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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 829 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The final episodes follow the indomitable heroine through the turmoil and terror of World War I to the 1920s. Based on a true story of Rosa Lewis, a culinary genius and the owner of London's Cavendish Hotel.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (638 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Television comedy about the experiences of military doctors and nurses working in a mobile army surgical hospital during the Korean War.
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 character guide ([8] p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 17 cm)
Language
English
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
7) The Pacific
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 530 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Invasion: As the first American GIs arrive to build an airbase near Hastings, the murder of a barmaid further strains already-tense relations between the locals and the Yanks.
Bad blood: A top-secret experiment in biological warfare goes horribly wrong, complicating a murder investigation and threatening the life of Foyle's faithful driver, Sam.
Bleak midwinter: The death of a young munitions worker and the murder of Paul Milner's wife seem linked,...
9) Mercy Street
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle, collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two picks up directly from the dramatic events and the end of the season one finale, continuing to explore the growing chaos within Alexandria, the complicated interpersonal dynamics of Dr. Foster, Nurse Mary and the Mansion House staff, the increasingly precarious position of the Green family and the changing predicament of the burgeoning black population.
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
DCS Christopher Foyle investigates wartime crimes in the English coastal town of Hastings. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways. Plan of attack: April 1944. DS Milner's investigation of a transportation fraud sets in motion a series of events that brings Foyle back to the force. As Hastings hosts an...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (879 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Tells an epic story of military strategy, politics, romance, and family conflict set against the backdrop of world events from 1938 through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Follows naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry as he is sent to Berlin as the U.S. Naval attaché. Shows how "Pug" and his family are drawn into the center of the conflicts that lead to America's involvement in World War II as Germany expands and proceeds to seize several...
15) Orde Wingate
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The story of the military career of Orde Wingate, one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II. The guerrilla tactics he developed while in Palestine helped prepare the future leaders of the Israeli Defense Forces
18) A foreign field
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Secrets are revealed and passions rekindled when British and American war vets return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D Day
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (556 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A modern day, alternate-reality drama about a hero who rises to become the King of his nation, based on the biblical story of King David. King Silas Benjamin rules the kingdom of Gilboa with steely determination unmatched by any rival. During a tense battle with the neighboring nation of Gath, David Shepherd, an idealistic young soldier from the countryside, heroically crosses over dangerous enemy lines and rescues a coveted prisoner of war, the son...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"One of television's most popular series, the groundbreaking Combat! offers a gritty, unflinching look at American soldiers battling in Europe during World War II, confronting imposing odds and demonstrating remarkable levels of ingenuity and courage"--Container
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