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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From the voyage of the Mayflower to the bold exploration of outer space, join the Peanuts gang as they take a timeless journey through American history! Groove along with Charlie Brown and Snoopy as they discover the beginnings of jazz and ragtime music, cleverly accompanied by Lucy's speech about American heroes. Soar with the Wright brothers, blast into orbit on the NASA space station, and create some the world₂s most influential inventions.
Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Presents two documentary films that examine the events surrounding the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center ten years after September 11, 2001, including "9/11: Day that Changed the World," which examines how the nation's leaders made decisions on that day with interviews with Rudy Giuliani, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and others; and "9/11: Stories in Fragments," which looks at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and their...
3) Galapagos
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
5) Blue planet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
View Earth from space. Orbiting 200 miles above Earth's surface, see familiar landforms: the majestic Himalayas, giant Namib desert sand dunes, jewel-like Caribbean islands. From this unique vantage point see how natural forces - volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our planet, and how a powerful new force - mankind, has begun to alter the face of Earth.
Publisher
Smithsonian Networks
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Ho ho who? Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus. From Armenia (Gaghant Baba) to China (Dun Che Lao Ren), India (Ganesha), and Yugoslavia (Deda Mraz), this beloved and iconic symbol of holiday cheer is known by dozens of names. Take a revealing pop history look at the amazing transformation of a holy man into a treasured icon of Christmas joy.
8) Hockney
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of David Hockney, legendary artist and an early icon for LGBTQ and AIDS activism.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Best known for the groundbreaking portrait of his mother, James McNeill Whistler was the original art star. But beneath the high gloss, the struggle of this genius to find his own voice resulted in a breakaway style that moved painting towards abstraction and would revolutionize the art world in his time-and beyond. Dramatic re-creations, art, graphics, and interviews combine to profile this fascinating character.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
It's a mystery on a global scale: five times in Earth's past, life has been nearly extinguished, the vast majority of plants and animals annihilated in a geologic instant. What triggered these dramatic events? And what might they tell us about the fate of our world? Joins scientists around the globe as they unravel the mysteries of two of the most dramatic mass extinction.
Publisher
SlingShot
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
To the moon: Features the early rocket pioneers such as Robert Goddard and Herman Oberth as they began turning science fiction into science fact; relives those moments in time when the Russians shocked the world by sending Yuri Gagarin into space; follows the drama of the space race from Project Mercury to Gemini and Apollo. Beyond the moon: Relives the drama and tension of bringing Apollo 13 safety back to earth; includes conversations with space...
Publisher
Smithsonian Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
How can something so beautiful be so feared? Priceless, precious, and perilous, the Hope Diamond has been a gift to the world but, some say, a curse to those who have possessed it. Explore the intrigue of one of the world's most infamous gems
14) Mission to Mir
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Observes the relationships between Mir's Russian and American astronauts as they live, work and entertain in zero gravity.
