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1) Mirage
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Oregon files volume 9
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English
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In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax-- but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died...
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English
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The fabled oasis in the desert mirage is just one example of the strange things that can happen when light hits the air in certain atmospheric conditions. This captivating volume takes a closer look at mirages and similar phenomena, explaining to elementary readers that there is much more to these natural optical illusions than meets-or doesn't meet-the eye. Topics covered include refraction, the difference between superior and inferior mirages, green...
3) Miraż
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Polish
Description
An investigation into a 1943 mission during which a U.S. destroyer vanished after it was deliberately sent into an obscured field of electromagnetic radiation finds Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon uncovering disturbing evidence of a dangerous super-weapon.
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Deutsch
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Land of silence and darkness: Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.
Fata Morgana: footage shot in and around the Sahara desert accompanied by a spoken creation myth and music by Blind Faith, Third Ear Band and Leonard...
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Deutsch
Description
Lessons of darkness: In the aftermath of the Gulf War, retreating Iraqi soldiers left the oil fields of Kuwait a raging inferno. What resulted was not only a documentary about an environmental catastrophe, but also a powerful, strangely beautiful portrait of a world on fire. Fata Morgana: Herzog brings his cameras to the Sahara desert in order to film mirages. He combines the apocalyptic, often hallucinatory images of the desert with passages from...
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English
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Lessons of darkenss: This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with few interviews. Hell itself is presented in such beautiful sights and music that one has to be fascinated by it.
Little Dieter needs to fly: German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as an American naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Vietcong, recreating many events...
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