History Channel (Television network)
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. The history of the gadget is both the history of invention and the history of men's lives. What man doesn't remember when he mastered the iPhone, the Swiss Army Knife, or the Walkman? While they are personal milestones, gadgets can change the course of history. How did the transistor radio create Rock and Roll, or did the audio-cassette overthrow the Shah of Iran? Popular Mechanics Magazine partners with HISTORY(TM) on this two-hour special,...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on your television is actually background radiation from The Big Bang? This CGI-driven special will tell the 14 billion year history of our world in two hours. It's an epic story that will give surprising connections to our daily lives. From the formation of the earth and the emergence of life, to the advance of man and the growth of civilization, it's a rapid-fire view of our unforgettable story.
6) Ellis Island
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at the history of Ellis Island, the primary immigration point into the United States from 1892-1954.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Boom turns to bust when the stock market crashes. The Great Depression and the dust bowl blanket the nation in darkness. Roosevelt's New Deal signals recovery. Hope for the American future collides with world conflict as the attack on Pearl Harbor brings war. American innovation and manufacturing power invigorate the Allies in Europe. In the Pacific, the ultimate piece of technology ends the war; a new global superpower takes the stage.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
America becomes a global superpower; the economy and population boom. In the jet age and the space age, pioneers conquer new frontiers and run headlong into Cold War. The Challenger disaster and 9/11 are tragedies that try the nation's spirit. From the television to the credit card and the personal computer, technology drives America into the 21st century. Now viewers can get immersed in each moment as it happens.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Civil War rages. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology as railroads, supply lines, and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. The transcontinental railroad unites the nation and transforms the heartland. Farmers settle the continent as their cattle replace wild buffalo as king of the plains. The cowboy becomes a new American icon. Viewers will be immersed in each moment as it happens.
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A comprehensive look at the attack on Pearl Harbor from both Japanese and American perspectives. Features events leading up to the attack, combat footage and interviews with military scholars and veterans from both sides of the conflict.
14) Alcan Highway
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Uses the recollections of workmen and extensive photos and footage taken all along Alcan Highway to document how 11,000 soldiers--nearly 4,000 of them black--bulldozed their way into engineering history. The road stretches 1,500 miles from British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska and traverses difficult and hostile territory, crossing the Canadian Rockies, raging rivers and dense forest.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Modern shots of restored aircraft, historic footage ranging from factory floors to dogfights, and interviews with pilots and designers recapture the aviation industry's finest hour that saw more planes built in a single year than had been built in the previous forty.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An examination of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which 300 Spartan soldiers held off the entire Persian military for seven full days. Uses digital animation and live reenactments to explain the tactics that allowed the outnumbered Greeks to stall their mighty foes.
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color, with B & W segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One hour over Tokyo. In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Commander Jimmy Doolittle came up with a bold plan to get a measure of revenge on Japan while raising American morale. 80 airmen volunteered for the top-secret, one-way mission into enemy territory, which required launching army bombers from an aircraft carrier and attacking Tokyo. Here, the raid comes to life through the words of some of the survivors. Filmed at the 2001 reunion of the Doolittle...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 185 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at World War II's turbulent Pacific Theater, following the Allies' island-by-island Pacific campaign, warfare in the steamy jungles from New Guinea to Burma, the air war, including the suicidal Kamikaze attacks and the bombing missions that brought the war to the Japanese homeland, and the hand-to-hand combat and vicious guerrilla warfare at Peleliu.
Pub. Date
2008, ©2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Presents the popular drink, tea. Discusses how to grow tea, how to process tea, the history of tea and the popularity of tea in world societies. Includes a visit to the Lipton Tea plant in Suffolk, Virginia; the Charleston Tea Plantation in South Carolina; and the Celestial Seasonings plant in Boulder, Colorado.