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Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 500 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
Publisher
Distributed by Winstar TV & Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bio-pic about the passionate life of the great French novelist, Honore de Balzac, who was ignored by critics and harassed by debt-collectors and sustained by the Russian countess whom he loved his entire life.
3) The secret
Publisher
Prime Time Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
"...Leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret [law of attraction] that utterly transformed the lives of those who lived it ... Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein."--Container.
4) Jazz
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Series
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts for the gardens using ancient texts and spy satellite images to uncover evidence to support her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before commonly believed. Her search takes her to one of the most dangerous places on earth in a modern-day adventure story searching to find a site thousands of years old.
6) The West
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spanning from the first European advance into the wilderness to the dawn of the 20th century, this series portrays the profound, often devastating impact the onrushing white settlers, adventurers and exploiters had on Native Americans and the land.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 8 hr., 37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Zero killer: No Allied aircraft can match Japan's deadly Zero until the American Navy deploys the fearsome F6F Hellcat. Strap in with legendary dogfighters Robert Duncan, Hamilton McWhorter, and Alex Vraciu to relive the epic dogfights of 1943 that wrote a new chapter in the annals of aerial combat. The last gunfighter: Tackle the fierce North Vietnamese MiG in the Navy's best fighter, the F8 Crusader, alongside jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood,...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An exploration into America's Independence War. Using interviews with scholars, first-person narratives and historic documents, the series travels back to the passionate, violent and sometimes tragically funny events of the 1770s.
10) Pyramid
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explore the process of building an ancient Egyptian pyramid and visit various historic sites and rare artifacts, including the mummy of Ramses II.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A twisted suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, one foppish gentleman, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In the midst of his rescue, he meets and falls passinately in love with Marguerite, France's most celebrated actress.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captures the dramatic, lust-filled saga of King Charles II, from his youthful exile in the Netherlands to his numerous sexual escapades during his tumultuous 25-year reign to his secret deathbed conversion to Catholicism.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
JS and MN tells the alternative history of 19th-century England, where magic once existed and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange, two duelling magicians who pit their skills against the might of Napoleon, the mythical Raven King and death itself.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
First permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565. America's Untold Story uncovers the story of America's past that never made it into textbooks.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This epic program encompasses nearly a thousand years of despair and rebellion, innovation and conflict, from the first settlement of Russe Vikings to the brutal murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The lives and complicated legacies of figures like Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Rasputin are explored in two episodes. Russian: Land of the Tsars blends rare source materials, historical re-enactments, expert commentary,...
16) Moments in time
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 DVD (~400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores archaeological finds and discusses what objects found today can reveal about the past.
17) Building wonders
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Building Wonders, Nova presents three groundbreaking shows that investigate engineering mysteries of the ancient world with the help of dramatic hands-on experiments. Modern architects use medieval tools to examine the Lost City of Petra in the middle of Jordan's desert, the vast Roman Colosseum, and Turkey's 1,500 year-old cathedral dome, Hagia Sophia.
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
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (430 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The second season of AMC's post-Civil War series Hell on Wheels; continues the story of former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, whose journey is filled with turmoil and danger as he struggles to leave a troubled past behind. Centered around the traveling town that follows the construction of the transcontinental railroad, the series examines the greed and corruption in man₂s fight for power.
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