Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

How we got to now / a Nutopia Ltd. production for PBS in association with OPB and BBC ; executive producers for Nutopia, Peter Lovering, Jane Root, Michael Jackson, and Steven Johnson ; series producer, Diene Petterle ; producer[s] and director[s], Nic Stacey, Julian Jones, Paul Olding.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]

[Arlington, Virginia?] : PBS Distribution, [2014]

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.

Target Audience Note:

TV parental guidelines rating: Not rating.

Subjects:

Technology -- Social aspects.

Technology -- History.

Technological innovations -- Social aspects.

Technological innovations -- History.

Inventions -- Social aspects.

Inventions -- History.

Inventors.

Sanitary engineering -- Social aspects.

Sanitary engineering -- History.

Public health -- Social aspects.

Public health -- History.

Time measurements -- Social aspects.

Time measurements -- History.

Glass -- Social aspects.

Glass -- History.

Electric lighting -- Social aspects.

Electric lighting -- History.

Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Social aspects.

Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- History.

Air conditioning -- Social aspects.

Air conditioning -- History.

Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Social aspects.

Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History.

Science television programs.

Educational television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Lovering, Peter, producer.

Jackson, Michael, 1958 February 11- producer.

Root, Jane, producer.

Johnson, Steven, 1968- on-screen presenter, producer.

Petterle, Diene, producer.

Stacey, Nic, director, producer.

Jones, Julian, director, producer.

Olding, Paul, 1973- director, producer.

Nutopia (Firm), production company.

Oregon Public Broadcasting, production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

How we got to now (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary.

Title from container.

Originally produced as episodes of the television series: How we got to now.

"Includes bonus interview with host Steven Johnson!"--Container.

Presenter, Steven Johnson.

Originally broadcast by PBS in 2014.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Contents:

Clean -- Time -- Glass -- Light -- Cold -- Sound.

ISBN:

9781627890366

162789036X

9786315615962 : DVD

6315615961 : DVD

Publisher Number:

HOWE600

Other Number:

890438700

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

450041

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 338.064 How we g