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(0)Michelle Ferrari
Series
Language
English
Description
For 191 years the U.S. Supreme Court was populated only by men. When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, in her 25 years as justice she was the swing vote in cases about some of the 20th century's most controversial issues-including race, gender and reproductive rights.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 114 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had amassed a fortune and achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to determine what happened, why it happened and what could be done to keep it from happening again. The bi-partisan commission's final report offered a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations that would doom its finding to political oblivion.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published in 1962, the book became a phenomenon. A passionate and eloquent warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book unleashed an extraordinary national debate and was greeted by vigorous attacks from the chemical industry. But it would also inspire President John F. Kennedy to launch the first-ever investigation into the public health effects of pesticides - an investigation that would eventually...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
THE EUGENICS CRUSADE tells the story of campaign to breed a "better" American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It tells the shocking story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb; wealthy college students who had planned to abduct and kill a child at random just to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Wide screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.
9) The Vote
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (227 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Vote tells the dramatic story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD video (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What began as a broadcast performance of H.G. Welles' fantasy, The War of the Worlds, turned into one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. American Experience examines the elements that together created this frenzy, including our longtime fascination with life on Mars; the emergence of radio as a powerful new medium; and the creative wunderkind Orson Welles, the twenty-three-year-old director of the drama and mischief-maker supreme....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.
12) Edison
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min., that is 114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about Thomas Edison that explores the complex alchemy that accounts for the enduring celebrity of America's most famous inventor. It offers new perspectives on the man and his milieu, and illuminates not only the true nature of invention, but its role in turn-of-the-century America's rush into the future.
13) Half the sky
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 3 hr., 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take an unforgettable journey with six actress/advocates and New York Times journalist [Nicholas] Kristof to meet some of the most courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and enduring hope.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Born on the threshold of America's burgeoning industrial empire, Edison's curiosity led him to its cutting edge.
