Summary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOU

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: The story of a callous monarch, swept to her death in the torrent of the French Revolution. It is also the tale of a fragile young woman struggling to find herself during one of the most turbulent moments in human history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAR

Summary: Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War and becomes a patriot, fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY JOH

Summary: Animated biography of George Washington focusing on his accomplishments as a military leader and his part in forming a new nation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: NEST Family Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANI

Summary: Tells the story of the 14-year-old ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France. Marie Antoinette has became one of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria. And how the young woman must grow up in front of the entire country of France.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAR

Summary: A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Patriot 2000

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAT

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAT RATED R

Summary: In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MUT

Summary: Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration as National Geographic brings to life the first crossing. Two hundred years after Lewis & Clark epic journey, go back in time and discover the adventure, danger, and beauty of the unmapped West.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Video 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.8042 LEW
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEW

Summary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEW

Summary: In a re-telling of Cinderella, an independent young woman in the sixteenth century overcomes all odds to win the heart of the crown prince; Ben Wrightman's girlfriend Lindsey must compete with the Red Sox for his attention once baseball season starts; An ex-nerd reporter goes undercover as a high school student to learn about today's teens.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DRE

Summary: Hoffmann is a lovelorn young man in Nuremberg who is watching his latest love, Stella, dance in the ballet. In the interval he goes to the tavern where he tells his friends the tales of the three major loves of his life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TAL

Summary: A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JAN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JAN

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jane 2008

Summary: "Emma is the story of a rich, clever and beautiful young woman who can't resist orchestrating other people's love lives. As her romantic plans go ridiculously wrong, however, it's Emma herself who risks missing out on her perfect match!"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EMM

Summary: The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD PRI NOT RATED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Pride 2001

Summary: Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SEN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SEN

Summary: Historical drama of the conflict between King Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine over Henry's successor to the British throne.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIO