Summary: Examines influential events, athletes, coaches, teams, and personalities from the past three decades of sports history in celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN 2010

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Summary: Travel with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from John O'Groats to Cape Town descending through Western Europe and Africa before arriving at the southern most tip of the continent. On their journey their endurance, biking skills and friendship are tested to the limit.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Contents: disc 1. Broke (79:00) / director, Billy Corben ; 9.79 (79:00) / director, Daniel Gordon -- disc 2. There's no place like home (59:00) / directors, Maura Mandt and Josh Swade ; Benji (77:00) / directors, Coodie and Chike ; Ghosts of Ole Miss (51:00) / director, Fritz Mitchell -- disc 3. You don't know Bo (76:00) / director, Michael Bonfiglio ; Survive and advance (101:00) / director, Jonathan...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history-a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last ten years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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Summary: Documents the 72-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2005

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Summary: The film will feature one of Williams' last full-length interviews for the series, including never-before-seen comments on his life and comedic and dramatic work, as well as tributes to Williams by those who knew and worked with him, along with clips from moments throughout his career.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014

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Summary: Join zoologist Nigel Marven as he traipses through the eons on a quest to find the largest land animals that ever lived. Watch Marven's encounters with various dinosaurs, each brought to stunning life through computer animation techniques.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Inc. 2004

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Summary: The two Escobars: "A gripping drama about the intersection of crime, sports and nationalism in 1990's Columbia. At a time when drug money fueled the sport known in the underworld as "narco-soccer", the fates of Andres Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional, and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel, were permanently linked. When Andre was murdered 10 days after...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Films 2011

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Summary: Collection of several behind-the-scenes films and television shows highlighting the work of Walt Disney Studios, originally released between 1937 and 1957.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2002

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Summary: Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2009

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Summary: An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004

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Summary: "Tells the story of how the longest, most sophisticated electric subway in the world was built"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006

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Summary: Tal Ben-Shahar shares principles from his popular "positive psychology" course at Harvard University in this program designed to help viewers bring more happiness and satisfaction into their lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2009

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Summary: Discover the devastating powers of tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and other earth-shattering forces of nature. Looks at the power and unpredictability of natural disasters: earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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Summary: After Columbus discovered America came the men to make a conquest. From all corners of the world, explorers reached the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all--a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Network 2005

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Summary: Winged messengers have mesmerized humans since the dawn of civilization. We see how their legacies shaped religion and art and hear from those who testify to firsthand encounters with these curious creatures.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005

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Summary: Scorsese winds his way from the banks of the Niger River in Mali to the cotton fields and juke joints of the Mississippi Delta to trace the origins of the blues in lyrical combination of original performances.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Vulcan Productions, Inc. 2003

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Summary: This hilarious and poignant documentary explores the positive effects of the intense bond between dogs and humans, as told through the story of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum and her dog Chelsea.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kirschenbaum Productions 2005

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Summary: Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005

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Summary: Filmed as if through the president's own eyes, Lincoln goes deeper than any documentary has before to reveal the troubled depths behind the man known as the Great Emancipator.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005

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Summary: This seventh season offers viewers an aggressive, humorous collection of taboo topics using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks, as well as hidden cameras, and blatant confrontation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2010

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Summary: All the presidents' wives: An in-depth look at America's First Ladies--from Martha Washington to Mary Todd Lincoln to Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy to Hillary Clinton. Each segment offers an engaging portrait of the woman. These women have held one of the most enigmatic, yet high-profile, jobs in the country.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2009

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Summary: "Frontline goes behind closed doors to tell the inside story of how things went so wrong so fast and to document efforts to stabilize the industry. Veteran Frontline producer Michael Kirk untangles the complicated financial and political web threatening one superbank in particular, Bank of America."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2009

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Summary: In comparison to cancer, heart disease, and AIDS, Alzheimer's disease greatly lags in research funding, media attention, and celebrity support. Examine the personal and societal implications of this discrepancy, profiling families living with Alzheimer's, interviewing the doctors on the front lines, and scrutinizing the latest research.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2009

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