Lone Wolf Media (Firm)
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America's most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco, with its repetitive beat and culture that emphasized pleasure, as shallow and superficial. A story that's about much more than music, The war on disco explores how the powerful anti-disco backlash revealed...
2) The bomb
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of the most powerful and destructive device ever invented. With newly restored footage, go behind the scenes of the first atomic bomb, revealing how it was developed and how it changed the planet. Examine the choices society has made since 1945, and continues to make, to live with an invention that could destroy the planet." --
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a naive Confederate belle, collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transormed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town of Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators,...
Publisher
Vulcan Productions Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In July 1945, a Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis. Indianapolis₂ final resting place remains a mystery for more than seven decades, until an expedition launched by philanthropist Paul G. Allen discovers the ship in August 2017. Now the story of USS Indianapolis is told as PBS reconstructs the ship's heroic legacy, its dramatic final moments, and the discovery of the wreck site." --