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1) Crusades
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 200 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location throughout Europe and the Middle East, the Crusades began as a holy mission to liberate Jerusalem and became the largest mass migration in European history. When they ended 200 years later, the Crusades had created a mythology of knights and chivalry, and left a legacy of distrust between East and West that continues to shape our world today.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 3 hr., 4 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodiscs (approximately 2 hr., 18 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1866, the year immediately following the end of the war, America was supposed to be reuniting, healing its wounds, and moving past years of civil unrest. However, a closer look into this historic time reveals a sinister snapshot of a discordant nation caught in the midst of deadly race riots and angry insurgencies. Examines the disturbing reality behind the murder, terrorism, and chaos that marked the uncertain period of Reconstruction in America....
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 2 hr., 18 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Throughout history man has gone to great lengths to develop the technology of torture. Historians, doctors, model makers, and virtual reality artists will help to reveal the startling torture technologies of the ancient world.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
" ... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ..." Container.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Separate myth from reality in the tragic collision of two cultures with dramatically different views of the world and of each other. And it is the story of Geronimo, the Apache leader who fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared, and misunderstood Indian warriors in our history.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bram Stoker penned his gothic horror Dracula and popularized the vampire myth, but evidence now suggests those myths originating in England, not Eastern Europe. Oxford professor John Blair follows clues that offer insight into the formation of the myths. The cases hint at a belief that the dead could rise and bring fear to the living, that predates Eastern European lore and forcing a reexamination of the modern vampire legend.
18) The crossing
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve, Washington will make one of the most courageous decisions in military history. Staking everything on a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington sets out across...
20) Vampire secrets
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uncovers the ancient folkloric origins of blood-craving creatures from beyond the grave. Learn how the vampire myth is strongly rooted in Eastern European lore, but how it has also played a prominent role in the ancient cultures of Greece and China.
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