Summary: "Cloaked in the guise of a Japanese musical drama, The Mikado is a spoof of Victorian English society. Centered on Ko-Ko, a lowly tailor, it chronicles his transformation from prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord High Executioner. But Ko-Ko is plagued by a terrible quandary: the emperor has instructed him to produce a head -- or forfeit his own!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the U.S. by Acorn Media 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, the world's largest airship, ignited in a giant fireball as it prepared to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey - a disaster immortalized by searing newsreel footage and Herbert Morrison's unforgettable 'Oh, the humanity!' commentary. The chain of events that ignited Hindenburg's hydrogen remains one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HINSummary: A humorous look at one comedian's attempts to blow the obesity epidemic wide open by losing weight on a fast-food only diet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Morningstar Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FATSummary: Using empty beer cans, old tires, plastic bottles and other garbage, iconoclastic architect Michael Reynolds, based in New Mexico, has been building ecologically sustainable structures for 35 years. Calling his structures "earthships," Reynolds has had conflicts with government officials over inflexible zoning and housing laws, but his architectural ideas were put to use in the Andaman Islands...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Morningstar Entertainment 2008