Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: 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: President William McKinley speaking at the Buffalo Exposition. He was assassinated the next day.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1901
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Summary: King George V of England visits his first cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The next year, World War I began.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1913
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Summary: Kaiser Wilhelm I and Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a hunting trip with their rifles talking jovially
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1914
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Summary: Vice President Nixon visit to Latin America
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958
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Summary: Retrospective on Dien Bein Phu siege (Vietnam, Indochina)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Filmed on location in Stratford-on-Avon, celebrated Shakespearean actor Alan Howard presents some of the Bard’s best-known works. Poems include… “All the world’s a stage” “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow” “Hark, hark! the lark” “O, for a Muse of fire” St. Crispin’s Day speech “Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day” Queen Mab speech “What mean you, Caesar? Think you for walk...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: Peace talks Vietminh-French; footage of Indochina battle continuing in the meanwhile
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Presidential campaign of 1912. Shots of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt campaigning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1912
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Summary: Vietminh takeover in Hanoi
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Russian Revolution & Vladimir Lenin: Good close shot Lenin leaning from train to shake hands with people, soldiers, parade w/ lots of banners, Lenin speaking to crowd of Russian soldiers & sailors.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Summary: Richard Nixon speaking to the press after losing the California gubernatorial election
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1962
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Summary: Khrushchev thanking Nixon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1959
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Summary: Richard Nixon "Checkers" speech, says their money is honest
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: From the day that 14-year-old Ansel Adams first saw the transcendent beauty of the Yosemite Valley, his life was, in his words, "colored and modulated by the great earth-gesture of the Sierra.” Few American photographers have reached a wider audience than Adams, and none has had more impact on how Americans grasp the majesty of their continent. Ansel Adams, from the PBS American Experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Airlift of French wounded from Dien Bien Phu siege
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Bucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISSummary: Seabiscuit’s fame as a champion racehorse was unexpected yet it was timely. In the 1930s, when American’s longed to escape the grim realities of the Great Depression, Seabiscuit became the working man’s hero. Despite his boxy build, stumpy legs, scraggly tail, and ungainly gait, he was one of the most remarkable Thoroughbred racehorses in history. Seabiscuit, from the PBS American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: David Lloyd George. He became Secretary of War and then Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1916.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: Hollywood icon John Huston shares numerous insights and experiences in this classic Bill Moyers interview, filmed five years before the director's death in 1987. Answering questions on art and personal adversity at his secluded Mexican villa, Huston also allows Moyers to join him behind the camera during the shooting of Annie. Topics include the many false starts that prefaced Huston's career;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: World War I: Bombed-out city near Verdun; France; destruction; devastation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
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Summary: President McKinley takes the Oath of Office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1901