Channel Four (Great Britain)
1) The tower
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (384 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Tower of London has been the place of murdered Kings, beheaded Queens, executed spies, and ruthlessly killed innocents. Learn through expert interviews and dramatic reenactments about the notorious past of this setting for the darkest deeds.
2) GBH
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 588 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It begins innocently enough: a politician calls a strike, and the headmaster of a local school inadvertently sabotages it. Soon the men are caught in a power struggle of epic proportions.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifty years after World War II, a team of divers discovered an unidentified German U-boat off the New Jersey coast. What boat was it? And what secret mission had brought it there? This video also traces the history of submarines and undersea warfare from the American Revolution through World War II.
4) The snowman
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Weaves a spell of magical winter enchantment as a young boy's snowman comes to life and escorts him on a visit to the North Pole.
6) Longitude
Series
Adventure collection volume disc 5-6
Publisher
New Video Group [distributor
Pub. Date
2000]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chromometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Blackbeard was the most feared and infamous pirate of his day. In the early eighteenth century, the former British privateer trolled the shipping lanes of the Atlantic. From the deck of his flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, he commanded the seas. His flagship ran aground off the coast of North Carolina, and had to abandon her to the sea. 300 years later, a group of marine archaeologists have discovered the remains of the ship and their careful preservation...
9) Young@Heart
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young at Heart Chorus is based in Northampton, Massachusetts. See the final weeks of rehearsal for the group, whose average age is 81 and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs that range from James Brown to Coldplay. The group has toured Europe and sung for royalty. Now they are focusing on preparing new songs, not an easy endeavor,...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Physicist Brian Greene discusses the historical quest for a grand unified theory in physics which will reconcile quantum physics and general relativity, and considers the possibility that superstring theory may bring an end to that search.
11) Sword of honour
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (193 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A war story and a love story, as well as a biting satire on the emergence of the world we live in today.
13) Big cats
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Goes inside the largest animals on the planet to explore their anatomy, reveal their intricate inner workings and uncover their evolutionary secrets. In this episode, veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect a lion and tiger. On the outside, the animals look very different; but once their skins are removed, even the experts find it hard to distinguish the two.
Series
Criterion collection volume 699
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
Errol Morris turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse of Hawking's body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening of...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Who would have predicted that a hot spot left over from the Big Bang would eventually lead to our galaxy, the solar system, the Earth, - and to us? Origins explores how the universe and our planet began amid chaos and eventually gave birth to the first stirrings of life. Join cutting-dege scientists on a voyage deep into the Earth to find analogs to the earliest life on our planet, and travel a million miles from Earth with a space probe designed...
16) Traffik
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 305 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"From the fields of Pakistan through the docks of Hamburg to the halls of London's power elite, this epic drama crosses continents and cultures to portray the dark and dangerous world of international drug smuggling. The intersecting stories of vivid characters-- a British minister with a drug-addicted daughter, the wife of a German businessman whose husband is arrested for drug trafficking, and a Pakistani farmer struggling to live off his land--...
17) The tank man
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approx. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the fight for freedom around the world. Filmmaker Antony Thomas investigates the identity, fate, and significance of the tank man.
Series
Criterion collection volume 458
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVD (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal...
19) The deal
Series
Miriam collection volume 6
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at Tony Blair's rise to power, and the rivalry he faced against his mentor and current Prime Minister to the U.K., Gordon Brown.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (317 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vivid descriptions and analysis of historical personalities with costumed actors, historical locations, and portraits to visually enliven the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the 1660s.