PBS Distribution (Firm)
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follow the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures, solve problems together, and learn foundational math concepts and skills. In each episode, Peg and Cat face a really big problem, a messy funny crisis they must somehow solve without totally freaking out! This DVD features eight fun-filled adventures.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
What goes on behind-the-scenes to get the manners of 1900s Britain exactly right on Downton Abbey? Discover the secrets of how the aristocratic set dined and dressed, how they married and made money, how they interacted with the servants, and above all why they behaved as they did. Includes revealing interviews with leading cast members.
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follow the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures, solve problems together, and learn foundational math concepts and skills. In each episode, Peg and Cat face an issue, a messy funny crisis they must somehow solve without totally freaking out!
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Takes viewers into the secretive world of the largest and least known member of the weasel family, to reveal who this dynamic little "devil" truly is. Hard-wired to endure an environment of scarcity, the wolverine is one of the most efficient and resourceful carnivores on Earth.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse to traverse the US mainland in more than a generation. Discover the storied history of eclipse science and follow current, cutting-edge research into the solar corona.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The arrival in Britain of the US Air Force had a profound effect on the military and social history of World War Two. This documentary provides a record of a momentous period in American and British history. The memories and experiences of the local population and surviving US airmen provide the key to understanding the courage of men plucked from home and plunged into the terror of combat in the air.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest armada in history to invade the Normandy beaches and liberate Europe from the Nazis. Now, NOVA has exclusive access to the first complete survey of the seabed bordering the legendary beachheads. D-Day's Sunken Secrets unfolds an account of the tumultuous events and reveals how the Allies intricate planning and advanced technology was vital to the ambitious and risky military operation.
10) Making stuff: 2
Author
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Go with David Pogue on a fantastic journey through the revolutionary technologies that are making lives better by working faster, safer, colder, and wilder. From quantum computers to maglev trains, and from increasing the speed of a stock transaction to decreasing the risk posed by an earthquake, emerging technologies are changing the world.
11) The spill
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Long before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf, BP was widely viewed as a company that valued deal-making and savvy marketing over safety, a 'serial environmental criminal' that left behind a long trail of problems, deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations, which many now believe should have triggered action by federal regulators.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
Citizens living in Fortitude, an Arctic town hailed as the safest place on Earth, are rocked to the core by the murder of one of their own. A detective is quickly flown in from out-of-town to assist the local Chief of Police with the investigation of the town's first-ever violent crime and the two men must work together despite the deep mistrust each has for the other.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Fall in love with baby koala Danny, tiny wallaby Neil, baby sloth Newbie, young kangaroo Harry, and baby fruit bat Bugsy, and with their caring foster mothers, who give so much of themselves to help these little orphans find their way back to the wild.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Duck encourages Shark to dance in his show called 'The Dancing Duck Bonanza.' When Shark comes up on land, he flops all over the stage! Can Duck find a way to put on his show and include Shark? Later, Sheep is getting ready to put on a big musical show! While singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in front of his friends, Duck gets a case of stage fright. Can Sheep and Ant help Duck overcome his stage fright?
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In 1968, the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise. The CIA crafted a secret program to raise the submarine in 1974. Now, after much secrecy, this story can be told, by the men who made it happen and with never-before-seen footage of the actual salvage attempt, and new evidence of the project's successes and failures.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Machines with human-like capabilities have long been the stuff of science fiction. Until now. Meet the world's most advanced humanoid robots as they leave the lab, battle real-world challenges, and endeavor to become part of everyday lives.
Looks inside the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a national competition in the design of rescue robots. Examines recent advances in the development of robots instilled with human skills. Offers speculation upon ways...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Documents the creation of four extraordinary skyscrapers, showcasing how they will revolutionize the way we live, work, and how we protect ourselves from potential threats, both from the environment and terrorist attacks. Episodes include: One World Trade Center; One57; Shanghai Tower; and The Leadenhall Building.
"One World Trade Center: One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the western hemisphere and a famous modern landmark, is engineered...
18) Triangle fire
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the gruesome culmination of years of unrest in America's most profitable manufacturing industry. Two years earlier, led by a spontaneous walkout in the same factory, twenty thousand garment workers, in the largest women's strike in American history, took to the streets of New York to protest working conditions. They gained the support of both progressives...
20) Machu Picchu
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Using cutting-edge, 3D laser-scanning technology, structural engineer Steve Burrows leads his team of experts into the Peruvian jungle to scan the sacred Inca city of Machu Picchu, asking three main questions: How did the Inca build a city atop a mountain ridge? How were the terraces constructed? And how did they supply water to the city? Join the team as they turn back time and decode the past.