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Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Delves into the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected people, how the American public worked together to get through the massive hardships, and how the economy recovered with World War II. Examine the changes that swept the shaken nation during the first year - from the landslide victory of FDR in 1932 to Dust Bowl farmers. Americans sought release from the hard times wherever they could find it - from marathon dancing to going to the movies....
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
6) 500 nations
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uses firsthand accounts, location filming, and virtual-reality re-creations to trace the history of the hundreds of Indian nations that have inhabitated North America for over 15,000 years, discussing their centuries-long struggle to survive.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic,...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Many Americans are keeping an important, potentially deadly secret: depression. Approximately 15 million adults in the U.S. struggle with this devastating neurological condition, which affects all ages, races, genders, and socioeconomic groups. Through the voices and stories of people living with depression as well as interviews with doctors and scientists, this film provides an unflinching portrait of the disease while clearly exploring the opportunities...
12) A midwife's tale
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The life of Martha Ballard, a frontier midwife in Maine, is reconstructed through her diary. She lived through the economic boom and bust, and political and social turmoil of the decades following the American Revolution.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Documents the 72-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and historical perspectives.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
16) Roman city
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines how the Roman Empire linked Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa into a commercial and political unit based on their cities. Macaulay visits historical sites throughout the once great Roman Empire, and tells how the structures were built and used. In animated segments, he tells the story of the construction and conflicts of a fictional Roman City in the newly conquered territory of Gaul. Includes visits to Pompeii, Herculaneum,...
Publisher
BBC America
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Art historian Sir Kenneth Clark presents an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considers to be the crucial phases of its development. This lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was broadcast in 1969.
Disc One: Program 1: "Skin of our Teeth" looks at the Dark Ages; the six-hundred years following the fall of the Roman Empire. / Program 2: "Great Thaw" traces the re-awakening of European civilization in the...
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2009], c2000
Language
English
Description
Shaking Western culture to its very core after its publication 150 years ago, On the origin of species forced humans to rethink their place in the universe. In this lively three-part series, Darwin's passionate disciple, popular author and biologist Richard Dawkins examines evolution and its legacy, confronts Darwin's doubters head-on, and explains natural selection in clear, straightforward terms.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments and painted on pottery and bark books ... [This program] highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that cracked the code, unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization"--Container.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.