Ken Burns
41) The Vietnam War
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Champion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
43) Baseball
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
11 DVDs (ca. 23 hours) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Here is the story of a nation at work and play. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up to the establishment of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1868. Part 2 spans the period from 1868 to the passage in 1919 of the 19th amendment to the Constitution which gave women the vote.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filmmaker Ken Burns invited some of country music's finest artists to gather at Ryman Auditorium to celebrate the launch of his PBS series Country Music. Burns curated an evening of selected highlights from the series combined with performances of the music's iconic songs by some of country's finest artists including Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart, and more.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
48) Prohibition
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
49) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (3 hrs.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the life of Thomas Jefferson.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent--a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific--Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
51) Mark Twain
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 220 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences, double-sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
52) The Civil War
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (700 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
53) The war
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 450 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Description
"Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles America's complicated perceptions of race and crime through the story of the "Central Park 5", a documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.