BCI Eclipse (Firm)
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"From the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century to the English colonists of the 18th, the settling of America often came at the cost of Native American blood. But the 350-year conflict between European settlers and Indian natives reached its apex with the territorial expansions of the 19th century, when the notion of Manifest Destiny justified a series of battles and massacres that virtually wiped out the indigenous population. This five-part...
2) Bonanza
Language
English
Description
Twenty episodes of the television show Bonanza, which focused on Ben Cartwright, owner of the Ponderosa ranch in Virginia City, Nevada, and his three sons, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 863 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young & innocent: The ex-boyfriend of a murdered actress must prove his innocence in her death. Blackmail: An artist is stabbed to death by a woman he tries to force to pose nude. Juno & the paycock: The matriarch of a family struggles to keep it together. Rich & strange: A young couple take a cruise and face unexpected adversity. The ring: An amateur boxer tries to make it professionally but his wife leaves him for the champ. Lodger: A man comes...
4) Road to Rio
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two down-and-out Hollywood musicians stow away on a slow boat to Rio de Janeiro. Aboard the vessel, the two fall for a young woman who is being forced into an arranged marriage.