Filter By Subjects
Depressions 1929 United States Impressionism (Art) Jazz History and criticism Realism in art Romanticism in art United States History 1919-1933 United States Politics and government 1919-1933 United States Politics and government 1933-1945 World politics 1900-1918 World politics 1919-1932Filter By Authors
Bucholz, R. O.Filter By Series
Great courses (DVD)Filter By Subjects
Depressions 1929 United States Impressionism (Art) Jazz History and criticism Realism in art Romanticism in art United States History 1919-1933 United States Politics and government 1919-1933 United States Politics and government 1933-1945 World politics 1900-1918 World politics 1919-1932Filter By Authors
Bucholz, R. O.Filter By Series
Great courses (DVD)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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: General John Joseph Pershing retrospective: Pershing at desk, cavalry in Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa; Pershing observing troops.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
View online at AVOD
Summary: Arab-British summit meeting, probably discussing the future of the Middle East, creation of Jordan and Iraq, the British Mandate. People present include General Allenby, David Lloyd George, Arab delegates, and others.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1919
View online at AVOD
Summary: World War I: Bombed-out city near Verdun; France; destruction; devastation.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
View online at AVOD
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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISSummary: Presidential campaign of 1912. Shots of Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt campaigning.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1912
View online at AVOD
Summary: David Lloyd George. He became Secretary of War and then Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1916.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1916
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a Nazi SA parade. Berlin, Germany: An unprecedented display of power and organization by the brown-shirted forces of the German Chancellor marks the final pre-election activities of the Social Democrats, with long columns of uniformed men in spirited procession down Unter den Linden from Brandenburg Gate to the Lustgarten, with Swastika banners fluttering over...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the killings of Alexander I of Yugoslavia and France's Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Universal Newsreel brings you the first actual motion pictures of the murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Barthou, shot down in the streets of Marseilles; furious spectators batter the killer to death!
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Washington, D.C.: J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, attacks the methods of lenient parole boards in releasing known criminals. Reel 2, Quantico, Va.: Machineguns rattle as Federal agents "raid" a prop gangster hideout.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: Striking close-up views of President-elect Roosevelt's arrival at the White House to take President Hoover to the Capitol for the Inaugural ceremony, and the historic ride of the celebrated pair down Pennsylvania Avenue, with a Congressional escort, as cheering thousands, massed on the sidewalks,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat No. 4. Washington D.C.: In a dramatic message to the nation, the Chief Executive outlines in clear terms the steps the Government will take to speed economic recovery in America. Mr. Roosevelt describes striking plans for the stabilization of currency, and for mortgage and home relief.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the repeal of Prohibition. As the December 5th deadline for the ratification of the 21st Amendment approaches, work is rushed at distilleries and bottling plants to prepare for the renewal of alcohol sales. In some towns, though, the lid is already off as the repeal of Prohibition is celebrated with old-time abandon. Gone are the days when federal agents could...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Hindenburg disaster. Lakehurst, N.J.: Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigible Hindenburg explodes 300 feet over the landing field at the end of her first voyage of the season from Europe. A terrific burst of flame engulfs the stern of the ship and spreads with the rapidity of lightning to the bow. The inferno of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a cattle drive in Colorado. Eads, Colorado: Spectacular scenes reminiscent of the Old West are revived as cowboys start their annual round-up of 4,000 steers from the summer ranges in the mountains to the winter grazing grounds in the lowlands.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a Congressional racket probe involving "Spike" O'Donnell. Chicago, Ill.: "Spike" O'Donnell, a former South Side beer baron who bears the title of "the most shot-at gangster in the country," tells members of a Federal committee investigating crime of his reaction to the latest Federal drive on kidnappers and other lawbreakers.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: President Roosevelt receives an enthusiastic reception as he returns to the city following his triumphant reelection. The Chief Executive thanks the nation for its support, through a newsreel interview.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat No. 2. Washington, D.C.: In a dramatic newsreel interview at the White House, the Chief Executive reviews the accomplishments of his two-months-old administration, promising further legislation designed to better economic conditions throughout the United States and to improve the financial standing of the industrial...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the town crier of Provincetown. Provincetown, Mass.: The brassy voice of this historic village's recently appointed town crier forces attention to his recital of community news delivered in time-honored manner.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the sinking of the U.S. gunboat Panay by Japanese naval aircraft. Footage of the Rape of Nanking is followed by the U.S.S. Panay bombing in its entirety--exactly as photographed! Filmed by Norman Alley.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Fort Meade, Md.: Mechanical monsters of the 66th U.S. Infantry (Light Tanks) sweep everything before them as they advance through smoke and shell fire to the attack. A thrilling sight, from daylight to dark, as the "battle wagons" roll along. Reel 2, Pimlico, Md.: In the horseracing classic of the century, War Admiral, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, North Beach Airport, N.Y.: Taking off from the waters of Bowery Bay, the Flying Colonel and his wife are seen in unusual pictures on the start of their flight to Greenland to survey a route across the North Atlantic for Pan American Airways. Reel 2, Freeport, Ill.: A remarkable screen interview with Mrs. Caroline Mattern as she...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the 1935 Toledo Strike. Toledo, Ohio: Huge crowds of picketers patrol the approaches to an automobile factory when negotiations between workers and owners fail. Francis J. Dillon explains the American Federation of Labor's position in the industry.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010