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Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
From the initial plans in 1918 to the commencement of all-access tours, examines the 165-room mansion overlooking the California countryside, commissioned by media mogul William Randolph Hearst.
Publisher
Slingshot Entertainment ; Vista Point Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000=6, c1998.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gives the history and shows film footage of Hearst Castle, the vision of newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst, who was inspired by his many trips to Europe's finest castles. From this unique blend of European influence rose an architectural masterpiece which Hearst furnished with priceless art, surrounded by gardens, terraces, pools and walkways spanning 127 acres.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 147 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Taught by acclaimed linguist, author, and Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University, Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage dispels the cloud of confusion that clings to English, giving you a crystal-clear view of why we use it the way we do and where it fits into the diverse languages of the world. After completing these 24 lectures, you will think about how you use English in a new way, listen to others with discernment and fascination,...
Publisher
Travel Channel
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the ultimate video tour of Hearst Castle. Relive the history, excitement and glamour of the past! Visit the buildings, rooms, gardens and places the public never goes. With your host and guide, William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter, Patricia Hearst.
6) American Pop
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Journey into an explosion of sight, sound, song, and superb storytelling as brilliantly conceived by animation innovator Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, The Lord of the Rings, Wizards). From a turn-of-the-century immigrant vaudevillian to a rock superstar, AMERICAN POP is the story of four generations whose lives revolve around the beat of American popular music. Featuring a mind-blowing soundtrack bursting with the hit music of The Doors, Janis Joplin,...
7) Edvard Munch
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
A biography of Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch and the effect his upbringing in Norway had on his work and whose raw, modern work The Scream shocked the bourgeois world.
Publisher
[distributed by Joan Sullivan through] artseen@charter.net
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tour the Camp Roberts Historical Museum. Camp Roberts is one of the Army's largest World War II military camps. Includes exhibits on Native Americans, early California ranches, and vintage vehicles. Hear stories about celebrities who trained there and interviews with World War II enactors who staged mock battles at this camp on the Central Coast.
10) Rising Free
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In 1887, a young woman, Nakomay, is on the run for her life throughout the vast terrain of the Oregon territory. Relentless persecution and devastating adversity drove her to a life of seclusion, having everyone she ever loved stripped from her grasp. A harrowing journey leads her into the arms of a gracious family that takes her in as one of their own. Over time, she begins to process through the pain she's buried deep within, learning what it truly...
11) Black '47
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
One soldier's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. Starring Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent.
12) Copperhead
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (120 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
13) Freedom Road
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, plays Gideon Jackson, an former slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land where they were enslaved.
14) Woman in Gold
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds star in the remarkable true story of one woman's battle against the establishment to recover her family possessions that had been seized by Nazis during WWII.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Nicole Kidman plays explorer, diplomat and "female Lawrence of Arabia" Gertrude Bell in the Werner Herzog-directed true story of a woman who defied all convention.
16) The New World
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Amid the clash of European and Native American cultures following the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, the legendary romance of an English explorer, Captain John Smith (international superstar Colin Farrell - Alexander), and a beautiful Indian princess, Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher), is transformed into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery, both a celebration and an elegy for the America that was... and the America that was...
17) To Olivia
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
1962, Roald Dahl was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal, was a Hollywood movie star. Their lives are turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted measles and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.
19) The founder
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like a Renaissance painting come to life and gives a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the Medici political dynasty. Focuses on two of the city's leading citizens: banker Cosimo de' Medici and art theorist Leon Battista Alberti.
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