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Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, consul to Lithuania during World War II. Sugihara defied Tokyo authorities and wrote transit visas that allowed hundreds of Jewish families to flee Europe through Russia to Japan and other countries. Includes home movies, photographs, film footage, and interviews with Holocaust survivors who owe their lives to Chiune Sugihara.
4) Shtetl
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009] ©1986
Language
English
Description
In 1942, 2,500 Jews from Bransk, Poland died in Treblinka's gas chambers. Their shtetl died with them. Uncover the true story of Jewish life in Bransk before and after WWII. Starting as a pilgrimage by a Holocaust survivor from Bransk to uncover his roots, the quest is joined by a young Polish Gentile historian from Bransk who is also driven to discover the mystery of the last Jewish community.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Iwo Jima, a tiny island 660 miles from Tokyo, was defended by 21,000 Japanese soldiers determined to fight to the death. The U.S. campaign, which began on February 19, 1945, was expected to last only a few days. Instead it claimed the lives of nearly 7,000 Marines and lasted for over a month. Features interviews with twenty-one veterans of the 1945 battle and rare combat footage.
6) Earthquake!
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Examines what we know and don't know about earthquakes. Includes still and moving images of major earthquakes such as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1964 Alaska earthquake and the 1989 California earthquake.
8) Solar energy
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"NOVA presents a provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power's untapped potential"--Container.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
English
Description
Arthur Chipping is the new Latin master at an English boy's boarding school. The eccentric schoolmaster lives a full, rich life within the cloistered school, defined by his role as the intellectual shepherd of generations of young students. Then while traveling through the countryside on summer holiday, he unexpected falls in love. His new wife ignites his passion and brings him out of his shell. Spans over 50 years in the life of Mr. Chipping.
14) Northanger Abbey
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Romance addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. There she forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short.
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger...
15) Skinwalkers
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. One clue sends a chill through a young officer: the arrow used in the killing has a tip of human bone, a sign that a Navajo spirit - a "skinwalker"--Is at work.