Summary: This elaborately produced documentary series made up of six episodes plunges into Parisian life at the beginning of the twentieth century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism. Through illustrations, animation and stunning original archival footage, the films trace the highs and lows, scandals and celebrations, tragedies, and the triumphs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ADVSummary: A collection of videos exploring mysteries, controversial knowledge, legends, missing people, and historical events, speculating on causes or consequences, ranging from Abominable snowmen to witch doctors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: VEI, Visual Entertainment Incorporated 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: A collection of videos exploring mysteries, controversial knowledge, legends, missing people, and historical events, speculating on causes or consequences, ranging from Abominable snowmen to witch doctors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: VEI, Visual Entertainment Incorporated 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: Naturalist and nineteenth century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. The program brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized, and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. Interviews reveal the man, explore his art, and put his groundbreaking work in modern perspective.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUDSummary: Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World's Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2024