Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut)

Armageddon, exploring the doomsday myth, History, Disc 1-2,, Fullscreen

Label
Armageddon, exploring the doomsday myth, History, Disc 1-2,, Fullscreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Armageddon
Oclc number
301358480
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Programs previously shown on the History Channels
Responsibility statement
History
Runtime
200
Sub title
exploring the doomsday myth
Summary
Disc 1: Doomsday 2012: the End of Days: Doomsday is foretold in the Mayan calendar, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching and an Internet-based prophetic softward program. December 21, 20012 will be the End of Days. Mayan doomsday prophecy: The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers. Thier calendar is more accurate than our own. They tracked stars and planets and assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made the 2012 doomsday prophecy predictionDisc 2: Doomsday tech: Doomsday threats range from very real to controversial to futuristic. Despite the Cold War's end, we live under the shadow of nuclear weapons, arms races, and accidental launches. More doomsday tech: Examines more threats, both natural and manmade, that may endanger civilization. From the far reaches of space to tiny viruses, bioterrorism and cyberterrorism, doomsday sources are many
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Exploring the doomsday myth
resource.version
Fullscreen
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