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Biographical television programs. Documentary television programs. Fiction television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television adaptations. Television mini-series. Television series. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingSummary: A timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KOCH Vision 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WAR NOT RATEDSummary: Based on the true story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, a Vatican official, who, under threat of death from the Gestapo, saved prisoners of war and others from the German forces occupying Rome during World War II.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SCASummary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BURCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BURSummary: Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRSummary: Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHAKretschmann, Thomas
Summary: Follows the lives of child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, and those who helped them to rebuild their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WINSummary: Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DANTaylor-Joy, Anya
Summary: Set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, a young woman receives the gift of an exact replica of their home from her new husband and she soon finds that the miniature creations inside it mirror what is happening in the real house in unnerving ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MINSummary: Mini-series about Octavius and Marc Anthony's struggle to control ancient Rome following Julius Caesar's assassination.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EMPSummary: This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ASISummary: Groundbreaking eight-part series reveals ancient Rome's hidden treasures and untold stories as never before. From iconic figures including Caligula, Caesar, and Constantine to epic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius, the invasion of Britain, and fall of Rome, this collection reveals a startling, up-to-date vision of the ancient empire and challenges our perception of what we know about the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc WCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WHESummary: Based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood and inspired by true events, Alias Grace tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who - along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) - finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 double murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AliasSummary: The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She₂s working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: Set in 1860s New York City, the drama is centered on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged, Irish-American cop working in the city's notorious Five Points neighborhood. He struggles to maintain his moral compass while embarking on a quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COPSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016