NEW VIDEOS IN THE LIBRARY 2008-2009

Alphabetical by title

 

DVD 355 AME                  

           America at war.  [Standard format].  [United States] : History

                Channel : Distributed by New Video, c2007.  Revolutionary

                War. Volumes 1-3: The conflict ignites ; 1776 ; Washington

                and Arnold ; The world at war ; England's last chance ;

                Birth of the republic -- The Alamo. Volume 4: Remeber the

                Alamo ; The real west, the battle of the Alamo -- Civil War.

                Volumes 5-6: The hornet's nest at Shiloh ; The bloody lane

                at Antietam ; The wheatfield at Gettysburg ; The tragedy at

                Cold Harbor -- World War I. Volume 7: The death of glory ;

                The last day of World War I -- World War II. Volumes 8-9:

                The last days of World War II ; USS Eagle 56, accident or

                target? ; Last secrets of the axis --.  Korean War. Volume

                10: Making of a bloodbath ; Triumph to tragedy ; Retreat

                from hell ; Bitter standoff -- Vietnam War. Volume 11:

                America enters the war ; Tet in Saigon and Hue ; Ringing

                down the curtain ; The end game -- Gulf War. Volume 12: The

                air campaign ; The ground war ; The final showdown ; bonus

                program: Weapons at war, smart bombs -- Iraq War. Volumes

                13-14: Invasion ; Tough going ; Baghdad's doorstep ; bonus

                program: Eyewitness in Iraq -- Fall of Saddam ; Aftermath ;

                bonus program: U.S. weapons against Iraq ; bonus program:

                Hardcore history : Iraq War, insurgency and

                counterinsurgency.  ***.  Presents the history of U.S.

                military conflicts over two centuries, covering the

                Revolutionary War, the Battle of the Alamo, the Civil War,

                WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War,

                and the Iraq War, with bonus programs about the fall of

                Saddam, efforts at counterinsurgency in Iraq, and the use of

                new weapons.

DVD 973.3 AME                

           The American Revolution.  Standard format.  [New York] : History

                Channel : Distributed by New Video Group, 2005, c1994.  .

                Hosted by Bill Kurtis (discs 1-3) ; narrated by Monte

                Markham (disc 4).  Presents an overview of America's fight

                for independence and its development as a nation, from the

                Declaration of Independence, to the Treaty of Paris,

                covering the key individuals and events in history that

                shaped the country.

DVD 973.7 CIV                

           The Civil War : a film by Ken Burns.  PBS Home

                Video, 1990.  Disc One: Episode One - The Cause - 1861 - DVD

                Special Features; Disc Two: Episodes Two and Three - A Very

                Bloody Affair, Forever Free - 1862; Disc Three: Episodes

                Four and five - Simply Murder, the Universe of Battle -

                1863; Disc Four: Episodes Six and Seven - Valley of the

                Shadow of Death, Most Hallowed Ground - 1864; Disc Five:

                Episodes Eight and Nine - War is All Hell, the Better Angels

                of Our Nature - 1865.  Hailed as a film masterpiece and

                landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burn's epic

                documentary brings to life America's most destructive -- and

                defining -- conflict. With digitally enhanced images and 5.1

                surround sound, here is the saga of celebrated generals and

                ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a

                country that had to divide itself in two in order to become

                one.

DVD 371.3 EFF                

           Effective note-taking.  Standard format.  Wynnewood, PA :

                Schlessinger Media, c2005.  Host, William Vought.  Offers

                strategies for helping students become effective, confident

                test takers, focusing on taking notes, with descriptions of

                different note-taking methods, a look at the components of a

                lecture, and discussion of the importance of active

                listening.

DVD 362.87 FAC               

           Facing Sudan.  [Standard format].  Vernon Hills, IL : Bell, Book

                and Camera Productions, c2007.  Four ordinary individuals in

                Sudan, a custodian, a housewife, a pediatrician, and a

                grandmother, face suffering and death as they cope with the

                violence and horror of the civil war that has plagued their

                country over the last twenty years.

DVD 292.2 GOD                

           Gods & goddesses.  Standard format.  [New York] : History Channel

                : Distributed by New Video, 2006, c2001.  Narrated by

                Stanley Bernard, Maggie Soboil.  Interviews with renowned

                Greek scholars offer an overview of the gods and goddesses

                of ancient Greek mythology, discussing where the myths

                originated and why recent evidence suggests that some of the

                myths may have been true.

DVD FIC GRA                  

           The grapes of wrath.  [Standard format].  Beverly Hills, Calif. :

                Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007, c1940.

                Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charlie Grapewin,

                Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen,

                Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury.  The Joads abandon their

                dust-bowl family farm in Oklahoma during the Depression and

                migrate to the Promised Land of California, only to discover

                that the promises are empty.

DVD 292.2 GRE                

           The Greek gods.  Standard format.  New York : History Channel ;

                Distributed by New Video, 2005, c1997.  Narrator, David

                Ackroyd.  Interviews classicists on the major Greek myths

                and why the Greeks imagined the gods to be so humanly

                flawed, discusses the roles the Greek gods play in modern

                culture, and visits their namesake temples.

DVD FIC HAM                  

           Hamlet.  Widescreen format.  Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video,

                2004, c1990.  Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul

                Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter.  Presents the 1990

                film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish

                prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being

                visited by his ghost.

DVD B KAH                    

           The life and times of Frida Kahlo.  Standard format.

                [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ;

                Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005, c2004.

                Narrator, Rita Moreno; voice of Frida, Lila Downs.  Presents

                a look at the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo,

                providing information on the historical and cultural

                influences that inspired her achievements in modern art and

                politics.

DVD FIC MOB                  

           Moby Dick.  [Standard format].  Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home

                Entertainment, 2007, c1956.  Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart,

                Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard

                Miles, Mervyn Johns, Orson Welles.  Captain Ahab

                relentlessly pursues the whale who took his leg, endangering

                his ship and crew.

DVD FIC ROM                   

           Romeo and Juliet.  Widescreen format.  Hollywood, Calif. :

                Paramount Home Video, 2000, c1968.  Leonard Whiting, Olivia

                Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert

                Stephens, Michael York, Bruce Robinson, Paul Hardwick,

                Natasha Parry, Antonio Pierfederici, Esmerelda Ruspoli,

                Roberto Bisacco.  In medieval Verona, two teens from

                opposite sides of feuding families fall in love and secretly

                marry, setting tragic events into motion.

DVD 954.04 STO               

           The story of India.  Widescreen format.  [United States] : PBS

                Home Video, 2008.  Historian, Michael Wood.  Sixty years

                after Indian independence, British historian Michael Wood

                presents the tale of the oldest and most diverse

                civilization, and largest democracy.