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Great Britain History 20th century Haig, Alexander Meigs 1924-2010 History, Modern 1969- II, German Emperor William 1859-1941 Social sciences Great Britain History United States History 1969- United States Politics and government 1969- World politics 1900-1918 World politics 1969- World War, 1914-1918Summary: General John Joseph Pershing retrospective: Pershing at desk, cavalry in Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa; Pershing observing troops.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: Throughout his long career, UCLA basketball coach John Wooden passed on rock-solid values and powerful life lessons to his players, emphasizing that success is about much more than winning a game. In this TEDTalk, coach Wooden offers his vision of success and urges viewers to pursue the best in themselves. Meanwhile, he quotes poetry, shares advice he gave his players, and remembers the wisdom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: King George V of England visits his first cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The next year, World War I began.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1913
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Summary: This installment of the Famous Composers series offers an overview of the life and work of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, born in Tuscany to a historically musical family. The film characterizes the young Puccini as a talented but disinterested student until he was inspired by a performance of Verdi's Aida to pursue opera. Following the composer to the Milan Conservatory, the program traces...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Kaiser Wilhelm II visits Kaiser Franz Josef I in Vienna, Austria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Kaiser Wilhelm I and Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a hunting trip with their rifles talking jovially
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1914
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Summary: In the second part of this documentary, Secretary of State Colin Powell’s peace-making is derailed by his colleagues - and by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This documentary exposes the complicity of multinational corporations in supporting and legitimizing dictator Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan. Niyazov, self-appointed President for Life, ran one of the most megalomaniacal and bizarre regimes in recent history. Turkmenistan is also home to one of the world's largest oil and natural gas reserves. Such resource endowments have attracted world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program from the Famous Composers series provides an overview of the life and work of Finnish composer Jan Sibelius. The video contextualizes the composer's childhood and his later musical production in light of Romantic Nationalism and political atmosphere in Finland. Following Sibelius to Helsinki and then Berlin, the film details both the building of his family and their home, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series shows scenes from the United Nations session in New York as well as U.S. negotiators at Kaesong in their efforts to hammer out a ceasefire plan between fighting factions in Korea. In addition, this video from the National Archives and Records Administration includes a tribute to the men of the infantry from an Army officer who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Vincent Scully is arguably the best-known living art historian in the United States today. This program explores the phenomenon of Scully, tracing his connection to New Haven, where he was born, and to Yale from the time he entered as a freshman in 1936 to the present. It follows the arc of his interests in classical art and architecture to American architecture, historic preservation, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Presidential campaign of 1912. Shots of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt campaigning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1912
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Summary: Imagine a summer that would never end; imagine a boy who would never group up; imagine a small town, the kind you just don’t find anymore… Enter a mysterious stranger. A man who calls himself Charles Dickens (Fred Gwynne), a writer by trade and a spinner of stories, whirls through town, and somewhere in the wide-eyed imagination of a 12-year-old boy and the loving eyes of a lady who would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Russian Revolution & Vladimir Lenin: Good close shot Lenin leaning from train to shake hands with people, soldiers, parade w/ lots of banners, Lenin speaking to crowd of Russian soldiers & sailors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: This edition of Frontline investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown, the worst American financial crisis in 70 years, and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, Lehman Brothers collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Senate Confirmation Hearing on Alexander Haig for the position of Secretary of State (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Senate Confirmation Hearing on Alexander Haig for the position of Secretary of State (part 3)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: British suffragettes protest: Marching, women in band uniforms beat drums, women with Emmeline Pankhurst portrait on banner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II and top German Army leaders at military headquarters
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1914
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Summary: The conflict in Iraq led to an enormous growth in the security industry as private security contractors were hired to perform seemingly mundane but definitely dangerous tasks-jobs that were once the exclusive responsibility of the military. Filmed in 2007, this program enters the kill zone to see what it's like to act as guards-for-hire, constantly on the alert and acutely aware that every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: World War I: Bombed-out city near Verdun; France; destruction; devastation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: British suffragettes: Great close shots of marchers; banner reads "Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny"; women carrying spear like objects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Senate Confirmation Hearing on Alexander Haig for the position of Secretary of State (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: First British gliding competitions - with Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker piloting a glider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910