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Author
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Seventies were sexy and sleazy. At the epicenter of it all was Plato's Retreat, the controversial, first-ever swingers club. In New York's conservative Upper West Side, Plato's embraced adventurous couples who came to dance, to swim, and… to swap. It was the start of a revolution. The brainchild of Larry Levenson, the self-proclaimed "King of Swing," Plato's Retreat quickly emerged as the mainstay of public sex for the "me" generation, welcoming...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"It is blatant, it is cheap, it is the apotheosis of the ridiculous. But it is something more; it is like Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone Park; it is a national playground, and not to have seen it is not to have seen your own country," said Reginald Wright Kauffman in 1909 of Coney Island, the tiny spit of land at the foot of Brooklyn that, at the turn of the century, became the most extravagant playground in the country and one of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
What is the Jersey Devil? The Mystery of the Little Big Horn. Who whacked Bugsy Siegel? Who fired the shot heard round the world? The Philadelphia Experiement. Who bombed Wall Street in 1920?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Has anyone ever escaped from Alcatraz? What happened to Judge Crater? Who was the New Orleans axman? The riddle of Native American rock art. Where was Aimee Semple Macpherson? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid survive Bolivia? Where is James 'Whitey' Bulger?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Who killed Thelma Todd? Did Babe Ruth call his shot? Does Bigfoot exist? Did Fatty Arbuckle kill Virginia Rappe? A bizarre Roswell connection. Where are the Boston Heist Paintings? The mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Why did the Rosenbergs have to die? Who pulled off the St. Valentine's Day Massacre? What were the Phoenix Lights? Was Sirhan Sirhan a mob assassin? Was Pearl Harbor really a surprise attack? Who's really buried in Billy the Kid's grave?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
The lost colony of Roanoke, Virginia. Is D.B. Cooper alive? What happened to Jimmy Hoffa? Did Lizzie Borden kill her parents? The curse of the lost Dutchman mine. Who killed the Black Dahlia?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Was Apollo 11's moon landing a hoax? Did Tom Horn really murder Willie Nickell? Where is the treasure of Dutch Schultz? Were Sacco and Vanzetti innocent? Will the Tylenol murders ever be solved? Where did Wisconsin's Eagle Diamond come from? What killed Harry Houdini?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Where is Natalee Ann Holloway? Could Nicola Tesla's greatest invention power the world for free? Who discovered America first? Did John Wilkes Booth get away with murder? The mystery of Ambrose Bierce. Is Jim Morrison dead? Was Marilyn Monroe murdered? Joseph Smith and the Golden Tablets.
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Darryl Roberts goes on a five year journey to examine America’s growing obsession with physical beauty and perfection, unearthing its origins and deadly risks.. In America the Beautiful we see how increasingly unattainable images contribute to the rise in low self-esteem, body dismorphia, and eating disorders for young women and girls who also happen to be the beauty industry's largest consumers.. In almost 40,000 media messages a year,...
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (172 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
AMERICA: PROMISED LAND chronicles the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States, anchored by interviews with descendants of ancestors.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Use classic children's music (everything from jump rope rhymes to lullabies) as a fascinating window into America's musical traditions and how they open up a plethora of musical doors and memories. Also, get an introduction to some of the many incredible treasures contained in the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings series.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How 9/11 ushered in an era of fear, mistrust, and division in America. The compromises and consequences for American democracy--from the terror attacks, through four presidencies, wars abroad, and ultimately insurrection at home.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Examine the main strands of religious music in the United States. Among the many you'll look at are spirituals (both European and African variations); religious chants from Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim traditions; and ring shouts and shape-note singing. Also, spend time with popular compositions like "Northfield" and "Amazing Grace."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Visit the Appalachian region of the Southeast and unearth the roots of "country music" (a term that wasn't used until the 1950s) in mountain "hillbilly" music. Along the way, consider some of the many tropes of this genre of music, exemplified by a song from 1947 called "Goodbye, Old Paint."
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