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 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 HISArmstrong, Dorsey
Summary: For more than 1,000 years, stories of King Arthur and his knights have fascinated people from all different walks of life. What is it about this story that has given it such enduring popularity? What are the themes and ideals of Arthurian legend that have appealed to so many people across time and space? In this 24-lecture course, you will learn about the origins and development of Arthur's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 KINBucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISSummary: British suffragettes: Great close shots of marchers; banner reads "Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny"; women carrying spear like objects.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Rome was once the center of Christian persecution, but the martyrdom there of Paul and Peter began the unfolding of a historical epic that ended with the seat of empire becoming the spiritual capital of the Western Latin church. This program charts the development of Roman Catholicism, traveling to the ancient Port of Ostia, churches in Ravenna, and a remote Celtic monastery to show how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: British suffragettes protest: Marching, women in band uniforms beat drums, women with Emmeline Pankhurst portrait on banner.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Supplies of all kinds are dropped by parachute to British army forces Jordan area.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: British "Aero-club": Pioneer aviators in their airplanes- very clean and good interstitles explain who's who. Early aviation.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEASummary: First British gliding competitions - with Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker piloting a glider.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1910
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Summary: Women in the British work force; some mildly sexist voiceover comments
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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Summary: British Army Soldiers play silly games: obstacle courses, steeplechase and cricket match against women. R&R.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1915
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Summary: British Naval air attack in Korea
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Although rooted in religious misogyny and crude anatomical knowledge, the sexual mores of the medieval era were surprisingly complex. This program explores the attitudes and behaviors of a sexual culture that was by turns romantic, transactional, and perverse. Documents and historical accounts include the story of Christina of Markyate, who defied marital conventions and maintained a lifelong...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: New telephone cable laid in Scotland, across a lake.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1937
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Summary: Macmillan/Khrushchev summit meeting; Cold War diplomacy
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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Summary: Factory labor: Women do small labor with loops of wires and hammers; woman operates a large press in factory; woman drawing wire or cable out of a machine that cuts the cables to length. At Britain's General Electric company. Women working; working class.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1915
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Summary: Factory labor: Men work at assembly of an electric motor; child labor in sorting parts industry. At Britain's General Electric company.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1915
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Summary: World War II - British and Belgian troops fight off Nazi attack in Northern France
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: Group Captain Donaldson achieves unofficial fastest speed (626 mph) in Gloucester Meteor jet plane.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: Factory labor: Women at benches operate machines; men draw white-hot steel bars out of a press machine; welders with goggles under watch of foreman weld lengths of steel cable together; working class; industrial; sweatshop. At Britain's General Electric
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1915
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Summary: Hong Kong Under the Red Shadow British military police in Hong Kong guard the border.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1949
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Summary: Truck assembly line, World War I era, England. War work.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1918