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61) Zeros and ones
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Called to the city to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, soldier J.J. desperately seeks news of his imprisoned rebel brother, Justin, who holds knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, J.J. races to a series of ominous encounters, hoping to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the origins of our solar system. Just hours before, in Senegal, West Africa, a team of scientists sets out to capture extraordinarily precise observations vital to the success of the Lucy mission crucial data needed to help NASA navigate Lucy to its asteroid targets across...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Intertwining music of purity and beauty with the conventions of musical comedy, this opera is an exploration of man's search for truth and his confusion between the forces of light and dark. Mozart's final operatic legacy is a great work of the Enlightenment era.
66) Shark mountain
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Some 300 miles off Costa Rica is Cocos Island, a tiny Pacific outpost that was once a favorite haunt of pirates. Thousands of sharks hunt along the volcanic reefs of Cocos, so many that the island has also become known as Shark Mountain. Filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall take us along on the underwater journey of a lifetime as they show us the wonder of Cocos, a world they have come to know well.
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 370 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
68) The sand pebbles
Pub. Date
[2001].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution.
70) Hal
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murdoch and the team face off against Halloween horrors in these two episodes from the beloved series. Sir. Sir? Sir!!!: When several people behave oddly after a meteor shower, Crabtree believes it's up to him to defend Earth from an alien invasion. Murdoch and the Cursed Caves: A couples' camping trip on Halloween takes a turn for the worse when two are seemingly killed by a giant beast.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A police officer is killed in the line of duty every 53 hours in the United States. Giving these heroes a voice, this documentary tells their stories through the eyes of the partners, families, and communities they left behind.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspire a love of reading and enjoy tales featuring favorite PBS KIDS bookworms. Daniel Tiger and O the Owl read together at the library. Then, Alma shares books with her community. Plus, Buster reads to win prizes, Watt and Windy visit the library, Rosie helps Mom set up for story time at the bookstore and much, much more.
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow the ups and downs of a flock of wild urban parrots within the green niches of San Francisco. Along the way meet unforgettable characters like Picasso and Sophie, the inseparable parrot lovers, and Connor, the lovable outcast of the flock.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hyacinth remains busy entertaining the neighbors, tidying up her unruly family and fawning over her dear Daddy, yet still finds the time to exercise her singing skills and hold fetes for the candlelight supper set while imbuing her gracious entertaining skills in others.
78) Saving Grace
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A recent widow joins with the caretaker of her estate on the Cornish coast to use her green thumb for fun and profit. All goes well until the business starts booming.
Formats
Description
Owning a castle in the idyllic countryside may seem like a fairytale of old to many, but, for the Earl of Erne and his son Viscount Crichton, it's a very modern story of struggling finances and family responsibility. Their family home of Crom Castle in Northern Ireland has been the ancestral seat of the Crichtons for more than four hundred years. As the only boy in a family of five children, John (Viscount Crichton) will one day inherit the castle...
80) Watermark
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following their success with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources: water.
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