
American Experience
Searching for the Bodies
Show title: American Experience
Video title: Searching for the Bodies
Video duration: 2m 51sVideo description: After three civil rights workers went missing in Mississippi on June 21, 1964, Rita Schwerner (the wife of missing Mickey Schwerner) played an important role in getting the press and the nation to pay attention to the case. "Freedom Summer" premieres on American Experience PBS June 24 at 9/8c.
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Trailer | Mr. Polaroid
1m 45s
Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of Edwin Land, the man behind the camera.
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Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
7m 40s
Audiobooks are a billion-dollar industry, a staple of modern entertainment. But what most people don’t realize is that their roots trace back to a community that desperately needed them—the blind.
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Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
6m 38s
Audiobooks are a billion-dollar industry, a staple of modern entertainment. But what most people don’t realize is that their roots trace back to a community that desperately needed them—the blind.
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Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution | The Curb Cut Effect
6m 38s
Audiobooks are a billion-dollar industry, a staple of modern entertainment. But what most people don’t realize is that their roots trace back to a community that desperately needed them—the blind.
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How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
7m 12s
EAD Did you know that many of the household products we use every day were originally designed by or for people with disabilities? Take OXO's Good Grips vegetable peeler, for example, designed by Sam and Betsey Farber so that Betsey, who had arthritis, could cook without pain.
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How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
6m 18s
ASL Did you know that many of the household products we use every day were originally designed by or for people with disabilities? Take OXO's Good Grips vegetable peeler, for example, designed by Sam and Betsey Farber so that Betsey, who had arthritis, could cook without pain.
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How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | The Curb Cut Effect
6m 18s
Did you know that many of the household products we use every day were originally designed by or for people with disabilities? Take OXO's Good Grips vegetable peeler, for example, designed by Sam and Betsey Farber so that Betsey, who had arthritis, could cook without pain.
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How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
8m 33s
EAD For the first three decades of television, there were no captions of any kind, leaving Deaf viewers unable to fully participate in a medium that shaped culture and conversation. The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. Deaf advocates spent decades pushing broadcasters, lawmakers, and technology companies to make television—and later, the internet—accessible.
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How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | ASL |The Curb Cut Effect
6m 48s
ASL For the first three decades of television, there were no captions of any kind, leaving Deaf viewers unable to fully participate in a medium that shaped culture and conversation. The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. Deaf advocates spent decades pushing broadcasters, lawmakers, and technology companies to make television—and later, the internet—accessible.
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They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
8m 9s
EAD Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but they didn’t exist until disability rights advocates demanded them. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, students with disabilities at the University of California, Berkeley began organizing for better access to public spaces.
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They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
7m 1s
ASL Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but they didn’t exist until disability rights advocates demanded them. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, students with disabilities at the University of California, Berkeley began organizing for better access to public spaces.
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How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | The Curb Cut Effect
6m 48s
For the first three decades of television, there were no captions of any kind, leaving Deaf viewers unable to fully participate in a medium that shaped culture and conversation. The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. Deaf advocates spent decades pushing broadcasters, lawmakers, and technology companies to make television—and later, the internet—accessible.
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They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | The Curb Cut Effect
7m 1s
Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but they didn’t exist until disability rights advocates demanded them. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, students with disabilities at the University of California, Berkeley began organizing for better access to public spaces.
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Chapter 1 | Extended Audio Description | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
11m 31s
EXTENDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Chapter 1 | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
9m 17s
Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Chapter 1 | ASL | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
9m 17s
ASL Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Trailer | ASL | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
2m 23s
ASL The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to pass the legislation that changed the lives of all Americans.
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Trailer | Extended Audio Description | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
2m 50s
EXTENDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to pass the legislation that changed the lives of all Americans.
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Trailer | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
2m 24s
The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to pass the legislation that changed the lives of all Americans.
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