How a Bicycle is Made (1945) - The design and manufacture of Raleigh bicycles. Find out more information about this title at britishcouncil.org/film.
Walt Disney’s Taxi Driver - Walt Disney’s re-imagineering of Martin Scorsese’s classic film “Taxi Driver” follows Mickey Mouse-obsessed Travis Bickle as he looks for love in a rapidly transforming New York City. A “Fair Use” parody by Bryan Boyce
Welcome to the Anthropocene - A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes. HD stills available here: http://bit.ly/KRt46R The film was commissioned by the Planet Under Pressure conference, London 26-29 March, a major international conference focusing on solutions. www.planetunderpressure2012.net The film is part of the world’s first educational webportal on the Anthropocene, commissioned by the Planet Under Pressure conference, and developed and sponsored by www.anthropocene.info Anthropocene.info is a beta version. Phase two and phase three of the site development will be complete by the end of 2012. www.Anthropocene.info has been brought to you by: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) | www.csiro.au Globaïa | www.globaia.org International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) | www.igbp.net International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDB) | www.ihdp.unu.edu Stockholm Resilience Centre | www.stockholmresilience.org Stockholm Environment Institute | www.sei-international.org Data used: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme | www.igbp.net NaturalEarthData | www.naturalearthdata.com OpenStreetMap | www.openstreetmap.org National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | www.nga.mil National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | www.noaa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration | www.nasa.gov Greg’s Cable Map | www.cablemap.info Music: Earlyguard | www.earlyguard.bandcamp.com HECQ | www.hecq.de
Exo: A Visualization of Kepler’s Exoplanet Candidates - Exo is a visualization tool for exploring the nearly 2,300 exoplanet candidates that have been so far identified by NASA’s Kepler mission. Working with the excellent folks at Oblong, this video shows a prototype of Exo running in a spacial, gestural environment. Full release of Exo for the web, tablet, and the future, coming soon.
