PBS Specials

  • Premiered: Feb 1964
  • Episodes: 464
  • Followers: 15
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Season 2004
2004x2
Out of the Ashes: Recovering The Lost Library of Herculaneum
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Air date
Jan 17, 2004
When the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D., it not only froze an ancient civilization, it also preserved the only surviving library from .. show full overview
2004x1
Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent
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Air date
May 21, 2004
For more than 150 years, Fort Niagara protected the strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River in Youngstown, New York. Four nations struggled to conquer it and thus control that .. show full overview
2004x3
Alone in the Wilderness
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Air date
May 22, 2004
An account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Richard Proenneke, who built a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness and stayed to become part of the country.
2004x5
1421: The Year China Discovered America? (1)
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Air date
Jul 18, 2004
1421: The Year China Discovered America? examines the theories outlined by Gavin Menzies in his book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World," which has become a best-seller in the .. show full overview
2004x6
1421: The Year China Discovered America? (2)
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Air date
Jul 18, 2004
1421: The Year China Discovered America? examines the theories outlined by Gavin Menzies in his book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World," which has become a best-seller in the .. show full overview
2004x11 Season finale
The Real Olympics
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Air date
Aug 03, 2004
Commemorating the return of the 2004 Summer Olympics to its place of origin in Athens, THE REAL OLYMPICS tells the true story of the original games, comparing the Ancient Greek Olympics .. show full overview
2004x9
The Video Game Revolution
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Air date
Sep 09, 2004
Examine the past, present and future of the fastest-growing form of entertainment in history, one that brings in billions more dollars each year than the movies. More than half of .. show full overview
2004x10
A Yiddish World Remembered
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Air date
Nov 14, 2004
The story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe brought to life by some of the last remaining eyewitnesses. Accompanied by archival films, vintage photographs and traditional cantorial music, .. show full overview
2004x8
JFK Breaking the News
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Air date
Nov 22, 2004
Looking back over 40 years television and print journalists recall their stories and memories of reporting the murder of President Kennedy and how it changed the country and changed the way the public gets it's news.

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