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British literature History 16th century British literature History 17th century Drama 16th century Drama 17th century Irish literature History 16th century Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Drama Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Literary style Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 World politics 1900-1918 World War, 1914-1918Filter By Subjects
British literature History 16th century British literature History 17th century Drama 16th century Drama 17th century Irish literature History 16th century Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Drama Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Literary style Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 World politics 1900-1918 World War, 1914-1918Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: 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: Russian Revolution: Fighting near Petrograd after Bolshevik seizure of power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: May Day Bolshevik rally in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Russian Revolution. Soldiers & workers, crowds, banners, speakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Bolshevik mass march, some soldiers of Red Army participate; Russian Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Menshevik Counter-Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Soviet film showing the advances in the USSR since the Revolution. VO is in Russian. Quick succession of shots including Lenin, logging, children getting food, factories, rocket taking off, etc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Richard Nixon "Checkers" speech, says their money is honest
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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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: 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: Richard Nixon speaking to the press after losing the California gubernatorial election
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1962
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Summary: In decades past, Native-American artists who wanted to sell to mainstream collectors had little choice but to create predictable, Hollywood-style western scenes. Then came a generation of painters and sculptors led by Allan Houser (or Hazous), a Chiricahua Apache artist with no interest in stereotyped imagery and a belief that his own rich heritage was compatible with Modernist ideas and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Vice President Nixon visit to Latin America
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958
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Summary: Khrushchev thanking Nixon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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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: Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City. Once there, Paul experiences everything he ever dreamed of, from a luxurious hotel suite to his first taste of champagne. However, when reality...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1980
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Summary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: This program offers both theoretical and practical perspectives on dramatic play. Through sequences of young children playing house, doctor’s office, rescue squadron, and trick-or-treating, the theoretical positions that Vygotsky and other prominent theorists have taken in systematically studying play are illustrated. The video provides a thorough review of traditional ways of studying play...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996
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Summary: Building on the ideas of Lev Vygotsky and Jerome Bruner, Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong worked with teachers in urban schools to foster self-regulated learning. This program presents both the theoretical underpinnings of their work and its results as viewers sit in on busy classrooms where students are being helped to take responsibility for their education. The video offers useful viewpoints...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996
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Summary: This work-the only Shakespeare tragedy considered to have its roots in the classics-is a study in contradiction. Though it is about the character of Brutus, it has Caesar as its dominant figure. This and other complexities and themes of the drama are investigated through the performance of key scenes by noted Shakespearean experts from the Shakespeare Centre and the Shakespeare Institute,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Kenneth Branagh takes on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with the Renaissance Theatre Company. The exemplary cast includes Richard Briers as Malvolio, Frances Barber as Viola, Caroline Langrishe as Olivia, Christopher Ravenscroft as Orsino, and James Saxon as Sir Toby Belch. The original music for this production is by Paul McCartney and Pat Doyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Is there a Shakespeare lover who does not know this superb film? Two entire generations were introduced to Shakespeare by this expansive production, which is as fresh and dramatic and deeply touching today as when first it ushered in the contemporary style of Shakespearean production and taught us to see the vast and rich panoply beyond the lines of Shakespeare's Henry V.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Shakespeare's tragic story of love, family feud, and double suicide is a masterwork woven with conflict, crisis, and counterstroke. In this program, prime scenes are dramatized and Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespearean experts Russell Jackson and Robert Smallwood dissect them and their major topics and themes. Discussed are the play's popular appeal; the importance of the balcony scene as core to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008