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PBS Gettysburg The Boys in Blue and Gray VHS Video
The sweeping epic of the largest battle ever fought on American soil emerges in GETTYSBURG: THE BOYS IN BLUE & GRAY. In mid-July 1863, Union Lt. Frank A. Haskell wrote a vivid account in a letter to his brother. The compelling words of Haskell and other soldiers on both sides re-create the action. Filmed in five states and in the Gettysburg National Military Park, the film includes seven full-scale battles and a stirring original soundtrack.
PBS Frontline Inside the Tobacco Deal VHS Video 1hr
For years, “Big Tobacco” successfully defeated efforts to hold it responsible for millions of smoking-related deaths. Then two men declared war on tobacco, eventually convincing an industry to hand over billions. FRONTLINE tells how Mike Moore, Mississippi’s attorney general, and Dick Scruggs, veteran of asbestos industry suits, dared to sue Big Tobacco for Medicaid costs of smoking-related illnesses, in INSIDE THE TOBACCO DEAL .
PBS Video American Experience Rescue at Sea VHS 1hr
Courage and conviction are the true marks of heroics in this dramatic and poignant story of a young man forced to battle with the sea and race with time. It’s 1909, and 1500 lives hold in the balance after two ships collide in a dense fog off Nantucket Island. Passengers cling to the hope that the new technology wireless telegraphy and a 26-year-old wireless operator can save their lives. Duration 60 minutes.
PBS American Experience: War Letters VHS Video 1 Hr
Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, “War Letters” brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the sender was killed and heartbreaking “Dear John” letters from home. The program was inspired by “War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence From American Wars, ” edited by Andrew Carroll. Duration 1hr.