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: In this TEDTalk, Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from biblical times to the present and argues that although it may seem counterintuitive - and even offensive, given recent genocides and atrocities - we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. Pinker is the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined and one of Time's 100 Most...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Linguist Steven Pinker questions the very nature of our thoughts - how we learn, use words, and relate to others - and his best-selling books have brought sophisticated language analysis to bear on topics of wide general interest. In this TEDTalk, Pinker discusses his 2002 volume The Blank Slate and why its thesis - that all humans are born with certain innate traits - is as disturbing to some...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Irrepressible, irascible, and iconic, Steve Jobs reigned as the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From his parents' California garage he launched the personal computer revolution and built Apple into the most envied and valuable technology company in the world. From the Macintosh and the iPod to the iPhone and iPad, Jobs personally presided over the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Polish rioting, mixed with 1953 East German riots and Soviet tanks
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture pays tribute to combat medics and their intimate role with the infantryman in battle. Also in this film from the National Archives and Records Administration is an interview of Major Robert Glazier, Cleveland, Ohio, veteran of eight campaigns and Battalion Commander of the 3rd Infantry, by Colonel William Quinn.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: An intensely personal drama, Battle for the Arab World tells the story of T. E. Lawrence beginning with his 19th-century childhood. Born to unmarried parents and branded with the stigma of illegitimacy, he spent most of his childhood alone, striving for physical and academic achievement. While attending Oxford, his passion for medieval history led to an expedition to the great crusader castles...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Americans and British in action near Taegu; Korean War
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: George Marshall announces that the UN troops will withdraw from Korea if Communists make sincere steps toward peace
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Action around "Heartbreak Ridge"; big helicopters prove useful in Korean War battle
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: UN forces withdrawing after Communist rout (Korea)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: UN forces cross Han river to Seoul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: American troops patrol in Korea; Korean War
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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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: Richard Nixon "Checkers" speech, says their money is honest
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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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: Khrushchev thanking Nixon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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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: Bombardment of Pohang, South Korea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: US delegate in United Nations castigates the Soviet Union for being dishonest about Korea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: South Koreans demonstrate in Seoul demanding a United Korea (no division at 38th parallel)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in England, comments on war in Korea (saying it's to prevent war)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950