Will Lyman
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comprehensive investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency. Through revealing interviews with campaign insiders and key players, this documentary tells the inside story of how, despite historically high unfavorability ratings, Trump successfully tapped into the frustration and calls for change in order to win the election. The film examines how Trump rallied millions of supporters and defeated his adversaries -- and...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What lessons has America learned from Watergate? Thirty years after the most infamous break-in helped pull down President Richard Nixon, all of the facts are still not in. But as this compelling documentary shows, Watergate remains a nearly unbelievable tale of ordinary men corrupted by power and their desire to retain it. Interviews with investigator Sam Dash, co-conspirator John Dean, and journalist Bob Woodward recreate the history and speculate...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part one of an investigation into the deep political divisions and bitter polarization that grew during the Obama presidency. The film examines how President Obama's promise of change and unity collided with racial and political realities. Part two of an investigation into the deep divisions and bitter polarization that grew during the Obama presidency. The film examines racial tensions in America, the war for control of the GOP, and the growing dysfunction...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, Frontline and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For most people the image of the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was not only a scene of unforgettable horror, it was a moment of unimaginable consequence. This follows a blue ribbon team of forensic engineers as they begin searching for clues that would tell them why the towers fell. From detailed examination of the buildings original design to the relentless process of searching the scrap steel yards and Ground Zero...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
©2005
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"'The Storm' examines the first critical hours of local, state, and federal emergency response to Hurricane Katrina. Why were there so many bureaucratic and communication failures? Why did decades of disaster planning still leave New Orleans unprepared? FRONTLINE investigates the decisions made before Katrina and in the desperate moments when New Orleans devolved into chaos"--Container.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a number of refugees from war-torn and impoverished locations in the Middle East (Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq) as they try to create new lives in Europe (Serbia, Greece, Germany) as well as the United States (Lincoln, Nebraska), places that, due to the current political climate, are becoming increasingly inhospitable to them.
9) Nixon
Series
Language
English
Description
Covers the span of Richard M. Nixon's political life during his early political career.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (11 hr.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A six-year project from conception to completion, this 11-hour DVD collection carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. From the first episode to the last, it provides a detailed and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.
11) Harvest of fear
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontline and Nova explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (GM) food crops. Interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology, this two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.
12) Earthquakes
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explains technologies that help predict seismic events and limit the damage they cause. With the help of high-end modeling programs and increasingly sophisticated sensors and detection devices like interferometric radar, scientists are gaining a better understanding of earthquake triggers and consequences, while engineers have been able to vastly improve the ability of structures to withstand the stresses they endure. Also explores the history of...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Investigates the death of Michelle O'Connell, found dead in 2010 by her boyfriend, Jeremy Banks, a St. Augustine, Florida deputy sheriff on the night that she broke up with him. Follows an investigation into the cause of death, originally ruled a suicide.
14) Da Vinci's code
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Geographic travels the world to uncover evidence to support and refute the claims of the best-selling title and in addition interviews other conspiracy theorists that believe Jesus' descendants walk the Earth today.
15) Exodus
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Frontline.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war and persecution for Europe. Told through camera-phone footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys seeking safety and refuge.
16) News war
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hrs., 30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[Parts 1-3] Looks at the impact of political, cultural, legal and economic forces on the news media. Traces the recent history of American journalism from Watergate to the war on terror and how the freedom of the press is being challenged.
[Part 4] Examines the rise of Al Jazeera's influence in the Middle East; also profiles reporters who were killed, jailed or exiled in 2006.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Just two years into the job and armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea's Kim Jong-un is the world's youngest dictator, ruling one of the world's most isolated countries ... Using new footage smuggled from inside and never-before-told stories from recent defectors living in South Korea, the film offers a rare glimpse at how some North Koreans are defying authority in a country where just being caught with illegal DVDs could mean immediate imprisonment"--Container....
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. "It's really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age," child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon tells FRONTLINE....
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout.
Series
American Indian collection volume pt. 2
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
1990, c1984
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
Navajo
Description
