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Sell & Spin A History of Advertising

From ancient phrases etched in stone, to todays cutting edge multimedia commercials, selling has always meant grabbing attention. Attention from people with chickens to trade or money to spend, the point of which is to move the product, it means tapping into peoples desire and creating need.This is a story of explanation, exaggeration and even exploitation, a story that extends from Roman highwa

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Private Warriors

What’s a little suprising is that the army corp doesn’t rely on soldiers for protection; they’ve outsourced the job. The security company, the army corp hired, is not even American. The company, Arenas was founded by ex-members of British Special Forces and hires an assortment of ex-soldiers and retired policemen from South Africa, America, England, and Russia. FRONTLINE returns to Iraq, this time

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The Outer Planets

New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system. Uranus is a toxic combination of hydrogen, helium and methane. Scientists speculate that the planet was knocked on its side after colliding with another body.Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is cold and barren, but some scientists speculate that liquid water might exist under Triton's icy surfac

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MARS: Inside SpaceX

By now most of you should be familiar with billionaire Elon Musk and his space company SpaceX. Well this film takes us on an exclusive tour of their latest project, the Falcon Heavy launch. Through never before seen footage and interviews with Elon himself and several leading engineers we gain an unprecedented glimpse into one of the world's most revolutionary companies.MARS: Inside SpaceX&

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In the Age of AI

In this two-hour Frontline special, we enter a race between nations that is taking place in order to become an artificial intelligence superpower and the politics involved in such a goal. It has been dubbed "The New Space Race" except this time it is China who is taking on the United States. It is a race to gain control of a technology that has the potential to change everything. From the way we

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Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic

This 75 minute BBC special Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic was released in order to mark the 100 year anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic that swept the world infecting around one third of the total human population and is estimated to have killed 50 million people.In this film we see broadcaster Hannah Fry conduct a nationwide citizen science experiment, those who wanted to get invo

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Hunting the Nazi Gold Train

In this film we see television presenter Dan Snow travel to a remote corner of Southern Poland, near Walbrzych, in an effort to unravel one of the last great mysteries of the Second World War. It is a tale which seems to have attracted the worlds media and it has captured the imagination of many who live there even members of the Polish government.Snow is hunting for a secret tunnel that local l

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Lomography

Lomography emphasizes casual, snapshot photography. IDSHUBSfake drivers license. Characteristics such as over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure, blurring, “happy accidents,” and alternative film processing are often considered part of the “Lomographic Technique.”Users are encouraged to take a lighthearted approach to their photography, and use these techniques to document everyday life

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