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German drama German language German literature II, German Emperor William 1859-1941 Literature 20th century Literature 21th century Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 World politics 1900-1918 World politics 1933-1945 World War, 1939-1945 United StatesSummary: Eugene Cernan, Gemini 9A pilot, takes a two-hour walk in space, the longest to date. This episode of Year by Year also looks at the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: 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...
Format: moving image
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 German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer who developed the drama as a social and ideological forum is the subject of this program, in which those who knew him discuss his life and many works. Excerpts from plays such as Mother Courage and Her Children, The Life of Galileo, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Antigone highlight the development of Brecht's austere form of irregular verse....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: How improbable is it that life arose on Earth from inorganic matter? Could the process have involved a type of chemistry different from that which is known today? Using an expansive definition of life, chemist Lee Cronin is exploring these questions by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using molecules that can assemble, replicate, and compete. In this provocative TEDTalk Cronin shares...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Although her most important writings came late in life, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff's poetry and prose-often compared to Goethe's-have assured her a place among Germany's great 19th-century writers. This program visits Castle Hulshoff, her Westphalian birthplace; the Ruchhaus; and Meersburg Castle on Lake Constance, where she experienced her period of greatest productivity. Aspects of her life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A suppressor of his own writings, Franz Kafka even requested that upon his death all his extant works be destroyed-yet those very works accurately prefigured the anxieties and alienation so commonly associated with the latter part of the 20th century. This program delves into Kafka's fictional world, primarily through a gripping dramatization of The Trial, a combination of simple tale and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program pays lyrical homage to the enigmatic relationship between the poet/dramatist Goethe and the Baroness Charlotte von Stein and explores its influence on his work. Excerpts from a selection of the more than 2,000 letters exchanged by Goethe, Charlotte, and their friends bear testimony to the intensity and intimacy of the relationship-one which most experts believe was platonic,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Rainer Maria Rilke's supreme mastery of the German language, which he manipulated with an unprecedented subtlety and plasticity, forms the bedrock upon which his reputation as one of the 20th century's finest and most influential poets is built. This program interweaves biographical details of Rilke's restless and emotionally troubled life, extracts from his letters, and readings from the Duino...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A novel of ideas at once serious and comic, The Magic Mountain offers a bird's-eye view of the political, philosophical, and social landscapes of pre-World War I Europe. This program uses provocative dramatizations of key scenes from Thomas Mann's grotesque bildungsroman and employs the character of Mann himself, in a re-creation of a 1939 lecture, as a guide to the story's heights and depths....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The Rhine valley-a treasury of medieval art, and, as this program shows, the cradle of what we now think of as distinctly German imagery. Foremost among Cologne's late-Gothic painters was Stefan Lochner, who injected drama and excitement into familiar biblical scenes. At about the same time, Johannes Gutenberg pioneered a printing revolution in the Rhine town of Mainz, leading to one of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: When the time comes for getting away from it all, Bavaria offers a wide range of options. This program introduces questions and answers related to shopping for vacation supplies and arranging for lodgings. Settings include a department store, a country hotel, a hostel in the Ammergauer Alps, and an ancient Benedictine convent located on Frauen Island, in the Chiemsee.
Format: software, multimedia
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: Nuremberg Trials begin - Nazi leaders are indicted for their crimes against humanity (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: Nuremberg Trials in progress (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: This program covers how to greet friends, introduce oneself to strangers, talk about where one comes from, and say what languages one speaks. Settings include a Munich art gallery featuring contemporary art, a renowned violin-making school in the ancient town of Mittenwald, and Munich's annual arts and music festival. In addition, a whirlwind tour of Germany reveals the country's regional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program puts the focus on leisure activities, including visiting Rischart's Backhaus, to learn how salt-topped pretzels were invented, and Ettal Abbey, to see how its famed liqueur is made; taking a hot-air balloon excursion; buying high-fashion sunglasses; unwinding at the legendary Schumann's American Bar; and dancing the night away at The Atomic Cafe, a 1970s-style disco. "Was machst du...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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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: Nuremberg Trials in progress (part 3)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: Whether shopping or sightseeing, going to work or going to college, travel and conversation are both a part of everyday life. This program demonstrates how to say where one lives and works and what one does for a living, how to ask for and give directions, and how to ask what the costs of things are. The BMW factory, an all-organic supermarket, the renowned Borstei apartments, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Nuremberg Trials begin - Nazi leaders are indicted for their crimes against humanity (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: In Germany, trains, subways, and trams provide convenient ways to get around. This program looks at how to buy train and cable car tickets and how to order meals. Featured activities include sightseeing in the Bavarian Alps, lunching at the award-winning Paulaner Imtal restaurant in Munich, eating Kaiserschmarren in Oberammergau, and dining on Japanese cuisine at Munich's No Mi Ya restaurant.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Nuremberg Trials begin - Nazi leaders are indicted for their crimes against humanity (part 3)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: Nuremberg Trials in progress (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: This program, filmed at the Cafe Tambosi and Rischart's Backhaus, the Englischer Garten, a christening, a beer garden, and the unique Corpus Christi boat procession in Seeburg, shows how to order and pay for food and beverages and how to express familial relationships and marital status. Commentary provides insights into Kaffee und Kuchen culture and other social events in Germany.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006