PBS Home Video
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Red and her friends are having a picnic in the park, but she has no energy to join in the fun. Could it have something to do with her unhealthy snack choices? Super Why and his friends head into the story of Hansel and Gretel to meet the equally tired and grouchy witch. They convince the witch to trade in her gingerbread house for something both delicious and nutritious.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Join the Super Readers as they practice spelling, use the power to read, and investigate rhyming words in order to change the outcome of these classic fairytales: Peter Rabbit; Tom Thumb; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; and Rapunzel.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Caillou's older friend Andre comes over for a play date, Caillou learns a lesson about the importance of not hiding who you really are; he realizes how important good vision is after making a pretend pair of glasses; he learns that not every race is about winning when he and Grandpa enter a charity fun run.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents Mexican customs relating to the care and remembrance of the dead as celebrated in the culturally rich state of Puebla. Focuses on folk arts related to the celebration, such as weaving, pottery, dance, and preparation of special foods.
Publisher
Carnival Film & Television
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Caillou learns the fun and responsibilities of having a sibling as he helps mom, dad and grandma look after his little sister, Rosie. He discovers that growing up isn't just about growing taller, but also about learning new things in many adventures.
12) Coney Island
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2006], c1991]
Language
English
Description
In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and eventually, everyone came to see it. At the turn of the century, Coney Island exploded in a forest of glittering electric towers and a riot of rides, restaurants, recreated disasters, freak shows, and historical displays when three vast amusement parks -- Steeplechase, Luna Park, and Dreamland -- were built. Indicative of its overwhelming popularity,...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite being in love with another woman himself, Troy sees a challenge...
14) Copenhagen
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A television adaptation of Michael Frayn's play about the 1941 meeting between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, longtime friends whose work had opened the way to the atomic bomb, but who found themselves on opposite sides of World War II.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 1703 Sarah Cloyce, survivor of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, presents her story to a special commission empowered to investigate the trials for witchcraft. The events leading to the trials and the suffering they caused are told through flashbacks.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Season 3. The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is announced, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic estate. Could it be that even the war-weary Crawleys must fight a new battle to safeguard their beloved Downton?
Season 4. With the twenties in full swing, the tides of change are sweeping through Downton. While grieving a great loss, the family...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Ken Burns traces the life and turbulent career of one of America's best known and least understood painters. A bittersweet portrait combining rare archival material, commentary by those close to him, and a collection of his stunning paintings.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Based on the book by physicist and author Brian Greene, his film takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time, and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we'd hardly recognize, a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.
20) Our town
Series
Publisher
PBS Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.