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June 15: Juneteenth
June 29: Pride Month
July 6: Independence Day
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Chinese
Description
Tse-ven Soong was born in Shanghai. He graduated from St. John’s University, earned a master’s degree at Harvard University, and received a doctoral degree at Columbia University. In 1923, he worked for Sun Yat-sen as an English-speaking secretary, and because of his academic background, he soon was in charge of finance for the Kuomintang. In 1924, he was made governor of the Central Bank of China. In 1925, his remarkable achievements enabled...
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Language
English
Description
The world underground undergoes devastating changes in a post-apocalyptic world. This documentary examines how man-made and natural caverns will evolve over millennia. Geothermal power plants will buckle under the strain of superheated steam. NORAD, America's former nuclear command center, will come under attack from a leaking reservoir. The Naica Crystal Caves in Mexico will grow giant gypsum crystals, while New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns will fill...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Colombia to learn the truth behind the legends of El Dorado. While exploring the lost city of Ciudad Perdida, Lin discovers that fact is far more exciting than fiction — and discovers not just a city but an entire civilization. Now, for the first time, Lin reveals the extent of this civilization and its “cities in the clouds.”
Language
English
Description
In the wake of World War II, in a move closely related to the beginnings of the Cold War, the United States of America decided to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago. After the displacement of the local inhabitants, 67 nuclear tests were carried out from 1946 to 1958, including the explosion of the first H-bomb (1952). Bikini Atoll has conserved direct tangible evidence that is highly significant...
25) The Silk Road
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Language
English
Description
Alfred arrives in Xi’an in the province of Shaanxi. The Silk Road caravans used to end their long journey in this millenary city. He comes by stylist Fan Yanyan’s studio and visits the great mosque of Xi’an, the oldest in China, in the neighborhood inhabited by the Muslim Hui minority. Ideas and religions travelled the Silk Road as well as valuable goods. Professor Yue Yu tells Alfred the story of Xuan Chang, a seventh-century sage who went...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this episode—which includes special guest appearances from The League of Gentlemen’s Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton—we meet a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, the captain of the Titanic holds the world’s worst safety briefing, famous writer Mary Shelley pitches the movie of her life, and those violent Vikings show their softer side in a song.
27) Famous Americans
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Language
English
Description
Over the past two hundred years, names such as Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X, permeate our national consciousness. They along with other African-Americans, fought for American independence, the abolition of slavery, civil and equal rights.
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In 55 BC Julius Caesar marched through Europe, crushing the rebellious tribes in the North. In mid-summer he arrived at the mighty Rhine. He was determined to get his legions across to teach the tribes on the other side a lesson, but considered it beneath the dignity of the Roman army to cross the river by boat. Consequently, he ordered his men to build a wooden bridge over a river which was at least 400 meters wide, up to 8 meters deep and flowing...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Our present-day civilization is the result of a learning process that has taken thousands of years. Human beings have slowly developed their intelligence and utilized the possibilities offered to mankind by nature. This program covers the major advances of humankind throughout the ages. Beginning more than two million years ago, the program covers how people created the first tools, discovered fire, invented the wheel, created written language, and...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In a tale of fantastic geographical sweep, Michael Wood conjures up China's first great international age, the Tang Dynasty. From picturesque old cities on the Yellow River he travels to the bazaars of the Silk Road in Central Asia, and on to India in the footsteps of the Chinese monk who brought Buddhist texts to China.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tony Robinson takes us back to the Second World War. Beating Nazis wasn’t only down to Churchill and his generals. This was a people’s war, fought by bakers, office workers, delivery drivers and housewives. Tony meets Eastender, Babs Clark, who was just eight when the war began. Like thousands of others, Babs depended on the newly built Bethnal Green tube station as an air raid shelter. It was like an underground town, with a library, doctor...
32) Modern Warfare
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait resulted in more than one million troops facing off against each other in the desert of the Persian Gulf. The Allied Coalition's air war, known as Operation Desert Storm, involved the most sophisticated technological weaponry available.
Series
Empire Builders volume 0
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Spanish Conquest laid the ground for 300 years of colonial rule which made Spain the richest country in Europe and divided the country with a class system which still impacts today. After the conquest Mexico became the world’s largest producer of silver which provided eagerly sought exchange for Europe’s trade with Asia. Meantime, conquistadors and friars spread out along so called “royal roads “which linked new with the desert frontiers...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Medieval art historian Alixe Bovey follows the Gough Map to the once-important port town, Sandwich; to Canterbury Cathedral, the resting place of Thomas Becket; and to London, which became one of the most powerful cities of the Middle Ages thanks to the River Thames.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During the Medieval period, trial by ordeal was not uncommon. The accused was tied up and tossed in the water; if they floated they were guilty, but if they drowned they were innocent. Justice was not exactly being served! However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. After the Norman invasion, Parliament was the highest court in England, and Edward the First introduced more statutes than any other Medieval king.
Language
English
Description
Panama-Pacific International Exposition: Opening day celebrations / crowds at the entrances / pan of Exposition proper / parades on Market Street and Van Ness Avenue / Tower of Jewels / Fountain of Energy / other buildings / day for night shots / submarines / Fun Zone at night / nighttime illumination of buildings showing use of fog machines and special lights / Uncle Sam's submarines. No audio. (13 minutes)
37) The Black Death
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Black Death was the greatest and most devastating ecological disaster of the middle ages. As well as a high mortality rate, the epidemic affected many aspects of society. This program examines its impact on: religion, feudalism, farming, urban life, the arts, and minorities in Europe; the economic and political consequences of the disease in Asia; and the socio-economic impacts in North Africa and the Middle East. Filled with unique examples,...
39) Revolutions
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Language
English
Description
On April 20th, 2008, carried by a tremendous popular support worthy of the greatest South American revolutions, Fernando Lugo, the "suspended" bishop, is elected president of the Republic of Paraguay. After sixty years of absolute power, the Colorado party is compelled to accept the changeover of political power. This documentary will enable us to discover the scarcely known country nestled deep into the heart of the South American continent, its...
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