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Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
With a cumulative audience of over 50 million viewers and shot in stunning HD, season three of this hit franchise utilizes breathtaking footage from NASA and state-of-the-art CGI graphics to bring the beauty and mysteries of the cosmos home to viewers.
85) The rise of ISIS
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Video
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In The Rise of ISIS, Martin Smith (Gangs of Iraq; Beyond Baghdad) draws on in-depth interviews with Iraqi politicians, and American policymakers and military leaders to explore and explain how the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) became a major force so quickly. What does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? Smith delivers a revelatory look...
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Across four sixty-minute episodes, Baker Boys takes us straight into the heart of an Al Qaeda hotbed a few kilometers outside of Baghdad, for the last ninety days of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry battalion, Baker Company's tour of duty. The series follows the men from this farthest outpost in enemy terrain until they return back home to Fort Benning, Georgia, and then chronicles the war inside that they bring home in the form of post-traumatic stress,...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Captures the entire arc of one of the world's great battles, with four complete full-length programs. A comprehensive compilation that fully renders the valor, the tragedy, and the humanity of one of the most monumental events of WWII.
89) Colosseum
Publisher
A&E / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Miniseries showcasing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follow the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ongoing struggle to end Japanese whaling. Season 3 gives you an up close view of the latest action from Antarctica as the battle over whaling heightens.
The third season of Whale Wars follows Sea Shepherd's 6th Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign, named Operation Waltzing Matilda in honor of Australia s unofficial national anthem, on the three-month journey to the South Ocean Whale Sanctuary to stop illegal...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose combination of scientific knowledge and raw determination had...
92) Farmingville
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the people of Farmingville, New York, and at how they are dealing with the influx of about 1,500 Mexican workers.
Publisher
WWE Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the ashes of the Monday Night War, a new era is born - Ruthless Aggression! For the first time ever, hear the true stories from those who lived it, and witness the emergence of an entirely new generation of Superstars, who would change WWE forever.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the assassination and excruciating final months of President James Garfield's life. A brilliant scholar, courageous general, and fervent abolitionist, Garfield never wanted the job of president. But once in office, he worked tirelessly to reunite a nation still divided 15 years after the Civil War. As he lay dying, the North and South came together to pray for his recovery.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Standard format.
Language
English
Description
Historians explain the causes and effects of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase agreement between France and the United States that doubled U.S. territory. Relevant letters and diary excerpts from Napoleon, Jefferson, Madison, and Talleyrand help put the purchase in perspective.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For the first time ever, History is gaining full, unprecedented access to one of the most infamous and secretive hotspots of paranormal and UFO-related activities on earth: Skinwalker Ranch. Since the 1950's, Skinwalker Ranch in Utah has been referred to as part of "UFO Alley", an area where numerous anomalous events and strange activity have received worldwide media attention. Since then, the site has been the centre of decades of study, some clandestinely...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Takes viewers into the secretive world of the largest and least known member of the weasel family, to reveal who this dynamic little "devil" truly is. Hard-wired to endure an environment of scarcity, the wolverine is one of the most efficient and resourceful carnivores on Earth.
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