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This Universal newsreel focuses on John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. Key moments in Glenn's historic flight are highlighted: Glenn suiting up and boarding the Friendship 7, blastoff, Glenn in the capsule, animation of Glenn's orbit, recovery of the capsule, and Glenn's airlift to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Randolph.
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Improve your ability to initiate and maintain healthy work friendships, and tactfully extract yourself from ones that don’t serve you, whether interacting online or in person.
Friendships boost your work life in meaningful ways—psychologically, physically, and chemically—which help you stay happy, engaged, and performing well. But how can you sustain your workplace relationships when conflict, office politics, or going remote interfere? In...
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The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in the "space race" an intense rivalry to become the first nation to send men to the Moon. While the United States ultimately achieved the first lunar landing, the Soviet Union dominated space flight in the early 1960s. After two Soviet cosmonauts had orbited the earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected John Glenn to become the first American to orbit...
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The Spy Creatures are on a mission to discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies. Spy Wolf Cub joins a pack of arctic wolves, where a real cub's survival depends on friendships in one of the harshest environments in the world. Spy Warthog meets real warthogs and discovers the extraordinary relationship they have with the mongoose. Spy Hippo comes face-to-face with an angry hippo, and learns about the hippos’ relationship with...
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Two young prisoners, Ace and Paul, have been friends since childhood. Whilst serving time together, they embark on a course of rehabilitation through education. Just something to pass the time, they think. But when they both fall in love with their teacher, Emily, it begins to tear their friendship apart. When Ace is released from prison, both men become consumed by jealousy, each thinking that the other will be closer to Emily. Then Paul stages a...
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Under the penname George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans published a historical fiction book with autobiographical aspects. It traces protagonist Maggie Tulliver's tumultuous relationships with her brother and several suitors, culminating in her ostracism from society, and resolving with reunion with her brother. This film features Fiona Shaw exploring the parallels between Evans' life and the story, retracing her revisions in her manuscripts and analyzing...
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Few voices in American literature have been as bold and influential as that of Henry David Thoreau. This program traces the author's life from his early days in Concord and Harvard, to his friendship with Emerson and his years at Walden, to his role in the anti-slavery movement. In addition, Thoreau scholars Brad Dean and Wes Mott discuss his writings, including Walden and "Civil Disobedience. Interweaving dramatic readings and reenactments of Thoreau's...
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In a world of deepening violence and misunderstanding, we need to explore the forces that hold things together. By expanding our definition of love, we learn to honor equally the many forms of affection and connection that create a healthy life and society. This film examines the many faces of love through in-depth stories of marriage, family, friendship, divine love, altruistic love, brotherly love, the love between parents and children, and love...
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This overview of the life and literature of Emily Dickinson from the Famous Authors series offers an insight into the reclusive author of 1,775 poems and a valuable collection of letters. The video depicts Dickinson's story as that of an individual in a society that smothers individuality and discusses the struggle of a female poet among male contemporaries. She did, however, know of and admire women writers like George Eliot and the Bronte sisters....
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(Between the Orange Trees) This is a magnificently filmed three-part production of the classic 1900 Blasco Ibanez novel. Rafael Brull, a young man dominated by the environment of a small town in Levant, dreams of escaping the provincial life. When he meets Leonora, a famous opera singer, he tries to win her love, but gains only her friendship and the beauty of her voice. Shocked by her son's visits to Leonora's house, Rafael's mother arranges his...
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On January 31st, 1961, in Rock Hill SC, the men who would become known as the Friendship 9 walked across town and sat down at a lunch counter. They were beaten, dragged outside, threatened, and sentenced to 30 days of hard labor at the York County Prison Camp. They were allowed no defense, afforded no rights, and offered no justice. Mostly students of nearby Friendship College, they held fast to nonviolence and "Jail No Bail." Instead of paying for...
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What makes a boy or girl a loner? Can a child's future social life be predicted in his or her toddler years? How crucial is a sense of humor as children learn to make friends? This program examines the diverse ways and varying degrees of success in which youngsters build that all-important skill: getting along with others. Observing a group of 25 children who are now three years old, the film shows how even at this age kids are making adult-like decisions...
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The first known human story is that of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Images of artifacts from ancient Iraq mix with beautiful illustrations, dance, and costume to tell of the relations between gods and mortals, the search for friendship, love, and immortality. Featured cast members include Assyriologist Ben Foster, comic book illustrator Jim Starlin, and poet and playwright Yusef Komunyakaa.
15) James Boswell
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James Boswell, Sir Walter Scott and Hugh MacDiarmid are three of Scotland's greatest authors. Across three turbulent centuries, these writers were to shape the way the world looked at Scotland. This documentary looks at the lives of these men who were so pivotal in shaping Scotland's character. Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation looks back at these creative geniuses to answer the crucial question: What image of Scotland will the nation choose...
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For many young people, the school environment is a place of learning, creating friendships, forging an identity, and searching for a direction in life. However, there are some students who have difficulty actively engaging in the learning process due to low ability, an unsafe or unsupportive family life, or other factors, and therefore run the risk of not completing their education. This program focuses on how educators can identify at-risk students,...
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Based upon the novel by Emily Brontë, this video is part of a five-part miniseries produced in 1978. Wuthering Heights follows the self-destructive journey of Heathcliff as he seeks revenge for losing his beloved. In this episode, Mr. Earnshaw rescues Heathcliff from the streets of Liverpool. After Hindley leaves for college, Catherine and Heathcliff establish a close friendship.
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We now recognize over 400 breeds of dog, each with its own fascinating, often mysterious history—in fact we have bred dogs for just about every job you can imagine; and as our modern world changes, dogs have adapted alongside us. The unparalleled cooperation between us and our dogs has led to some of the most remarkable partnerships on earth, from sheepdogs to guide dogs; and dogs bring everything from their super senses to obvious enthusiasm to...
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Car thief, heroin addict, drug dealer-how can a person escape a life like that? This ABC News program examines the life-changing friendship between Merrill "The Doctor" Jackson and the Rev. Joann Muller-the first, a criminal from the streets of Philadelphia; the second, a Christian minister determined to change him. Using intimate interviews and footage of crime-infested neighborhoods, the video describes the process through which Jackson realized...
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Although he lived only 34 years, Gustavo Becquer is largely responsible for leading Spanish poetry toward the Modernist era. This program details his life and artistic journey, from his birth into impoverished nobility to his death in obscurity-and his posthumous fame as Spain's greatest post-Romantic poet. Outlining the author's education, friendships, and failed loves, the video focuses on the power of the Rimas and the political turmoil that prevented...