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1) TR
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 225 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a pioneering American team's ground-breaking attempts to decipher the legendary explorer's last diary. By digging out these forgotten pages, they began an incredible journey inside the mind of this extraordinary 19th-century adventurer. The original pages contain a secret, hidden until now, is it possible that Livingstone, a crusader for the abolition of slavery, worked with slaves?
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get inside the iconic life of John F. Kennedy, a reckless rich kid who lived on the edge, and became a WWII hero and President who challenged the nation as it had never been before. This comprehensive family portrait also includes hour-long biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Joseph P. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Ted Kennedy, along with never-before-seen lost Kennedy home movies filmed by Robert and Ethel Kennedy in...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking documentary series sheds new light on real-estate icon, Robert Durst, while unraveling one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in New York history.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In four one-hour episodes, Season 7 of Art in the Twenty First Century will present documentary profiles of 12-14 of today's most inspiring visual artists, at work and in their own words.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
'No black, no white, just soldiers,' declared Jack Benedick, a young, white lieutenant of the 9th Infantry's Charlie Company. In 1967, no other person would have ever uttered these liberating words, but Charlie Company was different, functioning largely free of radical prejudice. Boys of '67 recounts the spellbinding chronicle of one of the last combat infantry companies to be shipped off to the Vietnam War, their sacrifices, their bond, and their...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From his rise to power to his legendary battles with Theodore Roosevelt, this is the complete story of the legendary financier who twice saved the nation.
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
His drive to help his deaf mother communicate led to one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Alexander Graham Bell left his mark on the world with the invention of the telephone. Biography traces the life of the famed inventor.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
11) Billy the Kid
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western icon.
13) Althea
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Althea Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper2s daughter, her family2s migration to Harlem, her mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, her fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring the story into a much broader realm of African American history, transcending sports.
14) Hemingway
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow Dr. Albert Barnes on his remarkable rise from a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood to the top of the modern art world. This unique tale follows Dr. Barnes as he travels the world, collecting works of art by some of history's most famous artists. The film digs deep into the intricacies of each painting, offering a rare look at the priceless collection and at the new Philadelphia museum that now houses it.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Winston Churchill's quest for his inner self took two forms: a constant thirst for exotic travel and a passion for the exuberance of painting and the beauty of words. His granddaughter, Celia Sandys, traveled extensively with Churchill towards the end of his life. Now, in this intimate portrait, she follows in her grandfather's footsteps, traveling to France, Cuba, South Africa, the United States, Egypt and Morocco to discover the real man behind...
Language
English
Formats
Description
1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose combination of scientific knowledge and raw determination had...
19) Billy Graham
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, BILLY GRAHAM built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.
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