Cornell:
Birth of the American University -
Produced by Brian Frey. Winner of a NYSBA award. The
story
of Ezra Cornell, A. D. White, and the founding of Cornell.
VHS $19.95;
DVD $24.95
Binghamton:
Building the
Parlor City -
Produced by Brian Frey. The story of Binghamton's
beginnings,
from the time of Native Americans through the industrial
age and into the 1960's.
VHS $19.95
Flood of '35 (2002)-
Produced
by Brian Frey. Winner of two
NYS Emmy awards and a NYS
Broadcasters' award.
On Sunday evening July 7, 1935 the
skies north of the Southern Tier opened up, dumping more than 11
inches of rain in some areas and inundating the rivers, lakes and
streams through out
the valley. The terrible chain of events that followed would devastate small
towns and cities alike, destroying hundreds of homes and property and claiming
more than 50 lives. It would become the worst natural disaster in the history
of the Southern Tier.
VHS $19.95;
DVD $24.95
We
Don't Say Goodbye: Southern Tier People Remember
the
Holocaust - Produced
by Bill Jaker. Features "Shoah Foundation" videos
of local holocaust survivors' stories. This program
is available only as a thank you gift when
you become
a member supporting WSKG at the $95 level (DVD)
or $65 level (VHS). Mention in the "comment" field
that you want the "We Don't Say Goodbye" DVD
or VHS.
Watkins Glen: The Street Years (2002) -
Produced
by Brian Frey. This is the story of the first five
years
of racing at Watkins Glen, when the
cars raced through the streets of the village. Told through
personal accounts from the race's founder, the drivers and residents
of Watkins Glen, utilizing dozens of archival photographs and
newsreel footage.
VHS $19.95;
DVD $24.95
To place an order, e-mail mail@wskg.pbs.org
or phone (607)729-0100, ext. 343
(Prices
include shipping & handling)
"Helmira" 1864-1865 : The
Andersonville of the North -
Produced by Bill Jaker. The program focuses on the controversial
Elmira, New York Civil War Prison Camp, where over 3,000 Confederate
prisoners died of disease
and starvation from 1864-1865. "HELMIRA" (a nickname bestowed by prisoners)
looks back at the personal and political attitudes that led to much of the controversy
over the camp, as well as how the city of Elmira dealt with this chapter in its
history. Much of the story is told in pictures and accounts preserved from the
1860s, as well as comments from local historians and descendants of those who
played a role in the life of the prison camp and the community.
VHS $19.95
The Southern
Tier Memory Store I -
Offering
a nostalgic look at the Southern Tier of New York's landmarks and
institutions and how they have changed or simply "are no more." Included
in program #1 are the Triplets baseball team, the Lackawanna Train
Station, Ithaca's Mutt Dog Parade of the 1930s, the Triple Cities-area
Pig Stand restaurants and WNBF-TV (the original
Channel 12).
VHS $19.95 (set
of all three Memory Stores on VHS $45)
Southern
Tier Memory Store
II -
A
series of remembrances of extraordinary events and everyday life
in the Southern Tier of New York featuring:
Elmira's Eldridge Park, once called "the
playground of he Southern Tier"; Lackawanna
Railroad Trains on the Ithaca-Owego line that
negotiated the hills via an unusual double
switchback; more than 1,000 people paddling home-made
rafts 11 miles down the Susquehanna River in the
Owego to Nichols raft race; and Rothschild's
department store in Ithaca.
VHS $19.95 (set
of all three Memory Stores on VHS $45)
Southern
Tier Memory
Store III -
Preserves
in word and image an abundance of objects and events. In the
third
program
in the eries: "46-Quart Cans and some
Passengers"- the milk trains; "The Standard
Herbal Remedies"- Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root and
other medicinal products; "Hi, Sweety"- Mr.
Willoby and Igy; and "Another Side of the
Tracks"- Oneonta's Delaware and Hudson
Railroad's Susquehanna Division. VHS $19.95 (set of all three
Memory Stores on VHS $45)
To place an order, e-mail mail@wskg.pbs.org
or phone (607)729-0100, ext. 343
(Prices
include shipping & handling)
Link: the
Quiet Genius -
Produced by Brian
Frey. From theatre organs to flight trainers to undersea
exploration, Edwin A. Link was an inventor and entrepreneur
like nobody
else.
VHS $19.95
Our Rocks & Rolling
Hills -
Produced
by Bill Jaker. Earth scientists guide us from the
Devonian Period through the Ice Age and the time of the mastodons
to the relatively recent arrival of humans 12,000 years ago...
in what is today the Southern Tier of New York State.
VHS $19.95
Water's
Way -
Produced
by Tom Milligan. Water's Way is an exploration of the metaphysical
side of water: changeless
and ever-changing, fragile and powerful, scarce in its abundance,
nuanced in its motion, dissolving everything even as it creates
everything. Combining images captured from throughout the
WSKG viewing area with spoken word and music from classical
to Celtic
to traditional American, Water's Way evokes the very spirit
of water.
VHS $19.95
The Crystal City -
Produced
by Tom Milligan. Explores the art glass tradition in Corning,
New York, "arguably the glass capital of the world." The
Crystal City features numerous images from displays at the Corning
Museum of Glass, focusing particularly on its art history collection. There’s
also a look ‘behind the scenes’ at the making of
Steuben Glass and the Museum’s Hot Glass Stage.
VHS $19.95
Cayutaville -
Co-produced by Diana Crone Frank and WSKG. The film
focuses on two extended families, the Chapmans and Soules in
Cayutaville, New York. The viewer
comess to understand
the emotional
complexity of life in this remote hamlet, where faith is
challenged, hard work is capriciously rewarded and a community
can and
does turn against itself.
VHS $19.95
Like Anybody Else -
Produced by
Gary Reinbolt. The program explores what the term "learning disabilities" has
meant to four families and how they successfully dealt with
problems encountered within both family and society.
VHS $19.95
To place an order, e-mail mail@wskg.org
or phone (607)729-0100, ext. 343
(Prices
include shipping & handling)
