Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
41) 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
42) Ancient computer
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.
43) The rise of ISIS
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In The Rise of ISIS, Martin Smith (Gangs of Iraq; Beyond Baghdad) draws on in-depth interviews with Iraqi politicians, and American policymakers and military leaders to explore and explain how the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) became a major force so quickly. What does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? Smith delivers a revelatory look...
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.
45) Trees of Mystery
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The giant statue of Paul Bunyan greets visitors to this family run road-side attraction that has been open since the 1930's. Join host Huell Howser as he get a tour through some of the most amazing Redwoods in California, but its not just any old walking tourwhere you stare up at these impossibly tall trees; its a SkyTrail, which is basically a ski lift which gets you at tree-top level giving you an amazing new view ..."--Summary from www.calgold.com/calgold....
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.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brings one of the 20th century's best-loved writers out from the shadow of her often controversial husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh. This film is an evocative portrait of a woman whose work continues to speak to readers today, and whose life is a key to understanding the changing worlds of aviation, women, and celebrity in the 20th century.
48) Into the Amazon
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
49) 20 snowy stories
Publisher
Pbs Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Playing games and spending time outside with your friends can be snow much fun! Join your favorite PBS KIDS characters on 20 exciting winter adventures. Watch as Pinkalicious and her friend Jasmine spend the day building a snow fairy, Chris and Martin Kratt search for lost hares in a wintery North American forest, and like Daniel, Dad, and his friends go sledding together down one very tall hill!
Includes 10 series: Arthur, Caillou, Daniel Tiger,...
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Nestled in a small valley nearly 12 miles outside of Avalon on Catalina Island is El Rancho Escondido, 'the hidden ranch.' Still a working ranch, it was originally started as the Wrigley family's Arabian Horse Ranch. The facility's prizewinning horses, historic memorabilia, and entertaining exhibits make it great place to visit. Huell spends the day with members of the Wrigley family as they reminisce about life on the ranch.."--Summary from www.calgold.com/calgold...
53) Sealab
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1969 off the California coast, a US Navy crane carefully lowered a massive tubular structure into the waters. It was designed for an elite group of divers to spend days or even months at a stretch living and working on the ocean floor. The video tells the little-known story of the daring program that tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized undersea exploration.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4,000 German POWs revealed their inner thoughts about the Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win WWII.
56) Farallon Islands
Publisher
Huell Howser Prod
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Huell spends the day with the biologists who live on the Farallon Islands and learns about this wild and beautiful place which is just a group of islands and rocks found 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, known as California's Galapagos, they make up the The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge. These wild and remote islands are rich with not only flora and fauna, but human history as well."--Description from www.calgold.com
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey, but England's Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. In its heyday, Highclere was the social epicenter of Edwardian England. See how all the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats above to the army of servants toiling 'below stairs'. Also find out from the current inhabitants, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, what life in a fairytale castle...