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Head yeoman Robert HamiltonWindsor Castle: A Royal Year
For the better part of a millennium, Windsor Castle - the awesome fortress, treasure chest, and burial ground for the royal dynasty that took its name - has been at the heart of British history. But there is another side to the castle that tourists never see.
Mark L. WahlbergAntiques Roadshow
Louisville, Kentucky - Hour Three
Kentucky International Convention Center
(5/10)
A rare, circa 1910 Dirk Van Erp lamp; a well-preserved 1876 portrait Jumeau doll with all original parts, except her hair; and a Kentucky corner cupboard made of locally grown wood.
Shawn WongBecoming American: The Chinese Experience
In every immigrant group, each generation finds a balance between the values and practices of its heritage, and the mores of its adopted country. What is lost and what is gained, both personally and culturally, when one sheds part of one's heritage to make way for a new self-identity?
My Name is Belle presents an autobiographical snapshot of the immigrant experience through the eyes of a 7-year-old child. Belle Yang, artist and writer, uses herself as the model for the fictional pig-tailed girl named Hannah who arrives from Taiwan.
Ten Sisters - A True Story tells the emotional life story of the 10 Waggoner sisters who grew up caring for one another in a two-room house wracked with parental discord and financial troubles.
motherroadThe Mother Road
This film celebrates Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles, where the filmmaker, Lauren Cardillo, and her 80-year-old mother, Irene, take the road trip of their lives in a Mustang convertible.
Antiques Roadshow
Las Vegas, Nevada - Hour One
Las Vegas Convention Center
(5/12 & 5/17)
Drawings by legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie; an heirloom early-19th-century tavern clock made by Aaron Willard; and a five-carat, Asscher-cut diamond ring.
President Franklin Delano RooseveltAmerican Experience "FDR"
"FDR" goes beyond the familiar words and images to offer an incisive, often startling portrait of one of the most extraordinary personalities ever elected to the presidency.
QuiltWoman's Work: Making Quilts ~ Creating Art
An inspiring new documentary about 10 women quilt artists and how they each have found their creative "voice" through this rich medium.
Heart LakeThe Adirondacks
Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live.
History Project "Hitler's Atlantic Wall"
The exciting story of the German Atlantic line of defense during the Second World War.
Ten Sisters - A True Story tells the emotional life story of the 10 Waggoner sisters who grew up caring for one another in a two-room house wracked with parental discord and financial troubles.
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