Mass.) WGBH (Television station : Boston
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Explores how animals understand the world around them through the eyes of three iconic creatures: dogs, birds, and dolphins. As we discover how scientists are pushing the animal mind to its limits, we'll uncover surprising similarities to, and differences from--the human mind.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has become big business, largely due to the efforts of two Mexican drug runners who began smuggling ephedrine- the same chemical used to make over-the-counter cold remedies- into California by the ton. Hundreds of illegal meth labs are now operating in the western United States, and the effects are sweeping the nation. From...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Examines heart disease, the number one killer in America and one of the nation's greatest health challenges for both men and women. Presents personal stories that showcase the scientific advances that are transforming the field of cardiology and the effect these changes will have on people stricken with heart disease. Includes a discussion hosted by Larry King in which medical experts and physicians present strategies and practical tactics for improving...
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
On March 13, 1989, the lights went out across Canada and the eastern seaboard of the United States. One of the most serious power grid failures in American history was caused by a magnetic storm. Nova explores one of the most serious threats to life.
6) Wyatt Earp
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
As a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drinking in saloons, gambling, and visiting brothels. He gained notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, but shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck transformed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero.
7) Truman
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Standard format.
Language
English
Description
The story of Harry S. Truman's life, with comments by contemporaries and historians.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Metropolitan Los Angeles is sitting on ground zero. Slicing under the highrises of downtown is a network of potentially deadly faults which could trigger the nation's most devastating natural disaster. Includes 1994 Los Angeles earthquake.
10) Pollyanna
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Letterboxed.
Language
English
Description
An orphaned girl comes to live with her wealthy, embittered aunt in an English village. She soon charms everyone but her aunt, who is not won over until both are confronted with tragedy.
Publisher
WGBH ; distributed by PBS Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
In Smell, exotic smells virtually waft through your screen as Ackerman visits one of the world's largest creators of perfumes, where master "nose" (as perfume designers are known) Sophia Grojsman is mixing a new scent from hundreds of bottles in her lab.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace provocative new clues to one of the most tragic events of World War II: the sinking of the USS Arizona. For decades, it has been thought that the Arizona was sunk by a bomb dropped by a Japanese aircraft. But the discovery of a group of Japanese midget subs in and around Pearl Harbor has raised questions about the Arizona's final hours.
19) Country boys
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
David Sutherland returns to rural America to tell an epic tale of two boys coming of age in Kentucky's Appalachian hills, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.
20) Lord of the ants
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Profiles soft-spoken Southerner E.O. Wilson, a naturalist renowned for his scientific study of ants that led to his 1975 book Sociobiology : the new synthesis, where he put forth the notion that evolutionary principles could explain social behavior throughout the animal kingdom, including in humans. Shows the evolution of sociobiology from a controversial new discipline to one supported by experimental science that has shown that genes do play a role...