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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration as National Geographic brings to life the first crossing. Two hundred years after Lewis & Clark epic journey, go back in time and discover the adventure, danger, and beauty of the unmapped West.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In a journey that is both literal and historical, host Rageh Omaar retraces the footsteps of the Prophet, from his beginnings in Mecca to his struggles with accepting his Prophetic role; from his flight to Medina to his subsequent military and political successes and failures--through to his death and his legacy"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Chronicles the efforts by a Canadian team to salvage the recently discovered Erberus, lost during the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition, whose mission was to chart the Northwest Passage. Sheds new light on the expedition's demise.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of Corfu novels, this latest series sees sparky English widow Louisa Durrell and her brood continue to put down roots in their dilapidated rented house, alongside an ever-increasing menagerie of animals brought home by youngest son Gerry.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The eight season moves into the 1970s, with DCI George Gently facing retirement. In the opening episode Gently discovers the victim's wife was convicted of the murder eight years ago, he decides to re-open the case; a controversial move. But DI Bacchus opposes Gently's decision, not least because he worked as a DS on the original investigation and putting mentor and protégé at complete odds.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, doctors, nurses, and volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches of WWI. The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions, and a new way of thinking.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the town of Kingsbridge during the middle of the twelfth century, the lives of those who are working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world become entwined through their ambitions, loves, and tribulations. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 750 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beset by the political tension of an unsettled year, Gandhi calls for British removal from India. Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests an Indian news reporter. Daphne Manner arrives from London. Merrick vents his frustrations on Kumar in a vicious jailhouse beating. Daphne gives birth. Mildred Layton prepares for her daughter's wedding. The Governor finds out about Merrick's abuse. Sarah is seduced by an officer. Susan delivers a baby boy....
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In the years since Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911, there have been countless theories about this Lost city of the Incas, yet it remains an enigma. NOVA joins a new generation of archaeologists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven't been touched since the time of the Incas and unearth burials of the people who built the sacred site"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 43 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the initial sparks of revolution in Boston to the climactic Siege of Yorktown and beyond, hear the story of the war within the Revolutionary War through the eyes of some of the most significant African American figures of our country's foundation, including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley, and James Armistead Lafayette. Executive produced and narrated by NBA legend, best-selling author, and respected activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,...
19) The Civil War
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
5 or 6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm)
Description
Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
3 videodisc (approximately 274 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As the enormously popular mystery series returns, World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
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