Movies: The American Museum Of Natural History
- 1994
Yellowstone (1994)
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See Yellowstone National Park: Grizzlies, geysers, rivers, canyons and, of course, moose. The history of Yellowstone National Park is vividly portrayed in this memorable film, from the Tukudika Tribe, the earliest known inhabitants, to the early expl...
- 1950
Gefährliche Jagd (1950)
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A humorous documentary about a historic hunt in 1929 through the African savannah and Indian jungle with lots of animal footage....
- 1969
The Big Bang (1969)
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The Big Bang presentation takes viewers back to the birth of the universe, through its expansion and cooling, and from the emergence of simple gas clouds to galaxies with stars and planets. Finally, it raises the question of the nature of the so-call...
- 2013
Dark Universe (2013)
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Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dark Universe brings audiences to the cutting edge of cosmic exploration to reveal the breakthroughs that have led astronomers to confront two great cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy. In stunningly detail...
- 1978
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend (1978)
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Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first Margaret Mead Film Festival. As both a friend and colleague, Rouch reveals a glimpse of the legendar...
- 2012
The CMB: A New View from the South Pole (2012)
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The icy South Pole desert is a harsh and desolate landscape in which few life-forms can flourish. But the extreme cold and isolation are perfect for astronomical observations. Taking advantage of the severe conditions, scientists are using the new So...
- 2014
Seeing Planets Like Never Before (2014)
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Astronomers have located more than 1,000 planets orbiting stars other than our own, and the latest observations are starting to reveal what these planets are like. The AMNH-led Project 1640 is at the forefront of this research. The project’s advanced...
- 1955
Wakamba! (1955)
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American docudrama film which takes place in Kenya. It is a dramatized presentation of some of the social customs of the Bantu people, as represented through a young native hunter, Tandu. Narrated by Paul E. Prentiss, the film was a co-production of ...
- 2013
Curiosity: Searching For Carbon (2013)
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The Curiosity rover is seeking environments on Mars that could support life—or could have in the past. Earlier Mars missions found signs of water, but not organic carbon—life’s essential building block. Watch the Curiosity team prepare to hunt for ca...
- 2016
Distant Quasars: Shedding Light on Black Holes (2016)
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How can scientists study a faraway black hole that emits no light? By observing its quasar. As objects get pulled onto the accretion disk orbiting a supermassive black hole, friction creates a bright light known as a quasar. In this video, researcher...
- 1927
Camping Among the Indians (1927)
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The American Museum of Natural History funded this trip to New Mexico, documenting several Native American dances and practices....
- 2012
SOFIA: Stars and the Space Between (2012)
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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy—SOFIA—is the only airborne telescope in the world. Infrared imaging of stars and planets is difficult from ground-based observatories because water vapor in Earth's lower atmosphere blocks most inf...
- 1927
Bees and Spiders (1927)
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This Devry educational short for the Museum of Natural History covers the honey bee, the field spider, and the trap door spider. Of course, it covers some of the basic knowledge that Pliny the Elder wrote about more than 2,000 years ago, and little m...