PBS Video
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery.
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: boomers will be long on life expectancy but short on income. In addition to Social Security, the pillars of retirement income for Americans have been either lifetime corporate pensions or employee-contribution plans such as 401Ks. But both retirement strategies are in trouble. Buffeted by pension cuts, corporate bankruptcies, and the 2001-2002 stock market crash, most boomers...
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, Lehman Brothers collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout.
5) Good fortune
Publisher
Distributed by PBS
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
UN Habitat promises better housing to residents of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Meanwhile in the Kenyan countryside, Dominion Farms, a private U.S. company, hopes to elevate the local standard of living by converting pastures and farmland into rice fields. By taking their camera directly to the communities affected by these two ambitious development projects, the filmmakers discover what these do-gooder institutions can't seem to, why their...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers are racing against the clock and battling the forces of nature to try to save this historic city for future generations.
8) Tom Jones
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. When he falls in love with the bright, beautiful heiress Sophia Western, and she falls in love with him, their families unite against the match. They both end up in London, facing the wiles and whims of Sophia's aunt, the beguiling but dangerous Lady Bellaston, who...
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On November 30, 2007, 24-year-old Kevin Shields went out drinking with three Army buddies from Fort Carson, Colo., a base on the outskirts of Colorado Springs. A few hours later, he was dead -- shot twice in the head at close range and left by the side of the road by his fellow soldiers. Shields' murder punctuated a string of violent attacks committed by the three, who are now serving time in prison for this and other crimes, and it contributed to...
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.