HD Bundy's Last Great Adventure (2001)

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Bundy's Last Great Adventure (2001)



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Bundy's Last Great Adventure follows the out-of-retirement journey of a 2-foot gauge locomotive (popularly called 'Puffing Billys') from its current home at the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Woodford over 2,000 kilometers of track to the banks of the Daintree River in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Shot in stunningly beautiful countryside in tropical North Queensland, from the sub-tropics in the south to the lush tropical wilderness of Far North Queensland this 'tiny-but-tough' loco journeys through breathtakingly beautiful locations that are truly world-class. Spectacular landscapes, amazing wildlife, rural lifestyles and some outrageous characters, and of course it's not short of a yarn or two. In the mist-shrouded mountains, rare rain-forest birds cry out all around us. The scenery we encounter is amongst the most beautiful on earth, and includes World Heritage rainforest, waterfalls, mountains, tropical jungle, and wildlife found nowhere else in the world. We take time off to explore as much of it as we can.

This is 'Bundy' country!

'Bundy' is a small, cantankerous steam locomotive, which was built in 1951 in the Bundaberg Foundry, and served as a 'sugar-train', hauling cane from farm to mill. Years ago, when Australia's sugarcane industry retired the last of the small steam trains known as Puffing Billys that should have been the end of it. But something about those cranky, independent- minded iron beasts, especially one called Bundy, got right under the skin of a small group of cane-train enthusiasts - members of a locomotive preservation museum.

And now they're back to fulfill a dream.









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Video Codec: x264 (2-pass) MPEG-4 AVC
Custom Matrix: Yes (Prestige)
Average QP: I=18.41, P=20.43 & B=22.13
Video Bitrate: 6000 KB/s
Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
Audio Codec: AAC
Audio BitRate: 192 KB/s 48KHz
Audio Channels: 2 Ch
RunTime: 00:43
Framerate: 25 FPS
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.85GB
Encoded by gavin63
Subtitles: No TV Cap
Source: HDTV

Release Notes

* This is x264 codec and HDTV so not compatible with stand alone DVD divx players
* I recommend using VLC or Media Player Classic for playback
* There is a little blocking in a few scenes tried 3 separate encodes with different settings

Tropical North Queensland

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Tropical North Queensland



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Take a journey through tropical Queensland's magnificent heartland - the sun-blessed coasts and whispering emerald rainforest of the wet tropics world heritage area.

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Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Resolution: 720 x 400
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio BitRate: 192 KB/s (CBR)
Audio Channels: 2 Ch
RunTime: 00:44
Framerate: 25 FPS
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 744 MB
Encoded by: gavin63
Subtitles: No TV Cap
Source: DVB

NG Naked Science - Surviving Natures Fury (2004)

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National Geographic Naked Science - Surviving Natures Fury (2004)

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We have no natural defences to the deadly extremes offered up by nature. Lightning bolts, excessive heat, severe cold, water, hail and wind are all examined for their respective threats to the human body.



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Video Codec: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Video Bitrate: 1917 KB/s
Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Resolution: 688 x 384
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio BitRate: 160 KB/s (CBR)
Audio Channels: 2 Ch
RunTime: 00:50
Framerate: 25 FPS
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 744 MB
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Subtitles: No TV Cap
Source: DVB

HDTV BBC Natural World - Queen of Trees (2006)

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HDTV BBC Natural World - Queen of Trees (2006)

Winner of the best nature documentary award 2006
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On a riverbank in Kenya, Africa, a seemingly ordinary giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish. Each individual fig is a infinitesimal microcosm of life: a stage set for birth, sex and death, in which the tiny fig wasp players battle against predators and parasites to fulfil their mission, which is to pollinate a tree whose flowers bloom inside its fruit.

An intimate and unbelievably detailed portrait of the fig wasps and their world is made possible by the patience and skill of two remarkable film-makers, who employ the magic of ultra-macro photography and high definition cameras to tell a wildlife story which has never been told before. It is one of the most amazing stories in the natural world a tale of intrigue and drama, set against grand Africa and its wildlife.






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Video Codec: XviD MPEG-4 codec
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Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
Audio Codec: FAST Multimedia AG DVM (Dolby AC3)
Audio BitRate: 448 KB/s (CBR)
Audio Channels: 2 Ch
RunTime: 00:52
Framerate: 25 FPS
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.87 GB
Encoded by: gavin63
Subtitles: No TV Cap
Source: HDTV



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This is BBC Natural World not the PBS release
Torrent name has been changed but the file name has not.


More Awards
2005 European International Wildlife Film Festival, Liden
Delegates Choice

2006 FIFA Int. Film Festival
Best Scientific Film

2006 29th International Wildlife Film Festival � Missoula
Best Television Programme

2006 Peabody Award
George Foster Peabody Festival

2006 Shanghai International Television Festival
Best nature film - Magnolia Award

2006 BANFF International Festiva;
Best High Definition film - NHK President's award

2006 Telluride Mountainfilm festival
Grand Prize

2006 Telluride Mountainfilm festival
Public choice award

2006 16th Festival de l'oiseau
Special Jury award

2006 NATURVISION International Festival, Germany
Best Cinematography

2006 Matsula International Festival
Grand Prix - Best of Festival

2006 TELENATURA - International festival, Spain
Best of Festival

2006 TELENATURA - International festival, Spain
Best Cinematography

2006 Wildscreen Finalist
Animal Behaviour, Music

2006 WAGA International Festival, Poland
Grand Prix - Best of Festival

2006 SONDRIO festival, Italy
Best of Festival

2006 SONDRIO festival, Italy
Public choice award

2006 Festival de l'Image et Science, France
Grand Prix - Best of Festival

2006 Moondance 2006
Sandcastle award

2006 Wild & Scenic environmental film festival
John de Graff environmental award

2007 2nd International Science film Festival
Best of Festival

2007 Ecovision 2007
Best Environmental Documentary

2007 Asia Wildlife Film Festival
Best Cinematography

2007 Asia Wildlife Film Festival
Best script-writing

2007 New York festivals
Best of Festival - documentary

2006 Explorers Club - International Festival
Best of Festival

2007 CINE awards
Golden Eagle Award

2007 US Int. Film & Video Festival
Golden Camera - 1st Place

From The Heart Of The World - The Elder Brothers Warning [1991]

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From The Heart Of The World - The Elder Brothers Warning [1991]

Video: XViD 432 X 320
Audio: 80 kbps VBR MP3
Runtime: 1:26:31
Source: VHS

A BBC TV production in association with the Goldsmith Foundation.

The Kogi are an indigenous people living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia, in South America.

They are the only civilisation to have survived the Spanish conquests and to have kept their individuality. They are perhaps the only indigenous people in the world who, because of the particular nature of their surroundings, have been able to keep themselves apart and sustain their culture inviolate. And not only that.

The one anthropologist who managed to study them in the 1940's and 50's concluded that though they are similar in some ways to the other Indian peoples around the Caribbean, northern Central America and south to the Andes, there are such profound differences that "in the end the Kogi stand alone".

They have survived to this day, keeping their traditions and relying upon, and looking after, the mountain environment. They believe it is their duty to look after the mountain which they call "The Heart of the World". They call themselves the Elder Brother and refer to the new- comers as the Younger Brother, who they believe is destroying the balance of the world.

In 1990 the Kogi decided they must speak out to the rest of the world. They had survived by keeping themselves isolated but they decided that it was time to send a message to the Younger Brother. They could see that something was wrong with their mountain, with the heart of the world. The snows had stopped falling and the rivers were not so full. If their mountain was ill then the whole world was in trouble.

Yakoana - The Voice of Indigenous Peoples [1997]

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Yakoana - The Voice of Indigenous Peoples [1997]

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Source: VHS
Runtime: 1:00:15

This enlightening documentary was filmed at The First World Conference of Indigenous Peoples held in the jungles of Brazil one week prior to the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The conference participants chose a Brazilian Indian to represent them. His observations about the wisdom indigenous peoples have to offer the world is juxtaposed with commentary and celebrations by native peoples from every continent.

Tribal leaders from Australia, Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the Philippines speak out about their struggle to sustain their rights and their way of life in the face of incredible difficulties. Around the world two tribes per year become extinct. Multinational corporations continue to destroy the forests where they live and their sacred environments. Many nations have concocted clever schemes to make these peoples into minorities through legislation. Others have silenced them by confining them to prison.

Some of the ideas in the 109-point Earth Charter are discussed in this documentary by Anh D. Crutcher, including the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination and to live in harmony with Mother Earth.

Where the Spirit Lives (1989)

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Where the Spirit Lives (1989)

Source: VHS
Video: XviD 384 x 288
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Runtime: 1:37:23

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.

Movie review: Where the Spirit Lives

The movie, "Where The Spirit Lives" is centred around a young Indian girl whose name Amalia and brother by the name of Abraham, taken from their home and forced into a Christian school to learn English. At first, the two were defiant and unwilling to participate. They were however, fortunate enough to have a fresh teacher with morals and kindness still intact. This did not change for awhile and they tried escaping, but as soon as they learned their parents had gotten sick and past away, they had nothing left, which lead to the acceptance of a new life. Thing's went well and the English language was learned, and the little girl was even going to be adapted by an up scale older woman. Until, they found out their parents were still alive and looking for them, and the church had lied to them. Finally, the time was right and the two left for home with the blessing of their teacher.

It's sad to think that the United States was actually ran like this. To force young children into learning English, instead of accepting their own culture and language. Their is plenty of communication that can happen without forcing the whole tribe to convert to the "American way of life." This was a good film that centred on those who were afflicted the most, the children. It depicts the religious attitude and way of thinking through the school where they attended and the faculty that supported the movement. It also gives you a look at the harsh conditions, with the beatings and solitary confinement, the children had to endure. These force full actions did seem to work with some of the children, but there was defiantly a tipping point.

I would recommend watching this movie to those who are curious about the harsh realities of our government and how they used to treat people, even indigenous people, who would not conform to the English culture. There is conflict, some drama, and a little bit of action tied into this movie throughout. It's an interesting film that dose not really have any drag. Just a well thought out and entertaining movie.