Summary: Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006

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

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Invincible 2006

Summary: Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

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

Summary: Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE Gods 2003

Contents: "Made in the image of God" (Mark Twain monologue spoken by Kevin Conway) -- Sweet Betsy from Pike (Bobby Horton) -- Dogue Creek (Bobby Horton) -- Wagoner's lad (Jacqueline Schwab) -- Howl (Ed Gerhard) -- Mighty big river (Bobby Horton) -- Shadow on the marsh (Al Petteway) -- Poor wayfarin' stranger (Bobby Horton) -- Shuckin' the bush (Fiddlin' Johnny) -- How can I keep from singing (Jacqueline...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2001

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MAR

Summary: Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD Gold 2001

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

Summary: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel brings to life the attitudes and passions of 17th century New England. Condemned by her Puritan fellows for having a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2003

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

Summary: This sequel to Lonesome Dove pits legendary Texas Ranger Woodrow Call against his deadliest adversary ever.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Entertainment 2001

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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN STR

Summary: Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAR RATED NR

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

Summary: Defying everything and everyone, including his wife, Buddy Visalo decides to follow his dream. When he meets a woman who truly believes in him, he must choose between the only life he's ever known and his desire for happiness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2003

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