GBH Movie Trailers
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Maya: Lords of the Jungle Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
Archaeological work on the Mayan civilization in Central America is revealing new facts about Mayan history, religion, agriculture, social structure, and art.
Who Killed The Red Baron? Trailer (2003)
06 October 2003
An analysis of how the Red Baron died and who was responsible.
Emperor's Ghost Army Trailer (2014)
16 December 2014
In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a life-size terracotta army of cavalry, infantry, horses, chariots, weapons, administrators, acrobats, and musicians, all built to serve China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, in the afterlife.
Reflections of A Native Son Trailer (1989)
19 November 1989
a vivid look at the teenage subculture of South Bronx.
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Trailer (2012)
28 February 2012
A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011 triggering a crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
A Midwife's Tale Trailer (1998)
19 January 1998
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary.
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump Trailer (2024)
24 September 2024
The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency.
Chasing Pluto Trailer (2015)
15 July 2015
NOVA captures New Horizons' historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of the spacecraft's nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to reveal the first ever detailed images of this strange, icy world at the very edge of our solar system.
Walt Whitman Trailer (2008)
14 April 2008
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.
Bright Leaves Trailer (2004)
28 April 2004
Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.
Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible Trailer (2023)
05 December 2023
In 1889, Gustave Eiffel decides to attempt the impossible for the Universal Exhibition in Paris: to build the tallest tower in the world.
Bertie and Elizabeth Trailer (2002)
04 June 2002
The life of England’s George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his brother, and his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth.
Looking for Life on Mars Trailer (2021)
21 February 2021
NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta.
Far from the Madding Crowd Trailer (1998)
10 May 1998
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century.
Me & Mrs. Jones Trailer (2003)
26 January 2003
A top tabloid journalist poses as a political fundraiser to get dirt on the prime minister, but things take a turn when the two begin to fall for one another.
Blood Sugar Rising Trailer (2020)
15 April 2020
Blood Sugar Rising follows the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the US, costing more than $325 billion each year.
Between Time and Timbuktu Trailer (1972)
13 March 1972
A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of whom finds himself in a bizarre situations on a different world.
The War on Disco Trailer (2023)
30 October 2023
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.
The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur Trailer (2020)
20 January 2020
Pack your bags, buckle your seatbelts, and get ready for an ARTHUR road trip to the family farm! Arthur's Great-Grand Uncle Theo is celebrating his 85th birthday, so the Reads (and Buster) are off to Ohio to join in the festivities.
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough Trailer (2022)
15 April 2022
David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard: fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved, that could help change our understanding of the last days of the dinosaurs.
Jesse Owens Trailer (2012)
02 January 2012
Jesse Owens details Jesse's early career; describes Adolf Hitler s outsized ambitions for the 1936 Olympics; explores the movement in Western democracies to boycott the event; and explains the pressures on Owens to attend.
A.I. Revolution Trailer (2024)
27 March 2024
Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems without creating an uncontrollable force that ultimately destroys us? New A.
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' Trailer (2002)
14 June 2002
Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."
The Choice 2016 Trailer (2016)
05 November 2016
An interwoven investigative biography of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump that draws on dozens of interviews from those who know them best—friends and family, advisers and adversaries—as well as authors, journalists and political insiders.
Silicon Valley Trailer (2013)
05 February 2013
In 1957, decades before Steve Jobs dreamed up Apple or Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, a group of eight brilliant young men defected from the Shockley Semiconductor Company in order to start their own transistor business.
Coney Island Trailer (1991)
04 February 1991
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous.
A Room with a View Trailer (2007)
04 November 2007
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation.
Miss America Trailer (2002)
27 January 2002
Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation.
Democracy on Trial Trailer (2024)
30 January 2024
FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss.
Into the Amazon Trailer (2018)
09 January 2018
A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Ike Trailer (1993)
20 September 1993
He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler, Dwight D.
O Panama Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
O Panama features a man confined to his apartment on a winter day as he suffers through an illness. Built on the polarity between hot and cold, the tedious reality of the man's sickness and the vivid hallucinatory visions of his delirium, O Panama conveys the workings of the subconscious.
The Pilgrims Trailer (2015)
24 November 2015
Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journey west across the Atlantic in the early 17th century is a seminal, if often misunderstood episode of American and world history.
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer Trailer (1998)
03 March 1998
Keith Allen plays William Palmer in this true story of a Victorian-era English surgeon who uses poison to settle scores and ward off debt.
Billy the Kid Trailer (2012)
10 January 2012
A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western icon.
When Whales Could Walk Trailer (2024)
31 January 2024
In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard Trailer (2021)
30 March 2021
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver.
The Battle Over Citizen Kane Trailer (1996)
29 January 1996
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941).
Death of a Princess Trailer (1980)
09 April 1980
A journalist investigates a newspaper story of the execution of an Arab princess.
Zoot Suit Riots Trailer (2002)
01 March 2002
On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control.
Heavy Weather Trailer (1995)
24 December 1995
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever.
Chinese Chariots Revealed Trailer (2017)
17 May 2017
For over 1,000 years, chariots were indispensable weapons in ancient China. The art of chariot driving and special warfare were used there for longer than anywhere else.
Mary Pickford Trailer (2005)
04 April 2005
It was the golden age of silent film, and she was the world's most celebrated actress. Known as America's sweetheart, Mary Pickford was famous for playing darling girls and feisty young women in wildly popular films seen around the globe.
Arthur and the Haunted Tree House Trailer (2017)
23 October 2017
While trick-or-treating, Francine meets an elderly woman with a very mysterious past; Binky finds himself at Mr.
Tribe Trailer (1989)
19 November 1989
a cross between impressionist documentary, music video and live-action photo-essay
25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee Trailer (2023)
18 December 2023
A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the screen as she celebrates 25 years on public television.
Jazztime Tale Trailer (1991)
02 November 1991
Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.
The Medium Is the Medium Trailer (1969)
23 March 1969
Produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, the Medium Is the Medium is one of the earliest and most prescient examples of the collaboration between public television and the emerging field of video art in the U.
Bataan Rescue Trailer (2003)
07 July 2003
This is the story of a group of 514 prisoners of war from the Bataan Death March and how they were rescued near the end of the war.
Nova: Monster Of The Milky Way Trailer (2006)
31 October 2006
Astronomers are closing in on the proof they've sought for years that one of the most destructive objects in the universe—a supermassive black hole—lurks at the center of our own galaxy.
The Nuclear Option Trailer (2017)
11 January 2017
NOVA review of the future of nuclear Power after Fukishima
Nightingale Trailer (1992)
04 October 1992
Captivated by its sweet song, an emperor takes a nightingale into his palace as his companion. But when the emperor shows more interest in a bejeweled mechanical bird, the nightingale flees.
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 Trailer (1994)
13 April 1994
The trilogy continues with The Mao Years, a look at the next period of modern China’s history: Mao Zedong’s rule, from 1949 to his death in 1976.
Mysterious Crash of Flight 201 Trailer (1993)
30 November 1993
US federal investigators are called in to determine the cause of a mysterious jetliner crash in Panama.
The Secret History of ISIS Trailer (2016)
17 May 2016
Recently released top secret files from the early 2000's expose the lies told to the American people by senior US government in this PBS documentary, which outlines the real creators of ISIS.
Fly With Me Trailer (2024)
20 February 2024
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control.
Earthrise Trailer (2018)
21 April 2018
The Apollo 8 astronauts recount their memories of capturing the first image of Earth from space in 1968 and evokes the awe of seeing Earth framed against the blackness of space.
Jason Isbell - Live at House of Blues Trailer (2016)
19 November 2016
Jason Isbell, winner of two Grammy awards in 2016 (Best Americana Album & Best American Roots Song), performs in front of a sold-out House of Blues Boston.
The Soldier's Tale Trailer (1984)
29 November 1984
A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil.