PBS Distribution (Firm)
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the width of a football field to the size of a small city, the space rocks called asteroids have the potential to be killers. But some asteroids may be loaded with billions of dollars' worth of iron, nickel and even platinum. Will asteroids turn out to be our economic salvation-or instruments of extinction?
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While on the African savanna, Martin and Chris observe lots of wild cats and dogs. Soon, the Wild Kratts kids are calling in from all over to ask about cats and dogs and whether they're like their own pets. Zach, who has been secretly listening to all the questions, comes up with a scheme to capture and sell these wild animals. Can Chris, Martin and the team save the wild cats and dogs?
Publisher
[PBS Distribution]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thomas Erdbrink's rare and fascinating account in a four-hour journey into the private world of Iran, revealing the people and the country in a way never before seen on U.S. TV. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed society of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living under theocratic leaders.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (9 hrs., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Visit the Neighborhood and watch as Daniel picks out a cake for his birthday at Baker Aker's Bakery, visits Dr. Anna for his checkup, takes a trip to the crayon factory with his friends Miss Elaina and Katerina Kittycat, and lots more! The DVD set is filled with tales of friendship, caring about other's feelings, and experiencing new things!
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, this special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustain life on earth.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Kushites were a little-known African civilization that rose up and overthrew the Ancient Egyptians. Egypt, and early archaeologists, wanted history to forget them, but National Geographic is finally revealing the truth about the mysterious Black Pharaohs.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in an epic series that reveals the ultimate story of why people feel and think the things they do. The ambitious project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories, and addresses some big questions.
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ironically, every dead elephant with its ivory intact is a reason to celebrate. It means an elephant died of natural causes, and a soul was celebrated and mourned by its herd. Award-winning filmmakers, Dereck and Beverly Joubert start with the remains of two bull elephants and through a series of key flashbacks, look at the lives they would have led.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From kitchen windows, they are spotted, nibbling away at gardens and shrubs. Once they retreat from view, where do the white-tailed deer go? Scientists outfit deer with night vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment that reveal the hidden world of white-tailed deer in a whole new light, allowing to see them not as common backyard creatures, but as intelligent, affectionate family members.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The ostrich, the emu, and the rhea, together with the kiwi and the cassowary, are the court jesters of the avian world, because they can't do the one thing that birds are famous for doing. They can't fly. But exactly how and why did these birds abandon flight? It's been one of the natural world's great mysteries. And now DNA is promising to give us the answer.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When thunderclouds begin to gather each year over Botswana's Kalahari, 20,000 zebras get itchy feet. As the first fat raindrops hit the dust, southern Africa's biggest animal migration gets underway. In a never-ending quest for grass and water, the striped herds undertake an annual epic trek across the vast landscape of the Kalahari's Makgadikgadi Pans.
14) Yosemite
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Join scientists, experts, and adventurers as they trudge through mountains of snow, climb trees as tall as buildings, and soar high in the air to spy just how these global changes are affecting one of America's greatest wildernesses.
Publisher
Pbs Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 63 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Pinkalicious and her brother Peter for five pinkatastic adventures in Pinkville. While enjoying a day at the beach, Rafael's dog Rusty digs up a pink bone. Can Pinkalicious and the gang use their imaginations to figure out which creature it belongs to? Then, watch what happens when a pink duckling follows Peter around, and watch as unexpected guests buzz over to a pinkerrific tea party.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse to traverse the US mainland in more than a generation. Discover the storied history of eclipse science and follow current, cutting-edge research into the solar corona.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Soar into the tale of Sleeping Beauty with the Super Readers! When Sleeping Beauty just wants to snooze all day instead of playing outside with her friends, Super Why and the gang use their literacy powers to encourage her to try new things! This adventure-filled DVD also includes stories about a princess and a frog learning how to compromise and play together, Super Why and his friends discovering the secrets of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killed more than 200,000, reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and the presidential palace to rubble. In exclusive coverage, a Nova camera crew follows a team of US geologists as they first enter Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy as they...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Moose populations across many parts of North America are in steep decline. This stunningly intimate nature documentary, filmed over thirteen months in the spectacular wilds of Jasper National Park, takes viewers deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother's love and a calf's first year of life up close and personal.