Oliver Platt
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With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before — permanently altering the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people. Contending with death on an unprecedented scale posed challenges for which there were no ready answers when the war began. Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions, and new ways of coping...
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The television program Henry Ford paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century. Ford's Model T automobile and his five-dollar-a-day wage ushered in the modern world, earning Ford reverence from millions of Americans. Yet many of the changes he wrought deeply troubled the car maker. In frustration, he battled his workers and bullied those who looked up to him,...
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Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.
8) Prohibition
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This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....
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"The dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center are back for the pulse-pounding fourth season. The series continues to chronicle the daily life-and-death battles of Chicago's elite medical professionals as they navigate challenging medical emergencies and intense personal drama. In last season's cliffhanger finale, Dr. Will Halstead got down on one knee and proposed to Dr. Natalie Manning, but will the two ever make it...
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When lives are on the line, dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Chicago's busiest trauma center are the ones to trust. In the engrossing second season, big changes put the ER on an emotional collision course. A slew of both professional and personal issues, from legal setbacks to romantic entanglements, illnesses, and the elusive work-life balance, threaten to affect those trying to maintain cutting-edge medicine with care and compassion.
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"Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the latest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors, nurses, and staff who hold it together. Crossing paths with familiar faces from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire, this third team of Chicago heroes take on cases inspired by topical events while forging fiery relationships in the...
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"Chicago's courageous medical heroes continue to confront the city's most challenging medical cases in Season Seven. This season, Dr. Will Halstead finds his career at risk after his cover-up of a serious ethics violation; Dr. Daniel Charles continues to provide outstanding psychiatric insight; Sharon Goodwin deals with the fiscal scrutiny that comes with being the head of the city's largest hospital; Dr. Ethan Choi looks to recover after being shot...
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As the courageous doctors, nurses, and staff of Chicago Med deal with the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room, heart-wrenching drama impacts them both professionally and personally. With lives on the line every day, the ED team finds themselves on an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the hospital that gets Chicago's most difficult and challenging cases.
16) The great war
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In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the war on April 6, 1917, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, including unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, it tells the rich and complex story of the conflict through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops who came to be known as 'doughboys.'...
17) One more time
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Rattling around in his mansion in the Hamptons, faded Sinatra-esque crooner and notorious ladies man Paul Lombard stews over the acclaim that eluded him in his career and the trail of romantic wreckage he left in his wake. Matters are complicated when his punk rocker daughter Jude arrives in need of a place to stay and burdened with problems of her own, including a rivalry with her overachieving sister, her own ruinous love life, and, above all, a...
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The doctors, nurses and staff of Chicago's most cutting-edge trauma center take on critical medical cases and their ethical dilemmas. Woven into this high-intensity environment are engrossing personal dramas where life or death is always on the line. The series also includes familiar faces from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire.
19) CinderElmo
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Plaza Sésamo retoma el cuento clásico de la Cenicienta para verlo desde la perspectiva de tu personaje favorito de 3 años: Elmo. Todos los Muppets favorito de Plaza Sésamo, junto con otros invitados muy especiales, se unen a CinderElmo cuando asiste al baile de la bella Princesa, gracias a la ayuda de su Hado Patrino. Disfruta el giro en el final de esta historia atemporal que deleitará a toda tu familia. -- container.
Join CinderElmo as he...
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Dr. Will Halstead balances the stress as the ER's supervising attending physician with his complicated relationship with Dr. Natalie Manning, an attending physician in emergency pediatrics. Newly remarried, Dr. Daniel Charles remains the Sherlock Holmes of psychiatry. Former Navy flight surgeon Dr. Ethan Choi brings his battlefield skills to the front lines of Chicago's busiest ER, the go-to-place for victims of the city's gun violence. Work and home...