IMAX Ultimate Collection

The Eruption Of Mount St. Helens! chronicles the cataclysmic events during one of America’s most famous natural disasters, capturing the dramatic primary and secondary eruptions that began on Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m. When the destruction was over, the once-beautiful symmetrical cone rising 9,667 feet above sea level had lost over 8.8 billion cubic yards of ice, rock and dirt, decreasing its height by 1,300 feet. Originally shot in the IMAX format, this film includes footage from the rescue helicopters that combed the area looking for survivors after the initial eruption. These amazing scenes reveal an unearthly landscape of mud, ash and steaming craters, which sharply contrast with the pre-eruption scenery of pristine snow-covered peaks and the crystal waters of Spirit Lake. As the film revisits the area a decade later, it is startling to see the rapid recovery after so much devastation. In this celebration of nature, The Eruption Of Mount St. Helens! explores the power of nature to destroy and to heal, in a cycle of destruction and creation that constantly changes the world in which we live.

An action film that gives the viewer the thrills of gliding with graceful surfers across a wave seven stories high, holding on while hard-riding cowboys struggle to stay atop giant bulls, and watching the mist rise from Okefenokee Swamp with all its eerie sounds. Riding down the Olympic bobsled course at Lake Placid, looping on the Demon Roller Coaster, snowmobiling in Heavenly Valley and skimming the Grand Canyon are other highlights.

The Great Barrier Reef unveils the most colorful and dirverse undersea world known. Viewers will experience not only the enchanting beauty of the reef, but will learn of its complex ecosystem, symbiotic relationships and the extreme fragility of its environment.

Board the mighty shuttle Columbia for its maiden voyage. Experience one of humankind's crowning achievements: the inaugural voyage of the world's first space shuttle. 'Hail Columbia!' goes behind the scenes with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen as they prepare for their historic launch. Feel the thunderous liftoff and our heroes' awe as Columbia achieves orbit for the first time. Join the celebration as the shuttle triumphantly touches down, mission accomplished. 'Hail Columbia!' was filmed in the IMAX format and exhibited in IMAX theaters worldwide. This video version is digitally mastered from original 70MM film elements with the sound components specially mixed and mastered to produce the highest quality Dolby Surround soundtrack.

A documentary on the history on mankind's attempts to reach high speeds. Starting with the invention of the bicycle, going on to sports cars, cars with jet engines, rocket-powered cars, attempts to break the sound barrier, and rocket-engine airplanes. Each achievement is documented by title card indicating the speed reached in miles per hour.

In this spectacular exploration you'll take a journey through the 4,000 year history of mankind's relationship with the Grand Canyon. Discover the earliest inhabitants of the Canyon whose lives are still shrouded in mystery. Travel with Spanish explorers as they become the first Europeans to uncover the Canyon's awesome beauty. Ride along in the re-enactment of US explorer John Wesley Powell's expedition down the raging Colorado River, when nine crew members risk their lives to become the first to travel the length of the Canyon by boat. "Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets" will take you into the rarely-visited side canyons filled with hidden waterfalls and unusual wildlife. Experience the Canyon as never before: soaring over the rim and flying through some of the most inspiring scenery on Earth.

Skyward follows a family of Canada geese from birth to first-flight and records the elegance of these birds in extraordinary slow-motion flying sequences. Filmed in the Canadian wilderness, the story of the geese is woven into a tapestry of vignettes that document humankind’s longtime fascination with birds and flight. Skyward dramatizes our attempts to imitate winged flight, modern society’s effect on the fragile habitat of wild birds and the conservation efforts being made to rescue endangered species. The film features conservation work with Brown pelicans by Ralph Heath and the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, coverage of Englands "Birdman Rally" flying contest and aerial footage of the Canadian Forces' "Snowbirds" aerobatic flying team.

Chronos, which is the ancient Greek word for "time", tells the story of western civilization through a symphony of sound and images. Using time lapse photography, Chronos reveals life as an ever-changing phenomenon, a matrix of historical movements, organic and man-made, majestic and everlasting.

A three-dimensional journey. Using computer graphics, We Are Born of Stars traces the development of life from the formation of atomic nuclei in stars to the molecular structure of water and DNA, zooming the audience through the five-billion-year evolution of our solar system.

The Dream is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with them the delights of zero gravity while working, eating and sleeping in orbit around the Earth. Float as never before over the towering Andes, the boot of Italy, Egypt and the Nile. Witness firsthand a tension-filled satellite capture and repair and the historic first spacewalk by an American woman.

Niagara: Miracles, Myths & Magic is one of the most spectacular IMAX adventure of all. From the comfort of your chair, you'll thrill to the larger-than-life vista of raging waters as you take a heart-pounding ride over the Falls and experience other death-defying stunts performed at Niagara Falls. Created by Academy Award-winner Keith Merrill, the film takes you back to the days when the Native Americans worshipped the thunder beings, 2,000 years before the first Europeans discovered the Falls. See the wonders of the Falls up close and travel back in time for a glimpse of its 12,000 year-old history. Meet the daredevils who challenged the fury of the Falls: The Great Blondin, who completed a death-defying tightrope walk over the river in 1860, and Annie Taylor, a 63 year-old school teacher, who was the first person to go over the Falls in a barrel and live to tell the tale.

This film is about communication: from birch bark canoe, steam engine railways and telegraph, to the wonders of high-tech satellite communication and high-definition television. Transitions 3D is an entertaining and magical 3D look at the dynamic world of transportation and communications. The 3D images are fantastic: you visit a toy factory where an assembly line of Teddy bears float within reach, an egg breaks on to your lap and you have to duck a large piece of lumber rolling off a sawmill conveyor belt.

On The Wing traces the art of flying in all its various forms in this exploration of the relationship between natural and mechanical flight. The film features spectacular high-speed sequences of insects in flight, Andean condors, Mexican free-tailed bats, re-creations of the Wright brothers' 1902 Glider and 1903 Flyer, and QN-THE TIME TRAVELLER(TM), the lifelike replica of the prehistoric pterodactyl Quetzalcoatlus northropi.

Poetry meets technology in this film about the cycle of the seasons. Narrated by William Shatner, and accompanied by a special digital "surround" recording of Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", the film takes audiences on a breathtaking trip through the eruption of spring, the growth of summer, the harvest and festivity of autumn, and the dormancy of winter. The beauty of the seasons is interspersed with a look at the earth as a planet, the sun as a star, and the human quest to understand the relationship between the two.

The biggest dam movie you ever saw! Have you ever danced in the moonlight, played in the shadow of great mountains, or fled before a charging bear? Have you ever been swimming in frigid waters beneath the ice or lived inside a beaver's house? "Beavers" (31 min.) plunges into the rich aquatic habitat of one of nature's greatest engineers for an intimate look. Set in pristine forests and waters in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, this film follows the story of a family of beavers as they grow, play and transform the world around them. Originally filmed in the IMAX format. Ever wonder "how did they do that?" "The Making of 'Beavers'" (23 min.), shot on High-Definition Video, takes you behind the scenes.

It was one man who founded the great nation of China. His name was Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor. He not only gave China its name, but also founded the longest-enduring nation state in the history of the world! Much of the story as never been told before, few are aware of his incredible achievements.

Three athletes demonstrate the marvelous workings of the human body in this revolutionary film for IMAX and other large-format theaters, the first of its kind to use inner body (endoscopic) photography. Renowned actor Richard Kiley narrates. Famed American rock climber Tony Yaniro, Olympic champion ski racer Maria Walliser, and Bolshoi Ballet prima ballerina Nina Ananiashvili reveal the glorious potential of the body as they strive for perfection, pushing the amazing universe within to constantly move forward and take the body and spirit To The Limit.