Summary: Emergency situations can occur at any time, and an untried health care trainee may be among the first to respond-in some cases, perhaps, the only source of aid available. This program will help medical support personnel build their skills and know-how in treating the injured. In addition to the three main principles of emergency care, the video presents field-tested strategies for dealing with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Knowing what to do until medical assistance arrives is what first aid is all about. This video will prepare viewers to respond safely in emergency situations. Along with CPR and treating for shock, the program shows how to respond to minor injuries such as cuts, burns, sprains, and strains; how to recognize and care for heat and cold injuries; what to do in case of poisoning, bites, or stings;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: First, call 911. This program shows viewers how to respond to common medical emergencies while waiting for professional help to arrive. With demonstrations and commentary from an experienced paramedic throughout, each section describes trauma situations or symptoms of distress and the best way to address them. The video also includes relevant advice on topics such as giving yourself the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: World War II - Australian women turn in gold for Red Cross funds
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: This program analyzes the cultural changes that occurred during the early 20th century, the golden age of American mainstream theater. Ellen Adler, owner of The Stella Adler Conservatory; playwright Michael Dinwiddie; Brooks McNamara, director of the Shubert Archive; and theater historian and author Mary Henderson address topics such as the impact of immigrants on the emerging voices in drama;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, Brooks McNamara, expert on 19th-century theater at New York University; theater historian and author Mary Henderson; playwright Michael Dinwiddie; and New York City historian George Thompson examine the efforts at theater-making in America from the 1750s to the eve of the Civil War. Among the topics discussed are actor training; the stage careers of Ira Aldridge, Edwin Forrest,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Wealthy nations have sent vast amounts of monetary, medical, and food assistance to Africa. Yet much of the continent remains mired in poverty, famine, and bloodshed. Challenging viewers to rethink traditional humanitarian approaches, this film follows four young Americans as they experience firsthand the scope and intractability of Africa’s suffering. From Cairo to Cape Town, viewers are taken...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: World War II - Southwark London agency aids family whose home has been destroyed
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1941
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Summary: UN aids Palestinian refugees in Gaza strip; harsh conditions
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Reel on the issue of food aid to Germany - British perspective (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: Reel on the issue of food aid to Germany - British perspective (part 1)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: Is the U.S. so divided into communities of the like-minded that people have stopped hearing any political opinion that differs from their own? This program reported by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos explores the polarizing phenomenon known as "the big sort" and how that detrimental force is reshaping activism, influencing the media, and suppressing bipartisan discourse in Congress. Stopovers...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Maintaining a patient's personal hygiene plays an important role in preventing disease, especially infection, as well as helping with comfort and body image issues. This program demonstrates basic care procedures and best practices for showering and bed bathing a patient in a professional and caring manner. Preparation steps for these procedures are included, as are dressing, grooming,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Advocates of aid to Africa often point out that, because the continent's poverty is so deep and its problems so great, even a relatively small amount can accomplish a great deal. Skeptics, however, charge that much of the money given to help Africa has been stolen by corrupt African leaders and actually keeps the continent from advancing. Does aid to Africa undermine people's ability to fend...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program follows the progress of women's rights and equal employment from the Contra war through the term of former president Violeta Chamorro. A former Sandinista fighter who lost a foot laying mines for the Contras wants the government to give her a job; a woman displaced from her job by men returning from the war objects; another whose daughter was murdered by the Somozist Guard wants...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As China transitions from a planned economy to a market economy, its rapidly growing companies must learn to compete on a global scale. This program presents a case study of TCL-China's first multinational corporation and the parent company of Thomson Color TV and other major manufacturers-giving viewers an unprecedented look inside Chinese business practices. The film illustrates TCL's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: No Spanish wine is more famous than Rioja, and in this program, Chef José Andrés starts with a quick tapa of apples in a red wine syrup. He takes us to a great Rioja winemaker before cooking his own version of the region’s classic dish of potato and chorizo sausage. Back in Spain, he shows us Rioja’s superb vegetable market and eats at a special restaurant run by a mother and son who cook their...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Hispanics and African-Americans-from politicians to poets to everyday people-speak candidly about the tensions between their communities. In Los Angeles, Mexican-Americans resent the African-American perception of them as mostly illegal immigrants who are taking their jobs. In Miami, the division between blacks and Hispanics leaves Cubans feeling culturally isolated. In New York, Puerto Ricans...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Early musical notation was much like a road map that lacked names or places. The use of neumes gave the basic shape of the tune and a primitive notion of rhythm, but could not tell the performer what note to start on. This program shows how all of that changed around the year 1030, when the choirmaster Guido of Arezzo came up with the simple device of a thin red line: a dot directly on it would...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In 1993, Mohammed Aideed's militia triumphantly paraded U.S. corpses through the streets of Mogadishu. In stunning irony, Mohammed's son, Hussein, though not a representative of Somalia's official government, now offers the U.S. strategic bases. This program presents a candid interview with Somalia's de facto leader, a warlord with unusual credentials: American citizen, former Marine, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Pedestal tables are classic, beautiful, and functional—serving many purposes from plant stands to candle holders. Join Scott Phillips in his shop to see how these Queen Anne period style tall tables are made.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In her book Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, Melissa Harris-Lacewell studies various ways that racial and political issues are discussed in America. Bill Moyers talks with the Princeton University associate professor about the need for constructive public dialog as the racial makeup of the United States evolves. Also on the program are Harper's Magazine...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Considered the most imposing Hellenistic site in Jordan, the Qasr al-Abd at Iraq al-Amir was the dream of Hyrcanus, an unscrupulously ambitious member of the influential Tobiad family. With the assistance of architect Francois Larche, of the National Center of Scientific Research, this program virtually reconstructs the ornate but uncompleted palace-ironically, a symbol of Hyrcanus' failed...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Alan Shepard is 1st American in space (very short piece from year end retrospective) Rocket on launching pad, blasting off, in flight. Also CU Shepard in the nose cone of the Rocket.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961