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"It is blatant, it is cheap, it is the apotheosis of the ridiculous. But it is something more; it is like Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone Park; it is a national playground, and not to have seen it is not to have seen your own country," said Reginald Wright Kauffman in 1909 of Coney Island, the tiny spit of land at the foot of Brooklyn that, at the turn of the century, became the most extravagant playground in the country and one of...
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In October 1942, Esther Stermer, the matriarch of a Jewish family in the Ukraine, leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis – and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing story of survival living in near total darkness in two cold, damp caves is one like no other ever told. It was life...like No Place On Earth.
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The earliest Christians were in fact Jews - essentially, a Jewish sect of Jesus followers. They followed Jesus and respected his teachings as if he were much like a modern-day rabbi. And they adhered to the laws of Moses - which means they circumcised, ate Kosher, and respected Saturday as the Sabbath. So why is there such a separation between Judaism and Christianity today?
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Lucy Worsley explores three extraordinary royal palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace. During lockdown they're closed to visitors, but Lucy has the keys. From William the Conqueror to Princess Diana, they tell the story of almost a thousand years of British monarchy.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2010
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3 videodiscs (564 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of America history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2008
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2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures
11) Medal of honor
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Traces the history of the Medal of Honor from its inception during the Civil War through the Iraq War. Focuses on the stories of a valiant few: Sgt. Paul Smith who died protecting his company at the Baghdad Airport; a Holocaust survivor who single-handedly defends a hill during the Korean War; a Navy SEAL, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who swam for two hours in the ocean, carrying his wounded comrades to safety; a Marine at Iwo Jima who used a flamethrower...
Publisher
Questar Inc
Pub. Date
2003
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : digital, sound, color and black and white ; 12 cm.
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English
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This educational program explores the history and culture of 1950s America using archival footage, rare interviews and period music. The program explores how television helped to change the American culture landscape, and looks at how this one decade affected the rest of the century. The program highlights important cultural figures from the decade, including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Jackie Gleason, Lucille...
13) Prohibition
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
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3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight...
14) American Swing
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The Seventies were sexy and sleazy. At the epicenter of it all was Plato's Retreat, the controversial, first-ever swingers club. In New York's conservative Upper West Side, Plato's embraced adventurous couples who came to dance, to swim, and… to swap. It was the start of a revolution. The brainchild of Larry Levenson, the self-proclaimed "King of Swing," Plato's Retreat quickly emerged as the mainstay of public sex for the "me" generation, welcoming...
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English
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The cocaine trade of the '70s and '80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed a once-sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots, the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel. By the early '80s, Miami's tripled homicide rate had made it the murder capital of the country, for which a TIME cover story dubbed the city "Paradise Lost."...
16) The Vietnam War
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
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10 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought...
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Beginning in 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of the largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments in Europe, to 1167 A.D, when the Norman invasion placed Ireland under English control.
Publisher
MagicPlay Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
©2011
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"For centuries The Aleutian Islands have been a stage for invasion and upheaval. This film reveals the storm-lashed islands and the 9,000-year-old culture that was forever changed by fur-seeking outsiders - first the Russians, then later the Americans. The Russian fur traders both abused and massacred the Aleut people. In addition, they brought their diseases to the Aleuts, eliminating native opposition in a less direct, but far more insidious way....
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