PBS Home Video
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, bent on conquest, the German strategies became completely amoral, challenging and perhaps ending the concept of 'civilized warfare.' Through interviews with veterans, historians and ethicists from all the countries engaged in World War II, this American Experience film recounts the story of the Anglo-American bombing campaign against Germany, exploring the moral conundrums imposed by the reality of the war.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Why do some animals build structures and others don't? And how do animals decide where to build? Animal homes need to be safe and secure, protection from predators and the weather. Going above ground and under, viewers will investigate just what goes into making a home for a wild animal when cost is not a factor.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Features interviews with religious leaders and politicians as they are asked what inspires them in these challenging times, as more and more people are turning to religion and spirituality to gain a sense of meaning and understanding with what they are facing.
Publisher
Distributed PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Features two sagas that examine quests for the Northwest Passage by 19th and 20th century explorers. Describes how Sir John Franklin led an unsuccessful expedition searching for an Arctic sea route, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, and how, a half-century later, Roald Amundsen attempted the same expedition. Examines the success of Amundsen's voyage due to the help he received from the Inuit people of Northern Canada.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Frontline traces John O'Neill's awareness of the threat against America by Islamic fundamentalists. An FBI agent, he was no longer with the agency on September 11. He had taken a job as director of security at the World Trade Center, where he died.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to reject the notion that aging is an evil. The rewards of growing older are emphasized and practical steps for remaining healthy are offered. Learn the best approach to diet and exercise, how important sleep is, and much more.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions. The final act of his larger-than-life career played out on a grand stage with a spellbound public engrossed in the drama. In the end, his death would launch one of the greatest myths in American history. Part of the Wild West collection.
11) The storm
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Frontline investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. Veteran producer/reporter Martin Smith leads a team that asks hard questions about the decisions leading up to the disaster and beyond.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This documentary looks not only at how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own...
Publisher
Eagle Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This program examines the life of author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. The film follows Hurston, best known for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, to the subtropical paradise that shaped her childhood and her life's work - where she returned again and again for inspiration and solace. This documentary tells her story through the people who knew her and the places and events that she brought to the world through her writing.
15) Generation like
Series
Publisher
PBS / Frontline
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media, and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers. Here is a powerful examination of the evolving and complicated relationship between teens and the companies that are increasingly working to target them.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficult of controlling an essential ingredient in meth - ephedrine and pseudoephedrine - sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.