Summary: Friends who fought together in the Civil War find themselves on different sides of the law as a sheriff and his son track down their former comrade who now leads a notorious gang of outlaws.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WARSummary: With the end of the Second World War, the cultural period W. H. Auden named the Age of Anxiety had begun-a time characterized by an intensifying fear of nuclear Armageddon as the Iron Curtain fell across Europe and the Cold War spread across the globe. This program examines the evolution of the British novel during the period 1945-69, spotlighting J. R. R. Tolkien, William Golding, Iris...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Beginning with an overview of how and why chemical bonding occurs, this program explains ionic bonding, describing the common properties of ionic compounds, the Lewis theory, electronegativity, the Pauling scale, ionization energy, and the importance of the valence shell. Using animated graphics throughout, the video also gives relevant information about the periodic table and how specific...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In Malaysia, the lucrative palm oil business is stirring global controversy. Vietnam has a burgeoning tourism industry-and is under pressure not to develop it in the manner of neighboring Thailand. This program examines those issues as it traverses both countries, illuminating the balancing act between development, environmental stewardship, and the rights of indigenous peoples. Nguyen Quy...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In the not-so-distant future, athletes and other physically active people won't use needles, pills, or stick-ons for extra strength and endurance-those traits will be cultivated genetically. But one person's athletic utopia is another's sci-fi nightmare, and the World Anti-Doping Agency is already raising the alarm. This program examines the controversy in the wider context of biomedical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: No sport is more American than baseball, but, contrary to popular opinion, the game likely predates the birth of our nation and has substantial roots overseas. This program explores baseball's origins as a folk pastime and depicts the early phases of its complex evolution. Refuting the myth that Civil War general Abner Doubleday single-handedly invented the game, the film looks at parallels in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: With the onset of World War II, America needed baseball more than ever-even when some of its biggest stars saw action on the battlefield instead of the ball field. Of course, for the game to live up to everything America stood for, its most important battle had to be fought at home. This program follows the sport throughout the 1940s, from Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak to the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Born the son of a white father he never knew and a slave mother, Frederick Douglass learned to read and write while growing up on a plantation in Maryland. After escaping slavery in 1838, he turned his unique talents as a writer and orator toward the fight for emancipation. Bio4Kids explores Douglass' many activities, including editing an abolitionist newspaper, recruiting Negro regiments...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: American B-29s (3:53) -- Japanese Defense (1:44) -- Tokyo Is Burning (1:50) -- Air Assault on Japan (5:46) -- Japan's Final Defensive Actions (1:56) -- Atom Bombs (3:19) -- Future of Warfare (1:00) -- Credits: 'The Bombing of Japan' (1:06)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Although it juts into the Atlantic, Cadiz is as radiant and filled with history as any Mediterranean community. This program explores the peninsular Spanish city, guiding viewers through prominent aspects of its landscape-or, in some cases, its seascape. Visiting the flower market and the ancient Populo quarter, where a 1980 warehouse fire revealed a massive, well-preserved Roman theater, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In Calls of the Wild, an episode of PBS Scientific American Frontiers, host Alan Alda takes us behind the scenes for a fascinating journey into the science of sound as he introduces viewers to the team of scientists using sound to study animals - also known as the field of bioacoustics. This close look at animal sound is not only being used to study - but even to save species - as common as the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Author David Macaulay hosts Cathedral, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1986
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Summary: Despite its amorous nickname, the vinchuca, or kissing bug, actually gives its sleeping victims a malevolent bite sucking blood and transmitting a microscopic parasite called Tripanisoma cruzi. The microbe, in turn, produces Chagas disease, which currently afflicts 16 million people in South America and will kill a quarter of them in middle age. This program travels into the mountain villages...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: American Country Church (1:57) -- Restoration of Country Church Cupola (3:37) -- Restoration of Country Church Roof (3:27) -- Restoration Planning for Church Pew Replacement (4:44) -- Restoration of Church Pews (1:54) -- Installation of Restored Cupola (1:39) -- Restoration and Installation of Church Bell (2:41) -- Credits: Church (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The War Between the States rages. In 1863, the Confederate Army seems poised for victory. Following the bloody battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. Former slaves join the Union army in droves. With superior transportation (railroads), communication (telegraph lines), and battlefield technology, the Union prevails and America is on track to become a global...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Nothing makes a more impressive welcome to any home than an elegant Victorian-style coat hall tree with a built-in bench. Scott Phillips shows you how to make the most of your power tools on this beautiful yet functional project.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This edition of Frontline takes a closer look at the booming business of higher education. It’s a
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Where do craft practices come from? How are they preserved? And how do today's artists acquire the skills to carry on the handmade tradition? This two-section program visits instructors, apprentices, and the self-taught to survey both the roots and the flourishing branches of American craft. The artists featured in 'Origins' honor African, Native American, and European sources as they pass...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Contents: Introduction to Craftsman Bungalow Restoration (1:49) -- Cabinet Restoration (2:21) -- Craftsman Porch Masonry Restoration (1:53) -- Craftsman Furniture Construction (6:30) -- Craftsman Exterior Restoration (3:18) -- Craftsman Interior Restoration (4:36) -- Credits: 'Craftsman' (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: Allied Troops Arrive in Crete (2:07) -- German Offensive in Crete (1:49) -- Military Forces on Crete (2:31) -- Germans Invade Crete (2:30) -- Maleme Air Field (3:04) -- Battle at Maleme (1:27) -- Battle on the Waters of Crete (1:52) -- Fall of Crete (3:53) -- Credits: Crete (1:04)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In the postwar free world, America becomes the acknowledged leader, striving to rebuild democracies abroad. As the Iron Curtain falls and the Cold War begins, fear of communism spreads through the country, sparking Joseph McCarthy's communist witch-hunts. At the same time, the U.S. finally faces up to racial separatism when the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Called easy women, shady ladies, and soiled doves, the women who went west to practice the oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier. Arriving ahead of their decent sisters, prostitutes flocked to the boom towns and mining camps, facing ostracism and abuse as they sought a piece of the American Dream.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In this introduction to Edgar Allan Poe's life and work from the Famous Authors series, the viewers follow Poe's early life and fortunate adoption by the Allans. Poe's relationship with Frances Allan was tender, but he and John Allan did not get along. His stepfather sent him away to university and then cut him off completely. In response, Poe went to Boston and joined the army, but persisted...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Bottled water is designed in such a way that the sound of the liquid sloshing in the container makes the water seem pure and fresh. A computer's start-up tone, the snap of a cosmetics case, the sound of the buttons, when pushed, on household appliancesall have been engineered by sound designers. This program examines the use of sound design in product development, and reveals how designers,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011