Geoffrey C Ward
1) Baseball
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1997
Language
English
Description
Presents a biographical profile of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, examining his long career during which he designed such buildings as New York's Guggenheim Museum, and the Johnson Wax Building, and looking at his tumultuous personal life.
4) Mark Twain
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
7) The war
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Examines World War II from the points of view of American men and women, exploring the ways the war affected the communities of four cities and towns in Minnesota, Alabama, Connecticut, and California.