Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Your body is the most sophisticated organism on earth and much about it remains a mystery. This 3-part series uses cutting-edge graphics to reveal the surprisingly beautiful biological processes that keeps you alive. Discover the ingenious ways your body develops, adapts, and endures, and witness the fascinating and finely tuned systems that keep your body motoring - and the scientists guessing."
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Favorite PBS Kids characters learn all about allergies in five stories. Join Binky as he works to understand his peanut allergy in an Arthur story and Daniel Tiger as he tries a peach for the first time and discovers he's allergic to the fruit.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examine the history of America through some of its most iconic symbols, objects, and places, diving deep into each symbol's history and how its meaning has changed over time using them as a gateway to understanding America's past and present. From flags and statues to revered landmarks, people live alongside and interact with history every day.
Publisher
DHX Cookie Jar Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Caillou loves learning to care for different types of animals. The lessons that Caillou learns from his encounters with animals teach him how to help his neighbors, his parents, and his grandparents care for their pets. Caillou's inquisitive nature makes him an ideal pet helper.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1830s Texas was about to explode. Although under Mexican rule, the region was home to more than 20,000 U.S. settlers agitated by what they saw as restrictive Mexican policies. Mexican officials, concerned with illegal trading and immigration in Texas, were prepared to fight hard to keep the province under their control. Caught in the middle were the area's 4,000 Mexican Texans or Tejanos who were forced to choose a side. The conflict...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines immigration policy under both the Trump and Obama administrations, investigates the origins of zero tolerance, and reveals the journeys and voices of children who were separated from their parents.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails.
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Love and friendship take center stage in these sweet stories. Angelina uncovers the mystery of her secret admirer with some help from her friends. Angelina and Alice help Marco realize the true importance of helping his friends. The students celebrate Ms. Mimi and although it may have been for the wrong reason, they do it with a lot of heart! And when Angelina and her girlfriends try to make a girls' club, they realize a friendship club is much sweeter....
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film "examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants,' but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (382 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sidney Chambers (James Norton, Happy Valley) is a handsome, jazz-loving village vicar haunted by his past. Geordie Keating (Robson Green, Wires in the Blood, Touching Evil) is a hard-boiled police detective, overworked and weary. Together they solve crimes and right wrongs in picturesque 1950s Cambridge. Based on a novel by James Runcie, the hit British series returns with Chambers having doubts about his pious lifestyle, now that his old flame Amanda...
14) Les miserables
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
Publisher
Jim Henson Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features new friends in all shapes and sizes, with catchy songs and all the dinosaur information kids will ever want to know. Preschoolers will be on the fast track to learning when Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adopted family of Pteranodons explore all that their prehistoric world has to offer.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015, p[2018]
Edition
Widescreen edition. UK edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a body is discovered in a derelict building, DCI Cassie Stuart must untangle lies that have been covered up for nearly forty years. With her partner, DI Sunil Sunny Khan they narrow the list to four suspects, each with something to hide. As their deceptions are discovered, the people they love most begin to wonder what else they might be capable of.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approx 10 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British amateur bakers compete in a series of weekly baking challenges, each episode introducing a new technical skill and a challenge in each of three categories: Sigature Bake, to test creative flair and basic baking ability; Technical Bake, in which contestants are given basic recipes consisting of an ingredients list and minimal instruction; and Showstopper Bake, designed to display baking virtuosity.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join the super friends as they practice spelling, use the power to read, and investigate rhyming words in order to change the outcome of the story and save the day! Includes games, music videos, and more.
Publisher
ITV Global Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 446 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novels by John Galsworthy, The saga is an epic and highly praised series spanning three generations of the powerful Forsyte family at the turn of the 20th century. Beneath the family's imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships.