Exclusive Clip of PBS’ Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin
Watch an exclusive clip of new episode of the PBS documentary series Secrets of the Dead, with a NYC based mystery, The Woman in the Iron Coffin premiering tonight.
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PBS’ Series 10 Streets That Changed America Debuts with Broadway Featuring Untapped Cities Founder Michelle Young
Tonight at 8 PM, on your local PBS channel (Thirteen/WNET for New Yorkers), the series 10 That Changed America returns debuting with Broadway, the first major street in America (and the colonies before). Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young was a special guest on this show, hosted by Chicago WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer, where she shared knowledge …
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The Electric Motor That Powered America’s First Subway Was Tested in NYC in 1886
PBS American Experience: The Race Underground tells the story of the motor that powered America’s first subway system, tested right here in NYC in 1886.
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New Documentary The Witness on PBS Revisits the Kitty Genovese Murder
The documentary The Witness premieres on PBS, part of Independent Lens. Kitty Genovese’s brother, filmmaker James Solomon revisit the famous murder in Queens.
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Exclusive Video Clip: PBS American Experience “Tesla” Shows Inventor’s Celebrity Days in NYC
An exclusive clip from the documentary “Tesla” that chronicles the inventor’s celebrity days in Gilded Age NYC when he lived in luxury hotels and dined with high society.
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Murder of a President: President James Garfield’s Connection to NYC
The NYC sites depicted in PBS Murder of a President associated with James Garfield’s Presidency, though he has few formal memorials or dedications in the city.
MoreJackie Robinson’s Brooklyn from Ken Burns’ New Documentary on PBS
The new PBS documentary from Ken Burns, “Jackie Robinson,” focuses on the star athlete’s civil rights activism and showcases life with Brooklyn Dodgers.
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PBS Launches 10 That Changed America Series Looking at Notable Parks, Homes and Towns
PBS will launch the series “10 That Changed America” looking at the parks, homes and towns that have influenced the way Americans have lived, worked, and played
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Exclusive Clip: PBS American Experience The Forgotten Plague
PBS’s American Experience: The Forgotten Plague looks at history of tuberculosis. Exclusive clip shows NYC’s Bellevue Hospital floating barge wards
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Upcoming PBS Documentary on NYC’s Penn Station [Untapped Cities Exclusive Clip]
PBS will air the documentary “The Rise and Fall of Penn Station” on the grandeur of the once glorious Penn Station. Here’s an exclusive clip of the film.
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