PBS Distribution (Firm)
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Chris loses his creature souvenir collection in the Arctic, will he be able to get his creature treasures back before the evil Zach Varmitech finds them? Then, Chris and Martin continue to face Zach Varmitech when he threatens to use an entire walrus herd to mine precious pearls for Donita Donata's fashion line!
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
PBS KIDS superheroes are here to save the day, tackling everyday problems and big mysteries. In Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Daniel and Grandpere use their imaginations and pretend to be superheroes for the day to help Dad Tiger. When muffins go missing from the school cafeteria kitchen, the Hero Elementary gang must figure out what happened to them. Then, in Odd Squad, the agents receive a call from the Big O telling them to go to Tokyo, Japan. The...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the moments after the Curiosity rover lands on Mars. Mars Curiosity could be NASA's last chance to set wheels down on Mars until the end of the decade: last August, a rover named Curiosity touched down inside Mars' Gale Crater, carrying 10 new instruments that will advance the quest for signs that Mars might have once been suitable for life. But Curiosity's mission is risky. After parachuting through the Martian atmosphere at twice the speed...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approx. 168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley travels back in time to the Tudor Court of England's Henry VIII to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of his six wives. Combining drama based on eyewitness accounts and historical sources with Lucy's own contemporary historical commentary, it is these women's stories that Lucy sets out to uncover, witness, and explore.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Black colleges and universities are a haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries and have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. Examine the impact these institutions have had on American history, culture, and national identity.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that could possibly be a cradle of life.
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.
50) Arts & the mind
Publisher
PBS distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This two part special details the impact of the arts on the human brain across a person's lifetime and explores its role in early human development. Stories are shared showing how the arts can improve children's school performance and reveals cutting edge science that explains the powerful, positive impact of the arts on the human brain.
52) Meteor strike
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a blinding streak that flashed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500 people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within days, NOVA crews were in Russia following impact scientists as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Investigate the rise of spillover viruses like Zika, Ebola and Nipah that can make the leap from animals to humans. Find out how human behaviors spread diseases and what science can do to anticipate and prevent epidemics around the world.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with these furry friends. New research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along, that dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be? And how can dogs, so closely related to fearsome wild wolves, behave so differently? It's...
55) The circus
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A four-hour mini-series that tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, the film follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country.
57) The gilded age
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national wealth expanded, and two classes rose simultaneously, separated by a gulf of experience and circumstance that was unprecedented in American life.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Muslim belief and tradition specifies that there should be no depictions of God or the Prophet Muhammad. In religious contexts, this constraint on what artists can depict extends to human figures and other living creatures as well. These prohibitions have inspired a rich visual culture based on calligraphy, Arabesque floral designs, and geometry, all of which feature strongly in the art and design found throughout Islam.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.