British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Women's Olamal follows the events that preceded a controversial ceremony in Loita, Kenya, to bless the women and to increase their ability to have children. This film, presented in observational style with limited commentary, depicts some of the tensions between men and women in Maasai society which, in this case, erupt in a violent row between them.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two hits the ground running with Sarah in a desperate race to find her missing daughter Kira. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with pro-clone Rachel, dividing and imperiling all the clones. As Sarah discovers more about her past, mysterious newcomers appear. But can they be trusted?
3) Brazil
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape, food, music, beach life and unique cultural heritage of...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Power, passion, and corruption drive this adaptation of the novel that critics consider Anthony Trollope's best. Although set in the railway boom of the 1870s, this is the remarkably contemporary story of ordinary men and women blinded by monetary gains.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three kids are given the challenge of a lifetime; to be let loose in the world's greatest museum after hours to unlock the mystery behind famous artifacts. It's not going to be easy and they must race through the museum and complete complex challenges and confront visions from the past in their quest for answers. What's more the halls are patrolled by evil spirits and security guards who must be avoided at all costs.
Series
Publisher
Questar, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
Muzzy is the number one language-learning program for children developed by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Children begin their journey to bilingualism by watching a video story about Muzzy, a lovable extraterrestrial who flies around the universe and makes new friends in the Kingdom of Gondoland. Six video stories and three vocabulary builders for French.
Series
Publisher
Questar, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
Muzzy is the number one language-learning program for children developed by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Children begin their journey to bilingualism by watching a video story about Muzzy, a lovable extraterrestrial who flies around the universe and makes new friends in the Kingdom of Gondoland. Six video stories and three vocabulary builders for French.
8) Dynasties II
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This BBC American wildlife show, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, is a follow-up to the acclaimed 2018 documentary. The new series will focus on the trials of six new animal families: pumas, elephants; cheetahs; hyenas; meerkats; and macaques, all led by powerful females, as they try to protect their relatives and secure their line.
10) Henry IV: Part I
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
2000, c1980
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play. Upon the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur. The play also treats the moral development of the king's son Hal (later Henry V).
12) Two women
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beautiful Natalya is married to Arkadi, a rich but older landowner. Bored with her life, she catches the eye of the handsome Mikhail. Might this flirtation develop into something more? Not once the young, attractive Aleksei arrives as tutor to Natalya's son. Natalya falls for Aleksei, but so does her teenage step-daughter Vera. Suddenly Natalia's seemingly idyllic life has turned into a complex web of unrequited love, guilt, lust and jealousy....
13) Julius Caesar
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
2000, c1979
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope. A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
2000, c1981
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a play within a play by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British detective Miranda Blake and her German partner Max Winter must find a way to work together as they work to solve cases all across the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Publisher
BBC Productions
Pub. Date
♭2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In many ways, including artistic ones, Russia appears forever on the brink of revolution. This program examines Russian visual art as it progressed--or regressed, depending on one's opinion--during the 20th century. Host Andrew Graham-Dixon roots out portraits of Stalin stashed in museum storerooms, notes the transformation of the Moscow Metro into a public art gallery, and visits a stunning creation of postwar Communist rule: the Space Monument....
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world's longest-running sitcom set in the glorious Yorkshire Dales is back and the ageing delinquents are up to their old tricks again. There's a case of mistaken identity in the village when Smiler is suspected of being a university professor in disguise. And Clegg is inspired to write his memoirs, prompting him to go in search of a childhood sweetheart but he is temporarily distracted when he manages to get stuck up a tree.
19) Serengeti
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unique access to a pristine and unspoiled corner of the Serengeti deep in the heart of Africa, this series captures the drama of the animals' daily lives and the emotional moments they face.