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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
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
2014
Language
English
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
724) Amistad
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Publisher
San Pitch Productions
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Travel historic Highway 89 and its scenic companion, the Boulder Loop, through some of the most splendid and rugged territory found in any of the 50 states. Stories of the Old West are told about outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, ancient Native American cultures, Mormon pioneers, artists, famous movie stars filming in Little Hollywood, ghost towns, lost treasures, parks and recreation.
Publisher
GoodTimes Home Video Corp
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Prelude to war: Recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe. The Nazis strike: Documents the relentless advance of Germany's military machine, as Hitler's armies terrorize their victims with blitzkrieg tactics and spread through the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
728) Viceroy's house
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
729) Bible collection
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Explores some of the mysteries and hidden facts of the Bible.
"History Bible Collection is a comprehensive 16-disc collection that examines one of the world's most important texts; one that serves as the foundation for both Judaism and Christianity. Explore the mysteries and hidden facts in the most-read book in human history. Unearth the trail of chapters that were left out of the ultimate version of the Scriptures with renowned scholars Kenneth...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Credited with both unifying China and tormenting its citizenry, Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China," is one of the most controversial leaders in the nation's history. His reign brought advances such as standardized currencies, weights, and measures, unified written and spoken language and transportation systems. In battle, too, he was centuries ahead of his time--creating assembly lines to mass-produce precision-crafted swords, arrows and...
731) Waterloo
Publisher
Atrium DVDArt
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Napoleon Bonaparte, inspiring his people with his military and political genius as well as his revolutionary fervor, becomes, within a few brief years, Emperor of France and master of Europe. After 15 years of victory, in 1812 he meets with disaster in his Russian Campaign. In 1813, defeated by the combined forces of Austria, Russia, Prussia and England at Leipzig, Napoleon is driven to the very gates of Paris where he awaits his destiny. In March...
732) Camelot
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A musical retelling of the rise and fall of England's mythical King Arthur.
733) Gods and generals
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the rise and fall of civil war general, Stonewall Jackson.
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
1. Akedah (the binding): an account of Abraham and his willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac. 2. Elijah and the widow of Zarephath: an account of Elijah asking a mother for bread when she had only enough ingredients for one small serving. When she offers it to Elijah, she is blessed so that her supply of grain and oil does not run out. 3. The touch: an account of the woman who has an issue of blood and is healed when she touches the hem of Jesus'...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While...
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal, followed by a segment, "Behind the scenes." That final segment features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing "clinching the interviews, Nixon's advisors, ground rules, on location, Nixon's reaction, and the final meeting" he had with Nixon at San Clemente.
738) MacArthur
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
PBS video index version.
Language
English
Description
No soldier has ever captured the American imagination like Douglas MacArthur. He led Americans into battle for a half-century, through glorious victories and soul-numbing defeats. Courageous and supremely egotistical, he battled anyone who dared question his military judgment, even the President of the United States.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[©1956]
Language
English
Description
Okinawa 1946, occupied by American troops whose assignment is to bring democracy to the inhabitants. The captain in charge, Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford), is a well-meaning but inept loser, and faces a wily Okinawan interpreter, Sakini (Marlon Brando), and a determined geisha girl, Lotus Blossom (Machiko Kyo), along with villagers who know how to take advantage of foreign occupation!
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