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Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning epic documentary, digitally enhanced, features never-before-seen interviews, commentary from Ken Burns, a sixteen-page collector's booklet and more. It tells the story of a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national wealth expanded, and two classes rose simultaneously, separated by a gulf of experience and circumstance that was unprecedented in American life.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Glacier National Park is undergoing dramatic changes. As the glaciers that give this wilderness its name rapidly melt away, it is clear the park will never be the same. Explore the backcountry of this scenic region's pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains, and spectacular lakes to discover a dramatic transformation, and witness a defiant new environment as it emerges.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, the Adirondack Mountains, Catskill Mountains, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the American wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
Español
Description
Some who lived weaves together testimonies of Holocaust survivors now living in Argentina and Uruguay with archival and contemporary footage; it also draws parallels between the Nazi regime and the government of Argentinean president, Juan Perón.
In Eyes of the Holocaust, survivors describe the slow erosion of their lives followed by panic when the Nazis took over and attempted to liquidate the Hungarian Jewish population.
Children from the abyss...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Millions of years ago, incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust, creating our seven continents, each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain, and its own unique animal life. From the colorful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, this showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access, National Geographic cameras go behind-the-scenes. Shift agents, intelligence agents, counter-snipers, and canine explosive ordinance units create a 360-degree shield that covers President Trump wherever he goes. Well also bring to light stories never-before told, like the time President Clinton was nearly assassinated by Osama bin Laden, and how those moments forever changed the protective strategy of the agency.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Damien Echols is a teen who dresses in all black and listens to heavy metal. He and his two friends are accused of the murder of three little boys, and are instantly condemned by a retribution-hungry public. Now they try to defend themselves against a dubious lack of proof.
Publisher
Discovery
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion, or does science offer another explanation? Delve into the mind of Stephen Hawking as he attempts to answer some of life's biggest questions. Is there a god? What is the meaning of life? And why does the universe exist? From Newton's discovery of gravity to the latest advances in quantum physics, Hawking will explore some fascinating territory...
13) The rise of ISIS
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In The Rise of ISIS, Martin Smith (Gangs of Iraq; Beyond Baghdad) draws on in-depth interviews with Iraqi politicians, and American policymakers and military leaders to explore and explain how the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) became a major force so quickly. What does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? Smith delivers a revelatory look...
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006], c1998
Language
English
Description
Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.
15) Ellis Island
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A look at the history of Ellis Island, the primary immigration point into the United States from 1892-1954.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Einstein called it 'spooky action at a distance,' but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology. Physicists have become gradually convinced that quantum entanglement is real, but a few doubts remain. NOVA follows a groundbreaking experiment in the Canary Islands to use quasars at opposite ends of the universe to once and for all settle remaining questions.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Examines civilizations through the lens of their engineering feats. Traces the rise of antiquity's greatest leaders and presents the architectural marvels and urban planning accomplishments that altered the course of history.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Waterholes are vital to the African ecosystem; bustling oases where elephants, lions, leopards and hundreds of other species meet and compete for water. But little is known about how they support so much life. Now the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve and local communities in Tanzania are building the world's first waterhole with a built-in specialized camera rig. With half-submerged and weather-proofed remote cameras, Dr. M. Sanjayan (EARTH: A New Wild) leads...
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