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Tarzan of The Apes: Swing into action with a great jungle adventure as spectacular animation and dazzling original songs bring Edgar Rice Burroughs' timeless fantasy to life. Treasure Island: Hoist anchor, maties! Set a course for the grandest pirate yarn ever to shiver the timbers in this animated, song-and-laughter filled version of Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbuckling adventure classic!
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Today, much of the planet's population lives in a British-shaped world. How did this clutch of islands off the coast of Europe come to dominate the globe? The British presents the history of the British Isles from Stonehenge to World War Two using gripping drama reconstruction, the latest CG, time-lapse and aerial footage. "Treasure Islands" covers the Roman conquest and withdrawal including the Battle of Anglesey, gladiator culture, Hadrian's Wall,...
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In Bermuda, David Wingate saved one of the rarest seabirds from extinction, the Bermuda Petrel, or Cahow and at the same time restored the habitat of Nonsuch Island to its pre-colonial native state in order to provide a safe haven for Cahow. This the story of how one man can save a species and how habitat can be restored.
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The museum as a social phenomenon owes its origins to the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century. The five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, built between 1824 and 1930, represent the realization of a visionary project and the evolution of approaches to museum design over the century. Each museum has been designed with a view to establishing an organic connection to the art it houses. The importance of the museum's collections—which bear...
12) Treasure Island
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Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.
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Aside from its 430 kilometers of golden sand coasts, Puerto Rico hides a colonial treasure of untold wealth. In the capital city of San Juan, signs of its sixteenth-century origins remain as well as colossal fortresses, earning it a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. Nestled in the Caribbean Sea, this island is a water-sports paradise, renowned for diving, sailing, and deep-sea fishing. It is also home to one of the rarest bioluminescent bays...
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When plucky penguin Pororo and his animal pals decide to be the world's greatest pirates, they discover a treasure map that brings them to a remote tropical island. There they meet marooned Captain Silver, who teaches them how to be good swashbucklers, but nasty Captain Dark shows up. too, and wants the riches for himself. To claim the gold guarded by the fierce sea monster Kraken, they must solve a series of magical puzzles. But how can they escape...