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1) Jazz
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a rock star of the early 80s art scene: he lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings. It took less than a decade to go from anonymous graffiti writer to an epoch-defining art star. He has emerged as one of the most important artists of his generation and now exhibits in museums all over the world.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 766 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Plunge headlong into the great battles and meet the heroes that have shaped the armed forces. With a combination of government documents, combat footage and extensive interviews, this set tells the story of all five branches of the military.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the rule of Henry VIII to the Russian Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology."--container.
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. +
Language
English
Description
Historian Michael Wood leads a nine-part tour through 2,500 years of Western painting, sculpture, and architecture, filmed at over 150 locations in eight countries and featuring commentary by historians and scholars.
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (10 hrs. 35 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, the frozen battlefields of Korea, the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, to the blistering sands of Iraq, this is war as you have never seen it before. This is the story of war that can only be told by the men and women who experienced it. In this collection, four generations of veterans recall the horrors of engagement and the relationships they forged under the most harrowing circumstances, providing a perspective...
Publisher
PBS DVD Gold
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
Traces the history of Islam during its first 1000 years.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 520 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan . Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
10) Beans
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge. Torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence, she is forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior that she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Elizabeth I beginning with her imprisonment in the Tower of London, a dramatic retelling that highlights the plots, intrigue, and deception surrounding and involving the life and reign of the charismatic Queen.
12) Chronos
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A visual-musical journey through time and history, featuring locations from the cradle of civilization to a modern day metropolis.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
℗♭2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike.
Publisher
11 KBYU-TV
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
There is something in all of us that relishes the thought of being first. Utahns are no exception. This is the place for extraordinary events, the home of ingenious inventors and audacious adventurers who changed our notion of what's possible. Discover the surprising, intriguing and sometimes poignant stories of just some of Utah's Famous Firsts in KBYU Eleven's latest documentary. What do Frisbees, artificial hearts, Kentucky Fried Chicken and stoplights...
Publisher
KUED7/University of Utah
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videorecording : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the shadows of the Teton Mountains, a group of Jackson Hole neighbors gathered at a cabin one summer's night in 1923. Together, they shared a vision for the future of their town--an ambitious balance between conservation and development. That vision set in motion a series of political events wild enough to have come from the pages of an Old West fiction. The Jackson Hill Story explores the cration of grand Teton National Park and how it shaped...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by the memorable songs that explain how our government is set up and how the electoral process works. Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states.
Publisher
Carnival Film & Television Limited, [2019]
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Series
Publisher
Goldhil Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. The three closely connected movements had a profound impact on Western society, and the Scientific Revolution led eventually to the Industrial Revolution. Worldwide exploration, which preceded the Scientific Revolution...
Series
Publisher
Goldhil Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. The three closely connected movements had a profound impact on Western society, and the Scientific Revolution led eventually to the Industrial Revolution. Worldwide exploration, which preceded the Scientific Revolution...
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