Whitman, America’s poet, was born on this day in 1819. See a few programs that have aired on PBS in the past, watchable online.
Jennifer 8. Lee is a New York Times reporter, blogger and author best known for her writing about technology, immigrants and contemporary culture. She talks about how a lot of …
…with Cory Kelley’s “Ars Magna”, a 7-minute short film about the beauty of obsessive anagramming with anagrammer Cory Calhoun. Check back for more short films in the near future.
In the years following 1991’s Tailhook scandal, Frontline did an extensive doc on the Navy’s position; it included this interview with Sen. John McCain about his take on Tailhook and how the Navy handled it, and the roles of women in the Navy. More…
The Medal of Honor has been awarded 3,459 times to 3,440 individuals who have served their country with courage and bravery above and beyond the call of duty. In honor of New York City’s Fleet Week, read the stories of a few naval heroes here….
What does it feel like when your submarine launches a ballistic missile? When you finally earn your Dolphins, the submariner’s equivalent of pilot’s wings? When you find yourself heading to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis? When your sub accidentally dives below its maximum test depth? Hear nine tales of former submariners about life underwater.
Brooklyn Bridge was Ken Burn’s first film to be broadcast on PBS (1981) and it received an Academy Award nomination in 1982–it hasn’t been rebroadcast in years, but you can see two clips online (interviews with architecture critic Paul Goldberger and writer/master explainer David McCullough).
At the time it was built, the 3,460-foot Brooklyn Bridge was crowned the longest suspension bridge in the world. Although it’s considered a brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, problems plagued the Brooklyn Bridge before construction even began. Learn more.
Although he had been a member of the German SS and had used slave labor at Mittelwerk, the Nazi underground rocket facility, Wernher von Braun and his colleagues were embraced …
