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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America, and our nation as a whole.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Africa's Great Civilizations In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (2,370 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. in box + 1 bonus videodisc (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Set in the mythical town of Medicine Bow, Wyoming in the 1890's, the show chronicled the lives and relationships of the people who came West and settled in the wild land.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (475 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne Lister returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening her coal mines and marrying well. However, the charismatic, single-minded Lister--who dresses in black from head to toe and has charmed her way into high society--has no intention of marrying a man. Instead, she is determined to stay true to her nature by marrying Ann Walker, a sheltered heiress who happens...
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
18 videodiscs (approximately 2,610 mins) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"At the end of the 9th century, many of the separate kingdoms, which we now call England, have fallen in bloody conflict with invading Danes. Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon). Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. For many years fate binds him to Alfred (David Dawson), Saxon King of Wessex. Uhtred must fight for Alfred's dream of uniting the kingdoms....
507) Triangle fire
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the gruesome culmination of years of unrest in America's most profitable manufacturing industry. Two years earlier, led by a spontaneous walkout in the same factory, twenty thousand garment workers, in the largest women's strike in American history, took to the streets of New York to protest working conditions. They gained the support of both progressives...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (approximately 1,392 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two families, the Hazards and the Mains, are geographically and ideologically separated by the U.S. Civil War. The hatred, prejudice, and greed that tear at the fabric of a nation also threaten to destroy the threads that have woven the lives of these two families together.
Book one: One is from a Northern industrial family, one from a Southern plantation family. They're West Point graduates whose tried-and-true loyalty helps them survive the Mexican-American...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
513) The Comey rule
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump, two powerful men whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
515) The History Channel ultimate collections: World War II.,World War II: The war in Europe, part 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Pursuit to the Rhine, the Allies, under tactical air support, break through German lines and enemy resistance crumbles. In The Bomber Offensive, the Allies raid a German munitions factory by air and force a turning point in the war. The Battle of the Bulge tells the history of the last major engagement of the European campaign. The Battle of Germany tells of the final campaign of the European theater, with the British and Canadian offensive crossing...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A riveting look at the battle for Okinawa in which the Japanese defenders, in an all-or-nothing attempt to stop the Americans, employed guerrilla tactics, bolstered their defense with women, and sent wave after wave of Kamikaze planes at the attackers.
519) The History Channel ultimate collections: World War II.,World War II: The war in the Pacific, part 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at MacArthur's strategy and the heroic battle for the Philippines, the final desparate battle between the Japanese and the Allies for Okinawa, and Admiral William Halsey's Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
520) The History Channel ultimate collections: World War II.,World War II: The war in Europe, part 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes an overview of World War II from the German Blitzkeieg to the Allies' bloody battle for Berlin, as well as the desert war in northern Africa, the landing of the Allies and the brutal German counterattack at Anzio, and the largest amphibious assault in world history, the Normandy invasion.
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