WGBH Video (Firm)
1) Inca
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Explore the magnificent mountainside citadels - and marvel as villagers create a 150-foot suspension bridge using nothing but grass.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Get ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet to the totally cool music and rocking beat of the Shushybye Dream Band! A toe-tapping, finger-snapping concert experience for young children (and grown-ups!)
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nova reveals the daring flights and dramatic life of a neglected genius, Brazilian-born inventor, Alberto Santos-Dumont. Featuring captivating recreations and replicas of Santos' pioneering balloons and airplanes.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of the 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during the Great Depression, including interviews and archival footage of teens riding atop speeding trains.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On January 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named Nellie Bly to arrive back home. For 72 days, newspaper readers followed her progress in one of the most highly publicized journeys of all times.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles soft-spoken Southerner E.O. Wilson, a naturalist renowned for his scientific study of ants that led to his 1975 book Sociobiology : the new synthesis, where he put forth the notion that evolutionary principles could explain social behavior throughout the animal kingdom, including in humans. Shows the evolution of sociobiology from a controversial new discipline to one supported by experimental science that has shown that genes do play a role...
10) Mansfield Park
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fanny Price goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park and must navigate a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among the occupants of the house.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Join NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers are closing in on one of the most destructive objects in the universe--a supermassive black hole--and it's hiding right in the center of our own galaxy. Eventually, it will blast jets of radiation millions of miles into space, incinerating everything in its neighborhood, including planet Earth. For a long time, black holes were dismissed as pure...
Publisher
Distributed in the US and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sweet Molly Gibson was living life pleasantly when her widowed father decides that, for the good of his daughter, he must remarry. In comes Claire and Molly's life is turned upside down by the usually well meaning but off-the-mark Claire, who insists on things being done the proper way. Added to the stew is Claire's beautiful, educated daughter Cynthia, and the Hamleys, a well-to-do family headed by a squire who is not happy about the romantic interests...