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The ascent of man. Disc one / a BBC Television Time-Life Films co-production.
LIBRA DVD 016 204
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human anatomy.
- Intellect.
- Human evolution.
- Agriculture--Origin.
- Agriculture.
- Bakhtiari (Iranian people).
- Neolithic period.
- Genre:
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ambrose Video, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; region 1.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Pt. 1: A multitude of evolutionary changes, anatomical and intellectual, gives rise to man's superiority among the animals. New computer techniques illustrate humanity's evolution, while x-ray and slow motion photography of an Olympic athlete in action show the complex interweaving of mind and body. Pt. 2: Man domesticates plant and animal life. With the Neolithic cultivators come the nomads and the roots of warfare. Cameras capture the unique lifestyle of the Bakhtiari tribe of central Iran and there recreate the war games of Genghis Khan.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Lower than the angels (52 min.)
- pt. 2. The harvest of the seasons (52 min.).
- Credits:
- Writer/narrator, Jacob Bronowski ; director, Adrian Malone ; editors, Paul Carter (pt. 1), Roy Fry (pt. 2) ; producers, Adrian Malone, Dick Gilling.
- Notes:
- Title from menu screen.
- Originally produced in 1974 as segments of a television series.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 82946640
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