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- Science documentaries about various topics.
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- A young horse trainer woos a woman with his lies of importance and wealth.
- Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.
- In 17th century Massachusetts, a married woman (whose husband has been absent for years and his whereabouts unknown) has an affair resulting in a child out of wedlock. The puritanical residents of her town condemn her to carry the Scarlet Letter of shame. Then the husband shows up.
- A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.
- Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the field and factory.
- A mysterious stranger descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its deceitful residents a lesson. Inspired by writer Mark Twain's short story.
- Details the impact of television on people and social institutions
- This documentary chronicles the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview current notables who describe the effects that the Brooklyn Bridge has had upon New York society and beyond.
- A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.
- A slice of blue-collar life in two uranium-mining boom towns in Wyoming.
- 1980–19941h 45mPG7.0 (1K)TV EpisodeThe retelling of an incident in Gonzales, Texas in 1901 revolving around a stolen horse, mistaken identity and a killing. An unusual story of the all too usual exploitation of the powerless in Texas History.
- A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
- The story of an American Communist militia that fought for the Spanish Republicans in the 1936-39 Civil War.
- From an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, and this candid portrait of a young Jewish activist coming to terms with his father's traumatic history is as bracing as any fiction. Through his writing and activism, Yossi attempts to carry on the legacy of struggle passed on to him. A portrait emerges of a young man whose world view and personal outlook have been principally shaped by an event that took place before he was born.
- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- 1985– 1h 22mTV-147.3 (134)TV EpisodePlaywright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).
- A look at the controversial Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers of the 1920s and 1930s.
- A safe cracker finds love, will that be enough to take him from his criminal lifestyle?
- A tribute to director William Wyler consisting of interviews and excerpts from his many classic films.
- One of the major American architectural minds of the twentieth century, Philip Johnson has played an enormous role in both understanding and creating the urban skylines of the country.
- 1985– TV-147.3 (54)TV EpisodeWhen Katherine Anne Porter left her home state of Texas for New York, she brought with her the hard edge of a Western pioneer. Passionate and intelligent, it was this edge more than anything that made her name as a writer.
- 1985– 1h 30mTV-147.9 (80)TV EpisodeConsidered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph.
- Thomas Eakins died in 1916; he left behind a body of work unprecedented in American art. It was only after his death that a new generation of scholars and critics recognized Eakins was one of America's great painters.
- 1985– 1h 22mTV-14TV EpisodeThe modern dance choreographers Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis jointly and individually led many companies. The two developed the Nikolais/Louis dance technique together. In 1999 the dance companies representing their work were phased out
- 1985– 2h 30mTV-148.3 (107)TV EpisodeEugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.
- 1985– 58mTV-146.1 (118)TV EpisodePresents a biography of Nobel Prize winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer as he converses with friends in a popular cafeteria, responds to post-lecture questions, and addresses people in his study.
- A 100th anniversary tribute to the famous virtuoso pianist, Arthur Rubinstein.
- George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, but was soon writing his own pieces.
- Best known for, "Where the Wild Thins Are", Maurice Sendak has spent the past fifty years bringing to life a world of fantasy and imagination. His unique vision is loved around the globe by both young and old.
- 1987– 1h6.4 (22)TV EpisodeA look at modern-day cowboys in the Wyoming Rockies.