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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 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Summary: 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 HIS

Summary: World War II - D-Day. Allied troops leave England for the invasion.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - American troops arrive in Britain prep for invasion of France

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: Paris disarmament conference, closing session.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1931

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Summary: World War II - Generals inspect warehouses of US built arms prep for D-Day invasion

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - D-Day. Secondary Allied landings

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - Allies liberate Paris (part 2)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - Allies liberate French towns

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - French resistance uprising against crumbling German occupation, street fighting.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: World War II - Allies liberate Paris (part 1)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944

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Summary: Today, Europe's fastest growing Jewish population is in Berlin. Germany is considered one of the most democratic societies in the world, assuming the position of moral leader of Europe as they embrace hundreds of thousands of refugees. This development couldn't have been imagined in 1945. Through personal stories Germans & Jews explores Germany's transformation as a society, from silence about...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GER

Summary: Aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1906

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Summary: By June 1944, there are signs on both sides of the world that the tide is turning. Through historic footage and interviews, Ken Burns’ Pride of Our Nation brings us to June 6: D-Day. A million and a half Allied troops embark on one of the greatest military operations in history - the invasion of France. It is the bloodiest day for America since the Civil War. In the Pacific, Marines encounter...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: World War II - British and Belgian troops fight off Nazi attack in Northern France

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940

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Summary: World War II - British troops land in France

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940

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Summary: World War II - French artillery in action

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940

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Summary: World War II - Adoring crowds in Berlin, Germany, watch Adolf Hitler's motorcade on return from inspecting conquered territory in France.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940

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Summary: Sino-Japanese war, with Japanese VO

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1930

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Summary: Airlift of French wounded from Dien Bien Phu siege

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954

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Summary: World War II - Nazi Germany invades France; Adolf Hitler and associates observe ruined Maginot Line; Hitler enters Strasbourg

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1940

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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

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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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, New York, N.Y.: Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller, The War of the Worlds, as staged by Orson Welles. Reel 2, London, England: Patients at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street get a great thrill when King George and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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