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In this master class on video, award-winning photographer Tim Flach demonstrates how to put a dynamic spin on animal portraits. Flach, who is famous for crossing over from commercial animal pictures to breathtaking fine art photography, encourages his students to think about the relationships between themselves and their pets. Joining this fascinating learning session is a charity volunteer hoping to take better pictures of his organization's rescue...
2) Vietnam
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A part of the series America in the 20th Century. It was the longest war in America's history and the most divisive in more than a century. This program explores the genesis of America's painful military "quagmire" from the roots of Vietnamese nationalism through a century of French colonial rule to the first Indochina war; it then takes viewers from John F. Kennedy's initial deployment of military advisers through increases and escalations under...
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Celebrity photographer Harry Borden has photographed everyone from Robin Williams and Angelina Jolie to Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. In this inspiring program, Borden shares cool camera secrets with two aspiring photographers in a master class that shows how to turn snapshots of friends and family into professional-looking portraits. The students are then put to the test with assignments that include producing a heroic portrait for the charity...
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Few people have heard of neutropenia unless they have it or have worked in a medical office or hospital. It sounds like a rare and probably deadly condition. But, as viewers learn in this program, neutropenia is a blood disorder that arises from an unusually low number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. And it can often occur after cancer treatments. Experts discuss advancements made during the past ten to twenty years and the breakthroughs...
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What forces led the United States away from its agrarian roots, transforming it into a nation dependent on mechanized farming, heavy industry, and large corporations? This program helps identify answers as it examines the Industrial Revolution in the latter half of the 19th century. Viewers learn about the establishment of the transcontinental railroad and its role in industrial growth, including the rise of the steel industry led by Andrew Carnegie....
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A part of the series America in the 20th Century. Anyone who thinks the Civil Rights movement began and ended with Martin Luther King, Jr., will discover a new, eye-opening view of history in this program. It reveals a long-running struggle for racial equality starting with Civil War- and Reconstruction-era events, moving through the blight of Jim Crow and the formation of the NAACP and other groups, and depicting the drama of King's movement in varied,...
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In this program physics professor Jim Al-Khalili provides evidence that medieval Islamic scientists were among the first to insist that scholarly theories be backed up by experimental observation. Traveling throughout Syria and Egypt, Al-Khalili profiles Ibn al-Haytham, whose proof that light travels in straight lines helped establish the discipline of optics, and Al-Biruni, who more than 1,000 years ago estimated the size of the Earth to within a...
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When it comes to weddings, what's the best way to photograph a bride? How do you get the best shots of the first dance? Capturing the special moments of the big day is a stressful job even for professional photographers. What about when you don't even know what an f-stop is? How would you cope when asked to shoot a really large event? In this program, award-winning wedding photographer Emily Quinton shares her tricks of the trade, putting two eager...
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A part of the series America in the 20th Century. The end of World War II was the beginning of U.S. global power as well as a milestone in the nation's economic prosperity and domestic political currents. This program examines America during the years 1945 to 1960, in which the Cold War loomed, babies boomed, and the suburban family became the bull's-eye of the mass market. Viewers learn about the leadership transition from Truman to Eisenhower, the...
11) Cold War
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A part of the series America in the 20th Century. Although communists and capitalists united during World War II to crush fascism, Hitler's defeat set the stage for allies to become adversaries once more. This program frames the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union as the defining conflict of much of the 20th century. Viewers are shown how the world's two superpowers faced off in an uncompromising showdown over ideology and economics...
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In the first half of the 19th century, Americans pushed westward across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River, and the Rocky Mountains, en route to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier experience shaped the American character. At the same time, land hunger, gold fever, and the pursuit of "Manifest Destiny" resulted in the removal of many American Indian nations, acquisition of vast swaths of Mexico through the Mexican-American War, and a painful debate...
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The Almost Painless Guide to the U.S. Constitution uses contemporary video footage, archival video footage and photographs, original graphics, and dialog narration to provide students in grades five and up with information on the U.S. Constitution. The program examines the inception of the Constitution as it succeeded the Articles of Confederation. It discusses the importance of the Constitution as the foundation of a federal system of government...
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1945 marked the end of World War II and the beginning of the power, politics and prosperity of the Post-War years. The Presidency passed from Truman to Eisenhower and millions moved out of the city and onto the Interstate Highway System. The Cold War loomed, babies boomed, and the suburban family became the bull's-eye of the mass market. Americans turned-on their televisions and tuned-in their car radios to hear the latest music fad: rock 'n roll....
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They said Rosa Parks was tired, but the only 'tired' she was was tired of giving in. Mrs. Parks' courageous act of civil disobedience inspired the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. The campaign lifted Martin Luther King, Jr. to national attention and ignited the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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The Executive Branch is a fun and fact-filled exploration of the executive branch of government. The executive branch is considered along with the legislative branch and the judicial branch to examine how each checks the others to create a balance of power. The program looks at the United States Constitution as the foundation of federal government and the concept of "We the People" as the ultimate authority. The system of checks and balances is examined...
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In the 1960s, Americans embraced the liberal promises and programs of two presidents: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Kennedy, the East Coast blue blood; Johnson the rough-and-tumble Texan, could not have been more different. Yet each embraced the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and sought to reshape the New Deal into their own world vision. For Kennedy, it was the New Frontier; for Johnson, the Great Society. Each had its triumphs and failures,...
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The Legislative Branch is a fun and fact-filled exploration of the legislative branch of government. The legislative branch is considered along with the executive branch and the judicial branch to examine how each branch checks the others to create a balance of power. The program looks at the United States Constitution as the foundation of federal government and the concept of "We the People" as the ultimate authority. The system of checks and balances...
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In the middle of the twentieth century, oppression and racism were challenged by courage, leadership and a dream. The crusade for freedom promised to unite the nation and threatened to tear it apart. "The Civil Rights Movement" explores the dramatic quest for African-American equality in vivid detail, from post-Civil War Reconstruction through the revolutionary 1960s and the subsequent rise of Black Power.