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Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
From "Quest for Fire," to "The Last Emperor," this book presents the history of the world as seen through the movies. Lavishly illustrated is 20,000 years of life as we know it best - as recorded on celluloid. Proceeding chronologically from prehistory through antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance up to the twentieth century, author Baird Searles examines more than 150 films devoted to re-creating the many discoveries, adventures, coronations,...
7) 1918
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
1985.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War I wasn't much for the citizens of Harrison, Texas. But then, the influenza epidemic struck, and life changed forever.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The consultants' marketing strategies shape the relationship between leaders and their people. Witness the astounding look at one group's campaign to elect the President of Bolivia and its earth-shattering outcome.
14) The Alamo
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Odessa Cotter, is a quiet, dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson. When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband, and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights.
16) Winstanley
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92, 49 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
April 1, 1649. St. George's Hill, Surrey, England. A reformation-era religious sect called the Diggers sets out to form a commune and till the soil on "common land, " which by law permits grazing-- but not settlement and cultivation. Led by Gerard Winstanley, theirs is a nonviolent action to reclaim land for the poor who have been dispossessed by Oliver Cromwell's recent Civil War. But the local villagers see the Diggers as a threat to their livelihood...
Publisher
Watchmaker Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Extreme low frequency edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary meditation on the nature of democratic progress in the United States, a one-of-a-kind documentary journeys from the gravesites to the public markers that document the people and incidents that make up over 400 years of struggle against economic oppression.
19) Stalingrad
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
Letterbox ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This film features the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare - the legendary battle of Stalingrad.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (184 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequence at end ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Part one is set in Moscow during the 16th century, Ivan Alexieff, Prince of Moscow, is crowned Tsar Ivan. This action puts him in direct opposition to all other royal families and Ivan finds himself isolated and alone in his attempt to centralize power under the crown. In Part two, Ivan returns to the throne after a self-imposed abdication to challenge the Boyars, Russia's corrupt aristocracy. Betrayed by his oldest friend and surrounded by murderous...
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