Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
It is the story of the most influential figures of the 20th century, those who caused and those who cured our most troubled times. A parallel biography of the most significant figures of the twentieth century from the last shot fired in the First World War to the victory of Mao Zedong. A story of the power to lead and mislead, to inspire and to cause mass destruction.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Cat tales: They may have stolen many hearts, and the internet, but cats can be perplexing pets. As much cuddly and playful as they are aloof and uncaring, they've often raised the question: Did humans ever really domesticate felines? And what more can science tell us about a relationship that predates history?
Dog tales: Dogs have been our companions for thousands of years. But why? Do they really love us, or are they just in it for the food? Scientists...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Four women who worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park have taken up civilian lives. Susan has collated data about a series of murders. She tries to convince the police she knows where another body is, but they are unable to locate it and dismiss her. She turns to her three friends and they work out where the next victim will be taken, find the body, and then decide they are the only ones who can track down the killer.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Follows a group of musicians from the Middle East as they travel to the United States to work with American musicians, form bonds, entertain people, and discuss how the political situations in their countries have direct effects on their music, careers, and beliefs. Features Egyptian pop star Saad El Soghayar, Jordanian composer and devout Muslim Tareq Al Nassar, Lebanese hip-hop artist Wael Kodeih (a.k.a. Rayess Bek), Lebanese activist Tania Saleh,...
86) Pluto and beyond
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
When the New Horizons spacecraft whizzed by Pluto in 2015, Earthlings were dazzled by the breathtaking images it beamed home. They revealed a never-before-seen alien landscape - a world of mountains made of ice mixed with plains of frozen-solid methane and nitrogen. After over two years of poring over the data, NASA has made remarkable new discoveries about everyone's favorite dwarf planet. But New Horizons didn't stop there.
87) Arctic wolf pack
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
At the very northern edge of North America is Ellesmere Island, where the unforgiving Arctic winds tear through the tundra dipping temperatures to 50 below zero. But running through this shifting sea of snow and ice is one of the most hardened predators on the planet, the White Wolf.
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novels by John Galsworthy, The saga is an epic and highly praised series spanning three generations of the powerful Forsyte family at the turn of the 20th century. Beneath the family's imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships.
89) The next Pompeii
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In the shadow of Vesuvius, a lesser-known volcano rumbles: Campi Flegrei. An eruption could endanger the millions of residents of the city of Naples. Scientists gain new insights into what happened in nearby Pompeii, and dig into the unique geology of Campi Flegrei. Can an innovative eruption warning system prevent Naples becoming the next Pompeii?
Publisher
Maryland Public Television
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Becoming Frederick Douglass is the inspiring story of how a man born into slavery became one of the most prominent statesmen and influential voices for democracy in American history. Born in 1818 on Maryland's Eastern Shore, he escaped from slavery in 1838 and went on to become the most well-known leader of the abolitionist movement.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The bottom decks of the USS Arizona have not been visited since the attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago. An expedition team using state-of-the-art imaging technology now has the means to explore the unexplored, and relive the events of a day that has lived in infamy since 1941.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. It combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Join Mama, Papa, Sister, and Brother as they head out on vacation for some family fun. First, the family arrives at a mountain cabin. Although Papa promises the best vacation ever, things at the cabin don't go according to plan! Will the cubs be able to remain positive and have fun? Then, the family heads to an amusement park! Brother boasts to his friends that he can ride the legendary thunderbolt roller coaster fearlessly. Will his nerves take over...
95) Defiant requiem
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In the face of horrific living conditions, Jewish inmates of Terezin concentration camp--artists, musicians, poets and writers--fought back with art and music. Led by conductor Rafael Schächter, they re-imagined a Catholic liturgical work, Verdi's Requiem, as a condemnation of the Nazis. They performed for Nazi brass, singing what they dared not say. Six decades later, a new conductor and choir take Verdi's Requiem back to Terezin to bring the story...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Head off to school with Brother and Sister! Find out what happens when Brother is home from school sick and neglects to do his homework. Then, watch Sister learn that starting third grade is nothing to worry about, while Brother helps a new student named Ferdy Factual get settled at school.
99) The vote
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
For 191 years, the Supreme Court of the United States was populated only by men. When President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover proclaimed, 'Justice at Last,' and she received unanimous Senate approval.