PRX - Pieces for Format: Documentary

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

34 results


The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 24
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
Civil War Re-enactors
From: Jake Warga
Piece image
A non-narrated portrait of a small group of Civil War buffs re-dedicating a Union veteran's grave in Oregon and reflecting on when our nation, as w...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 11
How Coca Cola Became Kosher
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Rabbi Tobias Geffen
The story of how one rabbi got Coca Cola to become kosher

Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRCB 104.9, BSR Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 7
A '40s Radio Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Piece image
A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's

Bought by KDUR, KUAT, KSLU, KRPS, WXPN and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 89
Shortcuts To Freedom
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Piece image
July 4th Classic

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 32
Holocaust Voices
From: WHRV
Piece image
5 Survivors of the Holocaust share thier stories

Bought by WCPN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KREV-LP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 10
In Honor of Veterans
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Veterans' Day program pays tribute to America's fighting men and women through first-hand accounts of battle, as well as music and poetry that...

Bought by KTNA, KSLU, KVLU, KMSU, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 53:07
  • Purchases: 40
Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Piece image
For Women's History Month: this award-winning documentary chronicles her life and times.

Bought by WJCT, WKMS, WABE, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCUR and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2003
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 24