Latest edition: Antonio Meucci: The Father of the Telephone; And Italian American Visions: Portraits of 20th Century Immigration
Episode Details
Original tape date: October 19, 2007.
“Antonio Meucci: The Father of the Telephone” (14 min., color, video, documentary) The story of Antonio Meucci, who held a US patent for a speaking telegraph in 1871. Meucci's home in Staten Island, New York is today a national landmark, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, which honors the true inventor of the telephone, as well as the legendary "hero of two worlds" Giuseppe Garibaldi.
“Italian American Visions: Portraits of 20th Century Immigration”
(14 min., color, video, documentary)
A diverse group of accomplished Italian immigrants share their personal accounts of growing up in Italy and coming to America.
- Hi-De-Ho
- Friday, February 24 - 3:00am
- Reet, Petite and Gone
- Friday, February 24 - 4:05am
- St. Louis Blues
- Friday, February 24 - 5:10am
- Ava & Gabriel
- Saturday, February 25 - 12:00am
- "On the Verge of a Fever" ("Le Gout des Jeunes Filles")
- Saturday, February 25 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 26 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 3 - 12:00am
- Of Mice and Men
- Tuesday, February 28 - 7:00pm
- The Joe Louis Story
- Wednesday, February 29 - 4:00am
- Smash-up, the Story of a Woman
- Friday, March 2 - 3:00am
- Goodbye Momo
- Saturday, March 3 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, March 4 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 10 - 12:00am
- FDR: The Fighting President
- Tuesday, March 6 - 2:30am
- Unknown World
- Wednesday, March 7 - 4:00am
- Catherine the Great
- Friday, March 9 - 3:00am
- Queen of the Amazons
- Friday, March 9 - 4:30am
- Hawaii Oslo
- Saturday, March 10 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, March 11 - 9:00pm
- Ava & Gabriel
- Saturday, February 18 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 19 - 9:00pm
- The Jackie Robinson Story
- Friday, February 17 - 4:15am
- The Duke is Tops
- Friday, February 17 - 3:00am
- King Solomon's Mines
- Wednesday, February 15 - 4:00am
- Hearts of Humanity
- Tuesday, February 14 - 3:55am
- Paradise in Harlem
- Tuesday, February 14 - 2:30am
- Cafundó
- Saturday, February 11 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 12 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 18 - 12:00am
- Jericho
- Friday, February 10 - 3:45am
- The Proud Valley
- Wednesday, February 8 - 4:00am
- Song of Freedom
- Tuesday, February 7 - 2:30am
- Wednesday, February 22 - 4:00am
- Reet, Petite and Gone
- Sunday, February 5 - 3:05pm
- Hi-De-Ho
- Sunday, February 5 - 2:00pm
- Tuesday, February 7 - 3:50am
- "Haiti, Chérie"
- Saturday, February 4 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 5 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 11 - 12:00am
- The Joe Louis Story
- Friday, February 3 - 4:00am
- That Gang of Mine
- Friday, February 3 - 3:00am
- The Long Dark Hall
- Wednesday, February 1 - 4:00am
- Black Tights
- Tuesday, January 31 - 2:30am
- Cause For Alarm
- Sunday, January 29 - 2:40pm
- And Then There Were None
- Sunday, January 29 - 1:00pm
- Wretched Lives
- Saturday, January 28 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, January 29 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 4 - 12:00am
- The Bet Collector
- Saturday, January 28 - 12:00am
- Napoleon
- Friday, January 27 - 3:00am
- Greeting the Lunar New Year on Taiwan
- Thursday, January 26 - 6:00am, 12:00pm
- The Admiral Was A Lady
- Wednesday, January 25 - 4:00am
- Of Mice and Men
- Tuesday, January 24 - 2:30am
