Movies: Geography

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 ...

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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 ...

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....

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....

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This documentary shows the characteristics and location of major plains and plateaus of North America, and discusses some of the ways in which they have affected man's use of the land....

The Gold Rush, Phoenicia as a sea power, political change in Africa, and the Panama Canal are some of the topics considered in showing how different kinds of maps can be used to gain insights into events and patterns of history....

Minnesota: A History of the Land vividly brings to life the epic story of the people and landscapes of Minnesota. From the retreat of the last ice sheets to the growth of today’s suburbs – the series seeks to entertain as it enriches our understandin...