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Local Programs — History Specials

Act of Duty

A tribute to our local veterans.  [more]  [watch online]

   

Akron Women: Another Look at History

Celebrating the significant contributions of Akron women to the city's history.  [more]  [watch online]

   

Dirty Little Secrets: Foundations From the Past

Geological findings of CSU, UA researchers.  [more]  [watch online]

   

Floating on Air

Lighter-than-air enthusiasts share the fond memories and fascinating history of Akron’s unofficial mascot of the skies.  [more]  [watch online]

   

If You're Not Dead, Play!!

This PBS 45 & 49 production documents the second wave of Akron "garage bands" that continued in the tradition of "the Akron sound" that began with bands like Devo, Tin Huey and The Waitresses.   [more]  [watch online]

   

Inventive. Industrious. Inspired. A History of Akron

A look at the people, the businesses and the communities that have made Akron unique.  [more]  [watch online]

   

It’s Everything, and Then It’s Gone

This PBS 45 & 49 production takes a look back at the Akron "garage band" movement of the 1970s and 80s that launched the national careers of several rock bands, including Devo.  [more]  [watch online]

   

Lasting Impressions: The Wendell August Forge Story

The Grove City, Pennsylvania-based Wendell August Forge is the single remaining survivor of what was once the flourishing industry of handcrafted aluminum giftware. Discover the history of this famous forge and meet the men and women who pound out their living in aluminum.  [more]  [watch online]

   

Reinventing Akron: Stories of a Generation

An exceptional group of Akron men and women, born before the second World War and who reshaped the community over the last 50 years, are profiled in this documentary.  [more]  [watch online]

   

A Simple Life

Explore Amish country in Holmes County. Visit the people and the places that populate the beautiful rolling hills and farms of this rural northeastern Ohio county to find out what draws the millions of visitors each year.  [more]  [watch online]