Angel Flight
Angel Flight is a little-known organization of pilots who volunteer their time, airplanes and resources to transport critically ill patients to and from treatment centers where they can obtain care not available in their own communities. In this adventure, meet the pilots, patients and ground volunteers who tell the amazing story of man's humanity to man. You'll be proud to be an American.
One-Arm Dove Hunt
The world's only upper-amputee support group convenes each September in the town of Olney, Texas, and you'll fly in to enjoy it. This organization began 35 years ago with two amputees and has grown to become the world's only resource for upper amputees. Stories of their adaptations and struggles in accepting their disability promise a most uplifting experience for all viewers.
The Arlington Wreath Story
Each year The Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, brings 5,000 Christmas wreaths to the Arlington National Cemetery to be placed on the graves. This act has mobilized a national movement to bring attention and appreciation for those who have been and are still in in America's armed services. The story contains exclusive interviews with the Worcester family as well as interviews with the attendees at the annual wreath laying ceremony. This is a very moving and emotional production.
Poetry in Motion
Your host walks to the beat of a very different drummer in this adventure. He joins the odyssey of a poet couple walking across the world with their mule Della, pulling a wagon with all their worldly possessions. 'Living lean' and off the land, this couple has found a way out of the rat race and a way to be happy without the consumption compulsion. If their poetry doesn't engage you, their philosophy of life will.
Wings of Hope
Imagine an organization with 5 minimally paid staff and more than 500 volunteers managing developmental activities serving the world's poorest people at 150 locations around the globe. As a result of its non-religious and non-political orientation, Wings of Hope is invited to remote areas of the world where other groups are not. In a remote village in the Ecuadorian Amazon, learn of the organization's success in raising the living standards of the poor. Additionally, learn what the organization does for the underprivileged and unfortunate in America.
Greyhound Adoption Program
The controversy surrounding dog racing is investigated and updated in this production. Meet America visits the world's largest dog track to meet the breeders, trainers, operators and patrons of the sport. The adoption process as administered by volunteers is explained, and Meet America flies you and "Vince Lombardi" from Houston, Texas, to his new family in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Tuskegee Airmen
Visit the annual convention of the World War II Black airmen, the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement in America. Your host interviews many of these heroes for their perspective of America then and now. Also, a history of Tuskegee University and its legacy of that school to Black America supplement the story.
The Crop Duster
Have you ever wondered what contribution crop dusters (aerial applicators) make to the food supply? You'll be shocked when you learn what food would cost without their contribution. This adventure begins with the inspiring story of Leland Snow, manufacturer of the world's foremost aerial applicator and includes interviews with pilots who daily defy death in this high-risk profession as well as the farmers and ranchers who benefit from their work.
Alaskan Bush Pilot
Meet America takes you to Alaska to meet some of the world's most interesting and adventurous pilots. You'll fly with Ellen Paneok, a female Eskimo who overcame incredible odds to become Alaska's most famous female bush pilot. Your host flies you to a secret fishing hole to catch "El Grande." The stories and experiences of our last frontier are without equal.
The Coast of Maine
This adventure flies you all over the Maine Coast-one of America's great treasures. Spend a day with a lobster fisherman toiling in the rugged life and learn how to enjoy a lobster. A ferryboat captain will help you explore the islands off the Maine coast, and your host will introduce you to the famous Maine humor and wit.
Terlingua Chili Cook-Off
Each year a Texas-size celebration takes place in the remote ghost town of Terlingua. It's here that the world's best chili cook is crowned. In the neighboring border town of Lajitas, you'll meet the man who creates the world's most remote resort and a lady who with hope, prayers and bake sales builds a school for indigent children. Your host also demonstrates how difficult it is to cross the border to and from Mexico.
The Artists
Meet America investigates the spectrum of art. Visit with Terry Redlin, the world's foremost nature artist who turned a disability into a life of fulfillment and generosity for his hometown of Watertown, South Dakota. For contrast you'll enjoy the creations of a world-famous chainsaw artist as well as those of a former airline pilot and skilled craftsman who rebuilds World War I aircraft for charity and the preservation of the history of aviation.
Pheasant City
Autumn brings hunters from all over the world to South Dakota for fun, friendship and pursuit of the elusive pheasant. This adventure investigates the history of the pheasant and explains the importance of this beautiful bird to the economy of the state. This production entails all viewer perspectives: economics, conservation, husbandry and lovers of hunting, dogs and birds.
Renaissance Festival
Turn back the clock to a time before there was an America. The annual Renaissance Festival in the town of Todd Mission, Texas, is the world's largest. You'll be delivered to the realm of King Henry VIII with a most realistic recreation of Medieval England. The spectacle includes food, crafts, costumes and entertainment of the period.
Sturgis Bike Rally
For those viewers who seek the ultimate sense of freedom, Meet America presents the world-famous and largest of all motorcycle rallies. For a week each August, a small town of 6,000 inhabitants in South Dakota becomes a thriving metropolis of 600,000. In no other place in America does such a diverse cross section of the American People come together with a common interest-motorcycles.
The Goat Lady
In the small town of Manti, Utah, lives Kaziah Hancock, a famous portrait and landscape artist. Next to her humble bungalow is a large pen containing over 100 goats. She has been featured in many stories and YouTube presentations for her commitment to paint the portrait of every soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan should the surviving family so desire. Why does she do this? We invite you to view this fascinating story and learn the answer from this even more fascinating person.
Rotary International
Over a hundred years ago in Chicago, the world’s most active fraternal organization began. Its accomplishments are endless and continuous. From curing the world of polio, to saving the ‘Dump Children of Nicaragua’, to beautification of neighborhoods around America, Rotary is an source of inexhaustible energy to make the world a better place. Their mantra of service before self is so evident in this story. You’ll attend the meetings, see the activity, feel the intensity, and marvel at the extensive accomplishments of Rotary international in communities around the world.