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1) James Dean
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at the life and death of James Dean through interviews with many of his co-stars, friends and other insiders.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (780 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([12] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions. The final act of his larger-than-life career played out on a grand stage with a spellbound public engrossed in the drama. In the end, his death would launch one of the greatest myths in American history. Part of the Wild West collection.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"He was an uninspired student who won the Nobel Prize for literature. He failed military school examinations twice--and then became Lord of the Admiralty. A disastrous decision during World War I threatened to ruin his political career, but he was named Prime Minister of Britain in 1940. The three programs in this encyclopedic collection explore Winston Churchill's extraordinary life and monumental legacy. Written and hosted by his official biographer,...
6) Phil Spector
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The relationship between Phil Spector and his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden is explored.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of LTC John Paul Vann (Paxton) and his work as a military and civilian advisor in Vietnam over a ten year period (1962-72) until his death in an accidental helicopter crash. As a military advisor, Vann attempted to fight corruption in the Vietnamese army, recognizing the need to build trust among the Vietnamese peasantry. When his recommendations were ignored by the U.S. military, he exposed falsified battle reports and other deceptions...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (220 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Reappraises Grant's career, from his pre-civil war days as a failed soldier, to his transformation into the greatest Union hero of the Civil War, to his presidency, rocked by scandal and economic depression, and to his last days, when he raced to finish his war memoirs as he was dying of cancer.
10) Gideon's trumpet
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case, Gideon v. Wainright (1963), led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
11) This is Bob Hope
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including hosting the Academy Awards a record 19 times and his annual USO Christmas military tours.
12) Goose
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of Harlem Globetrotter Reece "Goose" Tatum through interviews with prominent sports, entertainment, and business figures.
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (312 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A twelve-part British television dramatization of Edith Holden's bestselling book, exploring the character of the woman who wrote Nature Notes for 1906 and the world she knew. Each episode is a celebration of a month in 1906 and is described by Edith with the prose, poetry, and watercolor illustrations that made her book popular.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1973
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 262 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drinks, drugs, unhappy love affairs, premature death: their own life stories were more tragic than the stories they wrote. Enter the world of the Brontë sisters, who poured out their frustrations, failures and personal tragedies in their classic works. Recreates the Victorian Era of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and their brother, Branwell, who retreated from life on the Yorkshire moors into a more complex fantasy world. Hoping for fame and success, their...
15) Citizen Hearst
Publisher
PBS
Formats
Description
In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst's media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. His newspapers were so influential that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Winston Churchill all wrote for him. The first practitioner of what is now known as 'synergy,' Hearst used his media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political...
16) Silent spring
Series
Becoming green volume 4
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.
17) Redemption
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While awaiting execution in prison, Stan 'Tookie' Williams, founder of the L.A. Crips street gang, denounces the lifestyle that landed him behind bars. Determined to stop violence, he begins writing anti-gang books for children, earning him critical acclaim - and four Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
Based on the inspirational true story, this all-American scripted saga charts the birth of this iconic bike during a time of great social and technological change beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Walter, Arthur, and Bill risked their entire fortunes and livelihoods to launch the budding enterprise. Each of these men faced very different challenges, but it was the motorcycle that united their dreams and ambitions.
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