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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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: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president, Ruth Simmons, have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second-class citizen in the Jim Crow south. DNA is used to investigate family mysteries: Where in Africa do they come from and who are the white men in their family trees?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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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: Khrushchev visits DeGaulle
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Summary: French troops march, build fire, prepare a meal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1915
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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: World War I: Verdun battle scenes: French troops loading huge cannon with aid of crane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: French Depression conditions
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1933
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Summary: French tanks enter village. World War I; technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Theatre group leave on airplane from England bound for France. Twin-propeller biplane for this international flight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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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 - 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: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The war that the Germans thought would teach their enemies a lesson taught one to the German side as well: that the world of cavalry charges and Romantic posturing was over; in place of victory, there was stalemate and disillusion. Trench warfare was the new strategy; the Battle of the Marne marked a turning point in war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 0000
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Summary: Khrushchev thanking Nixon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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Summary: Early armored vehicle (tank) demonstrated. In field and woods, knocking over small trees. French, World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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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: 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...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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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: My first day, my mind was reeling. "I didn't want to make any mistakes." "I was worried I wouldn't be able to do the job." All of these are common and valid reactions to the first day of employment. But, as this video illustrates, a new hire's nervousness and uncertainty can be the flipside of excitement, ambition, and an eagerness to learn the ins and outs of the company. Topics include the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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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: Iran, one of the most volatile nations in the Middle East and long hostile to the United States, may be developing nuclear weapons. How should the United States deal with this possibility? Should the United States tolerate a nuclear Iran? Rethink your point of view with this Intelligence Squared U.S. Oxford-style debate.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010