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| Al Gore, wins Nobel, Inconvenient Truth |
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(www.qpnn.tv)An Inconvenient Truth is an Academy
Award-winning documentary film about climate
change, specifically global warming, presented by
former United States Vice President Al Gore and
directed by Davis Guggenheim. A companion book
authored by Gore has been on the paperback
nonfiction New York Times bestseller list since
June 11, 2006, reaching #1 on July 2, 2006.
The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film
Festival and opened in New York and Los Angeles on
May 24, 2006. Earning $49 million at the box
office worldwide, An Inconvenient Truth is the
fourth-highest-grossing documentary film to date
in the United States, after Fahrenheit 9/11, March
of the Penguins and Sick. this brief video is
courtesy of green.tv.
Tags : al gore nobel prize winner inconvenient truth climate change global warming qpnn qpnntv oscar academy award green.tv |
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Durée : 182 s |
| The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 |
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laur
eates/1950/award-docu.html
A documentary from the 50th anniversary of the
Nobel ceremonies. The Nobel Laureates arrive at
the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 1950.
The Royal family enters the hall: Sweden's King
Gustaf VI Adolf, Queen Louise, Princess Sibylla,
Prince Bertil and Prince Wilhelm. The Nobel
Laureates then enter the scene. After that Birger
Ekeberg delivers his presentation speech. The
Nobel Prizes are awarded: for Physics to Cecil
Powell, for Chemistry to Otto Diels and Kurt
Adler, and for Physiology or Medicine to Edward C.
Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein and Philip S. Hench.
William Faulkner receives the 1949 Nobel Prize in
Literature. Bertrand Russell receives the Nobel
Prize in Literature for 1950. A glittering Nobel
Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall follows
afterwards.
From SF Veckorevy 1950-12-11.
Tags : William Faulkner Bertrand Russell Gustaf VI Adolf Louise Sibylla Bertil Wilhelm Birger |
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Affichage : 27594
Durée : 598 s |
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