The Big Train Trip

Product Description Travel Across a Continent on the BIG Train! RIDE through the snowy Canadian Rockies in a special dome car! See the incredible sites as you travel from Toronto to Vancouver. LEARN how a train trip is planned. Visit the control center, the maintenance shop and much more! DISCOVER the history of the trans-Canadian Railway. Ride the the cab with the engineer and see how the chef cooks diner on the rails! Review Push Play and take a family-friendly, entertaining, and more importantly educational adventure across Canada and 3 times zones. As with all of the Little Mammoth BIG Adventure episodes, a child narrator is your guide. Educational concepts are introduced to children (and parents/ educators) via simple graphics such as a map of Canada and the upcoming train route, a weight that drops-in, or animated examples of how many car tanks of gasoline it would take to fuel the 2 massive train diesel engines. Besides enjoying the splendid scenery passing by the windows, the occasional freight train and wildlife, at one point in the video you hear a personal story from one of the Engineer's who is a 3rd generation train man and get a glimpse into the history of the railroad with historic footage and photos. As a bonus, there is a brief mention of the Doppler effect with a diagram and on screen with audio sample of the effect that will stick with children who are attentive. --Kids First! Review About the Director William VanDerKloot Writer/Director/Producer Bill VanDerKloot is an independent director and producer whose career includes short films, television documentaries and theatrical features. Over the years he has traveled the world producing films on a range of subjects from public sculpture to ethnic history; from southern blues to environmental science. He has won over one hundred international film and television awards, including Emmy Awards and the George Foster Peabody Award. His company has created projects such as the Atlanta Olympic Film, which was used to win the bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. A recent broadcast project, FLYING THE SECRET SKY, has aired nationally on PBS and is distributed worldwide by WGBH Boston and the National Geographic Channels. VanDerKloot created of the award-winning Little Mammoth Media children's programs, The BIG Adventure Series®, which are licensed in over 30 countries worldwide. VanDerKloot's projects have been distributed on such venues as PBS, Discovery, Turner Broadcasting, CNN, HBO, Showtime, domestic and international homevideo, as well as digital downloads and theatrical release. Based in Atlanta, VanDerKloot was the founder of Magick Lantern, a full service video production studio serving major advertisers, broadcasters and corporations. The 22,000 square-foot studio facility in the historic Old Fourth Ward in downtown Atlanta, offers creative production, editorial, design, and audio services, along with a fully-equipped soundstage. VanDerKloot was the founding director of the Atlanta Film Festival. He is a guest lecturer in college film classes, and he has written about filmmaking for such industry publications as American Cinematographer. He has served as Chair of the University of Georgia Library Board of Visitors, and as co-President of the Georgia Production Partnership (GPP), an industry trade association.
ASIN: B0009GU9OC
VSKU: DBV.B0009GU9OC.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:VanDerKloot, William|William VanDerKloot
Binding: Dvd
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