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: Ford automobile plant: Assembly line & workers.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Ford assembly line: Men and women working.
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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
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Ford Motor Company: Factory lot with new cars; Ford engine running; early Ford demonstrated; Model T; Ford plants in Dearborn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: Assembly line of Ford automobile engines
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Summary: More and more consumers are turning to organics as fears escalate about genetically modified foods, chemical pesticides, and the antibiotics fed to animals. In this program, farmers and an inspector explain how organic crops and livestock are raised-and why produce, dairy and meat products, and processed foods certified as organic cost so much more than their non-organic counterparts. In...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: How do you tell if a banana's ripe? Is it OK to buy apples and cut out the bruises? Will a tomato or a pear continue to ripen? Can anyone really pick a ripe watermelon? Should grapes be washed? Different fruits and vegetables need different kinds of selection guidelines and storage procedures. Viewers of this video will learn how to properly select many types of fruits and vegetables; how to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video takes a step beyond An Introduction to Food Science. Topics include microorganisms, methods of food preservation including irradiation and freeze drying, functions of nutrients, emulsions, mixtures, additives, toxicology, and other chemical reactions. Laboratory experiments demonstrate mold growth, food spoilage, and the role of acids and bases in food production. Career...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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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: With help from a professional nutritionist and the wide-ranging opinions of everyday consumers, this program investigates the factors that determine which foods we love-and which foods we just can't stomach. Viewers learn about a variety of social, psychological, and biological influences. Specific topics include the concept of satiety-our bodies telling us whether we are hungry or full-as well...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Whether the setting is a preschool, hospital, or retirement home, it's vital for those who plan meals and menus to understand the dietary requirements of particular age groups. This program explains the nutrients our bodies require for optimum health and how those requirements change throughout our lives. Overviewing the stages of the human life cycle, the video highlights the basic nutritional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: By ensuring customer safety, a food business also protects itself-from bad publicity, sinking profits, and even legal action. This program guides viewers through sanitation tools and procedures that are essential to the management of any food-related enterprise, including both food service outlets and food manufacturing facilities. Incorporating interviews with a cafe chef, a quality manager at...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program rounds up a diverse group of workers in the fields of food, agriculture, and natural resources-a food service manager, a dietetic technician, a dairy farm manager, a landscape supervisor, an environmental science and protection technician, and a water treatment plant operator-to illustrate what they do and how they go about doing it. Correlates to all applicable National and State...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In this program, two women with rewarding careers in agriculture describe their work: Deanna Johnson, a marketing representative who assists and makes purchases from grain producers; and Julie Couillard, a production coordinator who manages soil preparation, seeding, watering, and fertilization for an organic vegetable farm. Conversations with co-workers and supervisors add to the descriptions...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points protocols evolved from a system developed in the 1960s and implemented by NASA. This program explains and demonstrates the HACCP system, which identifies and isolates specific hazards throughout the process of food production in order to ensure consumer safety. The seven HACCP principles that restaurants and food vendors should implement are discussed...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In the hospitality industry, you really do have to please everyone. Chefs, caterers, and dining hall managers must accommodate dietary limits whenever possible. This video examines special food needs that restaurant customers and banquet attendees sometimes have. It identifies three major reasons for meal restrictions-allergies and intolerances, diseases and disorders, and cultural and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Most people don't know it, but they have about a hundred million functioning neurons in their intestines. This "hidden brain" in the human gut, and the surprising things it makes us think and feel, are the subjects of Heribert Watzke's intriguing TEDTalk. A veteran researcher from Nestle's food science lab and an expert on food chemistry, Watzke describes how studying this second brain, as it...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Manufacturing an Armstrong gun in British factory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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Summary: Auto factory 1920s
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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Summary: Manufacturing an Armstrong gun in British factory.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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Summary: Manufacturing an Armstrong gun in British factory.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1920
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Summary: In this program the basics of sustainable farming and locally grown foods are explored through the eyes of three highly-trained chefs who have left big city jobs to grow fresh, healthy ingredients for their gourmet dishes. The video follows the chefs as they establish a farm complete with vegetables, fruits, herbs, chickens, cows, and pigs, and without fertilizers, pesticides, or hormones....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011