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1) The village
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a quiet, isolated village in old Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods. The townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays intact for many years, that is until the headstrong Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from neighboring towns beyond the woods. Animal carcasses begin to appear around the village, causing the elders...
2) Signs
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess, the town's reverend. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (860 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's a season filled with unique medical mysteries and shocking twists and turns. The team pulls together when a 6-year-old child is kidnapped, a lottery winner's luck takes an unfortunate turn and one of Philadelphia's most despised citizens turns up dead, leaving an entire city of suspects. Meanwhile, Megan must also navigate the complicated new dynamic with her ex-husband and boss, Kate, while continuing to re-build her once-strained relationship...
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (496 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In an economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, a complicated and compromised chief of police is forced to decide how far he's willing to go when the son of the woman he loves is accused of murder. A harrowing journey into the lives of a small town with big secrets, where people are driven by loyalty, love, and desperation, and bad choices come far too easy.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A portrait into the wonderful world of Robert Brock, a charismatic puppeteer who lives above his own tiny marionette theatre with his mother, Mary Lou. Brock writes and performs each show himself, even strapping on heels to become Hollywood stars of the past. But new challenges emerge as Brock struggles to keep the theatre open while preparing to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
6) Colewell
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the Colewell post office is slated for closure, Nora Pancowski is faced with sudden retirement. As she weighs relocating, a young woman causes Nora to reflect on her youth and the choices that led her to Colewell.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marley & me : John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up her career to be a mom. John's career continues...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (559 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Medical examiner Megan Hunt returns to work after Inspector Peter Dunlop's death to find her new partner is an old flame. Will her history with Detective Tommy Sullivan make working side by side impossible? Their search for justice becomes even more personal when a serial killer takes Megan's daughter hostage.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 2 hr., 15 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at the Scranton, Pa. office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he...
10) Witness
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shortly after the death of her husband, Amish woman Rachel Lapp takes her son Samuel on a trip to Philadelphia. While in the train station washroom, Samuel sees two men savagely murder a third. Philadelphia detective John Book discovers that people within the police force were involved, and is assigned to escort Rachel and Samuel back home, protecting the boy until the trial. Book blends in with the Amish community, but the corrupt cops Book has exposed...
11) Pride
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of inner city Philadelphia swim coach Jim Ellis. From his roots in Salisbury, North Carolina, Ellis goes on to build a swim team in one of Philly's toughest neighborhoods in the 1970s.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (8 hr., 50 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Big changes are ahead for Dunder Mifflin/Sabre. Andy has taken over as manager of Dunder Mifflin and finds the job to be more than he bargained for. He wants to win the respect of his employees while going toe-to-toe with Robert California, the enigmatic new CEO who wants to turn the office into his personal playground. Dwight makes his own grab for power when he leads a team to Florida to work under Nellie Bertram, who may be slightly out of her...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fleeing from religious persecution in Germany, the Leininger family builds a homestead in Pennsylvania; only to find themselves caught in the French and Indian War. When daughters Barbara and Regina are kidnapped by the Delaware, the tribe takes them to Ohio. Will their faith in God and devotion to each other sustain them in the harsh wilderness? Based on a true story.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 7 hr., 57 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at a Scranton, PA office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he signs...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 574 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michael Scott is an earnest but clueless boss who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances and advancement, Michael is always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 586 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inappropriate behavior is business as usual, but big surprises are in store! Dwight is now the owner of the building and he may be letting this power go to his head; Andy is courting Erin, who is dating Gabe; Jim and Pam are struggling with being new parents; and a parade of ghosts of girlfriends past haunt Michael, leading to his final days at Dunder Mifflin.
17) Philadelphia
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
18) Mare of Easttown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (417 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. The seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comprised of found footage and sound bites, Let the fire burn describes the conflict between the Black Power group MOVE and the people and city government of Philadelphia, culminating in the armed standoff of May 13, 1985, in which one police officer and eleven MOVE members were killed, ending when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the row house that served as MOVE headquarters.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr., 45 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rejoin Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott, Jim and Pam as they bring romance to the workplace, Dwight as he continues his quest to be Michael's right-hand man, and newly deemed "Wunderkind" Ryan, who's working to drag Dunder Mifflin into the digital age.
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