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Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Benedict Arnold, a man trapped by pride and love. After being disgraced by the Continental Congress and resigning his comission, Arnold is coaxed back into service. But his marriage to a loyalist woman leads to scandal, and the lack of support he received drives him to defect.
Series
Crown volume Season 3
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (547 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents through interviews and archival footage the life of Billie Jean King, tennis player and advocate for sociopolitical equality for women and the LGBT community.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For 191 years, the Supreme Court of the United States was populated only by men. When President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover proclaimed, 'Justice at Last,' and she received unanimous Senate approval.
Series
Durrells in Corfu volume Season 3
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
UK edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Durrells in Corfu returns for a third season of eccentric family adventures on a Greek isle in the 1930s.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.
Series
Durrells in Corfu volume Season 4
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
UK edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 325 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The future's looking bright for the eccentric Durrells; catch up with their lives on the beautiful island of Corfu in the fourth and final season. Most of the family struggles with individual business ventures from running a guest house, attempting to get published, starting a beauty salon, and opening a zoo.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 9 hr. 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.
10) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 501 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[DVD, Widescreen]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 Blu-ray discs (463 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.
13) Roots
Publisher
HISTORY
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (389 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
14) Des
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the "kindly killer", Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrated violinist and conductor Scott Yoo crosses the country, exploring the diversity of American musicians, cultures and landscapes to discover how regional and ethnic music has inspired America's greatest composers: Amy Beach, Florence Price, Aaron Copland and two of today's masters, Sergio Assad and Reena Esmail.
Series
Crown volume Season 1
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Series
The Crown volume Season 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (608 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Each episode focuses on a great composer, tracing the creation of their masterpieces and the profound, lasting cultural impact of their music while exploring little known or recently discovered works and new music they inspired.
19) Now hear this
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in, a new four-part documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, and travel, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (229 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the life and reign of eighteenth-century Russian empress Catherine the Great, from two years after her ascension through the end of her life, and follows her relationship with military leader Grigory Potemkin.
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