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...
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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: World War II - D-Day. Allied troops leave England for the invasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: World War II - American troops arrive in Britain prep for invasion of France
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: World War II - D-Day. Secondary Allied landings
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: World War II - Generals inspect warehouses of US built arms prep for D-Day invasion
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: By June 1944, there are signs on both sides of the world that the tide is turning. Through historic footage and interviews, Ken Burns’ Pride of Our Nation brings us to June 6: D-Day. A million and a half Allied troops embark on one of the greatest military operations in history - the invasion of France. It is the bloodiest day for America since the Civil War. In the Pacific, Marines encounter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Vietminh takeover in Hanoi
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Retrospective on Dien Bein Phu siege (Vietnam, Indochina)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Peace talks Vietminh-French; footage of Indochina battle continuing in the meanwhile
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Airlift of French wounded from Dien Bien Phu siege
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: This A&E Special chronicles the dual climax of World War II: the sweeping Allied advance in Europe that crushed the Third Reich and the final thrust in the Pacific that destroyed Imperial Japan. The Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War are also discussed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: World War II - British and Belgian troops fight off Nazi attack in Northern France
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: World War II - Nazi Germany invades France; Adolf Hitler and associates observe ruined Maginot Line; Hitler enters Strasbourg
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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Summary: World War II - British troops land in France
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940
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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: 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: In the first part of this documentary, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Barak persuades President Bill Clinton to help make peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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