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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
By the dawn of the nineteenth century, tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, ravaging communities and touching the lives of almost every family. The battle against the deadly bacteria had a profound and lasting impact on the country, It shaped medical and scientific pursuits, social habits, economic development, western expansion, and government policy. The story is...
2) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
"...a scare-the-crap-out-of-you medical thriller..."--Entertainment Weekly
"...serious, precise, frightening, emotionally enveloping."--New Yorker
"Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller..."--New York Times
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On an isolated island, a group of teenage delinquents living in a youth center wake up to find themselves alone with no one to watch over them. After much partying, their supervisor appears out of nowhere, feverish and shaking. He suddenly attacks the students. They fight back and kill him accidentally, leaving them no other choice than to flee the crime scene. As they run away, they realize the island is almost deserted. The few adults they encounter...
4) Morbius
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the most compelling and conflicted characters--the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius--comes to the big screen! Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil -- or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
Publisher
AMC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (711 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As it returns for Season 3, families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent ecotone of the U.S.-Mexico border. International lines done away with following the world's end, the characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ms. Frizzle, her students and the Magic School Bus take a trip into the human body and explore the digestive system, the bloodstream, and bones, joints and muscles.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (648 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Returning but not on land, action packed and boat adventures await. Constant threats made after the last escape from land. Truly makes protecting one another the most important on the unsafe waters. Just because zombies can't swim, doesn't mean there isn't anything to be worried about.
Publisher
Big Red Frog
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This multi-award winning, action-packed, animated adventure DVD will have the entire family learning while having fun. Watch as the Superheroes fight the Coalition of Harm and Disease. Also includes a bonus interactive DVD game.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (730 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As it returns for Season 4, families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent area of the U.S.-Mexico border. After international lines were done away with following the world's end, the characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well.
11) Battlecreek
Publisher
Hannover House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry is a loner and a night owl who spends his time at an all-night diner and working the night shift at a gas station. A rare skin disease has forced him to stay out of the sun and kept him under the close watch of his fiery mother, who has sheltered him his entire life. Then one night, a young woman's car breaks down and Henry's life changes forever.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious psychological cases involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking, and delivers his astounding conclusions.
13) Train to Busan
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
14) Super size me
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
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