PBS Home Video
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1 videodisc (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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People can actually become more fit, both physically and mentally, as they grow older. Join Dr. Henry Lodge as he dispels the myths of American aging and explains the new science of aging. Viewers will learn how to take charge of their biology to become functionally younger, more vibrant, purposeful, and dynamic for years to come.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, they had little chance of survival until they were saved and taken to Australia by an aid worker. After two years battling for life, the twins were ready for a series of delicate operations which would prepare them for the ultimate challenge: a marathon separation surgery that will allow them to live truly separate...
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Part of the massive Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska supports the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world. Sustained by a wealth of salmon streams, isolated and protected by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out here for centuries.
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A series of unusual stories about chickens. Ranges from a woman who revived a chicken with CPR, a man who raises chickens for his own consumption, a woman who keeps a pet chicken, a group of suburbanites who banded together to stop a neighborhood rooster raiser, a headless rooster, and a man who's life changing experience comes when he sees one of his chickens protect her chicks from a hawk.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Secrets of the Manor House looks beyond the fiction to the truth of how life was in these ancient British houses, and how mounting financial, political and social pressures were about to bring momentous changes to both the wealthy and their servants.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.
10) Annie Oakley
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The greatest woman rifle shot the world has ever known. Annie Oakley thrilled audiences of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show with her daring shooting feats. Over time she became an American legend.
11) Baseball
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10 videodiscs (approximately 23 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Here is the story of a nation at work and play. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Looks at the scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year's tornado outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? Nova also talks to people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events in an effort to learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future.
13) Brooklyn Bridge
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1 videodisc (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"This award-winning program by filmmaker Ken Burns recaptures all the drama, the struggles and the personal tragedies behind this greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age. As this fascinating program reveals, it was the largest bridge of its era, marked by enormous construction problems and ingenious solutions."--Publisher's website.
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2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...
15) Billy the Kid
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western icon.
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Did a daring Chinese admiral sailing the world's largest wooden armada reach America 71 years before Columbus? This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ever since their brutal murders one hundred years ago, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra, have fascinated the world. Through the couple's politically damning, sexually intimate, and personally revealing letters, this two-part docudrama, presented by historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, explores Nicholas and Alexandra's complex love story and the couple's role in the lead-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to their eventual...
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1 videodisc (approximately 72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Features interviews with religious leaders and politicians as they are asked what inspires them in these challenging times, as more and more people are turning to religion and spirituality to gain a sense of meaning and understanding with what they are facing.
19) Helen of Troy
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Discusses the myths and truths associated with Helen of Troy.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish into thin air? NOVA tells the inside story of the search for Flight MH370 and meets the key players from all corners of the globe who have spent months searching for the lost plane. How easy is it to make a plane disappear? Or can new technology guarantee that in the future, nothing will ever be 'lost' again?