DESCRIPTIVE VIDEOS - Braille Institute

Nova: Lightning
DVS 273
Contains an interesting and, at some points, exhilarating study into the source of
lightning. The program ends with an electrifying light show set to music. Quite a
display.
This Old Pyramid
DVS 102
This ninety-minute film explains the construction of the ancient pyramids.
Egyptologist Mark Lehrner and professional stonemason Roger Hopkins join
forces in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza to put clever and sometimes
bizarre pyramid construction theories to the test.
Historical Documentaries
Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
DVS 76
A biographical portrait that explores the life of "The First Lady of the Air" and the
remarkable publicity machine that kept her constantly in the limelight
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
DVS 75
This film looks at how the American government dismissed allegations of
extermination of the Jews as a "wild rumor" and how political pressure led to the
creation of the War Refugee Board, which resulted in saving 200,000 Jews.
The American Experience: America Takes Charge (1965-1967)
DVS 480
In two years the Johnson Administration's troop build-up dispatched 1.5 million
Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly
and unforgettable.
The American Experience: America’s Mandarin (1954-1963)
DVS 479
To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in
South Vietnam, supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own
generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon.
The American Experience: Cambodia and Laos
DVS 482
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