heart of this world. Finally, the questions which
still remain are, why the world is divided between rich and poor; and how this
inequality could perhaps be changed. To recreate the essence of the book, this
film uses epic and stylish dramatic reconstructions, the latest in digital
computer graphics, together with stunning and entertaining footage of the
natural world.
Episode one examines why people in different places have adapted so differently
over time; what growing wheat and chickpeas had to do with power and dominance;
how agriculture led to innovations and technology; and why they led Europeans to
conquer the world. Episode two looks at how a small band of Conquistadors
annihilated an Inca army of some 80,000 warriors. It explores the questions of
whether the Spanish had steel and germs; and, if Europe promoted innovation and
the spread of ideas, what made different parts of the continent develop so
differently. Episode three deals with the questions of why the benefits of
agriculture had not spread evenly around the world, stimulating innovation in
every corner. It looks at why some countries are so rich, while others are so
terrribly poor, even when surrounded by new technologies. Another question is
whether geography can still have influence on the success or failure of people
and nations, at a time when ideas can spread instantly over the Internet, or by
mobile phone.
First released: [U.S.] : Produced by Lion Television for National Geographic