BFS Video (Firm)
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In England in 1940, shipyard worker Joe Maddison felt depressed and past his prime because he was too old to serve in World War II. Shocked when his wife leaves him for a sailor, Joe and his friend Harry decide they need a new challenge and volunteer to join the Home Guard which is headed by local pharmacist Mr. Simpson. This decision will lead Joe on a journey of self-discovery, involving lessons in friendship, bravery, and love.
3) Dad's army
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II on the English home front, an incompetent crew of Home Guards try their best.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Finlay survived World War II and now in the aftermath is has been serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returns to the small town of Tannochbrae in Scotland expecting to resume life as it was. However, while his irascible colleague Dr. Cameron is unchanged, everything else has been affected by the war. His fiancee has decided not to wait for him, he must deal with new colleagues and even the arrangements of the practice are overturned as...
Pub. Date
[2003], c1973
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 262 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drinks, drugs, unhappy love affairs, premature death: their own life stories were more tragic than the stories they wrote. Enter the world of the Bronte sisters, who poured out their frustrations, failures and personal tragedies in their classic works. Recreates the Victorian Era of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and their brother, Branwell, who retreated from life on the Yorkshire moors into a more complex fantasy world. Hoping for fame and success, their...
7) The jury
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 284 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A comprehensive six-part series of a shocking murder trial and the jurors affected by it.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Five years have now passed since the end of the war and the Arden House medical team function with well-practiced efficiency. The free National Health Service keeps the team busy, kindly administering to the residents of Tannochbrae, who, for the most part, have gradually come to trust their doctors and follow their advice. Even so, as the post-war era unfolds, Dr. Finlay, Dr. Cameron and Dr. Napier face many soul-searching ethical dilemmas in cases...
10) Land of thirst
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Romance between the son of an African chief and an English woman stirs racial outrage in 1913 South Africa at the height of racist colonial rule.
12) The tide of life
Pub. Date
[2001], 1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sixteen-year-old Emily Kennedy faces her future with a glad smile and an ever-hopeful philosophy. Her only worry is her delicate younger sister, Lucy. When a tragic set of circumstances force the sisters from their home, Emily is quickly forced to grow into womanhood and take on the responsibilities of an adult. Needing all her strength of will and character to see her through the difficult road she travels, Emily manages to cling bravely to her never-say-die...
13) Sharpe's mission
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British officer Richard Sharpe joins Colonel Brand travelling behind enemy lines to blow up a French gun powder magazine.
14) Sharpe's battle
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a massacre in Ireland complicate the job.
15) Random passage
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.
16) Sharpe's honour
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British officer Richard Sharpe must disguise himself as a Spanish rebel and slip behind enemy lines to search for the one person who can clear him of allegations of deceit and dishonour.
17) Sharpe's enemy
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Sharpe must do battle with a gang of deserters who have taken hostages.
19) Amongst women
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is the searingly truthful story of embittered ex-IRA soldier Michael Moran, a brutal, domineering patriarch. Widowed and desperate to keep his family together, he succeeds only in driving his children from him.