documentary television programs

Shows the history of toys and games from ancient civilizations to the present. From hand-crafted toys to manufactured toys. Includes modern toy safety concerns. Child psychology experts also show how toys and games relate to our development from child to adult and how we grow as humans as well. Includes toys from ancient civilizations through the virtual reality toys of modern day.

Takes a look at the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, tracing them from their Chicago origins as the "Savoy Big Five" to the conflicts between coaches and players, and the careers of some its best known players, including Meadowlark Lemon and others.

In 1971, graduate student Penny Patterson began teaching sign language to a gorilla named Koko, a scientific experiment that evolved into an intimate friendship lasting almost half a century and changed the course of human-animal communication.

Illuminates the lives and beliefs of six young Muslims, highlighting the historic mosques in which they play. Follows each individual on their pilgrimage to Mecca, the Muslim holy city, and provides a brief overview of Islam as a whole.

Provides information about the human brain and the differences between modern human beings, Neanderthal relatives, and modern-day chimpanzees.

The words 'My Lai' are seared into our memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in the small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968. Now, drawing on 400 hours of recently discovered audio recordings and new interviews with participants, eye witnesses, and investigators, the complete story can finally be told about one of the most shocking atrocities in modern times, and about lesser-known acts of remarkable courage.

Beginning with the first documented cases from the Civil War, the film examines occurrences of PTSD through two World Wars and Vietnam, as well as more recent cases involving soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories are told through soldiers' revealing letters and journals; photographs and combat footage; first-person interviews with veterans of WWII, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and interviews with family members of soldiers with PTSD.

Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, examines the 1977 power outage that caused monumental mayhem throughout New York City over two hot and humid days. In the documentary, American Experience explores the economic, political, technological, and social consequences of an event that led to both horrifying lawlessness and to innumerable acts of selflessness and generosity.

This program explores ways to improve our social relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals in these difficult times.

Offers an in-depth look at three of North America's most treasured sites, capturing the beauty and history of the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi, the Adobe settlements at Taos Pueblo, and the precipice known as Head-Smashed-In in southern Alberta.