Movies: Geography

Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country and do something different for a change....

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Physical features such as gulf, peninsula, island, etc, are defined and basic principles of using colors to show elevation are illustrated with models....

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Take an unprecedented visual journey into Planet Water. Water Life captures extraordinary locations and intimate animal behavior never before seen on film. Two years in the making, this groundbreaking series takes viewers on an unprecedented visual j...

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Presents a geographic overview of the Rocky Mountain region. Discusses the significant role that this region of natural resources has played in the development of the continent...

Take to the sky and come face-to-face with Washington states majestic mountains, including one of the Pacific Northwests most well-known symbols: Mount Rainier. Celebrate the diversity of the states landscapes in Over Washington, from the glittering ...

This short-length documentary takes us to Agadir, a city in Morocco that was struck by an earthquake in 1960. The film, made by an expatriate Moroccan who lost family and friends in the disaster, is a memorial to that tragedy and to the past he left ...

Uses animation, wave tank, live-action photography, and underwater models to show how waves develop, how coastlines are shaped, and to describe the forces that change the sea bottom....

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A portrait of Toronto, as defined by the spaces its queer residents inhabit and the memories they’ve created there....

Travel across Vietnam on a breathtaking cultural and historical journey. Uncover ancient Chinese influences on Vietnamese traditions and striking examples of French Colonial architecture, and trace the impact of the Vietnam War in the north and south...

Through animation, maps of the same scale and projection are combined to show relationships between natural features of the earth, human use, and social and political features. Projects different kinds of animated maps of the same scale and explains ...

Produced for Epcot Educational program. Short animated film telling of the geological and meteorological aspects of the ocean...

Discusses the main geographical features of South America including the Andes, the Guiana and Brazilian highlands, and the Orinoco, Amazon and Plata-Parana river basins. Show the relationship of these geographic factors to the people and their ways o...

Views of the earth from the ground, from a plane and from a space ship show major features of the land, the oceans and the atmosphere....

Explores the distinctive features of the major rivers of the continent, and discusses their contributions to the farming, recreation, transportation and hydroelectric power of North America....

It shows the Neretva river from its source to the shores of the Adriatic Sea. The document also captures the original four-hundred-year-old bridge in Mostar....