PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
At the end of 1853, San Francisco was a city on the move. It had twelve daily newspapers, nine insurance companies, consulates of twenty-seven foreign governments, and six-story buildings where sand dunes once stood. A few years earlier, San Francisco was just a sleepy little town. But the sight of gold in the rushing waters of the American River sent a ripple around the world and set the stage for an event that would forever change a city, a fledgling...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Follow Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes, the underwater caves that formed during the last ice age when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. With an interdisciplinary team of climatologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists, Broad investigates the hidden history of Earth's climate as revealed by finds in this spectacularly beautiful 'alternate universe.'
5) Buffalo Bill
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Explore how William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create a myth that endures even today. Features the life of the master showman who became part of American history.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni as he works to provide design solutions to regions suffering from social and humanitarian...
7) Castle
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Host and author, David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the book of the same title, leads viewers on a tour of Caernarvon castle, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its unique architectural design. This program combines live-action documentary, with an animated fictional story of the planning and construction of a castle and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the adjoining town in 13th-century Wales.