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21) The Gilded Age
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national wealth expanded, and two classes rose simultaneously, separated by a gulf of experience and circumstance that was unprecedented in American life.
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A masterly portrait of six men--Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant and Georgi Zhukov--whose military genius changed the course of world history. Concentrating on one battle in particular for each commander, and using computer graphics to help explain the course of events, this penetrating study brilliantly illustrates the thinking, method and individual dynamism behind the great military campaign....
Publisher
VidAngel Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (379 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"For the first time ever, the greatest story ever told is being presented as a multi-season show. Digging deeper into the backstories and context of the people and events of the gospels, Season One of the #1 highest crowd-funded media project of all time introduces you to people such as Simon Peter, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene, Matthew, and of course, Jesus in a way never before seen on film."--Back cover
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A twisted suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, one foppish gentleman, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In the midst of his rescue, he meets and falls passinately in love with Marguerite, France's most celebrated actress.
25) Martin Luther
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
26) The crossing
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve, Washington will make one of the most courageous decisions in military history. Staking everything on a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington sets out across...
Publisher
National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration as National Geographic brings to life the first crossing. Two hundred years after Lewis & Clark epic journey, go back in time and discover the adventure, danger, and beauty of the unmapped West.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (1,122 min.) : sound, color with some black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sweeping look at nearly five decades of global history, a crystallization of a massive, three-year-long effort helmed by award-winning documentarian Jeremy Isaacs (The World at War). Isaacs's team shot more than 1,000 hours of original footage and gathered archival footage from all over the world to include historically important, and often emotionally stunning, images, many never before seen by an international audience.
Publisher
Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Dr. Lucy Worsley explores the royal wardrobes of our kings and queens over the last 400 years, from Elizabeth I to the present Queen Elizabeth II, explaining how the royal wardrobe is a carefully orchestrated piece of theater managed by the royals themselves to control the right image and project the right message to their subjects. Royal fashion is, and always has been, as much about politics as it is about the cut.
Series
Publisher
Thirteen Productions LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This offers a unique opportunity to mark the 40th anniversary of a defining moment in American history. From 1972 to 1974 the Watergate scandal unfolded on The Dick Cavett Show, as Cavett interviewed nearly every major Watergate figure, even non-political guests expressed their opinions. Dick Cavett's Watergate documents the scandal in the words of the people who lived it.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (555 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Publisher
Two Cats Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[Fullscreen].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using archival film and photographs and interviews with historians and scholars, examines the destruction of over a million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the Turkish government's repeated repudiation of the word 'genocide'.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 350 year saga of immigrants who gradually wove themselves into the fabric of American life without abandoning their cherished traditions.
35) The pilgrims
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the plight of the Pilgrims.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (660 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Nazi Germany invades the British Channel Islands in the summer of 1940, occupiers and occupied settle into an uneasy coexistence. But when does cooperation become collaboration? What if passion meets restraint? Includes thirteen episodes.
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (552 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin,...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet (approximately 1 hr., 38 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable and 1 AC power adapter (in case 22 x 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
James witnesses the American victory at Saratoga from a unique point of view when he spends it lashed to a Hessian soldier.
When General Washington and his men endure a terrible winter at Valley Forge, James and Sarah see the hardships suffered by common foot soldiers.
In Paris, Benjamin Franklin finally succeeds in getting a commitment from the French to fight on the American side.
Henri befriends Abraham Nimham; Sarah and Moses watch Congress...
40) When Rome ruled
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Groundbreaking eight-part series reveals ancient Rome's hidden treasures and untold stories as never before. From iconic figures including Caligula, Caesar, and Constantine to epic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius, the invasion of Britain, and fall of Rome, this collection reveals a startling, up-to-date vision of the ancient empire and challenges our perception of what we know about the Romans and their lives.
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