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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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...
2) Dirty wars
Publisher
Civic Bakery
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids, and U.S. government targeted killings occur in corners across the globe, killing untold numbers of civilians. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret fighting force in U.S. history, exposing...
3) The Bomb
Author
Language
English
Description
THE BOMB explores the immense power of nuclear weapons, the perverse appeal they have, and the profound death wish at the very heart of them. The 55 minute film takes you through the strange, compelling, and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons today. An exploration of the immense power of nuclear weapons, the perverse appeal they have, and the profound death wish at the very heart of them.
4) Gallipoli
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A docu-drama about the battle between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain and its allies, one of the fiercest and most controversial battles of World War I. Includes newly uncovered diaries, photos, and interviews, computer animations and dramatic re-enactments.
Author
Language
English
Description
An unvarnished perspective of the intensity and paradoxes of war shot by Marine Corps videographer Miles Lagoze. This ingeniously edited documentary is composed solely of footage the Corps did not intend for you to see. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the **Dallas International Film Festival.** *"...Lagoze detonates any lingering illusions of military heroism." - Lawrence Garcia, **AV Club*** *"An unfiltered tour-de-force...
6) Ground war
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories behind the key technological advances and strategic breakthroughs that have driven, and been driven by, thousands of years of ground warfare. Each episode will focus on an area where technology and science have influenced the unfolding evolution of ground combat.
7) Top gun
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Maverick Mitchell is a daring young flyer in the U.S. Navy who is out to become the best of the best at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.
8) Indivisible
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. With a strong, faith-filled marriage, the Turners are ready to follow their calling: serving God, family, and country. Fresh from seminary and basic training, Chaplain Turner and his family arrive at Fort Stewart. Before the Turners can even unpack, Darren is deployed to Iraq. Heather is left taking care of their three young children alone; as well as serving the families...
9) Mail call
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Language
English
Description
Contains seven information-packed episodes for every military nut, history buff, and gear head to sink their teeth into. R. Lee enlists the help of top military experts, and heads to the firing range to demonstrate a vast arsenal of deadly hardware from the past and present. Learn what the fastest front-line combat jet is today, how a trebuchet works and who had the better riffles during the Civil War.
Series
Harry Potter volume year 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...
Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Describes the activities of the Knights Templar, a group of knights who took vows like a monastic order and fought violently against the Saracens during the Crusades. Malcolm Barber, the world's leading Templar historian, explores the impressive rise and rapid fall of a group ahead of its time. Did the Knights cause the Crusades to ultimately fail? What happened to the surviving warriors of the Order? And-- even more important-- was there a secret...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
Français
Description
Mathilde is waiting desperately for her fiance to return from the war. When bad news arrives she refuses to believe he is dead. Instead, she begins her own investigation into his infantry, hiring a private detective and piecing together his war stories
13) Platoon
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
14) Military wives
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc ( 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
MILITARY WIVES centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in combat. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stage. Peter Cattaneo (THE FULL MONTY) directs Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan in this feel-good crowd-pleaser...
15) The equalizer 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vigilante Robert McCall is continuing his life of helping ordinary citizens find justice in everyday situations before a close friend of his is murdered by a mysterious group of criminals for seemingly no reason. The plot shifts as he then makes it his goal to find out what happened to his friend and deliver justice on her behalf, sending him on a wild goose chase to figure out who these people are, why they would harm his friend, and if there is...
16) Soldier's Home
Author
Language
English
Description
Harold Krebs (Richard Backus) went off to fight World War I, "the war to end all wars." Then he came home…and found himself wishing it had never ended. To Ernest Hemingway (Pulitzer Prize Winner), the hardest part of the war was coming home. This is the essence of "Soldier's Home" -a story with many similarities to the recent experience of our veterans. Harold finds he doesn't fit in anymore. He's outgrown his old life and now needs peace and...
17) Room 514
Author
Language
עברית
Description
A beautiful, determined Israeli military investigator fights for justice when she interrogates ruthless young officers accused of brutalizing Arab civilians. Her only escape is a torrid affair with a fellow officer.
Publisher
distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In May 1942, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken. This program tells how they battled to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world's harshest landscapes
19) The hurt locker
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with that of their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Lords Of Discipline is a riveting and suspenseful tale of human triumph. David Keith (An Officer And A Gentleman) stars as Will McClean, a fine, disciplined cadet whose uncompromising integrity leads him to defy and reject the rules of conduct that have shaped him. The year is 1964. Carolina Military Institute has admitted, for the first time, a young black man into its freshman class. Will is asked to protect him from The Ten - a secret society...
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