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Biographical films Charrière, Henri 1906-1973 Drama Escapes French Guiana Devil's Island Drama Hospitals Medical staff New York (State) New York Drama Hospitals New York (State) New York Employees Drama Hospitals New York (State) New York Finance Drama New York (N.Y.) History 19th century Drama Prisons French Guiana Devil's Island Drama Prisons French Guiana Drama Surgeons New York (State) New York DramaFilter By Subjects
Biographical films Charrière, Henri 1906-1973 Drama Escapes French Guiana Devil's Island Drama Hospitals Medical staff New York (State) New York Drama Hospitals New York (State) New York Employees Drama Hospitals New York (State) New York Finance Drama New York (N.Y.) History 19th century Drama Prisons French Guiana Devil's Island Drama Prisons French Guiana Drama Surgeons New York (State) New York DramaSummary: Set in downtown New York in 1900, the Knickerbocker Hospital faces a major upheaval due to poor finances and an exodus of wealthy patients. The one remaining star is Dr. Thackeray, who along with the hospital staff of surgeons, nurses and other personnel must struggle to keep both themselves and the hospital going.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KNICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KNISummary: Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TeSummary: The Knickerbocker Hospital faces an upheaval as Thackery's absence, a death of affluent patients and financial missteps have led the hospital board to decide to shutter the Knick's downtown location and move uptown.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The epic story of Henri Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018