Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The event showcases marine life along America's West Coast. It documents the rejuvenation of the once endangered and now thriving ecosystem of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California. Some of the world's most charismatic marine creatures, humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, dolphins, elephant seals, sea otters, great white sharks, shearwaters, and brown pelicans, convene in this once a year confluence.
322) Cobra: Season one
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It follows the Prime Minister and his titular committee, comprised of leading contingency planners and senior politicians, as they navigate the difficulties in overcoming a major national crisis.
323) Guilt: Season one
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brothers Max and Jake couldn't be more different. Max is wealthy with a perfect life. Jake scrapes by, running a record shop. Driving home late one night, they accidentally kill an old man on a darkened street. They manage to conceal their crime, but when others suspect the death wasn't as innocent as it first appeared, they brothers' lives start falling apart. As their guilt takes them into a dangerous world where everyone seems to have a hidden...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-ray (340 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The series looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The new seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground amateur boxing to the now-defunct East German Secret Police; the suicide of Hathaway's old friend test his relationship with Lewis; a case of rape and murder causes Lewis to...
326) Human footprint
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the world to explore our global impact. Because while we may tell ourselves what it means to be human, the clearest vision of who we are emerges from what we do.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hosted by renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, Season Two takes viewers on another inspiring journey across the U.S. to explore and celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of immigrant traditions and cuisine woven into American food and culture. Each week Marcus visits a new city to learn about the dynamic and creative ways a particular community has made its mark.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (290 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With her English accent and her London ways, Rose Coyne is the only 'stranger' in her rural Northern Ireland town, until 4,000 Americans arrive at the nearby WWII airbase. As Rose finds herself acting as peacekeeper between the disgruntled locals and the soldiers, she is also drawn to the engaging young Captain Dreyfuss. Will Rose risk her family for this forbidden love?
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Journalist Bill Moyers presents a cultural tour of Florence, Italy, and uses a series of informal conversations with scholars and artists to explore how the city's Renaissance legacy still influences modern thoughts and feelings. Features footage of works by many Italian Renaissance masters.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The only series on television in the U.S. to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists, this is a Peabody Award winning biennial program that allows viewers to observe the artists at work, watch as they transform inspiration into art, and hear how they struggle with both the physical and visual challenges of achieving their visions.
332) Ocean adventures
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 11 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
" ... diving team as they explore a thrilling array of natural phenomena, investigate little known territories and ecosystems hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, and come face to face with a friendly and ferocious inhabitants of the deep in each episode of Ocean Adventures. Through Jean-Michel's observations, the series illuminates the great need for better understanding and sustainable management of the oceans' rich natural treasures"--Container....
333) Mercy Street
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle, collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators,...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006], c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The incredible life of an extraordinary leader. Napoleon is the first in-depth documentary portrait of one of the most famous, influential, and controversial figures ever.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approx. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores twenty-three national park lodges located in California, the Southwest, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and Alaska. Presents a tour of the historic national park lodges of the American West, covering Old Faithful Inn, Ahwahne Hotel, El Tovar, Zion Lodge, Grand Canyon Lodge, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Glacier Park Lodge, Belton Chalet, Lake McDonald Lodge, Sperry and Granite Park Chalets, Many Glacier Hotel, Paradise Inn, Timberline...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (367 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Desert victory: Documents the clash of Germany's General Rommel and Britain's General Montgomery as their militaries collide in battle under harsh desert conditions. Britain's defeat at El Alemein is only a stumbling block on the road to victory as they ultimately conquer the Germans at Tripoli. Utilizes actual German footage of Rommel and Hitler that was confiscated during the skirmish by the British.
The Nazis strike: Masterfully compiled by Col....
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.
339) Great white shark
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg travel to South Africa's KwaZulu Natal Coast, where the body of a giant white shark weighing in at over 2,000 pounds and measuring almost 15 feet has been pulled up. It presents an international team of experts with a rare opportunity to explore this hunter's anatomy to find out how it has evolved into the oceans most feared predator.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (501 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective is on the case in the first series of the hit PBS mystery. Fan favorite David Suchet stars as the dapper sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these remastered adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.