Using footage of dust and sand storms, this program demonstrates that wind erosion moves small particles and is prevalent in dry areas where water does not hold surface particles together. Students will learn that once the particles are...

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.

This video summarizes the topics covered in the Deserts and the Tundra series. In this series, we have explored the characteristics of deserts and the tundra biome. We have learned about their locations, climate, and the plants and...

This video explores the characteristics of major deserts around the world, including the Sahara, and focuses on the North American deserts such as the Chihuahuan, Mojave, and Sonoran. This video is part of the 11-part series, Deserts and...

This video discusses the concept of biomes and focuses on the major difference in climate between deciduous forests and deserts. It highlights that while deserts are commonly associated with heat, they can also be cold and experience...

Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.

Desertification is already causing displacement in the country, which Red Cross says will be affected significantly by global warming.

A wonder of nature is blooming in Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Southern California, the southern tip of Nevada and western Arizona. (Scripps News)

The Fourth of July holiday is set to be a hot one, as sweltering extreme heat will send temperatures spiking into the triple digits across much of the U.S. Here's your Independence Day forecast. (Scripps News)

A captured German V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico, was recently fitted up with a camera-carrier as a scientific experiment. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

A road trip seeing Los Alamos Atomic City, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Abiquiu Dam, Ghost Ranch, Beaver National Park, Chama, Palosa Springs, Chama Land & Cattle co., San Juan, The Rio Grande Train, Durango Station, Mancos and Mesa Verde...

Scenes from a road trip through Death Valley, a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. POV driving shots.

1. Wide shot of Camp Rhino

2. Close up of bullet ridden watch
tower
3. Soldiers in sandbagged
check post
4. S
oldier on jeep
5. Close up of s
oldier in check post
6. Wide shot of
airstrip...

EF211 D - Algeria: Desert

Algeria -
1989
A tree-planting programme initiated in Algeria 20 years ago to hold back the drifting sands of the Sahara Desert is nearing completion. A vast area...

Natural Sound

A giant sandstorm the size of Spain has been spotted off the African c
oast.
A special wide view NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellite first captured the image on...

Southern Afghanistan - November 27, 2001

1. Still photograph of a Bell Huey UH-1N Marine helicopter flying past Marines dug into a hillside near the Marine forward base in southern Afghani
stan
2. Still...

Pictures show France's first satellite, launched in the Sahara. It weighed 93 pounds and was to be used to get back weather information but the satellite fell silent after two days. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...

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San Luis Obispo is a city in California’s Central Coast region. On Mission Plaza, the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a 1700s Spanish mission with a museum. Nearby, pieces of chewed gum cover the walls of Bubblegum Alley. Vendors...

Visiting the ancient city of Petra in Jordan with the tombs carved in rock, the temples and the ancient buildings.

Woman by large pipes in road. Construction workers nearby. She drinks tea and smokes. She leaves and walks down road. Diggers working on road. Large crane. Trucks delivering more pipes. Pipes laid in ground, a worker sitting on one....