Mass.) WGBH (Television station : Boston
1) Jesse Owens
Publisher
American Experience
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Despite Jesse Owens's remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.
3) Fidel Castro
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The Cuban dictator is profiled through interviews with relatives, loyalists, and enemies in Cuba and abroad.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Explores how animals understand the world around them through the eyes of three iconic creatures: dogs, birds, and dolphins. As we discover how scientists are pushing the animal mind to its limits, we'll uncover surprising similarities to, and differences from--the human mind.
Author
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
From his early start singing in a prison gospel group to his transformation into The Godfather of Soul, James had the feeling. It was real and powerful and managed to jump the color barrier and grabbed a hold of black and white audiences alike. Pays tribute not only to James Brown's enormous contribution to American music, but also reveals his often overlooked impact on American race relations.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Animal Stories! joins the cubs as they make friends, learn about pets, face their fears, and more, in eight exciting adventures: Dear Mr. Blueberry & I Wanna Iguana; Mole and the Baby Bird & Owen and Mzee; Are You a Snail? & Wonderful Worms; and Trosclair and the Alligator & The Coyote and the Rabbit.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Reappraises Grant's career, from his pre-civil war days as a failed soldier, to his transformation into the greatest Union hero of the Civil War, to his presidency, rocked by scandal and economic depression, and to his last days, when he raced to finish his war memoirs as he was dying of cancer.
18) Jesse James
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and the legend of the infamous outlaw Jesse James. Looks at his formative years in a Southern household dependent on slave labor and as a member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the Civil War. Describes his life as a violent criminal, as he and his gang moved on to robbing banks, stagecoaches, and railroads in the post-war era. Relates how James was eventually killed when one of his own gang members shot him in the...
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot. The movie collection volume set 5
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Poirot visit an archaeological dig in the Syrian Dessert, and the dig leader's difficult wife is killed, leaving multiple suspects.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Uses the microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson to track human development from embryo to newborn. Looks at the latest advances in human understanding of fertilization as well as embryonic and fetal development.