PBS Home Video
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's suprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings.
82) Woodrow Wilson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Using photos, letters, newsreels, archival footage and beautifully filmed reenactments, this program tells the story of a professor who became one of America's greatest presidents. It's the tale of an emotionally complex man who craved affection and demanded unquestioned loyalty. And it's a fascinating portrait of a towering intellectual, one who appeared to espouse unwavering moral principles but who nonetheless shredded civil liberties during wartime...
84) Extreme ice
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations around the world in order to assess the impact of global warming.
87) Threads
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
The fourth season, a groundbreaking, comprehensive visual exploration of the history, vitality, and cultural significance of America's craft movement. Threads explores the needle arts, including storytelling through quilts and textiles that speak to the creativity of the human spirit. Through the stories of four special artists, we will experience the drama and revelations art can bring to our lives.
88) Hidden Turkey
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Presents the history of Turkey as it is mirrored in its ancient cuisine. Also, explores the traditional Turkish folk arts of carpet weaving, coppersmithing, and the Whirling Dervishes.
90) Krakatoa
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Using dramatic recreations and CGI, this program brings the May 20, 1883 eruption to life. The eruption reduced the island of Krakatoa to a third of hits former size and sent waves that topped 100 feet high, killing 36,000 people.
Publisher
distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Did a daring Chinese admiral sailing the world's largest wooden armada reach America 71 years before Columbus? This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.
94) Pyramid
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Explore the process of building an ancient Egyptian pyramid and visit various historic sites and rare artifacts, including the mummy of Ramses II.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Description
The French and Indian War pitted French forces for almost a decade against the British, yet few Americans realize its historic contribution to the revolutionary fervor which swept the continent in 1776. The critical and sophisticated role of Native Americans in this conflict is highlighted.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
They're called 'Generation Broke' - people in their twenties and thirties who graduate college with a mountain of student loan debt, and are stuck with one of the weakest job markets in recent history. Suze Orman reveals what actions to take and why.
97) Influenza, 1918
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
In the spring of 1918, an army private reported to a hospital in Kansas. He was diagnosed with the flu, an illness that doctors knew little about. By the end of WWI, America was ravaged by a flu epidemic that killed 675,000 people.
100) Extreme cave diving
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Follow Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes, the underwater caves that formed during the last ice age when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. With an interdisciplinary team of climatologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists, Broad investigates the hidden history of Earth's climate as revealed by finds in this spectacularly beautiful 'alternate universe.'