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Publisher
Ambrose Publishing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"--This ambitious DVD blends a variety of visuals, including animated maps, film clips, costumed reenactments, period paintings, and location shots, with straightforward narration to examine the origins and outcomes of each conflict"--Container.
43) Four Brothers
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
44) Annie
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
45) Truman
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A profile of the life and times of the thirty-third president of the United States, Harry S. Truman.
46) Primal fear
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Criminal defense attorney Martin Vail is brilliant and confident. He is accustomed to fabricating and selling the truth while seeking the glory in the media spotlight. When he learns of the gruesome murder of a local Catholic archbishop, he immediately decides to defend the accused penniless altar boy. But Vail soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, as he becomes tangled in a web of lies, corruption and betrayal.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Learn the impact of indentured servitude and chattel slavery on American life and values, and trace the development of political ideals taking shape in representative governments and local meeting places. Also, the social impact of the Great Awakening.
Publisher
HBO Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
Series
Language
English
Description
Few American artists have reached a wider audience or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime than Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams had a profound impact on how Americans see the majesty or their continent and helped transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, this portrait of Adams portrays the great artist and...
51) Expansionism
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
See how Manifest Destiny came about with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and holdings from Spain. Learn of the conflict with Native American tribes and the Mexican-American War. As the U.S. redefined its borders, it faced issues over resource ownership and treatment of native peoples. Also, the Oregon Trail and the California Gold Rush.
53) The lucky one
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be...
54) The Vietnam War
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Examines the people, places and events synonymous with the war. Archive footage and interviews explore the domino theory, the anti-war movement and more.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Viewers get an inside look at Air Force One, the aircraft of the president of the United States; President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush give a tour of the White House revealing secrets of its history; examines how highly classified information is treated and preserved throughout history.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
What secrets have been passed down to each United States president? The fascinating truths behind some of the most confidential secrets in American history. Interviews with former intelligence operatives, renowned historians and archivists show how classified information is treated in the highest circles of political power, how it's preserved throughout history, and who ensures continuity when a new leader is elected.
60) Killing lincoln
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly. Narrated by Tom Hanks.
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