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1.

Botswana, Namibia, & Zimbabwe - Travel Video.  VHS.  Globe Trekker Video.

Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia stretch in a band across the southern peninsula of Africa. A natural wilderness of flood plains, forests, savannahs and deserts, these are some of Africa's most intriguing destinations.

   Traveler Andrew Daddo begins his journey in Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls in the tranquil serenity of the upper Zambezi River. From here he travels south to Botswana and the Okavango Delta. He ends his extraordinary adventure at Diaz Point in Namibia where Europeans first landed in Africa.

   47 minutes
 

   Along the Way -

•   Bungee jump down Victoria Falls.

•   Snack on boiled worms.

•   Meet a pride of lions at Chombe National Park.

•   Canoe through the crocodile infested waters of the
       Okavango Delta.

•   Ride in a dune buggy over the Namib Desert.

GLOB

$19.95
VHS
NTSC

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2.

Botswana, Namibia  & Zimbabwe - Travel Video.  VHS.  Lonely Planet.

Bungee jump above the Zambezi river.

Snack on boiled worms.

Meet a pride of lions.

Canoe through crocodile infested waters.

Ride in a dune buggy over the Namib desert.

47 minutes

LONE

$19.95
VHS
NTSC

3.

African Wildlife - Travel Video.  VHS.  National Geographic.

Witness the realities of birth, death and survival in this vivid encounter with the animal world.  "African Wildlife" was filmed in Namibia's Etosha National Park over the course of two years, capturing extraordinary close-ups of animal behavior: a wildebeest giving birth, a zebra mother successfully defending her foal from the swift attack of a cheetah, and a young springbuck alerting his herd to the presence of a predator with stiff-legged leaps.

   Includes gorgeously spectacular nature footage, much of it shot at shockingly close range.  This video takes a relaxed look at a wide selection of wildlife, including zebras, cheetahs, wildebeest, lions, and elephants.  The goal is to show all facets of animal life, and scenes of violent encounters between species are balanced with touching scenes of young animals at play.

   In one stunning sequence, a wildebeest is shown giving birth.  Her calf soon stands and takes his first wobbly steps, the informative narration noting that by the end of the day he'll "be running with the herd."  Rare footage of a lioness teaching her cubs to finish off a wild pig she has wounded is riveting, as it shows graphically how the lioness will not assist so that her cubs, clumsy though they are, will learn to kill on their own.

   This video would be worth watching just for the exquisite cinematography, but its thoughtful organization and intelligent narration make it both a visual treat and an education in how animals really live on the African plains.  60 minutes
 

NATL

$24.95
VHS
NTSC

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Creatures of the Namib Desert - Travel Video.  VHS.  National Geographic.  For hundreds of thousands of years, the sun's rays have baked the Namib Desert in southwestern Africa, where ground temperatures reach up to 170F.  Narrated by Burgess Meredith, this acclaimed program takes a fascinating look at the desert's vast wilderness of sand, sea and open spaces where nature has learned to adapt and flourish.

The word Namib is thought to mean "emptiness," but the Namib Desert is not empty at all--there is life in the endless expanse of wind and sand.  In this southwest African coastal desert, an area 1,300 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide, creatures have learned to adapt to some of the most extreme conditions in the world.  Plants and bugs, lizards, and snakes procure their only source of moisture from the fog, and even that is scarce.
   The sand lizard, one of 45 species of lizard in the Namib, lifts each foot alternately so as not to scorch its feet on ground that easily reaches 170 degrees Fahrenheit.  In 1963 a research institute was founded in the desert to study the rare species and perhaps solve riddles of evolutionary relationships.  This video uses the scientists and their research as the focal point and emphasizes insects perhaps more than anything else (there are 200 species of beetles in the Namib alone), though you will also see baboons, ostriches, and reptiles, among other animals.
   Highlights include the birth of a sidewinder snake, a father sand grouse bringing his family water from 50 miles away, barking geckoes, a spider cart-wheeling down a dune to avoid a female wasp (unfortunately his escape is short-lived), and the landscape itself, which is breathtaking.  60 minutes
 

NATL

$24.95
VHS
NTSC

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5.

Namib Desert: Africa's Hostile Dunes - Travel Video.  VHS.  National Geographic.

Review: "Who could have thought that so much life could be found in such a presumably 'dead' place.  Once again, The National Geographic Society has reveal to us a beautiful and fragile ecosystem that needs and deserves to be protected.
   This video made me want to go and visit the Namib Desert myself just to see the diversity of animal and plant life that is there.  How they are able to film such activity by animals and plants - their patience and timing - just amazes me.

  This video is well worth watching!"

  60 minutes.
 

NATL

$24.95
VHS
NTSC

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