Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Water at the Internet Archives




Lots of Open Source Movies on water available at The Internet Archive.
But they do not play well in Blogs (yet) ... so click on this link or on the photo to go to the website
http://tinyurl.com/2k34sj

I particularly like this one
http://www.archive.org/details/waterglass

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Donde No Hay Agua



What would life be like without water? We use water everyday to cook, clean, bathe and drink. Oviedo is a small town in the Dominican Republic where people struggle to find water to meet life's daily needs. This documentary shows the challenges of life 'Donde No Hay Agua', and explores the complexities of water scarcity in the developing world through interviews with youth, shopkeepers, and community leaders

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Red Bull Cliff Diving - Lanai



The world's best cliff divers faced the challenge of lela kawa (or cliff diving) on the cliffs of Lanai, Hawaii. Red Bull built a platform over 80 feet above the ocean in the sacred spot where Kahalui challenged his warriors to the daring feat.

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Boyz II Men - Water runs dry

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The Exploding Whale



OK .. not really water .. but I couldn't resist.
Florence Oregon - Nov. 12th, 1970 A dead whale lands on the beach, and has to be removed by the Oregon Highway Division. The OHD uses Dynamite, hoping to blast the whale into tiny pieces for the seagulls to eat, and to blow the rest into the sea. Using 1 ton of TNT, they blast the whale straight up and out, and parts of the whale are landing on cars about 1 mile away.

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Life on the Water



"Life on the Water" by Kirby Corp. A brief video about working on a boat on the inland waterways.

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Dirty Aid, Dirty Water



'Dirty Aid, Dirty Water' explores the issues surrounding the global water crisis, asking tough questions of the existing trend towards privatisation of water services. As part of WDM's water campaign, this film calls for a different approach to the world water crisis.

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Perspectives on Ocean Science



Perspectives on Ocean Science: Ice, Ocean and Eddies: An Arctic Perspective on Climate Change
Join Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Robert Pinkel as he provides a window into the cold world of Arctic oceanography and illustrates how the interplay between sea ice and ocean circulation impacts Earth's climate. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science"

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Pool filled with non newtonian fluid



They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid. Recorded at Barcelona, Spain. pool filled with non newtonian fluid

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Underwater Circles



Guy can blow perfect underwater circles

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"Water" in the Blinkx Video Search Engine



"Water" in the Blinkx Video Search Engine
This is a very good source for not only general videos across the internet but in particular water in the TV News Services ... plus human interest items.
Click on any of the images above or go to:
www.blinkx.com/videos/water

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Ya Don't Miss the Water



This is a full length video in five parts on the problems of water in Southern California.
The first part opens with Harry, the anouncer. He describes where we get our water. Then those who have the water rights, those who clean the water, those who destribute the water, those who use the water and those who abuse the resource speak.

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20,000 leagues Under the Sea



20,000 leagues Under the Sea ... the first film in history shot under water. Jules Verne classic, read the book first.
100 minutes made about 1916

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Tsunami Hits Thailand (2004)



This is a video shot by Israelis and it shows the tsunami flood ariving and battering the city. There are amazing shots inside a building showing the water flood the first floor taking everything in it's path. At the end of the video there are a couple of shots of the destruction left by this devastating tsunami.

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Looming Global Water Crisis Pt 1



A mighty contest, largely unreported in North America and Europe, is taking place around the world concerning the ownership and control of the earth’s dwindling water supplies.
Maude Barlow speaks to the looming water crisis and the need for us to recognize water as a human right and ensure it stays in the public trust.

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The Great Awakening - Tsunami 2004



The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that ... all » occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. The earthquake triggered a series of lethal tsunamis that spread throughout the Indian Ocean, killing large numbers of people and devastating coastal communities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and elsewhere.

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Tsunami Patong Beach Phuket Thailand



On December 26, 2004, Patong Beach along with many other areas along the western coast of Phuket and Thailand were struck by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

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Clean Water For All (PowerPoint)



Using low cost nanotechnology, CCT has developed passive water purification technology that can purify a contaminated river into certifiable clean drinking water affordable to the majority of the world's population.

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Rotary International and Water Conservation (PowerPoint)



This presentation was prepared for a Rotary function. The topic was 'Rotary International and Water Conservation'. This presentation requires 'no presentor'......The presentation contained Animation, Sound Effects, Background Music, all rolled into one. ...

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The Water Cycle (PowerPoint)

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