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1) Shenandoah
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at the life of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 and became the first American citizen to be killed by the terrorist group ISIS. Friends, family and professional colleagues share their recollections of him in this documentary. Directed by Brian Oakes who was a childhood friend of Foley's, this award-winning documentary provides an in-depth look into the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was captured...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Frontline episode with 2 parts. On the ground in Benghazi, birthplace of Libya's uprising, now besieged by ISIS and warring militias. Journalist Feras Kilani goes inside the war-torn city. Also this hour, Safa Al-Ahmad makes a dangerous trip to report on the fighting in Yemen.
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.
5) Sommersby
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Jack Sommersby returns home to the South after the Civil War, he is not the man anyone remembers, including his wife. The real test of their newfound love and his identity comes when he stands trial for his life.
6) Canopy
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Singapore 1942. The Japanese invasion is underway. An Australian fighter pilot is stranded in a vast jungle overrun by hostile forces, thus beginning his journey for survival amidst the collision of war, nature and its impact on humanity.
Pub. Date
©2017
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A fierce single mother of two from Syria, denied refuge in the United States, decides risking their lives in a raft is safer than staying behind on land. This film is an immersive experience of their eight-day journey to safety.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Robert Adams is a strong-willed southern captain, in the midst of the American Civil War, whose leadership and heart of fire rally his men to fight for their land. Filled with passion, blood, and tragedy, this is a true story of one man's love for his country and for Eveline McCord, his beloved from the North.
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1964, a hard-boiled major is ordered to defend Muc Wa, an unoccupied and seemingly unimportant Vietnamese military outpost left behind by the French. He, his idealistic young lieutenant, his mostly green soldiers, and their supporting force of Vietnamese volunteers are overwhelmed as they deal with ambushes, betrayals, and brutality.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (233 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern belle who enjoys her socialite lifestyle and the attention of many eligible single rich men. This idyllic lifestyle is shattered by the onset of the U.S. Civil War that eventually reduces her home to near ruins. Robbed of the luxuries she loved, she vows to grow strong so she will never be poor again. She begins to ruthlessly climb to the top of the new social order. Scarlett also has a complex, love-hate...
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 381 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
14) The key
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In war-weary London, Stella allows the key to her apartment to be passed from sea captain to sea captain. But when David Ross shows up she finds herself in love.
15) Gettysburg
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (254 min.) : sound (stereo), color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (314 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season two picks up directly from the dramatic events and the end of the season one finale, continuing to explore the growing chaos within Alexandria, the complicated interpersonal dynamics of Dr. Foster, Nurse Mary and the Mansion House staff, the increasingly precarious position of the Green family and the changing predicament of the burgeoning black population.
18) Chosen
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When German forces take over Sonson's village in 1943, they cause his wife's death and galvanize the quiet lawyer into action. After Nazis apprehend a group of female resistance fighters, Sonson poses as an SS officer to help free them. As he unwittingly becomes a leader of the opposition, Sonson discovers the hero deep within himself.
19) For Sama
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Frontline film is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama; all while Waad films the cataclysmic conflict raging around them.
20) The civil war
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 293 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Through personal letters, official reports and diaries, viewers will come to understand not only the battle but also the political and personal reasons why our nation took up arms. Includes: period photography, music, re-enactments and more.
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