Mass.) WGBH (Television station : Boston
1) Wonders
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Reporting from the frontiers of science, follow researchers on the winding paths of uncertainty and the unknown. From the mysteries of astrophysics to the technologies that could rival or surpass the abilities of the human mind, the series reveals how far humans have come, how they've managed to get here, and the remarkable scientists who are transforming the world and the future.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Martha is a dog who can speak, thanks to her favorite meal of alphabet soup, and has silly adventures while learning new words along the way. TD passes in the wrong drawing in art class; Martha decides to do something really special for Grandma's birthday; Someone, or some ghost, is fixing up the haunted house; Martha walks under a ladder, breaks a mirror, and thinks she's jinxed; Martha can't believe that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. The new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street housed an underground electric train station that would revolutionize the way people traveled and transform midtown Manhattan. By 1947, over sixty-five million people, the equivalent of forty percent of the population of the United States, had traveled through the station.
5) 1964
Publisher
Insignia Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It was the year of the Beatles and the Civil Rights Act; of the Gulf of Tonkin and Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidency; the year that Americans learned smoking was bad for their health and Cassius Clay became Mohammed Ali; the year that cities across the country erupted in violence and Americans tried to make sense of the assassination of their president. Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, the film will follow some of the...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Curious George is curious about things happening all around him and sometimes he just has to get in and try it for himself. You'll never be without a friend when Curious George investigates going to the doctor's office and when he lends a helping hand.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an end to that search.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds herself searching for Sallie Sturdy, a 14-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie's killer to justice before ending her career. She forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips, Sallie's best friend.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Filmed over three years at Maine State Prison, "Last days of solitary" looks into the destructive effects of solitary confinement on prisoners and efforts by prison administration to reform the practice in favor of more humane, rehabilitative means of incarceration.
12) The Wright stuff
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Steve James tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves, and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community, over the course of a five-year...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"City of the century tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world"--Container. "Chicago by 'L'" is part travelogue, part history, and part tour of Chicago's neighborhoods by 'L', Chicago's elevated train.
16) Emma
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
17) Me & Mrs Jones
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A snooping columnist, who writes under the pseudonym Mrs. Jones, secretly infiltrates 10 Downing Street in an effort to reveal the Prime Minister's intimate personal details and deflate her re-election campaing. Once inside, he finds not scandal, but true love.
18) Fidel Castro
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The Cuban dictator is profiled through interviews with relatives, loyalists, and enemies in Cuba and abroad.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Frontline continues its investigation of nuclear safety with an unprecedented account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011. The story is told with exclusive eye-witness testimony from key figures in the drama.
20) Persuasion
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1995
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot gets a second chance at happiness with Frederick Wentworth, whom she rejected seven years ago.