The ascent of man: generation upon generation
This is part twelve of a history of the cultural evolution of man, from primitive times to the present, presented by the late Dr. Jacob Bronowski. This program deals with the revolution that mathematics and physics brought to biology. It begins with...
Physical Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - The Ever Changing Planet
About this title: Our planet is ever-changing. Earth's landforms are constantly being created and destroyed on timescales ranging from days to tens of millions of years. In this program Alec Murphy walks you through the forces shaping and destroying...
Physical Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Portraying the Earth
About this title: Alec Murphy focuses on the history of portraying the Earth and the earliest maps of ancient Greece, the 21st century computer-based GIS, Geographical Information Systems. The program includes a visit to the U.S. Geological Survey, ...
Physical Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Landforms
About this title: Landforms range in size from the continents themselves to the river valleys that most cities have developed around. In this program Alec Murphy categorizes and defines the major landforms found on the planet, including vast mountai...
The Making of Mankind - Episode 1: In the Beginning
About this title: Walking among the earliest-known fossil beds in Turkana, East Africa. Leakey explains mankind's transformation from four-footed, tree-dwelling, vegetarian primates to upright, omnivorous toolmakers.
About the Series: Narrated by p...
The Great Directors: The Making of 21st Century Hollywood - Episode 1: The Summer Blockbuster
About this title: In the 1970s Hollywood escaped slow financial ruin with the emergence of the summer Blockbuster from the genius of such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Program one shows how this idea not only ...
Railroads in U.S. history (1830-2010): a new era in American railroading (1861-1870)
During the Civil War, railroads dramatically changed the way war was waged forever. But even more significantly for America, President Abraham Lincoln set the course for railroads to place the nation on the path to greatness as a world power. This p...
Railroads in U.S. history (1830-2010): railroads come to America (1830-1840)
In 1830, America was an agrarian nation slowly inching its way west across the continent, but that was about to change spectacularly with the introduction of the steam locomotive and railroads. These topics, along with how a steam engine works, are ...
The Making of Mankind - Episode 6: Settling Down
About this title: Traces the shift from a nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life to that of the settled villager and farmer. Discusses the beginning of agriculture and the emergence of cities, such as Jericho.
About the Series: Narrated by palaeo-anth...
The Making of Mankind - Episode 7: Survival of the Species
About this title: Examines the crucial behavior patterns that, over millions of years, have made humans what we are. Discusses the role of aggression in the survival of the human species and questions whether that aggression will also lead to our do...