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Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Who would have predicted that a hot spot left over from the Big Bang would eventually lead to our galaxy, the solar system, the Earth, - and to us? Origins explores how the universe and our planet began amid chaos and eventually gave birth to the first stirrings of life. Join cutting-dege scientists on a voyage deep into the Earth to find analogs to the earliest life on our planet, and travel a million miles from Earth with a space probe designed...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2002, an immense, 200-meter-thick ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed into the ocean off the Antarctic Peninsula, shocking scientists and raising the alarming possibility that we may be heading toward an ice-free Antarctica, last seen a million years ago. That would raise world sea levels so high that New York City would be flooded up to the level of the Statue of Liberty's shoulders. But could this really happen? Is Antarctica's surprising...
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 326 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
When filthy-rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira and their two kids -- über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis -- suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup and rebuild their empire from within the rural city limits of their only remaining asset - Schitt's Creek, an armpit of a town they once bought as a joke.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Language
English
Description
Great escape: Over six hundred Allied prisoners dug three highly sophisticated tunnels in Stalag Luft III, allowing seventy-six out of two hundred prisoners to make their escape on the night of March 24, 1944. Nazi prison escape: Details Colditz Castle, a medieval fortress used by the Nazis to house captured Allied officers who had escaped from other prisoner-of-war camps.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (666 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book and Adira, must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy."--container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
7) Big Pacific
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
8) Migraines
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using case studies, this program discusses the biomechanics of migraine, including postmonitory and postdromal phases; diagnosis of migraine; and treatment of migraine with beta-blockers and neuromodulators as well as with biofeedback and dietary supplements such as coenzyme Q-10 and vitamin B-10.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Discusses what is known about the intelligence of our nearest relatives, the great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas. Looks at historical research that shows they can use simple tools and even be trained to communicate in sign language. Also investigates newer research that looks at planned use of weapons, math ability, creative problem solving, reasoning, cooperation, imitation, social emotions, and other aspects of intelligence....
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explore basic math and geometry concepts as Super Peg and Cat Guy solve the city's problems. When these two friends put their minds together, they find that it's super fun to use math to save the day!
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
12) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the lives of three Ethiopian women, rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, who leave home in search of seeking treatment for obstetric fistula. The program follows them walking for hours on their journey to transportation to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years, and stays with them as their lives begin to change.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Binky discovers that he's allergic to peanuts, he has so many questions: Will he be forced to live without Chinese food? Will he ever again be able to eat with his friends? And most importantly, will his mom ever calm down?
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
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The African Americans explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history and culture against unimaginable odds. Black in Latin America examines how indigenous, African, and European people came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Black in Latin America:...
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