PBS (Firm)
2) Hillary
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, this intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many who had once lauded him for "turning the other cheek."After baseball, he seeks ways to fight inequality, but as he faces a crippling illness, he struggles to remain relevant.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Celebrate Southern identity through the eyes of contemporary creators of literature, music, film and TV, among them authors Angie Thomas, Jesmyn Ward and David Joy; poet Jericho Brown; songwriters Lyle Lovett, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Jason Isbell and Justin Moore; songwriter/actor Mary Steenburgen; songwriter/screenwriter/actor Billy Bob Thornton; and screenwriters Qui Nguyen and Michael Waldron.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power and cruelty. Its graceful lines and harmonious proportions concealed a highly efficient design and advanced construction methods that made hundreds of arches out of 100,000 tons of stone. In its elliptical arena, tens of thousands of gladiators, slaves, prisoners and wild animals met their deaths. Ancient texts report lions and elephants emerging from beneath the floor, as if by magic, to ravage...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Episode Three delivers deeper insight into the personality and motivations of Dr. Scott Adzick, who takes viewers behind the normally closed doors of his life outside the hospital. This hour features a plastic surgeon beginning to reshape baby Lilly’s face, which culminates in a carefully planned reconstructive operation. This episode includes an intimate view of the much-anticipated delivery of Bobby and Shelly’s baby. By the end of the hour,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the largest gathering of humanity for religious purposes on the planet, and host Bruce Feiler is there. This is the Kumbh Mela, the great Hindu festival where pilgrims come from across India, and around the world, to bathe in the water where two sacred rivers meet. Such mass bathing in the Ganges has been...
9) Arthur: S25
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Arthur solves problems big and small that kids face every day! For children ages 4 to 8, Arthur teaches kids about reading and writing, and encourages the development of positive social skills. Each story is tackled with empathy and humor. Based on the popular children’s books by Marc Brown, Arthur is television’s longest-running children's animated series!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious is a one-of-a-kind, pinkatastic girl who is an artist at heart! This animated series follows Pinkalicious Pinkerton and her brother Peter as they explore Pinkville and imagine creative possibilities everywhere they look. Pinkalicious & Peterrific encourages children ages 3-5 to engage in self-expression and creative arts, covering areas such as music, dance, theater and visual arts.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The global cyberwar is heating up and the stakes are no longer limited to the virtual world of computers. Now, thanks in part to secret documents released by Edward Snowden, the true scale of the National Security Agency's scope and power is coming to light. Besides spending billions of dollars to ingest and analyze the worlds' electronic communications, the NSA has set out to dominate a new battlefield—cyberspace. NOVA examines the science and...
14) Forces of Nature
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Take a global tour in four themed episodes, answering the simplest questions about the complex forces that shape our planet. Why is water blue? How can a shape defy gravity? Why do bees make hexagonal honeycombs? And how do these things affect our own lives? Discover what lies beneath Earth's startling beauty as we reveal the secrets of our cosmos and the natural forces that govern everything within it.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Join host Willem Lange as he explores migratory birds native to New England. From the longest-running wildlife census in the world to the incredible migratory route of the Broad-Winged Hawk, this two-disc compilation features five wonderful programs bird enthusiasts will enjoy..
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow! Watch the classic children’s award-winning television series hosted by LeVar Burton as he promotes reading as a way for children to sample the world around them. Each episode encourages kids to read by making story time exciting and interesting, one book at a time!
19) Henry Ford
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management, and a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When filmmaker Ken Dornstein was 19 years old, his older brother David was one of 189 Americans killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Some 25 years later, only one suspect, a Libyan man, was ever convicted of the terror plot, which killed 270 people in total. He was sentenced to life in prison but later released.. Who else was involved remains an open case. Who was really responsible for one of the worst terrorist attacks...

