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Moving Image		 The Penobscot Expedition and the Revolution
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45

The Penobscot disaster is usually regarded as the worst American Naval disaster with the exception of Pearl Harbor. An accidental archeological discovery in the Penobscot River sheds new light on the desperate last moments of the worst defeat of the American Revolution.

(Relevance: 10324)   Find Similar Resources		Penobscot Expedition, 1779
History - Revolutionary War
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Moving Image		 The Frontier Wars
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01

Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans.

(Relevance: 4170)   Find Similar Resources		Natural resources
Land Disputes
Native Americans
History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		 Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36

Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail.

(Relevance: 2096)   Find Similar Resources		Biomechanics
Sports -- Physiological aspects
Human mechanics
Human locomotion

Moving Image		 Power Lines
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:46



(Relevance: 1780)   Find Similar Resources		Hydroelectric power plants
Rivers
Water Power

Moving Image		 Climate Change: In Our Backyard
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45

Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate.

(Relevance: 1626)   Find Similar Resources		Climatic changes
Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		 A Place Apart
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01

Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today.

(Relevance: 1528)   Find Similar Resources		Maine heritage
European settlement
History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		 Rolling back the frontier
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45

In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees.

(Relevance: 1442)   Find Similar Resources		Native Americans
Settlements

Moving Image		 The Nation's Playground
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01

With its remarkable coastline, deep-green forest, and rolling landscape, Maine has been a favorite place for visitors for over a century. During the late 1800s, trains and steamboats brought visitors to every corner of the state. Over the last century, tourism has grown into Maine’s largest industry.

(Relevance: 1354)   Find Similar Resources		Recreation/Tourism
Tourism -- Maine -- History

Moving Image		 Bioinvasion
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03

As human activity silently globalizes our world, our modern day ecology is under onslaught from spreading alien organisms. These plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. Can scientists help us win the war against this bio-invasion?

(Relevance: 1315)   Find Similar Resources		Invasive species
Ecology

Moving Image		 Winter
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43

For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't.

(Relevance: 1309)   Find Similar Resources		Winter -- New England
Ecology/Energy
Seasons -- New England
Natural history -- New England

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