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1) 37 days
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping mini-series set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, examine the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from the past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The French still call it "our Pearl Harbor", the tragic destruction of the French navy in 1940, by the British, to prevent it from falling into German hands. The dark story of Churchill's decision to sink the fleet, and with it, the lives of 1,300 French sailors, to prevent a German invasion continues to echo down the hall of military history. Was it a turning point in World War II, a terrible betrayal of one ally by another, or perhaps both?
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Produced at the height of Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio's Oscar nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war's historical roots. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio's career.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Linguist, intellect, and activist Noam Chomsky discusses and reflects on the state of the world including the War in Iraq, September 11th, the War on Terror, media manipulation and control, social activism, fear, American foreign policy, and more.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal mining town. They donate sacrificially to Israel's foremost philanthropic organization, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews because they fervently believe the Jews are crucial to Jesus's return. The film traces this unusual relationship, from rural...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After 300 years of relative isolation, China is reaching out to the rest of the world looking for resources, food, friends, and safe places to invest its new fortune. Follow this still-unexplored story of the stunning global transformation taking place.
8) The Soldier
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the world on the brink of nuclear holocaust, the Soldier carries out his own unauthorized and highly dangerous plan to preserve the delicate balance of power.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces Netanyahu's rise to power and his high-stakes fight with the president over Iran's nuclear program.
10) In the age of AI
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The promise and perils of AI; from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the US and China. A new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.
11) Kissinger
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With Nixon embroiled in Watergate, Henry Kissinger was, for a time, the most powerful figure in the world. Even after leaving office he continued to act as counselor to successive presidents as well as governments around the globe. For many though, he is implicated in war crimes allegedly committed with his knowledge in countries from Cambodia to Chile. National Geographic peels away the mystique around the man who remains one of the most controversial...
12) Meteor
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Science fiction drama about a five-mile-wide meteor on a collision course with Earth. A scientist is summoned to Washington by NASA and is informed that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. There is one slim chance to divert disaster, but it means cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and neither side trusts the other.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 180 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. From revolution in Iran, reaction by Saudi Arabia, and wars in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq, how religion and power politics drive perpetual conflict.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history: the unprecedented trip across America in 1959 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the world leader of communism and America's arch nemesis. The visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence. For the American press, it was the media story of the year.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 190 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed four-part series takes an in-depth look at World War II using references such as leading historians, Eastern film archives, and both Soviet and German participants, and gives a new perspective on the war that changed the world.
17) Putin's revenge
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An investigation of how the U.S. struggled to confront Vladimir Putin over Russian involvement in the 2016 election, how revenge may have motivated Putin to target American democracy, and the U.S. responses under Presidents Obama and Trump.
18) The final year
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office.
19) The kingdom
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen [edition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find...
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (73 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Analysis of how governments bent on war-making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad ... Moving from Vietnam to Iraq, the film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points, a problem that has become exacerbated by journalists who have grown accustomed to being fed information by official sources"--Container.
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