Ocean | 
| Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 17070
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 30
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 078942147X
UPC: 635517021479
EAN: 9780789421470
ASIN: 078942147X
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Publication Date: September 1, 1997
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Old King Neptune gets mad, and the seas start to boil! From the ancient myths to modern science, Eyewitness: Ocean takes you and your family on an exciting voyage in the safety of your living room. The mind-boggling images and computer graphics blend with the fun, fascinating narration to create a learning experience for all, from the smallest child to the saltiest sea dog. Tiny plankton and the giant whales that eat them, sailors and their ships, and the winds and currents that make our weather are the stars of the show. With a cast like this, you and your family will be sure to chart a course for educational adventure. Don't miss Eyewitness: Ocean! --Rob Lightner
Book Description
Since two-thirds of our planet's surface is covered by water, it's almost ironic we named it Earth. The five largest bodies of water are studied in depth in the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Video: Oceans. For centuries all but the surface of the oceans remained out of our reach, it's only in the last 150 years that deep exploration has been made possible by scientific advances. An ocean is simply a large expanse of water and today we have five of them, from the Arctic- the smallest, the Indian- the warmest, to the largest and deepest-the Pacific. Originally filled with rainwater, the oceans are where all life began and currently house the biggest, specifically the whale shark. Not only are they filled with life, but also movement and change. The Atlantic grows wider each year with the expansion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, elsewhere it shrinks to accommodate such growth as one plate slides beneath another. State of the art cameras and diving equipment bring us spectacular underwater footage that is combined with three-dimensional graphics to bring us to a habitat that is clearly not our own. With the insight and clarity you have come to expect from the Eyewitness Video series, Oceans profiles ocean chemistry, what makes them blue, the polar ice caps, depth and even the Bermuda Triangle. A complex food pyramid exists beneath the surface and there are creatures that we are both still discovering, and discovering how they adapt to impossible conditions. At depths that no light can permeate and that create pressure equaling a human trying to support fifty jumbo jets, life exists. Bacteria live off sulfide gasses in a process called chemosynthesis, and in turn provide food for other creatures. Life based on photosynthesis as we know it is rivaled. Over the thirty-minute running time, we also learn how currents are charted, the many myths of mermaids and sea creatures that the oceans have inspired, and how the use of sonar has accurately mapped the ocean floor. Although it may seem odd, we knew the distance from the Earth to the Moon before we knew the depth of our oceans. Oceans is an incredible journey and the culmination of thousands of years of wonder and science, but as viewers will learn, as much as we do know our knowledge of the deep is still little more than a drop in the ocean.
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Not as good as the others but still great.... July 14, 2003
Eyewitness - Ocean continues the great tradition of scientific family entertainment. This edition: Ocean, focused on Earth's greatest natural resource: the ocean. While I enjoyed Eyewitness - Ocean, I didn't enjoy it as much as Eyewitness -Volcano or Eyewitness - Plant. Most of the information was very general and the visuals weren't quite as clever.Still, this is a solid installment, sure to entertain those interested in science and the environment.
 great sea film. contains footage of the deep ocean. June 21, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film about the sea and it's history is excellent to watch. I love the underwater footage and clips of mysterious and fascinating deep ocean creatures. The pressure down there is scary to think about but, fun nonetheless. This has just the right amount of computor graphics and real footage to make an excellent video!
Take a close look at this Eyewitness nature masterpiece...
 not for young children February 4, 2003
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This Eyewitness video, like the couple others we have viewed with our preschoolers, is interesting for us adults, but not at all entertaining enough for young children. Too much talking! Not enough action! The sea creatures are covered too quickly and without enough captivating video to hold preschoolers' attention. And many of the creatures are frankly boring, unless you're old enough to understand the wonder and mystery of it all. These videos are really geared to junior high students, at least.
4 and a half,not just for children July 27, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie,even though short,is very colorful and I am sure it is not designed specifically for children,it is for everybody,but also gives children a look at the deep deep black bowels of the sea and of the land! People should discover this film instaed of terrible cartoons! And,of course after all,people should take this movie as an everybody movie and not as a toddler film! So sit back and enjoy this serious movie and STAY AWAY from cartoons!!end!
Great for Everyone February 1, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We bought this video at a discount store in London for 2 pounds, not expecting too much for that price. But this video was great! We learned so much ourselves, but our son loves it even more - he's been watching it since he was 1 year old. It helped with his speech, hopefully he's learning lots of good stuff, and the clips are short and fast enough to keep a small toddler interested throughout. So far we have four in this Eyewitness series, and they are all great. We are so happy he can watch this instead of Teletubbies!
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