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-- 1421, the year China discovered America.c2004., Distributed by PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Did a daring Chinese admiral sailing the world's largest wooden armada reach America 71 years before Columbus? This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.
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By Gates, Henry Louis Grant, William (William R.) Kunhardt, Peter W Judd, Graham Farrell, Leslie D Sweet, Jesse Gladsjo, Leslie Asako Winfrey, Oprah Tucker, Chris, 1972- Jones, Quincy, 1933- Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- Jemison, Mae, 1956- Jakes, T. D Carson, Ben Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- Kunhardt Productions WNET (Television station : New York, NY) PBS Home Video2006., PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
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-- Andrew Jackson, good, evil and the presidencyc2007., PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 921 JACKSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social StudiesSummary Note: This biography explores whether Americans should celebrate Jackson or apologize for him. The program reveals the world of America's 7th president, who founded the Democratic Party, yet was viewed by his enemies as an American Napoleon. The film contains reenactments, lithographs, letters and the insights of distinguished scholars.
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-- Art in the twenty-first centuryBy Sollins, Susan Dowling, Susan Simmons, Laurie Pittman, Lari, 1952- Pfaff, Judy, 1946- Huyghe, Pierre, 1962- Spero, Nancy, 1926- Lê, An-My, 1960- Jaar, Alfredo Holzer, Jenny, 1950- Von Rydingsvärd, Ursula, 1942- Manglano-Ovalle, Iñigo, 1961- Adams, Robert, 1937- Dion, Mark, 1961- Bradford, Mark, 1961- Sullivan, Catherine, 1968- Ryman, Robert, 1930- Allora, Jennifec2007., Art21, Inc Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Meet contemporary artists at work and speaking in their own words--direct, accessible, and unfiltered--in Season Four of the Emmy-nominated ART:21--ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY documentary series. ... This unique four-hour series spotlights 17 artists working in the United States today, and invites viewers behind the scenes to see artists at work in their homes, communities, and unexpected sites--from an old-growth forest to a military base to a film set. The artists ... explore questions ... about politics, mortality, love, nature, science, order, chaos, and more. Themes of Romance, Protest, Ecology, and Paradox provide a connective thread between profiles ..."--Container.
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c2006., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces Franklin's life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America's first diplomat to France.
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-- World water wars2009., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 333.91 Blu Edition: [Widescreen format] Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Corporations, private investors, and governments compete for control of dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens.
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-- American musical.c2004., Adult, PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This documentary series tells the story of the musical and theatre history on Broadway in New York City. Each episode chronicles a different era and features the Broadway shows and songs that defined the period. The series draws on feature films, rare television moments, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in creating the American musical.
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c2004., PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Full screen version Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This award-winning program by filmmaker Ken Burns recaptures all the drama, the struggles and the personal tragedies behind this greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age. As this fascinating program reveals, it was the largest bridge of its era, marked by enormous construction problems and ingenious solutions."--Publisher's website.
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c2012., PBS : The Dust Bowl Film Project, LLC Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ken Burns documents the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
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[2006], c1986-1990., General, Turner Home Entertainment : PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 323.1 Eye Availability:7 of 7 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the history of the civil rights movement from 1954 to the mid-1980s.
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[2006], General, PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Learn the story of one of America's most beloved Presidents. Includes rare archival footage and home movies as well as fascinating interviews with family members, friends, biographers, and eyewitnesses to the Roosevelt saga.
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-- Mexican celebration of the Days of the Dead.c2006., Adult, PBS Home Video Call No: LOTE Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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c2005., General, PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment, distributor Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors, this documentary examines the state-sponsored genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Explores the reasons why the international community and the United States did not intervene as Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 Tutsis.
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2005., Distributed by PBS Home Video Call No: ENVIRONMENT NF Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
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c2005., Adolescent, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 363.738 GLO Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: ScienceSummary Note: Investigates signs of global warming across America, features interviews with scientists who are studying climate change, and introduces people around the world who are working to lessen the impact of climbing temperatures.
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2006., PBS Home Video Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At the end of 1853, San Francisco was a city on the move. It had twelve daily newspapers, nine insurance companies, consulates of twenty-seven foreign governments, and six-story buildings where sand dunes once stood. A few years earlier, San Francisco was just a sleepy little town. But the sight of gold in the rushing waters of the American River sent a ripple around the world and set the stage for an event that would forever change a city, a fledgling state, and the nation. Incorporating rare and exquisite daguerreotypes and original recreations, this film offers a vivid portrait of a seminal event in American's history.
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-- One nation, under stress. in debt.By Creadon, Patrick, 1967-. aus. drt O'Malley, Christine. aus. pro Gibson, Sarah. pro Wiggin, Addison. aus Golub, Peter. cmp Bonner, William, 1948-. Empire of debt Incontrera, Kate, 1980- Open Sky Entertainment (Firm) Agora Entertainment (Firm) O'Malley Creadon Productions Peter G. Peterson Foundation Roadside Attractions (Firm) PBS Home Video[2009], Adult, Distributed by PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Faced with key deficits in budget, savings, trade and leadership, increased foreign competition and ballooning financial obligations, the federal government is critically overextended. With the economy already in shambles, 78 million baby boomers are now expecting retirement benefits from their indebted federal government. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews with Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O'Neill, Robert Rubin, Alice Rivlin and Paul Volcker, along with David Walker of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition, the film offers a vivid and alarming profile of America's financial status."--Container.
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-- In search of myths and heroes.c2005., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Michael Wood as he travels in search of the truth behind four famous legends. Explores not only the historical past and literal truth of these myths, but also the mythic past and archetypal stories behind them. Examines the Biblical myth of the Queen of Sheba, an exotic and mysterious woman of power who, with King Solomon, plays a key role in the founding myths of the modern states of Israel and Ethiopia. Traces the Celtic legend of King Arthur and its role in British literature. Asks whether the legendary Shangri-La as depicted in James Hilton's Lost horizon could have its roots in Indian views of Tibet or in the Tibetan Buddhist stories of the land of Shambhala, a paradise behind the Himalayas. Discusses the Greek hero Jason and his quest for the golden fleece.
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[c2005, c2003]., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Among Leonardo da Vinci's drawings are thousands of drawings of strange and beautiful machines. Teams of experts set out to build full scale models of two of those machines -- a giant crossbow and a glider.
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c2004., PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Edition: Full screen version Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Liberty! is a exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. It chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.