ARTE
American Masters. The Artists 
Thirteen/WNET.-- New York, NY : Wellspring, 2004.
6 videodiscs (440 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709 AME
Six biographies of America´s most influential painters, photographers and creative minds.
American Photography : a century of images
Produced by KTCA St. Paul/Minneapolis in association with Middlemarch Films, Inc. ; written by Ronald Blumer ; produced
and directed by Muffie Meyer and Ellen Hovde.
S.l : PBS DVD Video, [2004], c1999.
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770.973 AME
The story of the pictures we have taken and where they have taken us. The series traces the profound effect
photographs have had on American life-- influencing what we buy, how we dress, how we get the news, and in the matters of
life and death, medicine, science, and war.
Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century : seasons one and two
Series created by Susan Sollins and Susan Dowling.
Alexandria, VA : Art21, Inc : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2003.
2 videodiscs (7.5 hrs.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709.73 ART
Contents: Disc 1: Place, Spirituality, Identity, Consumption -- Disc 2: Stories, Loss and Desire, Time, Humor.
Seasons one and two of this unique series presents 37 diverse artists working in the United States today, taking viewers behind-the-scenes, and beyond the museum or gallery experience, into artist´s studios, homes and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration.
Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century : season three
Series created by Susan Sollins and Susan Dowling.
Alexandria, VA : Art21, Inc : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709.73 ART
Presents 18 diverse artists working in the United States, taking viewers behind the scenes - and beyond the museum or gallery experience - into artists´ studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration.
Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century : season four
Series created by Susan Sollins and Susan Dowling
Alexandria, VA : Art21, Inc : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709.73 ART
Meet contemporary artists at work and speaking in their own words. This season spotlights 17 artists working in the United States today, and they speak out about politics, mortality, love, chaos, and more.
Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century. Season five
A production of Art21 Inc. ; series created by Susan Sollins and Susan Dowling
New York : Art21 Inc : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709.73 ART
Through in-depth profiles and dynamic behind-the-scenes footage featuring artists speaking directly about their inspirations and ideas, Season Five shows a broad range of artistic practice, technical innovation, and experimentation, from artists tackling large-scale collaborative projects in hangar-like studios to those working in the quiet of more intimate studio settings.
Betty Boop
A&E Television Networks.
[Burlington, VT] : New York, NY : A&E Home Video ; New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 741.5 BET
She first appeared on screen with the body of a woman and the head of a dog. Re-invented as 100% woman, the racy cartoon star became an American icon.
How Art Made the World : how humans made art and art made us human
BBC TV production in association with KCET Hollywood ; series producer, Mark Hedgecoe ; produced and directed by Francis Whately, Ben McPherson, Martin Wilson, Nick Murphy and Robin Dashwood.-- New York, NY ; Burbank, CA : BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas : Distributed in the U.S. by Warner Home Video, 2006.
2 videodiscs (290 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 709 HOW
Reveals how the first big artistic discoveries were made and how they have cascaded down the centuries to define the look of the present day.
Rivers and Tides : Andy Goldsworthy working with time
Producer, Annedore v. Donop ; co-producers, Trevor Davies and Leslie Hills
Burlington, VT ; New York, NY : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, 2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 702.8 RIV
Follows Andy Goldsworthy´s bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy´s painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometime before it is even finished.
ASTRONAUTICA - ASTRONOMIA - ESPACIO EXTERIOR
Apollo 11 : men on the moon
A presentation of Spacecraft Films ; produced by Mark Gray.
Beverly Hills, Calif : 20th Century Fox, [2003], c2002.
3 videodiscs (ca. 6 hours) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.45 APO
Contents: Disc 1. On the way to history -- Disc 2. Lunar surface eva -- Disc 3. Coming home.
Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.
Exploring Space : the Quest for Life
Produced by KCTS Television and NHK Japan ; senior producer/writer, Scott Pearson.
Widescreen version.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 576.839 EXPv
Features interviews with scientists who share their opinions about the possibility of life beyond Earth and examines the latest developments in astrobiology. From a city-sized meteor to the surface of Mars, spectacular computer-animated imagery creates a viewing experience that brings audiences as close to space as possible without leaving home.
For All Mankind
An Apollo Associates/FAM Productions Inc. production ; produced and directed by Al Reinert ; producer, Betsy Broyles Breier ; co-producer, David Leitner.
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert 16 x 12 cm., 26 p.
DVD 629.454 FOR
Presents an impressionistic look at NASA's first manned flights to the moon as filmed and narrated by the astronauts who made the voyages.
Hubble : 15 years of discovery
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.-- S.l ; Hannover, Germany : ESA : Distributed by SPV GmbH, p2005.
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)+ 1 pamphlet 9 x 15 cm.
DVD 522.29 HUB
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most successful scientific projects of all time. It is based on a collaboration between the American space agency NASA (85%) and the European Space Agency ESA (15%); a collaboration that extends across national boundaries and between different scientific and engineering communities. Hubble is a space-based telescope orbiting almost 570 km above our atmosphere.
In the Shadow of the Moon
ThinkFilm presents a DOX production in association with Passion Pictures for Discovery Films and Film4 ; Ron Howard presents a film by David Singto.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD 629.454 INT
Presents the story of NASA's Apollo program and the lunar landings by American astronauts made between 1968 and 1972. Features rare archival footage and interviews with surviving astronauts.
Inside the Milky Way
Produced by Dox Productions for National Geographic Channel ; writer/producer/director, Duncan Copp.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 523.113 INS
Embark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using cutting-edge science, National Geographic constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of the galaxy. Peer into the heart of the Milky Way on the hunt for super-massive black holes, watch how stars are born and die, fly out and above the plane of the galaxy to understand its true shape, and scour its dusty spiral arms for the possibility of life.
Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Produced by Pioneer Productions and Handel Productions (Ontario) Inc. National Geographic Channel ; producer/director, Yavar Abbas.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 523.1 JOU
The first accurate nonstop voyage from Earth to the edge of the universe using a single, unbroken shot through the use of spectacular CGI technology. Building on images taken from the Hubble telescope.
NASA : A Celebration
St. Laurent, Quebec : Distributed by Madacy Entertainment Group, 2003.
3 videodiscs (ca. 386 min.) : sd., col. w/ b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.45 NAS
Disc 1: 50 Years of Exploration -- Disc 2: Interactive Multimedia Feature -- Disc 3: NASA´a 50th Anniversary Gala program.
This three DVD set spotlights NASA´s expeditions and innovations of the past five decades through a comprehensive video presentation and an engaging, interactive online feature. As a bonus, you can experience NASA´s 50th Anniversary Gala from a front-row seat.
Planet Earth : As You’ve Never Seen It Before
2 entertain ; BBC Bristol ; a co-production of BBC, the Discovery Channel and NHK ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill.
4 videodiscs (560 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD 508 PLA
A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Planeta Tierra : reporte final
Producido por National Geographic Televisión. Mexico : National Geographic : Distributed in Mexico by En Pantalla Proyecciones, c2008.
1 videodisc (52 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 363.7 PLA
National Geographic analiza la salud ambiental del planeta, mediante la revisión del último índice de desempeño ambiental (EPI). La Universidad de Yale y la Universidad de Columbia han ampliado su programa anual en el estudio para prevención del clima para explicar las complejidades de los ecosistemas del planeta y la mejor manera de proteger al planeta de cualquier daño.
The Race to the Moon
Widescreen [vol. 1] and full screen [vol. 2].
Bethesda, MD ; New York? : History Channel : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2004.
2 videodiscs (3 hr., 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.4 RAC
A compilation of History Channel productions on the U.S. space program. Failure is not an option revisits the
early days of NASA. Code name : Orion details NASA´s attempt to introduce rockets propelled by atomic explosions. Modern
marvels. Apollo 13 gives an account of the harrowing experience of three astronauts stranded in space after an oxygen tank
on their vessel explodes. Modern marvels. The space shuttle presents the story of the shuttle from conception to reality.
Race to the Moon : the daring adventure of Apollo 8
Written, directed and produced by Kevin Michael Kertscher ; co-production of Indigo Studios, Inc. and WTTW Chicago for American Experience.-- San Francisco, CA : Indico Studios, Inc. and WWCI, Inc : PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.4 RAC
Take an up-close look at the most dangerous mission in the history of exploration. Recount the triumphant first manned space flight. Interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, mission control staff, and journalists.
Stephen Hawking´s Universe
Thirteen WNET ... [et al.] ; produced by David Filkin ; directed by Philip Martin.
Alexandria, VA ; Burbank, CA : PBS DVD Video : Dist. by Warner Home Video, 2000, c1997.
3 videodiscs (120 min. each) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
DVD 523.1 HAW
Contents: v. 1. Seeing is believing ; The big bang -- v. 2. Cosmic alchemy ; On the dark side -- v. 3. Black holes and beyond ; An answer to everything.
Camera, Jeff Baynes, Plers Lello; editor, Martin Sage; narrator, Frank Langella; music, Cynthia Miller; research, Kate Cox.
The latest advances in cosmological thought presented by the scientist who revolutionized the field of cosmology.
Transbordadores Espaciales
Producción: Stuart Carter, Nigel Henbest ; Dirección, Rod Parker
México : Discovery Communications : Alterfilms, 1997.
1 Disco compacto : son., col ; 4 3/4 plg.
S DVD 629.441 TRA
Conozca la evolución y las mejoras que han tenido estos asombrosos medios de transporte. Lo llevaremos a través del tiempo desde su invención, hasta el papel clave que han jugado en la construcción de la Estación Espacial Internacional. Una plataforma en órbita que servirá para llevar a cabo investigaciones científicas, desarrollos tecnológicos y que fungirá como puerto para misiones espaciales hacia los planetas dentro y fuera de nuestro sistema solar.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets
Produced by Essential Media and Entertainment for the National Geographic Channel ; directed and written by Richard Smith & Chris Thorburn.
2 videodiscs (135 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 523.4 TRA
Take off beyond Earth's boundaries for the ultimate tour of our solar system. From Mars' monstrous mountains to Saturn's glittering rings, the sights are out of this world.
BIOGRAFIAS
African American Lives
A film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
Alexandria, Va ; Hollywood, Calif : PBS Home Video : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.049 AFR
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
African American Lives 2
Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; senior producer, Graham Judd; archival producer Lewanne Jones ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.-- Widescreen format
Alexandria, Va ; Hollywood, Calif : PBS Home Video : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.049 AFR
Henry Louis Gates returns as a series host to guide notable African Americans on a search for their ancestry. Genealogical investigations and DNA analysis help Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, Peter Gomes, Kathleen Henderson, Linda Johnson Rice, Tom Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chris Rock and Tina Turner discover where they come from and who they are.
Albert Einstein
A&E Television Networks.-- United States : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 530.092 ALB
Learn more about the man behind the theories: from his early years as a passionate young physicist, to the acquisition of celebrity status in his adopted country of America. Discover how Einstein became the subject of a federal investigation and why he is considered one of the fathers of the atomic bomb.
Alexander Calder
Production of Thirteen/WNET in association with Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures.
New York, NY : Wellspring Media, 2004.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 730.973 ALE
Internationally acclaimed sculptor, Alexander Calder, invented an art form, the mobile, which incorporates motion into sculpture. Having created over 16,000 works of art, ranging from tiny mobiles that would fit in a matchbox to soaring monuments over seven stories high, Calder ranks as one of the twentieth century´s most important artists.
Alexander Graham Bell
A&E Television Networks.-- Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 920 BEL
Alexander Graham Bell left his mark on the world with the invention of the telephone. Biography traces the life of the famed inventor.
Alexander Hamilton
Twin Cities Public Television in association with Middlemarch Films ; WGBH/Boston ; written and co-produced by Ronald H. Blumer ; produced and directed by Muffie Meyer
Boston, MA ; Hollywood, CA : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.4 HAM
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor, and arrogance. His life and career were marked by power, scandal, and tragedy.
Amelia Earhart : queen of the air
Produced by Laura Verklan ; produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A&E Network.-- Standard format.-- New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.13 AME
Looks at the life of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic solo.
Andy Warhol : a documentary film
A co-production of Steeplechase Films, Daniel Wolf, High Line Productions and Thirteen/WNET New York.-- Arlington, VA ; Hollywood, Calif : PBS Home Video : Paramount Pictures [distributor], c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 760.092 WAR
A portrait of the most famous and controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century.
Ansel Adams
Written and directed by Ric Burns ; produced by Ric Burns and Marilyn Ness.
Widescreen.
Alexandria, Va : PBS DVD Video, 2003.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770.92 ADA
Intimate portrait of the life and career of photographer, Ansel Adams.
Anthony Hopkins
Bio Channel, A&E Television Networks.
New York, NY : A&E Entertainment Network : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (appr. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 HOP
Anthony Hopkins has played has played heroes and villains alike with remarkable results. Take a look at his storied career, from the stage to the screen. From Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon to John Quincy Adams and Pablo Picasso. See clips from the roles that have brought him critical acclaim on big and small screen. Learn the story behind his remarkable turn as Hannibal "The Cannibal" (The Silence of the Lambs).
Babe Ruth
A Hearst Metrotone production.
Burlington, VT ; New York, NY : A & E Home : Distributed by New Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 RUT
Producer/director, Robert Foster ; writers, Jim Benjamin, Peter Tarshis ; music, Music for Films.
Pat O´Brien, host ; Terry O´Sullivan, Harry Chase, narrators.
Summary: From his early childhood in Baltimore to the infamous 1919 sale by the Boston Red Sox to his glory years with the New York Yankees, Biography takes an in-depth look at the immortal slugger who swatted his way into the hearts of baseball fans forever.
Benjamin Franklin
A production of Twin Cities Public Television St. Paul/Minneapolis in association with Middlemarch Films ; producers, Ellen
Hovde, Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald Blumer ; directors, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 210 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 FRA
Traces Franklin´s life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America´s first
diplomat to France.
Benjamin Franklin : the Founding of a Nation
Produced by Cosgrove/Meurer Productions in association with RBTV Productions, [presented by] the History Channel.
[New York, NY] : History Channel, 2005.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 FRA
Explores Benjamin Franklin's key inventions, writings, and political contributions. Includes excerpts from Franklin's autobiography, speeches, and key writings.
Benjamin Latrobe : America´s first architect
A film by Kunhardt McGee productions and WETA, Washington, D.C. ; produced by Sabin Streeter and Michael Epstein ; written by Paul Goldberger and Sabin Streeter ; directed by Michael Epstein.
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.9273 BE
The compelling saga of the man who designed much of official Washington, including the central portions of the United States Capitol. His ideas ultimately defined the first uniquely ´American´ architecture, but his life was a tumultuous series of creative successes and personal catastrophes, ending with his death in poverty in New Orleans.
The Best of Danny Kaye
Dena Kaye Productions.
Great Neck, NY : Distributed by GMG, c1993.
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., b&w and col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.45 KAY
Includes Vestle with the Pestle from the movie, The Court Jester.
Excerpts from Danny Kaye´s Emmy Award winning television years.
Bill Gates (1998) : sultan of software.
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks, 2002.
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 GAT
Profiles the career of Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, how he has shaped computer usage world-wide, and the problems caused by his aggressive business style.
Bob Hope : the ultimate collection.
Respond2 Entertainment.
Calif.? : Hope Enterprises, c2002.
3 videodiscs (389 min.) : sd., b&w, some col. segments ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.702 BOB
Contents: Volume 1. 50 years of laughter 1 ; 50 years of laughter 2 -- Volume 2. Hope for the holidays ; Salute to the troops -- Volume 3. Celebrity bloopers ; Bob´s special extras.
For the first time in DVD, The Ultimate Bob Hope Collection features highlights from fifty years of the Bob Hope TV Special, with bonus extras never before available. This remarkable legacy of laughter is the only video collection authorized by Bob Hope himself.
Buffalo Bill
WGBH Boston ; a HiddenHill Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Rob Rapley.
Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 COD
Explores how William "Buffalo Bill" Cody´s legendary exploits helped create a myth that endures even today. Features the life of the master showman who became part of American history.
Cassandro, el exótico
Sapeurs presents a short film by Michael Ramon Araizaga.
[Los Angeles, CA] : UCLA Film Television and Digital Media Department, 2010.
1 videodisc ( min.): sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 CAS
El luchador exótico Casandro narra en este documental sus inicios en la lucha libre, sus triunfos, expectativas y objetivos como luchador gay.
Charlie Chaplin : biografía
Produced by Biography ; The History Channel
México : Zima Entertainment, 2005?.
1 videodisc : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 CHA
Retrospectiva visual del hombre que conquistó al mundo entero con sus flamantes interpretaciones actorales. Dar vida al vagabundo, al desposeído o al miserable fueron los ingredientes que permitieron catalizar la trayectoria exitosa de Charlie Chaplin.
Christopher Columbus : Explorer of the New World
Produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A & E Network ; A & E Televsion Network ; produced by Martin Gillam.
[New York, N.Y.] : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2005]
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 970.15 COL
Presents the life of Christopher Columbus, from his childhood in Genoa, to his voyages to the New World in search of Asia, to his death, penniless and disgraced.
Citizen King
A ROJA Productions film for American experience ; in association with the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced, directed and
written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker ; executive producer, Mark Samuels.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 323.4 CIT
In exploring the last few years of his life, this ... American experience production traces King´s efforts to
recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken
opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs and film footage and using diaries, letters,
and eyewitness accounts of fellow activists, friends, journalists, political leaders and law enforcement officials, this
film brings fresh insights to King´s impossible journey, his charismatic leadership and his truly remarkable impact.
Clint Eastwood
Producer, Gary Simson ; writer, Steven Smith].
[United States] : [New York, NY] : A&E Television Networks ; Distributed by New Video, [2005]
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 EAS
Clint Eastwood is one of the biggest stars of his generation, a cinematic icon who has created some of the most memorable characters in Hollywood history. But he is also a director, producer, musician, inn keeper, clothing manufacturer, golfer, and former mayor. From his California childhood through his service in the Korean War and on to stardom, Biography explores Eastwood´s multi-faceted life in this feature-length profile. Friends, family members and colleagues share favorite tales, and Clint reflects on his life in front of, and away from, the camera.
Condoleezza Rice
Produced by Greystone Communications for A & E Network ; produced and directed by Amy Huggins.-- Burlington, VT ; New York : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2004, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 920 RIC
As National Security Advisor, she has one of the most demanding and important jobs on earth. As one of the few African Americans to hold a high position in the Bush administration, she is both an inspiration and a lightning rod for controversy.
Crazy Horse : the last warrior
A&E Television Networks.-- Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 978.004 CRA
This film offers a moving profile of the noble warrior who gave everything in a desperate struggle to preserve the freedom and dignity of his people. Witness the saga of one of the last warriors, from his early battles against U.S. troops in Wyoming to the Battle at Little Big Horn to the signing of his own death warrant.
Diego Rivera
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 759.972 RIV
Considerado el pintor mexicano más importante del siglo XX, Diego Rivera tuvo un profundo efecto en el panorama artístico internacional. En una serie de visitas realizadas a Norteamérica entre 1930 y 1940, Rivera llevó su particular visión del arte a espacios públicos y galerías, iluminando e inspirando por igual al mundo artístico y a personas ajenas a éste.
Donald J. Trump
Director, Elizabeth Jane Browde ; written by David A. Browde ; Peter Leone Productions ; a presentation of A & E.
Mexico : A & E Home Video and History Channel : Marketed by USA Video and Expansion, c2005.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD S 920 TRU
Para algunos él es la personificación de la codicia que reinó hacia el fin de siglo. Para otros es simplemente un Midas moderno. Lo que es verdad es que Donald Trump convirtió su manera de hacer negocios en un arte aunque esto no lo ha salvado de estar a punto de la ruina.
Edward Hopper
Produced by the Department of Exhibition Programs, National Gallery of Art.
San Francisco, CA : Microcinema International, c2007.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 759.13 HOP
Traces the life and career of iconic American painter Edward Hopper, focusing on his subject matter, influences, and the enigmatic quality of his work.
Edward R. Murrow : voice of America
Produced by CBS News Productions for A & E Network ; producer, Brooke Runnette.
New York : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. (Biography)
DVD 920 MUR
Biography of the journalist Edward R. Murrow.
Einstein
Produced by Left/Right for History ; producer/editor, Philip Albert Shane ; produced by Kevin Vargas
New York, NY : History : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 530.092 EIN
Presents the story of Albert Einstein and his fifteen-year battle to prove his Theory of General Relativity amid the violence of war and his tumultuous personal life. In 1907, Einstein challenged two centuries of scientific belief and Sir Isaac Newton with a mind-boggling theory: Gravity is not pulling you down, but pushing you down.
Einstein Ford y Edison
History Produced by Scott Harris, Edited by Rick Manning, Directed by Ronald Miller and Jeffery Frazee, Script by Barbara Tabach and Brian Callerame
Mexico : En Pantalla Producciones Internacionales, 2006.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Descubriendo la historia: grandes inventores)
S DVD 920 EIN
Incluye las biografías de tres inventores famosos, cuyas aportaciones a la ciencia son consideradas como fundamentales para el desarrollo de la tecnología.
Emma Goldman
A Nebraska ETV Network production for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Mel Bucklin.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2004.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 335.83 EMM
Emma Goldman was a Russian immigrant whose activism in the name of free speech and attacks against the United
States government led to her deportation in 1919.
Ernest Hemingway
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.-- México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 813 HEM
Este documental nos descubre al hombre detrás del mito, quien a menudo ha sido calificado como el más importante escritor en lengua inglesa desde Shakespeare. Con la participación de sus hijos Jack y Gregory, su mejor amigo A.E. Hotchner, y Gregorio Fuentes, esta biografía se adentra en la vida de Hemingway a través de los que le amaron y conocieron mejor.
Ernest Hemingway Rivers to the Sea
New York : Thirteen WNET, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 HEM
His distinct style and profound influence are indisputable; his larger-than-life persona is still the stuff of heated debate. As well known in his lifetime as any movie star, Hemingway was a dashing international figure who challenged the notion that writers exist in an ivory tower. There were the battles, the bull fights, the big game, the booze-and he channeled these experiences into stark prose, creating a new form of expression, describing action and emotion in simple, authentic terms.
Eugene O´Neill : a documentary film
Steeplechase Films production for American Experience ; directed by Ric Burns ; written by Arthur Gelb & Barbara Gelb and Ric Burns ; produced by Marilyn Ness & Steve Rivo with Robin Espinola & Mary Recine.-- Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2006, c[2005].
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 812.52 EUG
Eugene O´Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.
An Evening With Quincy Jones
A production of The HistoryMakers ; director, Wally Ashby ; writer, Julieanna L. Richardson ; music producer, Dallas Austin
United States : PBS Home Video, [2008], c2007.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.92 EVE
A star-studded tribute and rare glimpse into the life of this prolific musician, through interviews with those who know him best. Features live performances by Lesley Gore, James Ingram, Bobby McFerrin, Herbie Hancock, and more.
Faces of America
With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and Thirteen.
[United States] : PBS Home Video, 2010.
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 929.20973 FAC
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. turns again to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned celebrities including Meryl Streep and Queen Noor. Looking to the wider immigrant experience, Professor Gates follows the threads of his guests' lives back to their origins. Along the way, the many stories he uncovers illuminate the American experience.
Frank Lloyd Wright
A film by Ken Burns ; produced by Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. ; produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and
Peter Miller ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Alexandria, Va ; Burbank, Calif : PBS Home Video : Warner Home Video, c2001, 1998.
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.92 WRI
Uses interviews and archival footage to tell the story of the melodramatic life and stunning architecture of Frank
Lloyd Wright.
Franklin y Churchill
Produced by Scott Harris, Edited by Rick Manning, Directed by Ronald Miller and Jeffery Frazee Mexico : En Pantalla Producciones Internacionales, 2006.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Descubriendo la historia)
S DVD 973.3 FRA
Se incluyen las biografías de estos dos relevantes personajes en la historia. Uno brillante político y otro académico e inventor entusiasta, científico y diplomático sin par. Ambos dejan a la humanidad su legado valioso en cuanto a valores humanos, tales como la honestidad, la constancia, el trabajo duro y la buena voluntad.
Frida Kahlo
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 759.972 KAH
Retrato de la artista mexicana que comenzó a pintar a los quince años durante la convalecencia de un grave accidente. Frida Kahlo envió sus trabajos al gran Diego Rivera, con quien se casaría tiempo después. Caracterizadas por un imaginario vibrante, muchas de sus pinturas son llamativos auto-retratos.
Frida Kahlo
A&E.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2005], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 759.972 KAH
In a life marked by unrelenting physical pain, she triumphed over adversity to become one of the greatest Mexican painters of the 20th century.
George Eastman : Kodak
A & E Television Networks.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, Distributed by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770.920 GEO
Discover how George Eastman changed the way American business works. Examine the influence of Eastman Kodak on the American economy at large. Rare footage and photographs from the Eastman Kodak archive and corporate headquarters is included.
George Lucas : creating an empire
Produced by ABC News Productions for A & E Networks ; produced by Pamela Ridder.
[New York, NY] : A & E Home Video, 2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.430 GEO
Portrait of the filmmaker famous for his "Star Wars" saga. Includes reminiscences and observations of relatives, friends and colleagues as well as an interview with the director.
George Marshall : And the American century
United States : Janson, 2006.
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 MAR
Marshall built the strongest army in history and picked its leaders. Leaders obeyed his commands. He was the only solider to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He also served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Secretary of State/Defense, and more.
Grace Kelly
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 920 KEL
Su belleza le hizo brillar en Broadway y en televisión, donde trabajó antes de estar en Hollywood. Tras protagonizar películas de éxito junto a Clark Gable, James Stewart o Cary Grant, finalmente se casó con Rainiero de Mónaco, con quien tuvo tres hijos.
Grace Kelly : Hollywood princess
ABC News Productions for Arts and Entertainment Network ; produced by Adam K. Sternberg.
New York, NY : Distributed by New Video Group, 2002, c1998.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
DVD 920 KEL
Depicts the life of Grace Kelly, one of Hollywood's most glamorous and talented actresses, who later became Princess Grace of Monaco. This all-new profile goes behind the public facade to reveal the truth about the "fairytale" life of the movie star-turned-princess.
Humphrey Bogart : behind the legend
Produced by Del Jack & Cress Darwin ; directed by N. Brice Shipley ; written by Bob Waldman ; produced by Millenial Entertainment and Archive Films in association with Arts & Entertainment Networks.
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Marketed in the U.S by New Video Group, c2001.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 BOG
A biography of Humphrey Bogart who played tough guys in the motion pictures and became a Hollywood legend.
Inspiring Figures : Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald
Westport, CT ; New York : Weston Woods Studios : Scholastic, c2005.
1 videodisc (35 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 ELL
Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington was hailed as the King of the Keys. During his career, he wrote, played and painted music with his band´s fine sound. Ella Fitzgerald: the tale of a vocal virtuosa: told in the voice of a cool cat named Scat, this dramatic story tells how Ella got her sound on the way to a most remarkable and inspiring career.
Irving Berlin : an American song
New York, NY : A&E Home Video, c1999, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 782.42 IRV
Describes the life of the famous composer of popular musicals and songs, including "God Bless America"; in a career that spanned half a century, he penned some of the most recognizable and enduring songs of all time.
J. Willard Marriott : host to the world
Written and produced by Shelley Ann Lawrence
New York, NY : A & E Home Video ; Hearst Entertainment : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, [2002], 1996.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 MAR
Former employees, friends and family, including the Reverend Billy Graham, tell the story of the man who created a hospitality empire around the world.
JFK : 3 shots that changed America
Produced by New Animal Productions ; A&E Television Networks ; producers, Hugo Soskin, Katerina Simic, Elizabeth Tyson.
[New York, NY] : History : Distributed by New Video, c2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A look at the assassination of JFK and the days that followed while examining the aftermath, and controversies that emerged. This documentary uses unique, rarely seen and heard contemporary footage, including home movies, Dallas police dispatch radio recordings, and raw news footage.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis : in a class of her own
A & E Television Networks.-- United States : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.922 JAC
This is the story of this enigmatic woman and inspirational icon who, despite unwavering calls for privacy throughout her life, was forever destined to live in the blinding glare of the media spotlight.
Jackson Pollock
A&E Television Networks.-- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 759.13 JAC
Discover the true story behind the enigmatic artist whose iconic splatter and drip techniques forever changed the face of Abstract Expressionism in the twentieth century.
James Dean
20th Century Fox Corp., A & E Television Networks.
[New York?] : A & E Home Video : Marketed and distributed by New Video, 2005, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 DEA
Bursting with potential and heralded for his sex-appeal, Dean's rapid rise to fame was the perfect metaphor for his all-too-brief life. His promising career, which tragically ended with the infamous 1955 car-crash, was marked by a rocky relationship with fame and a desire to create his own style of acting.
Jesse James
A HiddenHill Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Mark Zwonitzer.
Boston, MA : WGBH : Disbributed by PBS Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.8 JES
The story of Jesse James remains one of the most cherished and wrong-headed myths. Less heroic than brutal, he was the product of the American Civil War. He was ambitious and cunning, and ran from redemption instead of seeking it.
Jodie Foster
Published: New York, NY : A&E Entertainment Network : Distributed by New Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col.; 43/4 in.
DVD 929 FOSDV
Discover the key to success in front of and behind the camera. From a Coppertone ad at age 3, Foster has grown into a two time Oscar winner. Learn about her personal problems along her road to success. Her most important roles, including The Silence of the Lambs and The Accused.
John Steinbeck
Academy Media ; written, directed and produced by Malcolm Hossick.-- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur International Films, c2005.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. w/b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813.52 JOH
Summary: The subjects of Steinbeck´s writing and fascination included the sea, traveling and common people. Steinbeck won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Novel Prize for literature in 1962.
John Wayne : American legend
Produced by Van Ness Films, Inc. in association with Foxstar Productions and A&E Network ; producer, director, Kerry Jensen-Iszak ; writers, Kevin Barry, Jerry Decker
United States ; S.l : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 791.4302 WAY
Chronicles the life and career of one of the most influential actors in Hollywood history through generous clips and intimate interviews with friends, family, and colleagues.
Joseph Kennedy, Sr. Father of an American Dynasty
New York, NY : Burbank, CA : History Channel, Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 KEN
Rare footage and interviews with his descendants, including grandson Joseph P. Kennedy highlight the profile of the father of America's foremost political dynasty.
Katharine Hepburn
A & E Television Networks.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005, c1996.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 791.43 KAT
A look at the life of Katharine Hepburn, the winner of 4 Academy Awards. Includes interviews with directors, actors, and family members as well as scenes from her films and interviews with the star herself.
The Kellogg Brothers
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 338.4 KEL
John Harvey Kellogg and his younger brother Will Keith played out one of the most dramatic and bitter family feuds in American history, yet before their split, they were partners for 20 years. This is a detailed portrait of the Kellogg brothers, drawing on extensive original footage and commentary from family members and historians. They collaborated on the corn flake and transformed the world´s breakfast habits, but the Kellogg brothers could not have been less alike.
The Kennedys
A co-production of WGBH/Boston and Thames Television ; produced by Phillip Whitehead ... [et al.] ; written by Phillip
Whitehead ... [et al.] ; directed by Phillip Whitehead ... [et al.].
Standard version.
United States : Warner Home Video, 2003.
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 929.2 KEN
The Kennedys explores the building of the Kennedy legend, a story in part created and then brilliantly promoted
by the family itself. A story whose afterglow still captures the American imagination.
King
An Abby Mann Production in Association with orion ; produced by Paul Maslanky.-- Santa Monica, CA : MGM Entertainment, 2005.
2 videodiscs (271 min.).
DVD 791.45 KIN
A Powerful portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and events of the Civil Rights Movement leading to his assassination.
King : go beyond the dream to discover the man
Produced by NBC News ; producers, Tim Beacham, Tom Keenan, Shoshana Guy.
[New York, NY] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2008]
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 323.092 KIN
Forty years after Martin Luther King´s assassination, newsman Tom Brokaw, takes viewers through the extraordinary life and times of America´s civil rights visionary. Go beyond the legend to portray the man, the questions, the myths, and the relevance of Dr. King´s message in today´s world.
Kurt Cobain : about a son
Sidetrack Films presents a Bonfire Films of America production ; a film by A.J. Schnack ; producers, Shirley Moyers, Noah Khoshbin, Chris Green ; edited & directed by A.J. Schnack.
Los Angeles, CA : Universal City, CA : Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Vivendi Visual Entertainment, [2008]
1 videodisc (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 COB
A rare and personal portrait of a boy who becomes a musician, a husband, a rock star, a father and a songwriter whose words have touched millions. Cobain's story unfolds through his own narrative assembled from more than 25 hours of audiotaped conversations, never before made public.
Laura Bush
A & E Television Networks.
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005, c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 BUS
In this intimate portrait, go behind the public image to meet the real Laura Welch Bush, the young, 17-year-old woman involved in a fatal car crash, the new bride struggling to get pregnant, and the reserved intellectual who agreed to support her husband in his very public career.
Mailer on Mailer
A co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, Reciprocal Films, Films D´Ici & France 2 ; producers, Christine Le Goff, Tamar Hacker.
New York, NY : WinStar TV & Video, c2000.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 921 MAI
A candid and comprehensive biographical portrait of the novelist, essayist, journalist and activist, Norman Mailer. Compiled from over 20 hours of exclusive interviews with the writer, this profile includes rare archival footage, photographs and original manuscripts from the Mailer archives. Both fascinated by and at odds with his country, Norman Mailer personally explores the tensions that exist between reality and fiction in this unprecedented film.
Mark Twain
Florentine Films production ; produced by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan & Geoffrey C. Ward ; a film directed by Ken Burns ; produced in association with WETA
Alexandria, Va ; Burbank, CA : PBS DVD : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2001.
1 videodisc (ca. 220 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences, double-sided ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 818.409 TWA
Recounts Mark Twain´s life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Muhammad Ali : made in Miami
WLRN Public Television ; written and produced by Gaspar Gonazález and Alan Tomlinson.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008]
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 ALI
Examines Ali´s time spent in Miami, a crucial time when he made the transition from talented Cassius Clay into the extraordinary boxer known as Muhammad Ali. This film also includes a consideration of Ali´s friendship with Malcolm X, his fame encounter with the Beatles, his dramatic victory over heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, and his subsequent refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe : preserving the union
Produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A & E Network
New York, NY : Biography Channel Home Video : A & E Television Networks : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 1994.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 818.092 POE
Descend into the dark world and tragic life of the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works.
No Direction Home : Bob Dylan
Apple presents a production of Spitfire Pictures, Grey Water Park Productions, Thirteen/WNET New York/PBS, Sikelia Productions in co-production with Vulcan Productions, BBC Arena, NHK ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; produced by Jeff Rosen ... [et al.].-- Full screen format.-- Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 2005.
2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 NOD
Traces Bob Dylan´s journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966.
Paul Conrad : drawing fire.
Alexandria, VA : Drawing Fire Films : distributed by PBS Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (60 mins.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 070.412 PAU
A Film by Barbara Multer-Welling and Jeffrey Abelson.
Celebrates the career of this legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist. Over his remarkable 50-year career, Conrad has drawn and quartered eleven American presidents, and fearlessly tackled every major social and political issue.
Paul Newman
A&E Television Network.
[Burlington, VT] : New York, NY : A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2005]
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 NEW
Paul Newman's striking good looks and passionate intensity have come to define the leading man but Hollywood is just one part of his varied and captivating life.
Richard Avedon, Darkness and Light
A production of Thirteen/WNET New York.
New York, NY : Wellspring Media, c2002.
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770.92 RIC
Focus on fashion and portraiture photographer, Richard Avedon.
Robert Rauschenberg: inventive genius.
A co-production of Thirteen/WNET and Film Odyssey.
New York, NY : Wellspring Media, c2004.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (American masters series)
DVD 759.13 ROB
"No living artist has changed our perception of art as much as American painter Robert Rauschenberg. Beginning in the 1950s, Rauschenberg turned away from convential paint on canvas and started to create multimedia "combines" that both revolutionized and inspired the art community. In the years that have followed, his work has continued to bring a sense of challenge and excitement to the medium"--Container.
Robert Redford : Hollywood outlaw
[Burlington, VT] : New York, NY : A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2005]
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 RED
Learn about Redford's early years of rebellion, the woman who turned his life around, and the passion for set design that led him into acting. Follow Redford through the height of his fame and discover the pioneering spirit that fueled his championing of independent film and ardent environmentalism.
The Rockefellers
WGBH-TV/Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation.-- Full screen version
Alexandria, VA? : Artwork PBS : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (210 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.9 ROC
With unprecedented access to the family and its archives, The Rockefellers explores the paradoxical lives of this fabled American dynasty. Using revealing home movies, archival footage and photographs, and interviews with eight Rockefellers, their colleagues and friends, this work paints a vivid portrait of four generations of the family.
Shirley Temple : the biggest little star
[Burlington, VT] : New York, NY: A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 TEM
From her childhood as the number one box office draw in the world to her political career, this feature length film is the definitive story of a unique celebrity.
Sitting Bull : Chief of the Lakota Nation
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 978.004 SIT
Sitting Bull was one of the last great leaders of Indian resistance. Follow his life from the victory at "Custer´s Last Stand" to his time as an attraction in Buffalo Bill´s famous Wild West Show.
Tennessee Williams : wounded genius
Written and directed by Paul Budline ; produced by Paul Budline Productions ; A&E Television Networks.-- United States ; New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2005], c1998.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 812.54 WIL
The classic works of Tennessee Williams have earned him a reputation as one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century.
Truman Capote : the tiny terror
HTV, History Television Productions ; A & E Television Networks ; produced and written by Deirdre O´Hearn.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, 2005, c1997.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 813 CAP
Chronicles the life of the man who first burst onto the literary scene at the tender age of 23 with the moving "Other voices, other rooms".
Walt Disney World
Producer, Cindy Robinson ; writers, Jon Jefferson, Cindy Robinson ; produced by Jupiter Entertainment for the History Channel.
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 [i.e. 90] min : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE 74566)
DVD 791.06 WAL
Takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the ingenious technology and incredible engineering feats that went into building Disney World´s 27,000 acre complex. Features innovations ranging from a network of underground tunnels connecting the various regions of the park to the space-age propulsion technology called linear synchronous motors.
Walt Whitman
Written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American experience
S.l : PBS Home Video [distributor], c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., b&w & col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 811.3 WHI
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman´s life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family.
Walt Whitman : a concise biography
SKAN Productions ; written, produced and directed by Malcolm Hossick.-- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2007.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (The famous authors series)
DVD 811.3 WAL
First known for his controversial book of poetry, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman was thought to be vulgar and immoral. His major themes included the sacredness of the self, the beauty of death, the quality of all people, the love of comrades, and the immortality of the soul.
William Eggleston : photographer
A film by Reiner Holzemer ; production in cooperation with BR and Arte
San Francisco, CA : Microcinema, 2008.
1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770 WIL
Documents how Eggleston came to develop his technique of art photography. It shows the first black-and-white photographs made at the beginning of Eggleston´s career.
Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
A Jazz at Lincoln Center production ; producer, Mark Rothbaum ; director, Brad J. Fuss.
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 WIL
Once in a while the stars align and something magical happens ... as on the night Jazz at Lincoln Center presented a salute to the late, great bluesman, Ray Charles. Two musical iconoclasts, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, along with the stunning songstress Norah Jones, collectively brought their unique musical perspective to the legendary artist´s hits such as -Hallelujah I Love Her So-, -Hit the Road Jack-, and -Unchain My Heart.
Wizard of Photography
Green Light Productions, Inc. film ; WGBH Boston ; written, produced & directed by James A. DeVinney ; series producer, Sharon Grimberg
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, [2008], c2000.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 770.920 EAS
In the summer of 1888, ads appeared for a camera with a curious name: The Kodak. Its inventor, George Eastman, had gambled on a revolutionary idea: photographs that anyone could take. Instead of the weighty cameras, huge tripods, fragile glass plates, and toxic chemicals used by professionals, the Kodak was small and simple. All amateur photographers had to do was point the camera and push the bottom.
Woody Guthrie : ain´t got no home
Written, produced and directed by Peter Frumkin ; series executive producer, Susan Lacy ; produced in association with The Center for Independent Documentary ; a co-production of Peter Frumkin Productions LLC and Thirteen/WNET New York
United States : PBS Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.42 WOO
This film explores Guthrie´s creative genius -- his life and music as well as lesser known talents like writing and painting. Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie´s ´This Land Is Your Land.´ The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to U2.
CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA
Aircraft Carriers
A&E Television Networks ; The History Channel.-- Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 359.325 AIR
Today´s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the most powerful warships ever. Capable of remaining at sea for over a million miles at a time, they can easily reach any corner of the globe to deploy their incredible arsenal.
The Alaska Pipeline
Written, produced, and directed by Mark Davis ; a MDTV Productions film for American experience ; WGBH Boston.
Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 388.55 ALA
Explores the impact of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline on culture and society in Alaska, as well as on the environment and Alaskan wilderness. Features commentary by the men and women who worked on the line, as well as long-time Alaska residents, members of the Native Alaskan community, environmentalists, government geologists, and local and national politicians.
American Steel : Built to Last
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels)
DVD 669.1 AME
Documentary explores the creation and growth of the American steel industry, including the history of the processes of creating steel. Highlights significant contributions made by Henry Bessemer, the inventor who discovered an efficient way to mass produce steel, and by Andrew Carnegie, the highly successful businessman who built America´s first giant steel industry.
America´s Stone Age Explorers : Where did the first Americans Come From?
A TV6 production for BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced by Gary Glassman and Nigel Levy ; narration written by Gary Glassman.
Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 970.004 AME
Archaeological experts and others challenge the theory that the first Americans arrived in America around 13,500 years ago and suggest possibilties that they could have arrived even sooner.
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
The History Channel.
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 2005.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Empires of industry)
DVD 338.766 AND
Visits historic ironworks namely Saugus and Hopewell as well as today´s massive, computerized steel mills and chronicles the evolution of the industry. Learn how Carnegie built an empire so large that it led to the first billion-dollar corporation and listen as industrial historians detail the technological developments that powdered the nation´s economy and launched steel into future.
Becoming Human
Produced by Shining Red Productions for Nova ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
[Alexandria, VA.] : PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today.
Ben Franklin Tech
Written and produced by Anthony Lacques
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 BEN
From the humble Pennsylvania stove to the spectacular lightning rod, Franklin was perennially concerned with putting scientific principles to practical use. This work examines the ingenuity and imagination of Franklin´s numerous inventions, including his crafty anti counterfeiting techniques, his unique musical instrument, and the world´s first bifocal eyeglasses.
The Best of Modern Marvels
Produced by Digital Ranch, Jupiter Entertainment, and Hearst/Actuality for the History Channel.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2007.
14 videodiscs (ca. 2125 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 609 BES
This comprehensive 14-disc collector's set features the most popular episodes of the groundbreaking Modern marvels series and covers a broad range of technological breakthroughs and advancements. From environmental catastrophes like the Salton Sea to military blunders like Patriot missle errors, from subway tunnel cave-ins to oil tanker spills, these shows outline in intricate detail the devastating effect of technology gone awry. There is also a complete special on the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Black Gold : the story of oil
Producer, Michael Rogers ; writers, Michael Rogers, Geoffrey Proud.
New York, NY : A & E Television Network : Distributed ... by New Video Group, c1998.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 338.272 BLA
Begins with a history of modern kerosene use and the role that John D. Rockefeller played in the early oil industry in a new company called "Standard Oil." Wildcat oilmen turned Beaumont, Texas into an oil boomtown, and "Gulf Oil" and "Texaco" resulted from the "Spindletop" discovery in Texas.
Bookbinding
[presented by] On Air Video, Inc.
Elkins Park, PA : On Air Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (63 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 683.3 BOO
Provides instruction in the process of making and assembling a hard cover book using the case binding method. This DVD contains PDF files including a materials list, book press and sewing frame diagrams, and knotting illustrations.
Brewed in America
Writer Tom Robertson ; Jupiter Entertainment ; History Channel.-- S.l : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2005, c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 338.4 BRE
Presents a comprehensive history of an often overlooked industry that has long been a mainstay of the American economy.
Building the Alaska Highway
A Diner Media film for American Experience ; written by Randall MacLowry ; produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain.
Alexandria, VA : distributed by PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 625.7 BUI
In May 1942, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken. This program tells how they battled to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world´s harshest landscapes.
Cars that Think
PBS ; presented by CPTV ; produced in association with Scientific American Magazine ; produced by Chedd-Angier ; written, produced and directed by Graham Chedd.
[U.S.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.276 CAR (Scientific American Frontiers series)
"The fully automatic car may be down the road a ways, but cars that do your thinking for you are just around the corner--they watch out for hazards, they listen to you, they read your lips, they even know when you´re distracted. And while computers that crash are all too familiar, Alan Alda is checking out computer-based devices that are designed to prevent crashes--of the deadly kind."--Container.
¡Clonación!
Produced and written by John Rubin.
Mexico : National Geographic Society; Distributed in Mexico by En Pantalla Producciones, 2009.
1 videodisc (52 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
S DVD 660.65 CLO
Explore el milagroso potencial y las posibilidades de la clonación genética las cámaras de National Geographic revelan la historia y los descubrimientos más vanguardistas de un gran avance científico capaz de literalmente cambiar el destino de la raza humana. Sea testigo de sorprenderse efectos en al revolución de la clonación. Desde zoológicos congelados a súper pollos y compañías que ofrece a las celebridades derechos de autor sobre su ADN. Conozca desde los dilemas éticos hasta los escenarios de ciencia ficción, este es un vistazo que invita a reflexionar sobre la última caja de Pandora tecnología, la clonación.
Computers
Produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; Hearst Entertainment ; a presentation of the History Channel ; executive producer, Don Cambou ; written and produced by Luke Ellis ; line producer, Paul Dzilvelis ; producer, Bruce Nash ; executive producer [for the History Channel], Beth Dietrich-Segarra.-- Full screen.-- New York, NY : New Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels; AAE-73128)
DVD 004.222 COM
This program traces the history and ongoing evolution of the computer, yet the age of the computer hasn´t even begun, according to one quantum scientists.
Corn
Produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for History Television Network Productions ; written and produced by Gloria L. Morris.
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 633.15 COR
Modern Marvels investigates the many uses for the largest agricultural crop in the United States. While corn has fed the masses from ancient times to the present day, its unique properties make it ideal for a number of other applications--from making packing material to performance plastics to bio-fuel.
The Creation of the Computer. Thinking machines
Written and produced by Donald Sellers ; Jaffe Productions ; Hearst Entertainment Television in association with the History Channel.-- Standard format.-- New York, NY : A&E : Distributed by New Video Group, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 004.222 CRE
Presents a fascinating exploration into the history of the computer. See Charles Babbage´s Victorian "counting machine," a mechanical computer that produced perfect results for any mathematical problem of six figures or less, and discover how IBM was launched through a punch-card counting machine built to accelerate the 1890 census.
Cybersenses
Written, produced and directed by Graham Chedd ; presented by CPTV ; produced in association with Scientific American magazine ; produced by Chedd-Angier.
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 616.980 CYB
Explores replacement synthetic Cochlear implants for hearing and artificial retinas for seeing.
Desert Tech
New York : A&E Television Networks : marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 47 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels)
DVD 631.6 DES
Describes the technologies people have developed to conquer the desert and use its resources, from water reclamation and desalinization, irrigation, dam building, hydroelectricity, and air conditioning, to solar power, dune buggies, and Mars vehicle testing, as well as the consequences that threaten the environment, such as groundwater salinization, subsidence, and climate change. Ancient Babylon, modern Bedouins, and the development of Phoenix, Arizona are discussed.
Digi-Tech
Written & produced by Luke Ellis ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel.
[New York, NY?] : A & E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 600 DIG
Trace digital technology back to the early 1940s and the first high-speed electronic computer. Featuring interviews with experts such as Kurt Knutson (the "CyberGuy"); Bob Striano, former president and CEO of Konica; and Glorianna Davenport, Director of Interactive Cinema (now Media Fabrics) at MIT, this DVD provides the ultimate insight into the shifting landscape of the digital world.
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed
A & E Television Network.-- New York, NY ; New York, NY : A & E Television Network : New Video [distributor], [2005], c2001.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 567.9 DIN
Dinosaur Secrets Revealed is a comprehensive, feature-length journey through the fascinating world of these extinct giants.
80´s Tech
Produced by Actuality Productions for the History Channel ; producer, Bruce Nash.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks ; Distributed by New Video, [2008]
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 609.04 EIG
Modern Marvels investigates the transition from Industrial to Information Age--a digital decade dedicated to ergonomics and entertainment. Discover how the microchip ushered in an era that revolutionized the way we work, play, and communicate. Tour Silicon Valley--birthplace of some of the greatest inventions from an amazing time of change, including the modern personal computer. Steve "Woz" Wozniak explains the evolution of Apple computers, while Sony employees provide a reminder of what it was like when Walkman, Betamax, and the first CD players were first seen on the market.
Earth, the Biography
2 Entertain ; Produced by the BBC for the National Geographic Channel ; series producer, Jonathan Renouf.
2 videodiscs (230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 551 EAR
Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh-hour coincidences that save it from extinction, and an astonishing power to continually regenerate ... [U]ses breathtaking footage and specialist imaging to tell the story of the great forces that shape the planet - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice. Traveling from Ethiopia's unique lava lake to an ice cave under a glacier in Greenland and a host of amazing locations in between ... examine the forces that have helped create and foster life on Earth.
Energy crossroads : [a burning need to change course]
Produced by Tiroir A Films Productions ; written by Christophe Fauchere.
[Denver, CO] : Tiroir A Films, c2007.
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Discusses current energy consumption patterns and their damaging effects on our environment, the global economy, and the geopolitical balance in the world today.
Environmental Tech
History Channel
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2008], c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.7 ENV
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper, explore the 21st century´s cutting-edge green technologies taking on our most daunting environmental crisis, from global warming and deforestation to nuclear waste and resource scarcity.
Frank Lloyd Wright´s Fallingwater
[presented by] in-D, in association with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ; story by Lynda Waggoner and Sarah Cleary.-- Special ed.-- Los Angeles, CA : in-D press, c2005.
2 videodiscs (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.92 WRI
This virtual tour of Fallingwater, a home Wright designed over a stream in the Pennsylvania mountains in 1935, illustrates and explores his concept of "organic" architecture, integrating a building, its site and its inhabitants into a unified whole.
Going Deep
Alan Alda in Scientific American frontiers.
[written, produced and directed by Graham Chedd] ; produced in association with Scientific American magazine ; produced by Chedd-Angier.
Alexandria, Va : PBS DVD Video : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 627.7 GOI
Follows the unique trail of exploration and discovery blazed by the Alvin. Discusses the future of deep sea exploration after the Alvin is replaced by robotic deep submersibles or new manned sub.
Gold Rush Tech
New York : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 622.3422 GOL
This in-depth program focuses on the impressive technology that evolved as a result of America´s great rush to riches, and explores the inventions that took mining from a one-man operation to a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Great Trains of America : Eastern railroading & Western railroading
Digital collector´s ed.
Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil DVD, c2000.
2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 385.097 GRE
A look at steam locomotive powered historic railroads featured on the PBS series America´s historic steam
railroads. Includes Georgetown Loop Railroad, Grand Canyon Railway, Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow-gauge Railroad,
California Western Railroad, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, New Hampshire steam railroads (Mt. Washington Cog Railway,
Conway Scenic Railroad, White Mountain Central Railroad), Strasburg Railroad, Cass Scenic Railroad, Illinois Railway Museum.
Harley-Davidson
New York, NY : A&E Entertainment Network : Distirbuted by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.2275 HAR
Take a look at how the legendary motorcycle company was born and evolved through the 20th century. Boyhood buddies William Harvey and Arthur Davidson built their first machine in a small shed in Milwaukee in 1901.
How the Earth Was Made
Produced by Pioneer Productions for History ; director, Peter Chin.
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 525 HOW
From a seething ocean of radioactive and molten rock to a refuge for life as we know it, Earth has undergone a staggering series of cataclysmic transformations in its long and epic history. Assailed relentlessly for millions of years by meteorites, our once toxic and hostile planet has been covered in water and in ice, and seen the rise and sundering of continents, the creation of an atmosphere, and, ultimately, the beginning of life. Travel to remote locations where our planet still bears the scars of its violent history. Tells the story of unimaginable timescales, world-shattering forces, radical climates, and mass extinctions.
La Increíble Máquina Humana
Witten, produced and directed by Irwin Rosten.
Mexico : National Geographic ; Distributed in Mexico by Producciones En Pantalla, 2008.
1 videodisc ( 60 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 612 INC
Un día en la vida de los milagrosos trabajos internos que lleva a cabo el cuerpo humano. De piel a huesos y a cerebro y todo lo que está entre ellos. Podrá ver cómo producimos sonidos, cómo aumenta nuestra agilidad y rapidez en diferentes actividades y el vínculo esencial entre la sangre y el cerebro.
El Increíble Cuerpo Humano
Mexico : National Geographic; Distributed in Mexico by En Pantalla Producciones, 2009.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 612 INC
Historia personales de vida y muerte se combinan en una exploración emocional sin precedentes dentro de los cuerpos de gente real.
The Magic of Flight
A film produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Pensacola, Florida ; produced by Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorim.
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.1309 MAG
Takes you on a technological thrill ride that is faster, higher, and wilder than modern science or even your imagination might take you. Relive the historical first flight of the Wright Brothers in 1903, then soar with the world-famous Blue Angles as they defy the laws of gravity with their most breathtaking maneuvers. Highlights and salutes a variety of modern aircraft, the people flying them and the human potential of training and performance.
Making Stuff
Hosted by David Pogue. [United States] : PBS, [2011]
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 600 MAK
Step behind the headlines as Making Stuff dramatizes the human stories woven into the current wave of hi-tech breakthroughs. Hosted by the New York Times' lively technology correspondent David Pogue, each hour in this four-part series explores the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.
Model "T"
Produced & written by Michael Rose ; produced by Network USA, Inc. in association with The History Channel ; Motor Car Company.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video; Distributed by New Video Group, c1996.
1 videodisc (49 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.222 MOD
The Ford Model T occupies a unique place in automotive history: the first car to be built on a production line, it transformed the automobile from a plaything of the rich to a form of transportation available to the average person.
Modern Marvels - Science
Actuality Productions Inc. for History, by Maryellen Cox, Charlie maday, Beth Dietrich Segarra and Michael Stiller.
[United States] : A&E Television Networks, 2010.
14 videodiscs (ca. 50 min. each ) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 500 MOD
Discover the world around us with an immersion into the science provided through these fourteen CDs on physics, biology, earth science, chemistry and environment. Learn from new technologies to protect environment, the flow of energy and the properties of matter, examine living organisms and learn of the body´s reactions to bacteria and chemical stimulants.
Modern Marvels - Technology
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2007.
8 videodiscs (ca. 450 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (The History Channel)
DVD 620 MOD
Contents: Disc 1. Candy -- Disc 2. Sugar -- Disc 3. Monster trucks -- Disc 4. James Bond gadgets --
Disc 5. The Manhattan Project -- Disc 6. More Engineering Disasters -- Disc 7. The World´s Longest Bridge -- Disc 8. Walt Disney World.
Celebrating imagination and invention brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS: TECHNOLOGY illuminates the fascinating stories of the doers and dreamers who created everyday items, pioneered technological breakthroughs, and produced the most renowned man-made wonders.
The New Medicine
Producers: Muffie Meyer & Jennifer Raikes.
St. Paul, MN : Twin Cities Public Television, c2006.
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 615.5 NEW
Many physicians are embracing a more holistic form of healthcare, seeking to heal the whole person. Treatments once considered fringe, including visualization, meditation and hypnosis, are being prescribed alongside high-tech western medicine. And medical schools are placing new importance on teaching the ´softer side of medicine´: listening and communicating.
90´s Tech
Written and produced by Kaylan Eggert
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : History : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 609.04 NIN
The 1990s, the "dot com" decade, brought about great technological innovations that changed our lives in large and small ways. Go behind the scenes at an Amazon.com warehouse to see the technology that allows them to ship out millions of goods every day; get an inside look and the science behind Google´s search engine; and find out how Furby, a virtual pet, created a national security scare.
El Origen de las Species
Produced by Martin Killeen, Executive Producer Tim Cowling, Photography by Ian Salvage, Edited by Barbara Burst, Music by Marc Aramian
Mexico : Alter Films, 2006.
1 videodisc (44 min) ; sd.,col., 43/4 in.
S DVD 576.8 ORI
La obra de Darwin en excelentes recreaciones filmadas en locaciones naturales con elementos similares a los que el mismo Darwin utilizó para sustentar sus teorías. Descubriremos como conformó su teoría de la evolución del hombre, la cual es todavía motivo de estudio en la actualidad.
Planet Earth. The complete series
British Broadcasting Corporation ; 2 entertain.
Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2007.
5 videodiscs (ca. 550 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 508 PLA
Contents: Disc 1: Living planet ; Mountains ; Fresh water -- Disc 2: Caves ; Deserts ; Frozen worlds -- Disc 3: The great plains ; Forests ; Jungles -- Disc 4: The shallow seas ; Ocean wide, ocean deep -- Disc 5: Planet Earth: the future.
A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet´s best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Prehistoric America : a journey through the ice and beyond
Burbank, CA : BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2003.
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 560.973 PRE
Journey through the prehistory of North America - beginning 14,000 years ago when people were first entering this
vast continent. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, and mastadons to see how their successors carry on their legacy.
Railroads that Tamed the West
Written and produced by Alison Trinkl ; producer, Bruce Nash ; Jaffe Productions ; Hearst Entertainment Television.
New York, NY : History Channel : Distributed by New Video Group, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels)
DVD 385.0978 RAI
A profile of the transcontinental railroads that united the nation and subdued the West. Dramatizations, period photographs, and extensive interviews combine to animate this vigorous period in U.S. history.
Robosapiens
Producción de TLC para Discovery Channel
Mexico : Alterfilms, 2003.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 629.892 ROB
Estamos al borde de una revolución en la robótica que cambiará nuestra forma de vivir. En un futuro cercano los robots controlarán nuestras ciudades, nuestro dinero y algunos detalles de nuestra vida privada; es decir, controlarán nuestras vidas.
Robot Pals
Chedd-Angier ; written, produced and directed by Graham Chedd.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.892 ROB
Viewers meet three robots, including a future member of an astronaut team.
Robo Warriors
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.8 ROB
In an effort to reduce the number of human casualties in combat and cut down on spending, the U.S. military has made a major commitment to the development and deployment of robotic soldiers on the battlefield. Discover some of the recent progress that has been made in the ongoing development of these intelligent fighting machines, including the highly successful bomb disposal robot and unmanned aerial vehicles.
70s tech
Written and produced by W. Scott Goldie ; producer, Bruce Nash ; created by Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for History Television Networks Productions.
[United States] : A&E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 609.04 SEV
Surveys the technological advancements of the 1970s, a decade of fast-paced innovation, including: Mr. Coffee coffeemakers, Polaroid films and cameras, the Concorde SST, and Texas Instruments´ Speak & Spell technology used today in cell phones.
Six Degrees Could Change the World
Producer/director, Ron Bowman ; writer, Ed Fields, Ron Bowman ; produced by National Geographic Television.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 551.5253 SIX
By year 2100 many scientists believe that the Earth's average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius. In a compelling investigation, National Geographic leads a degree-by -degree journey to explore what each rising- and critical- degree could mean for the future of our people and planet.
The Story of 1
Produced by Impossible Pictures for the BBC ; produced and directed by Nick Murphy ; executive producer, Jasper James ; executive producer for BBC, Adam Kemp.
Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 513.2 STO
Summary: Terry Jones goes on a humor filled journey to recount the amazing tale behind the world´s simplest number. Reveals how civilizations used One to develop their culture; where our modern numbers came from; and how the invention of zero changed the world forever.--cover.
The Telephone
Jaffe Productions ; written and produced by Allison Grodner.
United States ; New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2005], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE-71832)
DVD 621.385 TEL
All his life, Alexander Graham Bell was driven by a desire to create a machine that would make it easier for the deaf to speak and hear. Using an actual human ear from a cadaver to understand the nature of sound, Bell even enlisted a young Thomas Edison to help invent what would become the telephone.
Textiles : birth of an American industry
Jupiter Entertainment ; the History Channel ; executive producer, Stephen Land ; writers, James Golway, Chris Barrett.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 746.1 TEX
Tells the story of America´s first real industry, the textile industry, beginning with Samuel Slater and Slater´s Mill in Pawtucket, R.I., then the Boston Associates´ development of America´s first industrial city, Lowell, Mass., and up to the present.
They Made America.
A production of WGBH Boston in association with Innovator Venture, LLC.
Boston, Mass : WGBH Boston Video, c2004.
2 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 609.2 THE
Contents: Disc 1: Revels Revolutionaries. -- Disc 2: Newcomers, Gamblers.
Examines innovation in America through the stories of some resourceful men and women whose ideas and inventions have transformed the world. Explores the political, social, economic, and environmental forces that make the United States an incubator for so much radical and far-reaching creativity.
When Giants Roamed : the golden age of steam
United States : A&E Television Networks : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 625.26 TRA
Pushed by the need to haul ever longer and heavier trains, the United States´s locomotive works responded with the invention of awe-inspiring articulated steam engines.
Window to the Sea
A co-production of Driftwood Productions, Inc. and WNED-TV ; director and producer, John Grant.
Widescreen format.
Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 597.073 WIN
A program about the behind-the-scenes work being done by scientists throughout the four major North American aquariums.
The World´s Longest Bridge
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks.-- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels)
DVD 624.2 WOR
For centuries, Japan dreamed of linking together all of its major islands, with the aim to make transportation between them faster, easier, and safer. This video documents each stage of the Akashi-Kaikyo´s 10 year construction, from the initial sketches to the triumphant opening festivities.
Wright Brothers´ flying machine
A Nova production
by Green Umbrella, LLC for WGBH/Boston in association with Boston Science Communications, Inc. and Svergies Television ;
produced and directed by David Axelrod ; written by David Axelrod and Michael Barnes & Kate Hudec.
Boston : WGBH, 2003.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.13 WRI
2003 marks the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight as Nova explores the secrets of the Wright brothers´ innovative genius.
CINE
The African Queen
A Romulus-Horizon production ; produced by S.P. Eagle ; adapted by James Agee ; adapted for the screen by John Huston ; directed by John Huston.
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 AFR
A principios de la Primera Guerra Mundial, las tropas alemanas incendian una misión religiosa en Africa y Rose, la hermana del reverendo, quien muere, debe partir en el único transporte disponible: "Reina Africana" conducido por el rudo Charlie, quien a pesar de ser opuesto a Rose, logran congeniar y oponerse a los alemanes mediante planes de guerra ideados por ambos.
All About Eve
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck; written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book attached (25 p.)
DVD 791.4 ALL
Historia de una actiz que recurre a todos los medios posibles para dominar en el ambiente artístico y a quienes estén involucrados en él.
All the President´s Men
Warner Bros. ; a Wildwood Enterprises production ; produced by Walter Coblenz ; screenplay by William Goldman ; directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]
2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 ALL
In the Watergate Building, lights go on and four burglars are caught in the act. That night triggered revelations that drove a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein grabbed the story and stayed with it through doubts, denials and discouragement.
All The President's Men
Warner Bros. ; a Wildwood Enterprises production ; a Robert Redford-Alan J. Pakula film ; screenplay by William Goldman ; produced by Walter Coblenz ; directed by Alan J. Pakula
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 container booklet (7 x 5 in., 37 p., col.; ills.)
DVD 791.4372 ALL
Historia verídica de los reporteros Woodward y Bernstein cubriendo la historia del involucramiento del gobierno americano en el caso Watergate.
Almos' a Man
Produced by Dan McCann ; directed by Stan Lathan (2004)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., c2004.
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 ALM
A black teenage farm worker believes that owning a gun is a mark of maturity, since it is a sign of manhood. But his first shot is a fatal shot and his young life forever changes.
American Graffiti
A Lucasfilm Ltd./Coppola Co. production ; produced by Francis Ford Coppola ; written by George Lucas and Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck ; directed by George Lucas.
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 AME
Four teenagers come of age in 1962 on the last summer night before they go off to college, jobs, or the army.
Apocalypse Now
Directed by John Milus & Francis Ford Coppola (2000).
2 videodiscs (355 min.) sd., col. ; digital 12 cm.
DVD 791.4372 APO
This Vietnam War-journey is fraught with danger involving wartime action on epic and intimate scales. One measure of the film's awesome visceral impact is the number of sequences, images, and lines of dialogue that have literally burned themselves into our cinematic consciousness, from the Wagnerian strike of helicopter gunships on a Vietnamese village to the brutal murder of stowaways on a peasant sampan.
Apollo 13
A Universal Picture ; Imagine Entertainment presents a Brian Grazer production ; a Ron Howard film ; Producer, Brian Grazer ; screenplay, William Broyles.
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 APO
Historia verídica de la misión Apolo 13, atrapada en el espacio, y de la tripulación en la tierra, luchando contra el tiempo para regresarlos a salvo.
Band of Brothers
HBO in association with Dreamworks and Playtone ; producer, Mary Richards ; executive producers, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg.
6 videodiscs (11 hr., 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4575 BAN
Tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, an elite rifle company that parachuted into France early on D-Day morning, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden, and suffered heavy casualties.
Barn Burning
Produced by Calvin Skaggs ; directed by Peter Warner (2004)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., 2004.
1 videodisc (49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 BAR
Ab Snopes is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing. Snopes sets his employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son, Sarty, is horrified. Snopes escapes justice for lack of proof, but he and his family are told to move on. No sooner do they move than Snopes is offended by his new rich employer. Torn between trying to win his father's acceptance and his aversion to what his father will do, Sarty must make a decision and act quickly.
Batman, el Caballero de la Noche
A Warner Bros. Picture presentation in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy production, a film by Christopher Nolan ; DC Comics ; produced by Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas ; screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan ; directed by Christopher Nolan.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, Distributed in Mexico by Warner Home Video Mexico, 2008.
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 BAT
Batman está decidido a destruir el crimen organizado en Ciudad Gótica con la ayuda del comandante Jim Gordon y el fiscal de distrito Harvey Dent, pero aparece El Guasón, quien hunde a la ciudad en la anarquía y obliga a Batman a decidir entre ser héroe o vigilante.
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Produced by Paul R. Gurian ; written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver (2004)
Malibu, CA : Monterey Home Video, 1986.
1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
DVD 791.4572 BER
It's the hot summer of 1919. While visiting her cousin Marjorie, sweet-but-dull Bernice is transformed into a smooth-talking man-trap by her vampish cousin. However, the "make-over" works too well, as Bernice becomes the belle of the ball, captivating every boy's interest. . .even Marjorie's boyfriend Warren. The now worldly Bernice has the last laugh.
Blade Runner
Warner Bros. Pictures ; the Ladd Company ; produced by Michael Deeley ; screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples ; directed by Ridley Scott.
Mexico : [Distributed by] Warner Home Video, 1991.
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 BLA
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
Blade Runner
Directed by Ridley Scott.
5 videodiscs: 3 blu-ray discs + 2 DVD (678 min.) : sd., col. + Booklet [5 x 6 in. 14 p.]
DVD 791.4372 BLA
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicates. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
The Blue Hotel
Produced by Ozzie Brown ; directed by Jan Kadar (2005)
United States : Monterey Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.436 BLU
Nebraska in the 1880's is bleak, lonely, and far from what the Wild West is purported to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of the blue hotel represent the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince the Swede that his dime-store notions about the West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him; the story inevitably ends in tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests?
The Blues Brothers
A Universal picture ; produced by Robert K. Weiss ; written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis ; directed by John Landis.
Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005]
1 videodisc (148 min. ; 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 BLU
After Jake Blues is released from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big show. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies than friends along the way.
Bonnie and Clyde
Warner Home Video ; directed by Arthur Penn.
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 BON
In the early thirties, a car thief and the daughter of his intended victim team up to become America's most feared and ruthless bank robbers.
Breakfast at Tiffany´s
Paramount picture ; a Jurow-Shepherd production ; screenplay by George Axelrod ; produced by Martin Jurow and Richard Shepherd ; directed by Blake Edwards.
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c2009.
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 BRE
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who´s the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
The Breakfast Club - flashback edition
[United States] : Universal, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 BRE
Takes us back to high school to relive the most memorable detention period ever as 5 students with nothing in common are forced to spend a Saturday together. Loaded with over 2 hours of bonus features, including brand new interviews with the cast.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Columbia Pictures, Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman; produced by Sam Spiegel; directed by David Lean.
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 BRI
En un campo de prisioneros en la jungla de Japón, los prisioneros deben construir un puente, supervisados por un oficial japonés y dirigidos por su coronel británico, donde los conflictos surgen a cada paso de la construcción.
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Written by William Goldman ; produced by John Foreman ; directed by George Roy Hill.
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 BUT
Aventura, romance y comedia para contar la historia de dos forajidos que escapan rumbo a Bolivia, mientras la policía les pisa los talones.
Casablanca
A production of WNET/New York in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; a Hal B. Wallis production ; screenplay Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch ; directed by Michael Curtiz.
Special ed.
Burbank, Calif : Warner Home Video, c2003.
2 videodiscs (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 CAS
Contents: Disc 1. Casablanca -- Disc 2. Bonus materials.
Set in World War II Morocco within a city filled with European refugees. A bitter nightclub owner helps his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Casablanca
A Hal B. Wallis production ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch.
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 CAS
Es Marruecos, 2a. guerra mundial, y decenas de refugiados estón desesperados por obtener paso a Lisboa, país neutral. Hasta ahí llega una pareja que conoce al dueño del bar que puede ayudarlos, ellos son su ex-novia y su esposo. Considerando el intenso romance que hubo entre ellos, habrá que ver si es capaz de ofrecerles auxilio.
Casablanca
Warner Brothers Pictures presents a Hal B. Wallis production ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screenplay by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Owen Marks ; music by Max Steiner.
Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, c2003.
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 CAS
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Casi Famosos
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe
Burbank, CA : DreamWorks LLC and Columbia Pictures Inudstries : Distributed by DreamWorks Distribution LLC, 2000.
2 videodiscs (278 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 CAS
Una de las películas más aclamadas en el 2000. William Miller tiene la oportunidad de viajar en el tour de Stillwater del ´73. Durante esta aventura conoce a Penny Lane enamorada del líder de la banda y la cual se convierte en su gran amiga. Pero él es el enemigo de la banda, el crítico de rock.
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
DVD 792.23 CHA
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.
Chicago
Directed by Rob Marshall
[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment, 2003.
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.437 CHI
En una época en que los crímenes pasionales se convierten en titulares de primera plana, la sensacional Velma Kelley y la ambiciosa Roxie Hart se encuentran compartiendo marquesina en la cárcel. Ellas comparten también a Billy Flynn, un abogado hábil y mañoso de la ciudad, quien poseé el talento de convertir a acusadas de muy mala fama, en leyendas locales.
A Christmas Carol
Dyson Lovell ; director, David Jones ; writer, Peter Barnes.
Beverly Hills, CA: TNT Originals : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 1999.
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.45 CHR
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. Patrick Stewart stars as Scrooge in this brilliant presentation of Charles Dickens´ holiday classic the most heartwarming, compelling and powerful adaptation ever filmed.
A Christmas Carol
By William F. Storke, Alfred R. Kelman ; directed by Clive Donner.
Beverly Hills, Calif : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1999.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 CHR
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens´ holiday classic.
City Lights
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin.
Burbank, CA : MK2 Editions : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2003.
2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Chaplin collection)
DVD 792.23 CIT
Contents: Disc 1. The film (82 min.) -- Disc 2. Special features.
A tramp wins the love of a blind flower girl and attempts to obtain money from a millionaire to help her regain her sight.
A Clockwork Orange
Warner Bros. ; a Kinney Company presents ; a Stanley Kubrick production ; produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick.
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 container-booklet (36 p. : col. ill.)
S DVD 791.437 CLO
En Gran Bretaña en un futuro supuesto, un joven violador y asesino es puesto en libertad después de practicársele un lavado de cerebro para causarle aversión al sexo y a la violencia.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A Columbia/EMI presentation, a Phillips production, a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips.
2 videodiscs (ca. 404 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet 7 x 5 in., unpaged + folded poster 20.5 x 13 in.
S DVD 791.4372 CLO
Roy Neary junto con varias personas mas, experimenta un encuentro cercano del tercer tipo y la ansiedad previa que esto le provoca tiene como consecuencia la desintegración de su familia. Sin embargo, el no claudica y sigue las pistas que va obteniendo, hasta lograr personificarse en el lugar donde se llevará a cabo el contacto con extraterrestres.
Códigos de Guerra
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a Lion Rock production, a John Woo film ; producers, John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; writers, John Rice, Joe Batteer ; director, John Woo.
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004, 2002.
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 COD
En la brutal batalla de Saipan de la 2a Guerra Mundial, surge una amistad entre el Sargento Joe Enders y ben Yahzee, un joven navajo entrenado para comunicar el único código de guerra nunca descifrado por el enemigo, el código Navajo.
The Color Purple
Warner Bros. presents a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.-- Widescreen version.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 COL
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who´s forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
Comer Rezar Amar
Columbia Pictures presents a Plan B Entertainment production, produced by Dede Gardner, directed by Ryan Murphy.
Mexico : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2011.
1 videodisc (146 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 COM
Creyendo que hay mucho más en la vida que una casa, un marido, y su profesión, Liz encuentra un nuevo apetito por la vida en esta inspiradora historia verdadera, basada en el libro del mismo título. La protagonista se embarca en un viaje que la lleva a Italia, India y Bali, en busca de su autodescubrimiento a través de una buena comida, meditación, y la esperanza de encontrar el verdadero amor.
Con Ganas de Triunfar = Stand and Deliver
Warner Bros. ; an American Playhouse Theatrical Film ; a Menendez/Musca & Olmos production ; directed by Ramon Menendez ; produced by Tom Musca ; written and directed by Ramon Menendez & Tom Musca.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, Distributed in Mexico by Warner Home Video Mexico, 1988.
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 CON
Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante pushes and inspires 18 students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.
Crimen en Familia
The Weinstein Company and Groundswell Productions presents a movie by Hit the Ground Running, produced by Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki, Bruna Papandrea and Michael London, directed by Andrew Jarecki.
Mexico : Distrimax, 2011.
1 videodisc (101 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 CRI
Historia de amor y asesinatos basada en hechos reales acontecidos al interior de una de las dinastías más notables del estado de Nueva York en los años 80's. Kathie McCormack, la esposa del magnate de los bienes-raíces Robert Durst, desaparece, y éste es sospechoso de haberla matado.
Los Cuatro Fantásticos = Fantastic Four
Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with Constantin Film and Marvel Enterprises, Inc. ; a 1492 Pictures/Bernd Eichinger production ; producted by Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralpph Winter ; written by Mark Frost and Michael France ; directed by Tim Story.
Mexico : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, c2005.
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 CUA
Tras haber sido expuesos a radiaciones cósmicas, cuatro astronautas se convierten en los más destacados aunque disfuncionales superhéroes de todos los tiempos.
Los 4 Fantásticos y Silver Surfer
Produced by Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralph Winter.
México : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, c2007.
1 videodisco (92 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
S DVD 791.4372 CUA
La mujer invisible -Sue Storm y Mr. Fantástico el Dr. Reed Richards están a punto de casarse cuando un misterioso sujeto, el Silver Surfer arruina el evento y anuncia la inminente y próxima destrucción del planeta Tierra. Con el tiempo encima, los Cuatro Fantásticos, muy a su pesar, deben hacer equipo con el malvado Dr. Doom en un intenso esfuerzo por salvar a nuestro planeta.
Daredevil: El hombre sin miedo
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson.
Mexico : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by Twenty Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, c2005.
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 DAR
Un vigilante urbano se enamora de la experta en artes marciales llamada Elektra, cuando ella y su familia son blanco de las maquinaciones de un mafioso. Daredevil de enfrenta a la posibilidad de perder para siempre aquello que ama.
La Decisión Más Difícil
Producida por Mark Johnson, Chuck Pacheco, Scott L. Goldman ; dirigida por Nick Cassavetes.
México : Warner Home Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (109 min.) : son, col. ; 3/4 plg.
S DVD 791.43 DEC
Historia de Anna Fitzgerald, una niña de 11 años que fué concebida para ser la donadora de su hermana enferma de leucemia, pero que por fin demanda su derecho de controlar su cuerpo. Este acto de emancipación podría separar para siempre a los Fitzgerald. O, tal vez, podría ser el primer paso para un triunfante suceso de devoción, dignidad y del verdadero significado de ser familia.
Día de la Independencia = Independence Day
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Centropolis Entertainment production ; a Roland Emmerich film ; produced by Dean Devlin ; directed by Roland Emmerich.
Mexico : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by Twenty Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, c2005.
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 DIA
Poderosos alienígenas planean una invasión contra la raza humana y la esperanza en la tierra reside en ciertos sobrevivientes que se unen para dar el último golpe contra los invasores antes del fin de la humanidad.
The Displaced Person
Directed by Glenn Jordon ; producer Matthew N. Herman (2007)
[United States] : Distributed by Monterey Media Inc., [2004], c1980.
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 DIS
Portrays the difficulties of integration experienced by a Polish refugee who arrives with his family at a Georgia farm in the 1940's. He is industrious and clever, and soon becomes a threat to the other farm workers.
Do the Right Thing
A 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production, directed by Spike Lee, casting by Robi Reed, production design by Wynn Thomas, music by Bill Lee, edition by Barry Alexander Brown, photograph by Ernest Dickerson.
Universal City, CA Universal Studios 2009
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.45 DOT
The story centers around one scorching inner-city day, when racial tensions reach the boiling point in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood.
Do the Right Thing
A 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.45 DOT
En un día caluroso de verano, la tensión es cada vez mayor en un vecindario de nacionalidades heterogéneas. El racismo y la fuerza policial se manifiestan con intensidad, sin embargo, los vesinos se organizan para protestar contra la violencia, generando sin querer más conflictos.
The Doors : 15 Year Anniversary Edition
An Oliver Stone Film, Music by The Doors, Edited by David Brenner
New York, NY : Lionsgate, 1991.
2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.66 DOO
Jim Morrison, one of the most sensual and exciting figures in the history of Rock and Roll, explodes on the screen in this electrifying movie about a time called the sixties and a legendary outlaw who rocked America´s consciousness forever.
Duelo de Titanes
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman ; written by Gregory Allen Howard ; directed by Boaz Yakin.
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by WDC de Mexico, [2007?]
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Una ciudad dividida por el resentimiento, las fricciones y la desconfianza, logra resurgir en armonia. Dos entrenadores de fútbol americano, muy opuestos en métodos, logran zanjar sus diferencias y convertir a un grupo de muchachos hostiles en verdaderos campeones. El resultado es una notable y triunfal historia, plena de espíritu y emoción.
Durmiendo con el Enemigo
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Leonard Goldberg production, a movie directed by Joseph Ruben.
Mexico : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, 2005.
1 videodisc (99 min. ) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 DUR
Al principio, Martin Burney parece ser el hombre de los sueños de Laura: guapo, exitoso y seductor. Pero una vez casados ella descubre que martin es la peor pesadilla para una mujer: celoso, compulsivo, controlador y violento. Laura decide escapar después de tres años de miedo y se establece en una pequeña ciudad.
Encuentros Cercanos del Tercer Tipo
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
México : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, 1997.
2 dvd (137 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 ENC
Varias personas en el planeta tierra han sido sugestionados para acudir a un encuentro cercano del tercer tipo en un lugar y fecha determinados, donde tiene lugar un contacto con extraterrestres amistoso y esperanzador para la especie humana.
Erin Brockovich : una mujer audaz
Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures presents a Jersey Films Production, produced by Dani de Vito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Mexico : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2009.
1 videodisc (131 min.) sd., col.; 4/34 in.
S DVD 791.4 ERI
Una mujer divorciada dos veces, madre de tres hijos, abandonó la universidad y lucha por respeto y credibilidad. Mientras realiza trabajo secretarial en una firma de abogados descubre por casualidad que se está tratando de encubrir un caso de contaminación de aguas que está causando enfermedades mortales en la comunidad.
Ernest Hemingway´s The Sun Also Rises
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Cinema Scope picture ; in Darryl F. Zanuck´s production ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Peter Viertel ; directed by Henry King.-- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 SUN
A group of Americans that have become friends because of the war, spend their time in Europe in 1922, still living as if every day was their last.
Fama
Directed by Alan Parker.
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., c1980, c2003.
1 videodisc (92 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
DVD 791.4365 FAM
This early effort by director Alan Parker is lively but jagged as it follows four students through their years in the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Rather predictably, the kids fall into four clearly defined stereotypes: brazen, gay and hypersensitive, prickly, shy. It makes up for a disjointed presentation with a lot of heart and a great soundtrack (for which it won two Academy Awards). The hopes and disappointments, failures and successes of these teens are fodder for emotional scenes and exuberant dancing in the streets. It also turned out to be the first of many imitators and spawned a popular television series.
A Farewell to Arms
Warner bros. Pictures presents ; a Frank Borgaze production.-- New York : Leisure Entertainment, 2002?.
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813 FAR
A wounded American soldier falls in love with his beautiful English nurse during World War I.
Footloose
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, c1984.
1 videodisc (DVD)(107 min.) : sd., col., digital ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4365 FOO
Otro título: Todos a Bailar
Todos a Bailar, está llena de espíritu, incluibles bailables y una electrizante banda sonora. Representa la lucha eterna
entre el placer inocente y la moral rígida, cuando un chico de ciudad, Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) llega a un tenso
pueblo del Medio Oeste donde bailar, y por lo tanto cualquier tipo de diversión, ha sido prohibido.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Paramount Pictures ; a Sam Wood production ; director, producer, Sam Wood ; screenplay, Dudley Nichols.-- Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, 1998.
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 FOR
The story of Robert Jordan (Cooper), an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain.
Forrest Gump
Paramount Pictures presents a Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman production, a Robert Zemeckis film ; produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey.
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 FOR
Forrest Gump is a low-intelligence man who has good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny.
The French Connection
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Philip D'Antoni production ; produced by Philip D'Antoni ; screenplay by Ernest Tidyman ; directed by William Friedkin.
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 FRE
Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France. He's actually a drug lord working on a big score. He wants to sell millions of dollars worth of 89% pure heroin. Salvatore Boca is a small-time hood who is his potential buyer. Boca is being tailed by two undercover New York City narcotics police officers, James 'Popeye' Doyle and Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo.
4 Little Girls
Spike Lee, director and Sam Pollard, producer
New York, NY : HBO Home Video, c1998.
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 364.152 FOU
When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation´s outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America´s concern.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Dirección Jon Avnet ; producción, Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner ; guión, Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski ; fotografía, Geoffrey Simpson ; música, Thomas Newman.
Mexico : Filmax Home Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (130 min) sd., col.; 43/4 in.
DVD 791.437 TOM
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
The General
Written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman.
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., b&w (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4 GEN
Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee, young Johnnie Gray sets out to single-handedly win the war with the help of his cherished locomotive.
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Glory
Produced by Freddie Fields ; directed by Edward Zwick
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2006.
2 videodiscs (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 GLO
Based on the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War. Robert Gould Shaw and Cabot Forbes are two idealistic young Bostonians that lead the regiment; Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the inspiration who unites the troops ; Pvt. Trip is a runaway slave who joins the regiment.
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Learning in Focus presents ; produced by Calvin Skaggs ; teleplay by Gus Edwards & Leslie Lee ; directed by Stan Lathan.
Thousand Oaks, CA : Distributed by Monterey Media Inc, 2003, c1985.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (American Playhouse on video)
DVD 791.45 BAL
A young black boy in the 1930´s tries to win the respect of his stepfather.
The Godfather
Paramount Pictures.
4 videodiscs (870 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 792.2 GOD
Historia de la familia Corleone desde su origen, encumbramiento y casi caída del poder; incluye tradiciones y ritos de la familia italiana, que van pasando de generación en generación.
The Godfather DVD Collection
Paramount Pictures and the Coppola Company and Zoetrope Studios ; producers, Albert S. Ruddy (Godfather), Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather II, Godfather III) ; director, Francis Ford Coppola.
Widescreen version.
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures, [2001], c1972, c1974, c1990.
5 videodiscs in 4 vols. (ca. 730 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.2 GOD
Based on the novel "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo.
Rarely can it be said that a film has defined a genre, but in the case of this movie, all gangster movies has been judged by the standards of this one, which displays as a main characteristic its ability to wave the often disparate layers of story into a cohesive whole.
The Golden Honeymoon
Ring Lardner (2005)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 GOL
Story of an ornery old man who finds himself competing for his wife's attention when they meet her former fiancé on their fiftieth anniversary honeymoon in Florida.
Gone With The Wind
Selznick International in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screen play by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2004.
4 videodiscs (238 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 pamphlet 12 x 17.5 cm.
DVD 791.43 GON
Contents: disc 1. Gone with the wind, pt. one -- disc 2. Gone with the wind, pt. two -- disc 3. Bonus features: about the movie -- disc 4. Bonus features: about the cast.
Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O´Hara. The story begins on the O´Hara´s Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Gone With the Wind
Selznick International picture ; screenplay by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming.
1 videodisc (233 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 GON
Scarlett es una mujer fuerte y voluntariosa, que le toca vivir en tiempos de la guerra civil y todo lo que ésta involucra para quienes la vivieron. Su frustrado amor la lleva a casarse con alguien a quien no ama, a perder a su pequeña hija y a ser dejada atrás cuando su prima cercana, quien se casó con el hombre que Scarlett amaba, muere.
Good Fellas
GoodFellas
Warner Bros. presents ; an Irwin Winkler production ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Irwin Winkler ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 GOO
Película que inmortaliza la vida de crimen de Henry Hill, desde sus 15 años en las calles de Nueva York, hasta su desaparición en Estados Unidos bajo el programa de Testigos Protegidos.
Good Night, and good luck
Warner Independent Pictures ... [et al.] ; directed by George Clooney ; written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov ; produced by Grant Heslov.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 GOO
A dramatization of the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy when Murrow and the dedicated CBS newsstaff were determined to expose the scare tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist witch-hunts.
The Grapes of wrath
Twentieth Century-Fox presents Darryl F. Zanuck´s production ; directed by John Ford ; screenplay by Nunnally Johnson.
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2004.
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (20th Century Fox studio classics, 17)
DVD 791.43 GRA
Contents: Side A. Feature -- side B. Supplemental.
The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.
The Grass Harp
Presented by Fine Line Features ; directed by Charles Matthau ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Kirk Ellis ; produced by Charles Matthau ; produced by Jerry Tokofsky and John Davis.
[United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Following the death of his parents, teenaged Collin Fenwick is sent to live with his father's cousins in a small Southern town in the 1930s.
The Greatest Man in the World
Produced by Ed Lynch ; directed by Ralph Rosenblum (2004)
Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, inc., c2005.
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 GRE
Fortified with only a gallon of gin and a salami, Smurch bests even Lindbergh with the first non-stop, around the world flight. During the four days he is airborne, this unknown kid becomes a world hero.
Hair
Una producción de Lester Persky y Michael Butler ; una película de Milos Forman.
[Santa Monica, CA] : MGM Home Entertainment : United Artists, 2006.
1 videodisc (121 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
Claude Bukowski, un joven que acude a Nueva York para citarse con el Consejo de Inducción del Ejército. Pero una gran congregación hippie que encuentra en pleno Central Park hará que conozca a la bella Sheila, de la cual inmediatamente se enamora. Con el inicio de la guerra de Vietnam, Claude será destinado a luchar en el frente. Pero a pesar de todos los esfuerzos realizados para evitar su envío a Vietnam, todo será en vano y su vida dará un giro radical acarreando unas consecuencias sorprendentes que podrían incluso hacer peligrar su vida.
Hello, Dolly
20th Century-Fox ; written for the screen and produced by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Gene Kelly.-- Widescreen ed.-- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment : Fox Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.42 HEL
Musical set in the 1890´s about a professional matchmaker who meets her match. As she tries to win his heart, we´re treated to one of the most musically entertaining, hilariously underhanded plots in film history.
El Hombre Araña = Spider-Man
Columbia Pictures presents a Marvel Studios/Laura Ziskin production ; produced by Laura Ziskin, Ian Bryce ; screenplay by David Koepp ; directed by Sam Raimi.
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
S DVD 791.4372 HOM
Peter Parker se tranforma en super héroe al ser mordido por una araña, y como héroe enfrenta varios retos: debe luchar contra el duende verde que alborota la ciudad de Manhattan, salvar Nueva York y ganar el corazón de la chica que es su vecina.
Homeless to Harvard : the Liz Murray story
Barnet Bain Films ; Metafilmics ; Patriarch Pictures, Inc. ; producer, Michael Mahoney ; written by Ronni Kern ; directed by Peter Levin.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004]
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43/2 HOM
Liz Murray es una chica adolescente con un gran espíritu de lucha, a pesar de estar sin hogar y sin padres, los cuales son adictos a las drogas, ha decidido esforzarse al máximo para lograr ser admitida en una de las escuelas más exclusivas y demandantes: Harvard.
I'm a Fool
Sherwood Anderson (2005)
[Thousand Oaks, CA] : Monterey Media, c2005.
1 videodisc (38 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 IAM
A young horse trainer finds that his job, his relationship with his coworkers, and his desire to impress those around him mark his passage to adulthood.
In Cold Blood
Written for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks; music by Quincy Jones
Culver City, CA Columbia Pictures 1987.
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 INC
Powerful and true story of a callous murder, based upon the best selling novel by Truman Capote. A prosperous and respected Kansas farmer, his wife and his two teenage children are wantonly and brutally slaughtered. The murderers are two mindless ex-convict drifters.
It Happened one Night
Columbia Pictures Corporation ; a Frank Capra production ; screen play by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra.
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999.
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Columbia classics)
DVD 792.23 HAP
A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father´s will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter.
It´s a Wonderful Life
Republic Pictures ; Liberty Films ; an RKO Radio release ; screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra ; additional scenes by Jo Swerling ; produced and directed by Frank Capra.
United States : Republic Entertainment : Distributed by Artisan Entertainment, 1998.
1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences, double sided ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet ([4] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
DVD 791.43 FRA
Contents: side A. Feature film (132 min.) -- side B. Featurettes (28 min.).
George Bailey, a desperate and suicidal man, is visited by a guardian angel who shows him how important he has been to those around him in his life.
It's a Wonderful Life
Paramount ; Republic Pictures ; Melange Pictures ; screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra ; produced and directed by Frank Capra.
1 Blu-ray Disc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 ITS
Un hombre deprimido es salvado de suicidarse por un ángel, quien le enseña la importancia de estar con sus seres queridos.
James A. Michener´s Centennial
Universal City Studios, Inc. ; executive producer, John Wilder
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2008.
6 videodiscs (ca. 1252 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.45 JAM
Relive the grand hopes, dreams, loves and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado-- from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century.
Jane Eyre
Focus Features presents in association with BBC Films, a Ruby Film Production, co-produced by Mairi Bett Faye Ward, produced by Alison Owe, and Paul Trijbits, directed by Cary Joji Fukunawa.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, 2011.
1 videodisc (121 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 JAN
Cuando la institutriz Jane Eyre llega a la imponente construcción de Thornfield Hall, se siente intrigada por Rochester, su empleador, pues su humor negro y los extraños sucesos en la casa, la llevan a descubir un terrible secreto que él hubiera preferido que permaneciera oculto por siempre.
Jerry Maguire : amor y desafío
TriStar Pictures presents a Gracie Films Production ; produced by James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Laurence Mark, Cameron Crowe ; written and directed by Cameron Crowe.
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 JER
Historia de un representante deportivo que recupera de pronto sus escrúpulos , lo cual le cuesta perder su trabajo. Cuando una madre soltera entra en su vida y su corazón, se encuentra con el mayor reto de su vida: ganar el corazón de la mujer que ama.
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Katherine A. Porter (2005)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., c2005.
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 JIL
Granny Weatherall is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control. Yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring her to the realization that of all her accomplishments, cannot console herself for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the altar. Still, her indomitable will to live and act independently infuses the last day of her life.
John Steinbeck´s East of Eden
Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screenplay by Paul Osborn ; directed by Elia Kazan.-- Widescreen format; two-disc special ed.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005, c1954.
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813 EAS
Based on John Steinbeck´s novel, this is the first of three major films that make up James Dean´s movie legacy. The 24-year-old idol-to-be plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother Aaron.
Johnny and June : pasión y locura
Directed by James Mangold; Written by Johnny Cash; produced by Cathy Conrad and James Keach; Music by T Bone Burnett; Costumes by Arianne Phillips.
[s.l. ] : Fox 2000 Pictures 2006
1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 784.52 WAL
Cantante, rebelde, forajido, héroe. Con sus acordes de tren de carga, ojos intensamente metálicos y voz tan profundamente oscura como la noche, el legendario Johnny Cash -Hombre de negro- revolucionó la música y forjó su legado como ícono norteamericano. Esta es una inspiradora historia real sobre la decidida devoción de un hombre a su propio sonido, su mensaje y al gran amor de su vida.
Juego de Viernes por la Noche
Friday Night Lights, LLC. ; Imagine Entertainment ; produced by Brian Grazer ; screenplay, David Aaron Cohen and Peter Berg ; directed by Peter Berg.
Universal City, CA : Universal, Distibuted in Mexico by Universal Pictures Mexico, [2005]
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 JUE
Historia sobre un legendario pueblo de Texas en el que la esperanza cobra vida bajo las intensas luces de un juego de viernes por la noche.
King Kong
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book inserted (unpaged : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
S DVD 791.4372 KIN
Esta es la película original proyectada en 1933, en blanco y negro, restaurada y remasterizada. Historia de una expedición fantástica a una isla donde un simio gigante domina el lugar y se enamora de la mujer que acompaña a la expedición.
Less Than Zero
20th Century Fox ; a Jon Avnet/Jordan Kerner Production in association with Marvin Worth ; screenplay by Harley Peyton ; produced by Jon Avnet and Jordan Kerner ; directed by Marek Kanievska.
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 LES
Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
Leyendas de Vida
Produced by Robert Redford, Michael Nozik, Jake Eberts ; screenplay by Jeremy Leven ; directed by Robert Redford.
Mexico : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, 2005.
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Un prometedor joven golfista pierde su swing después de su angustiosa experiencia durante la guerra y se hace adicto al alcohol, pero se presenta en su vida un misterioso caddie llamado Bagger Vance, quien lo ayuda para que su vida vuelva a estar tan bien como antes.
Little Women
Columbia Pictures ; DiNovi Pictures ; produced by Denise DiNovi ; directed by Gillian Armstrong ; screenplay, Robin Swicord.
Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, c2000.
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 LIT
With her husband off at war, Marmee is left alone to raise their four daughters--her "little women." There is the spirited Jo; conservative Meg; fragile Beth; and romantic Amy. As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discover, as Marmee and Aunt March guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue.
Lo que el viento se llevó
Directed by Victor Fleming ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screen play by Sidney Howard ; photographed by Ernest Haller ; musical score by Max Steiner.
Mexico : Warner Home Video Entertainment ; distributed by Warner Home Mexico, 1939-2000.
1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 220 min.) son., col. 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 LOQ
Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Hara's Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
El Luchador
Universal Pictures ; Miramax Films ; Imagine Entertainment ; Parkway Productions ; Touchstone Pictures ; produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Penny Marshall ; story by Cliff Hollingsworth ; screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman ; directed by Ron Howard.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2006.
1 videodisc (2 hr., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 LUC
Extraordinaria historia de un boxeador que vive en la miseria y que al recibir una segunda oportunidad para pelear por el título del campeonato mundial de peso completo, consigue inspirar a las masas a través de su heroica lucha por sobrevivir.
The Maltese Falcon
Directed by John Huston.
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 MAL
Caterva de maleantes que tratan todo para obtener una estatuilla de un halcón engarzado con joyas. El detective Spade investiga el caso, pues su compañero fue asesinado.
Mamma mia!
Universal Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Playtone/Littlestar production ; produced by Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman ; screenplay by Catherine Johnson ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 MAM
Sophie está a punto de casarse y se encuentra en búsqueda de su padre a quien desea encontrar antes de su gran día, solo que no está segura de quién podráa ser, pues leyendo un diario de su madre ha descubierto que hay tres posibles candidatoss, pues su madre tuvo tres amores antes de que ella naciera.
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
Mark Twain (2004)
[United States] : Monterey Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 MAN
A mysterious stranger who was slighted by the people of Hadleyburg reappears to disprove the town's reputation, as a revenge on the hypocritical residents.
Medianoche en Paris
Sony Pictures Classics presents a Mediapro, Versátil Cinema & Gravier production ; a Pontchartrain production ; executive producer, Javier Méndez ; produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Jaume Roures ; written and directed by Woody Allen.
México, D.F. : Zima Entertaiment, 2011.
1 videodisc (94 min.) : son., col.
S DVD 791.4 MED
Gil (Owen Wilson) e Inez (Rachel McAdams) son una pareja de norteamericanos quienes, a punto de casarse, tienen la fortuna de viajar a París. La magia de la ciudad envuelve especialmente a Gil, quien está enamorado de la capital y sueña con una vida distinta. Tras la medianoche, su realidad se transforma de manera sorprendente; las barreras del tiempo se desvanecen, y experimenta una aventura mágina y romántica. Estelarizada por Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, y Carla Bruni, esta comedia romántica es un viaje mágico al París después de la medianoche, donde la ciudad se convierte en un increíble país de las maravillas.
El Mejor
Tri Star Pictures, Directed by Barry Levinson, Music by Randy Newman, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud.
[s.l] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2008.
1 videodisc (138 min.] sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 MEJ
Historia de Roy Hobbs, un joven talento del beisbol, cuya carrera en el deporte va en pleno ascenso, hasta que conoce a una misteriosa mujer que trata de matarlo, interponindo con esto un gran obstáculo en los planes de triunfo del joven beisbolista quien finalmente se sobrepone al dolor físico y a sus sentimientos de fracaso, y logra sus sueños.
Midnight Cowboy
Screenplay by Waldo Salt ; produced by Jerome Hellmann ; directed by John Schlesinger.
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 MID
Ganadora del Premio de la Academia en 1969, esta película trata de dos estafadores cuya gran amistad trasciende la gris realidad de su experiencia de vida en la ciudad y también sus inalcanzados sueños.
Miracle on 34th Street
Twentieth Century Fox presents a John Hughes production ; a Les Mayfield film ; screenplay by George Seaton and John Hughes ; produced by John Hughes ; directed by Les Mayfield.
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc, c2000.
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.437 MIR
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994, this is a story about a little girl and his faith in Santa Claus, in a world where adults, her mother among them, have lost the Christmas spirit.
Modern Times
Written, directed, produced and scored by Charles Chaplin, with Paulette Goddard.-- Burbank, Calif : Warner Bros, 2003.
2 videodiscs (134min.) : sd., b&w with col. special features ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (18 cm.). (The Chaplin collection)
DVD 792.23 CHA
The Little Tramp is an oppressed assembly-line factory worker who is used as a guinea pig for his employer´s test of a new "Automatic Feeding Machine."
Mystic Pizza
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. presents a movie produced by Mark Levinson and Scott Rosenfelt, directed by Donald Petrie.
Mexico : MGM Home Entertainment Mexico, 2005.
1 videodisc (104 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 MYS
Relata las vidas y amores de tres inolvidables meseras en un pequeño pueblo llamado Mystic, del cual sueñan con irse lejos. Finalmente descubren que con amistad y respeto, no sólo encontrarán felicidad, sino a ellas mismas.
Nacido el Cuatro de Julio
Universal Pictures presents an A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan production ; an Oliver Stone picture.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, 1989.
1 DVD (145 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
DVD 791.4372 NAC
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
The Natural
Tri-Star Pictures ; based on the novel by Bernard Malamud ; screenplay by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry ; produced by Mark Johnson ; directed by Barry Levinson.
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2001.
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 NAT
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has an opportunity to share in their race for the pennant.
Network : Still Mad as Hell
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Howard Gottfried ; director, Sidney Lumet ; writer, Paddy Chayefsky.
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 NET
Un conductor de un programa de noticias sufre de un desajuste mental que lo convierte en una celebridad cuando la red televisiva trata de beneficiarse de su enfermedad.
North by Northwest
[Presented by] M-G-M ; written by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
1 videodiscs (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (43 p. col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
S DVD 791.4372 NOR
Un ejecutivo publicista es raptado por un criminal que lo confunde con un supuesto agente de la CIA. En el proceso, se ve involucrado con una bella mujer que le complica un poco más sus ya de por sí difíciles circunstancias.
Oklahoma!
Produced by Richard price and Chris Hunt ; writer, Oscar Hammerstein II ; directed by Trevor Nunn and
Chris Hunt.
United States : Well Go USA, Inc, 2002.
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 OKL
Fearing that Jud will do something terrible to Curley, Laurie accepts Jud´s invitation to the box social. But Curley rescues
Laurie from Jud´s unwanted advances, and wins her hand. On the eve of their wedding, Laurie and Curley are menaced by Jud.
During a fight with Curley, Jud falls on his own knife and is killed. The local deputy insists that Curley be arrested, but
he is outvoted by Curley´s friends, and the newlyweds are permitted to ride off on their honeymoon.
Old Gringo ; Geronimo : an American legend
Columbia Pictures (2008)
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2008.
2 videodiscs (ca. 235 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
DVD 791.4572 OLD
Old gringo: Harriet, a frustrated spinster flees her unrewarding life in America hoping to discover the passion in her soul. Ambrose Bierce, the Old Gringo, is a retired journalist and adventurer who wanders through the hostile desert seeking some meaning to the last years of his life. Arroyo, a fiery young general, is driven by both the Revolution and his desire for Harriet. Set in the spectacle of the Mexican Revolution, their lives become inexplicably drawn together as they face love, death and war.
Geronimo: Betrayed by the Army's legendary "Indian fighter," General George Crook, Geronimo leads a small band of warriors in escape, but is pursued by a principled officer, a grizzled army scout, and a gung-ho West Point graduate.
On the Waterfront
Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Elia Kazan.
Special ed.
Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, c2001.
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
DVD 792.2 WAT
An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss. The film tells a story of love and redemption set against the gritty backdrop of labor union corruption and violence.
One Flew over the Cuckoo´s Nest
Fantasy Films ; screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ; produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas ; directed by Milos Forman.
Burbank, CA ; Hong Kong : Warner Home Video : Distributed by Era Home Entertainment, c1997.
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.23 JAC
The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman ; produced by Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas ; directed by Milos Forman.
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 52-page commemorative hard-bound book, reproduction of original press book, 52-card deck of cast-inspired playing cards, 4 mini-reproductions of worldwide theatrical posters, 6 cast/character photo cards.
DVD 792.23 ONE
The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full-spectrum of institutional repression.
Orson Welles´ Citizen Kane
50th Anniversary Limited Collectors ed.
S.l : Turner Home Entertainment, c1991.
1 videodisc (VHS) (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
DVD 791.437 ORS
Considered to be the finest motion picture ever made in America. A reporter´s quest to find the "truth" about the life of a dead newspaper tycoon, Charles Foster Kane. Parallels the life of William Randolph Hearst.
Our Town
Showtime and Exxonmobil Masterpiece Theatre ; the Westport Country Playhouse production ; producer, Marc Bauman ; [written]
by Thorton Wilder ; directed by James Naughton.
S.l : PBS Broadcasting Service : PBS Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (PBS pictures)
DVD 791.45 OUR
Stage production of Wilder´s play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.
The Paper Chase
Twenty Century Fox presents a film produced by Robert C. Thompson and Rodrick Paul, directed by James Bridges, Music by John Williams.
Beverly Hills, CA Twenty Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 PAP
Historia de un estudiante de leyes en Estados Unidos, quien debe esforzarse mucho para avanzar en su carrera. En este proceso, debe tomar clases con un profesor duro y estricto, de cuya hija se enamora.
El Patriota
Directed by Roland Emmerich ; music by John Williams ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; written by Robert Rodat ; produced by Dean Devlin, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn.
Mexico : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.
1 videodisc (DVD) (168 min.) son., col.
S DVD 791.43 PAT
Cuando los ingleses llegan a su hogar en Carolina del Sur, Martin toma las armas junto con su hijo Gabriel, dirigiendo una lucha contra la tiranía inglesa y descubriendo en el proceso que la única forma de proteger a sus seres queridos es peleando, para tener la libertad de una nueva nación.
Paul's Case
Produced by Ed Lynch ; directed by Lamont Johnson (2005)
Malibu, CA : Monterey Home Video, 1987.
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
DVD 791.4572 PAU
Young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and running off to glamorous New York City. Once there, Paul experiences everything he ever dreamed of, from a luxurious hotel suite to his first taste of champagne. However, when reality finally comes crashing down around him, Paul realizes the desperate course he must now take.
Platoon
Hemdale Film Corporation ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone.
[United States] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer, c2011, 1986.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 PLA
Esta película está basada en la experiencia de su director (Oliver Stone) como soldado en la guerra de Vietnam. Nos narra la historia de Chris (Charlie Sheen) como soldado de infantería y cuya lealtad es puesta a prueba por dos de sus superiores, uno de ellos aparentemente fuera de sí .
Platoon
Hemdale Film Corporation ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 PLA
Esta película está basada en la experiencia de su director (Oliver Stone)como soldado en la guerra de Vietnam. Nos narra la historia de Chris (Charlie Sheen) como soldado de infantería y cuya lealtad es puesta a prueba por dos de sus superiores, uno de ellos aparentemente fuera de sí.
Precious
Lee Daniels Entertainment in association with Smokewood Entertainment ; directed by Lee Daniels. Mexico : Distrimax, 2010.
1 videodisc (110 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PRE
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive.
El Primer Año del Resto de Nuestras Vidas
Columbia Pictures presents a Channel-Lauren Shuler production.
[Australia] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2000]
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 PRI
Siete amigos recien graduados de la universidad, están buscando un lugar en el mundo real, al confrontar problemas sobre sus carreras y sus compromisos personales. St. Elmo, su lugar de reunión, sirve de fondo para que salven, traicionen y amen entre sí como solamente pueden hacerlo los amigos más cercanos.
Psycho
Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Joseph Stefano ; Shamley Productions, Inc. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PSY
Norman Bates is a troubled son who believes "a boy's best friend is his mother." Marion Crane is an ill-fated traveler who checks into the eerie Bates Motel wanting only a hot shower and a warm bed. Her journey ends sooner than she planned in the shocking scene that has haunted generations of movie-watchers.
Los Puentes de Madison
Warner Bros. presents an Amblin/Malpaso production ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; produced by Clint Eastwood and Kathleen Kennedy ; directed by Clint Eastwood.
Burbank, CA : Distributed in Mexico by Warner Home Video, [2008]
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PUE
World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid is on assignment to photograph the bridges of Madison County, Iowa. He stops for directions at Francesca Johnson's farmhouse, and passion ignites.
Purple Rain
Warner Bros. ; screenplay, Albert Magnoli, William Blinn ; producers, Robert Cavallo, Joseph Ruffalo, Steven Fargnoli ; director, Albert Magnoli.
Burbank, CA Warner Home Video, [1997]
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PUR
Otro título: Lluvia Púrpura
Lluvia Púrpura representa el debut en cine de Prince como The Kid, un músico de un club de Minneapolis, tan retraído como
talentoso, en constante lucha con su tormentosa vida familiar y su propia ira, se refugia en su música y en su ardiente
amor por la sensual Apollonia Kotero.
Quédate a Mi Lado
Columbia Pictures presents a Wendy Finnerman Production, directed by Chris Columbus.
Mexico : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2009.
1 videodisc (125 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 QUE
Una madre de familia está enferma de cáncer y decide encargar su familia a su amiga, quien lleva una relación sentimental con su ex-esposo. Un gran y profundo drama que te llegará al corazón.
Raging Bull
An Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff production ; screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin ; based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage ; director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Beverly Hills, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2010, 1980.
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 RAG
Robert DeNiro es Jake LaMotta, "El toro del bronx", es un boxeador cuyas complicaciones psicológicas y sexuales hacen violenta erupción dentro y fuera del ring. En el ojo del huracán se encuentra su hermano que sufre las consecuencias de los crecientes celos y paranoia de Jack, y la quinceañera quien se torna su más preciado trofeo .
Raging Bull
An Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff production ; screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin ; based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter.
1 videodisc (129 min. each) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 RAG
Robert DeNiro es Jake LaMotta, "El toro del bronx", es un boxeador cuyas complicaciones psicológicas y sexuales hacen violenta erupción dentro y fuera del ring. En el ojo del huracán se encuentra su hermano que sufre las consecuencias de los crecientes celos y paranoia de Jack, y la quinceañera quien se torna su más preciado trofeo.
Rappaccini's Daughter
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2005)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., c2005.
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 RAP
Set in 18th Century Italy, this is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl. Beatrice 's strange and unearthly beauty masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni tragically discovers. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the effect she has on him, he unwittingly destroys her.
Rear Window
Universal ; screenplay, John Michael Hayes ; producer & director, Alfred Hitchcock.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2001.
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.27 REA
A news photographer, confined to his room by a broken leg, sees a murder committed in a room on the other side of the court.
The Revolt of Mother
Produced by Brian Benlifer ; directed by Victor Lobl (2005)
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., c2005.
1 videodisc (60 min. [i.e. 47 min.]) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
DVD 791.4572 REV
In 1890 New England, Mother and Father are two hard-working people of the land. Father is going to build a new barn. Mother wants the new house she has long been promised. Despite the love and respect between those who strive and work to build a life together, sometimes the most difficult thing to see may be the needs of those who are closest to you.
Rodgers and Hammerstein´s Cinderella
CBS Television ; produced by Richard Lewine ; writer, Oscar Hammerstein II ; directed by Ralph Nelson.-- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], 2004.
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 CIN
The beautiful and young Cinderella finds her life of drudgery at the hands of her stepmother and two wicked stepsisters changed forever in one evening, thanks to a fairy godmother and a handsome prince.
The Rodgers & Hammerstein's Sound of Music
Twenty Century Fox presents a Robert Wise production.
[Beverly Hills, CA] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2010, 1998, 1993, 1965.
1 videodisc (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 SOU
María es una muchacha que está indecisa sobre internarse en un convento. Mientras tanto, queda a cargo del cuidado de 6 niños que son los hijos de un padre viudo, bastante guapo, que fue capitán de la Naval de Austria .
The Rodgers & Hammerstein's Sound of Music
Twenty Century Fox presents a Robert Wise production.
2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 971.4 SOU
María es una muchacha que está indecisa sobre internarse en un convento. Mientras tanto, queda a cargo del cuidado de 6 niños que son los hijos de un padre viudo, bastante guapo, que fue capitán de la Naval de Austria.
Saving Private Ryan
Paramount Pictures ; produced by Steven Spielberg ... [et al.] ; written by Robert Rodat ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
2 videodiscs (169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 SAV
A squad of American soldiers, led by Captain Miller, go behind enemy lines to save a missing paratrooper. Includes featurettes.
Scrooge
Cinema Center Films ; Waterbury Films ; producer, Robert H. Solo ; screenplay writer, Leslie Bricusse ; director, Ronald Neame.
Widescreen ed.
Hollywood, Calif : CBS DVD : Paramount Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 SCR
The classic Charles Dickens tale of the cold hearted miser who is reformed by the Ghosts of Christmas.
The Searchers
Director, John Ford ; photographer, Winton C. Hoch ; script, Frank S. Nugent ; editor, Jack Murray ; sound, Hugh McDowell, Howard Wilson ; music, Max Steiner.
1 videodisc (videodisc) (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SEA
Ethan Edwards está en busca de su sobrina, secuestrada por los nativos Comanches, quienes masacraron a su familia. La búsqueda toma 5 años, durante los cuales Ethan se enfrenta a situaciones difíciles y sentimientos desconocidos para él.
Shawshank Redemption
Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Frank Darabont Film ; producer Niki Marvin ; screenplay by Frank Darabont ; director Frank Darabont.
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SHA
Basada en la novela cora de Stephen King, esta historia cuenta sobre dos internos, uno de ellos con muchos años ya en la cárcel y el otro recién procesado y acusado injustamente de homicidio y cuya iniciativa y conocimientos traen esperanza y logran un cambio en la prisión.
Show Boat
Produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by George Sidney.
[Burbank, Calif.] : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, 2000.
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 SHO
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
Sid and Nancy
The Samuel Goldwyn Company presents ; an Embassy Home Entertainment presentation ; of a Zenith production ; in association with Initial Pictures ; writers, Alex Cox, Abbe Wool ; producer, Eric Fellner ; director, Alex Cox.
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2000.
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 SID
Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
The Silence of the Lambs
Orion Pictures Corporation ; a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon and Ron Bozman ; screenplay by Ted Tally ; directed by Jonathan Demme.
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SIL
La agente Clarice Starling es elegida para ayudar a encontrar una mujer perdida y salvarla de caer en manos de "Bufalo Bill", un asesino en serie que desolla a sus víctimas. Para resolver el caso, tiene que auxiliarse de otro psicópata encarcelado, y deberá enfrentar sus propios temores.
Singin´ in the Rain
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; story and screen play by Adolph Green and Betty Comden ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.
Burbank, Calif : Turner Entertainment Co : Warner Home Video, c2000.
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.437 SIN
Actors are caught in the bumpy transition to talking pictures; a Spoof of the early days of "talkie" films.
Sister Helen
Cinemax Reel Life ; produced and directed by Rebecca Cammisa & Rob Fruchtman.
Burlington, VT ; New York, NY : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, 2004.
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.17 SIS
In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
The Sixth Sense
Hollywood Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment ; produced by Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel ; written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SIX
Un exitoso psiquiatra intenta ayudar a un aterrado niño que está teniendo visiones terribles de gente muerta.
The Sky is Gray.
Ernest J. Gaines (2004)
Thousand Oaks, CA. : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., c2005.
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
[Thousand Oaks, Calif.] : Monterey Media, c2005.
1 videodisc (41 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 SKY
In rural Louisiana in the 1940's, a young black boy accompanies his mother into town and absorbs valuable lessons of pride, charity and dignity.
La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos
Touchstone Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Steven Haft production in association with Witt-Thomas Productions ; directed by Peter Weir ; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas ; written by Tom Schulman.
Mexico : Touchstone Pictures : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by WDC Mexico, 2000, c1989.
1 videodisc (129 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
DVD 791.437 SOC
Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent.
Soldier's Home
Ernest Hemingway (2005)
[Burbank, CA] : Walt Disney Productions ; Seattle, WA : distributed by CreateSpace Receiving, c2012.
1 video disc (21 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4572 SOL
An American soldier returning from World War I is unable to re-adjust to civilian life and his loving mother pressures him to rejoin the community. The hardest part of the war is coming home, and this is a story with many similarities to the experience of all soldiers from contemporary wars coming home.
Some Like It Hot
Ashton Productions ; Producer/Director, Billy Wilder ; Screenplay, Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond.
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SOM
Dos músicos desempleados por accidente son testigos de una masacre y tienen que huir del lugar hacia otra ciudad disfrazados de mujer, donde tienen un gran éxito.
El Sospechoso
Directed by Gavin Hood. Director of photography, Dion Beebe ; editor, Megan Gill ; music, Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Barry Robison ; written by Kelley Sane ; produced by Steve Golin, Marcus Viscidi.
Mexico : New Line Home Entertainment; Distributed in Mexico by Distrimax, 2008.
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col.
S DVD 791.4372 SOS
Reese Witherspoon interpreta a Isabella El-Ibrahimi, la esposa del ingeniero químico Anwar El-Ibrahimi, quien desparece en un vuelo de Sudáfrica a Washington. Isabella desesperada intenta localizar a su esposo. Mientras tanto, un analista de la CIA es forzado a interrogar en unas instalaciones secretas a Anwar El-Ibrahimi: los destinos de todos terminarán por cruzarse en la búsqueda por descubrir la verdad.
Sparrows
The Pickford Corporation ; directed by William Beaudine ; collaborators, Tom McNamara, Carl Harbaugh, Earle Browne ; story by Winifred Dunn ; adaptation, C. Gardner Sullivan ; [produced by Mary Pickford].-- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c1999.
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (The Milestone collection)
DVD 791.43 SPA
Hidden in the Southern swamps is a baby farm where unwanted or lost children are cruelly underfed and overworked. Mama Mollie (Pickford) protects the others and leads them on an escape through alligator-infested swamps.
Spartacus
Universal Pictures presents a Bryna Productions, Inc. ; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo ; produced by Edward Lewis ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
1 videodisc (197 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SPA
Cuenta la historia de Espartaco, el esclavo gladiador que lidereó la rebelión masiva contra el imperio romano y donde se manifiesta la terna lucha del hombre por la libertad.
Stanley Kubrick's 2001 : a Space Odyssey
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer presents a Stanley Kubrick production ; directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.
México : Warner Home Video [distribuidor], c2001.
1 videodisco (139 min.) : son., col. ; 4 3/4 plg.
DVD 791.4372 DES
A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the "star child" at film's end, Kubrick's vision is meticulous and precise. In keeping with the director's underlying theme of dehumanization by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving.
A Star is Born
Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Moss Hart ; produced by Sidney Luft ; directed by George Cukor.
Widescreen version.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1999.
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.14 STA
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther´s career takes off while Norman´s plummets.
Steel Magnolias
A Rastar production.
Burbank, CA: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 2000.
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 STE
A young diabetic´s decision to have a baby may cost her life. This choice leaves her own mother torn between love and anger, while her loyal friends support her and try to deal with their own feelings.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Bros. Pictures ; screenplay by Tennessee Williams ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; directed by Elia Kazan.
Original director´s version.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1997.
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 STR
An uncensored version of the story of a repressed widow who visits her sister in New Orleans and is raped and driven mad by her brother-in-law.
Superman II-IV
Directed by Richard Lester.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video,
3 videodisc (ca. 340 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Parte II: Tres criminales superpoderosos, liberados arbitrariamehte de la cárcel de la Zona Fantasma del planeta Criptón, planean adueñarse de la tierra, mientras Superman está ocupado mostrando su lado romántico a Luisa Lane.
Parte III: Un brillante programador de computadoras acompaña a Superman en esta nueva aventura, donde Clark se ve enfrentado a dos naturalezas en sí mismo tras una exposición a la Criptonita, interpretando ambos personajes con deslumbrante habilidad.
Parte IV: El desarme nuclear es el tema de la trama en esta película, donde Superman se enfrenta al Hombre Nuclear, ayuda a salvar la Estatua de la Libertad, evita que el volcán Etna haga erupción y reconstruye la demolida Muralla China.
Superman Regresa
Produced by Gilbert Adler, Jon Peters, Bryan Singer ; directed by Bryan Singer.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, Distributed in Mexico by Video Home Warner Mexico, 2006.
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 SUP
Superman ha estado lejos buscando su planeta original, pero en la tierra las cosas han cambiado, pues apareció el villano Lex Luthor, quien tiene un plan para destruir millones de vidas.
Taxi Driver
Columbia Pictures presents a Bill/Phillips production of a Martin Scorsese film ; written by Paul Schrader ; produced by Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 mini reproduction theatrical poster + 11 character photo cards.
S DVD 791.4372 TAX
Un taxista psicótico que se cree un héroe anónimo trata de salvar a una niña prostituta, mientras se ve involucrado también en una campaña política.
The Time Traveler's Wife
A Plan B/Nick Wechsler Production, A Robert Schwentke Film.
[United States] : New Line Home Video, 2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 TIM
Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated. Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Screenplay by Horton Foote ; produced by Alan J. Pakula ; directed by Robert Mulligan ; a Universal International presentation of a Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions picture.-- Special ed.-- Universal City, CA : Universal, 2005.
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 Set of 12 Postcards. (Legacy series)
DVD 813 TOK
Gregory Peck plays a southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece.
Todo Corazón = A Mighty Heart
Paramount Vantage presents a production of Plan B Entertainment/Revolution Films, directed by Michael Winterbottom, music by Molly Nyman y Harry Escott.
Paramount Vantage; distributed in Mexico by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.
1 videodisc (108 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 TOD
Después de que su esposo, Daniel Pearl, reportero del Wall Street Journal, fuera secuestrado por terroristas, Mariane dirige una búsqueda desesperada en busca de algún indicio para localizar a su esposo. Apasionante historia de esperanza, fe y coraje en medio de la tragedia.
Todo por Amor
Twentieth Century Fox presents a Fogwood Films Production, a movie by Joel Schumacher, produced by Sally Field, directed by Joel Schumacher.
Mexico : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Mexico, 2005.
1 videodisc (112 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 TOD
Con poco dinero, una educación limitada y sin suerte para el amor Hilary responde a un anuncio de periódico para de pronto encontrar su mundo lleno de repentinos cambios. Como enfermera de un hombre joven, enfermo en etapa terminal, descubre que son muy afines entre sí, aunque el destino no tiene planeado respetar su profundo e intenso romance.
Toro Salvaje
MGM/UA Home Video ; United Artists ; a Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff production ; a Martin Scorsese picture.
México, D. F. : MGM/UA Home Video ; MGM Home Entertainment [distribuidor], 2000.
1 videodisc (129 min.) : : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 TOR
Otro título: Raging Bull
De Niro retrata increiblemente a un hombre cuyo lado animal yace apenas bajo la superficie, siempre listo para brotar.
Vívidas y comprometidas con la perspectiva honesta y brutal, las secuencias de peleas son recordadas por su gran realismo.
Un Sueño Posible
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures, Distribuida por Warner Home Mexico, 2010.
1 videodisc (128 min.): Sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 UNS
Michael Oher no sabe lo que significa tener una familia, pues el desamparado adolescente solo conoce las calles y los multifamiliares de Memphis. Cuando Michael conoce a Leigh Ann Tuohy encuentra un hogar y su vida cambia.
Unforgiven
Warner Bros. presents a Malpaso production ; written by David Webb Peoples ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood.
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 UNF
Dos forajidos retirados se aventuran por última vez para ganar una recompensa que ofrecen unas prostitutas de un pueblo en Wyoming.
Vertigo.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Restored version.
Universal City, Calif : Universal, c1999.
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (The Alfred Hitchcock collection)
DVD 791.437 VER
A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot involving a woman who is apparently being driven to suicide by one of her ancestors.
West Side Story
Directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.
United States : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003], c1961.
2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 collectible scrapbook.
DVD 791.43 WES
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
White Christmas
A Paramount Picture ; written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank ; lyrics and music by Irving Berlin ; produced by Robert Emmett Dolan ; directed by Michael Curtiz.
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 WHI
Two song-and-dance men team up in show business after the war. Joining forces with a sister act, they trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The real adventure starts when Crosby and Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who´s now in financial trouble.
Wyatt Earp
Warner Bros. presents a Tig Productions, Kasdan Pictures productions, a Lawrence Kasdan film ; produced by Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan ; written by Dan Gordon and Lawrence Kasdan ; directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004], c1994.
2 videodiscs (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 WYA
After being turned away from the Union Army because of his youth, Wyatt studies law and marries Urilla. But Urilla dies before they can have children. Earp grows despondent and its his father who sets him straight. Wyatt becomes a buffalo hunter and a close companion of Bat Masterson and his brother Ed. With his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, Wyatt sets out to clean up the violence-plagued towns of the old West.
The X-files : tercera temporada
Twentieth Century Fox Television.-- Collector´s ed.-- Beverly Hills, Calif : Twenty Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2002.
7 videodiscs (ca. 181 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.457 XFI
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Zoot Suit
Produced by Peter Burrell ; directed by Luis Valdez.
Universal City, CA : Universal, [2003].
1 videodisc (1 hr., 44 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.494 ZOO
Lawyers seek justice for a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to prison. Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940´s in Los Angeles. Racial tensions between the Anglo and Mexican American communities in Los Angeles, California erupted into violence after the conviction of Henry "Hank" Leyvas and seventeen other Mexican American youths for the murder of José Díaz in what was perceived as an unfair trial in 1943.
CINE INFANTIL
Ben and Me
Walt Disney Productions (2012)
[United States] : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media Inc., c2004.
1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4 BEN
Can one little mouse change the course of history? Yes, for now it can be told: Benjamin Franklin may never have become the great man he was without the help of one Amos Mouse! Amos reveals how man and mouse first met and how this accidental encounter grew into a lifetime friendship. Together, they created new and exciting inventions, each one an adventure of its own.
Diary of a Spider
Weston Woods ; adapted, designed and directed by Gene Deitch ; producers, Paul R. Gagne, Melissa Reilly.
Norwalk, CT : Weston Woods Studios : Scholastic, c2006.
1 videodisc (10 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813.6 DIA
A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners. He goes to school, but he also spins sticky webs and takes wind-catching lessons.
Duck for President
Norwalk, CT : Weston Woods/Scholastic, c2004.
1 videodisc : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813.69 DUC
Farmer Brown and his unique animals are back, just in time for the elections. In this hilarious story, students will follow Duck on his road to the presidency of the United States. Children and adults alike will get a giggle out of this witty story of a humble duck working his way up in the world. Students will have the opportunity to compare elections in the movie to real elections.
Happy Feet
Produced by Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell ; written by Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller, Judy Morris ; directed by George Miller
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 HAP
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin´s unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all.
Hulk el Hombre Increíble
Producers, Gale Ann Hurd, Avi Arad, James Schamus, Larry Franco.
[United States] : Universal, Distributed in Mexico by Universal Pictures Mexico, 2008.
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
El científico Bruce Banner está en busca de un antídoto que lo cure de sus explosivas transfromaciones en hombre verde. Perseguido por el ejército, cuyas autoridades desean controlar su poder, y por su enemigo Abominación, otro super hombre que le iguala en poder; no podrá disfrutar de la compañia de su amada.
S DVD 791.4372 HUL
El Mago de Oz
Produced by Mervin LeRoy ; screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf ; directed by Victor Fleming
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005.
2 videodiscs (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. and b&w (sepia tone) ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 WIZ
Un tornado transporta a Dorothy y a su perrito a un mundo mágico donde conoce nuevos amigos y vive fantásticas aventuras, al final de las cuales logra volver a su casa en Kansas.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Based on the book by Mordicai Gerstein.
[Weston, CT] : Weston Woods/Scholastic, c2005.
1 videodisc (10 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.34 MAN
Inspired by the true story of Philippe Petit, a young French aerialist, this animated adaptation of the Caldecott Medal-winning book brings to breathtaking life the excitement and suspense of his daring 1974 high wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Players in Pigtails
Shana Corey ; illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon
Norwalk, CT : Weston Woods Studios, c2004.
1 videodisc (12 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PLA
Katie Casey was baseball mad. Had the fever and had it bad. A story that celebrates a brave girl´s love of the game as she works to become a player in the first-ever All-American Girls Professional Baseball league.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney production ; directed by David Hand ; written by Dorothy Ann Blank ... [et al.].
Burbank, CA. : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2009, c1937.
1 videodisc (ca. 83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 SNO
Blanca Nieves es una bella y gentil princesita a quien todo mundo adora, menos su madrastra, quien es además una malvada bruja que desea matar a Blanca Nieves. La pobre princesita tiene que huir del Palacio e internarse en el bosque, donde conoce a varios buenos amiguitos .
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney production ; directed by David Hand ; written by Dorothy Ann Blank ... [et al.].
2 videodiscs (ca. 83 min.each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4 SNO
Blanca Nieves es una bella y gentil princesita a quien todo mundo adora, menos su madrastra, que es también una malvada bruja quien desea matar a Blanca Nieves. La pobre princesita tiene que huir del Palacio e internarse en el bosque, donde conoce a varios buenos amiguitos.
Toy Story
Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar production ; produced by Ralph Guggenheim, Bonnie Arnold ; directed by John Lasseter ; screenplay by Joss Whedon ... [et al.].
[United States] : Burbank, CA : Disney/Pixar ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., [2010]
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 TOY
El juguete favorito de un niño se ve amenazado por la llegada de otro juguete aparentemente más entretenido. Juntos viven una gran aventura, mientras nos enseñan sobre amistad y necesidad de aceptación .
Toy Story
Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar production ; produced by Ralph Guggenheim, Bonnie Arnold ; directed by John Lasseter ; screenplay by Joss Whedon ... [et al.]
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 TOY
El juguete favorito de un niño se ve amenazado por la llegada de otro juguete aparentemente más entretenido. Juntos viven una gran aventura, mientras nos enseñan sobre amistad y necesidad de aceptación.
WALL-E
Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar Animation Studios film ; produced by Jim Morris ; original story & story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter ; screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon ; directed by Andrew Stanton
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, c2008.
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 WAL
After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.
WALL-E
Walt Disney Pictures presents ; a Pixar Animation Studios film ; directed by Andrew Stanton ; produced by Jim Morris ; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter ; screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon.
2 videodiscs (98 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 WAL
Después de muchos añs de estar solo cumpliendo son su trabajo en un mundo destruido, un robot recogedor y procesador de basura encuentra una razón para vivir: otro robot femenino enviado a la tierra para determinar si la vida es viable.
Wizard of Oz
Produced by Mervin LeRoy ; screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf ; directed by Victor Fleming.-- Two-disc special ed.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005.
2 videodiscs (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. and b&w (sepia tone) ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 WIZ
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes her dog, Toto, and starts to run away. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of Oz. Wishing to return home, she begins to travel to the city of Oz where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs courage. They all hope the all-mighty Wizard of Oz will help them, but they have to get to the Emerald City before the Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them.
The Wizard of Oz
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; a Victor Fleming production ; produced by Mervin LeRoy ; screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf.
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 971.43 WIZ
Dorothy y su pequeño perrito Toto son atrapados por un tornado que los conduce al mundo mágico de Oz y para regresar a casa, deberán vencer muchos obstáculos y ayudarse mutuamente.
CRIMEN Y TERRORISMO
After Innocence
Directed by Jessica Sanders ; produced by Jessica Sanders and Marc H. Simon ; written by Jessica Sanders, Marc H. Simon.
New York, NY? : New Yorker Films, c2005.
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 AFT
Tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated-innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence.
The al-Qaeda Files
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2006.
2 videodiscs (ca. 420 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 364.108 ALQ
Contents: Hunting Bin Laden -- Looking for answers -- The man who knew -- In search of al-Qaeda -- Chasing the sleeper cell -- Son of al-Qaeda -- Al-Qaeda´s new front.
A compilation of seven highly acclaimed Frontline programs, produced both before and after the years following 9/11 and focusing on the inner workings of Al Qaeda and their ongoing conflicts with the United States.
America Rebuilds
Written and produced by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
DVD 973.931 AME
Documents the clearing of the wreckage of the World Trade Center from the perspective of the construction workers, firemen, and engineers who accomplished the task in the nine months following the Sept. 2001 terrorist attacks. Also shows the dialogue among community members, victims´ families, real estate developers, architects, and city officials about what should be done with the site.
Black Money
Written and produced by Lowell Bergman & Oriana Zill de Edition: Widescreen.
[United States] : PBS Home Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 364.163 BLA
Examines the shady world of international bribery, revealing how multi-national companies create slush funds, set up front companies, and make secret payments, all to get billions in business. At the center of this is a controversial, ongoing investigation into the British-based multi-national BAE Systems and allegations about billion dollar bribes.
Brother Minister: the assassination of Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik Shabazz)
A Jack Baxter film.
Brooklyn, NY : Urban Swami, 2005.
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 301.451 BAX
A documentary that takes a new look into the assassination of the Nation of Islam´s most iconic figure. Examines the allegations surrounding the blak leader´s demise in 1965. It focuses on Malcolm´s political situation prior to the killing with a special emphasis upon the coalition he and Martin Luther King were trying to form.
Brotherhood of Terror
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks.-- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 322.4 BRO
In this comprehensive program, journey to Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood was created in the late 1920s, and learn how Brotherhood members passed radical ideologies onto legions of followers.
The Coast Guard Ships
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 359.9 COA
This in-depth program goes aboard some of the many craft employed by the Coast Guard, from the small boats used for shoreline rescue operations, to the deep-sea patrol ships that form the vanguard in America´s war against drugs.
Guns in America
National Geographic
Washington, D.C : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 623.442 GUN
Three hundred million citizens, 270 million guns, five stories, and one common thread: all are part of Guns in America. Lots of different people own guns for a variety of reasons: from gangs, to local law enforcement, to gun hobbyists to a young mother. This documentary explores the lives of people with guns.
Inside 9/11
Produced by Towers Productions Inc. for National Geographic Channel.-- Commemorative ed.; standard format.-- Washington, D.C ; Burbank, Calif : National Geographic : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2006.
2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 INS
A comprehensive and compelling perspective on the tragic day September 11, 2001, which goes beyond what´s been widely reported to reveal a clearer picture of events.
Inside the LAPD
A&E Television Network.-- New York, NY ; New York, NY : A&E Television Network : New Video [distributor], 2001.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.209 INS
For a century and a half, the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department), have patrolled the streets of the City of Angels.
The Long War : America´s war on terror
NBC Universal, Inc. ; NBC News.-- Solana Beach, CA : Genius Products, Inc, c2006.
1 videodisc (63 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 LON
An extraordinary investigation that asks if we really are winning the war on terror. Includes interviews with American soldiers, a rare journey into CIA headquarters, and more.
María Llena Eres de Gracia
Produced by Paul Mezey ; film editing by Anne McCabe, Lee Percy.
[S.l.] : Home Box Office, [2008]
1 videodisc (101 min. feature) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 363.45 MAR
Una chica de Bogotá tiene la oportunidad de hacer buen dinero conviertiéndose en una "mula" del narco, con lo que se ve de pronto sumergida en este violento mundo. Decidida a lograr su objetivo aún a expensas de su vida, su primer encargo se convierte en una cruzada de supervivencia y determinación de la que emerge armada del valor que habrá de conducirla a una nueva vida.
102 Minutes that Changed America
Producer, Nicole Rittenmeyer ; produced by Siskel/Jacobs Productions for History.
New York, N.Y : A&E Television Networks, c2008.
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 ONE
A chronological record of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, assembled from video & audio footage recorded by more than 100 eyewitnesses. 102 minutes pased between the first plane´s impact into One World Trade Center, the second plane´s attack on Two World Trade Center, and the eventual collapse of both buildings.
The 9/11 Hijackers : inside the Hamburg cell
The History Channel.-- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 NIN
For years, they remained nearly invisible, a small group of dedicated men waiting for the perfect chance to strike. Then, on September 11, 2001, they took action.
Road to 9/11
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 ROA
This dramatic documentary chronicles the deep historical roots of Al-Qáida, examining the years of political oppression, economic stagnation, religious fanaticism, and violence that gave rise to the attacks of September 11, 2001. It features rare footage, and insightful commentary by leading scholars and journalists including Bernard Lewis, Fareed Zakaria, Thomas Friedman, Irshad Manji, Azar Nafisi, Kanan Makiya, Fawaz Gerges, and David Fromkin.
Why the Towers Fell
Produced and directed by Garfield Kennedy and Larry Klein ; a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production.
Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 725.23 WHY
For most people the image of the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was not only a
scene of unforgettable horror, it was a moment of unimaginable consequence. This follows a blue ribbon team of forensic
engineers as they begin searching for clues that would tell them why the towers fell. From detailed examination of the
buildings original design to the relentless process of searching the scrap steel yards and Ground Zero itself for evidence.
DANZA
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Produced and directed by Thomas Grimm.
[Germany] : Arthaus Musik, 2004.
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (21 p.)
DVD 792.8 ALV
The program on this DVD represents the cream of Ailey´s Company´s repertoire. The most well known piece is "Revelations," which is danced to traditional gospel hymns. "Divining" uses two drummers to provide the music. The other pieces use pop, R&B, and jazz for their scores, and this makes them very accessible to audiences who are new to dance. Ailey introduces to some of the dances, after talking about his career.
Balanchine : the father of American ballet
Produced by Judy Kinberg ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; written by Holly Brubach ; a production of Thirteen/WNET New York
in association with Société Radio-Canada & British Broadcasting Corporation.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2004], c1984.
1 videodisc (156 [i.e. 115] min : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8 BAL
Through rare archival audio and video footage, interviews, film, and photographs, this program traces Balanchine´s
life from his youth, through his work for Hollywood and Broadway, to his creation of the New York City Ballet. Features
selections from many of his ballets, including Chaconne, Agon, Symphony in C, Apollo, A midsummer night´s dream, and
Western symphony.
Beyond the Steps : Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Produced and directed by Phil Bertelsen ; co-producer, Becca Bender ; a co-production of Dance Philm and Thirteen/WNET New York, in association with National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC).
[New York, NY] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8 BEY
Follows the extraordinary dancers and renowned choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as they do everything it takes to keep modern dance fresh and a legacy alive.
Dancing Across Borders
A film by Anne Bass ; producers, Anne Bass, Catherine Tatge ; director, Anne Bass.
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8 DAN
A young man from Cambodia, Sokvannara Sar, is given a chance to fulfill his dreams when he is brought to the United States to audition for the prestigious School of American Ballet.
Dancing in the Light
Produced by Jodee Nimerichter ; directed and written by Madison Davis Lacy ; a production of the American Dance Festival, in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c2007.
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8089 DAN
A selection of six dance compositions by African American choreographers, introduced and contextualized by Taye Diggs.
Fosse
Produced by Judy Kinberg ; directed by Mathew Diamond ; [produced for the stage by Clear Channel Entertainment] ;
stage production directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking ; co-conceived by Richard Maltby Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann
Reinking.
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2001.
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Dance in America) (Great performances)
DVD 792.82 FOS
Join one of Fosse´s most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, as she and a wild, gyrating cast take you through such memorable standards
as "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," "Steam Heat," "Mein Herr," and the unforgettable "Big Spender."
Jerome Robbins Something to Dance About
Director of photography Tom Hurwitz ; editors, Molly Bernstein, Girish Bhargava.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2009
1 videodisc (130 [i.e. 114] min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8 ROB
Examines the life of the controversial master of the Broadway musical and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. Features excerpts from Robbins´ work, including never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d´Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Laurents, Peter Martins, Frank Rich, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harrick, Joseph Stein, and others.
José Limón : three modern dance classics
Produced and directed by Harvey Hart
Pleasantville, NY ; S.l : Video Artists International : CBC Home Video, 2002.
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8 JOS
José Limón (1908-1972) was a Mexican-American choreographer who continues to be regarded as one of the modern dance world´s seminal creative artists, known for his intense dramatic presence and the theatricality and musicality of his dances. Here for the first time on video are three of his most famous works with the original casts, filmed in their entirety for the Canadian Broadcasting Company in the 1950s: The Moon´s Pavane (1949), The Traitor (1954), and The Emperor Jones (1956).
Martha Graham : dance on film
Produced by Nancy Bauer.
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, c2007.
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
DVD 792.8 MAR
The first is a celebration of the American pioneer spirit , scored by Aaron Copland, and the second is a powerfully physical rendering of the Oedipus myth. Also included are: Martha Graham: the Dancer Revealed, a 1994 documentary produced for PBS´s American Masters series; new interviews with six dancers from the films; excerpts from a 1975 filmed technique demonstration by Graham´s company, narrated by Graham; and footage of Graham´s company from a 1954 European tour.
Martha Graham : in performance.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2002.
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.82 MAR
A dancer´s world: Martha Graham and the Martha Graham Dance Company perform a series of short dances, interspersed with commentary by Graham and writer Leroy Leatherman. Appalachian spring: "An American folk tale of a young pioneer, his bride, and a wandering revivalist preacher with a band of followers. The dance tells of the couple´s wedding, the building of their home, the preacher´s dire sermon, and the woman´s gentle blessing as the couple begins a life in the wilderness.
Merce Cunningham : a lifetime of dance
Directed by Charles Atlas ; produced by Sylvie Blum.
New York, NY : Winstar TV & Video, 2000.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8222 MER
Documentary on the life and work of pioneering modern dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Cunningham himself, along with his dancers, collaborators, and observers, traces the course of his long career and that of his dance company.
Split Sides
Presented by Cunningham Dance Foundation ; choreography, Merce Cunningham ; a film by Charles Atlas.
[New York, NY] : ARTPIX, c2009.
Description: 2 videodiscs (252 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 792.8222 SPL
Captures the iconic modernist choreographer´s most radical use of chance procedures. The piece is divided into two parts. Each 20-minute part features one of two options for the different creative elements of the piece: set design, costumes, lighting, music, and choreography.
DEPORTES
The Daytona 500 : 50 years of the great American race, 2008
NASCAR Media Group
New York : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2008.
2 videodiscs (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (NASCAR DVD collections)
DVD 796.72 DAY
The 50th running of the Dayton 500 provides NASCAR with an unforgettable and highly-anticipated milestone event. With a history of legend-defining and myth-making spectaculars, the Daytona 500 winners circle has embraced NASCAR heroes including Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Senior and Junior, and the 2008 winner Ryan Newman. The 2008 Daytona 500 will be presented in the ground-breaking "My Race" interactive DVD format. Allows users to experience the race from six different drivers perspectives plus the main broadcast feed, along with driver and announcer audio feeds.
Un Equipo Muy Especial
[United States] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; Distributed in Mexico by WDC, 2008.
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd.' col.; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.43 EQU
Jimmy Dugan es un jugador retirado que contratan para dirigir a la Liga de béisbol de Mujeres de E.U.A. en 1943, mientras los profesionales están en guerra. Dugan se ve envuelto en la pasión del juego y en el heroísmo del equipo de mujeres.
The Harlem Globetrotters
America´s court jesters.
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.323 HAR
For nearly 75 years the ´Clown Princes of Basketball´ have brought laughs and ball-handling wizardry to fans all over the globe. Follow the team from their Chicago beginnings to their present-day success.
La Historia de los Mundiales Desde 1930 Hasta el 2002 : las más grandes figuras del fútbol nos brindan momentos históricos
Miami, FL : J.R. Productions, 2003.
1 videodisc (v.4) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 796.334 HIS
Este material contiene la narración y visualización de cada uno de los partidos que se jugaron en el mundial de fútbol de 1994 en los Estados Unidos, e incluye solamente los momentos más importantes con las jugadas decisivas de cada equipo participante en aquel evento deportivo.
Los Hombres Blancos no Saben Saltar
20th Century Fox presents a Ron Shelton film ; produced by Don Miller and David Lester ; written and directed by Ron Shelton.
Mexico : 20th Fox Century Home Entertainment, Distributed in Mexico by Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment Home Mexico, 2003.
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4372 HOM
Un par de hábiles jugadores de baloncesto hacen equipo para conquistar las canchas de Los Angeles, con un juego rápido, peligroso y divertido.
Major League Soccer greatest goals, 1996-2003
Seattle, WA : Payne Media : Distributed by Urban Works, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.334 MAJ
Features awesome goals scored with diving headers, bicycle kicks and simply moves by Major League Soccer´s best players as they fight the defenders to score. Watch the goals from different angles. Ultra slow motion replays show you exactly how these great players score the great goals when the game is on the line.
New York Yankees Perfect Games and No-hitters
Major League Baseball Properties
S.l : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
6 videodiscs (12 hr., 33 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.357 NEW
An extraordinary compilation of baseball history, individual intensity, and the unbridled joy. This remarkable collection features perhaps the most pressure-packed pitching performance ever -- the quintessential masterpiece Don Larsen´s 1956 World Series Perfect Game. Classic game elevated by the television play-by-play of legendary Mel Allen and young Vin Scully plus; for the first time ever the radio play-by-play of Bob Wolf is included as an alternative baseball bonus track. Three Hall of Fame announcers providing coverage of a singularly historic event.
The Perfect Game
Highroad Entertainment presents a Prelude Pictures Production in association with Lone Runner Entertainment.
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 2008.
1 video disc (117 min.) : sd.., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4 PER
Story of the underdog foreign Little League team that inspired two nations beating the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.
The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Productions ; directed by Sam Wood ; screen play by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Santa Monica, CA : MGM DVD : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4372 PRI
Lou Gehrig, the Yank's great first baseman and the son of poor immigrants, rose to heights of baseball fame-- only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable disease known as ALS.
Racetrack Tech
Produced by Jupiter Entertainment, in association with the History Channel ; producer, writer, David Madison.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2009.
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.720 RAC
The racers may get all the glory, but they would never venture behind the wheel without the specialists who strive to ensure their safety. From tires to roll cages to hood flaps, this video examines the incredible technology that's helping to prevent crashes and enabling drivers to survive the wrecks that they can't avoid. Auto experts trace the history of racing safety and illuminate how todays most innovative minds digitally reconstruct crashes, facilitating a continual flow of newer and better equipment.
Los Suplentes
Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Bel-Air Entertainment ; produced by Dylan Sellers ; directed by Howard Deutch ; written by Vince McKewin.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4 SUP
Shane Falco, a washed-out all-American QB, guides a team of misfits assembled by veteran coach Jimmy McGinty to replace striking pro players.
World Series Champions 2009 : Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees
Produced by Major League Baseball Promotions.
[New York, NY] : Major League Baseball Productions, 2009.
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.357 WOR 2009
It was the matchup many had hoped for: the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, against the team that had won more titles than any team in any sport: the New York Yankees. Both squads featured game-changing players, elite pitchers and a knack for late inning comebacks. No team had won more road games than the Phillies and no team had won more home games than the Yankees.
Yankeeography
YES Network [presents] ; Major League Baseball Productions ; [senior producer, Jeff Spaulding ; senior writer, Jeff Scott.]
New York, NY : A& E Home Video : distributed by New Video Group, 2007.
4 v. in 12 videodiscs : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.357 YAN
If you love baseball, or the history of baseball, you probably love the Yankees. You don´t have to be a New Yorker; it´s just that you cannot love the national pastime without having some affection for this team. Chronicling the lives and careers of the players, coaches, and other notable personnel associated with the New York Yankees. Extras for each player include ´Uncut interviews","Milestone game footage", "Hall of fame speeches""And More" that provide insight into each player´s brilliant career.
DESASTRES NATURALES
Earthquakes
Produced by Greystone Communications for the History Channel ; written and directed by Amy Huggins.-- New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 551.22 EAR
Explains technologies that help predict seismic events and limit the damage they cause.
Forces of Nature
A film by National Georgraphic and Graphic Films ; writer, Mose Richards ; director, George Casey ; producers, Paul Novros, George Casey.
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.34 FOR
Showcases the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms by following scientists on their quests to understand how natural disasters are triggered. Learn what is being done to predict and prepare for these events. Narrated by Kevin Bacon. Includes bonus program: The Making of Forces of Nature, and a photo gallery.
Fuerzas de la Naturaleza
Writer, Mose Richards ; director, George Casey ; producers, Paul Novros, George Casey 2008)
[United States] : Universal City, CA : National Geographic ; Distributed by Televisa Home Entertainment, 2008.
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 363.34 FUE
Hay una sola cosa para contemplar el inmenso poder de la naturaleza y otra para experimentar estas fuerzas directamente. Este video exhibe el extraordinario espectáculo de los temblores, volcanes y severas tormentas. Siga a los científicos en su búsqueda para entender cómo estos desastres naturales son provocados y aprenda que se hace para predecir y prepararse para estos eventos.
The great San Francisco Earthquake
written and produced by Tom Weidlinger.
Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.46 GRE
In the early 1900s, San Francisco stood as a proud and flourishing symbol of America´s recent conquest of the once-wild West. But on April 18, 1906, the city would experience an awesome reminder of the uncontrollable forces lying dormant just beneath the splendors of its cosmopolitan surface. Thirty times more powerful than the temblor that decimated northern California in 1989, this earthquake measured a ground-wrenching 8.3 on the Richter scale, resulting in the worst catastrophe suffered by a North American city in the twentieth century.
Hurricane Katrina : the storm that drowned a city
A Pioneer production for NOVA in association with WGBH/Boston, FIVE, Spiegel TV and Arte ; written, produced and directed by Caroline Penry-Davey and Peter Chinn.-- Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 976.3 HUR
Featuring eyewitness testimony, NOVA takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast.
Inside Hurricane Katrina
National Geographic Channel ; produced by Towers Productions ; supervising producer, Judy Cole ; producers, Sarah Huisenga, Jennifer Maiotti ; writers, Michael Eldridge, Judy Cole.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.34 INS
Using comprehensive analysis of events, hours of government audio tapes, and personal interviews, National Geographic takes viewers into the eye of Katrina to uncover the decisions and circumstances that determined the fate of the Gulf residents.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Produced and directed by Robert Erickson ; produced by Creative Differences for History Television Network Productions.
New York : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.461 ONE
Describes the San Francisco earthquake of Apr. 18, 1906, which opened up a 270-mile fissure along the San Andreas fault and caused three days of fires that virtually destroyed the city. Through computer modeling and other techniques, shows the likely results if a quake of similar strength were to strike now : billions of dollars in damages, collapsed buildings and bridges, and casualties running into the tens of thousands.
The Storm
Produced by Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith ; coproduced by Chris Durrance ; written by Martin Smith ; a FRONTLINE coproduction with RAINmedia ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
Widescreen.
Washington, DC : PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.349 STO
The Storm examines the first critical hours of local, state, and federal emergency response to Hurricane Katrina and raises profound questions about National preparedness and homeland security.
When the Levees Broke : a requiem in four acts
HBO Documentary Films and 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks present a Spike Lee Film ; producers, Sam Pollard and Spike Lee ; director, Spike Lee.-- New York, NY : Home Box Office : HBO Video, c2006.
3 videodiscs (ca. 256 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.34 WHE
Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceeded and followed Katrina´s passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
FOLKLORE Y VIDA SOCIAL
America Beyond the Color Line
A Wall to Wall Television production for PBS and BBC ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Dan
Percival and Mary Crisp.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 220 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 305.896 AME
Gates travels to the east coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago, and Hollywood to investigate modern black
America and interview influential Americans including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya
Angelou, Willie Herenton and others.
The Art of Quilting
A production of Wisconsin Public Television ; producer, director, Laurie A. Gorman.-- Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col and b&w ; 4 3/3 in.
DVD 746.46 ART
Explores the myriad techniques and artistry reflected in contemporary American quilts. By highlighting artistic exhibitions and documenting artists at work in their studios, this video allows viewers to discover how the boundaries of traditional American quilt making have expanded.
Ax men. The complete season one
Produced by Original Productions for History; supervising producer, Sarah Whalen
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2008.
4 videodiscs (ca. 658 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 634.9 AXM
Explore the past and present of the rough-and-tumble logging industry and the treacherous lives of Pacific Northwest timber cutters. Follow four logging crews through a season in the remote forests of northwest Oregon.
The Best of the Real West
The History Channel with Arts and Entertainment Network and Greystone Communications.
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks, c2000.
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 BES
Contents: Disc 1: Sitting Bull & the great Sioux Nation ; Wild women, Calamity Jane, Belle Star, Annie Oakley -- Disc 2:
The myths, legends and realities of the Old West come alive through original footage, authentic diaries,
paintings, photos, and expert commentary.
Breaking Vegas : the true story of the M.I.T. Blackjack Team
Produced and directed by Bruce David Klein ; written by Bruce David Klein.
[United States] : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 795.423 BRE
A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and code words inside the casinos.
Buffett & Gates Go Back to School
Produced by NET Television ; producers, Joel Geyer and Kay Hall ; director, Jim Carmichael.-- Widescreen.-- Lincoln, NE ; Alexandria, Va : NET Foundation for Television : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 650.1 BUF
The two wealthiest men in America, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, give business students at the University of Nebraska advice on how to get a job, how to find success, and how to help change the world.
Can You Afford to Retire?
Frontline coproduction with Hedrick Smith Productions, Inc. ; produced and directed by Rick Young ; written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young.-- United States : PBS Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 331.25 CAN
The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: boomers will be long on life expectancy but short on income.
The Card Game
Producers and writers, Lowell Bergman & Oriana Zill de Granados.
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Distribution, c2009.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 332.765 CAR
Correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact on a fragile national economy. Bergman and the New York Times talk to industry insiders, lobbyists, politicians, and consumer advocates as they square-off over new regulation and the possible creation of a consumer finance protection agency. The stakes couldn´t be higher as many fear the consumer loan industry could be at the center of the next crisis.
Craft in America : a journey to the origins, artists and techniques of American craft
Created by Carol Sauvion ; a co-production of Crafts in America, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; presented in association with KCET/ Los Angeles ; written by Kyra Thompson.-- United States : Craft in America, Inc : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 745.5 CRA
Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums.
Christmas Unwrapped : the history of Christmas
A & E Home Video ; produced by History Television Network Productions, H-TV ; produced and written by Alison Guss.
United States ; New York : A & E Television Network : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 2005, c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.266 CHR
Traces the emergence of the modern-day Christmas celebration from pagan festivals such as the Roman Saturnalia, and how British settlers in the New World transformed the patron saint of children into the enduring figure of Santa Claus.
Cinco de Mayo
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks.
New York, N.Y : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2006], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.262 CIN
The riveting story of the day an ill-equipped Mexican Army, Zacapoaxtla Indians, and average Mexican citizens reclaimed their lives. Together they bravely defeated occupying French forces to reclaim their land and secure their independence.
Coca-Cola : the history of an American icon
Writer/producer, Jeff Martin.
Orland Park, IL : MPI Media Group, c2001.
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 338.7 COC
"Behind-the-scenes chronicle will inspire you with the story of a product that began as a dream to find the perfect formula for a soda-fountain drink. When it was coupled with innovative and pioneering marketing techniques, it sparked a social revolution that made Coca-Cola the world´s favorite soft drink. The story of this American icon is told with the help of rare photographs and previously unseen footage"--Container.
Cola Wars
Producer, Robert Twilley ; writer, Matthew Edens ; Jupiter Entertainment ; History alive with Roger Mudd ; a presentation of the History Channel.-- S.l : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2005, c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 663.62 COL
The History Channel proudly presents the captivating story behind one of the fiercest business rivalries in American history
Diary of a Worm
Based on the book by Doreen Cronin & Harry Bliss ; a Scholastic, Weston Woods presentation.
[Weston, CT] : Weston Woods/Scholastic, c2004.
1 videodisc (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 813.69 DIA
Meet a worm not that different from you or me, except that his head looks a lot like his tale. A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.
Discounted Dreams : high hopes and harsh realities at America´s community colleges
Producers, Carrie Glasser, Shae Isaacs ; produced by Learning Matters, Inc.-- United States : PBS Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 378.03 DIS
Community colleges represent the fastest growing segment of American higher education, their open admissions, low tuition, and flexible scheduling draw students.
Do You Speak American?
Producer & director, William Cran ; writers, William Cran & Robert MacNeil ; producer, Christopher Buchanan ; a MacNeil/Lehrer & Paladin InVision Production with Thirteen/WNET New York in association with KLRU Austin, Texas.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2005.
3 videodiscs (57 min. each) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
DVD 427.9 YOU
Contents: [pt. 1.] Up North -- [pt. 2.] Down South -- [pt. 3.] Out West.
Examines sociolinguistic questions and the dynamic state of American English, a language rich in regional variety, strong in global impact, and steeped in cultural controversy.
The First Measured Century
BJW Inc. in association with New River Media
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
2 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 303.4021 FIR
Looks at American history through data and measurement, revealing how the lives of everyday Americans have changed over the last century. Includes commentary by Theodore Caplow, a professor of sociology, and Bruce Geelhoed of Ball State University´s Center for Middletown Studies.
Flying Cheap
WGBH ; Frontline co-production with American University School of Communication´s Investigative Reporting Workshop ; writer, producer and director, Rick Young.
[United States] : [Distributed by] PBS Home Video, [2010]
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.124 FLY
Frontline investigates the crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, NY, and discovers a dramatically changed airline industry, where regional carriers now account for half of the nation´s daily departures. Insiders are worried that, thirty years after airline deregulation, the aviation system is being stretched beyond its capacity to deliver service that is both cheap and safe.
Frontier House
A co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Wall to Wall in association with Channel 4 Television Corporation and Channel
4 International ; directed and produced by Nicolas Roether Brown and Maro Chermayeff.
Letterbox ed.
Alexandria, Va : PBS Video, c2002.
2 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 978.6 FRO
Three modern families were chosen to learn to survive as if the year is 1883. Using the tools and technology of
that time they must make difficult choices and cope with the consequences in the Montana wilderness.
Great American Authors Since 1650
Produced by Centre Communications, Inc. for Ambrose Video Publishing ; producer, Ronald C. Meyer ; director, Scott Gordon ; written by Mark Reeder.
New York, NY : Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], c2007.
4 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 801.95 GRE
Presents the lives and literary output of more than 60 of America´s most read authors in concise, stand-alone segments presented in chronological order.
The Greatest Generation
Eugene, OR : NBC Universal, Inc, 2005.
3 videodiscs (390 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 940.54 GRE
Split into three parts, this NBC News production sees Tom Brokaw casting an eye over the people who played a key role in early 20th century history. He defines "the greatest generation" as American citizens who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. The vehicle used to define the generation further is the stories told by a cross section of men and women throughout the country.
Growing Up Online
WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Frontline co-production with Ark Media, LLC. ; written by Rachel Dretzin ; produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio.-- Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 004.67 GRO
MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Friendster; nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day. They socialize with friends and strangers alike. Peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today´s adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with. Investigates the risks, realities, and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web.
The Haunted History of Halloween
Produced by History Television Network Productions ; produced and written by Jeff Swimmer.
New York, NY : New Video [distributor], [2005], c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.264 HAU
Join Harry Smith of CBS´s The Early Show as he leads this 3,000-year expedition through the history of the characteristically pagan holiday of Halloween. Discover how the "trick-or-treat" custom originated during the harvest festivals in ancient Ireland when food and sweets were used to coax the dead into remaining in the spirit world. Learn how Christianity tried to co-opt the celebration by turning it into All Saints Day, but how the underlying-- and sometimes controversial-- dark elements of the holiday have survived.
Haunted Hollywood
The History Channel.-- New York, ny : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2000.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 133.1 HAU
Explore the secret stories behind some of the big screen´s most famous specters.
Hidden Motives
Chedd-Angier ; presented by CPTV ; written, produced and directed by Graham Chedd.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 153.8 HID
Alan Alda explores how our unconscious determines our behavior.
The History of Christmas
New York : A & E Television Network, c2008.
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.266 HIS
Hop on Santa´s sleigh and take an enchanting journey through the history of the world´s favorite holiday. Learn the origins of the Western world´s most enduring traditions.
Ice Road Truckers. The complete season one
Produced by Original Productions, Inc. for the History Channel ; producer, Dawn Fitzgerald.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2007.
4 videodiscs (ca. 470 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4575 ICE
Ice road truckers follows the competition and camaraderie of six truckers over a season on the ice road, as they brave white-outs, thin ice, and the deadly cold to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Independence Day : the history of the fourth of July
History Television Productions ; produced by History Television Network Productions, H-TV ; A&E Television Networks ; produced and written by Alison Guss.
New York, NY : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2005], c1997.
1 videodisc (48 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.263 IND
Editor, Dina Potocki.
Describes the events of July 4, 1776; early celebrations of the day; and the symbols, patriotic music, fireworks, monuments and statues associated with this holiday. Shows celebrations of the holiday both past and present. The power of this holiday, its patriotism, hometown pride and national unity is just as strong today as it was in 1776.
Inside Macy´s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Produced by Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. for History Television Productions.
[S.l.] : A&E Television Networks, c2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 47 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.268 INS
Traces the evolution of the celebrated parade from simple horse-drawn floats to one of the most sophisticated and high-tech extravaganzas in the world. Discover the humble beginnings of the parade and go behind the scenes of its current production, a massive year long undertaking that requires dozens of skilled craftspeople, volunteers, planners, and designers.
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Senior producer, Hedrick Smith ; written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young ; produced and directed by Rick Young ; WGBH.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 381.149 WAL
Examines Wal-Mart´s importation of Chinese goods into the United States. Discusses that while some economists credit Wal-Mart´s focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving the massive overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods, resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and a lower standard of living in the U.S.
Job search Tactics for People with Disabilities
Cambridge Educational
Lawrenceville, N.J : Cambridge Educational, 2004.
1 videodisc (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
DVD 362.4 JOB
Begins with a brief overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and examines some of the many resources that are available to help you. Shows how to target companies of interest to you, and provides tips on networking that will help expand your opportunities. Traditional as well as nontraditional job-search methods are explored.
Michael Jackson´s This is It = Michael Jackson Esto es Todo
Executive producers Jihn Branca and John McClain, Produced by Randy Phillip; Kenny Ortega; Paul Gongaware, directed by Kenny Ortega.
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.4309 MIC
Michael Jackson´s This Is It will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London´s O2 Arena.
Native American Legends
United States : A&E Home Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 970.004 NAT
They fought hard to protect the lands where they had lived and thrived since time immemorial. Thrill to these larger-than-life, legendary men whose very names conjure brave and ferocious warriors whose unrelenting stamina and indomitable spirit continue to inspire and awe throughout the ages. Learn of their exploits, strategies and stunning victories at the Battle of Little Big Horn and other legendary conflicts of the Old West.
O Christmas Tree : a celebration of the Christmas tree
Nine Turtles Productions ; PBS ; produced by Cathy Frances, Mary McDonough ; directed by Mary McDonough.-- Alexandria, Virginia : PBS/Nine Turtles Productions, c2006.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.266 OCH
This holiday special, traces the history of the Christmas tree through the ages, from its origins as a pagan symbol of fertility to a Christian symbol of rebirth. Karn visits a Christmas tree farm where farmers balance the growth of their trees with their concern for the environment.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular : Starring the Rockettes.
[New York, NY] : Time Life Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.14 RAD
This special 75th Anniversary DVD features all the best-loved performances of the Rockettes, including: The Dance of the Nutcracker, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; Santa´s Toy Headquarters, the Living Nativity and the arrival of Santa.
Ringling Brothers
Produced by Jupiter Entertainment for the Biography Channel ; producer, Sharon Martin ; writer, Todd Moss.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.3092 RIN
In the years following the American Civil War, the traveling circus was the staple form of entertainment in this country. Ringling heirs offer an intimate perspective of their famous forebears. See how five brothers remade an American institution. Archival photos and footage capture the early days of the famous circus.
Santa Claus
Produced by Gail Levin ; written by Gail Levin and Michael Spiller.
Burlington, VT : New York, NY : A&E Home Video ; New Video [distributor], [2005]
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 394.2663 SAN
His roots are firmly planted in religious ground, yet he has become a symbol of the secular side of the Christmas celebration. Despite the commercialization, he remains a symbol of what is worthwhile about the holiday season: generosity, kindness and good will to men. Santa Claus has enjoyed a long and fruitful history, though perhaps not as long a one as some might imagine.
Secrets of Body Language
Produced by Granada International, Ltd. ; produced by ITV Productions for History ; written, produced and directed by James Millar.
New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 153.69 SEC
Examines political icons from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to 2008 presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain. Shows how politicians and celebrities use subtle body language to persuade masses, establish power, and advance careers.
The Sixties: the years that shaped a generation.
Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting ; written, directed and produced by David Davis and Stephen Talbot.
S.l ; Hollywood, Calif : PBS Home Video : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 909.826 SIX
This documentary features revealing interviews with the prominent figures of the era including: Barbara Ehrenreich, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Arlo Guthrie, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Robert McNamara, Ed Messe III and Bobby Seale.
Street Racing : the need for speed
A & E Television Networks ; producers, Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici ; writers, Robin Bicknell, Elliot Halpern ; director, Robin Bicknell.
New York, NY : A & E Home Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.72 STR
Delves inside the shadowy world of street racing by tracking down the fearless racers of Toronto. While men like Mike P. and his arch rival Rob discuss the addiction to speed that drives them to risk their lives in illegal nighttime showdowns, the other side of the law gives their take on high-stakes games of cat-and-mouse with racers, a game it takes a helicopter to keep up with.
GOBIERNO Y PRESIDENTES
Abraham and Mary Lincoln : a house divided
Written by David Grubin and Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced and directed by David Grubin ; a David Grubin Productions, Inc.
film for American Experience in association with PBS.
United States : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2001.
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 LIN
Contents: disc 1. Ambition ; We are elected -- disc 2. Shattered ; Dearest of all things -- disc 3. This frightful war ;
A six part program which examines the Lincolns´ family life and marriage, Abraham Lincoln´s presidency, and the
Civil War era.
Air Force One
Washington, DC : National Geographic : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 387.742 AIR
Take an unprecedented exclusive look inside the world´s most famous plane. Features engaging interviews with past and present Presidents as well as details of the inner workings of this legendary aircraft.
Ambassador : inside the embassy
National Geographic Television & Film ; produced by Robin Goldman
Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, 2002.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 327.2 AMB
Travel with unprecedented access to American embassies around the world in a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the intriguing, glamorous, sometimes dangerous lives of U.S. diplomats.
The American President. Disc 1, A matter of destiny
Kundhardt Productions ; Thirteen WNET New York ; written, produced and directed by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B.
Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt.
New York ; Burbank, CA : Kunhardt Productions : Thirteen/WNET : Warner Home Video [distributor], 2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.099 AME
Presents two of ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of
the men who have served as president of the United States. In episode 1, the focus is on John Q. Adams, Benjamin Harrison,
Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy; Episode 2 looks at John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur and
Harry Truman--all "accidental" presidents.
The American President. Disc 2, Politics and the presidency : an independent cast of mind & the professional politician
Kundhardt Productions ; Thirteen WNET New York ; written, produced and directed by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B.
Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt.
New York ; Burbank, CA : Kunhardt Productions : Thirteen/WNET : Warner Home Video [distributor], 2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.099 AME
Contents: Episode 3. An Independent cast of mind -- episode 4. The Professional politician.
Presents two of ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of the
men who have served as president of the United States. In episode 3, the focus is on John Adams, Zachary Taylor,
Rutherford B. Hayes, and Jimmy Carter. Episode 4 looks at Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Lyndon B.
Johnson.
The American President. Disc 3, Executive vision : the American way & the world stage
Kundhardt Productions ; Thirteen WNET New York ; written, produced and directed by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B.
Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt.
New York ; Burbank, CA : Kunhardt Productions : Thirteen/WNET : Warner Home Video [distributor], 2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.099 AME
Presents two of ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of the
men who have served as president of the United States. In episode 5, the focus is Jefferson, Coolidge, Hoover, Reagan;
Episode 6 looks at Monroe, McKinley, Wilson and Bush.
The American President. Disc 4, The Candidate
Written, produced and directed by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. KunhardtKundhardt Productions ;
Thirteen WNET New York.
New York ; Burbank, CA : Kunhardt Productions : Thirteen/WNET : Warner Home Video [distributor], 2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.099 AME
Contents: Episode 7: The Heroic posture -- Episode 8: Compromise choices.
Presents two of ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of the
men who have served as president of the United States. In episode 7, the focus is on Washington, W.H. Harrison, Grant,
Eisenhower; Episode 8 looks at Pierce, Garfield, Harding, Ford.
The American President. Disc 5, An Office and its powers : expanding power & the balance of power
Kundhardt Productions ; Thirteen WNET New York ; written, produced and directed by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B.
Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt.
New York ; Burbank, CA : Kunhardt Productions : Thirteen/WNET : Warner Home Video [distributor], 2000.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.099 AME
Presents two of ten one-hour documentaries that focus on different aspects of character and governing style of
the men who have served as president of the United States. In episode 9, the focus is on Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland,
Theodore Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. Episode 10 looks at James Madison, James K. Polk, William Howard Taft, and Bill
Clinton.
Barack Obama
Produced by Tower Productions, Inc. for the Biography Channel ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Treumann.
New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.049 OBA
The democratic political star during the Democratic National Convention in 2004, and now a possible front runner for the candidacy for the President of the United States, in many ways, his story is a unique American tale of the 21st century. Biography travels from Obama´s childhood in Honolulu and Indonesia, to his formative years at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, all the way to his current status as a leading political figure.
Barack Obama
Produced by Towers Productions, Inc. and Ron Marans Communications, Inc. for the A&E Television Network ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Trueman.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2009], 2008.
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.932 OBA
Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama´s extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.
Becoming a Nation : Americana from the diplomatic reception rooms
U.S. Department of State.
Washington, DC : VideoArt Productions, 2004.
1 videodisc (18 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 745.1 BEC
An 18-minute documentary featuring Secretaries of State Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, George Shultz and Henry
Kissinger; Leslie Keno and Leigh Keno; Gail Serfaty, and Jonathan Fairbanks.
Bill Clinton
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 973.929 CLI
El primer presidente nacido después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial representa la fuerza y la energía de una nueva generación. Aunque su mandato estuvo marcado por la polémica y el escándalo, Bill Clinton logró salvar su reputación y su carrera. Este documental ofrece un retrato íntimo de uno de los políticos más ambiciosos y tenaces de las últimas décadas.
Bill Clinton : hope, charisma & controversy
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Biography)
DVD 920 CLI
Presents an intimate portrait of the charismatic leader, drawing on extensive interviews with friends and family and archival photographs and clips.
By the People
Hyperbaric Productions ; produced and directed by by Malindi Fickle ; produced by Jennifer Fitzgerald & Liza Politi.-- S.l : PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 324.973 PEO
A behind-the-scenes documentary on what it takes to put on an American election.
The Congress
A film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Stephen Ives ; writers,
David McCullough and Bernard A. Weisberger.
Alexandria, Va : PBS Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Ken Burns´ America collection)
DVD 328.73 CON
Explores the history and promise of the country´s most important and least understood institutions. The film
chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress.
The Dark Side
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.931 DAR
Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president´s chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Frontline goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation´s history. In "The Dark Side," Frontline tells the story of the vice president´s role as the chief architect of the war on terror, and his battle with Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the "dark side." Drawing on more than 40 interviews and thousands of documents, the film provides a step-by-step examination of what happened inside the councils of war.
Dreams of Obama
Producers, Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Paul Stekler and Mike Wiser ; writer and director, Michael Kirk.
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.932 OBA
Tells the story of how a little known state senator rose from obscurity to the White House in just over four years. Draws on interviews with those closest to Obama to provide insight into how he might lead the country. A personal and political biography, the film examines the key moments that shaped Obama, and asks what his election says about America. Examines how Obama´s life experiences made him uniquely suited to launch his successful campaign to become the country´s first black president.
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs
A Brook Lapping production ; producer, director, composer, Dan Edge ; series producer and director, Mark Anderson
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 956.940 ELU
Contents: Part 1: Clinton (1999-2000) -- Part 2: Arafat (2001-2002) -- Part 2: Sharon (2003-2005).
President Clinton, Yasser Arafat, the Israeli Prime Ministers, their generals and advisors, and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations tell what happened behind closed doors as peace talks gave way.
George Washington
Grupo Editorial Milenio ; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
México : Ediciones Folio, 2007.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 973.41 WAS
Este trabajo excepcional nos narra la vida de un hombre cuya grandeza prefirió la libertad en lugar del poder, y la justicia, en lugar de la gloria. Washington es el hombre de consenso que lidera al Ejército Continental cuando América declara su independencia y quien más tarde se convertiría en primer presidente de los Estados Unidos.
Gerald R. Ford : healing the presidency
Produced by CBS News Productions for A&E Network ; executive producer, Patti Hassler ; producer, Bob Waldman.-- New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.925 FOR
Sometimes called the ´accidental president´, Ford´s refreshing honesty and integrity helped restore the nation´s confidence in the White House following the scandalous Nixon years.
Hacking Democracy
Directed by Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels ; produced by Simon Ardizzone ... [et al.].-- United States : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 324.7 HAC
Takes a nonpartisan, clear-eyed look at the secrecy, cronyism, and incompetence of elections in present-day America as it captures a citizen´s movement intent on taking back elections and democracy itself.
The Inauguration of Barack Obama
Atlanta, GA : CNN, c2009.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.932 INA
On January 20, 2009, the world watched as Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. History was made when the first African American ever elected president laid his hand on Abraham Lincoln´s Bible and took the oath of office. Watch how it all happened in real time. CNN and The Best Political Team on Television take you moment by moment as a new administration takes the seat of power.
Jefferson Davis : an American president
Rosemont Pictures Inc. in association with Flying Chaucer Films, LLC.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2008.
3 videodiscs (230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.713 JEF
Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of America´s first and only president. He was a proud American, sophisticated statesman and military hero. As an army officer, congressman, Secretary of War and two-term Mississippi senator, Davis was instrumental in founding the Smithsonian Institute, and was largely responsible for the current design of the United States Capitol.
JFK
Produced by A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone ; directed by Oliver Stone.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2008.
2 videodiscs (205 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.922 JFK D.1
The story of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison whose investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy became an obsession.
JFK : a personal story
Produced by Rhys Thomas
Burlington, VT ; New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 920 KEN
Relive the glory moments of John F. Kennedy´s life, see the compelling story of this unforgettable leader and the rich dynasty he left behind. He will always be remembered as the youthful president who inspired America, a charismatic leader who gave the nation a sense of pride and confidence. His sharp mind, quick wit, and boundless determination won him friends, confidantes, and devoted followers. A World War II hero, respected senator, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Profiles in Courage," Kennedy regarded life as a race against boredom.
John Adams
HBO Films presents a Playtone production ; produced by David Coatsworth, Steven Shareshian ; directed by Tom Hooper
New York, N.Y : HBO Video, 2008.
3 videodiscs (ca. 501 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 791.4572 JOH
Disc one. Join or die -- Disc two. Don´t tread on me. -- Disc 3: Documentary: David McCullough: painting with words (a rare and personal glimpse at the life and works of author David McCullough.
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
Kennedy y Nixon
Producción de American Institute for Education ; producción, Scott Harris.
México, D.F : En Pantalla Producciones Internacionales, 2007.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : son, col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 973.922 KEN
Biografías de los presidentes Kennedy y Nixon, que narran lo más importante de estas dos gestiones gubernamentales, recalcando el papel particular que cada uno de ellos tuvo en la historia de los Estados Unidos.
Lincoln
Produced by VIXPIX Films Ltd. for the History Channel ; producers, Vikram Jayanti, Kinnereth Ellentuck ; director, Vikram Jayanti.
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 LIN
Filmed as if through the president´s own eyes, Lincoln goes deeper than any documentary has before to reveal the troubled depths behind the man known as the Great Emancipator. Explores the inner conflicts that plagued and inspired the president who called himself "the loneliest man in the world."
Lincoln, His Life and Legacy
New York : A&E Televison Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2008.
4 videodiscs (ca. 8 hr., 36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 HIS
Celebrates the nation´s sixteenth president. Presents a complex portrait of a man who many consider being our greatest commander-in-chief, but who considered himself a lonely man. Brings to life the tumultuous time in which he led the country, some of his finest Civil War moments, and his final hours.
Lincoln, the Untold Stories
Produced by Triage, Inc. for the History Channel
New York, N.Y : History, c2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 UNT
In the years following his tragic dead, Abraham Lincoln became one of the most popular and beloved presidents in American history. Despite his fame and familiarity, however, many crucial aspects of his life remain shrouded in mystery.
The Marines
Produced, directed and written by John Grant
Washington, DC : distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 359.96 MAR
Examines the unique Warrior Culture of the smallest but fiercest branch of the U.S. armed services. The 90 minutes high definition documentary focuses on their training and examines what it takes to become a Marine and what means to be a Marine. The program also explores the role of women in the Corps.
Nixon
Written by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson ; directed by Oliver Stone.
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]
2 videodiscs (ca. 213 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.924 NIX
Takes a riveting look at a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power. His involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation´s security and the presidency of the United States.
On Board Air Force One
Produced by Partisan Pictures for National Geographic Channel ; producers, Peter Schnall, Don Campbell ; writer, Don Campbell
United States : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 629.133 ONB
A marvel of top-secret technology and security, Air Force One has flown U.S. presidents more than 7 million miles around the world. With exclusive access, join the crew of Air Force One to document everything from the president´s suite and kitchen galley to Secret Service travel preparation and more.
On Board Marine One
Produced by Partisan Pictures for National Geographic Channel ; producers, Peter Schnall, Don Campbell ; writer, Don Campbell
United States : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 623.74 ONB
Go inside the tightly guarded gates of HMX-1, the Marine Corps´ oldest and largest helicopter squadron, and see what it takes to fly the president where Air Force One can´t. Learn about the rigorous training and testing needed to become one of the privileged few working directly with the President´s travel team.
Operation Homecoming : writing the wartime experience
Production of WETA Washington, D.C. ; director and producer, Richard E. Robbins.-- United States : PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (America at a Crossroads)
DVD 808.8 OPE
Explores the searing firsthand accounts of American troops through their own words fiction, verse, letters, essays and personal journals.
President Barack Obama : the man and his journey
CodeBlack Entertainment ; Ebony Jet.-- Collector´s ed.-- Universal City, CA : Vivendi Visual Entertainment, 2008.
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.932 PRE
Share the incredible, inspirational story of President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. See how this one man inspired us. In this defining moment, America has proven once again that her story is constantly evolving towards greater freedom and justice for all.
The Presidents : FDR
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
2 videodisc (ca. 240 mins.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Discs 4 & 5
This material goes beyond the familiar words and images to explore this president hidden dimension, creating and intriguing mosaic that includes rare archival film and home movies, newly filmed footage, and fascinating interviews with family members, friends, biographers, and eyewitnesses to the Roosevelt saga. What emerges is a surprising portrait of a towering figure, one who was called a traitor by his own privileged class and a hero by millions of ordinary Americans.
The Presidents: LBJ
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 220 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Disc 10 (The Presidents Collection)
His personality was as big as Texas, his policy changed America and the world. Here is the definitive biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, one of the most perplexing and fascinating figures ever to reach the Oval Office.
The Presidents : Reagan
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
2 videodiscs (ca. 253 mins.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Disc 13
When he left the Wilte House in 1989, Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular presidents of the century. A former Hollywood star ans seemingly simple man, Reagan as consistently underestimated by his opponents.
The Presidents : Theodore Roosevelt
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 210 mins.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Disc 1
Explores the influences of Roosevelt´s childhood, charts his meteoric rise to the presidency and explores the turbulent years after he left office. The result is an engaging portrait of a skillful politician, rugged outdoorsman, caring father and fascinating individual.
The Presidents : Truman
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
2 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Discs 6 & 7 (The Presidents Collection)
Truman traces the unlikely rise of a gritty American original. Taking over after Franklin Roosevelt´s death shocked the nation, Truman faced some of the biggest crises of the century.
The Presidents : Woodrow Wilson
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS and the PBS Home Video.
[Alexandria, VA] : Hollywood, CA. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
2 videodiscs (ca. 2100 mins.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.009 PRE Discs 2 & 3
Tells the story of a professor who became one of America´s greatest presidents. It´s a fascinating portrait of a towering intellectual, one who appeared to espouse unwavering moral principles but who nonetheless shredded civil liberties during wartime and withheld support of civil rights and women´s suffrage.
The Presidents : the lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States
Produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for History Television Network Productions.-- United States ; New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2005.
3 videodiscs (364 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973 PRE
The lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States. Based on the book To the Best of My Ability, The Presidents features insight from journalists, scholars, and politicians, as well as rare and unseen photographs and footage.
Protegiendo al Presidente
Directed by Peter Schnall; Produced by Erica Sashin y Lise Zumwalt; Produced by National Geographic
Mexico : En Pantalla Producciones, 2008.
1 videodisc (52 min) ; sd.,col.,4 3/4 in.
S DVD 352.23 PRO
Sigue a un grupo élite de hombres y mujeres que conforman el impresionante grupo de seguridad del presidente de Estados Unidos. Para ellos, el peligro está en cada esquina. El trabajo de los agentes del Servicio Secreto es erradicar toda amenaza posible. Descubra qué capacidades y habilidades deben tener estos extraordinarios miembros, dispuestos a sacrificar sus vidas para proteger al presidente.
Reagan
WGBH Educational Foundation ; the American Experience ; PBS.
Alexandria, Va ; Burbank, CA : PBS Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 263 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Presidents)
DVD 973.927 REA
The story of Ronald Reagan´s life, with comments by contemporaries and historians.
The Real George Washington
The Real George Washington
NGHT, Inc. ; producer, writer, director, Tucker Bowen
United States : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.41 REA
A look at America´s first president, whose face is as familiar as the dollar bill but whom most of us hardly know. By using high-tech tools and scientific techniques, archaeologists, scientists, and historians are uncovering new clues about who George Washington really was.
Red White Black & Blue
Rainstorm Entertainment presents ; a Three-headed Monster Production ; produced by Tom Putnam, Jeff Malmberg Matt Radecki and Michael Harbour, directed by Tom Putnam
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.893 RED
Contents: Kodiak -- Japan invades Attu -- The journey to Attu -- "Where are you?" -- Morning of the battle -- Massacre beach -- Weather and snipers -- The hogback -- Stuck in the mud -- Buffalo Ridge -- "If you don´t kill it--" -- "They knew you were cornered--" -- Final day of the battle -- The clean-up -- Going home.
A documentary film about two 85-year-old veterans who fought 3,000 Japanese in a secret Alaskan invasion during World War II. Now, 60 years later, these two forgotten heroes embark on a intense and emotional journey back to the remote Aleutian island of Attu, where they relive the brutal 19 day battle that the American government kept secret.
Saving the National Treasures
A NOVA production by Middlemarch Films, Inc. for WGBH ; written by Ronald H. Blumer ; produced and directed by Muffie Meyer and Ellen Hovde.
Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973 SAV
Summary: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are literally fading away. The Archives´ curators have detected signs of decay. A five-year project is underway to design new encasements and a new rotunda for the charters.
Secret Access : Air Force One
Produced by Partisan Pictures ; a film by Peter Schnall ... [et al.] ; executive producer, Charles Nordlander.-- New York : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 387.7 SEC
Travel with HISTORY to where only the most elite insiders from the highest levels of the U.S. government are ever allowed - on board Air Force One - for a historic international mission through the heart of Africa with the President of the United States. Walk alongside Air Force security agents as they lay down the last line of defense for America´s "flagship" and her VIP passenger, and discover what makes the Commander-in-Chief´s plane faster, more secure, more comfortable and more capable than any other aircraft of its kind.
The Speeches Collection. Volume 1
New York, NY : MPI Home Video, c2002.
v.1 in 2 videodiscs (238 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 815 SPE
Contains a selection of speeches of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan.
So You Want to Be President?
Presented by Weston Woods ; [from the book] by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small.
Weston, CT ; S.l : Weston Woods Studios : Scholastic, c2002.
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Weston Woods DVD library) (Classroom collection)
DVD 973.099 SOY
Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton. In the time-honored tradition of political commentary, the public and private lives of forty-two Presidents are celebrated with humor and flair. Narrated with wit and wisdom.
Stealing Lincoln´s Body
Produced by LEFT/RIGHT for A & E Television Networks ; executive producers, Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver ; producer, Frank Koughan ; director, Trey Nelson ; produced by Kevin Vargas; executive producer for History, Carl H. Lindahl
New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 STE
A band of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a plot to steal the President´s body from its tomb outside Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for a ransom of $200,000. The story shows how important this beloved President remained to public so unprepared for his violent death in 1865.
The Supreme Court
New York, NY : Educating Broadcasting Corporation; Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, 2007.
4 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 inch.
DVD 347.73 SUP
Contents: V. 1: One Nation Under Law -- V.2: A New Kind of Justice -- V.3: A Nation of Liberties -- V.4: The Rehnquist Revolution.
Jody Sheff, executive producer ; Thomas Lennon, director; Richard B. Cramer and Mark Zwoniter, writers.
Summary: With immense power and considerable mystery, the court of final appeal has helped author the history of America. But even though it is one of the pillars of American democracy - the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution - no series has ever fully profiled the inner workings of the Court, until now.
Thomas Jefferson
A Florentine Films production ; produced by Ken Burns [and] Camilla Rockwell ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced in
association with WETA-TV, Washington.
Alexandria, Va.? ; Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2001, c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.46 JEF
Chronicles the life of Thomas Jefferson.
USS New York
Produced by Lou Reda Productions for the History Channel ; producers, Sammy Jackson, Liz Reph ; director and editor, Mike Stivala
New York : History : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 623.825 USS
Profiles the amphibious suface ship USS New York partially constructed from the steel of the World Trade Center in a tribute to the heroes of 9/11, tracking the process of its development through detailed technical explanations, expert interviews, and footage of the ship itself.
The Warning
A Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; a production of WGBH-TV Boston ; for Frontline: executive producer, David Fanning ; produced by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser ; written and directed by Michael Kirk.
Boston, MA : Arlington, VA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2009.
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 332.6457 WAR
Examines the derivative securities market during the 1990s and explores early warnings of the financial crisis of 2008. Uncovers an intense battle between high-ranking members of the Clinton administration versus Brooksley Born who tried to sound the alarm about the need to regulate the emerging, highly complex, and lucrative derivatives markets. Examines Alan Greenspan´s economic policies.
Washington the Warrior
Presented by] the History Channel ; written by Joshua Alper and Raymond Bridgers ; directed by Robert M. Wise ; [edited by] R.L. Shontell.
New York, NY : A & E Television : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 WAS
Chronicles George Washington´s little-known military life, from his 1st officer´s commission in the Virginia militia through the difficult lessons of his youth and his 17-year retirement. Witness his reemergence as the soul of the American Revolution and see how he transformed a ragtag band of men into an army that could battle and defeat the greatest military in the world. Features location footage, re-enactments, and candid interviews with historical and military experts.
HISTORIA
America : the story of us
Produced by Nutopia for History.
[United States] : A&E Television Networks : History : Distributed by New Video, c2010.
3 videodiscs (552 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973 AME
A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin Powell, Donald Trump, John Legend, Melissa Etheridge, Brian Williams and more.
America : the Story of Us
Produced by Nutopia for History.
[United States] : A&E Television Networks : History : Distributed by New Video, c2010.
3 videodiscs (564 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973 AME
Viewers are taken on a breathtaking journey through 400 years of U.S. history. Live-action recreations of key historical events give viewers an immersive view of history in the making.
The American Civil War : an introspective look at the War Between the States
A & E Television Networks.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
14 videodiscs (28 hr.,17 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 AME
Experience for yourself the historical and personal impact of the Civil War in a way that only HISTORY can present it, in this moving megaset filled with over 25 hours of documentaries. A multifacted look at "The War Between the States," this definitive collection brings the most legendary Civil War battles, and the soldiers and leaders who fought them, vividly to life. From Gettysburg and Antietam to Shiloh, and led by the likes of Sherman, McClellan, Grant, Beauregard, Lee, Davis, and Jackson, delve into the full military and political cotexts of these men, their armies, and the clashes between them.
America´s Five-star Heroes : Gods of war
Lou Reda Productions, Inc. for the History Channel
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks :
Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 355.092 AME
Portraits of America´s most brilliant military leaders who achieved the highest rank in the U.S. Armed Forces: Arnold, Bradley, Eiesenhower, Halsey, King, Leahy, MacArthur, Marshall, and Nimitz.
Black History : a retrospective
Cine-O-Matic, Inc.
3 videodiscs (ca. 888 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
[Golden Valley, MN] : Mill Creek Entertainment, 2009.
DVD 973.0496 BLA
Chronicles the contributions and accomplishments of the most prominent and influential African Americans throughout the history of the United States. From the oppression and hardship during the time of the Civil War to civil rights movements that paved the way to this country´s first African-American president this collection is the definitive retrospective of Black history in America.
Black in Latin America
A production of Inkwell Films, Wall to Wall Media LTD and Thirteen in association with WNET.org ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 980.0496 BLA
Henry Louis Gates Jr. viaja a Haiti, Republica Dominicana , Cuba, Brazil, Mexico y Peru para descubrir la influencia africana en América Latina. Examina el legado compartido de colonialismo y exclavitud en una región que importó diez veces más esclavos que los Estados Unidos y los tuvo cautivos por más tiempo. Gates descubre que la influencia africana ha sido enorme en lo cultural, a pesar de ser una población olvidada o ignorada.
The Civil War
[New York] : A&E Television Networks, 2007
6 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
DVD 973.7 CIV
Utilizing rare diary entries, photographs, and modern-day re-enactments, the History Channel explores every aspect of the Civil War. This is the definitive collection of programming on the War Between the States. Nearly a century and half has passed since Lee surrendered at Appomattox, but the words and images contained in this collection continue to bring home the impact of the bloodiest conflict seen on American shores.
Desperate Crossing : the untold story of the Mayflower
Lone Wolf Documentary Group ; produced by Lisa Wolfinger ; writer, Rocky Collins ; directed by Lisa Wolfinger.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 974.402 DES
From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.
Eyes on the Prize : America´s civil rights years
A production of Blackside ; creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton ; series writer, Steve Fayer ; series producer, Jon Else ; executive producer for American experience, Mark Samels ; WGBH Boston ; PBS.
[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2010]
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 323.0973 EYE
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.
Founding Fathers
New York, N.Y. : A&E Television Networks ; distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2000.
2 videodiscs (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 FOU
They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history´s first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar bills and pocket change.
Gettysburg : the unknown Civil War series
Greystone Communications.
[Orland Park, IL]: MPI Home Video, [2009]
3 videodiscs (ca. 676 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.734 GET
It was the turning point of the Civil War, the biggest and bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil. Discover the stories of the Battle of Gettysburg, of the ordinary heroes, generals, and campaigns, through rare photographs, reenactments, and interviews with leading Gettysburg historians.
The Gold Rush
A Yellow Jersey Films, Inc. production for American Experience in association with KQED ; produced by Randall MacLowry & Laura Longsworth ; directed by Randall MacLowry ; written by Michelle Ferrari.-- Arlington, VA : PBS Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 622.18 GOL
At the end of 1853, San Francisco was a city on the move. It had twelve daily newspapers, nine insurance companies, consulates of twenty-seven foreign governments, and six-story buildings where sand dunes once stood.
The Great Depression
Produced by Towers Productions, Inc. for History
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.916 GRE
Delves into the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected people, how the American public worked together to get through the massive hardships, and how the economy recovered with World War II. Examine the changes that swept the shaken nation during the first year - from the landslide victory of FDR in 1932 to Dust Bowl farmers. Americans sought release from the hard times wherever they could find it - from marathon dancing to going to the movies. As the Depression lingered and the New Deal failed to live up to people´s expectations, some Americans fought back against the system.
La Historia del Libro
Idea original de Grupo 2000 Editores A.C., Guión de Fernando Allier, Animación de Montealegrefilms.
Mexico : Grupo 2000 Editores A.C, 2007.
1 videodisc : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 002.09 HIS
Esta historia recorre con animación la necesidad del hombre de comunicar por escrito sus ideas, con lo cual el libro tuvo muchos nacimientos desde hace 7,000 años o más. El libro, como objeto transmisor de cultura, lo entendemos al señalar los rollos de papiro, de seda, de lino, de pergamino o papel amate, antecedentes del moderno papel, el cual ha tenido también surgimientos de Egipto a China, en América, y en el Mediterráneo.
How the States Got Their Shapes
Produced by Half Yard productions for the History Channel.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks, 2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 929.92 HOW
Every line on the U.S. map tells a great story: California's border was bent to claw onto lucrative gold deposits ... Oklahoma's panhandle reflects a shifting national barometer for legal slavery ... Kentucy, Tennessee and Virginia's shared border traces the scar of a meteor impact. The segments reveal the larger story of what makes America unique: a range of natural resources, a history of social experimentation, and a thriving democracy.
The Hunt for Lincoln´s Assassin
Produced by Indigo Films for National Geographic Channel ; producer, writer, Josh Rosen
United States : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 HUN
Washington, DC, April 14, 1865. As the Nation celebrates the end of the Civil war, an angry man strikes a final blow for the South. John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln in front of a thousand horrifies onlookers and simply disappears into the night. For almost two weeks following, he is able to elude thousands of searchers. National Geographic investigates Boot´s daring escape attempt and one of the largest manhunts in the United States history.
Indian Warriors : the untold story of the Civil War
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.74 IND
Discover one of the more obscure, yet fascinating aspects of the Civil War era: the contribution of thousands of Native American soldiers. With the help of respected authors Thom Hatch and Lawrence Hauptman, this program reconstructs the forgotten stories of some of these men.
Lewis & Clark : the journey of the Corps of Discovery
A film by Ken Burns ; a [production of] Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns ; written by
Dayton Duncan.
U.S.? ; Burbank, CA : PBS DVD : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2001.
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.8 LEW
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark´s African-American slave, and the
Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
Liberty : the American revolution
A production of KTCA in association with Middle March Films.
Alexandria, VA : PBS home video, 1997.
3 videocassettes (VHS) (360 min.) :sd., b/w ; 1/2 in.
DVD 973.3 LIB
This six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping the United States.
Lost in the Grand Canyon
MDTV Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced, and directed by Mark J. Davis
Boston, Mass : WGBH Educational Foundation : WGBH Boston Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.132 LOS
In 1869 John Wesley Powell led an expedition down the Colorado River into the last uncharted territory in the United States and 99 days later emerged from the Grand Canyon after one of the most daring journeys in American history. This is an account of the dramatic quest to explore one of the most unforgiving, and breathtakingly beautiful, places on earth.
The Mexican-American War
Jim Lindsay Productions for the History Channel ; producers, Richard DeLancy, Jim Lindsay; director, Jim Lindsay
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.62 MEX
At a time when immigration reform continues to be one of the most heated topics in political and business circles, this feature-length special reexamines the controversial war that resulted in the United States taking control of what was nearly half of Mexico´s territory. Featuring lavish reenactments, and interviews with both Mexican and American historians to ensure accuracy from both nations´ points of view, we convey the story of President James K. Polk´s desire to expand US territory to the Pacific Ocean.
Not for Ourselves Alone : The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
A Florentine Films production ; producer, Ken Burns, Paul Barnes ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns.
Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 305.42 NOT
Presents the history of women´s suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up to the establishment of the National
Woman Suffrage Association in 1868. Part 2 spans the period from 1868 to the passage in 1919 of the 19th amendment to the
Constitution which gave women the vote.
1421, the Year China Discovered America?
A Paladin Invision production for Penguin Television in association with PBS ; director, part 1, David Wallace ; producer, part 1, Sun Shuyun ; writer & series producer, William Cran.-- Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 910.951 ONE
This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.
Red, White & Blues
Directed by Mike Figgis ; a Red Mullet Production ; Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies ; producers, Mike Figgis, Louise
Hammar and Shirani Sabratnam.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 RED
Mike Figgis´ film mixes interviews with dozens of the key players of the British blues movement with new music
from an all-star jam session at the Abbey Road studios.
The Revolution
The History Channel ; directed by Peter Schnall, Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
4 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.3 REV
From the roots of the rebellion and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to victory on the battlefield at Yorktown and the adoption of the United States Constitution, this program tells the remarkable story of this important era in history. Venturing beyond the conventional list of generals and politicians, The History Channel introduces the full range of individuals who helped shape this great conflict, including some of the war's most influential unsung heroes.
A Ripple of Hope
Covenant Productions ; director, Donald Boggs.
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.923 RIP
On April 4, 1968, across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, a gunman fired a rifle and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lay mortally wounded. As news of King's assassination spread, American cities were engulfed in chaos and fear. Despite the violence raging across the country, Robert F. Kennedy went to Indiana and made one of the great political speeches of the 20th century. The inspiring moment in American history is told through interviews from those who were in the crowd that night.
Roads to Memphis : the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Insignia Films production for American experience ; directed by Stephen Ives ; produced by Amanda Pollak; written by Michelle Ferrari.
[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 364.1524 ROA
Documents the story of assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis in April of 1968. Explores the wildly disparate, yet fatefully entwined stories of Ray and King to create a complex, engaging, and thought-provoking portrait of America in that crisis-laden year.
The Rosa Parks Story
Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Ltd. ; CBS Television ; produced by Christine Sacani, Elaine Eason Steele, Pearl Devers ; written by Paris Qualles ; directed by Julie Dash.
Widescreen.
Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, c2002.
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.437 PAR
Summary: Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.
10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America
In association with @Radical Media for The History Channel.
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
3 videodiscs (ca. 460 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973 TEN
Contents: Massacre at Mystic -- Shays´ Rebellion : America´s first civil war -- Gold rush -- Antietam -- The homestead strike -- Murder at the fair : the assassination of President McKinley -- Scopes : the battle over America´s soul -- Einstein´s letter -- When America was rocked -- Freedom summer.
Summary: Ten acclaimed documentary filmmakers present ten pivotal moments in American history and the often unexpected changes brought about by these events.
Underground Railroad
Produced by Triage, Inc. for the History Channel.
New York, NY : A & E Television, 1998.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.7 UND
It was America´s First Civil Rights Movement, a loose network of diverse people bound together by conscience, determined to undo the institution of slavery one person at a time. "Conductors" risked fines and imprisonment in their devotion to the cause of freedom; "passengers" risked their lives.
Voices of civil rights
The History Channel ; A&E Television Networks.
[Burlington, VT] : New York, NY : A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, c2006.
2 videodiscs (ca. 243 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 323.0922 VOI
From the fearless resolve of a single woman to the remarkable voice of thousands marching, this History Channel special offers an overview of one of America's great defining periods. A compilation of materials on the civil rights movement, from personal narratives of life in the period, to insights into the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, to the 1965 march on Montgomery, along with biographies of two of the leaders of the movement.
The War that Made America
Spy Pond Productions ; Ben Loeterman Productions, Inc. ; presented by WQED Multimedia ; produced, directed and written by Eric Stange, Ben Loeterman
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2006.
2 videodiscs (ca. 120 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.26 WAR
Summary: The French and Indian War pitted French forces for almost a decade against the British, yet few Americans realize its historic contribution to the revolutionary fervor that swept the continent in 1776. The critical and sophisticated role of Native Americans in this conflict is highlighted.
Watergate Plus 30 : shadow of history
Produced by Sherry Jones ; Marijo Dowd ; directed by Foster Wiley ; Carlton Productions ; co-produced with Washington Media
Associates in association with the Washington Post.
Alexandria, Va : PBS Home Video, 2003.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.924 WAT
What lessons has America learned from Watergate? Thirty years after the most infamous break-in helped pull down
President Richard Nixon, all of the facts are still not in. But as this compelling documentary shows, Watergate remains a
nearly unbelievable tale of ordinary men corrupted by power and their desire to retain it. Interviews with investigator Sam
Dash, co-conspirator John Dean, and journalist Bob Woodward recreate the history and speculate on the effects. [PBS website].
The West
Produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written
by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan.
Standard version.
Alexandria, VA ; Burbank, Calif : PBS DVD Gold : Warner Home Video, 2003.
5 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 978 WES
Chronicles the history of the American West beginning before the European settlers and continuing into the 20th
century. Includes the peoples, the wagon trains, the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the transcontinental railroad and the
destruction of the buffalo, wars against the Indians, settlers in the West, the Wounded Knee massacre, and beginnings of
the new West.
The World´s Greatest Fair
A production of Civil Pictures, Inc. ; produced and directed by Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano.
Saint Louis : Civil Pictures : Technisonic Studios, c2004.
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 907.4 WOR
Summary: Documentary on the 1904 World´s Fair in Saint Louis, using archival images and interviews with historians to highlight various aspects of the event.
Wyatt Earp : Hero, Outlaw, Legend
An Apograph Productions Inc. film for American experience ; written, produced, and directed by Rob Rapley ; American experience is a production of WGBH Boston.
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 978.02092 WYA
As a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drinking in saloons, gambling, and visiting brothels. He gained notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, but shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck transformed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero.
INMIGRACION
Border Patrol : America´s gatekeepers
Kurtis Productions, LTD. ; produced by Broadcast News Network for A & E Network ; written and produced by David Lowe, David Hale, and Michelle Crane
New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.28 BOR
Three hundred and sixty five days a year, twenty four hours a day, they guard America´s 8,000 miles of borders. Often mired in controversy and spread perilously thin, they perform a treacherous but vital national duty.
A Class Apart : a Mexican American civil rights story
Written by Carlos Sandoval ; produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller, Narrated by Edward James Olmos.
New York, NY : PBS Home Video, c2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title: Mexican American civil rights story
DVD 323.119 CLA
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernández killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of ten of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans.
Coming Into America
Written, produced and directed by John Angier ; produced by Chedd-Angier.
[S.l.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2004.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (Scientific American frontiers)
DVD 970 COM (Scientific American Frontiers series)
This program highlights current research which is challenging the traditional theory of how people first came to North America in prehistoric times. It has been assumed that the Clovis, the oldest people to populate the continent, moved south from Alaska as Canadian ice sheets were breaking up. New findings by archaeologists indicate people may have come from more than one place following a number of routes including a Pacific coastal route, a Bering- land route and an Atlantic ice route. Clovis culture and technology is discussed.
Destination America : the people and cultures that created a nation
David Grubin.
Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.04 DES
Executive producer, David Grubin ; music, Michael Bacon.
Destination America looks at the driving forces that have compelled individuals to immigrate to America and, in particular, the immigration of women who have come to this country in search of opportunity and basic human rights denied them in their homelands.
Dying to Live : a migrant´s journey
University of Notre Dame Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture ; production team, Groody River Films ; Daniel Groody, executive producer ; Bill Groody, writer/producer/director.
Notre Dame, IN : Groody River Films, in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture, c2005.
1 videodisc (33 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.84 DYI
A profound look at the human face of the migrant, this film explores who these people are, why they leave their homes and what they face in their journey. It also explores the places of conflict, pain and hope along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America´s immigrant hospital
Produced, written & directed by Lorie Conway.
[Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2009]
1 videodisc (ca. 57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 304.873 FOR
In the era before antibiotics, tens of thousands of immigrant patients were separated from family, detained in the hospital on Ellis Island, and healed from illness before becoming citizens. 350 babies were born, and ten times that many immigrants died on Ellis Island and were buried in pauper´s graves around New York City.
A History of Hispanic Achievement in America
Written by Mark Reeder, Nicki Gonzales ; producers, Mark Reeder, Nicki Gonzales ; director, Ron C. Meyer ; produced by Centre Communications, Inc.-- New York, NY : Ambrose Video, c2006.
4 videodiscs (237 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 973.046 HIS
It is a story rich with the stunning achievements, heroic exploits, ceaseless courage and the remarkable discoveries of Hispanic immigrants that have to do with the U.S.
Wetback : the undocumented documentary
Produced by Heather Haynes ; written and directed by Arturo Pérez Torres.-- Toronto : Open City Works, 2004.
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 304.8 WET
Follows several migrants from Central America and Mexico on their journey to North America. The film begins in Nicaragua and takes the viewer through five borders.
MEDIO AMBIENTE
Agua for Life : Lives can change with water infrastructure
Edited, produced and directed by Marcel Dulay and Yaron Shemer
Austin, TX : The University of Texas, 2008.
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 333.91 AGU
Reveals the extent to which the quality of life for people in the drought-prone region along the US-Mexican border depends on the availability of water and on prudent wastewater management. Governments´ cooperation, institutional commitments to improve utilities infrastructure, and grassroots efforts involving the border communities have been pivotal in the dramatic positive changes that the region is undergoing.
An Inconvenient Truth
[presented by] Paramount Classics and Participant Productions ; a Lawrence Bender/Laurie David production ; directed by Davis Guggenheim ; produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns ; executive producers, Jeff Skoll ... [et al.]
Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 2006.
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.738 GOR
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
The Big Energy Gamble
Written and produced by Larry Klein ; produced by Cass Sapir ; a NOVA production by Production Group, Inc. for WGBH Boston.
[United States] : PBS Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 333.79 BIG
This program explores the pros and cons of California´s controversial program to slash carbon dioxide emissions and promote energy efficiency, which could be adopted nationwide during the Obama administration.
Earth Days
American Experience presents ; written, produced and directed by Robert Stone ; a Robert Stone film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston.
[Alexandria, VA]: PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.7 EAR
Acclaimed director Robert Stone traces the origins of the modern environmental movement through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from its beginnings in the 1950s to its moment of triumph in 1970 with the original Earth Day, and to its status as a major political force in America. Features the pioneers that started it all, never-before-seen archival footage, and more.
Earth Report. State of the Planet 2009
National Geographic Television
United States : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.7 EAR
Investigates the impact that development has had on the environment and what is being done to protect our planet. 2008 was marked by astounding scientific breakthroughs in the understanding of our world. From advances in predicting earthquakes and hurricanes, to amazing insights into coral reefs and supervolcanoes, this was a year to remember.
Everglades : America´s wild spaces
National Geographic Television ; producer/writer, Brian Armstrong
United States : National Geographic, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 975.939 EVE
1.5 million acres are home to some of the most unusual creatures on the planet, carnivorous plants, amphibious birds, fish that breathe air and cacti that grow in water. Go beyond the tourist hotspots to explore the hidden reaches of this amazing National Park as never before.
Global Warming : science and solutions
Produced by Centre Communications, Inc. in association with the National Center for Atmospheric Research; producers, Ron Meyer, James M. Roberts and Erick Avari; director, Ron Meyer; written by Ron Meyer and James M. Roberts.-- New York, NY : Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc, 2006.
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.738 GLO
Contents: Disc 1. The science of global warming -- Disc 2. Global warming : solutions.
Summary: Examines the science of global warming and presents viable solutions to the problem. Understanding the scientific facts and implementing the necessary solutions may be our last, best chance to save our planet.
Global Warming: the signs and the science
Written by Michael Taylor and David Kennard; a production of Stonehaven Production Services and South Carolina ETV ; produced by David Kennard.
Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.738 GLO
Summary: This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children´s future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
Global Warming : What´s up with the weather?
Frontline/Nova co-production with the Palfreman Film Group, Inc. ; written, produced and directed by Jon Palfreman ; executive producers, Paula S. Apsell, David Fanning, Michael Sullivan.
South Burlington, Vt.? : WGBH Boston Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.738 GLO
Are disasters temporary glitches in our global climate, or is the devastation the result of global warming? The weather is different now, but why? Find out when NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to determine what´s up with the weather.
Hot Planet Cold Comfort
Chedd-Angier ; presented by CPTV.-- Alexandria, Va : PBS Home Video, c2005.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Scientific American Frontiers)
DVD 363.738 HOT
Originally produced as a segment of the television program Scientific American Frontiers.
Examines the latest warnings from scientists that large-scale changes in the earth´s natural systems are taking place, with potentially serious consequences for the climate, and finds out what´s already happening to the Alaskan glaciers.
Human Footprint
Produced by Touch Productions Ltd. for National Geographic Channel ; written, produced, and directed by Clive Maltby.
[Burbank, CA] : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 304.28 HUM
Takes a phase-by-phase journey through life from infancy to old age to illustrate the enormous imprint every American makes during his or her time on Earth. Incorporates surprising facts with playful visuals to reveal our level of consumption and the simple changes we can all make to reduce the impact of our ecological footprint on the world.
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Produced by Primitive Entertainment and Films a Trois in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; produced in association with Centre National de la Cinématographie ; directed by Nick de Pencier ; narration written by Elizabeth Arledge ; produced for NOVA by Elizabeth Arldege.
[United States] : PBS Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 595.789 INC
Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.
On the Wings of the Monarch
Presented by the Dreaming Tree ; produced by Leslie Ortabasi and Oktay Ortabasi. Hosted by Libby Graham
Burbank, CA : Dreaming Tree, c2004.
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 595.789 WIN
Describes the migration of the monarch butterfly from many areas of western North America to one mountain range in central Mexico. Follow Libby Graham on a wondrous journey into the world of the monarch butterfly and their over wintering sanctuary in central Mexico, where millions of them cluster high in trees.
Poisoned Waters
A senior producer, Hedrick Smith ; producer, Marc Shaffer ; written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young ; directed by Rick Young ; Frontline executive producer, David Fanning ; a Frontline co-production with Hedrick Smith Productions ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
[Boston, Mass.] : [Arlington, Va.] : WGBH Education Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2009.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 363.7394 POI
More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways -- the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay -- are in perilous condition. With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination to the food chain and drinking water for millions of people. A growing list of endangered species also is threatened in both estuaries. [This film] examines the rising hazards to human health and the ecosystem and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean.
Renewable Energy
Written and produced by Anthony Lacques ; producer, Bruce Nash ; created by Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for History Television Network Productions.
United States ; New York : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 333.794 REN
Explains how air, water, earth, and fire are transformed into clean, reliable sources of heat, electricity, and even automobile fuel. Looks at a solar roof implementation by FedEx at a regional sort facility in Oakland, Calif., a wind power project in central New York using fewer, larger turbines, and the widespread use of geothermal energy in Iceland. Visits Lovecraft Biofuels in Los Angeles, an auto repair shop that converts diesel car and truck engines to run on one hundred percent vegetable oil. Examines the potential use of hydropower from ocean tides, such as tidal barrages, as well as a tidal stream (or flow) power project off the shore of England that uses propeller-like turbines to capture the kinetic power of underwater currents.
Seis Grados que Podrían Cambiar al Mundo
Producer/director, Ron Bowman ; writer, Ed Fields; Produced by National Geographic Television.
Mexico : En Pantalla Producciones Internacionales, 2008.
1 videodisc (90 min) ; sd.,col., 43/4 in.
S DVD 551.6425 SEI
Este video examina como cada grado potencial de calentamiento nos afectará en todos los niveles, desde el fondo de los océanos más profundos hasta la cima de las montañas más altas. A lo largo del camino, irá acompañando a los científicos en una carrera contra el reloj para saber las consecuencias de esto y como podemos evitar el peor destino predicho.
Six Degrees Could Change the World
Producer/director, Ron Bowman ; writer, Ed Fields, Ron Bowman ; produced by National Geographic Television
Washington, D.C ; Burbank, CA : National Geographic : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 551.6425 SIX
Contents: A warmer world -- CO2, the hidden price -- Plus one degree -- Carbon footprint -- Plus two degrees -- Accumulating loss of polar ice -- Plus three degrees -- Forecasting our climate -- New generation of super storms -- Plus four degrees -- Impact of rising sea levels -- Plus five degrees -- Plus six degrees -- Looking for solutions -- Alternate sources of energy.
Discusses why many scientists believe that the Earth´s average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius by 2100. Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our planet. Illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the ice fields of Greenland, and the Amazonian rain forest. Explains what´s real, what´s still controversial, and how existing technologies and remedies could help dial back the global thermometer.
MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION
Around the World in 72 days : the audacious adventures of Nelly Bly
Written, produced and directed by Christine Lesiak
[Boston, MA] : WGBH Boston Video, [2006]
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 910.41 ARO
On January 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named Nellie Bly to arrive back home. For 72 days, newspaper readers followed her progress in one of the most highly publicized journeys of all times.
Edward R. Murrow : The Best of Person to Person
CBS News Productions ; produced by John A. Aaron, Jesse Zousmer ; DVD produced by Gordon Rothman, director, Chip Colley.
Fullscreen ed.
Port Washington, NY : Koch Vision, 2006.
3 videodiscs (427 min.) : sd., b&w, with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 080 EDW
Summary: From 1953 to 1959, Edward R. Murrow formally welcomed television viewers into the homes of the twentieth century´s most well-known stars and celebrities on "Person to Person." Presents 32 of his original "Person to Person" interviews on three discs.
Empire of the Air: the men who made radio
By Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns, Morgan Wesson, Tom Lewis ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced in association with WETA-TV
Washington.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, 1991.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Ken Burns´ America collection)
DVD 621.384 EMP
Story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three men who made it happen: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff. Combines archival photographs, newsreels of the period, interviews, and radio soundtrack.
News War
[Produced by] WGBH Boston ; executive producer David Fanning.-- United States : PBS Home Video, c2007.
2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hrs., 30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 323.445 NEW
Looks at the impact of political, cultural, legal and economic forces on the news media. Examines the rise of Al Jazeera´s influence in the Middle East; also profiles reporters who were killed, jailed or exiled in 2006.
Pioneers of Primetime
Produced and directed by Steve Boettcher ; written by Jack Jones
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 384.55 PIO
A tribute to the icons of early television and an entertaining retrospective on the golden age of television comedy. Includes footage from shows such as "The Milton Berle show", "The Ed Sullivan show", "The Jack Benny show", "The Red Skelton show", "I love Lucy", and "The Honeymooners." Six years in the making, the program features exclusive in-depth interviews with an unprecedented collection of TV´s early stars.
Pioneers of Television
Steven J. Boettcher, Michael J. Trinklein ; produced by Boettcher/Trinklein, Inc. ; director/producer, Steven J. Boettcher ; writer/producer, Michael J. Trinklein.
Alexandria, VA ; Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2008.
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 384.55 PIO
This four-part series features sitcoms and archival clips to offer a fresh take on the first celebrities of television, including interviews with several of them.
60 minutes. Alan Greenspan
Produced by Karen M. Sughrue
New York, NY : CBS Broadcasting, c2007.
1 videodisc (14 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 332.11 SIX
Alan Greenspan may go down as one of the best chairman of the Federal Reserve in American history. When Greenspan talked, the financial world listened. His 18-year tenure was marked by unprecedented economic growth, budget surpluses, and a booming stock market. So why didn´t he speak up about the sub-prime lending abuses now rolling in the U.S. economy?.
Television : the first 50 years
Passport International Productions
North Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Passport Video, 2003.
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Traces the history of television and its impact on American traditions, thinking, and culture. Features film clips, newsreels and exclusive interviews with legends like Milton Berle, Walter Cronkite and Norman Lear offering a revealing look at how "the boob tube" shaped our lives.
Television : window to the world
Jaffe Productions ; Hearst Entertainment Television, in association with the History Channel ; produced by Joshua Hanig ; written by Joshua Hanig and Chuck Hayes.
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels; AAE 71936)
DVD 791.45 TEL
Summary: This feature chronicles the incredible story of television, from the vision of Philo Farnsworth, a Utah farmboy who developed the first working system in 1925, to the latest technological breakthroughs that are transforming the medium. Interviews with media moguls and TV personalities, including legendary anchorman, Walter Cronkite, provide an insider´s look at the huge industry TV has become. Broadcast pioneers recall the patent battles and competing systems that defined the early years of television.
MONUMENTOS NACIONALES Y OTROS LUGARES
Alaska : spirit of the wild
Produced by Graphic Films Corporation ; directed by George Casey ; produced by Paul Novros & George Casey ; written by Mose Richards
Santa Clarita, Calif ; Studio City, CA : MagicPlay Entertainment : Razor Digital Entertainment [distributor], 2006.
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (IMAX theaters 15/70 collection)
DVD 917.98 ALA
Contents: Ice Age -- Alaska -- Siberian hunters -- Aurora Borealis -- Glaciers/Icebergs -- Life flourishes -- Tides -- Gathering places -- Whales -- Salmon migration -- Winter survival -- Inupiat/Gold Rush -- Triumph of life.
Shows the majestic landscapes and wildlife of Alaska. Features moose, bears, polar bears, seals, wolves, caribou, musk oxen, whales, and other animals. Few places on earth impose greater survival challenges and the conflict between climate and life than Alaska. Despite harsh conditions, life in Alaska always finds the way to endure.
Alaska, Spirit of the Wild
Produced by Graphic Films Corporation ; directed by George Casey ; produced by Paul Novros & George Casey ; written by Mose Richards.
1 videodisc (ca. 40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 917.98 ALA
La majestuosa belleza de Alaska se expone en este video que ha sido galardonado por su magnificencia. Sorprendentes tomas aereas muestran el momento en que los enormes glaciares se framentan en peligrosos icebergs. La abundante vida vida animal de este lugar puede apreciarse en todo su splendor.
American Lighthouses
Jupiter Entertainment for The History Channel
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Save our history)
DVD 387.155 AME
Save our history shows how surviving classic lighthouses are being adapted to a modern, changing world. Experts trace the long history of these now mostly symbolic facilities, and you´ll get an up-close look at the modern optics allowing these beacons to be seen in the dark for miles.
American Serengeti
Produced by National Geographic Television for National Geographic Channel.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 577.40978 SER
America's Great Plains wee once a vibrant grassland ecosystem, akin to the great savannahs of Africa. Here, a mere 200 years ago, Lewis and Clark stepped onto this fertile landscape and were awestruck by what they saw -- herds of bison, packs of wolves, grizzly bears, prairie dogs and more. Since Lewis and Clark's time, many of these iconic prairie creatures have all but disappeared.
America´s National Monuments : Legacy of the Great Plains
Produced by Centre Communications, Inc. for Ambrose Video Publishing.
New York, NY : Ambrose Video Publishing, c2006.
4 videodiscs (ca. 2 hrs.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.3 AME
Summary: In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated the nation´s first National Monument and opened the door for all future Presidents to join him in his quest to recognize the diverse depth and breadth of this great nation. Roosevelt´s purpose was to preserve significant parcels of American history and geology for future generations of Americans to experience. Hence forth, each National Monument has been designated by a sitting U.S. President as his personal memorial to areas that he deems should be preserved. Some National Monuments garner large budgets and staffs, others next to none. But every one of America´s National Monuments tells part of the story of the America´s glory.
America's Castles : the grand tour
Produced by Cinetel Productions in association with A&E Network.
[United States] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2005].
2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 728.8 AME
Take a grand tour of the nation's most extraordinary homes: Grand Plantations, Florida's Grand Estates, Hudson River Valley Estates, Newport Mansions, Adirondack Camps, and Gold Coast Estates.
Arlington : field of honor
National Geographic Television & Film production ; written, produced, and directed by John Bredar.-- Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2005.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 929.4 ARL
National Geographic presents a portrait of one of America´s most sacred places, Arlington Cemetery.
Big Sur : Wild California
National Geographic Television.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.941 BIG
A comprehensive view of the spectacular California coastal area known as Big Sur, through the eyes of three intrinsically connected native creatures. Fly with the California condors and capture the panoramic view of Big Sur's many topside layers, and dive with California's sea otters to investigate life below the waves.
The Brooklyn Bridge
Jaffe Productions ; Hearst Entertainment Television in association with the History Channel ; senior producer, Tim Busa ; producer, Bruce Nash ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon.
United States ; New York, NY : History Channel : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE 71831)
DVD 624.2 BRO
Summary: The Brooklyn Bridge was not only a landmark, but also the first bridge of its kind. No one had ever used steel for construction, nor used cables of metal, nor built a suspension bridge so long. In 19th-century New York, where buildings were no more than five stories tall, engineer John Roebling´s soaring and majestic Brooklyn Bridge was nothing short of a technological miracle. But Roebling´s innovation led to an uphill battle against the elements, corrupt politicians, and scientists who claimed the first strong wind would collapse the bridge to rubble.
Canyonlands
National Geographic Television ; producer, Adam Geiger.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.2034 CAN
Canyonlands is the little-known jewel of the American National Parks. The stark landscape contains more than 300,000 acres of desert wilderness, towering spires, and spectacular canyons. The rugged terrain is also a history book of time. Its stories stretch from the geologic forces that created this land, to the beginnings of life on earth and from ancient people, to the cowboys and outlaws of the Old West.
Chicago : city of the century
WGBH Boston ; WTTW Chicago ; produced, written and directed by Austin Hoyt ; co-produced and co-directed by Patricia Garcia
Rios.
Alexandria, VA : PBS DVD, c2003.
4 videodiscs (345 min.) : sd., b&w, col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 977.311 CHI
Tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively
alive cities in the world.
The Chrysler Building
Actuality Productions ; Hearst Entertainment ; History Channel ; A & E Television Networks.-- New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2001.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.483 CHR
An all-access tour of New York City´s 1046-foot-tall landmark funded by the automotive tycoon Walter P. Chrysler and bearing his name name, which is universally regarded as one of the finest physical expressions of the art deco form.
The Empire State Building
Written and produced by Andy Thomas ; producer, Bruce Nash.
Burlington, VT ; New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE 71922)
DVD 974.7 EMP
Summary: Here is the colorful story of this beloved building, including the innovations it inspired, and its enduring popularity today. From the first plans to the final rivet, explore the incredible story of the Empire State Building.
Expo : magic of the white city
An Inecom Entertainment Company production ; produced by Mark Bussler ; written by Brian Connelly ; directed by Mark Bussler.
Pittsburgh, PA : Inecom Entertainment Company, c2005.
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title: Magic of the white city (The Minutes of history series)
DVD 907.477 EXP
Summary: Narrated by Gene Wilder, this documentary brings the Chicago World´s Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago´s Columbian Exposition where viewers are immersed in one of the world´s biggest extravaganzas.
Georgia Aquarium: keepers of the deep
A production of Georgia Public Broadcasting ; director, writer, Michael Britt.
Arlington, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 597.177 GEO
Special features: Georgia explorer; river scout; cold water quest; tropical diver; ocean voyager.
Summary: Go behind the scenes to see how scientists, engineers, and veterinarians are creating and managing the world´s newest and largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium. See how a day begins for the animal husbandry staff as they take care of two specimens of the world´s largest fish -the whale shark. Meet the builders and the dreamers -those who had the vision and the technical know how to create the world´s foremost aquarium.
Glacier National Park
National Geographic Television.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + CD ROM
DVD 978.652 GLA
Glacier National Park is undergoing dramatic changes. As the glaciers that give this wilderness its name rapidly melt away, it is clear the park will never be the same. Explore the backcountry of this scenic region's pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains, and spectacular lakes to discover a dramatic transformation, and witness a defiant new environment as it emerges.
Golden Gate Bridge
Written and produced by Andy Thomas, Richard Jones ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; History Television Network Productions ; A&E Television Networks.
New York : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video Group, 2006.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 624.23 GOL
Contents: San Francisco´s signature landmark -- Bridging the Golden Gate -- Mighty towers -- Protection from the elements -- Crafting the main cables -- Ensuring the bridge´s longevity.
The story of the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the foremost man-made tourist attractions in the United States, which critics said could never be built.
Grand Central
WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Viewfinder Productions film for American Experience ; written and produced by Michael Epstein
Arlington, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 388.472 GRA
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City´s newest landmark. The new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street housed an underground electric train station that would revolutionize the way people traveled and transform midtown Manhattan. By 1947, over sixty-five million people, the equivalent of forty percent of the population of the United States, had traveled through the station.
Grand Canyon
National Geographic Television
Washington, D.C : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (National parks collection)
DVD 917.9132 GRA
A rare scientific odyssey down the Grand Canyon through some of the most treacherous rapids on the planet. From the river cutting through two-billion-year-old stone to the creatures roaming its back-country, the Grand Canyon still has secrets to tell.
Great American Rail Journeys
A production of Driftwood Productions Inc. and Oregon Public Broadcasting.
New York, NY : GoodTimes Entertainment, c2003.
4 videodiscs (220 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 pamphlet (90 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.).
DVD 385.097 GRE
Experience the Colorado and Canadian Rockies, the rarely seen Copper Canyon of Mexico, the remote reaches of
Alaska´s wilderness and the dramatically varied landscape of the Pacific Coast aboard luxurious and unique trains. Learn
about the rich folklore of the Old South and discover the pristine beauty of the long and lush Hudson River Valley.
Hidden Hawaii
[United States] : National Geographic, 2009.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 919.6904 HID
America´s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The monument is bigger than all U.S. national parks combined - yet the majority of this environment has never been seen. National Geographic embarks on a month-long expedition to explore stunning coral reefs, shallow water environments, and rare species unique to Hidden Hawaii.
Hollywood : an empire of their own
Hollywood [videorecording] : an empire of their own / Ontario Ltd.
[Burlington, VT] : New York , NY: A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2005], c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.494 HOL
Tells several stories, including the rise of American film, the personal sagas of the people who shaped it, and the origins of so-called Hollywood values. Using never-before seen home movies, extensive clips, and interviews, this film presents a groundbreaking portrait of Hollywood.
Inside Grand Central
National Geographic.
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 388.472 INS
Summary: Explores the magnificent secrets of this iconic landmark as we take you inside the heart, soul, and amazing engineering of this superstructure. From railroad cars to rush hours, we unlock the colorful tales of its past, present, and future.
Juan O´Gorman y la Biblioteca Central
Produced by Jorge Prior to Difusión Cultural UNAM
Mexico, D.F. : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2005
1 videodisc (27 min.) 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 027.7 JUA
Documental sobre la planeación y construcción de la obra arquitectónica que actualemnet alberga la Biblioteca Central de Ciudad Universitaria. En 1947 se inicia la construcción de CU respondiendo a la necesidad de nuevos espacios. En este escenario se planea la creación de una biblioteca central, proyecto que encabeza el arquitecto Juan O´Gorman.
Las Vegas
Jaffe Productions in association with Hearst Entertainment Television ; written and produced by Andy Thomas ; producer, Bruce Nash.
New York, NY : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2005], c2004.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE 71829)
DVD 917.931 VEG
Summary: From the neon sparkle of the Strip to the outrageous opulence of its penthouse suites, roll the dice with The History Channel to experience the incredible feats of engineering that underlie the world´s most unusual man-made paradise, Las Vegas.
Modern Marvels : John Hancock Center
Produced by Actuality Productions for the History Channel ; written and produced by Emily Lau ; producer/creator, Bruce Nash.
[United States] : History Channel, [2008], 2005.
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.483 MOD
Get the ultimate inside tour of the Chicago landmark that took four years and 50 million man hours to complete. A step-by-step look at the creation of a monumental facility. See footage and photos of its controversial creation. Go behind the scenes at the centerpiece of Chicago´s "Magnificent Mile."
Mount Rushmore
Written and produced by Mark Zwonitzer ; a Hidden Hill Production, Inc. film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston.
Boston? : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
V 730.924 MOU
Summary: Chronicles the story of the massive public works project, which took place in the midst of an economic depression, and relates the story of dozens of ordinary Americans who suddenly found themselves suspended high on a cliff face with drills and hammers, and examines the hyperactive, temperamental Danish artist whose talent and determination propelled the project.
The National Parks : America's Best Idea
A production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.
6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 973 NAT
Nos narra el nacimiento de los parques nacionales desde la concepción de la idea.a mediados de 1800 y sigue su evolución de 150 años. Utilizando fotografías de archivo, testimonios de primera mano y recuerdos personales de los entrevistados, nos lleva a un recorrido cronológico de la creación de cada parque, quiénes los cuidan y los protegen de la destrucción.
National Parks of the southwest : Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Yellowstone
PBS.
[Renton, WA] : Topics Entertainment, 2009.
4 videodiscs (220 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.4 NAT
Take a breathtaking tour of some of America's most amazing national parks in this 4 DVD set of previously released films seen on PBS. Visit Arches, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyon lands, Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon without any tourists, then head over to Yellowstone for a bonus film featuring the wonder of America's first national park. Experience the beautiful contrast of turquoise water against sun-baked red rocks, witness a playful family of grizzly bears, and peer through a heavy snowfall in the high desert. Plus, get rare views of all the famous landmarks that made the Southwest's national parks some of the most visited in the world.
New Orleans
Produced by Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives, Jenny Carchman ; written by Michelle Ferrari ; directed by Stephen Ives ; an Insignia Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation.-- Anamorphic widescreen format.-- Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.63 NEW
Tells the story of this remarkable city through revealing first-hand interviews with New orleans natives and scholars, as well as through rich archival photographic material and footage that was miracolously spared from the devastation wrought by Katrina.
New York. Episode eight, The center of the world, 1946-2003 : a documentary film
A Steeplechase Films production for American Experience in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET and the New-York
Historical Society ; producers, Marilyn Ness, Ric Burns ; writers, Ric Burns, James Sanders ; director, Ric Burns.
Widescreen version.
United States ; Burbank, CA : WGBH Educational Foundation : Steeplechase Films, Inc : PBS Video : Distributed by Warner
Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 974.71 NEW
Chronicles the history of New York from 1946 to 2003.
New York Bridges
Produced by CBS News Productions for the History Channel.-- New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video Group, c2002.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels)
DVD 624.2 NEW
Tells the story of the art and engineering, the fortunes lost and created, the mystique and allure of the lifelines that feed Manhattan.
Niagara
Niagara : a history of the falls / produced and directed by Rachel Low ; writer, Michael MacLear ; produced by Screenlife Inc. for the History Channel ; A&E Television Networks.
Burlington, VT ; New York : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 971.339 NIA
Based on the book Niagara, a history of the falls by Pierre Berton.
Editor, Petra Valier ; directory of photography, Michael Boland ; music, Kevin Staples.
Summary: Tells the tales of the mystics and mavericks who have shaped Niagara´s history, from Annie Taylor, the first to go over the falls in a barrel, to "Red the Riverman", who pulled bodies out of the currents before deciding to go over himself. Watch the evolution of tourism and learn how major inventions changed the area. Witness the tragedies, close calls, and surreal miracles that have maintained Niagara´s mystic allure for centuries.
Over Alaska in High Definition
A co-production of KCTS Television, Seattle and NHK Television, Japan ; executive producer/writer/editor, Jeff Gentes ; producer, Alice H. Ikeda.
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
DVD 917.98 OVE
Portrays Alaska as its never been seen before. Shot over three months with the world's most experienced high-definition aerial production team and an acclaimed wildlife photographer, the stunning imagery is enhanced with evocative words and an original music score.
Over America Deluxe
[United States] : Topics Entertainment, 2010.
4 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.3 OVE
Over America is a spectacular visual essay of this land, photographed from the air. Washington, D.C., our nation's capital' provides a fascinating portrait of the city over a year's time from both air and ground perspectives.
The Presidential Memorials
Produced by Jaffe Productions in association with Hearst Entertainment Television ; in association with the History Channel.-- United States ; New York, NY : A & E Home Video : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, [2005], c1994.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 975.3 PRE
This program brings to life the colorful stories behind these modern structures, including secrets hidden beneath the flawless facades.
The Real Las Vegas
MPH Entertainment, Inc. for A&E Network.
New York : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c1996, 2001.
2 videodiscs (ca. 200 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
DVD 979.31 VEG
Recalls Las Vegas´s history from the early days of mobsters to the modern gambling business.
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
Production of WQED Pittsburgh ; producer, writer, Rick Sebak.
New York, NY : PBS Home Video, c2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 388.1 RID
Examines some of the history of the road, which runs from New York City to San Francisco and shows some of the joys of riding along it today. The Lincoln Highway was established in 1913 as America´s first coast-to-coast paved highway. It connected New York City with San Francisco and passed through towns and cities in 13 states.
Sears Tower
The History Channel.-- New York, Ny : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2007], c2004.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 720.483 SEA
Trace the history of the Sears Tower, from the initial plans to the company´s financial troubles of the 1990´s, to the tower´s current status as a multi-tenant office building and major tourist attraction.
The Secret Canyon
Chedd-Angier ; written, produced and directed by John Angier.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 910.021 SEC
Alan Alda travels to the Range Creek area of eastern Utah to explore an entire canyon of perfectly preserved 1,000-year-old remains.
Secret Yosemite : explore beyond the tourist hotspots
National Geographic Television.-- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 979.447 SEC
Summary: Experience a day in one of America´s greatest parks, Yosemite National Park in California. Home to over 2000 plant and animal species, steep granite cliffs, and the world´s largest trees- the Sequoias. View where 3.5 million visitors come every year.
Statue of Liberty
A Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; written by Bernard A.
Weisburger, Geoffrey C. Ward.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2002.
1 videodisc (ca. 58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (Ken Burns´ America collection)
DVD 974.71 STA
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and a refuge for generations of
immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of
America´s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings,
readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument
is told."
St. Louis Arch
New York, N.Y : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2006], c2000.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern Marvels, AAE 76066)
DVD 731.76 STL
At 630 feet tall, the Gateway Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States. Extensive photos and film clips of its construction; interviews with the inventors, engineers, and contractors who transformed the dream into a reality; and a behind-the-scenes tour.
Tim Janis, Beautiful America
United States : Tim Janis Ensemble : Dawn Treader Productions, 2004.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.9 TIM
This program features stunning imagery of America´s National Parks to the music of Tim Janis, performed by a fourteen piece concert ensemble.
Times Square
Produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; Hearst Entertainment ; a presentation of The History Channel ; producer/creator, Bruce Nash ; written and produced by Henry Schipper.-- New York, NY : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2005.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Modern marvels)
DVD 974.71 TIM
Summary: A documentary video on the history of the Times Square area of New York City. Where America celebrated victory and welcomes the New Years´. This documentary shows the history of the area that is known as the entertainment and advertising capital of the world.
UNAM México : guía de sitios y espacios, edificio antiguos, Ciudad Universitaria, Centro Cultural Universitario e Investigación y Desarrollo / Juan B. Artigas H.
2a ed.
Mexico, D.F. : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2009.
1 videodisc (aprox. 30 min.) , 4 3/4 in.
S DVD 917.30972 UNA
Un recorrido que nos descubre lugares emblemáticos de esta universidad en México, guiado por el profesor emérito de la UNAM Juan B. Artigas.
Visions of New York City
A production of WLIW21 in association with WNET.ORG ; [producer/editor/writer, Sam Toperoff].
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.471 VIS
From Wall Street to Washington Heights, down Fifth Avenue, over bridges, and across the grid, Visions of New York City celebrates the irresistible attraction of the little 25- by 2-mile island that is New York.
The War Memorials
Produced by Jaffe Productions in association with Hearst Entertainment Television, in association with the History Channel ; written by Laura Fuest ; producer, John Drimmer.
United States : A&E Home Video, 2005, c1994.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 355.160 WAR
Summary: How did controversy and racism nearly derail the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? This story and others are uncovered in The War Memorials. Witness the silent ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and visit the eternal flame at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy. From the unforgettable vision of Arlington Cemetery´s endless white crosses to the stirring United States Marine Corps Memorial, this program examines the country´s legendary war memorials and the heroes who inspired them.
Western Towns
Produced by Greystone Communications, Inc., History Television Network Productions ; written and directed by Laura Verklan
United States : Distributed by New Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 978.02 WES
In this journey into the past discover frontier settlements and how they survived everything from Native American attacks and wild weather to the lawlessness that dominated life in the Old West, and learn why some whistle stops were transformed into important cities while others eventually faded away into oblivion.
The White House
Produced by Jaffe Productions in association with Hearst Entertainment Television ; in association the History Channel ; producers, John Drimmer.-- United States : A & E Television Network : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2002], c1994.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in. (Great American monuments)
VD 917.53 WHI
Summary: A rare inside look at a building that is part monument, part command center and part exclusive mansion--an executive residence that is unique in the world".
The White House : behind closed doors
History Channel ; producer, Jessica Conway ; writer, Christopher Cassel ; director, Dana Calderwood
New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 975.3 WHI
President and Mrs. Bush invite viewers to join them on the first in-depth televised tour of this grand residence since Jacqueline Kennedy invited cameras inside in 1962. The White House is te most photographed and toured residence in the country, but private areas are normally off limits to television cameras. Join us and go behind the velvet ropes at America´s most famous address for a long overdue look inside.
Yankee Stadium : baseball´s cathedral : opening day 1923 - opening day 2008
Major League Baseball Productions presents
New York, NY : Major League Baseball Properties, Inc : Shout Factory, 2008.
2 videodiscs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 796.357 YAN
Contents: [Disc 1]. Yankee Stadium : baseball´s cathedral (ca. 120 min.) -- [disc 2]. Bonus features (ca. 50 min.).
Fans and ballplayers have congregated for more than 80 years to witness history. This video tells all stories in comprehensive and compelling fashion, giving fans one more chance to worship at the cathedral of baseball.
Yellowstone : Battle for Life
2 Entertain ; BBC Earth ; a BBC / Animal Planet and Discovery co-production ; Executive producer, Michael Gunton ; series producer, Andrew Murray.
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 917.80433 YEL
Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf...Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons.
MUSICA
The American Tenors
Produced by Frank McNamara.
New York, NY : Odyssey, c2003.
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.87 AME
A dynamic new trio of promising young American tenors make their live concert debut; chosen as the result of an exhaustive national search, Nathan Granner, Daniel Montenegro and Mauricio O´Reilly are on their way up in the world of opera.
Austin City Limits Music Festival: Live from Austin, Texas 2004
Capital Sports and Entertainment ; KLRU-TV.-- Burbank, Cal : Warner Home Video, c2005.
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.78 AUS
Summary: For more tha 30 years, Austin City Limits has honored both artists and music fans, creating an intimate connection between the two. Aiming beyond style boundaries, trends, or geography, ACL promises an authentic music experience while delivering the highest standard of discovery and production.
Billie Holiday : Billie´s Blues : Her Best Performances on Film
1 videodisc (40 min.) sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.421 BIL
No one has ever sung or will ever sing a jazz ballad like Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Although her vocal range was much more limited than those of other famous jazz singers, Billie made her interpretations so expressive that even the most trite lyrics sounded almost profound.
Billie Holiday : the ultimate collection
Hip-O Records ; Miltiprises, LLC ; produced by Toby Byron.
United States : Universal Music Enterprises, 2005.
1 videodisc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.4216 BIL
The Billie Holiday The Ultimate Collection DVD features rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with pianist Jimmy Rowles, audio interviews with friends and fellow musicians, an interactive timeline and an evocative photo-document gallery featuring hundreds of images, from rare photos to personal letters, plus Lady Day´s complete recording history for major record companies.
Bird
Produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
United States : Warner Home Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (23 min., 25 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
DVD 791.4372 BIR
Biography of jazz saxophone Charlie Parker, from his rise to fame to his early death.
Bluesland : a portrait in American music
Directed by Ken Mandel.
Australia : Euroarts : 2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., color & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 BLU
From a clear historical point of view, Bluesland comprehensively traces blues' many tributaries as the music flows into the sophisticated jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, the rhythm and blues of Louis Jordan and Dinah Washington and the rock and roll of Chuck Berry...Features performances by Son House, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Rushing, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Dinah Washington and many others.
Broadway : the American musical
By Michael Kantor
Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2004.
DVD 782.14 BRO
This documentary series tells the story of the musical and theatre history on Broadway in New York City.
Broadway´s Lost Treasures
Christopher A. Cohen Productions ; director, Christopher A. Cohen ; written by Steven Hecht, Hildy Parks.
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, c2003.
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 791.43 BRO
A one-of-a-kind compilation of Broadway showstoppers, performed by original cast members, televised on the Tony Awards between 1967 and 1986.
Celebrating Bird : the triumph of Charlie Parker
Toby Byron/Multiprises, Sony Video Software Company, Pioneer Artists present ; written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron ; directed by Gary Giddins, Kendrick Simmons.
Australia : Euroarts, 2009.
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 788.73 CEL
One of the great legends in American music, this virtuoso saxophonist Charlie Parker. This material takes a revealing look at an enigmatic yet endlessly appealing man who soared to the heights of creative freedom, but couldn´t beat a lifelong addiction to heroin.
Channel One Suite
Buddy Rich and his band.
New York, NY : Lightyear Entertainment, 2003.
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 RIC
Machine (3:14) -- Best Coast (3:57) -- One O´Clock (7:47) -- Sophisticated Lady (5:17) -- Norwegian Wood (3:15) -- Love for Sale (4:05) -- No Exit (6:44) -- Channel One Suit (16:14).
Summary: Featuring a 60-minute performance of the legendary drummer Buddy Rich and his Big Band, never before seen interview segments, behind-the-scene footage and special features with Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis.
Count Basie : swingin´ the blues
A co-production of Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich and VideoArts, Japan ; produced by Toby Byron, Richard Saylor ; written by Albert Murray ; directed by Matthew Seig.
Australia : Euroarts, 2010.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 COU
Summary: A distinguished group of Basie alumni, including early band members Sweets Edison, Earle Warren and Claude Williams and later stars like Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet and Joe Williams come together to lend their insight to this film through on-camera interviews and round-table reminiscences. Basie himself appears in revealing interview clips from various stages of his life. Also includes vintage performance footage beginning in the late 1930s, and master recordings of the greatest Basie sessions.
Duke Ellington. Copenhagen 1965 parts one & two
United States ; Chatsworth, CA : Storyville Records : Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2005.
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 DUK
Contents: Part 1. Take the "A" train -- Midriff -- Afro bossa -- Ad Lib on Nippon -- The opener -- Chelsea Bridge -- Blow by blow -- Work song -- Come Sunday -- Montage -- Part 2. Take the "A" train -- Medley: Satin doll, Sophisticated lady -- Meow -- Passion flower -- Things ain´t what they used to be -- Jeep´s blues -- Perdido -- Tootie for cootie -- Kinda Dukish/Rockin´ in rhythm -- Take the "A" train -- He huffed and he puffed and blew that horn.
Summary: The year is 1965, and Duke Ellington, with a reputation for being one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, is at the top of his game. See him in this breathtaking performance in Copenhagen, now available on DVD.
Feel Like Going home
Cappa Productions & Two Dollars and a Dream, Inc. ; produced by Sam Pollard ; written by Peter Guralnick ; directed by
Martin Scorsese.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., b&w with col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 FEE
Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the banks of the Niger River to the cotton fields and juke
joints of Mississippi.
Godfathers and Sons
Directed by Marc Levin, Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies ; produced by Daphne Pinkerson & Marc Levin.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodiscs (133 min.) : sd., b&w with col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 GOD
Call them the Blues Brothers 2003-in Marc Levin´s film, hip-hop legend Chuck D and Marshall Chess return to
Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players
together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and members of the Roots. Along with archival footage of
Howlin´ Wolf are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay.
The History of Rock ´n´ Roll
Andrew Solt Productions ; Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment in association with Telepictures Productions ; Time Life Video & Television ; series producer, Jeffrey Peisch ; written, produced and directed by Marc J. Sachnoff, Bill Richmond
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2004.
5 videodiscs (578 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in + 1 Pamphlet.
DVD 781.66 HIS
Directors of photography, Ralph Bode ... [et al.] ; series narrator, Gary Busey ; editor, Bill Richmond ; main title music, Chuck Berry.
Summary: This 10-part documentary covers rock ´n´ roll history from its humble beginnings in the ´50s to Lollapalooza in the ´90s. Experience favorite rock ´n´ roll moments through hundreds of exclusive interviews, classic footage and concert performances.
Jazz : a film by Ken Burns
A production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; directed by Ken Burns.
Alexandria, VA ; Hollywood, Calif : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.
10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hrs.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 JAZ
Summary: 10 episodes tracing the history of jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans to its heights and continuing presence. A virtuoso performance by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, Jazz celebrates the music of America, from blues and ragtime to swing, bebop and fusion.
Lady Day : the many faces of Billie Holiday
A co-production of Toby Byron ... [et al.] ; directed by Matthew Seig ; written by Robert O'Meally ; produced by Toby Byron and Richard Saylor.
[S.l.] : [Germany] : Medici Arts ; Distributed by EuroArts Music International, [2009]
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.4216 LAD
Most presentations feature Lady Day as the sad victim of hard times and drugs. Mining a treasure trove of new information, the producers set the record straight - and beautifully. In a voice that is Billie-like in its rasping wiseness and its ring, stage and screen star Ruby Dee reads from Holiday's autobiography, Lady sings the blues.
Latin Music USA
Produced by Adriana Bosch and Elizabeth
[United States] : PBS Distribution, 2009.
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.8968 LAT
Latin music USA highlights the great American music created by Latinos, and celebrates the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues. It´s a fresh take on American musical history, reaching across five decades to portray the rich mix of sounds created by Latinos and embraced by all.
Legends of Jazz : showcase
Chicago, IL : LRS Media, p2006.
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 DVD.
DVD 781.65 LEG
This CD/DVD collection features riveting performances by some of the biggest stars of the hit television series presented on one of the most dazzling audio/visual recordings of the decade.
Marian Anderson : a portrait in music
Pleasantville, NY : VAI, c2004.
1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.92 MAR
Includes Marian Anderson´s performances from the two 1956 "Festival of Music" telecasts, as well as her previously unreleased appearance on the Ford 50th Anniversary Show are combined on this DVD with the previously released documentary, Marian Anderson on stage and at home (1950).
A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Honoring James Taylor
MusiCares ; executive producers, John Beug, Gary Borman, David Horn ; music producer, Phil Ramone ; producers, Barbara Rose Granatt ... [et al.] ; directed by Ron de Moraes.-- Burbank, CA : Rhino, c2006.
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 780.78 MUS
Captures the superstar tributes to James Taylor with spectacular performances by the Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Keith Urban, Bruce Springsteen, and songs by Taylor himself.
Piano Blues
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Malpaso Productions ; Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies ; produced by Clint Eastwood and Bruce
Ricker ; written by Robert Gordon.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 PIA
Director and piano player Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances.
Rhythm, Love and Soul : the sexiest songs of R & B performed live in concert
WQED Multimedia, Pittsburgh ; producer, Henry J. DeLuca ; director, Barry Glazer.
United States : Sony Music Entertainment, 2003.
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 RHY
Contents: Respect / Aretha Franklin -- At last / Aretha Franklin & Lou rawls -- You´ll never find another love like mine /
Lou Rawls -- Can´t get next to you/Papa was a rolling stone (medley) / Dennis Edwards & The Temptations Review -- 25 miles /
Edwin Starr -- Yes, I´m ready / Barbara Mason -- Everlasting love / Carl Carlton -- When will I see you again / Valerie,
Helen & Cynthia (formerly known as "The Three Degrees") -- Me and Mrs. Jones / Billy Paul -- Band of gold / Freda Payne --
Side show / Blue Magic -- Reunited / Peaches and Herb -- I will survive ; I never knew / Gloria Gaynor -- Don´t leave me
this way / Thelma Houston -- Kiss and say goodbye / The Manhattans -- Freeway of love / Aretha Franklin -- Someday we´ll be
together / Mary Wilson, Johnny Bristol and entire cast.
The Road to Memphis
Road Movies and Vulcan Productions ; directed and photographed by Richard Pearce ; produced and recorded by Robert Kenner ; writer and associate producer, Robert Gordon.
New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 ROA
Traces the musical odyssey of B.B. King to Memphis and pays homage to the great blues musicians of the Memphis tradition. Filmed on the occasion of the great reunion in which Memphis musicians returned to honor their roots.
Sinatra: the classic duets
Sinatra Enterprises ; LSL Productions ; written, produced & directed by David Leaf & John Scheinfeld.
New York, NY : Hart Sharp Video, 2003.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.009 SIN
Footage of some of Frank Sinatra´s most famous duets, with commentary by Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra and Tina Sinatra.
The Soul of a Man : a film
By Wim Wenders ; Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies ; produced by Alex Gibney ; written & directed by Wim Wenders.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w with col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 SOU
Contains five full-length performances not seen in the film: See that my grave is kept clean / Lou Reed -- Slow down /
Cassandra Wilson -- Mama talk to your daughter / Alvin Youngblood Hart -- Dark was the night, cold was the ground (electric)
/ Marc Ribot -- Revelations / Chris Thomas King. Also includes outtake from film, "The visit to the plantation" (silent);
on-camera interview with Wim Wenders; director commentary; director biography and filmography, etc.
Using dramatization and live performances looks at the lives and works of Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Lenoir. Shows contemporary musicians playing their works.
The Story of Jazz
Directed by Matthew Seig.
Deluxe gatefold ed.
Australia : Euroarts, 2009.
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781 STO
As entertaining as it is informative, this is a seamless array of performances, comments, and compelling historic inside. This colorful tale of cross-cultural influences that produced a constantly evolving and enduring music, is a rich wave of sounds, rare film clips, stills and interviews.
Sweet Honey in the Rock : raise your voice
Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson.
Harriman, NY : Firelight Media, 2005.
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 782.253 SWE
A documentary about the 30 year career of the a cappella vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Includes concert footage, archival stills and footage, behind the scenes footage, and in-depth interviews with group members.
Thelonius Monk : American composer
Directed by Matthew Seig ; produced by Toby Byron and Richard Saylor.
Thelonius Monk [videorecording] : American composer / directed by Matthew Seig ; produced by Toby Byron and Richard Saylor.
Australia : Euroarts, 2009
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.6 THE
First fully rounded portrait of this terribly misunderstood man and musician. He was the pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution and, after Duke Ellington, jazz' first major composer. Thelonius Sphere Monk remained a highly productive musician after more than thirty years and continued to be a growing artist, exploring his art and extending his range.
Warming by the Devil´s Fire
Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies ; produced by Margaret Bodde, Alex Gibney ; written & directed by Charles Burnett.
New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w with col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.643 WAR
Charles Burnett explores his own childhood being shuttled between a religious mother and a blues-loving uncle. His film combines fiction with documentary footage in the story of a young boy kidnapped to prevent his being saved by a church that viewed blues as the devil´s music.
The World According to John Coltrane
Produced by Toby Byron, Richard Saylor ; written by Robert Palmer, Toby Byron ; co-production of Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich and Video Arts, Japan.
Australia : Euroarts, 2010.
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 781.65 WOR
An in-depth look at Coltrane and his music. Includes uninterrupted live performances of My favorite things, Impressions, Alabama and So what (with Miles Davis). Takes a rare look at Coltrane's original quartet and with his last group performing Naima. Includes interviews with jazz musicians.
SALUD PUBLICA
The Age of AIDS
Series producer and reporter, Renata Simone ; a co-production of WGBH/Frontline and Paladin InVision Ltd. with Silverbridge Productions Ltd. and Channel 4 ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
Widescreen.
Alexandria, Va : PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.196 AGE
Summary: Part one follows the trail of a medical mystery which began in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a deadly new disease. Traces the international response in the first years of the epidemic, contrasting moments of inspirational leadership with the tragedy of missed opportunities.
The Ambulance : racing for life
Produced by Michael Rose Productions for the History Channel ; A&E Television Networks ; producer/writer/director, Michael Rose.-- New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, [2006], c1997.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.18 AMB
Summary: From the horrors of war to the legendary heroism of famous individuals, this is the comprehensive story of the ambulance and the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to save others.
Fat : what no one is telling you
Twin Cities Public Television ; produced by Tom & Linda Spain ; directed by Andrew Fredericks.-- Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 616.398 FAT
This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. Shows how external pressures such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisements make fighting fat so difficult. Also features real Americans telling their stories about the biological barriers, cultural habits, and economic realities contributing to their struggle to get fit.
The Hidden Epidemic : heart disease in America
Produced, written, and directed by Elizabeth Arledge ; produced by WGBH.-- South Burlington, Vt.? : WGBH Boston Video, c2007.
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 616.1 HID
Examines heart disease, the number one killer in America and one of the nation´s greatest health challenges for both men and women.
The Meth Epidemic
Written and produced by Carl Byker ; a Frontline coproduction with Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with The Oregonian.
Widescreen.
Alexandria, Va : PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.299 MET
Investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficult of controlling an essential ingredient in meth - ephedrine and pseudoephedrine - sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
Meth in the City
Produced by ABC News Productions for A&E Networks ; producer, Susan Aasen
United States : A&E Home Video, 2008.
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.299 MET
Restriction on sales of Sudafed in the U.S. caused production of methamphetamine to move from small rural labs in the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels, which could more easily distribute the drug to urban areas. This documentary takes a multi-faceted look at the new phenomenon including the users and the activists who are trying to save them, the law enforcement officers on the front lines, and those working to keep the drug from spreading and taking hold of urban centers like New York City, Miami, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The Next Plague : Avian flu
Writer, Greg Kandra ; producers, Melissa Alonso ... [et al.] ; produced by CBS Eye Too Productions for the History Channel.-- New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 614.518 NEX
The Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization contend that the world is long overdue for a deadly epidemic, and that it isn´t a question of if, but when.
The Polio Crusade
Sarah Colt Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Sarah Colt.
United States : PBS Home Video, 2009.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 616.8 POL
This film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf. Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
Remaking American Medicine : health care for the 21st century
Santa Barbara, CA ; Arlington, Va : Crosskeys Media : distributed by PBS Home Video, c2006.
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 362.109 REM
Produced by Crosskeys Media ; series producers Frank Christopher, Matthew Eisen, Marc Shaffer.
Summary: Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
This Emotional Life : in Search of Ourselves... and Happiness
Aco-production of the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions ; writers, Daniel Gilbert, Jesse Sweet, Chana Gazit, and Jack Youngelson ; directors, Chana Gazit and Jack Youngelson.
[Arlington, VA] : PBS, c2010.
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 152.4 THI
How can we all live happier, more fulfilling lives? This material explores ways we can improve our social relationships, learn to cope with problems like depression and anxiety, and become more positive and resilient individuals.
Through a Dog's Eyes
Narrated by Neil Patrick Harris ; a production of tpt National Productions and Partisan Pictures.
[Saint Paul, MN] : Twin Cities Public Television ; distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : color, sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 636.7 THR
This primetime PBS documentary follows the inspiring stories of people with disabilities as they experience the heartwarming and sometimes challenging process of being matched with and receiving a service dog.
World´s Most Dangerous Drug
A National Geographic Television production ; produced by David Murdock.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD 616.864 WOR
Directors of photography, Kris Denton, Gary Grieg, Joe Pontecovo ; eidtor, Andrea Barrick ; original music, Williams/Biondo.
Summary: This dangerous drug is ravaging rural communities and spreading its poison to major metropolitan areas and across international borders at an alarming rate. What makes methamphetamine (´meth´) so powerful, addictive and destructive? Lisa Ling infiltrates the rural epidemic with footage of lab busts, police surveillance and several harrowing personal accounts. Raw inside information on a frequent subject.
Worried Sick
Chedd-Angier ; presented by Connecticut Public Television ; produced in association with Scientific American magazine ; Written, produced, and directed by John Angier, David Huntley, Leslie Reinherz.
Watertown, MA ; S.l : Chedd-Angier Production Co : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in. (Scientific American frontiers)
DVD 158.12 WOR
Summary: In this program, Alan Alda meets researchers who are exploring the ill effects of stress on health and healing, and how relaxation can help lessen the damage.
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