Summary: A two-part series that tells the story of the three monarchs who reigned over Europe's greatest powers at the outbreak of the First World War: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. The emerging divisions and rivalries between the inter-related houses of Europe brought change, tragedy and personal humiliation. Of the three great Imperial dynasties...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ROY

Summary: An impoverished New York youngster becomes heir to his titled grandfather's British estate.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment, Inc. 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LIT

Summary: Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Seen through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV I

Summary: "What happened at Dunkirk in May 1940 must rank as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. A third of a million British soldiers were facing annihilation but just days later the majority had been rescued and Churchill had delivered his most famous speech. Vowing never to surrender. This gripping drama/documentary from the BBC offices a unique perspective and a true understanding of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUN

Summary: Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling police officer and former prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIS

Summary: A spinster gets revenge on her cousin's family by enlisting the help of a beautiful woman, after they take away the only man that mattered to her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2007

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COU

Summary: A spinster gets revenge on her cousin's family by enlisting the help of a beautiful woman, after they take away the only man that mattered to her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2007

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COU

Summary: This absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin, as he proceeds to investigate the case.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIL

Summary: Based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood and inspired by true events, Alias Grace tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who - along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) - finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 double murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2018

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Alias

Summary: After returning from the war Sharpe is accused of stealing Napoleon's treasure, after being set up by his long-time enemy Ducos. He's abandoned by his wife, convicted of the crime, and sent to jail. He escapes to seek justice.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BFS Video 2001

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHA

Summary: As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France during World War I, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BIR

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BIR

Summary: Based on the classic 1867 novel and play by French writer Émile Zola. The story of a young woman, Thérèse, unhappily married to her first cousin, Camille. She begins a passionate affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent. Thérèse and Laurent will go to any lengths to be together, but their actions may haunt them forever.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV THE

Summary: The moving romantic story of two lovers who create an intimate private world amidst the pomp and politics of the court of St. James. This epic miniseries shows us a Victoria that we have never seen before--not the staid and stately old matron cloaked in black--but a young, passonate, sensual Victoria who takes command of the throne and falls head over heels in love with the dashing German...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2001

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VIC

Summary: The moving romantic story of two lovers who create an intimate private world amidst the pomp and politics of the court of St. James. This epic miniseries shows us a Victoria that we have never seen before--not the staid and stately old matron cloaked in black--but a young, passonate, sensual Victoria who takes command of the throne and falls head over heels in love with the dashing German...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2001

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VIC

Kingsley, Ben

Summary: Examines the life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939-1945.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANN

Summary: The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIA

Summary: In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, doctors, nurses, and volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches of WWI. The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions, and a new way of thinking.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRI

Summary: A dramatization of Gustave Flaubert's classic about the tragic consequences that await a frivolous woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Video 2003

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MAD