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
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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 Spanish DVD introducing another 180 words and phrases in different themes. The teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Experience a wide range of emotions with Little Pim from happiness and love to sad faces, mad faces, and everything in-between.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPANISH LITSummary: Ford Motor Company: Factory lot with new cars; Ford engine running; early Ford demonstrated; Model T; Ford plants in Dearborn.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Ford assembly line: Men and women working.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Ford automobile assembly lines: dashboard/steering column assembly, radiator installation, chassis assembly, more
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Ford automobile plant: Assembly line & workers.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Assembly line of Ford automobile engines
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: What were Alice Walker's motivations in writing "Everyday Use"? In this program, the author discusses her short story with her official biographer, Evelyn C. White. Over the course of the interview, Walker talks about the autobiographical aspects of the story, the significance of quilting to African-American women, the perception of class differences, and the important life lessons she wished...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: From serving as the 45th U.S. Vice President to winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Al Gore has always been committed to environmental stewardship. But in his 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth, Gore found a way to focus attention on climate change in a way no one had before. Following up two years later with this cautionary TEDTalk, Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Henry Ford meets Franklin Roosevelt to discuss New Deal and their differences
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1938
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Summary: World War II - Shots of bombed Cologne, Germany
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: World War II - Aerial shots of destroyed Japanese cities.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: 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: World War II - British Gov't film warning the public of the dangers of German antipersonnel bombs
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs & 5th Atomic Bomb tested (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: 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 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: With the same humor and humanity he exuded in the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore - former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize-winner - spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid car to inventing a new, hotter "brand name" for global warming. In this TEDTalk Gore is "easygoing, knowledgeable, and funny," says...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Soldiers walk through nuclear test site where they inspect equipment affected by atomic bomb blast tests.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: Maggie sees the old family quilt-an heirloom already promised to her-as something with practical utility as well as tradition. Her educated, social activist sister wants to hang it on the wall as folk art. With whom will their mother side? A study in class differences and the reclamation of Black history, Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" is beautifully realized in this dramatization.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Features both new and antique John Deere equipment. Including tractors, combines, pickers, cultivators, planters, plus road construction machines such as dozers, road graders, and wheel loaders. Learn what the machines do and how they do it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TM Books & Video 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLSummary: US soldiers gather to watch atomic blast at close range, are excited to see it
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: A Spanish DVD introducing another 180 words and phrases in different themes. The animated teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Come along with Little Pim and friends as they play with their toys and explore the different rooms in a home, in both apartments and houses.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: DVD JUV SPA LITSummary: Operation Castle; Bikini Hydrogen Bomb
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954