"A biographical look at the life and career of Fred Rogers and the impact of his show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"--Provided by the publisher.

The show takes audiences inside the hearts and minds of the Sesame Street creators, artists, and educators who established one of the most influential and enduring children's programs in television history. With exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and over 20 original interviews, it introduces audiences to the people who entertained and educated children like never before.

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like pays tribute to the beloved Fred Rogers and the nearly 900 episodes of the landmark children's television program first seen in 1968 on PBS. In this 60-minute retrospective hosted by award-winning actor Michael Keaton, enjoy memorable segments including visits with Koko the Gorilla and the iconic trip to the Crayola crayon factory.

Drawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces the iconic children's program host's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.

Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939-- the single largest group of unaccompanied refugee children allowed into the United States. In early 1939, America's rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United States. As deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped...

First there was the law, and then there was enforcement of the law. This program begins at Little Rock's Central High School, when soldiers had to provide safety for black children exercising their legal right to go to school. Martin Luther King, Jr., already appears in 1958 at a meeting of black leaders with President Eisenhower. The civil rights movement accelerated: marches, clashes with the police and the jailing of demonstrators, the murder of...

Myths, misconceptions, and the march of time have obscured the true origins and legal details of Brown v. The Board of Education. This fascinating program connects viewers with the people, places, events, and ideas that shaped the landmark civil rights case. Interviewees include Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of lead plaintiff Oliver Brown; Zelma Henderson, who, until her death in 2008, was the only surviving Brown plaintiff; and the children of...

Danger has always surrounded the coal miner's profession, but in the early years of the Colorado coal fields, it was almost as risky for a worker to stay above ground and face the wrath of the company as it was to toil in the tunnels below. This Bill Moyers program presents the memories of the people who worked those mines, freeing the rocks, metals, and minerals on which much of 20th-century American industry was founded. The depths of their struggles...

Set in late 18th-century America and seen through the eyes of two teenage apprentices, Sarah Phillips and James Hiller work in Benjamin Franklin's print shop and discover first-hand the great adventures of the American Revolution.

This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series depicts American soldiers lending a helping hand to war-torn Korea. America's informal gesture to assist Korea is shown as mushrooming into a big, organized program for the rehabilitation of certain areas of Korean life, known as Armed Forces Assistance to Korea or AFAK. In this video from the National Archives and Records Administration American soldiers are shown helping Korea in...