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: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: This classic episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series transports viewers to the summer of 1961 as President John F. Kennedy addresses the United States in a televised address to explain the significance of the situation in the now-divided city of Berlin, Germany. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration is a graphic portrayal of the steps this nation...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: President John F. Kennedy speaking to UN after Dag Hammerskold's death (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: President Kennedy's UN speech intercut with shots of activity around the Berlin Wall (German VO)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: President Kennedy watches military display at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: Row of cameramen at Kennedy Press conference at the capitol
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1962
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Summary: JFK meets with Macmillan in London
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: John F. Kennedy speaks to announce his Tax Cut plan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1962
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Summary: President John F. Kennedy speaking to UN after Dag Hammerskold's death (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: Excerpt of JFK Inaugural Address
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: President John F. Kennedy meets President Charles de Gaulle in Paris
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1961
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series tells the story of the Hungarian Revolution as seen through the eyes of its freedom fighters. Beginning at the end of October 1956, the revolution against the government’s Soviet-imposed policies caused thousands of Hungarians to find refuge in neighboring Austria and Yugoslavia. In response, the U.S. Army launched “Operation...
Format: software, multimedia
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.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: The tale of the Alamo is one of courage, resolve and loss, but the human drama has obscured the role that technology played in the fatal standoff. Going beyond the obvious importance of Bowie knives and Kentucky rifles, learn how the Mexican army used music, uniforms, and other psychological tactics to keep the Alamo's defenders off guard. Forensic evidence and archival material help highlight...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: Consecration of Tomb of Unknown Soldier, USA: Woodrow Wilson and Marshal Foch present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1919
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Summary: The president has no greater responsibility than representing the nation on the world stage. Securing a stable world in which American interests can be asserted and defended has been a basic part of the president's job description from the very beginning of our constitutional history. This program profiles the lives of four men as they engage in this task at some of the most critical times in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: President Woodrow Wilson on train tour to promote the League of Nations
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1919
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Summary: Death of former President Woodrow Wilson. Footage of last public appearance
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1924
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Summary: This installment of the Famous Composers series offers an overview of the life and work of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, born in Tuscany to a historically musical family. The film characterizes the young Puccini as a talented but disinterested student until he was inspired by a performance of Verdi's Aida to pursue opera. Following the composer to the Milan Conservatory, the program traces...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Robert and Clara Schumann.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRESummary: Emerging from the First World War as a leading economic and geopolitical power, America entered a phase of unprecedented prosperity and cultural change-an era often described as the Jazz Age. In this program, teacher and historian Ben Walsh uses archival and newsreel footage to outline and comment on the period, from the Treaty of Versailles to the Wall Street crash of 1929. The video...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006