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| 1421: The Year China Discovered America |
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Subject: Explorers Category: World History 1421: THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA?, investigates a theory that could turn the conventional view of world history on its head: the startling possibility that a daring Chinese admiral, commanding ... |
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| Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part 1 & 2 |
| Ambition & We Are Elected |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the ... |
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| Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part 3 & 4 |
| Shattered & The Dearest of All Things |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the ... |
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| Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part 5 & 6 |
| This Frightful War & Blind With Weeping |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the ... |
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| Across the Delaware & An American in Paris, Episodes 19 & 20 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids ACROSS THE DELAWARE: Sarah and James meet a British spy who turns out to be a double agent. Meanwhile, General Washington crosses the Delaware on Christmas 1776 and finally gets the victory he needs a... |
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| African-American Lives, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Listening to our Past & The Promise of Freedom |
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Subject: African-American Studies Category: Cultural Studies Episode 1: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins to piece together the family histories of four of the participants. The episode explores the post-World War I "Great Migration" of African-American families fr... |
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| African-American Lives, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Searching for our Names & Beyond the Middle Passage. |
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Subject: African-American Studies Category: Cultural Studies Episode 3: Gates' research becomes even more difficult as he continues back through the Colonial period of American history. War service records and ways of recording property during slavery's apogee ... |
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| Africans in America, Part 1 |
| The Terrible Transformation, 1450-1750 |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Colonial History Category: Cultural Studies , American History The years 1450-1750 brought enormous changes to the North American continent. The native Americans, or Indians, as the Europeans came to call them, first encountered European explorers, and before lon... |
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| Africans in America, Part 2 |
| Revolution, 1750-1805 |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Colonial History Category: Cultural Studies , American History The story of the American Revolution as traditionally recounted is the saga of the thirteen colonies fighting their colonial ruler, Britain, for independence. But an equally compelling part of the sto... |
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| Africans in America, Part 3 |
| Brotherly Love, 1791-1831 |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil War Category: Cultural Studies , American History During its first 50 years the United States transformed itself from a small republic into an expansive democracy for white Americans. The nation tripled its population, doubled in size, and extended s... |
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| Africans in America, Part 4 |
| Judgment Day, 1831-1865 |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil War Category: Cultural Studies , American History As westward expansion took hold, the question of whether the United States would be a proslavery or antislavery nation took on new importance. In the North, antislavery forces included abolitionists, ... |
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| Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Art & Photography Category: Cultural Studies , The Arts Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century's richest artistic moments. Archival footage, newsreels, and photographs recall the influential force of exh... |
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| The Age of AIDS, Part 1 |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine THE AGE OF AIDS begins with the medical and scientific mystery that emerged in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a new disease. The film documents the frantic search by America... |
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| The Age of AIDS, Part 2 |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine Part 2 begins by exploring the chasm that emerged between rich and poor following the development of the miraculous 'triple cocktail' HIV treatment. In the mid-1990s, when doctors discovered the cockt... |
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| Al Qaeda's New Front |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues A filmmaker is murdered in a culture clash between Muslims and Christians in the Netherlands. A series of bombs tear apart four trains in Madrid. Al Qaeda terrorist cells are uncovered in the U.K., Ge... |
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| Alexander Hamilton |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Revolutionary War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked b... |
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| Alien Invasion |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Globalization of trade and travel means increasing threats from alien species: plants, animals, insects and diseases that wreak havoc in defenseless regions. |
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| Allies At Last & Honor and Compromise, Episodes 25 & 26 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids ALLIES AT LAST: The victory at Saratoga enables Franklin to persuade France to side with the Americans. Meanwhile, Sarah and Henri spend time with British troops in occupied Philadelphia, while James ... |
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| Amelia Earhart |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Women's Studies, Revolutionaries Category: Cultural Studies , Biography The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was America's "Lady Lindy." What the public didn't know was the cost of her courage. The record-breaking flights, races, interviews, spe... |
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| America 1900, Parts 1 & 2 |
| Spirit of the Age & Change is in the Air |
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Series: American Experience Category: American History The year 1900 was the dawn of the "American century," a time of optimism, progress, confidence, and turmoil. America 1900 re-creates the old century's final year dramatic days when U.S. troops went to... |
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| America 1900, Parts 3 & 4 |
| A Great Civilized Power & Fall, Anything Seemed Possible |
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Series: American Experience Category: American History The year 1900 was the dawn of the "American century," a time of optimism, progress, confidence, and turmoil. AMERICA 1900 re-creates the old century's final year dramatic days when U.S. troops went to... |
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| America Beyond the Color Line, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| South: The Black Belt & Chicago: Streets of Heaven |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels to four different parts of America - the East Coast, the deep South, inner-city Chicago and Hollywood. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geo... |
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| America Beyond the Color Line, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| East Coast: Ebony Towers & Los Angeles: Black Hollywood |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels to four different parts of America - the East Coast, the deep South, inner-city Chicago and Hollywood. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geo... |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 1 |
| While the Storm Clouds Gather |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Relives the turning-point years of 1939-1941, when the American people were gratefully putting the long, heart-breaking years of the Great Depression behind them. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 2 |
| Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Newsreel footage reflects the early chaos, and how the American people rose above it to amaze the world with the unprecedented swiftness of its mobilization of military and industrial might. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 3 |
| Sacrifies and Shortages |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Distinguished CBS journalist Eric Sevareid examines how the massive mobilization of American industry to support the war effort bred an odd sort of prosperity ... there's full employment, but not much... |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 4 |
| A String of Pearls |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Focuses on the contribution of women to the war effort. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 5 |
| On the Shady Side of the Street |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Americans lived 'within moral and legal limits' before the war but found that the war licensed them to question or ignore traditional morality. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 6 |
| Right in Der Furher's Face |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Hollywood joins forces with Madison Avenue and Tin Pan Alley to grind out propaganda in an effort to stir morale on the home front. America is bombarded with posters, songs and films that portray blac... |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 7 |
| Thanks for the Memories |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Distinguished CBS journalist Eric Sevareid looks back at how American show business went to war on the American home front in WWII. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 8 |
| Accentuating the Positive |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History The troupers of the U.S.O. are recalled in footage of overseas tours that brought big-name entertainment to the troops on the front-lines. Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich and Joe E. Brown are just a few of... |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 9 |
| Mood Indigo: Blacks & Whites |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Although African-American servicemen distinguish themselves overseas, and black civilians continue to back the war effort, racial prejudice and discrimination continues to plague American culture. |
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| America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Episode 10 |
| It's Been a Long, Long Time |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History The long, bitter road to victory finally leads to the capitulation of Germany and Japan, and Americans find themselves as unprepared for peace as they were for war four-and-a-half years earlier. |
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| America's Battlegrounds |
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Subject: Military History Category: Military History Tells the stories of some of the countless struggles - in city streets, and courtrooms, as well as on the battlefield -that shaped American history. Contents: Whisky Rebellion, 1794, Dred Scott decisi... |
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| American Photography: A Century of Images, Episode 1 |
| The Developing Image, 1900-1934 |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts Although photography was invented in the first half of the 19th century, the beginning of the 20th century marked extraordinary changes. For the first time in history, inexpensive hand-held cameras ga... |
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| American Photography: A Century of Images, Episode 2 |
| The Photographic Age, 1935-1959 |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts In the 1930s, an explosion of mass media devoted to distributing photographs brought images to all Americans. Documentary photographers brought the Depression into the living rooms of America. America... |
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| American Photography: A Century of Images, Episode 3 |
| Photography Transformed, 1960-1999 |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts The power of the photographic image is undiminished in the latter part of the 20th century, even though it faces new challenges from television and elsewhere. The series looks at surveillance photogra... |
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| The American President, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Family Ties & Happenstance |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Episode 1: The last thing that the Founding Fathers envisioned was a hereditary chief executive. Yet power inevitably passes from generation to generation, and several families have returned to the Wh... |
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| The American President, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| An Independent Cast of Mind & A Professional Politician |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Episode 3: 'The American public, from time to time, wishes to see the trustee who looks neither right nor left, but only up to the heavens and down to the work before him,' says presidential scholar R... |
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| The American President, Episodes 5 & 6 |
| The American Way & The World Stage |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Episode 5: It is often observed that American national identity is less a condition than an idea. No one is better positioned to express that idea than the president. The four chronicled here may hav... |
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| The American President, Episodes 7 & 8 |
| The Heroic Posture & Compromise Choices |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Episode 7: From the beginning, the presidential office has beckoned to national heroes renowned for their selfless service to their country. This affinity is especially strong for men of military fame... |
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| The American President, Episodes 9 & 10 |
| Expanding Powers & The Balance of Power |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Episode 9: Though the powers of the presidency have expanded with the growth of the nation, the process has been anything but smooth. The prerogatives of the presidency are uncertain and their asserti... |
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| American Valor |
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Subject: Military History Category: American History , Military History From Bull Run to Mogadishu, AMERICAN VALOR takes a moving and compelling look at America's military heroes: those brave soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen whose actions have earned them the country... |
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| Andrew Jackson |
| Good, Evil, & The Presidency |
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Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography The quintessential self-made man, Andrew Jackson, the son of poor Irish immigrants, rose from his humble background to become a national military icon and the 7th President of the United States. Durin... |
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| Andy Warhol: A documentary film, Episode 1 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Art & Photography, Artists Category: The Arts , Biography No artist in the second half of the 20th century was more famous, or misunderstood, than Andy Warhol. This film explores his astonishing artistic output from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 19... |
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| Andy Warhol: A documentary film, Episode 2 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Art & Photography, Artists Category: The Arts , Biography No artist in the second half of the 20th century was more famous, or misunderstood, than Andy Warhol. This film explores his astonishing artistic output from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 19... |
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| Animal Einsteins |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science Animals...how intelligent are they? In this episode you'll meet some scientists who've studied the communication thought processes and problem-solving skills of animals and have discovered that they'r... |
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| Ansel Adams |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Art & Photography, Revolutionaries Category: The Arts , Biography In this portrait of the most eloquent and quintessentially American of photographers, producer Ric Burns seeks to explore the meaning and legacy of Adams' life and work. At the heart of the film are t... |
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| The Art of Science |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Art & Photography, Science Category: The Arts , Science Is art a science? Is science an art? This episode of Frontiers looks at the ways these two fields overlap and influence each other, and how computers are challenging our conventional ideas about art, ... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Place & Spirituality |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts At the dawn of the 21st century, American artists are taking self-expression and the artistic process into uncharted territory. Today's artists are engaging the world and their audiences in vital and ... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Identity & Consumption |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts At the dawn of the 21st century, American artists are taking self-expression and the artistic process into uncharted territory. Today's artists are engaging the world and their audiences in vital and ... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Stories & Loss and Desire |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts Episode 1: How do artists tell stories in their work? How does contemporary art reflect and reveal narrative traditions? How does the art of today record and describe the world around us? Episode 2: H... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 2, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Time & Humor |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts Episode 3: How do artists evoke and transform time in their work? Can a work of contemporary art be timeless? How does contemporary art relate to art of the ancient past, to nature, and to the rhythms... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Power & Memory |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts Episode 1:From politics to mass media, the theme of power pervades daily life and is reflected in the ideas and concerns of contemporary artists. Episode 2:How does memory function? What is history? H... |
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| Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 3, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Structures & Play |
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Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts Episode 3: How do we organize life? What are the ways in which we capture knowledge and attempt greater understanding? Episode 4: Spontaneous and joyful, subversive or amusing, play can take many for... |
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| Baseball, Inning 1 |
| Our Game |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and takes the story up to 1900. Burns refutes the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown and traces its roots instead to the earliest ... |
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| Baseball, Inning 2 |
| Something Like a War |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Takes viewers through 1910 and introduces some of the game's most celebrated and colorful characters, including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson. |
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| Baseball, Inning 3 |
| The Faith of Fifty Million People |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Examines the century's second decade, which was dominated by the Black Sox scandal. Babe Ruth makes his first major league appearance (as a member of the Boston Red Sox) and a wave of immigration help... |
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| Baseball, Inning 4 |
| A National Heirloom |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Concentrates on Babe Ruth, whose phenomenal performance thrilled the nation throughout the 1920s and rescued the game from the scandal of the previous decade. |
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| Baseball, Inning 5 |
| Shadow Ball |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. The title refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an... |
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| Baseball, Inning 6 |
| The National Pasttime |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls 'baseball's finest moment' — the debut of Jackie Robins... |
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| Baseball, Inning 7 |
| The Capital of Baseball |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Takes viewers through the 1950s when New York City had three successful baseball teams and dominated the World Series. By the end of the decade, the Giants and Dodgers had left New York, a signal that... |
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| Baseball, Inning 8 |
| A Whole New Ballgame |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Moves the field to the 1960s. This episode traces the emergence of television, the expansion to new cities and the building of anonymous multipurpose stadiums that robbed the game of its intimacy and ... |
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| Baseball, Inning 9 |
| Home |
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Series: Ken Burns Category: American History Looks at baseball from the 1970s to the present, including the establishment of the free agent system, the rise in player salaries, the continued expansion, the dilution of talent, the ongoing battles... |
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| Bataan Rescue |
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Series: American Experience Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In late 1941, tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers fought a desperate battle to defend the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines from the Japanese. When they lost, they were marched to pr... |
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| The Battle For Korea |
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Subject: Military History, Asia Category: Military History , World History Takes a fresh look at the Korean conflict, often labeled 'the forgotten war.' Using information declassified at the end of the Cold War, the documentary looks at the military aims of the confrontation... |
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| Battle for the Holy Land |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Middle East Category: World History With Israel and the Palestinians engaged in something close to all-out warfare, and with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell heading to the region in the days ahead, FRONTLINE's BATTLE FOR THE HOLY L... |
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| Beneath the Sea |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science New technologies and pioneering scientists have opened up the farthest reaches of the ocean in the last great age of human exploration on Earth. |
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| Benjamin Franklin, Part 1 & 2 |
| Let Experiement Be Made & The Making of a Revolutionary |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is the story of one of the most remarkable and multi-talented human beings the world has ever known. An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the three-part series follows Fra... |
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| Benjamin Franklin, Part 3 |
| The Chess Master |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is the story of one of the most remarkable and multi-talented human beings the world has ever known. An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the three-part series follows Fra... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 1 |
| Versailles: The Lost Peace |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In the closing moments of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson drew up a 14-point peace plan, including a grand design for an international League of Nations. This video documents the negotiations su... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 2 |
| Return to Isolationism |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video examines isolationism, the prevailing U.S. foreign policy for over a hundred years. Wilson's idea to create a League of Nations was severely criticized. |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 3 |
| The First SALT Talks |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video highlights the world's first major disarmament meeting, the Washington Naval Conference of 1921. The Big Five--the United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy-- attempted to agree to l... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 4 |
| Radio, Racism, and Foreign Policy |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History The effects of foreign policy issues on the American public are the focus of this video, which examines the authoritarian radio campaign aimed at enforcing a conformity of beliefs, customs and traditi... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 5 |
| The Great Depression and Foreign Affairs |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History During the Great Depression, most Americans and the majority of U.S. politicians were too preoccupied with domestic problems to notice the rise of dictators in Europe and Japan. This video focuses on ... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 6 |
| FDR and Hilter: Their Rise to Power |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video chronicles the different styles of these world leaders and their rise to power. |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 7 |
| FDR and Hilter: The Dynamics of Power |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Two powerful modern leaders dominated much of the era before and during World War II: Adolf Hitler, the newly appointed chancellor of Germany, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the ... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 8 |
| America in the Pacific: The Clash of Two Cultures |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video examines American public opinion toward Japan, the Oriental mind, and the rise of Japan as a major world power following World War I. |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 9 |
| The Recognition of Russia: A Climate of Mutual Mistrust |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video examines the wave of working-class militancy that swept the world after the boom decade of the 1920s and the Roosevelt administration's official recognition of the U.S.S.R. in the first det... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 10 |
| Latin America: Intervention in our Own Backyard |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video examines early U.S. policy in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as Pan-American relationships deteriorated until, in 1933, President Roosevelt abolished the Monroe policy of... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 11 |
| The Italian Ethiopian War: Africa in World Affairs |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History During the first part of the century, Italy was torn by economic and political strife. Benito Mussolini came to power by championing the resistance of the ruling class movement against communist union... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 12 |
| The Spanish Civil War |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video examines fascist Spain and the Spanish Civil War. The popular fascist claim that totalitarianism was the only way to effectively fight communism fueled the rebellion against the country's r... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 13 |
| The Phony War |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In 1938, Adolf Hitler absorbed Austria, began threatening the rest of eastern Europe, and then shocked the world by invading Poland. American public opinion wavered between a desire to help and a comm... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 14 |
| FDR and Churchill: The Human Partnership |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In this video, the close personal friendship between Roosevelt and Churchill is examined and viewers learn how this relationship had a profound effect on the history of the Western world. |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 15 |
| Japan Invades China: Crisis in the Far East |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video highlights Japan's imperialistic expansion into French Indochina, the Dutch Indies, Burma, Malaya, and the Philippines. In 1941, President Roosevelt decided to enforce a total embargo, free... |
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| Between the Wars, Episode 16 |
| War comes to Pearl Harbor |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This video focuses on the diplomatic and economic pressure placed on Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor; the consequence of the governments' failure to reach an agreement; and the bombing of Pe... |
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| Beyond F.A.T. City |
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Subject: Education Category: Education F.A.T--Frustration, Anxiety, Tension--three all-too-familiar feelings for the families of children with learning disabilities. It is the basis for a 1987 workshop simulating the children's daily exper... |
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| Beyond Science? |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science This episode explores topics that go beyond the realm of science; in other words, topics that are hard to explore in a rigorous scientific way. The scientific method gives us a way to evaluate claims ... |
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| Bionic Body |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science, Health & Medicine Category: Science , Health & Medicine Researchers are uniting biology and technology to give hope to the paralyzed, using the latest science to repair and circumvent spinal cord injuries. |
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| Body Building |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine Studies remarkable advances being made to repair and replace damaged human body parts. In 2001, the first self-contained artificial heart, Abiocor, was implanted into human patients. |
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| Born Free and Equal & The Man Who Would Not Be King, Episodes 37 & 38 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids BORN FREE AND EQUAL: A Massachusetts slave sues for her freedom and renames herself Elizabeth Freeman; Massachusetts abolishes slavery. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BE KING: The Revolutionary War ends as the... |
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| Bostonians & Benedict Arnold, Episodes 31 & 32 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids BOSTONIANS: John Adams returns from France and reunites with wife Abigail. Meanwhile, Sarah is drawn closer to Mrs. Adams; James travels to New York and views the conflicts between colonists and India... |
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| A Brilliant Madness |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Revolutionaries, Science Category: Biography , Science The story of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a descent into madness. At the age of 30, John Nash, a stunningly original and famously eccentric MIT mathematician, suddenly began cla... |
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| Broadway: The American Musical, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Give My Regards to Broadway & Syncopated City |
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Subject: Theater Category: The Arts Chronicles the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution of this uniquely American art form. Episode 1: Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927) & Episode 2: Syncopated Ci... |
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| Broadway: The American Musical, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' & Oh What a Beautiful Morning |
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Subject: Theater Category: The Arts Chronicles the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution of this uniquely American art form. Episode 3: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1929-1942) & Episode 4: Oh What a Beautif... |
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| Broadway: The American Musical, Episodes 5 & 6 |
| Tradition & Putting it Together |
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Subject: Theater Category: The Arts Chronicles the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution of this uniquely American art form. Episode 5: Traditions (1957-1979) & Episode 6: Putting it Together (1980-pres... |
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| The Brooklyn Bridge |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Engineering Category: American History , Science In Brooklyn Bridge, Ken Burns captures the physical majesty of this greatest of all achievements of the industrial age, the dramatic story of the larger-than-life men who imagined and built it, and th... |
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| Brown is the new Green |
| George Lopez and the American Dream |
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Subject: Latino Studies Category: Cultural Studies This fresh, provocative film examines how corporate efforts to profit from the 'Latino market' are shaping America's perception of Latinos. The program features the extraordinary insight and observati... |
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| Buffett and Gates Go Back to School |
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Subject: Business & Investing Category: Business & Investing Though a generation apart in age, and founders of two very different businesses, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates each has a deep admiration for the other. They share a sense of responsibility to use thei... |
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| Building the Alaska Highway |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Engineering Category: American History , Science Building the Alaska Highway is the story of nearly eleven thousand Army engineers who battled freezing temperatures, ice and snow, mountains, mud, muskeg, and mosquitoes to blaze a 1500-mile road thro... |
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| Bunker Hill & Postmaster General Franklin, Episodes 9 & 10 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids BUNKER HILL: James and Sarah witness the Battle of Bunker Hill (and hear the cry 'Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes!'). The British win the battle, but the Americans win a major moral ... |
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| Burden of Innocence |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Legal Issues, Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues In BURDEN OF INNOCENCE, acclaimed FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel -- whose unparalleled work on America's criminal justice system has helped exonerate 11 individuals and has won numerous awards, tracks ... |
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| By the People |
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Subject: Government & Politics Category: American History BY THE PEOPLE is an insider's look at who and what it takes to put on an American election. Set in Indianapolis, Indiana — a blue city inside a longtime red state — as events unfold over t... |
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| Can You Afford To Retire? |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Business & Investing Category: Business & Investing Baby boomers are heading for a shock as they hit retirement: vanishing pensions and inadequate 401(k) savings. What can be done? |
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| Captain Molly & American Crisis, Episodes 17 & 18 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids CAPTAIN MOLLY: Sarah meets Captain Molly, who fights in the place of her fallen husband. But Gen. Washington is losing battle after battle. Meanwhile, Moses teaches Henri to read. AMERICAN CRISIS: It... |
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| Changing Your Mind |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Alda meets two young women whose brains have remodeled themselves -- one temporarily in response to a week of being blindfolded, the other permanently after a devastating brain injury before birth. Th... |
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| Chasing the Sleeper Cell |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues What was the real story behind a group U.S. intelligence called America's 'most dangerous terrorist cell'? FRONTLINE and The New York Times investigated the domestic battle against terrorism in CHASIN... |
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| Chicago: City of the Century, Part 1 |
| Mud Hole to Metropolis |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History 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. It's the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and... |
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| Chicago: City of the Century, Part 2 |
| The Revolution has Begun |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History 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. It's the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and... |
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| Chicago: City of the Century, Part 3 |
| Battle for Chicago |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History 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. It's the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and... |
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| China from the Inside, Episode 1 |
| Power and the People |
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Subject: Government & Politics, Asia Category: American History , World History This episode films patrols along China's border with Kazakhstan, Party meetings, officials in Tibet trying to impose authority at the grass-roots, a village election, and a corrupt embezzler in prison... |
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| China from the Inside, Episode 2 |
| Women of the Country |
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Subject: Women's Studies, Asia Category: Cultural Studies , World History China's women have always been under pressure: from men, from family, from work. Now more and more are under new pressure -- from themselves -- to take control of their lives; to get an education; to ... |
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| China from the Inside, Episode 3 |
| Shifting Nature |
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Subject: Global Warming, Asia Category: Current Issues , World History China is trying to feed 20 percent of the world's population on 7 percent of the world's arable land. A third of the world uses water from China's rivers. But rapid industrialization and climate chang... |
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| China from the Inside, Episode 4 |
| Freedom and Justice |
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Subject: Asia Category: World History How free are the Chinese people? How free to worship as they please? To learn the truth from the media? To hear the truth from the Communist Party and the government? How can people with a grievance n... |
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| China in the Red |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Asia Category: Current Issues , World History Filmed over the course of three turbulent years, CHINA IN THE READ is a documentary that tells the stories of 10 Chinese individuals -- factory workers, rural villagers, and a millionaire entrepreneur... |
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| Citizen King |
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Series: American Experience Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History Citizen King pushes past the myths that have obscured King's story to reclaim the history of a people's leader. Using the personal recollections, diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of friends, ... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 1 |
| The Cause (1861) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it. Episode... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 2 |
| A Very Bloody Affair (1862) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode 2: A Very Bloody Affair (1862) |
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| The Civil War, Episode 3 |
| Forever Free (1862) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Episode 3: Forever Free (1862) |
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| The Civil War, Episode 4 |
| Simply Murder (1863) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History During the episode we learn of fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries of regimental life and the increasing desperation of the Confederate homefront. Episode 4... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 5 |
| The Universe of Battle (1863) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenness... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 6 |
| Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 7 |
| Most Hallowed Ground (1864) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the Union itself: with Grant and Sherman stalled at Petersburg and Atlanta, opinion in the North has turned strongly against the war. But 11th-hour vic... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 8 |
| War is All Hell (1865) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History The episode begins with Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. Also, the surrender of Lee to Grant ... |
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| The Civil War, Episode 9 |
| The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Civil War Category: American History This final episode begins in the aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the events of five days later when, on April 14, Lincoln is assassinated. The episode then considers the conse... |
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| Class Divided |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Civil Rights Movement Category: Current Issues , American History One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is th... |
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| Coming Into America |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Explorers Category: World History Who were the first Americans? New discoveries and techniques for dating them have archaeologists rethinking what we know - and rewriting history. |
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| A Company of Soliders |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Middle East Category: Current Issues , World History In November 2004, a FRONTLINE production team embedded with the soldiers of the 1-8 Cavalry's Dog Company in south Baghdad to document the day-to-day realities of a life-and-death military mission tha... |
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| Conflict in the South & Deborah Samson: Soldier of the Revolution, Episodes 33 & 34 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH: Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson is forced to abandon his home; Sarah's upset that Jefferson owns slaves. DEBORAH SAMSON: Deborah Samson poses as a man to enlist in the Contin... |
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| The Congress |
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Subject: Government & Politics Category: American History In this film, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alist... |
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| The Conquistadors, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| The Fall Of the Aztecs & The Conquest of the Incas |
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Subject: Explorers, Latin America Category: World History Episode 1: Cortez left Cuba in 1519 seeking riches in he islands to the west. Instead, he discovered, and ultimately destroyed, a hitherto unknown civilization. Michael Wood retraces this fateful ex... |
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| The Conquistadors, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The Search for El Dorado & All the World is Human |
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Subject: Explorers, Latin America Category: World History Episode 3: Gold was the ultimate goal for the Spanish Conquistadors of the 1500s. The myth of an entire city of gold, ruled by a king who covered his body with a layer of pure gold dust and bathed eac... |
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| A Crime of Insanity |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Legal Issues Category: Current Issues In 1994, Ralph Tortorici, a 26-year-old New York psychology student, took a college class hostage. A paranoid schizophrenic convinced the government had planted tracking devices in his body, he was ch... |
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| Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War |
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Subject: Military History Category: Military History Teddy Roosevelt charging up the San Juan Heights, the Rough Riders and the sinking of the battleship, the U.S.S. Maine---these are what people commonly know about the United States' war with Spain in ... |
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| Cyber War! |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Government & Politics Category: Current Issues , American History How real is the threat of war in cyberspace, and what does the White House knows that the rest of us don't? FRONTLINE investigates a new war using embedded malicious code, probes and pings, and other ... |
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| Cyberchase, Algebra: Algebraic Variables & Codes |
| Find Those Gleamers & Codename: Icky |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Algebra: Equations & Patterns |
| A Battle of Equals & The Poddleville Case |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Algebra: Scale and Size & Timekeeping |
| Size Me Up & Clock Like an Egyptian |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Angle Measurement |
| All the Right Angles |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Counter Examples |
| True Colors |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Data Analysis & Probability: Combinations & Probability |
| A Day at the Spa & R-Fair City |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Data Analysis & Probability: Using Data & Line Graphs |
| Castleblanca & Return to Sensible Flats |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Data Clusters |
| Hugs & Witches |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Equivalence |
| Harriet Hippo & The Mean Green |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Geometry:Two- and Three-Dimensional Geometry & Point of View |
| Eureka & The Guilty Party |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Inverse Operations |
| The Eye of Rom |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Linear Measurement |
| Fortress of Altitude |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker (C... |
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| Cyberchase, Measurement: Area & Liquid Volume |
| Sensible Flats & Cool It |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Measurement: Elapsed Time & Body Math |
| A Time to Cook & EcoHaven CSE |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Multiplication & Monetary Systems |
| Send in the Clones & Trading Places |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Navigation |
| Lost My Marbles |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Number & Operations: Zero & Number Sense |
| A World Without Zero & They Counted Happily Ever After |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Patterns in Music |
| Out of Sync |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Perimeter/Area Relationship |
| Totally Rad |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Process Standards: Estimation & Fractions |
| Snow Day to be Exact & Zeus on the Loose |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker (... |
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| Cyberchase, Process Standards: Logic & Problem Solving |
| Of All the Luck & Problem Solving in Shangri-La |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Process Standards: Negative Numbers & Decimals |
| Less Than Zero & Mother's Day |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Symmetry |
| The Secrets of Symmetria |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker ... |
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| Cyberchase, Using Models |
| Model Behavior |
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Series: Cyberchase Subject: Education Category: Kids , Education Math rules in the animated adventure series CYBERCHASE. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun - it's about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker (C... |
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| D-Day: Down to Earth - Return of the 507th |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History This film recounts the history of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment through battles in World War II and the culmination of its story 60 years later. Men from the 507th dropped into Normandy on D-D... |
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| Dark Passages |
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Subject: African-American Studies Category: Cultural Studies , World History Employs a mixture of interviews, slave narratives, and dramatization. Tells the story of the impact of the Atlantic slave trade. Takes the viewer from the House of Slaves on Goree Island off the coast... |
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| Dark Side of the Universe |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science New discoveries about Dark Matter and Dark Energy have astronomers wondering if ours is but one of an infinity of universes. |
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| Daughter From Danang |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Ethical Issues, Military History Category: Current Issues , Military History Daughter from Danang is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial 'all-American girl', hailing from small tow... |
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| Dead Men's Tales |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science In this program, Alda meets scientists reconstructing mysterious past events from the evidence of excavated remains. Stories in the episode include the unexplained loss of the Confederate submarine Hu... |
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| Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk |
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Subject: Education Category: Education At a time when a college education is vital to an individual's future and our nation's economic standing in the world, this documentary explores the simple yet significant question: What happens betwe... |
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| Destination America, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| The Golden Door & The Art of Departure |
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Category: American History Episode 1: The Golden Door: America is a country founded and built by immigrants. From the beginning, most have come looking for a better life for themselves and their families. Episode 2: The Art of... |
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| Destination America, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The Earth is the Lord's & Breaking Free: A Women's Journey |
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Category: American History Episode 3: Ever since the Mayflower pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, immigrants have come to America to escape religious persecution. The idea of America as a haven for those seeking freedom to worsh... |
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| Diet Wars |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues Americans spend $40 billion a year on books, products, and programs designed to do one thing: help us lose weight. From Atkins to Ornish and Weight Watchers to South Beach, today's dieters have a dizz... |
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| A Different Way to Heal |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science, Health & Medicine Category: Science , Health & Medicine Alternative medicines are a growing multi-billion dollar industry. But do they hold up under scientific scrutiny? |
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| Discounted Dreams |
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Subject: Education Category: Education Community colleges are the fastest growing segment of American higher education — and some say the most vital to America's future — offering a staggering array of classes and job training ... |
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| Don't Forget |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science, Health & Medicine Category: Science , Health & Medicine Scientists attempt to unravel the mysteries of memory-- how we make memories, where they come from and why some slip away. |
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| Dragon Science |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Ancient History, Science Category: World History , Science Alan Alda journeys across China, from dry western deserts and the world's most dramatic mummy find--well-preserved individuals from 4,000 years ago--to the steamy Yangtze River Valley, where scientist... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 1 |
| The Green Apple |
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Subject: Global Warming, Architecture Category: Current Issues , The Arts The first episode begins in New York, a city that is leading the charge to green its industrial skyline with several groundbreaking projects. New York combats the urban myth of the bustling city as a ... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 2 |
| Green for All |
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Subject: Global Warming, Architecture Category: Current Issues , The Arts Follows architect and activist Sergio Palleroni as he continues his mission to provide architectural and design solutions to regions in social and humanitarian crisis. Palleroni already has four globa... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 3 |
| The Green Machine |
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Subject: Global Warming, Architecture Category: Current Issues , The Arts Mayor Richard Daley takes viewers on a tour through Chicago, and showcases his mission to make it 'the greenest city in America.' Chicago already demonstrates a remarkable commitment to green design a... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 4 |
| Gray to Green |
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Subject: Global Warming, Architecture Category: Current Issues , The Arts 'Gray to Green' takes the notion of the three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) to grand proportions by looking at Boston's "Big Dig" and the massive amount of waste created by the $15 billion public works... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 5 |
| China: From Red to Green |
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Subject: Global Warming, Asia Category: Current Issues , World History The series moves to China, whose soaring population and rapid industrialization have created a boom in urbanization that is unprecedented in human history. This episode explores green design solutions... |
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| e2: Design, Season 1, Episode 6 |
| Deeper Shades of Green |
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Subject: Global Warming, Architecture Category: Current Issues , The Arts The first season of e2 Design concludes with a look to the future, focusing on remarkable thinkers and designers of our time: Ken Yang, Werner Sober and William McDonough. Nothing short of geniuses, t... |
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| Egypt's Golden Empire |
| The Warrior Pharaohs & Pharaohs of the Sun |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Africa Category: World History Episode 1: In 1560 BC, Egypt was divided into two. Its very existence was threatened from both north and south. But one family was determined to restore Egypt to its former glory by destroying the Hyk... |
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| Egypt's Golden Empire |
| The Last Great Pharaoh |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Africa Category: World History Episode 3: The reign of Ramesses the Great marked the high point of the New Kingdom and the high point of Egyptian culture. But like any highpoint, it was all downhill as the New Kingdom gradually fel... |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Women's Studies, Presidential History Category: Cultural Studies , American History Eleanor Roosevelt struggled to overcome an unhappy childhood, betrayal in her marriage, a controlling mother-in-law, and gripping depressions — all the while staying true to her passion for soci... |
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| Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History The film Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular is about one man's passionate resolve to bear witness for the millions of people who suffered and perished in the Holocaust. He has been sustained by his fa... |
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| Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, Parts 1 & 2 |
| Clinton (1999-2001) & Arafat (2001-2002) |
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Subject: Middle East Category: World History Presents President Clinton, Yasser Arafat, the Israeli Prime Ministers, their generals and advisers, and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations discussing what happened behind closed doors ... |
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| Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, Part 3 |
| Sharon (2002-2005) |
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Subject: Middle East Category: World History Presents President Clinton, Yasser Arafat, the Israeli Prime Ministers, their generals and advisers, and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations discussing what happened behind closed doors ... |
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| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Engineering Category: American History , Science For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first "mass medium". In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary m... |
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| Endgame: Ethics and Values in America |
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Subject: Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues This groundbreaking special enables viewers to enter the lives of fictional characters forced to make critical decisions with profound moral, ethical or social implications. |
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| Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea |
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Series: American Masters Subject: Literature & Authors, Authors Category: The Arts , Biography More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read and written about American authors. It is the art of Hemingway's story telling that forms the heart of this film, the point... |
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| Eugene O'Neill |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Theater, Authors Category: The Arts , Biography Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheava... |
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| Exploring Space: The Quest for Life |
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Subject: Science Category: Science How did life begin? Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? The key to unraveling the mysteries about the origins of life may just exist in space. Every day, new discoveries inch us closer t... |
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| Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues , American History It has been almost a year since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. For many Americans, those images called more into question than just their own physical safety. For many people,... |
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| Fat and Happy? |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science, Health & Medicine Category: Science , Health & Medicine Alan Alda visits with Dr. George Blackburn of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to explore society's obsession with diets that promise quick, painless results. Alda also visits Arizona's P... |
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| Fatal Flood |
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Series: American Experience Subject: African-American Studies Category: Cultural Studies , American History In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people a... |
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| Feeding and Fueling the World: Healthier Alternatives for Planet Earth |
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Subject: Global Warming, Business & Investing Category: Current Issues , Business & Investing Meet two resourceful CEOs who are revolutionizing the way we think about food and energy around the globe. After decades in the oil industry, Patricia Woertz has brought renewed energy to Archer Danie... |
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| Fidel Castro |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Revolutionaries Category: Biography Castro's face with its trademark beard, has become an iconic image worldwide, yet the man himself remains an enigma to all but a few. Through interviews with relatives, childhood friends, fellow rebel... |
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| The Fight |
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Series: American Experience Subject: African-American Studies Category: Cultural Studies , American History The rematch between the African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling was riveting -- 'one hundred and twenty-four seconds of murder,' as one newspaper put it. But for m... |
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| The First Measured Century, Part 1 |
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Category: American History THE FIRST MEASURED CENTURY (1883-1940) tells the story of America by the numbers through the eyes of those who did the measuring and the interpreting, often in highly controversial and unusual circum... |
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| The First Measured Century, Part 2 |
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Category: American History THE FIRST MEASURED CENTURY (1883-1940) tells the story of America by the numbers through the eyes of those who did the measuring and the interpreting, often in highly controversial and unusual circum... |
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| Flyers In Search of a Dream |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Revolutionaries Category: Cultural Studies , Biography Most Americans are familiar with Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart, but few know the stories of America's pioneering black aviators, who overcame social pressures to gai... |
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| Flying High |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Scientists look to birds for the secrets of flight, work on a sun-powered wing that may one day fly forever, and design flying robots with minds of their own. |
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| Food for the Ancestors |
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Subject: Latino Studies Category: Cultural Studies FOOD FOR ANCESTORS is a culinary-history exploration of Days of the Dead, Mexican traditions and ancient ways of life that still exist there. All of these seen through Mexican cuisine. The program is ... |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright, Episode 1 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Architecture, Revolutionaries Category: The Arts , Biography Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. From his ... |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright, Episode 2 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Architecture, Revolutionaries Category: The Arts , Biography Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. From his ... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Independence & Revolution |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 1: The episode begins by examining how the terrorist attack of September 11th sparked a renewed focus on freedom. The program then takes us back to the summer of 1776. Episode 2: Colonial... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Liberty for All? & Wake Up America |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 3: Liberty for All?: While America was founded as a free land in which people could live out their own destinies, it came at a terrible cost to Native Americans.The nation's population migrate... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 5 & 6 |
| A Fatal Contridiction & A War to End Slavery |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 5: A Fatal Contradiction: The Declaration of Independence stated 'all men are created equal,' but the nation's slaves were a glaring exception. This episode explores the role of Frederick Doug... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 7 & 8 |
| What is Freedom? & Whose Land is This? |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 7: What is Freedom?: In the aftermath of the Civil War, Reconstruction begins as a time of great hope for the devastated South. In the Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, 'separate b... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 9 & 10 |
| Working for Freedom & Yearning to Breathe Free |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 9: Working for Freedom: As industrial progress continues and the gap between the rich and poor widens, a new labor movement emerges to advocate for workers' rights. Episode 10: Yearning to Bre... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 11 & 12 |
| Safe for Democracy & Depression and War |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 11: Safe for Democracy: With help from the Wright brothers' introduction of the airplane, the country begins to soar. Woodrow Wilson and America reluctantly join the fight in World War I, whil... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 13 & 14 |
| Democracy & Strugges & Let Freedom Ring |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 13: Democracy and Struggles: In the postwar free world, America becomes the acknowledged leader, striving to rebuild democracies abroad. At the same time, the U.S. finally faces up to racial s... |
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| Freedom: A History of US, Episodes 15 & 16 |
| Marching to Freedom Land & Becoming Free |
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Subject: Revolutionary War, Colonial History Category: American History Episode 15: Marching to Freedom Land: The 1960s bring new progress in the quest for freedom, but this is also an explosive decade that threatens to tear apart the fabric of society. Episode 16: Becomi... |
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| Gene Hunters |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Alan Alda meets some of the brightest and most charismatic scientists hunting genes. Their work could unlock the mysteries of human disease. |
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| Ghosts of Rwanda |
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Subject: Human Rights, Africa Category: Current Issues , World History Documentary marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide -- a state-sponsored massacre in which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down and murdered by Hutu extremists as the U.S. an... |
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| Global Warming |
| The Signs and the Science |
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Subject: Global Warming, Science Category: Current Issues , Science Profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. |
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| Going Home & "We the People", Episodes 39 & 40 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids GOING HOME: Ben Franklin returns from Europe; those loyal to the English king are forced to leave America; Lafayette invites Henri to live in France. WE THE PEOPLE: George Washington becomes the first... |
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| The Greeks, Crucible of Civilization, Parts 1 & 2 |
| Revolution & The Golden Age |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History THE GREEKS: CRUCIBLE OF CIVILIZATION tells the story of Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 500 B.C. through to the cataclysmic wars that virtually destroyed the empire. It concludes with a fa... |
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| The Greeks, Crucible of Civilization, Part 3 |
| Empire of the Mind |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History THE GREEKS: CRUCIBLE OF CIVILIZATION tells the story of Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 500 B.C. through to the cataclysmic wars that virtually destroyed the empire. It concludes with a fa... |
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| Green Mountain Boys & The Second Continental Congress, Episodes 7 & 8 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids In THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS, Sarah befriends Benedict Arnold (voice of Dustin Hoffman) when his militia takes New York's Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775. Arnold is a brilliant soldier but... |
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| Growing Up Different |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Education Category: Education Alda meets several kids who are growing up different and the doctors and researchers who are trying to mitigate the difficulties they face. Cochlear implants restore some hearing to a profoundly deaf ... |
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| The Hidden Child |
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Subject: Human Rights, World Wars I & II Category: Current Issues , American History , World History Of the 1.6 million Jewish children who lived in Europe before WWII, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden children, shuttered away in attics, cellars, convents or farms. This is Maud ... |
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| Holy Warriors |
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Series: Empires Subject: Middle East Category: World History The epic legend of King Richard the Lionhearted and his struggle to save Christendom's holiest city, Jerusalem, from its Muslim conqueror Saladin is explored in this drama-documentary using original M... |
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| Hot Planet — Cold Comfort |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Global Warming, Revolutionaries Category: Current Issues , Science So you think global warming won't affect you? Wait until the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. And find out what's already happening in Alaska. |
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| Hot Times in Alaska |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Global Warming Category: Current Issues Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be accelerating. Already the landscape is changing dramatically -- permafrost is thawin... |
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| How Difficult Can This Be?--'F.A.T. City: A Learning Disabilities Workshop |
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Subject: Education Category: Education This unique program lets viewers experience the frustration, anxiety, and tension faced by children with learning disabilities. Workshop facilitator Richard Lavoie presents a series of striking simula... |
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| Hydrogen Hopes |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Hydrogen may be the fuel of the future, but what will it take to safely and efficiently make the transition from today's fossil fuels? |
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| In Remembrance of Martin |
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Subject: Civil Rights Movement, Revolutionaries Category: American History , Biography Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Car... |
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| In Search of Al Qaeda |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues FRONTLINE investigates what has become of Al Qaeda in the months since the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Martin Smith and cameraman Scott Anger set out on a two-month journey that took them from London... |
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| In Search of Bin Laden |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues n August 1998, two cars exploded simultaneously at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 268 and injuring 5,000. CIA and FBI investigators soon identified suspects, including accused mastermin... |
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| In Search of Myths and Heroes, Parts 1 & 2 |
| The Queen of Sheba & Arthur: The Once & Future King |
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Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Part 1: Michael Wood begins his quest with an exotic and mysterious woman of power — the Queen of Sheba. Immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, the Muslim Koran and in many Christian traditions, the ... |
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| In Search of Myths and Heroes, Parts 3 & 4 |
| The Search For Shangri-La & Jason and the Golden Fleece |
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Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Part 3: Wood's search for Shangri-La takes him on a thrilling trek through India, Nepal and Tibet. The tale of the magical hidden valley of Shangri-La was popularized in the 1930s by James Hilton in h... |
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| In Search of Shakespeare, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| A Time of Revolution & The Lost Years |
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Subject: Literature & Authors, Shakespeare Category: The Arts Mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the road, the series sets the life of Shakespeare in the turbulent times in which he lived--a ti... |
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| In Search of Shakespeare, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The Duty of Poets & For All Time |
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Subject: Literature & Authors, Shakespeare Category: The Arts Mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the road, the series sets the life of Shakespeare in the turbulent times in which he lived--a ti... |
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| Influenza 1918 |
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Series: American Experience Category: American History In September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. The cause of death was identified as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. It was the worst epidemic in A... |
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| Inside Hamas |
| Includes Chopin's Heart & The Play Pump |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues Kate Seelye travels across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to investigate Hamas, the militant Islamist group responsible for scores of suicide bombings and missile attacks on Israel -- and the surpri... |
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| The Intimate Machine |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Engineering Category: Science Scientists blend technology with sociology to make our machines more fun to use. |
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| The Invasion of Iraq |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Middle East Category: Current Issues , World History FRONTLINE presents a special two-hour documentary investigation examining the key strategies, battles, and turning points of the war as seen from both sides of the battlefield. In THE INVASION OF IRA... |
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| Inventing the Future |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Engineering Category: Science At MIT's famed media lab, scientists work on virtual dogs, smart cars and even a cyborg Alan. |
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| The Iron Road |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History With the discovery of gold in California in 1849, fortune hunters poured into the western United States so fast that California was added to the union as a state in 1850. But the rich and expansive te... |
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| Is Wal-Mart Good for America? |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues FRONTLINE explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and the American consumer's insatiable desire for bargains in IS WAL-MART GOOD FOR AMERICA? Through interviews with retail executives, produ... |
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| Islam: Empire of Faith, Parts 1 & 2 |
| The Messenger & The Awakening |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Middle East Category: World History Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Isla... |
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| Islam: Empire of Faith, Part 3 |
| The Ottomans |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Middle East Category: World History Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Isla... |
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| James Armistead & Yorktown, Episodes 35 & 36 |
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Series: Liberty's Kids Category: Kids JAMES ARMISTEAD: Virginia slave James Armistead offers to spy on Benedict Arnold; Sarah and Henri go from camp to camp with Lafayette. YORKTOWN: The climactic battle of the Revolution is fought at Yor... |
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| Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire, Episode 1 |
| The Way of the Samurai |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Asia Category: World History Tokugawa Ieyasu unifies Japan and establishes a dynasty that will rule Japan for over 250 years. |
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| Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire, Episodes 2 & 3 |
| The Will of the Shogun & The Return of the Barbarians |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History, Asia Category: World History Episode 2: The Will of the Shogun: The grandson of Ieyasu, Tokugawa Iemitsu, tightens control over Japan's warlords and expels all foreigners. Episode 3: The Return of the Barbarians: Isolated from th... |
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| Jazz, Episode 1 |
| Gumbo |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts JAZZ begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a richly... |
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| Jazz, Episode 10 |
| A Masterpiece by Midnight |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble. Critics divide the music into schools - Dixieland, swing, bebop, hard bop, modal, free, avant-garde. But most young people are listening to rock 'n' roll. Thoug... |
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| Jazz, Episode 2 |
| The Gift |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will ... |
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| Jazz, Episode 3 |
| Our Language |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts Our Language: As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere in America, and now, for the first time soloists and singers take center stage, transforming the music with their distinctive vo... |
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| Jazz, Episode 4 |
| The True Welcome |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts The True Welcome: In 1929, America enters a decade of economic desperation, as the Stock Market collapses and the Great Depression begins. Factories fall silent, farms fall into decay, and a quarter o... |
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| Jazz, Episode 5 |
| Swing: Pure Pleasure |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts As the Great Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music, providing entertainment and escape for a people down on their luck. It has a new name now - ... |
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| Jazz, Episode 6 |
| Swing: The Velocity of Celebration |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts As the 1930's come to a close, Swing-mania is still going strong, but some fans are saying success has made the music too predictable. Their ears are tuned to a new sound - pulsing, stomping, suffuse... |
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| Jazz, Episode 7 |
| Dedicated to Chaos |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal. In Europe, where musicians like the Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt continue to play despite a Nazi ban, jazz is a beacon of hope. In Am... |
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| Jazz, Episode 8 |
| Risk |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before, but the Cold War threat of nuclear annihilation makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tensi... |
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| Jazz, Episode 9 |
| The Adventure |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Music Category: American History , The Arts In the late 1950s, America's postwar prosperity continues, but beneath the surface run currents of change. Families are moving to the suburbs, watching television has become the national pastime, and ... |
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| A Jew Among the Germans |
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Series: Frontline Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In A JEW AMONG THE GERMANS, FRONTLINE presents Marian Marzynski's moving and provocative search for a Germany that he -- and his children -- can live with. Over several years of filming, Marzynski en... |
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| Jimmy Carter, Part 1 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography Jimmy Carter's story is one of the greatest dramas in American politics. In 1980, he was overwhelmingly voted out of office in a humiliating defeat. Over the subsequent two decades, he became one of t... |
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| Jimmy Carter, Part 2 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography Jimmy Carter's story is one of the greatest dramas in American politics. In 1980, he was overwhelmingly voted out of office in a humiliating defeat. Over the subsequent two decades, he became one of t... |
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| John & Abigail Adams |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography Relying heavily on the extraordinary correspondence between the second president and his wife, this joint biography sheds light not only on the characters of two remarkable people, but also on the tum... |
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| Journey of Man |
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Subject: Science Category: Science How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the global family tree can be traced to one African man ... |
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| The Journey of Sacagawea |
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Subject: Colonial History, Explorers Category: American History , World History Many mysteries surround her. More mountains, lakes and streams bear her name than any other North American woman. This program explores the life of Sacagawea from the rich oral history of the Augadika... |
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| Journey to Mars |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science, Engineering Category: Science Scientists work to overcome the challenges of exploring the red planet. |
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| Karl Rove - The Architect |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography After surviving one of the roughest presidential elections in modern times, President George W. Bush singled out one member of his team in particular, calling Karl Rove the campaign's 'architect.' But... |
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| The Kennedys, Episode 1 |
| The Father |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen, World Leaders Category: Biography The first episode of The Kennedys tells the remarkable story of patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy and his creation of a dynasty that would enable him to realize, through his sons, his own failed ambitions t... |
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| The Kennedys, Episode 2 |
| The Sons |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen, World Leaders Category: Biography The conclusion of The Kennedys follows the Kennedy story from the glamorous imagery of Jack and Jackie Kennedy's White House to the dark days of Edward Kennedy's accident at Chappaquiddick and his uns... |
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| The Killer at Thurston High |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Education Category: Current Issues , Education In the late 1990s Americans witnessed a startling new terror: kids killing other kids in school. FRONTLINE takes a measure of this national dilemma through a detailed, intimate journey into the life o... |
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| King Lear |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Theater, Shakespeare Category: The Arts The monumental tragedy of an old king who decides to divide his kingdom among his daughters, but imposes a love test on each to merit her portion. His youngest daughter, Cordelia, refuses to flatter h... |
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| Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| By the Rivers of Babylon & The Book and the Sword |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Tells the epic story of the Jews and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator Moses, the poet-king D... |
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| Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The End of Days & The Gifts of the Jews |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Tells the epic story of the Jews and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator Moses, the poet-king D... |
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| Korean War Stories |
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Subject: Military History Category: Military History The Korean conflict is often called 'The Forgotten War', but never been by those who lived it. In this film, notable personalities and trench soldiers share their memories. |
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| The Last Abortion Clinic |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Women's Studies Category: Current Issues , Cultural Studies In the summer of 2005 -- more than 30 years after Roe v. Wade established that access to abortion services is a fundamental right -- a FRONTLINE documentary team spent two months traveling across the ... |
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| Last One Picked, First One Picked On |
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Subject: Education Category: Education Playing with friends is a happy ritual for most children. But kids with learning disabilities are often isolated and rejected, lacking the social skills to make and keep friends. Richard Lavoie shows ... |
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| LBJ, Parts 1 & 2 |
| Beautiful Texas & My Fellow Americans |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso -- rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done... |
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| LBJ, Parts 3 & 4 |
| We Shall Overcome & The Last Believer |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso -- rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done,... |
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| Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Part 1 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion, Explorers Category: American History , World History On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America's greatest stories of adventure. Includes: This episod... |
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| Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Part 2 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion, Explorers Category: American History , World History On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America's greatest stories of adventure. |
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| Liberty! The American Revolution, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| The Reluctant Revolutionaries (1763-1774) & Blows Must Decide (1774-1776) |
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Subject: Revolutionary War Category: American History Episode 1: In 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a doz... |
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| Liberty! The American Revolution, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The Times That Try Men's Souls (1776-1777) & Oh Fatal Ambition (1777-1778) |
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Subject: Revolutionary War Category: American History Episode 3: Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. A desperate Washington leads his army q... |
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| Liberty! The American Revolution, Episodes 5 & 6 |
| The World Turned Upside Down (1778-1783) & Are We Born to be a Nation? (1783-1788) |
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Subject: Revolutionary War Category: American History Episode 5: The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, o... |
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| Life's Greatest Miracle |
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Subject: Science Category: Science A sequel to the most popular NOVA of all time, 'Miracle of Life,' the program once again uses the extraordinary microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson to track human development from emb... |
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| Life's Really Big Questions |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science How did life arise on Earth? What separates humans from apes? Will machines one day invent themselves? Alan Alda meets the scientists looking for answers. |
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| Little Dorritt, Episode 1 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts Amy 'Little' Dorrit lives in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt caring for her father William Dorrit. To aid her family, Amy works for stern shut-in Mrs. Clennam. Son Arthur Clennam returns from China aft... |
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| Little Dorritt, Episode 2 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts Romance and heartbreak are in the air. John Chivery proposes to Amy Dorrit, while Arthur Clennam's aspirations for Pet Meagles become deflated after meeting another suitor, Henry Gowan. Meanwhile, Flo... |
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| Little Dorritt, Episode 3 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts The villainous Rigaud (under an assumed name), begins an extortion scheme against Mrs. Clennam. Pancks uncovers information that dramatically alters the future for the Dorrits. Now able to move beyond... |
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| Little Dorritt, Episode 4 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts As Mr. Dorrit and Mrs. General get closer, a dismayed Fanny Dorrit schemes to remove herself from the situation by pursuing Edmund Sparkler, stepson of the famed banker Mr. Merdle. Her one obstacle is... |
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| Little Dorritt, Episode 5 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts Broken by reminders of the past in London, Mr. Dorrit returns to be with Amy in Italy. Amy watches as her father continues to fall apart. Pancks discovers the whereabouts of Miss Wade, and Arthur ask... |
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| Living Old |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues For the first time in American history, the 'old' old -- those over 85 -- are now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Medical advances have enabled an unprecedented number of Americans... |
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| Looking for Answers |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Government & Politics Category: American History Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were history's most devastating terrorist assault and the worst failure of U.S. intelligence in 60 years. FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman and The ... |
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| A Lynching in Marion |
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Subject: Human Rights, African-American Studies Category: Current Issues , Cultural Studies In August, 1930, a 16 year-old African American named James Cameron survived a lynching in Marion, Indiana. Now, 65 years later, Cameron tells his compelling story in vivid detail. |
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| Make Up Your Mind |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Scientists look to the brain's frontal lobe as the seat of personality. |
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| The Man Behind Hitler |
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Series: American Experience Subject: World Wars I & II, World Leaders Category: American History , World History , Biography A symbol of Nazi cruelty and a master of cynical propaganda, Joseph Goebbels was the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's disturbing success. |
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| The Man Who Knew |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues When the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda than any other person in America: John O'Neill. The f... |
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| Mansfield Park |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors, Jane Austen Category: The Arts Fanny Price is plucked from poverty as a child and taken to live with relatives at stately Mansfield Park. Surrounded by entitled and vain cousins, Fanny forges a connection with one — Edmund Be... |
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| Marcus Garvey |
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Series: American Experience Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History He was both a visionary and a manipulator, a brilliant orator and a pompous autocrat. In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead t... |
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| Marie Antoinette |
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Category: World History Her name has become synonymous with the French monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simplistic tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke th... |
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| Mark Twain, Part 1 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Literature & Authors, Authors Category: The Arts , Biography Drawing from thousands of archival photographs and interviews with top writers and scholars, Mark Twain is the story of Twain's extraordinary life-full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and ... |
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| Mark Twain, Part 2 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Literature & Authors, Authors Category: The Arts , Biography Drawing from thousands of archival photographs and interviews with top writers and scholars, Mark Twain is the story of Twain's extraordinary life-full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and ... |
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| Matters of Race, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| The Divide & Race Is/Race Ain't |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History Part 1: Ten years ago, Siler City, North Carolina, was a black and white town of segregated communities with a shared geography and an unsettled history. This quiet, rural southern town is a 'laborato... |
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| Matters of Race, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| We're Still Here & Tomorrow's America |
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Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History Episode 3: This program a contemporary look at two communities often overlooked in the race dialogue: American Indians and Native Hawaiians.Through the stories of three families the film considers the... |
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| Medicating Kids |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Education Category: Current Issues , Education FRONTLINE examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. Are these medications really necessary--and safe--for young children, or merely a harried nation'... |
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| Mill Times |
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Category: American History This animated program centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Samuel Slater established America's first textile mill. Live action hosted by David Macaulay, t... |
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| Monkey Trials |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Legal Issues, Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the twentieth century, a debate over free speech ... |
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| Mount Rushmore |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Art & Photography Category: The Arts In South Dakota's Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute the world'... |
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| Murder of Emmitt Till |
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Series: American Experience Subject: African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement Category: Cultural Studies , American History In August 1955, a black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South... |
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| Mysteries of the Deep |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Scientists unlock secrets from the last frontier on Earth--the ocean's depths, where explorer Bob Ballard is changing science, history, and the future. 'The Uncivilized Engine of War' traces the world... |
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| Mystery of Love |
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Category: Current Issues The Mystery of Love examines the many faces of love through in-depth stories of marriage, family, friendship, divine love, altruistic love, brotherly love, the love between parents and children, and l... |
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| Natural Born Robots |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Nature still trounces humans in designing machines able to live comfortably in the world around them. Taking hints, engineers are increasingly turning to living creatures for robotic inspiration. |
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| Never Say Die |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Is the ancient dream of eternal life becoming a reality? In the last few years, many barriers to understanding the aging process have come down. |
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| New Orleans |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History New Orleans: the utterly original American city that lies at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi and at the beating heart of the great American experiment. Walled in on almost all sides by water, pres... |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 1 |
| The Country and the City (1609-1825) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Chronicles New York's beginnings -- from its earliest days as a Dutch trading post to the 17th century construction of the Erie Canal, which made New York City a vital conduit to the mainland of a gro... |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 2 |
| Order and Disorder (1825-1865) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Details New York's enormous growth as a booming commercial center and multi-ethnic port, and the mounting tensions that set the stage for the nation's bloodiest riot. |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 3 |
| Sunshine and Shadow (1865-1898) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Turns to the period when greed and wealth fueled an expanding metropolis, even as politics and poverty defined it. |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 4 |
| The Power and the People (1898-1914) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Follows New York into a new century in the wake of an extraordinary wave of immigration and the birth of the skyscraper. |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 5 |
| Cosmopolis (1914-1931) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History The post-war economic boom, the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of new mass-media industries fuel the convergence of an incredible array of human and cultural energies, ending with the Crash o... |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 6 |
| The City of Tomorrow (1931-1940) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History The dramatic events that followed the Crash of '29 fuel the greatest economic depression in American history and plunge the city and the nation into economic gloom. |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 7 |
| The City and the World (1945-Present) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History The turbulent and often harrowing years from 1945 to the present are explored. Emerging from the Depression and the Second World War as the most powerful metropolis on Earth, New York soon confronted ... |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 8: Part 1 |
| The Center of the World |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Examines the rise and fall of the World Trade Center -- from its conception in the post-World War II economic boom, through its controversial construction in the 1960s and 1970s, to its tragic demise ... |
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| New York: A Documentary Film, Episode 8: Part 2 |
| The Center of the World |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Cities & States Category: American History Examines the rise and fall of the World Trade Center -- from its conception in the post-World War II economic boom, through its controversial construction in the 1960s and 1970s, to its tragic demise ... |
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| Northanger Abbey |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors, Jane Austen Category: The Arts Catherine Morland has an ordinary life and a feverish imagination. When she gets invited to Bath, Catherine is immersed in a world of elaborate balls and handsome men. When one suitor takes her to his... |
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| Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, Part 1 |
| Revolution |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Women's Studies, Government & Politics Category: Cultural Studies , American History Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up ... |
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| Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, Part 2 |
| Failure is Impossible |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Women's Studies, Government & Politics Category: Cultural Studies , American History Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 2 spans the period from 1868 to the pa... |
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| The Nuremburg Trial |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Human Rights, World Wars I & II Category: Current Issues , American History , World History On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany; they were charged with ... |
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| Ocean Adventures: America's Underwater Treasures |
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Subject: Science Category: Science Jean-Michel Cousteau, his son, Fabien, daughter, Céline, and his team of expert divers set out to investigate, for the first time, all 13 of our National Marine Sanctuaries and the Northwestern... |
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| Oliver Twist, Episode 1 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts The young orphan Oliver Twist flees a cruel workhouse for the dirty streets of London, where he falls in with a nefarious gang. As the shrewd Artful Dodger, the menacing Fagin and the vicious Bill Sik... |
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| Oliver Twist, Episode 2 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts The young orphan Oliver Twist flees a cruel workhouse for the dirty streets of London, where he falls in with a nefarious gang. As the shrewd Artful Dodger, the menacing Fagin and the vicious Bill Sik... |
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| Oliver Twist, Episode 3 |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors Category: The Arts The young orphan Oliver Twist flees a cruel workhouse for the dirty streets of London, where he falls in with a nefarious gang. As the shrewd Artful Dodger, the menacing Fagin and the vicious Bill Sik... |
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| On the Ball |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Today's technology can give athletes the edge, aid officials and enhance the spectator's experience of the game. |
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| One Woman, One Vote |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Women's Studies, Government & Politics Category: Cultural Studies , American History This program documents the struggle which culminated in the passing of the 19th Amendment in the U.S. Senate by one vote. Witness the 70-year struggle for women's suffrage. Discover why the crusaders ... |
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| Perilous Fight: America's WW II in Color, Parts 1 & 2 |
| Infamy (1919-1942) & Battlefronts (1942-1944) |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Relying exclusively on color film footage, with no still photographs, black and white film or interviews, this is a unique and telling look at the way Americans faced history's greatest armed conflict... |
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| Perilous Fight: America's WW II in Color, Parts 3 & 4 |
| Wrath (D-Day - VE Day) & Triumph (The Pacific, 1943-1945) |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History Part 3: Covers the months from June 1944 to May 1945. Scenes include seizure of a German U-boat; the Allied assault on Normandy; liberation of Paris; the first Jewish Sabbath service at liberated Dach... |
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| The Persuaders |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Business & Investing Category: Business & Investing This film explores how the cultures of marketing and advertising have come to influence not only what Americans buy, but also how they view themselves and the world around them. |
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| Persuasion |
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Series: Masterpiece Subject: Literature & Authors, Jane Austen Category: The Arts Unhappily unmarried at age 27, and dealing with family financial peril, hope is fading from Anne Elliot's life. Circumstances bring Captain Frederick Wentworth, a dashing naval officer she once deeply... |
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| Pieces of Mind |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Aiming for insights into his own brain, Alan Alda visits scientists studying how the brain dreams, stores memories, and sorts language. Weighing just a few pounds, the most complex organ in the human ... |
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| The Pill |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Women's Studies, Health & Medicine Category: Cultural Studies , Health & Medicine In May 1960, the FDA approved the sale of a pill that arguably would have a greater impact on American culture than any other drug in the nation's history. |
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| Postville: When Cultures Collide |
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Subject: Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues n 1988, Aaron Rubashkin, a New York entrepreneur and Hasidic Jew, bought an abandoned meatpacking plant in Postville, IA and reopened it as a kosher slaughterhouse. Trained rabbis were hired to overse... |
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| Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Episode 1 |
| Revolution |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War Category: American History Spanning the years from 1863 to 1877, this dramatic mini-series recounts the tumultuous post-Civil War years. America was grappling with rebuilding itself, with bringing the South back into the Union,... |
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| Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Episode 2 |
| Retreat |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War Category: American History Spanning the years from 1863 to 1877, this dramatic mini-series recounts the tumultuous post-Civil War years. America was grappling with rebuilding itself, with bringing the South back into the Union,... |
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| Reporting America at War, Episode 1 |
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Subject: Military History, Journalism Category: Military History , The Arts Explores the role of American journalists in the pivotal conflicts of the 20th century and beyond. Episode 1 begins in 1898 with the Spanish-American War and, after flashing backward to trace the Civi... |
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| Reporting America at War, Episode 2 |
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Subject: Military History, Journalism Category: Military History , The Arts Explores the role of American journalists in the pivotal conflicts of the 20th century and beyond. Episode two charts the erosion of that consensus during the Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, ... |
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| RFK |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography Robert Francis Kennedy would almost certainly have been president if his violent death hadn't intervened. This probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of the third ... |
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| Road to 9/11: A Brief History of Conflict in the Middle East |
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Subject: Middle East Category: World History The Road to 9/11 is a detailed look at the forces that have shaped the Middle East to give an understanding of the current crisis. Viewers are taken on a journey through a chronicle of steadily worsen... |
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| Roman Empire In the First Century, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Order from Chaos & Years of Trial |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Episode 1: Against all odds, Augustus ruled as Emperor for over 40 years, surviving plots, rebellions and mutinies. When he died, he was declared to be a god. His rule created the image of Imperial Ro... |
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| Roman Empire In the First Century, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Winds of Change & Years of Eruptions |
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Series: Empires Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Claudius was Rome's unlikely emperor. Despite his much-ridiculed appearance, he had become a good ruler, passing visionary laws and conquering Britain. After being murdered by his wife, her son was na... |
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| Scottsboro: An American Tragedy |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Ethical Issues, African-American Studies Category: Current Issues , Cultural Studies The Scottsboro boys In 1931, two white women stepped from a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the ... |
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| Secret Life of the Brain, Episode 1 |
| The Baby's Brain |
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Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science Less than a month after conception, human brain cells are developing at the rate of 500,000 per minute. Billions of cells linked by trillions of connections form the brain, but how does it organize it... |
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| Secret Life of the Brain, Episode 2 |
| The Child's Brain |
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Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science The explosion of language in young children provides a dramatic illustration of the young brain at work. How do we learn to talk? How do we learn to read? Unlike adults, in whose brains most linguisti... |
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| Secret Life of the Brain, Episode 3 |
| The Teenage Brain |
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Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science Parents who believe teenagers are different from other humans may be comforted to learn that it is literally true. During puberty the brain is a work in progress, teeming with hormones; areas that dir... |
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| Secret Life of the Brain, Episode 4 |
| The Adult Brain |
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Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science The brain is the seat of both intellect and emotion, and this episode chronicles the critical balance between these processes and explores what happens when the balance is lost. Scientists draw insigh... |
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| Secret Life of the Brain, Episode 5 |
| The Aging Brain |
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Subject: Education, Science Category: Education , Science For years, science has suggested that we lose vast numbers of brain cells as we grow older; now it turns out that this is not true -- in fact, healthy brains continue to produce new neurons well into ... |
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| Secrets of the Dead: Death at Jamestown |
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Subject: Colonial History Category: American History SECRETS OF THE DEAD: DEATH AT JAMESTOWN explores the settlement of Jamestown as the men and boys onboard the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery sail from London to the distant shores of A... |
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| Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu |
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Subject: Health & Medicine Category: World History , Health & Medicine Over the centuries, humans have endured many influenza pandemics. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to 1100 A.D., and sporadic, isolated outbreaks have likely been occurring for many tho... |
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| Seeking The First Americans |
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Subject: Ancient History Category: World History Archaeologists from Texas to Alaska search for clues to the identity of the first people to tread the north American continent — the early hunters who between 11,000 and 50,000 years ago crossed... |
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| The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God |
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Category: American History Ken Burns portrays 200 years of Shaker life in America, guided by recollections of three surviving members and archival material. Explore every aspect of a strange, noble sect that produced some of th... |
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| Silent Epidemic |
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Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine A silent epidemic is ravaging the nation and killing our kids. In the last 30 years, the suicide rate among teenagers has tripled. A recent survey indicated that 60% of high school students have thoug... |
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| The Sixties: The Years That Shaped the Generation |
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Category: American History Traces the events of one of the most turbulent and influential periods of political and cultural change in the 20th century and the powerful impact forced on an entire generation. |
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| So Much, So Fast |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine What would you do if you were 29 years old and found out that you only had a few years to live? Stephen Heywood chose to get married, have a child and rebuild two houses while he was slowly losing con... |
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| Son of Al Qaeda |
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Series: Frontline Category: Current Issues Growing up in the 1990s, Abdurahman Khadr's playmates were the children of his father's longtime friend, Osama bin Laden. Khadr was raised to be an al Qaeda terrorist, but he ultimately found himself ... |
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| Spying on the Home Front |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Legal Issues, Ethical Issues Category: Current Issues 9/11 has indelibly altered America in ways that people are now starting to earnestly question: not only perpetual orange alerts, barricades and body frisks at the airport, but greater government scrut... |
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| Stephen Hawking's Universe, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Seeing is Believing & The Big Bang |
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Subject: Science Category: Science Episode 1: Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble. Episode 2: Did the universe have a... |
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| Stephen Hawking's Universe, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Cosmic Alchemy & On the Dark Side |
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Subject: Science Category: Science Episode 3: What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars. Episode 4: What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHO... |
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| Stephen Hawking's Universe, Episodes 5 & 6 |
| Black Holes and Beyond & An Answer to Everything |
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Subject: Science Category: Science Episode 5: Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities. Episode 6: Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe?... |
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| The Storm |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Government & Politics Category: American History Examines how and why government at every level — local, state and federal — was unprepared, uncoordinated and overwhelmed in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina disaster that devastated the... |
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| The Tank Man |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Asia Category: Current Issues , World History One day after the Chinese army's deadly crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, a single, unarmed young man stood his ground before a column of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace.... |
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| Teach Me Different! with Sally L. Smith |
| The Nature of the Condition & Effective Teaching Methods |
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Subject: Education Category: Education Part 1: Who is the child with learning disabilities and ADHD? This program shows the abilities and disabilities of these children. The abilities include originality, imagination, talent in the arts, l... |
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| Teach Me Different! with Sally L. Smith |
| Prizing Diversity & Problem-solving and Self-advocacy |
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Subject: Education Category: Education Part 3: By prizing diversity, a school embraces differences in students' abilities and learning approaches as well as race, gender, religion, culture, nationality, etc. Teaching styles must also be di... |
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| Terry Sanford & The New South |
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Subject: Civil Rights Movement Category: American History By February of 1960, Terry Sanford had been working for the better part of a decade to win the governorship of North Carolina. But when four young black men sat down at a Woolworth counter in the city... |
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| Thomas Jefferson, Part 1 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Colonial History, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Returning from France, Jefferson strives to preserve the fragile new U.S. government and helps create the first political party, in bitter struggles with the Federalists. He becomes vice president in ... |
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| Thomas Jefferson, Part 2 |
| Liberty: The Age of Experiments |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Colonial History, Presidents & Statesmen Category: American History , Biography Returning from France, Jefferson strives to preserve the fragile new U.S. government and helps create the first political party, in bitter struggles with the Federalists. He becomes vice president in ... |
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| Time of Fear |
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Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas,... |
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| The Torture Question |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Human Rights Category: Current Issues A FRONTLINE documentary crew made the journey to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Entering the 280-acre compound in the middle of the night, escorted by helicopters and a convoy of armed Humvees, the cr... |
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| TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, Parts 1 & 2 |
| The Long Campaign (1858-1901) & The Bully Pulpit (1901-1904) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography TR looks deep into the life of the man who embodied the confidence, exuberance of America at the turn of the century, revealing both the heroic and the tragic sides of Roosevelt's character: the bound... |
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| TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, Parts 3 & 4 |
| The Good Fight (1905-1909) & Black Care (1910 & 1919) |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography TR looks deep into the life of the man who embodied the confidence, exuberance of America at the turn of the century, revealing both the heroic and the tragic sides of Roosevelt's character: the bound... |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion, Engineering Category: American History , Science Completed in only six years by unscrupulous entrepreneurs, brilliant engineers, and legions of dedicated workers, the Transcontinental Railroad left in its wake a horde of displaced, broken Native Ame... |
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| Triumph of Memory |
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Subject: Human Rights, World Wars I & II Category: Current Issues , American History , World History Four non-Jewish resistance fighters who were sent to Nazi concentration camps in World War II bear witness to the Jewish Holocaust and provide a reminder of Nazi actions at camps like Auschwitz. They ... |
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| Truth, War, and Consequences |
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Series: Frontline Subject: Ethical Issues, Middle East Category: Current Issues , World History Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which it was unprepared? Could the current volatility in Iraq have been prevented? And was the White House's rationale for war based on faulty and exaggerated i... |
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| Tuskegee Airmen |
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Subject: African-American Studies, World Wars I & II Category: Cultural Studies , American History , World History This inspiring World War II story spotlights 450 men who fought on two fronts at once. Black American aviators, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, battled Axis powers in Europe and North Africa and then to... |
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| Two Days in October |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Military History, Asia Category: Military History , World History In October 1967, history turned a corner. In a jungle in Vietnam, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable. On... |
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| U.S.-Mexican War: 1846-1848, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Neighbors and Strangers & War for the Borderlands |
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Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Episode 1: Tensions mount between the expanding United States and Mexico during the 1830s and come to a boil in 1836, when Americans living in Texas, then part of Mexico, rebel against Mexican authori... |
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| U.S.-Mexican War: 1846-1849, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| The Hour of Sacrifice & The Fate of Nations |
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Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Episode 3: Santa Anna returns from exile in Cuba and is again elected president of Mexico. American President Polk orders a two-pronged attack on Mexican territory: Zachary Taylor's army move in overl... |
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| Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War, Presidential History Category: Biography Ulysses S. Grant was an American paradox. A failed businessman, he became a brilliant military strategist whose destruction of a defiant South gained him the label 'butcher.' Elected president in 1868... |
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| Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2 |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Civil War, Presidential History Category: Biography Ulysses S. Grant was an American paradox. A failed businessman, he became a brilliant military strategist whose destruction of a defiant South gained him the label 'butcher.' Elected president in 1868... |
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| Unearthing Secret America |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Colonial History Category: American History Archeologists shed new light on life in colonial America. |
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| Victory in the Pacific |
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Series: American Experience Subject: World Wars I & II Category: American History , World History In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. As... |
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| Voyage to the Galapagos |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Science Category: Science Alan Alda follows in Charles Darwin's footsteps, meeting the animals and birds that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution. Alda joins scientists who witness the daily struggle for survival that has sh... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 1 |
| A Necessary War -- December 1941-December 1942 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History After a haunting overview of the Second World War, an epoch of killing that engulfed the world from 1939 to 1945 and cost at least 50 million lives, the inhabitants of four towns — Mobile, Alaba... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 2 |
| When Things Get Tough -- January 1943-December 1943 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History By January 1943, Americans have been at war for more than a year. The Germans, with their vast war machine, still occupy most of Western Europe, and the Allies have not yet been able to agree on a pla... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 3 |
| A Deadly Calling -- November 1943-June 1944 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History In fall 1943, after almost two years of war, the American public is able to see for the first time the terrible toll the war is taking on its troops when Life publishes a photograph of the bodies of t... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 4 |
| Pride of Our Nation -- June 1944-August 1944 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History By June 1944, there are signs on both sides of the world that the tide of the war is turning. On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — in the European Theater, a million and a half Allied troops embark o... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 5 |
| FUBAR -- September 1944-December 1944 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History By September 1944, in Europe at least, the Allies seem to be moving steadily toward victory. 'Militarily,' General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff tells the press, 'this war is over.' But in the co... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 6 |
| The Ghost Front -- December 1944-March 1945 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History By December 1944, Americans have become weary of the war their young men have been fighting for three long years; the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams bearing bad news... |
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| THE WAR, Episode 7 |
| A World Without War -- March 1945-September 1945 |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: World Wars I & II, Military History Category: American History , Military History , World History In spring 1945, although the numbers of dead and wounded have more than doubled since D-Day, the people of Mobile, Sacramento, Waterbury and Luverne understand all too well that there will be more bad... |
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| War Letters |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Military History Category: Military History Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and ... |
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| The War that Made America, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| A Country Between & Unlikely allies |
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Subject: Colonial History Category: American History Covers an important but often misunderstood period of American history - a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. It tells the story of the French and Indian... |
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| The War that Made America, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| Turning the Tide & Unintended Consequences |
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Subject: Colonial History Category: American History Covers an important but often misunderstood period of American history - a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. It tells the story of the French and Indian... |
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| Watergate Plus 30 |
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Subject: Legal Issues, Government & Politics Category: Current Issues , American History What lessons has America learned from Watergate? Three decades after an infamous break-in helped topple President Richard Nixon, all the facts are still not in. But as this documentary shows, Watergat... |
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| The Way West, Episode 1 |
| Westward, the Course of Empire Takes its Way |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporat... |
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| The Way West, Episode 2 |
| The Approach of Civilization |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporat... |
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| The Way West, Episode 3 |
| The War for the Black Hills |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorpora... |
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| The Way West, Episode 4 |
| Ghost Dance |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporat... |
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| The West, Episode 1 |
| The People (To 1806) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World when Europeans arrive, a world shaken by incompatible visions. And almost three centuries later, when Lewis and ... |
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| The West, Episode 2 |
| Empire Upon the Trails (1806-1848) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas, seeking religious freedom in Utah or a better life along the Oregon Tra... |
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| The West, Episode 3 |
| The Speck of the Future (1848-1856) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for "a share of the rocks," littering the hills with mining towns and creating the W... |
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| The West, Episode 4 |
| Death Runs Riot (1856-1868) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Civil war comes early to the West. In "Bleeding Kansas," abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops march against Mormon polygamy. And along the Rio Grande, oppressed Mexican American... |
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| The West, Episode 5 |
| The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies, bringing cowboys up the cattle trail from Texas, helping give women t... |
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| The West, Episode 6 |
| Fight No More Forever (1874-1877) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prophesies his people's greatest victory but cannot prevent their ultimate defeat; Brig... |
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| The West, Episode 7 |
| The Geography of Hope (1877-1887) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to forsake their heritage, Mormons are told to abandon a tenet of their faith, and new law... |
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| The West, Episode 8 |
| Ghost Dance (1887-1914) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History As the West was growing into a fully established industrial force. Opening with the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, when 2 million acres of Indian territory were opened for homesteading, this chapter furt... |
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| The West, Episode 9 |
| One Sky Above Us (1887-1914) |
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Series: Ken Burns Subject: Westward Expansion Category: American History Begins with the World Columbian Expedition of 1893, a colossal Chicago fair marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the New World, and effectively announcing the closure of the Western ... |
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| Willa Cather: The Road is All |
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Series: American Masters Subject: Literature & Authors, Authors Category: The Arts , Biography In 1883, the young Cather was plucked from her luxurious home in Virginia and dropped into the tall grass prairies of Nebraska, an experience that exhilarated her and became the force behind all of he... |
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| Woodrow Wilson, Part 1 |
| A Passionate Man |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography Wilson rises from a Civil War boyhood in Georgia to become president of Princeton University and an outspoken champion of progressive reform. He is elected governor of New Jersey, then narrowly wins t... |
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| Woodrow Wilson, Part 2 |
| The Redemption of the World |
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Series: American Experience Subject: Presidents & Statesmen Category: Biography President Wilson leads America through World War I, then brokers its peace treaty. His vision of world peace through the League of Nations is struck down at home, and his health suffers so seriously t... |
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| Worried Sick |
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Series: Scientific American Frontiers Subject: Health & Medicine Category: Health & Medicine The 'fight or flight' response to stress once helped us evade predators, but its long term effects can get us into an different kind of trouble - ill health. |
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