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2) Russian ark
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in + 1 insert.
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c200?
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Using superb 3D graphics, this program highlights China's architectural achievements including The Great Wall of China, the terracotta army of the First Chinese Emperor, a Chinese village from seven thousand years ago and Beijing's Forbidden City.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
8) The claim
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tale of regret and greed in the Gold Rush-era American West. In 1867, Daniel Dillon, the wealthy 49er who runs Kingdom Come, a Sierra Nevada boomtown, is trying to bring the railroad through town when the past comes back to haunt him. Twenty years ago, he sold his wife and daughter to another goldminer for the claim to the gold mine that brought him his fortune.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Story Of Ireland is a five-part landmark history of Ireland presented by Fergal Keane (Wild Africa, Great Railway Journeys). Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the island has been at peace. This is unprecedented in the history of modern Ireland and so seems like a perfect time to reflect on the Irish as a people and as a modern European nation.
Publisher
Drive-In Doc LLC
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Once a vibrant part of american culture, drive-ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation from big cities to small rural towns. Although drive-ins are experiencing a resurgence in the new millennium, today less than 400 remain. In a nation that loves cars and movies, why haven't they survived?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the rule of Henry VIII to the Russian Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (9 hrs., 24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the architectural and engineering legacies of some of the world's most powerful empires from the past. "The scope is wide, both geographically (from China to Central America, from the cities of Western Europe to the plains of Siberia) and temporally (from thousands of years ago to the relatively recent past), but the focus is on specific engineering and architectural projects undertaken by the various civilizations under discussion--not just...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Divided by politics but bonded by blood, Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo find their paths intersecting through some of the most tumultuous events in recent history. Produced for Italian television, but never broadcast; released theatrically instead.
Series
Ancient civilizations volume 30
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2009, c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : col. maps, col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
On a remote island in the Pacific, hundreds of monumental human figures carved from stone stand with their backs to the ocean. Trace the journey of the Polynesian navigators who first landed on Easter Island. Learn how the island's stonemasons carved and transported the gigantic statues and investigate why the production of these strange statues suddenly ceased
18) Ragtime
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the E.L. Doctorow novel of 1906 America, a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of an important time in America's history. It is now an award winning Broadway musical.
Publisher
Gateway Films/Vision Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (168 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Survey the entire more-than-400-year history of Christianity in America from before the Pilgrims to the present in this ... DVD series. You'll gain valuable perspective on the people and ideas that shaped America and see how it came to be the first nation in history based upon the ideal of religious liberty. In this six-episode series you'll meet the spiritual visionaries, leaders and entrepreneurs who shaped Christianity across the centuries and...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the year 334 BC, a 20-year-old military commander from northern Greece set out to conquer what was then the known world. His name was King Alexander of Macedon. During the next 12 years, he led 40,000 troops more than 20,000 miles, defeating the most powerful ruler on Earth, King Darius of Persia, and conquering all of Asia. He died of a battle wound at the age of 32, but his conquests have been celebrated and studied for more than 2,000 years....
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