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: 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: Locarno Peace Pact Signed. A security pact that built on the Versailles Treaty; Germany agreed not to send forces into the Rhineland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1925
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Summary: Locarno Conference
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1925
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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: Demonstration of “liquid fire” (flamethrower) English title refers to beating the "huns" (Germans) at their own game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: World War I: US General Pershing decorates French General Petain
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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)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1918
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Summary: WWI - American celebration of Armistice
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1918
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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: 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: World War I: "80 Minutes To Berlin": squadron of biplanes in flight; aviation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: Dublin destruction after Easter Rising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: WWI - Liberty Loan Parade and Rally
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Dublin destruction after Easter Rising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: American airplane factory, WWI era: title says "Americans bid for Air Mastery"; early assembly line; workers tune engines on row of biplanes; shots of planes taking the air and maneuvering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: In this program, Bill Moyers returns to his hometown of Marshall, Texas-discovering, in his words, "a new town perched on the memory of one that's gone." Today it is hoped and expected that all of Marshall's citizens, regardless of racial background, share the responsibilities of living and working in a small town. But there was a time in recent history when the opposite was assumed and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The year 1954 can now be seen as a clarifying point of convergence in American history. Among other things, it was the year that brought the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw racial segregation in the schools of the United States. In this program, Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee tell the story of how the New Deal, World War II, and postwar social changes set the stage for a long-awaited...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: David Lloyd George. He became Secretary of War and then Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1916.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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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: Balkan Wars, 1912 (narrated compilation) Bulgarian and Turkish armies; King Ferdinand of Bulgaria; King Nikolas of Montenegro; discussion of the formation of the alliances of Europe; King Alfonso of Spain; German troops; the VO tends to insinuate that th
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1912
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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