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Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
12 videodiscs (1870 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 collector's booklet (38 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive overview of the events of the Second World War are detailed in this exhaustive collection of facts, figures, and footage from the period.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 882 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fifteen-part series explores the vast history of the British Empire from 3000 BC to 1965. Simon Schama's compelling storytelling skills breathe new life into the dramatic stories of lives and moments in Britain's rich and colorful past.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"NOVA explores Archimedes' rare writings, as well as the book's mysterious beginnings, tumultuous history and amazing discovery. As the ancient text comes back from the dead, it unlocks its revolutionary contents--the infinite secrets of one of history's greatest thinkers."--Container.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Disc 1: Two brothers and two sisters find that an old wardrobe magically transports them into the world of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. They discover that Narnia is under the evil power of the White Witch, who has kept the land in eternal winter and has turned all her enemies to stone. Disc 2: Narnia is later ruled by corrupt King Miraz, and his nephew calls upon the children to help defeat his uncle and restore the land...
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and...
7) Poor Kids
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles three young girls and their families living in poverty in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa, a part of the U.S. hard hit by the economic downturn that began in the late '00s.
8) Endgame
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
9) Shadowlands
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, this film is about the agonizing spiritual crisis of C.S. Lewis when his wife died from cancer. The love, grief, pain, and sorrow were so shattering to Lewis that his basic Christian beliefs, magnificently communicated in his many books, were now called into serious doubt. But he picked up the pieces and moved out of the depressing "shadowlands, " realizing that "real life has not even begun yet."
10) Freud
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 350 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A six-part BBC mini-series, filmed in Austria, New York and London. This series examines Freud's complex life, his groundbreaking work and his relationship with his patients. Special features include a newly filmed interview with David Suchet and a gallery of Suchet's personal Freud archive including production photos, press clippings, etc.
12) I, Claudius
Language
English
Description
Tracing the lives of several early Roman emperors, showing the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have marked him a fool, yet whom prophecies have foretold will one day rule Rome.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Doctor Who: Series Nine" draws to its epic conclusion. Faced with monsters and threats bigger than any he has ever experienced, the Doctor risks losing everything he holds dear.
15) Perfect shark
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sharks have been evolving for 400 million years; surely today these formidable creatures must be at the pinnacle of perfection? Eminent underwater wildlife cameraman and shark aficionado Mike deGruy comes face-to-face with some of the greatest sharks that ever lived, past and present. On his search for perfection, Mike encounters ancient sharks the length of a city bus, a shark that actually walks and various others with amazing qualities for survival....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vast, exotic and awe-inspiring, the Indian Subcontinent stretches from the snowy peaks of the Himalayas to the scorched red deserts of Rajasthan and is home to over a million people, yet still supports a fantastic variety of wildlife. This is the land that inspired Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, with bears, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles and cobras, and it is the only place in the world where both lions and tigers live. It offers sights never before...
Series
Language
English
Description
"'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony"--Container label.
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hedda has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the young couple. However, the arrival of cleaned up ex-lover Eilert threatens to destroy everything.
Series
Tom Baker years 1974-1981 volume story no. 82
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In one of the most popular episodes, an archaeological dig revives Sutekh, an ancient Egyptian god of destruction.
Series
Tom Baker years 1974-1981 volume story no. 101
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Doctor, Romana and K9 search for the fourth segment of the key to time. Their search takes them to the planet of Tara, where they are drawn into a local dynastic intrigue.
