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Following are Excerpts from the DVS GUIDE
A publication of Descriptive Video Service®
Spring 1999 Volume 10, Issue 1

This guide is also available in braille, on audio via the DVS Information
Line, 1-800-333-1203 and on the Internet at: www.wgbh.org/dvs To contact
us directly you may call (617) 492-2777 extension 3490. 

Since 1986, Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®) has been "describing"
visual images for people who are blind or have low vision. Through an
innovative Emmy Award-winning technique, narrated descriptions of visual
elements—actions, costumes, gestures and scene changes—are woven into the pauses of
a program’s or Þlm’s soundtrack. 

This free, nationwide service, available to 80% of American television
households, is brought to you by Boston public broadcaster WGBH. DVS has
described more than 1,600 programs on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
For cable customers, DVS has described more than 75 classic movies which
appear weekly on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network. 

To receive DVS on television, a viewer must have either a stereo TV or
VCR with the Second Audio Program (S.A.P.), standard on most newer stereo
TV’s and VCR’s or a stand alone S.A.P. receiver. To hear the narrated visual
descriptions via your stereo TV or VCR, simply activate its S.A.P.
feature. To locate the S.A.P. feature consult the TV’s or VCR’s owner’s manual
or call the manufacturer. A S.A.P. receiver is a device which is able to
tune in a channel, similar to a radio, that carries the descriptions. It can
be used alongside a TV or alone as audio only. These are available either
pre-tuned or adjustable. The following manufacturers produce S.A.P.
receivers: Compol, Inc. 1-800-972-0881; Avocet Instruments, Inc. 1-800-443-0728
and FM Atlas 218-879-7676. 

In addition to PBS programming, more than 200 popular movies and
documentaries are available on home video with DVS. They may be borrowed at more
than 1,200 libraries nationwide, or purchased through the DVS Home Video
Catalogue. 

DVS Highlights

ZOOM is back!   
The hip, hot  Emmy Award-winning children’s show of the 70’s is back,
with all the  energy, attitude and technology of the 90’s. Beginning April
26th, PBS will start airing the all-new ZOOM every weekday with DVS!  

ZOOM is a total interactive experience where the cast calls on the
viewers at home to join in on the activities, and encourages them to send in
their ideas for skits and future episodes. You can send in your ideas for
ZOOM, by mail, through the ZOOM web site (www.pbs.org/zoom) and by visiting
one of the ZOOMzones set up in museums across the country.

Holiday Classic
On Easter Sunday April 4th, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network
will priemere the Irving Berlin holiday classic, Easter Parade with DVS! 
This 1948 award-winning musical stars Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and
features the hit song, "Steppin’ Out With My Baby."  

More Than 200 DVS Home Videos to Choose From!
DVS is proud to offer a variety of classic, popular and educational home
videos that require only a standard VCR to hear the descriptions. Select
one of your favorite classic films such as Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, The
African Queen, and The Miracle Worker or one of the latest box-office
hits including Hope Floats, The Full Monty, and Scream. To receive a free
catalogue call toll free 1-888-818-1181 for a braille version or
1-888-818-1999 for a large print version. To order a video simply call 1-317-579-0439.
  

SPECIAL NOTE
DVS would like to offer a fond farewell to Laurie Everett, the co-founder
of DVS, former Director and most recently Director of New Business
Development. After more than 10 years of service with DVS, Laurie has returned
to producing programming at WGBH as project director for an exciting new
series, "All Kinds of Minds," about how children of all abilities learn in
different ways. DVS is grateful for Laurie’s leadership which took an idea
and built it into a successful service which continues to enrich many
people’s lives. On behalf of all the staff at DVS, we wish her the very best! 

PBS Schedule
The following is the DVS broadcast schedule for April through June on the
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Some public television stations may
have different schedules, so be sure to check your local listings.

For updates of the PBS broadcast schedule with DVS complete with program
descriptions and last-minute changes, call toll-free on your touch-tone
phone, the DVS Information line, 1-800-333-1203. The broadcast schedule is
also available on the Internet at: www.wgbh.org/dvs under DVS on
Television. E-mail us with your comments at: [log in to unmask]

Adventures from the Book of Virtues
every Sunday, (30 minutes) 

The American Experience 
4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/17, 5/18, 
5/24. The episodes on 4/25, 4/26, 
and 5/24 are 60 minutes each. The 
episodes on 4/12 and 4/19 are 90
minutes each. The episodes on 5/17 
and 5/18 are 120 minutes each.

American Masters
4/7, 5/19, 6/30, (60 minutes) There will be two episodes airing on 6/30. 

ARTHUR 
every weekday, (30 minutes)

Charlie Horse Music Pizza
every Sunday, (30 minutes)

Kratts’ Creatures 
every weekday, (30 minutes)

Mobil Masterpiece Theatre
4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/9, 5/10, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/27, (120 minutes
each).  The episodes on 5/9 and 5/10 are 90 minutes each. The episode on 6/6
will be 150 minutes.

Mystery! 
every Thursday with the exception of 6/17, (60 minutes) The episodes on 
6/3 and 6/10 are 90 minutes each.
 
Nature 
every Sunday, (60 minutes)

NOVA
5/18, 5/25, 6/1, (60 minutes)

Scientific American Frontiers 4/21, (60 minutes)

Zoom
starting 4/26, every weekday, 
(30 minutes)

Turner Classic Movies
Through a partnership with DVS and the U.S. Department of Education,
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel presents the following classic
movies with description. These films are broadcast with description whenever
they appear on the TCM channel. Please check your local listings. To obtain
the TCM cable channel, contact your local cable provider. Simply activate
the S.A.P. feature on your stereo television or VCR to access the
descriptions. 

A Night At The Opera
The Adventures of Robin Hood
An American In Paris
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Bad and the Beautiful
Battleground 
Ben-Hur
The Big Sleep
Bringing Up Baby
Camille
Casablanca
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Cat People
Citizen Kane
Clash By Night
Dark Victory
Dinner At Eight
Doctor Zhivago
Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde
Easter Parade*
Father of the Bride
The Flying Leathernecks
Fort Apache
Gaslight
Gigi
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Grand Hotel
Gunga Din
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
I Walked With a Zombie
Jezebel
Key Largo
Kim 
King Kong
Kings Row
Kismet
Little Caesar
Little Women (1933)
Lolita
Lust For Life
The Maltese Falcon
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Meet Me In St. Louis
Mildred Pierce
Mogambo
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mrs. Miniver
Murder, She Said
Mutiny on the Bounty
National Velvet
Ninotchka
North By Northwest
Now, Voyager
On the Town
Out Of The Past
Pat and Mike
The Philadelphia Story
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Prisoner of Zenda
Royal Wedding
Santa Fe Trail
The Secret Garden
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
The Shop Around The Corner
The Sunshine Boys
They Were Expendable
Teahouse of the August Moon
The Thin Man
The Thing
The Time Machine
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
To Have and Have Not
Viva Las Vegas
Woman Of The Year
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Yearling

*Newly added title

Large Format Theater Schedule
The following is the large format theater movie schedule with video
descriptions for April through June. For speciÞc times, please call the theater
nearest you. If your local large format theater is not listed in the
schedule, let them know that you would like to see movies with DVS at their
theater.

To access the descriptions, a theater-goer is given a small receiver,
approximately the size of a "Walkman," that has earphones attached. With
these 
headsets, the viewer will hear the descriptions from any seat in the
theater. Sound levels are also adjustable.

Langley Theater, Smithsonian, Institution/National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC 
(202) 357-1675
Cosmic Voyage, Everest, Mission To Mir, To Fly!, Wildfire: Feel The Heat

Entergy IMAX Theater, Aquarium of the Americas 
New Orleans, LA 
(504) 581-4629
Into The Deep

Mugar OMNI Theater, Museum of Science
Boston, MA 		  
617) 723-2500
Amazon, Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun, Alaska, Everest

Wortham IMAX Theater, Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, TX		
(713) 639-4705
Wildfire: Feel The Heat, Alaska, Egypt (Descriptions tentative)  

Laurence Phipps Theater, Denver Museum of Natural History 
Denver, CO		
(303) 370-6322
Alaska, Everest

Tennessee Aquarium Imax Theater
Chattanooga, TN		
(800) 262-0695
Everest, Into The Deep

Major funding for Descriptive Video Service is provided by the U.S.
Department of Education. Cooperative agreements: 
H026C70004, H026C70005, H026C70007, H327C980003

© Copyright 1999 WGBH Educational Foundation


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