Summary: Walk in the shoes of an unlikely messenger who touched the world. Rare historical footage and compelling interviews with family members, lifelong friends, former presidents, and prominent broadcasters tell the remarkable story of Billy Graham.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 921 BILSummary: Exposes how corporations spent millions on a propaganda campaign to distort Americans' view of lawsuits, forever changing the civil justice system. From the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonalds over spilled coffee to the saga of the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice deemed 'not corporate enough' by business interests, this program tears apart the conventional wisdom about 'frivolous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOTSummary: Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, this video examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Scholars explore decisive moments in the history of the presidency from George Washington to FDR.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 320.73 MANSummary: On September 29, 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He took her into his chaotic and eccentric home in Liverpool to see her through her last days. Though their affair had ended years before, it was to him that she turned in her final hour...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FILSummary: 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
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: 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
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: 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 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: Investigating the deaths of two monks, a visiting brother discovers a secret library containing rare books considered lost to the world and dangerous to the Catholic faith.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NameSummary: Thirteen years after her abduction, 26-year-old Ivy Moxam flees the cellar that has held her captive for half her life. But escape is just the beginning of Ivy's story. Just as she's picking up the pieces of the life she was forced to leave behind, a startling discovery leaves everyone scrambling: her former captor has found his next victim. Forced to confront the truth of what happened in that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV THISummary: "Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ISLSummary: When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ISLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISLWalker, Benjamin
Summary: President Abraham Lincoln defends the United States against vampires who are plotting to take over the country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ABRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ABRFaison, Frankie
Summary: After police are called to check on Kenneth Chamberlain, an African American veteran with bipolar disorder, the encounter leads to a fatal shooting.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Allied Vaughn 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In National Lampoon's Animal house, the members of Delta Tau Chi fraternity offend the straight-arrow and up-tight people on campus in a comedy film which irreverently mocks college traditions. In The Blues Brothers, Jake Blues, recently released from prison, and his brother Elwood reassemble their blues band and stage a concert to raise money for the orphanage where they grew up. The jerk is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOSummary: In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as US Secretary of Labor, the first woman to sit on a presidential cabinet. Against overwhelming odds, she became a driving force behind the New Deal social safety net, including Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the 8-hour day, minimum wage, and unemployment compensation. Featuring compelling interviews...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUMSummary: Collection of eight classic stories. Swashbuckling pirates, talking rabbits in top hats, majestic horses, and flittering fairies spring into action, setting into motion the tales that have delighted audiences for ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY STOSummary: It is the story of the most influential figures of the 20th century, those who caused and those who cured our most troubled times. A parallel biography of the most significant figures of the twentieth century from the last shot fired in the First World War to the victory of Mao Zedong. A story of the power to lead and mislead, to inspire and to cause mass destruction. This is a series, at its...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TITFranklin, Pamela
Summary: Two young British women get separated while on a cycling tour of the French countryside.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2019
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR ANDSummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHESummary: One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for Earl Slater, a bigoted ex-con slumming through life with a patronizing girlfriend, an obliging neighbor and zero expectations. He agrees to be part of a bank job planned by former cop Burke. Until, that is, he finds out one of his partners will be a black man. Earl's desperate need for cash, however, leads...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2018
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ODDSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014