History RSS feed for WKGB programming.http://video.ket.orgen-ushttp://video.ket.orgSat, 25 May 2013 01:45:25 -0400Sat, 25 May 2013 01:45:25 -0400http://video.ket.org/video/2365017068/An obsessed artist struggles against bankruptcy, public indifference, and a brutal terrain, to build the great American monument, Mount Rushmore. High on a granite cliff in South Dakota's Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute the world's largest piece of sculpture.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017068/05/24/2013The story behind the world's largest sculpture and the shrine of democracy.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365014807/Niños de la Memoria tells the story of the search for children who disappeared during the Salvadoran civil war. Survivors of massacres carried out by the U.S.-trained Salvadoran Army battalions, many were “sold” into adoption in the U.S. and Europe, never knowing their true history or identity.http://video.ket.org/video/2365014807/05/20/2013Ninos de la Memoria - June 30 on the World Channeltv-pgHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017483/Document the final chapters in the story of the restoration of the NY State Capitol - a national historic landmark and one of the state's most iconic structures. Witness the results of efforts to restore the massive skylights & laylights above the Assembly and Senate staircases, the completion of the magnificent slate and red terra cotta roof, Tower Hall, & the reopening of the Hall of Governors.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017483/05/24/2013Premieres Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 7:30pm on WMHT TV.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2334127894/John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America. Watch the epic story of the man who monopolized oil. Broadcasting on many PBS stations February 12, 2013. Check your location listings.http://video.ket.org/video/2334127894/02/11/2013John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2329934360/The biography of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, this documentary of Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management.http://video.ket.org/video/2329934360/01/28/2013He rose from obscurity to become the 20th century's most influential American innovator.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryTechnologyTechnologyEpisodeend=2016-01-29http://video.ket.org/video/2365016962/Despite bullying at school and rejection by his father, young Steven Caras followed his dream of becoming a dancer with New York City Ballet. How a second-hand camera kept that dream alive, when age and injury took their toll, is the inspiring message of this documentary.http://video.ket.org/video/2365016962/05/23/2013Learn how Steven Caras followed his dream to be a dancer.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365015917/The 4th historical documentary in the WFSU-TV series "Florida Footprints" debuts Thursday, May 30th at 7:30 pm. " A State of Change" explores the Big Bend and Panhandle area as Florida transitions through the uncertain times following the Civil War and into the rapidly changing world of the 20th Century. From agriculture to education and from law enforcement to transportation, follow the fohttp://video.ket.org/video/2365015917/05/22/2013Northern Florida as it transitions through the uncertain times following the Civil War.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365016490/This WFSU-TV documentary series explores the Big Bend area when the first European explorers arrived at Anhaica, the capital of the Apalachee people through today.http://video.ket.org/video/2365016490/05/23/2013Florida Footprints takes you through the history of what has shaped today's Florida.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365013154/A late-16th-century diamond and enamel jewel; 1880s Crazy Quilt; a white Steiff clown bear. 5/27/2013http://video.ket.org/video/2365013154/05/17/2013Premieres Monday, May 27, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2252694092/See how some of ROADSHOW's Atlanta discoveries have fared since 1997. 5/27/2013http://video.ket.org/video/2252694092/07/03/2012Airs Monday, May 27, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFolk Art & CraftsFolk Art & CraftsHistoryHistoryWorldWorldHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365007283/"Lowrider Legends" is a new San Diego automobile museum exhibit. Find out when Lowriders first came to the scene in Southern California, including San Diego and Tijuana. Join Elsa Sevilla on the next episode of San Diego's Historic Places as she shows us the Lowrider art form, custom style, culture and passion of Lowrider Legends.http://video.ket.org/video/2365007283/05/06/2013"Lowrider Legends" is a new San Diego automobile museum exhibit.nrHistoryHistoryEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017013/Architects Phil Freelon and Zena Howard are on the design team that's building the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. They and other architects on the FABS "dream team" share the vision behind the design concept.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017013/05/24/2013Phil Freelon discusses the National Museum of African American History and Culture.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017330/Former Senator Olympia Snowe spoke with To the Contrary about her new book, "Fighting for Common Ground," how to create bi-partisanship in Congress and her next act.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017330/05/24/2013Olympia Snowe InterviewnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentMediaMediaOpinionOpinionSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenPoliticsPoliticsPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365006915/Explore the mysterious true story of Loreta Velasquez, a Cuban immigrant who was one of the estimated 1,000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the Civil War. Why has her story been erased from the history books?http://video.ket.org/video/2365006915/05/03/2013The true story of Loreta Velazquez, Confederate soldier turned Union spy.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017697/This week, we go inside Crossroads Academy, the new charter school in downtown Kansas City. Worlds of Fun will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary this weekend and we visit with model roller coaster builder Randal Strong-Wallace. We preview this weekend’s Celebration at the Station and talk to one of the featured performers, Oleta Adams. Then, we share a tune from Fitz And The Tantrums.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017697/05/24/2013Crossroads Academy, Randal Strong-Wallace, Oleta Adams, Fitz and the Tantrums.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & NatureScience & NatureEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012086/This Oscar-nominated documentary explores the history of AIDS activism.http://video.ket.org/video/2365012086/05/15/2013This Oscar-nominated documentary explores the history of AIDS activism.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesHistoryHistoryNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthSocial IssuesSocial IssuesSegmenthttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017609/The Commemorative Air Force's B-29 bomber Fifi back to his alma mater in the summer of 2012. Hundreds turned out to touch a piece of our nation's rich aviation heritage, many of them veterans. Hear from the late Jean Lit who was photographed in front of the Enola Gay, Everett Atkinson who was a B-29 crew commander at the end of WWII, and Charles Ketring who flew during the Korean War.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017609/05/24/2013SIU grad David Oliver piloted the B-29 bomber Fifi back to his alma mater in 2012.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSegmenthttp://video.ket.org/video/2365015259/Chet heads to West Texas to visit the Davis Mountains and explore the U.S. Fort that helped settle this vast desert. Chet visits a broom-maker, a rattlesnake museum, and gets a one-of-a-kind view of the stars at the McDonald Observatory.http://video.ket.org/video/2365015259/05/21/2013Chet heads to West Texas to visit the Davis Mountains and explore the U.S. FortnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyTravelTravelFoodFoodHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365017619/Monique Gaston describes her life as a teenager in Marseille, France during the Nazi occupation of her country in the Second World War. Her family lived in constant fear that her older brother, Michel Gries, could be captured and killed because of his role as a saboteur in the French Resistance. Equally terrifying was the fact that her family could suffer the same fate for hiding her brother.http://video.ket.org/video/2365017619/05/24/2013Gaston tells her story surviving as a teenager during the Nazi occupation of France.nrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSegmenthttp://video.ket.org/video/2242999676/Investigate the extraordinary survival story of a crew of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese-occupied Borneo during World War II. 5/22/2013http://video.ket.org/video/2242999676/06/07/2012Airs Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldModern historyModern historyWorld War IIWorld War IIPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365016192/In honor of Memorial Day, Studio 12 host Tamara Banks talks with a WWII and Bosnia war vet, plus a Gold Star Mom about their experiences with war and how the military has impacted their lives. Also, Studio 12 co-host Steffan Tubbs discusses the recent tornadoes that ravished the midwest, live from Oklahoma City.http://video.ket.org/video/2365016192/05/22/2013In honor of Memorial Day Studio 12 highlights the stories of men and women in the militarynrHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365014042/The high ideals of the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” didn’t make it into the Constitution in 1787. It took three-quarters of a century, and a bloody civil war, before the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 made equality a constitutional right and gave the federal government the power to enforce it.http://video.ket.org/video/2365014042/05/17/2013Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentEpisodeend=2017-05-22http://video.ket.org/video/2365012023/War, deception and art come together in this astonishing true story of American G.I.s who tricked the enemy with rubber tanks, sound effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. This remarkable tale of a top-secret mission that was at once absurd, deadly and amazingly effective is told through the stories of the veterans, many of whom would go on to have careers in art, design and fashionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012023/05/15/2013How American GIs tricked the enemy in WWII with carefully crafted illusions.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictEpisodeend=2013-06-04http://video.ket.org/video/2365006368/5/21/13 @ 8/7chttp://video.ket.org/video/2365006368/05/03/20135/21/13 @ 8/7cnrHistoryHistoryPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365003219/War, deception and art come together in this astonishing true story of American G.I.s who tricked the enemy with rubber tanks, sound effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. This remarkable tale of a top-secret mission that was at once absurd, deadly and amazingly effective is told through the stories of the veterans.http://video.ket.org/video/2365003219/04/28/2013Learn about the American GIs who tricked the enemy in WWII with crafted illusions.eCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365010175/Learn about the American GIs who tricked the enemy in WWII with carefully crafted illusions. 5/21/2013http://video.ket.org/video/2365010175/05/10/2013Premieres Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. 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Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365014463/Travel to southwestern Minnesota to see the year-round beauty of Lake Shetek State Park in Murray County. Then watch a special 75th Anniversary celebration at Pipestone National Monument and learn about the tradition of quarrying. Discover ancient stories with stone carvings at Jeffers Petroglyphs in Cottonwood County.http://video.ket.org/video/2365014463/05/20/2013Great Minnesota Parks: Southwest features Lake Shetek, Pipestone, and Jeffers Petroglyphs.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySports & RecreationSports & RecreationTravelTravelHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365014635/See how the ancient Egyptians built their deadly composite bows.http://video.ket.org/video/2365014635/05/20/2013See how the ancient Egyptians built their deadly composite bows.nrHistoryHistoryCivilizationsCivilizationsScience & NatureScience & NatureNatural HistoryNatural HistoryTechnologyTechnologyMilitary & EspionageMilitary & EspionageSegmenthttp://video.ket.org/video/2365007273/There are numerous historic buildings, bridges, sites and organizations around San Diego that are turning 100-years old. We'll show how the San Diego Girl Scouts, the historic Spreckles building, the Julian "Six Footers" Baseball team and others are celebrating their Centennials.http://video.ket.org/video/2365007273/05/06/2013There are historic buildings, bridges, sites and organizations turning 100-years old.nrHistoryHistoryEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2185103741/Exactly 100 years ago, the world of the British manor house was at its height. It was a life of luxury and indolence for a wealthy few supported by the labor of hundreds of servants toiling ceaselessly "below stairs" to make the lives of their lords and ladies run as smoothly as possible. It is a world that has provided a majestic backdrop to a range of movies and popular costume drama.http://video.ket.org/video/2185103741/01/09/2012Watch "Secrets of the Manor House" Sunday, May 15, 2013 on your PBS station.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryPromotionhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012855/As Schools Match Wits: Minnechaug Regional vs. Enfield Highhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012855/05/16/2013As Schools Match Wits: Minnechaug Regional vs. Enfield HighnrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHealthHealthHistoryHistoryNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & NatureScience & NatureEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365013056/Watergate began with a burglary in June 1972 and ended with a president’s resignation in August 1974. In between, during the summer of 1973, a special Senate Committee held hearings, co-chaired by Sens. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) and Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), to investigate the Watergate scandal. Public Television broadcast all 250 hours worth of the hearings, gavel-to-gavel.http://video.ket.org/video/2365013056/05/16/2013A Look Back at the Senate Watergate HearingsnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://video.ket.org/video/2365013357/Find out what really went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago.http://video.ket.org/video/2365013357/05/17/2013Find out what went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentHistoryHistoryEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2364998838/If you're a fan of Antiques Roadshow here on KBTC, your attitude about old photos, documents and objects has probably got you thinking less about a trip to the dump, and more about a trip to the appraiser! Learn about the push to digitize historical records and artifacts and the challenges associated with managing the time consuming task.http://video.ket.org/video/2364998838/04/18/2013The continuing discussion about saving history in Washington State.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryParentsParentsCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365009765/Tampa Bay teens offer audiences a rare, candid glimpse into their private lives in the stage performance “Project: Shattered Silence.” Sculptor Judith Shea explores the human form and female portrait through cloth and steel. The Neon Museum in Las Vegas is a boneyard for the city’s iconic signs. And artist Luke Hillestad creates modern-day works inspired by history’s master painters.http://video.ket.org/video/2365009765/05/10/2013Project Shattered Silence, Sculptor Judith Shea, Neon Museum, Painter Luke HillestadnrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsFine ArtsFine ArtsFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesEpisodehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012726/Antebellum Reformhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012726/05/16/2013Antebellum ReformnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012664/By the People, For the Peoplehttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012664/05/16/2013By the People, For the PeoplenrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012660/The Progressiveshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012660/05/16/2013The ProgressivesnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012655/Antebellum Reformhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012655/05/16/2013Antebellum ReformnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012641/Colonial Designshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012641/05/16/2013Colonial DesignsnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012640/Egalitarian Americahttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012640/05/16/2013Egalitarian AmericanrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012636/Urban America and the Environment: Human-Environment Interaction in American Citieshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012636/05/16/2013Urban America and the Environment: Human-Environment Interaction in American CitiesnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012629/Urban America and the Environment: Human-Environment Interaction in American Citieshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012629/05/16/2013Urban America and the Environment: Human-Environment Interaction in American CitiesnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012625/The Progressives, Urban America and the Environment: Human-Environment Interaction in American Citieshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012625/05/16/2013The ProgressivesnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012621/Taming the American Westhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012621/05/16/2013Taming the American WestnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012615/Postwar Tension and Triumph: Rachel Carsonhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012615/05/16/2013Postwar Tension and Triumph: Rachel CarsonnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012608/Postwar Tension and Triumph: The Suburbshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012608/05/16/2013Postwar Tension and Triumph: The SuburbsnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012605/Women in the 19th Century: Women of the Frontierhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012605/05/16/2013Women in the 19th Century: Women of the FrontiernrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012599/Women in the 19th Century: Women on Southern Plantationshttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012599/05/16/2013Women in the 19th Century: Women on Southern PlantationsnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012590/Women in the 19th Century: Women in the Industrial Northhttp://video.ket.org/video/2365012590/05/16/2013Women in the 19th Century: Women in the Industrial NorthnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesClip