Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examine Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built. The film also investigates the darker side of the company's rapid growth, and the challenge of trying to rein in the power of the richest man in the world.
Publisher
Jim Henson Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Features new friends in all shapes and sizes, with catchy songs and all the dinosaur information kids will ever want to know. Preschoolers will be on the fast track to learning when Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adopted family of Pteranodons explore all that their prehistoric world has to offer.
3) Carpinteria
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Carpinteria State Beach is just twelve miles south of Santa Barbara and is a great family destination that offers a mile of beach for swimming, surfing, fishing, tidepool exploring and camping. Huell learns about all of this, plus how Carpinteria got its name and the role that naturally-occurring tar played in its history."--Summary from www.calgold.org/goldenparks
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Luna and pals Leo, Andy, and Carmen as they travel all around the world. In Paris, Leo tries to make a grilled cheese for Carmen. Then, while in Istanbul, Leo thinks that his turtle has a connection to a sultan in Topaki Palace.
Publisher
Pbs Home Video
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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
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.
7) Asilomar
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
8) Hetch Hetchy
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Before it was dammed in the early 1900s, John Muir called it more beautiful than Yosemite Valley itself. And now, in a one-hour special, Huell travels to this historic and spectacular place to document its past and talk about its future."--Summary from www.calgold.org/goldenparks
Series
Road trip with Huell Howser volume 108
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"State Highway 154 is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway in California. The locals know it as the San Marcos Pass Road, and it's a 32-mile section of highway from Santa Barbara to Highway 101 north of Los Olivos, that winds through the Los Padres National Forest, the Santa Ynez Valley and past Lake Cachuma. It's a historic road as well, part of it following an original stagecoach route."--Description from www.calgold.com/roadtrip website....
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Join Huell as he takes an exciting 4-mile railroad excursion on Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. Ride into history where powerful locomotives once hauled massive log trains through the Sierra mountains. Where mighty lumberjacks felled the timber and flumes carried lumber to the distant valley below. The Sierra National Forest's majestic woods provide the backdrop for the narrow gauge journey back in time. This old steam train is a wonderful...
12) Camarillo Ranch
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Join Huell as he visits the magnificently restored Camarillo Ranch, which was named for 'the last Spanish Don', Adolfo Camarillo, who assumed ownership of the gigantic 10,000 acre ranch in 1880 at the age of 16. The city of Camarillo is named after the charismatic and successful Adolfo, who is known for having bred white horses. Huell takes a special tour of the ranch and 'La Casa Grande,' the 6,000 sq. foot Queen Anne Victorian Camarillo built for...
13) Whiskey town
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Huell visits Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and hears all about this new and improved state park and the exciting discovery of an enormous 400 foot waterfall, which was hidden on private property until 2006. Then, Huell explores the freshly cut trail that has been made for everyone to enjoy this gorgeous 'new' waterfall"--Summary from www.calgold.org/goldenparks
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1970s, disco dominated American pop music. Originating in nightclubs that featured record players instead of live bands, disco was a major stylistic departure from rock, and its rise to the top of the music charts signaled a cultural shift that some found threatening. Disco's roots lay in a gay urban subculture, and the artists who created it were largely African American and Latino. In the gay dance clubs where it flourished, disco was much...
15) The planets
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Among the stars in the night sky wander the eight-plus worlds of the solar system, each home to truly awe-inspiring sights. Volcanoes three times higher than Everest, geysers erupting with icy plumes, cyclones larger than Earth lasting hundreds of years. Each of our celestial neighbors has a distinct personality and a unique story. In this five-part series, NOVA will explore the awesome beauty including Saturn's 175,000-mile-wide rings, Mars's ancient...
16) 20 music tales
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
©2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From forming a schoolyard marching band to helping Ludwig van Beethoven write a symphony, your friends at PBS Kids really know how to put on a fantastic performance!
17) The Swamp
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity's attempt to conquer nature. This program, told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America's greatest wetland.
18) Pio Pico
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Pio Pico State Historic Park welcomes Huell Howser. It is the site of "El Ranchito," the final home of the last Mexican Governor of California."--Summary from www.calgold.org/goldenparks
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.
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join the super friends as they practice spelling, use the power to read, and investigate rhyming words in order to change the outcome of the story and save the day! Includes games, music videos, and more.