Stand By Me (Special Edition)
Set in oregon in 1959 portrays the lives of four friends who go on an overnight camping trip to find a mising teenagers body but utlimately find out a lot about themselves. Special features: subtitles in english french spanish portugues chinese korean and thai and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/27/2007 Starring: Wil Wheaton Corey Feldman Run time: 89 minutes Rating: R Director: Rob Reiner
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My Side of the Mountain
A folk singer and a librarian help a canadian boy who wants to live in the woods like thoreau. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Ted Eccles Frank Perry Run time: 100 minutes Rating: G Director: James B. Clark
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Great Canadian Parks – Mount Revelstoke National Park
For such a small park, Mount Revelstoke has a great diversity of ecosystems from the old growth rainforest to the high alpine and abundant glaciers. Mount Revelstoke’s alpine ecosystem provides habitat for caribou, bears, wolverines and Bighorn sheep. The park has a close relationship to the people of the nearby town of Revelstoke. In recent years they have devised a bear awareness program, which has greatly reduced the number of bear moralities.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
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Nuts in May
NUTS IN MAY is about the hilarious and applaling things that happen to Keith and Candice-Marie, a pair of terrifically self satisfied, middle class vegans still high on the hippy philosophy of the 1960s. The film follows the pair on a camping trip that is near disaster for them. Powerful performances by Roger Sloman as Keith and Leigh’s favorite actress and wife) Alison Steadman as Candice-Marie brings NUTS IN MAY o a funny yet biting conclusion.
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Great Canadian Parks – Yoho National Park
The program is a documentary tracing the history of one of Canada’s most treasured jewels – Yoho National Park – located on the continental divide in eastern British Columbia. The program travels up mountains to explore long abandoned mines. It crosses empty tundra to visit a deserted internment camp closed after World War One. And it goes along with scientists as they monitor the park’s tenuous wolf population. Like Yoho itself, the program combines breathtaking scenery and fascinating stories to wind a tale that celebrates this precious land.
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Great Canadian Parks – Nahanni National Park Reserve
Nahanni National Park Reserve is a world-renowned destination for canoeists and white-water enthusiasts. Nestled in the south west corner of the North West Territories, the Park protects 200 miles of the 250 mile long South Nahanni River. The Park was designated the first ever UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its spectacular scenery and unique geological features. As it winds its way through broad river valleys and steep-walled canyons, the River offers spectacular scenery and a unique wilderness experience. The highlight of a trip down the Nahanni is magnificent Virginia Falls, twice the size of Niagara.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
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This Is Nowhere
Each year tens of thousands of travelers steer their RVs into Wal-Mart parking lots to “camp” for a night or two. Not because they have to. Rather, because they want to. Just as they seek out national parks and historic sites, RV travelers have marked
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Great Canadian Parks – St. Lawrence Islands National Park
St. Lawrence Islands National Park is part of Ontario’s 1000 Islands area, an 80 km-wide extension of granite hilltops joining the Canadian Shield of northern Ontario with New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The park is a jewel enjoyed by millions of recreational boaters, but also protects a sliver of wilderness in the heart of busy southern Ontario.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
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Great Canadian Parks – Hecla Provincial Park
Hecla Provincial Park’s natural and human history are so inextricably linked to the water, that it’s easy to forget that this is Manitoba. The park’s most fascinating inhabitants are the majestic white pelicans that nest on the offshore islands. Hecla’s first group of European settlers came from Iceland in the 19th century, to start life afresh in what would become ‘New Iceland.’ Most of the Icelanders have moved away, but the Hecla of today commemorates both the natural and human history of the island.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
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Outdoorsteps Camping
Outdoorsteps Camping instructs scouts and members of other youth groups how to tent camp. In particular, Boy Scouts will find Outdoorsteps Camping appealing and appropriate because it has relevant content for earning Camping Merit Badge, an award required for the Eagle rank. The DVD covers Preparation (planning), Proper Gear (choosing personal and group gear) and Protection (safety). Outdoorsteps Camping has four video segments: 1) A main video that covers the basics, from deciding where to go to choosing gear and living the Leave No Trace principles; 2) a segment on types of stoves and their use; 3) a segment on tent set-up; and 4) a segment on chuck boxes, a container for holding all items necessary for a camp kitchen.. In addition, Outdoorsteps Camping contains 18 pdf’s. They include food pyramids for planning balanced meals as well as several checklists — for personal and group gear, menu planning and food shopping.