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Theodore Tugboat - Theodore's Friendly Adventures
:Description:Life in the Big Harbor community is constantly changing and, whatever the new day brings, Theodore Tugboat and his many floating friends find preschool fun and life-learning lessons! These fun-filled adventures are hosted by the Harbor Master and center around Theodore, a stout-hearted tugboat found in the magical Big Harbor. In each episode, Theodore and his fellow tugboats Emily, Foduck, Hank, and George encounter various tasks and help teach children important values such as cooperation, sharing, appreciation for community, and ...
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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (Boxed Set)
: essential video:The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour Civil War didn't just captivate a nation, reteaching to us our history in narrative terms; it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator. When people describe documentaries using the 'Ken Burns approach,' its style is understood: voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), ...
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Teletubbies - Favorite Things
: :Those roly-poly creatures playfully romp with their beloved toys in the Teletubbies' fourth video, Favorite Things. Tinky Winky has his bag, Dipsy his splotched hat, Laa-Laa her ball, and, of course, littlest Po her scooter. The opening of the video has each Teletubby lose in turn his or her favorite item, and all must go off in search of it. Each Tubby is then featured in a segment: Laa-Laa chasing her ball, Tinky Winky singing into his bag, Dipsy dancing ...
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Teletubbies - Bedtime Stories and Lullabies
: :Time for Tubby bedtime! But those lovable, roly-poly critters are having a heck of a time settling down with their Tubbytronic blankies. First Tinky Winky wants to dance, then Laa-Laa gets the itch to play with her big orange ball, and Po just has to zoom around on her squeaky scooter. Each takes turns waking the others, resulting in 70 minutes of favorite songs such as 'Rock-a-bye Baby' and 'Itsy Bitsy Spider,' simple bedtime stories, and plenty of wiggles and ...
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Theodore Tugboat - Underwater Mysteries
: :Theodore and his boating buddies are Canada's seaworthy answer to Thomas the Tank Engine and friends. Each of these three stories is introduced and concluded by the Harbor Master, an oncamera narrator in the person of Denny Doherty, one of the 'papas' of the Mamas and the Papas fame. 'Theodore's Big Decision' finds the tugboat trying to figure out why his friend Pugwash--a small submarine--won't come to the surface. Does she fear the lighthouse or the searchlight or the moon? ...
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Teletubbies - Nursery Rhymes
: :Everything you'd expect from those roly-poly, TV-bellied creatures is packed into Teletubbies: Nursery Rhymes: animation, videos, singing, dancing, tumbling, and, of course, nursery rhymes. Each of the Teletubbies is introduced to the joys of old-time school rhymes: Po happily noshes on her Tubby Toast as the mysterious speaker rises from the ground to warble 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.' Dipsy and Laa-Laa tumble down hills like 'Jack and Jill.' Tinky Winky learns the fundamentals of 'Pat a Cake.' Kids will shriek ...
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Theodore Tugboat - Big Harbor Bedtime
:Description:Life in the Big Harbor community is constantly changing and, whatever the new day brings, Theodore Tugboat and his many floating friends find preschool fun and life-learning lessons! These fun-filled adventures are hosted by the Harbor Master and center around Theodore, a stout-hearted tugboat found in the magical Big Harbor. In each episode, Theodore and his fellow tugboats Emily, Foduck, Hank, and George encounter various tasks and help teach children important values such as cooperation, sharing, appreciation for community, and ...
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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
: essential video:Another reliably well-crafted, generally engrossing documentary from Ken Burns, Lewis & Clark employs the director's now-familiar approach to his subjects, from its elegant juxtaposition of period illustrations and portraits against newly filmed footage of historic sites to Burns's repertory of accomplished actors to provide gravitas for quotes from the key figures. Granted the formula has become familiar enough to allow parody, but Burns knows how to invest his historical investigations with movement and drama, making this four-hour journey ...
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Three Sovereigns for Sarah - A True Story Of The Salem Witch Trials
: :This dramatization of a true story deals with one of the most troubling episodes in early American history, the 'witch hysteria' that convulsed the village of Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1690s. Noted actress Vanessa Redgrave plays Sarah Cloyce, who years later, is seeking to clear the names of her sisters who were executed as witches. The historical basis for this drama is the fact that early in the 1700s the colonial government offered to pay reparations to the survivors of ...
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Teletubbies - Baby Animals
: :This animal-focused edition begins with the Tubbies one by one coming upon a stuffed lamb. Much tubby-style discussion ensues ('Ittle wamb sad.') when not even Po's scooter or Dipsy's cowhide hat cheer up the poor sheep. After a happy ending, they meet a butterfly and, later, a stuffed terrier puppy in those verdant fields behind their bunker. Meanwhile, British preschoolers feed penguins, play with puppies, and learn about baby swans in the TV segments on the tubby tummies. All of ...
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