Stephen Ives
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than three million acres had burned and at least 78 firefighters were dead. It was the largest fire in American history. Big Burn premieres February 3, 2015 on PBS American Experience.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West.. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. By day's end, Custer and nearly a third of his army were dead.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Hearst began producing newsreels and serialized dramas, and he reigned over Hollywood society. One of his films starred a young actress named Marion Davies, and Hearst was instantly smitten. In the 1930s as the Depression devastated the country, Hearst's politics evolved, and he became out of touch with readers. Circulation numbers dropped and Hearst found himself $78 million in debt.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, THE GREAT WAR tells the rich and complex story of World War I through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as "doughboys." The series explores the experiences of African-American and Latino soldiers, suffragists, Native American "code talkers" and others whose participation in the war to "make the world safe for democracy" has been largely forgotten.....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Part Four: In this last episode, Sagal travels to Iceland, where after the country's economic collapse, leaders decided to create...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. The collection includes a number of great episodes from the series, including American Experience 1964. 1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Part One: Ask Americans what the Constitution's most important feature is and most will say it's the guarantees of liberty enshrined...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Part One: Breathing new life into the traditional civics lesson, Peter Sagal travels across the country on a Harley Davidson...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the country by motorcycle, Sagal is in search of where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Part One: The high ideals of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" didn't make it into the Constitution...
14) The Crossing
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
There is a very stark line between before boot camp and after boot camp, a veteran recalls. As recruits take the oath to serve, they leave the civilian world to become a soldier, sailor, marine, airman or woman. This is the start of their transformation. Narrated by TV host and former Marine Drew Carey.
15) Citizen Hearst
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Hearst died in 1951 at the age of 88, having transformed the media's role in American life and politics. The two-part, four-hour film is based on historian David Nasaw's critically acclaimed biography, The Chief.
16) Sealab
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
SEALAB tells the little-known story of the daring program that tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized undersea exploration.
17) American Veteran
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Today, America has nearly 18 million living military veterans, from the "Greatest Generation" to men and women coming home from recent tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. This film illuminates the veteran experience with a moving range of voices from today and across the arc of American history. Narrated by veterans Drew Carey, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Wes Studi and J.R. Martinez.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This episode illuminates disruptions to the world of work--AI, robotics, globalization and labor practices. The COVID-19 pandemic was a new driver of change; at the pandemic's height, unemployment flipped from its lowest rate in 50 years to its highest level in a century.
19) The Mission
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Military life shapes service men and women in profound and unexpected ways. A young Coast Guard recruit who helped ferry soldiers to fight and die on D-Day. A pilot based in Nevada who remotely guided bomber drones over Afghanistan. A young Marine who rose to become the first Latina general. Narrated by Senator Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War veteran (Army) and Purple Heart recipient.
20) The Congress
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1988, [©2004]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history and promise of the country's most important and least understood institutions. The film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress.
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