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 HISSummary: Celebrate African American history with this historic collection of stories. Collection includes: Rosa ; Henry's freedom box ; Lincoln and Douglass ; and, Ellington was not a street. Bonus interview with Nikki Giovanni. Bonus interview with Ellen Levine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STOSummary: 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.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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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: Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VIVSummary: Presidential campaign of 1912. Shots of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt campaigning.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1912
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Summary: World War I: Bombed-out city near Verdun; France; destruction; devastation.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: World War II - British troops land in France
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: World War II - Adoring crowds in Berlin, Germany, watch Adolf Hitler's motorcade on return from inspecting conquered territory in France.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: Trotsky reviews Soviet Army
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Dise, Robert L.
Summary: (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 ANCCall number: DVD 930 ANC
Summary: World War II - Nazi Germany invades France; Adolf Hitler and associates observe ruined Maginot Line; Hitler enters Strasbourg
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: Polish victory over Soviet Army in Warsaw during the Russo-Polish War
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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Summary: World War II - British Gov't film warning the public of the dangers of German antipersonnel bombs
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: World War II - Aerial shots of destroyed Japanese cities.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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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.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1913
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Summary: World War I: Verdun battle scenes: Line of troops climb hill near battle.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: David Lloyd George. He became Secretary of War and then Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1916.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: Menshevik Counter-Revolution.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Demonstration of “liquid fire” (flamethrower) English title refers to beating the "huns" (Germans) at their own game.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: WWI - Salonika Front Action
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: World War I: US General Pershing decorates French General Petain
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1918
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Summary: “America's pirate chasers”: American speed boats in action (high-speed wooden craft)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1918