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Summary: The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

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

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Summary: "Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS MER

Summary: A live performance of the tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare. Set in Roman times, the play deals with Mark Antony's obsessive passion for Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, and how it leads to the tragic downfall of both.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ANT

Summary: "Capped by one of the most famous speeches ever written, Shakespeare's Henry V recalls a truly great English victory. With comic sub-plots to be found among Henry's soldiers, the production boasts some terrific performances - including Sam Cox as the 'splendidly unhinged' Pistol (The Daily Telegraph). In the title role is Jamie Parker, who 'casts such a rapt spell that you feel the entire...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS HEN

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PAC

Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: England during the English Civil War. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by two men: O'Neil and Cutler. O'Neil, an alchemist, forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FIE

Summary: In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUN RATED PG-13

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Dunkirk 2017

Summary: The sweethearts of "As Time Goes By" look back at nine years of love and laughter. Flashbacks of meetings, partings, comedy and romance are all beautiflly woven into a poignant tapestry of memories. Join Jean and Lionel as they remember the best of "As Time Goes By."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AS

Summary: One of the little-known stories of WWII is the fate of the Channel Islands, the only part of the British Isles invaded and occupied by the Germans. Tells the story through the eyes of three island families and the German soldiers with whom their lives become interwined.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ISL

Summary: A soulful look into the lives of four women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, they form a rap group, but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism and violence. Eventually, they learn that out of struggle comes strength and the courage to continue on.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANT

Summary: Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. It is in the Count's castle that Jonathan becomes a prisoner, and discovers Dracula's true nature.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COU

Summary: Follows two women working as spies for England in Nazi-occupied France.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WIS

Summary: The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: "A French village ... chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The series follows the lives of the villagers during the war as their lives become irrevocably changed by the German occupation and its aftermath. The Germans arrive in June 1940; the occupation will go on for five years and will reveal the strengths, weaknesses and secrets of the characters as...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: This French drama chronicles the impact of World War Ii German occupation on a small village in central France.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Beginning with the Germans arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters all their lives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fleeting moments of connection and love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans' arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUD

Summary: 17th century Britain was a hotbed of revolution, treachery and court intrigue. Oliver Cromwell, the fiery ambitious commoner took on the monarchy and changed the course of Western civilization. He and King Charles I fought for absolute rule.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Five poor workers in a supermarket in Leeds whose lives turn upside down after they jointly win the lottery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SYN

Summary: Set over a tumultuous ten-year period in the early 20th century, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of a privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian society. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, nobleman Christopher Tietjens puts...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PAR

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