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Hand-me-down genes Japan past and present Masterpiece theatre (Television program) Poverty in America South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Treasures of Athens and Olympia Victory in the Pacific View from the top (Princeton, N.J.)Filter By Series
Hand-me-down genes Japan past and present Masterpiece theatre (Television program) Poverty in America South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Treasures of Athens and Olympia Victory in the Pacific View from the top (Princeton, N.J.)Summary: Would the collapse of the Soviet Union have been possible without American sponsorship of Islamic fundamentalism? Did U.S. policies pave the way for 9/11? Does the American media help sustain Osama Bin Laden’s popularity? This documentary examines those questions, studying the machinations of key players—the CIA, Bin Laden, Afghani mujahideen and opium traders, Presidents Carter and Reagan, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This classic episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series takes viewers on a pictorial journey to Japan as U.S. servicemen experienced it in 1957. This program from the National Archives and Records Administration endeavors to dispel myths about Japan and to showcase the country’s industrial, agricultural, and economic state after suffering heavy destruction in World War II....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In his idealized yet deeply felt pastoral images, John Constable manifested a uniquely English identification with nature and rural life. This program, created from extensive Tate and National Gallery collections, explores both the aesthetic and subtly political aspects of Constable's work. Eschewing the approach of many art documentaries, the film presents detailed audio commentary from Tate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Theater has a long history in Japan, ranging from traditional Kabuki to today's avant-garde performing arts. This program explores the cultural debate within Japan regarding traditional forms of theater and more contemporary variations, including the adaptation of Western texts such as Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and street theater. Interviews with many of Japan's leading playwrights such as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Should Japan abandon its interlocking alliance between business and government and reengineer its economy on the American model? In this program, syndicated columnist and author Ben Wattenberg moderates a debate with Eamonn Fingleton, author of the controversial Blindside; Yoichi Funabashi, of the Asahi Shimbun; and experts from The Brookings Institution, U.S. News & World Report, The New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854 marked the stage for Japan's dramatic leap from the Middle Ages into modernity. The ports of Japan were forced open; the English, French, Russians, and Dutch promptly demanded-and got-the same privileges. In 1868, the last shogun gave way to a 15-year-old emperor, who dressed in Western-style clothes. Edo became Tokyo, education became a national passion,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: World War II - Aerial shots of destroyed Japanese cities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: This Wide Angle report gets in step with military cadets at Japan's National Defense Academy preparing for possible overseas deployment and a group of peace demonstrators-including atomic bomb survivors-marching to preserve Japan's post-World War II policy of pacifism. In addition, unprecedented access to joint maneuvers with the U.S. Marine Corps, to surveillance flights over the Sea of Japan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This fascinating comparison between Japanese and American educational systems examines both the differences in goals between the two and the different ways in which they seek to achieve the same goal. With American producers photographing in Japan and Japanese producers photographing in the U.S., this documentary explores efforts in both countries to balance creativity and discipline in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Our body is composed of billions of cells, but how does each cell know what to become? This program starts with the nucleus of a single cell and then explains the other components the cell needs to function: chromosomes, genes, DNA, and ribosomes. From hair color to height, our genes determine who we are. This program explores, through animated graphics, all of the basic genetic building blocks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: For many Americans, the threat of sudden poverty has less to do with the nation's overall economy than it does with personal circumstances. This program discusses the hard facts of situational poverty with a focus on the four most common triggers: job loss, the fastest way to become impoverished; health issues, such as severe injury or long-term illness; the loss of a spouse through divorce or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan-who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth and business, for the proper functioning of silicon chips and the uniqueness and unity of the Japanese....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program consists of five versions of the same short story, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, who scandalized American readers in the late 19th century by questioning the social and marital mores of her time. The story examines the behavior and feelings of a woman on the day she is informed of her husband's death. The program includes a reading of the story by Zoe Wanamaker, plus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When you look at a family photo, the resemblances, even across several generations, can be striking. What role do genes play, and why aren't siblings identical (and why are some)? This program explains how the formation of sex cells, from the first gamete to chromosome pairs, determines our genetic makeup. Deviations such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, achondroplasia, Klinefelter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: It's a little play with all the big subjects in it, wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Our Town reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, U.S.A. The play's themes of love and marriage, the transitory nature of existence, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It was May 1945, and the US forces in Europe had just celebrated victory over the Nazis. While some would then occupy Germany, others would return home. And yet still, many would redeploy to the Pacific for the invasion of Japan-a battle resulting in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Over 100,000 servicemen and tens of thousands of civilians were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Sometimes transforming a failing enterprise takes the surgeon's knife. Renowned business consultant Gerry Robinson prefers the axe. In this behind-the-scenes case study, Robinson applies his business acumen to The Vernon Road Bleaching and Dyeing Company, a British lace dyeing operation bought in bankruptcy by the father/son team of Henry and Richard Chaplin. Taking Richard to task for, among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Japanese student protests over the new Korean government
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: Far from disappearing after the Hellenistic age, Greek art flourished with the rise of Christianity and the Orthodox church. This program explores the development of icon painting, the influence of Greek artists on later European movements, and the advent of neoclassical architecture as a manifestation of an age-old cultural legacy. With historical context from the conversion of Constantine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: While their armed forces clashed in the Pacific, both the U.S. and Imperial Japanese governments engaged in a different kind of battle on the home front: a struggle for the hearts and minds of their civilian populations. Jointly produced by American and Japanese filmmakers, this program examines the propaganda of the World War II era films, newsreels, and posters that used hyperbole,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It's almost a given that salmon is part of a healthy diet, its benefits touted far and wide. Some savvy consumers will even choose wild fish over farm-raised, believing it to be all the more nutritious. This program goes behind the scenes at Marine Harvest, the world's largest producer of farmed salmon, to examine the nutritive properties of both farm-raised and wild-caught fish. To keep costs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: George Fisher, CEO, Eastman Kodak; CEO, Motorola 1990-1993Named one of the most-admired executives in the electronics industry as president and CEO of Motorola, Kodak's chief executive explains how Motorola's single-minded pursuit of quality-not just product quality, but quality in how the company treats its people and customers-has helped the American electronics firm achieve nearly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: 3000 Japanese protest plans to expand US airbase. Riot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1955
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Summary: First, call 911. This program shows viewers how to respond to common medical emergencies while waiting for professional help to arrive. With demonstrations and commentary from an experienced paramedic throughout, each section describes trauma situations or symptoms of distress and the best way to address them. The video also includes relevant advice on topics such as giving yourself the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011