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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (261 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee. Chee, too, has old scores to settle from his youth on the reservation. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and...
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (413 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The second season of AMC's post-Civil War series Hell on Wheels; continues the story of former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, whose journey is filled with turmoil and danger as he struggles to leave a troubled past behind. Centered around the traveling town that follows the construction of the transcontinental railroad, the series examines the greed and corruption in man's fight for power.
44) Sanditon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A trip back home to Glasgow presents James with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves. As Helen and James navigate their feelings for one another, Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall are also forced to consider their places in the world, while James must decide between supporting his family or following his heart.
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A twisted suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, one foppish gentleman, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In the midst of his rescue, he meets and falls passinately in love with Marguerite, France's most celebrated actress.
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (10 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Poldark, the drama that has become a cultural phenomenon, continues for a second season on the stunning beaches of Cornwall. It's 1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark, the character redefined by the smoldering Aidan Turner, must fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis and Elizabeth watch on in horror, can Demelza save Ross from himself?
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Armed with more power and greater responsibility, Ragnar's desire to seek out and conquer new kingdoms remains unquenchable. Loyalties shift as friends turn to foes and unlikely alliances are formed. Amidst all the war and political confusion, not a single soul is spared in the name of supremacy.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (499 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, Marian, embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan or her aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha. In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the...
51) The Civil War
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hidden deep beneath the sea lies the wreckage of mighty war machines, each with untold stories of battles, glory, and demise. Join us on the hunt for these antiques of the deep, and unlock the mysteries and the history waiting on the ocean floor.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (428 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the town of Kingsbridge during the middle of the twelfth century, the lives of those who are working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world become entwined through their ambitions, loves, and tribulations. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Produced with the exclusive cooperation of bestselling author Erich von Daniken, Ancient Aliens launches all-new expeditions to seek out and evaluate the evidence, with a concentration on discoveries of the last thirty years, including unusual DNA findings on man's evolution and newly decoded artifacts from Egypt to Syria to South America. It is a balanced investigation into a theory some believe cannot be true, but many agree cannot be ignored.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 774 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
56) Little women
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 19 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (552 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin,...
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 750 min.) : 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.
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