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Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROO

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROO

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROO

Summary: The royal tour is a groundbreaking special, produced and hosted by Peter Greenberg, that will showcase Mexico in a way no visitor has ever seen the country before -- through the eyes of its leader.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2 Mex

Summary: This documentary series explores the history of science and how we found our place in the cosmos.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COS

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV COS

Summary: The Himalayas were among the last places on Earth that homo sapiens came to inhabit. Now, join an international team of scientists as they climb to the world's highest tombs to unearth secrets of the people who settled these extreme environments.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEC

Summary: Rick Steves takes you off-the-beaten-path of some of his favorite European cities.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Back Door Productions 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914 RIC

Summary: This two-DVD set includes the 12 newest shows from Season 10 of public television's "Rick Steves' Europe" series, with a bonus extra. Join Rick as he experiences the local culture, cuisine and fun in some of Europe's most interesting places: Sicily, England, Scotland, Portugal, and Greece -- plus multi-country shows covering Europe's most exciting festivals and the skills of smart cruising....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Back Door Productions 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 RIC

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Summary: Explores bees and their diversity as a wildlife cameraman films various species of bees in his urban garden in Bristol, England during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MY

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MY

Summary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STO

Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOU

Summary: Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking poses enduring scientific questions to teams of non-scientists to test their problem solving skills and summon their inner-genius, covering topics such as time travel, the existence of life on other planets, how the universe came to be, and the origins of life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GEN

Summary: Inside the Black Box spotlights the world's greatest Black artists within the entertainment industry. A 2022 Television Series. With ten-hour-long episodes with hosts Joe Morton and Tracey Moore. Reminiscent of "Inside the Actor's Studio with Robert Lipton." Features prominent actors, directors, writers, and producers of color and helps to further the never-ending dialectic on race in American...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INS

Summary: "Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf ... Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons ... The daily struggles of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD YEL

Summary: The complete Emmy Award-winning story of America's national pastime from master storyteller Ken Burns is now fully restored in high definition! Baseball spans the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the immigrant experience, the transformation of popular culture and the enduring appeal of the national pastime.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BAS

Summary: A look at social change throughout history, as seen through the music, poetry, speeches, and manifestos of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past - and present - including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, along with unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEO

Summary: Tells the story of the struggle for freedom by thousands of African-American ex-slaves who fled Southern plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. Follows their dream of a journey to freedom in bone-chilling Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Features the stories of Englishman John Clarkson, a passionate advocate of the abolition of slavery, and two African men,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROU

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