Acorn Media (Firm)
501) Churchill's bodyguard: the newly discovered story of the man who stood watch over Britain's hero
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (10 hr., 11 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As Winston Churchill's personal bodyguard for nearly 18 years, Walter H. Thompson saw history unfold firsthand. This program is based on the complete, uncensored manuscript of Walter H. Thompson, a Scotland Yard detective. This video gives you a behind the scenes look at the life and leadership of Winston Churchill.
502) East of Eden
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 382 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (515 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Likable family man Tom Barnaby is the down-to-earth Chief detective for a cluster of idyllic English country villages where some of the rose-covered cottages are home to murderers, thieves, and blackmailers. Barnaby exposes the criminals with the help from his eager young assistant Sargeant Troy and from his supportive wife.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (580 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With its rolling hills, lush forests and scenic coastline, Brokenwood, New Zealand is an oasis within the hectic modern world, a refuge of peace -- and innocence. But the bucolic beauty belies a shockingly high murder rate for its denizens. Detectives Mike Shepherd, Kristin Sims, and Daniel Chalmers and pathologist Gina Kadinsky employ ingenious methods to apprehend the evildoers lurking in their quaint but killer town.