Video List in Alphabetical Order

Department of History

# Title of Video Description Producer/Dir

Year 532 1984 Who controls the past controls the future Istanbul Int.

Film

1984

540 12 Years a Slave In 1841, Northup an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength to survive. Approx. 134 mins., color.

Dolby 2013

460 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the

IFC Films

235 500 Nations Story of America’s original inhabitants; filmed at actual locations from jungles of Central American to the Canadian Artic. Color; 372 mins.

TIG Productions

2004

166 Abraham Lincoln (2 tapes)

This intimate portrait of Lincoln, using authentic stills of the time, will help in understanding the complexities of our 16th President of the United States. (94 min.)

Simitar Entertainment

1994

402 Abe Lincoln in Illinois (DVD)

“Handsome, dignified, human and moving. WB 2009

430 Afghan Star This timely and moving film follows the dramatic stories of your young finalists—two men and two very brave women—as they hazard everything to become the nation’s favorite performer. By observing the Afghani people’s relationship to their pop culture. Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country’s tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What Americans consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary in this embattled part of the world. Approx. 88 min. Color with English subtitles

Zeitgest video 2009

369 Africa 4 DVDs Episode 1 Episode

5 Episode 2 Episode

6 Episode 3 Episode

7 Episode 4 Episode

8

This epic series presents Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the diversity and beauty of the land and the compelling personal stories of the people who shape its future. Approx. 60 min. per episode. Color

National Geographic

2001

322 Africa Mia (DVD) A compelling testament to a handful of out-cast women committed to live independently – women determined not only to survive, but to create a community for themselves, and more importantly, to guarantee the livelihood of their children.

National Film Network (NFM)

2002

365 Africa the Story of a Continent

Program 1 Program 2 Program 5 Program 6

Eight programs span the years from early civilizations and centuries of slavery to colonial rule and independence. Archival film, interviews, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reconstructions emphasize the achievements of the African people and the importance of their story. Approx. 57 min. per program. Color.

R.M. Arts 1984

367 Africans (The) 2DVDs Program 1 Program

6 Program 2 Program

Take a journey to 16 African countries to examine major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and religions. Discover the rich diversity of Africa and confront the problems that have

Annenberg Media

1986

7 Program 3 Program

8 Program 4 Program

9 Program 5

from different forms of government.

374 African World (3 DVD’s) 1. Black Kingdoms of the

Nile 2. The Swahili Coast 3. The Slave

Kingdoms 4. The Holy Land 5. The Road to

Timbuktu 6. Lost Cities of the

South

Most of Africa’s rich history has been forgotten by the outside world, overshadowed by images of war, poverty and famine. Now Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a fresh look at the history of the continent. In a series of engaging personal journeys on the trail of great civilizations, cities and centers of learning established long before the arrival of Europeans, he reveals an Africa most people never knew existed. Approx. 5.5 hours Color

PBS Home Video

2000

254 After StoneWall The sequel to Before Stonewall, chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots of Stonewall to the end of the century. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, it captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement. (88

First Run Features

2005

181 Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (VHS/DVD)

Tells how black artists triumphed over formidable odds. The period of the 1920s and ‘30s known as the Harlem Renaissance encompassed an extraordinary outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. Racial prejudice & segregation, however, not only kept them out of the mainstream museums & galleries, but threatened the very core of their personal artistic expression. (60 minutes, color)

PBS 1995

49 Alexander Nevsky A fusion of image and music, this film depicts Nevsky leading the Russians triumphantly in battle against the Germans

Sergei Eisenstein

1938

215 All Quiet on the Western Front

Set during WWI, the story follows young German recruits from idealism to disillusionment with the war. Best Picture, 1929-30. B&W. 132 mins.

Lewis Milestone

1930

288 All the Mornings of the World (VHS)

In the dazzling tradition of Amadeus, All the Mornings of the World is a seductive tale of music and passion set in provocative 17th century France. Brimming with romance, lust, desire, devotion, revenge and intrigue, it’s the fascinating story of a reclusive composer and his two beautiful daughters, whose lives are forever changed by a flamboyant young student. See for yourself why critics and audiences alike are applauding this magnificent motion picture and celebrated winner of 7 Cesar Awards, including Best Picture! Approx. 110 min. Color

Touchstone Home video

304 All The President’s Men (DVD)

In the Watergate Building, lights go on and four burglars are caught in the act. That night triggered revelations that drove a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein grabbed the story and

Warner Brothers

1976

129 Amelia Earnhart The story of this great female pioneer of aviation. Nancy Porter 1993

437 Amandla! A Revolution in four-part Harmony. Tells the story of black South African Freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. The first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for more than 40 years. Amandla’s focus is on the struggle’s spiritual dimension, as articulated and embodied in song.

K’Wela Productions

2003

576 American Sniper The mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to “leave no one behind.” But upon returning to his wife, Taya, and the kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

Warner Pictures

2014

516 America Before Columbus

History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn’t exactly a “New World,” but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah’s Ark of plants, animals—and disease. In the first 100 years of contact, entire civilizations were wiped out and the landscape was changed forever. Approx. 90 minutes

National Geographic

2009

143 American and Lewis Hine

Critically acclaimed documentary which portrays the life and times of America’s pioneer social photographer. He recorded the development of Industrial America, with specific attention to the 14 million men, women, and children that poured through Ellis island to join the industrial work force.

Nina Rosenblum

1984

37 American Cowboy A documentary on the life of the American cowboy on the Western frontier. The presentation discusses Native American relations as well as the Hollywood glamorization of the cowboy.

1991

421 American Idealist (Sargent Shriver)

In the shadow of the war in Vietnam and assassinations and rebellion at home. Sargent Shriver launched a string of social inventions and arguably touched more lives than any leader since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

PBS 2002

247 Amistad Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor’s ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. They are brought to the US and charged with murder.

DreamWorks Home Entertainment

1997

543 Andrew Marr Collection IT’S THE 2ND

REGION

This boxed set contains The History of Modern Britain, a BAFTA-winning account of the events that have shaped our lives since the end of the Second World War and The Making of Modern Britain, in which Andrew Marr considers the birth of the modern era in the tumultuous first half of the 20th Century.

BBC 2009

418 Animated & Soviet Propaganda 4 (DVD’s) From the October Revolution to Perestroika

1. American Imperialists

2. Fascist Barbarians

3. Capitalist Sharks

4. Onward to the Shining Future: Communism

From the 1920s to the 1980s, the Soviet regime ordered the production of dozens of animated propaganda films. Their target audience was the Soviet Union itself, and their goal was to win over the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. While many of these films are sharply anti-American, anti- Capitalist, and anti-Fascist, they combine with their harsh political themes a striking originality and beauty in graphic design that is reminiscent of amours Russian posts art from the 1920’s. 2 hours documentary and 6 hours animated

Jove Films 2006

86 And The Band Played On

Based on Randy Shilts’ best-selling book about the scientific discovery of the virus which causes AIDS (copy)

HBO

395 An American in Paris (2 DVD’s)

1. Concerto of a Commentary

2. S Wonderful: 3. The Making of An American in Paris

Gene Kelly, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and a skilled production team conjure an entertainment for the ages. Appx. 114 min. Color.

Turner Entertainment

2008

392 Annie Oakley In 1926, just a few months before her death, Will Rogers described Annie Oakley as “the greatest woman rifle shot the world has ever produced.”

PBX 2006

580 Animated & Soviet Propaganda (from the October Revolution to Prestroika) 4 DVDs

From the 1920s to the 1980s, the Soviet Regime ordered the production of dozens of animated propaganda films. Their target audience was the Soviet Union itself, and their goal was to win over the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. While many of these films are anti-American, anti-Capitalist, and anti-Fascist, they combine with their harsh political themes a striking originality and beauty in graphic design that is reminiscent of famous Russian poster art from the 1920’s. 2 Hrs. documentary and 6 hours of animated film

Films by Jove 2006

483 ANPO: Art X War The Art of Resistance

Reveals the untold story of resistance to U.S. military bases in Japan through a collage of paintings, photographs, and films by Japan’s most respected artists. Their stories and their art depict the struggle against the U.S. military presence, which provoked a national uprising in 1960 and still festers today.

Linda Hoaglund

2011

194 Apocalypse Now (Letterboxed Version) DVD (2) And a single DVD in the extras

Color 153min. Stunning vision of man’s heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Martin Sheen. Marlon Brando.

Francis Coppola

1979

130 Acquire: The Wrath of God

A fictional account of what went wrong when a Spanish expedition in the Amazon was lost without a trace during the mid1500’s while looking for the city of El

Werner Herzog

1973

345 Army of Shadows Jean-Pierre Melville’s masterpiece about the French Resistance went unreleased in the US for thirty-seven years, before its triumphant theatrical debut in 2006. Approx. 145 min. color in French with optional English subtitles

Jacques Dorfmann

1969

180 Atomic Café (The) Looks at the dark side of Cold War America & all its fear & paranoia, & manages to blend this with a humor – a comic look at a defining period in the 20th century. (88 minutes, color, 1982) The film recounts the refining period of 20th century history and serves as a chilling and often hilarious reminder of cold-war era paranoia in the US. The Atomic Café captures a panicked nation, offering a fascinating and witty account of life during the atomic age in resulting cold war, when fall-out shelters, duck-and-cover drills, and government propaganda were all a part of our social consciousness.

Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader & Pierce Rafferty First Run Features Docu Rama

1982

100 Attack in the Pacific A patriotic documentary of America at the beginning of WWII-Battles scenes from Midway and Coral Sea

527 Attorney (The) SONG Woo-seok has no clients, connections or a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money make him the most successful lawyer in town. But at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and to tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, SONG takes the case no one else will, and changes the course of his life.

Wellgousa 2013

289 Au Revoir Les Enfants (VHS) (Goodbye Children)

Set in a Catholic school during the German occupation of France, this is the powerful story of Julien Quentin, a sensitive, headstrong 12-year-old boy who befriends the new student in his class. A secret that will soon be revealed to the Gestapo and will change the young boys’ lives forever. Approx. 103 min. Color PG

Louis Malle 1989

283 Auschwitz (DVD) Inside the Nazi State is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key decision- making moments, and their extraordinary testimony. While never losing sight of the suffering of the victims, this documentary offers a unique and alarming look at the mindset of the perpetrators – killers like the Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoss, camp doctor Josef Mengele, and SS Commander Heinrich Himmler. Approx. 300

BBC 2006

612 Ballad of a Soldier Is an unconventional meditation on the effects of war, and a milestone in Russian cinema. Approx. 88 mins Black and White

MossFilm Studios

2002

455 Bamako An historic trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in Bamako the capital city of Mali. African citizens have taken proceedings against such financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom the blame for perpetuating Africa’s debt crisis. Approx. 117 min. Color

New Yorker Video

2006

47 Battle of Algiers (The) (DVD) (2 copies)

Case study in modern warfare, w/ its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. The Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. 121 minutes; Black/white. French w/ Eng. Subtitles.

Gillo Pontecorvo

1966

16 Battle of Britain (VHS) Hitler’s plan for conquest of Britain -Royal Airforce -British “will” was the only thing to stand in the way of the Luftwaffe

1943

282 Battle of Britain (DVD) Is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war. But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied insurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe, they may well have altered the course of history! Approx. 2 Hrs 12 min. Color

Metro Goldwyn Meyer

1969

47 Battle of Algiers (The) (DVD) (2 copies)

Case study in modern warfare, w/ its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. The Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. 121 minutes; Black/white. French w/ Eng. Subtitles.

Gillo Pontecorvo

1966

16 Battle of Britain (VHS) Hitler’s plan for conquest of Britain -Royal Airforce -British “will” was the only thing to stand in the way of the Luftwaffe

1943

282 Battle of Britain (DVD) Is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war. But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied insurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe, they may well have altered the course of

Metro Goldwyn Meyer

1969

10 Battle of Russia Documentary on the Russian halt of the German advance 1986 497 Beautiful Country (The) Raised as an orphan, Binh is a young Vietnamese man

with one impossible dream: to be reunited with his birth father, an American G.I. who left without a trace.

Dina Sun Productions

2004

335 Berkeley in the Sixties (DVD) The 1960s come to life in this gripping film. Berkeley in the Sixties captures the decades’ events – the birth of the Free Speech Movement, civil rights marches, anti-Vietnam War protests, the counter-culture, the women’s movement, and the rise of the Black Panthers – in all their immediacy and passion. Approx. 117 min. Color and B/W

FRF 1990

253 Before Stone Wall Pries open the closet door-setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by gay and lesbian Americans since the 1290s. Revealing and often humorous, this widely acclaimed film relives the emotionally-charged sparking of today’s gay rights movement, from the events that led to th f d 1969 i t t th il t i

First Run Features

2005

273 Best of Youth (The) As Italy explodes in an era of social unrest, a single ill- fated incident sends the lives of equally idealistic brothers Nicola and Matteo Carati careening in opposite directions. Divided by politics but bonded by blood, the next 40 years will find the brother’s divergent paths intersecting through some of the most tumultuous events in recent history! Runs approx 368 min

Miramax

195 Best Years of Our Lives (the)

Three WWII veterans returning home must fight their own personal battles for acceptance and adjustment (172 min, B&W)

William Wyler

1946

277 Beyond Rangoon (VHS)

Patricia Arquette portrays Laura Bowman, a young American doctor traveling through Burma in an attempt to forget the pain of the recent murder of her husband and son. After witnessing a pro-democracy demonstration, she befriends an elderly former professor who promises to take her beyond the capital city of Rangoon to see a true portrait of the people.

John Boorman 1995

477 Beyond Hatred ( Lies the Path to Foregiveness)

In 2002, three French skinheads went to a public park in Rheims looking for an “Arab” to attach when they came across Francois Chenu, a young gay man. After he refused to deny his homosexuality when taunted with gay slurs, he was viciously beaten and thrown unconscious into a pond, where he drowned. The family courageously tries to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge. 85 min. Color

First Run Features

2005

12 Beyond the Gates At first, life is relatively calm at Rwanda’s Ecole Technique Officielle, a European-run secondary school where UN peacekeepers provide protection for students and refugees alike, in a country scarred by historically warring factions. And a wise if world weary Catholic priest is an apt spiritual guide for an idealistic young teacher. But when Hutu militia launch a bloody attack on the school, the two men must search their faith and decide

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Michael Caton-Jones

2007

533 Black Power Mixtape 196701975 (The)

Extraordinary… Fresh and Fascinating… restores a complex human dimension to the racial history of the era. Approx. 96 mins.

445 Big Chill (The) Reunion of friends for the funeral of a college pal. During the weekend that follows, these friends compare their sixties ideas with the harsh reality of their lives in the eighties. And discover that in a cold world, you need your friends to keep you warm. Approx. 106 min. Color

Home Videos 1998

610 Big Parade (The) Wealthy James Apperson deploys as a soldier in WWI France and grows from a naïve kid into a battle-hardened veteran as he and his two buddies are paraded toward the front. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James’ determination to return to the village firl he loves faces the ultimate test. Other great war epics would follow, but The Big Parade, a bracingly human and brutally vivid box-office hit, set the bar firs and set it high.

Warner Video 1925

73 Birth of a Nation (VHS) DVD also available

Marks the birth of motion pictures and the retelling of the Civil War - with strong racial overtones (154 minutes)

D.W. Griffith 1915

66 Birth of Europe: Feast and Famine: The Limestone Legacy

Examines the surprisingly influential role of resources such as limestone and oil in the history of Europe.

88 Black Rain The story of the aftermath of the 1945 atomic catastrophe in Hiroshima.

Shohei Imamura

1988

267 Black and White in Color

Winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Black and White in Color is an irrepressible and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of bungling French colonials learns that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors who reside in a colony up the river, thus touching off a brutal series of hilariously unfortunate events.

Jean-Jacques Annaud, Arthur Cohn

1976

478 Blood in the Face Rare archival footage, darkly humorous interviews, and their own promotional materials bring to light the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, the Aryan Nation, the Order, and the other radical right groups. 78 min., color

First Run Features

1991

274 Bloody Sunday Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award, writer-director Paul Greengrass’ “magnetic and impassioned” drama is a “staggering re-creation” of the events of Sunday, January 30th, 1972 when British troops clashed with unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. Color, 110 min.

Paramount 2003

614 Book of Negros (The) A universal story of loss, courage and trimph, “The Book of Negroes” recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Caroline, Aminata navigates her way through the American-Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous land of Sierra Leone, before sailing to London to help abolish the slave trade at the dawn of the 19th century. Approx. 450 minutes.

BON Productions

2015

453 Bollywood Hollywood A madcap love-song to both East and West with Bollywood music. Approx. 105 min. Eng. sub-titles

Hart Sharp 2003

608 Born Reckless Pilgrimage

Danger May be the Greatest Seduction. In this well-crafted crime drama that may have helped inspire the film noir era, a young man found guilty of a crime receives a most unusual punishment. In a marked change of pace from the westerns and war pictures for which he’d become renowned, For filmed this heart-wrenching story of forgiveness and redemption. B&W 77 mins.

Fox 1930

530 Brave New World In a society where pleasure and conformity are all that matter, people are conditioned to live happy, promiscuous lives with the help of a mood-enhancing drugs called Soma. On the fringes of the cities, savages live in reservations, free from conditioning but subject to emotions, disease and violence.

NBC Universal

2012

52 Breaker Morant VHS Available and DVD available

A true story, this film exposes one of Britain’s darkest moments as three soldiers are tried on trumped-up murder charges for political reasons. 107 minutes.

Bruce Beresford

1979

356 Breathless This film tells the story of Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a handsome young criminal, who is on the run from the law after stealing a car and killing a policeman. Approx. 90 Min. B&W

Georges de Beauregard

2005

260 Bridge on the River Kwai

When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it273 in one of the most memorable

Sam Spiegel

433 British Empire In Color (The)

The British Empire brought education, technology, law, and democracy to the four corners of the globe. It also brought prejudice, discrimination, cultural bigotry, and racism. With an unblinking eye, this three-part series examines the complexities, contradictions, and legacies of empire, both positive and negative. Approx. 147 min. Color

IMG Media Co.

2008

327 Buccaneer (The) CB DeMille directs this swashbuckler based on the true story of Jean LaFitte and Andrew Jackson. Approx. 2 hrs.

Video Obscurata

1958

390 Buffalo Bill Born in an Iowa log cabin in 1845, he fought Indians and earned his nickname while hunting buffalo to feed the construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. After the Civil War he scouted for the U.S. Army along America’s vast western frontier. In 1883, just as that frontier was disappearing, he transformed himself into a master showman, creating and starring in the world- famous traveling show that brought the “real” Wild West to life.

PBS 2008

234 Burmese Harp (The) An antiwar drama, set at the close of WW II, this movie focuses on the obsessions that drive one Japanese soldier to remain in Burma, even as his unit tries to steal into neutral territory. Private Mizushima, the harp-playing scout, is wounded, then saved by a Buddhist priest. B&W, 116 mins.

Kon Ichikawa

561 Cabaret Inside the Kit Kat Klub of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Boasting a score by the legendary song writing partnership of John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Warner 2000

63 Cabeza de Vaca 2 DVDs

The True and amazing adventure of the legendary Spanish explorer that will dazzle your mind and move your soul. 1hour and 48 mins. Color

New Horizon Home Video

1993

357 Cahokia Mounds Ancient mounds stand as sentinels of the past: a lost Civilation. But 1000 years ago they stood at the heart of a great Native American city.

CMMS 2005

64 Camille Claudel Fictionalized biography of artist/sculptor Camille Claudel, lover of Auguste Rodin and sister of poet Paul Claudel, set in late 19th century Paris. 149 min. (Dinand Library Video

Bruno Nuytten

1989

360 Captives In the 17th century, as white settlers in the New World pushed further and further west, Native American Indians suddenly found themselves fighting for both their territory and their lives.

The History Channel

1998

545 Caryl Phillips Orator Lannan Foundation

346 Casablanca Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazi’s most-wanted list. Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader, Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Ingrid Bergman), the ex- lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo’s safe transport out of the country, The bitter Rick must decide what’s more important – his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance.

Turner Entertainment

1943

513 Carter, Jimmy 60 Minutes Documentary 15 Mts.

CBS Karen Sughrue

2010

403 Cathair Chorcai (DVD) Cathair Chorcai is an hour long documentary which lo at the physical and spiritual characteristics of Cork city through the lives of the people who inhabit it. From personal stories of life in the city to the background that has shaped the cork we see today, this film explores the centuries of trade on the Lee, the river’s relationship with the city and docks, and the impact of the English and Gaelic worlds. 52 mins.oks

Harvest Films 2005

342 Catherine the Great (Bibliography)

A&E 2002

3 Caudillo: The History of the Spanish Civil War

Spanish filmmaker Basilio Martin Pation searches archives of Lisbon, Paris, London, Moscow. -no editorial comment -shows both Loyalish & Falangist footage

552 Music

Centenary Words & Music of the Great War (2 Discs)

Music played by Show of Hands/Poetry Read by Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton

Mighty Village Records Limited

2014

515 Chang Tells the story of a farmer and his family who settled a small patch of land on the edge of the jungle. Their existence is a constant struggle against the many wild animals around them – bears, tigers, leopards, and even changes! The climatic elephant stampeded is still one of the most exciting scenes in cinema history. B&W/69 Mins./1927

Milestone 1992

523 Charango (El) Bolivian Instrument brought in by Spanish Conquistadores who had indigent people work in the mines gathering silver.

3rd World Newsreel

2006

278 Chernobyl (VHS) The Taste of Wormwood

Chernobyl has come to mean “disaster” and “cover-up.” Actually, ironically, in Russian it means “wormwood.” This vitally important program is the result of meticulous investigative work by a team of Japanese, after all, have the most experience in searching out the after-effects of nuclear destruction.

Films for the Humanities, Inc.

1987

329 Chicago 4 DVD’s Series

City of the Century is how, in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. It’s the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and the forgotten, the shop assistants and the millionaire retail barons who together created Chicago. It describes how, through innovation, ingenuity, determination and sheer ruthlessness, the captains of industry created empires in a marshy wasteland. Approx.90 min. Color/BW

PBS Home Video

2003

202 Children of the Camps B+W. 57 mins. Documentary which shares the experiences, cultural and familial issues, and the long internalized grief and shame felt by six Japanese Americans who were only children when incarcerated in concentration camps during WWII.

Satsuki Ina 1999

280 Chernobyl: Chronicle of Difficult Weeks

The Bam Zone: Permanent Residents (VHS)

Chernobyl: Shevchenko’s film crew was the first in the disaster zone following the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. They shot continuously for more than three months. Portions of the film are exposed with white blotches – a radiation leakage. 53:52 Color

The Bam Zone: TheBaikal- Amur Mainline (BAM) Railroad in Siberia is called the longest monument to the stagnation of the Brezhnev years. Behind the marches and songs praising the project, equipment was breaking down, lives were broken and souls became calloused. 18:30 Color (1987)

The Video Project

1986

251 CHINA: A Century of Revolution

Definitive, insightful and unforgettable, China: A Century of Revolution is an astonishingly candid view of a once- secret nation. This powerful program takes a remarkable firs-hand look at China’s tumultuous history, examining its social, political and cultural upheaval through eyewitness accounts, rare archival film footage and insightful commentary. B/W (360 minutes)

Sue Williams

148 China: The History and the Mystery

Two hour guide through six thousand years of Chinese History

93 China’s Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang

Examines the Tang dynasty’s vitality in government, art, religion, and philosophy as well as its contribution to the humanistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan. (60 minutes)

406 China Syndrome (The) DVD

It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routing at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred – a nuclear accident that could have wiped out Southern CA. And Richard caught it all on tape. . When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb. But with millions of dollars at stake, company officials cannot let the story break.

Columbia Pictures

1979

95 Quilombo (VHS) The story derives from fact: in 17th-century Brazil, groups of runaway black slaves escaped to mountainous jungle strongholds, where they formed self-governing communities known as self-governing communities known as quilombos.

New York Video

1984

79 Christopher Columbus This film depicts his incredible journey to the New World and his triumphant return to Spain. (104 minutes, 500th Anniversary edition)

271 Citizen King In exploring the last few years of his life, this beautifully- crafted American Experience production traces King’s efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs and film footage and using diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of fellow activists, friends, journalists, political leaders and law enforcement officials, this film brings fresh insight to King’s impossible journey, his charismatic leadership and his truly remarkable impact.

PBS 2004

303 Civil War Terror (DVD)

Approx. 1:30:52 Engel Entertainment

2007

468 Civil War (The) Ken Burns (6 DVDs) EPISODES

1. The Cause 2. A very Bloody

Affair 3. Forever Free 4. Simply

Murder 5. The

Universe of Battle

6. Valley of the Shadow of Death

7. Most hallowed Ground

8. War is all Hell

Ken Burns’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.

Approx. 11 hours, full screen, not rated

PBS 2011

9. The better Angels of Our Nature

487 Class Apart (A) In the landmark legal case, lawyers forged a daring legal strategy, arguing that Mexican Americans were “a class apart” and did not neatly fit into a legal structure that recognized only blacks and whites. As legal skirmishes unfolded, the lawyers emerged as brilliant, dedicated, humorous and at times terribly flawed men.

PBS 2009

134 Classical Japan Medieval Japan Tokugawa Japan

A look at the history and literature of Japan in three 45- minute tapes. (copies)

591 Come See the Paradise A romance set against one of the darkest periods in U.S. history. In California, 1936, intermarriage is illegal. Jack McGurn and Lily Kawamura must elope to Seattle, where they soon have a daughter. But when Pearl Harbor is attacked, Lily her family and thousands of other Japanese-Americans are “relocated” to internment camps. As Jack tries desperately to keep his family together, the grim specter of war threatens to tear them apart! Approx. 133 minutes

20th C Fox Home Entertainment

1990

590 Company: Indigo and His Jesuits

The life and legacy of Ignatius of Loyola - hosted by Cyril Cusack. (52 minutes)

112 Complete Churchill A complete biography of Churchill exposing never before seen footage of his life and times

Martin Gilbert 1991

263 Complete Story World (The) War I (3 DVD’s)

It began as a regional conflict and escalated into a war of empires that covered the earth. This documentary series is more than just the history of this global conflict. It is also a photo album of the early twentieth century. Meet the men and machines that fought the war and witness every major battle and event of this global struggle. No other collection offers such a complete overview of one of histories most destructive conflicts. Running over

CBS – PBS 2003

461 Complete Works of Yuri Norstein (The)

Battle of Kerjenets (1971 Fox and Rabbit (1973) Heron and Crane

Jove, Inc. 2005

Hedgehog in Fog (1975) Tale of Tales (1978)

446 CNN Cold War (7 VHS’) and DVD’s (6 Sections.

Episodes 1-3 Episodes 4-6 Episodes 10-12 Episodes 13-15 Episodes 16-18 Episodes 19-21 Episodes 22-24

2005

147 Constitution of the United States of America

Two hour guide through the Constitution -two videos

81 Cross and the Star Asks where were the foreign governments and institutional churches while Nazi atrocities were being committed. Relies heavily on Nazi archival footage. (55 minutes)

John J. Michalczyk

257 Crossing (The) December 1776. Decimated by superior British forces, suffering from disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable – losing the war. Approx. 100 min. + extras.

A&E Television Networks

1999

94 Crusade: By Horse to Jerusalem

Recreates the 2500 mile trip from Europe to the deserts of Sinai

103 Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962

Depicts Castros’ rise to power, his economic policies, his brand of law and order, and his relationship with the Soviets.

286 Cyrano de Bergerac (VHS)

Gerard Depardieu, France’s most celebrated actor, give the performance of his life as Cyrano De Bergerac, the 17th

Century Solider adventurer who is secretly in love with the beautiful, young Roxane. Believing he is too ugly because of his grotesque nose to ever win Roxane, the eloquent Cyrano helps Christian, a tongue-tied soldier, to woo her with love letters. After many years Cyrano starts to tell Roxane the truth. But Christian is killed in the battle and Cyrano feels compelled to keep his secret. Years later, Roxane living in a convent, still faithful to her husband Christian, is visited by her mortally wounded friend Cyrano. It is then that Roxane realizes that it was Cyrano that she had loved all the time. His secret revealed. Cyrano dies as he had lived, heroically and fearlessly. Approx. 138 min. PG

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

1990

417 Dr. Strangelove Convinced that the commies are polluting America’s “precious bodily fluids,” a crazed General orders a surprise nuclear air strike on the USSR. His aide Captain Mandrake furiously attempt to figure out a recall code to stoop the bombing. Meanwhile the US President gets on the hot line to convince the drunken Soviet premier that the impending attack is a silly mistake, while the President’s advisor confirms the existence of the dreaded Doomsday machine—a new secret Soviet retaliatory device guaranteed to end the human race once and for ll!

Columbia Pict 1964

300 Daens (2 VHS tapes) Based on a true story of Fr. Daens, and extraordinary man that made Belgium history, this epic takes place at the end of the XIX century when the Flemish Belgium was in full industrial revolution and the rich owners abused of the poor workers. Father Daens decided to denounce the working conditions in the factories even if that meant for him to choose between priesthood and politics Approx. 2 hrs and 14 min.

Alliance Releasing

1994

177 Daily Life at the Court of Versailles

Story of France & French culture as reflected in Versailles from its construction by Louis XIV, its decline under Louis XV, & its abandonment by Louis XVI during the French Revolution. (French w/ English narration, 60 minutes, color)

Films for the Humanities

1993

67 Daimyo This film examines the shaping of the Daimyo culture via the unique interaction of martial tradition and civilian arts.

John Nathan 1988

29 Dangerous Liaisons Based on the late 18th century novel by Choderos de Laclos about the French aristocracy. 120 min. (Dinand Library Video 234)

Christopher Hampton

1989

200 David Halberstam’s the Fifties

Appx 65 mins each. 6 videos based on David Halberstam’s novel. Stunning portrait of the decade, in-depth interviews, rare footage of Elvis, Nixon to Marilyn Monroe.

W. Paterson Ferns and Richard Heus

1997

368 Day of the Zulu: Secrets of the Dead

In one key 1879 battle, Zulu fighting units decimated the British forces at the battle of Isandlwana. Historian Ian Knight and forensic archeologist Tony Pollard investigate the battle scene, trying to access the impact of a solar eclipse on the outcome, and discovering the Zulu use of performance enhancing “battle drugs.” Approx. 60 min. Color and B/W

PBS Home Video

2001

326 Days of Glory (DVD) Is “a chronicle of courage and sacrifice… told with power, grace and feeling and brought alive by first ate acting” Telling the true story of a band of World War II soldiers who heroically fought their way across Europe while battling discrimination within their own ranks.

Tessalit 2006

409 Days of Waiting (DVD) Documentary about an extraordinary woman, artist Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians to be interned with 110,000 Japanese Americans in 1942. When internment came, she refused to be separated from her Japane4se American husband and lived with him for four years behind barbed wire in the desolate Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming.

Farrallon Films

99 D-Day Invasion A detailed portrayal of what went into America’s dramatic entry into WWII.-Nazi, British, and U.S. footage (58 min.)

420 Deadwood (The complete Series) 19 DVDs

In an age of plunder and greed, the riches gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything – and everyone – has a price. Aspect ration 16:9/Color )Approx. 36 hours

HBO12 2008

281 Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam (VHS) DVD)

This movie is an authentic account of the Vietnam War from the actual letters of the men & women who served there. The harsh realities of life and death, friendships made and lost; these letters home tell it all, w/ newsreel and home-movie footage shot by the servicemen themselves.

HBO 1987

281 Dear America (DVD) Letters from Vietnam (#42 VHS)

Is an authentic account of the Vietnam War from the actual letters of the men and women who served there. The harsh realities of life and death, friendship made and lost—these letters home tell it all, with newsreel and home-movie footage shot by the servicemen themselves. These are the authentic voices of war, some who survived, many who never made it home. Color; approx. time 86 min.

The Couturie Company, Inc.

1987

479 Dear Uncle Adolf (the Germans and Their Fuhrer)

German letters written to Adolf Hitler that provide the most intimate details of the Reich. The uncensored letters, which include declaration of loyalty, love letters and the occasional words of protest, reveal the true feelings of the German people – their hopes, longings and fears. Like a seismograph, they reflect the changing mood in Nazi Germany, and the highs and lows of the German spirit, from 1932 to 1945 60 min s color & b/w

First Run Features

2010

219 December 7th- Pearl Harbor Story (The)

John Ford’s “DECEMBER 7TH,” was banned by the U.S. Government for nearly fifty years. This special edition is now available; presenting the fully restored, 82 minute version, with subtitles added to the controversial Japanese language sequences and a special “behind the scene” introduction. This full-length version stars Walter Huston as Uncle Sam and is set in Honolulu on the day before the Japanese attack. On Sunday morning, December 7th, air squadrons appear, “swooping down like flights of tiny locust”. The attack on Pearl Harbor, America’s first battle of World War II, is vividly illustrated as only Hollywood can do.

John Ford 2001

70 DeGaulle and France 180 minutes in three parts. This documentary examines the life and legacy of Charles DeGaulle in France as his reorganization of political power restored an effective government.

1992

117 Depression #7

414 Died with Their Boots on (They)

The 7th Cavalry Regiment, Gen. George Armstrong Custer says, rides “to hell or to glory. It depends on one’s point of view.” The point of view of Raoul Walsh spectacular They Died with Their boots on decidedly

Warner Bros. 1941

323 Di Perejil (DVD Say Parlsey is a film about the efforts of these women to establish the identities of their children and to raise them freely in the Dominican Republic. It is also a chronicle of their attempt to bring together two languages, two societies and two cultures – in the name of peace and justice. Approx 41 min Color

National Film Network (NFM)

2006

141 Digging for Slaves - The Excavation of American Slave Sites

An archaeological approach to unearthing the past in America’s slavery-ridden South. This video looks at how living conditions must have been for the American slave.

120 Disputation: A Theological Debate

A theological medieval debate between Christians and Jews in 1263.

1993

22 Distant Thunder A moving account of the WWII famine in India. -varying individual accounts based on their social groups

1973

7 Divide and Conquer Documentary on Hitler’s expanding wave of conquest into Western Europe

1986

544 Doctor Zhivago Tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into No Man’s Land, the train ride to the Urals, and icebound dacha. Color; 200 mins.

Warner Bros. 1965

564 Dr. Strangelove Dr: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

217 Earth Based on Bapsi Sidhwa’s autobiography, Cracking India, the story is set in 1947 in Lahore, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Subtitles

Deepa Mehta 1998

87 Eisenhower (120) Caesar (50) Waterloo (120) Napoleon (50)

(copy) Famous battles and their brilliant leaders.

435 Emilio Zapata (2 DVDs)

Was the Revulutionary Movement of Mexican history. Approx. 173 Min. color (Spanish only)

ITZA Direct 2006

500 Empire of the Sun It’s about a young boy in a great war. A young Britton whose unconquerable spirit soars high and free above the harsh confines of a Japanese internment camp during World War 11.

Warner Bros. 2009

501 End Game South Africa, 1985. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting. Mandela’s imprisonment is an international cause célèbre, and the ANC guerilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Every day the country is more ungovernable as it plunges towards the apocalypse of a race war…Against all odds, through volatile discussion, intrigue and breakthroughs, the unimaginable is achieved-a precious arena of frail trust between the two warring parties. 109 Minutes/Color

Monterey Video

2010

613 Enemy at the Gates The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. The citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of an expert sniper, Vassili Zaitsev, whose deeds have become legendary. To stop him, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Koning to Stalingard. When Vassili and his best friend, a political officer named Danilov, both fall in love with a beautiful soldier. Danilov deserts his friend, leaving Vassili to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Vassili and Koning begin a cunning game of cat and mouse, waging a private war for courage, honor and country. Color, approx.. 131 min.

Paramount 2001

2 Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860

(National Museum of American History) This video chronicles the actors and agents of American industrialization.

1987

142 Enola Gay Dropping of the Atomic Bomb Documentary

99 EUROPA EUROPA “A Harrowing True Story!” Young boy recounts survival through Holocaust. Separated from his family at the age of thirteen, Solly takes on various identities to hide his Jewish heritage. First passing himself off as an orphan and later as one of the “Hitler Youth,” Solly carries on his charade, hoping desperately to keep his identity hidden… and make it through the war alive. Aprox. 1 Hr 54 min. Color

Home Entertainment

1990

24 Eva Peron: Queen of Hearts

An 87 minute, black and white film on the life of Eva Peron.

1957

164 Evita: The Story of Eva Peron

Capturing the drama and sweep of Eva Peron’s rags to riches rise to power in Argentina, Evita bring you into this great world leaders life. (55 min)

Alan Parker 1996

467 Evolution (4DVDs)

1. Darwin’s

Dangerous Idea 2. Great Transformat

ions/ Extinction! 3. The Evolutionar y

Arms Race/ Why Sex?

4. The Mind’s Big Bang/ What About God?

These discs explore all facets of evolution, and the extraordinary impact the evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world around us. Narrated by Liam Neeson. Approx. 120 minutes per disc

PBS 467

7

Eye of Vichy A masterful look at Nazis and media manipulation in Vichy Central France in WW II. 110 minutes; B/W, English narration

Claude Chabrol First Run Features

1993

339 Eyes on the Prize (7--DVD’s) 2ND Set (3 DVDs) (VOLUME I)

Awakenings

Fighting Back (VOLUME II)

Ain’t Scared of Your Jails

No Easy Walk (VOLUME III)

Mississippi: Is this America?

Bridge to Freedom (VOLUME IV)

The Time Has Come

Two Societies (VOLUME V) 1) Power! 2) The Promised Land (VOLUME VI)

Ain’t Gonna Shuffle NoMore (1964-1972)

A Nation of Law? (VOLUME VII)

The Keys to the Kingdom

Back to the Movement

Is an award-winning 14 hr documentary series on the civil rights movement that brilliantly illuminates the struggle for racial equality and social justice. Approx. 14 hrs, color and B/W. Emmett Till… Rosa Parks… Martin Lutber King. Jr. Rare reflections open the door to understanding America’s struggle for equality. Little Rock.. “Ole Miss”.. the 1954 Supreme Court Decision. Sit-ins… SNCC. Freedom Rides. Georgia.. Alabama… the march on Washington Medgar Evers… Freedom Summer….the Civil Rights Act. Selma…Montgomery… The Voting rights Act Eyewitness accounts by the Rev. C.T. Vivian, Sokley Carmichael and George Wallace illuminate the events of 1965 focusing on a decade of lessons learned and the role of television in the civil rights movement. Malcom X… Stokely Carmichael… “Black Pover.” Chicago… Detroit… the Kerner commission. America’s Civil Rights Movement Muhammad Ali… Howard University… Gary, IN. The Black Panthers… Fred Hampton… Attica. Busing… Maynard Jackson… Affirmative Action Activism… Overtourn… Harold Washington

PBS/ Blackside, Inc.

1986-1990 1954-1956 1957-1962 1960-1961 1961-1963 1962-1964 1965 1964-1966 1965-1968 1966-1968 1967-1968 1964-1972 1968-1971 1974-1980

(VOLUME VII)

1) The Keys to the Kingdom

2) Back to the

Movement

Busing… Maynard Jackson… Affirmative Action

Activism… Overturn… Harold Washington

1964- 1972

1968- 1971

305 FDR (DVD) His radio Fireside Chats were heard in million of living rooms. His picture hung on the wall of homes and businesses. His wife was the most admired woman in America. He restored hope to a country that had lost it, led the nation during the greatest war in history, and championed the common man. Yet there was nothing common about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, neither his aristocratic beginnings, nor his exuberant personality. He was a complex man who reached out to adoring public but carefully hid his paralysis and unconventional marriage from the world. FDR goes beyond the familiar words and images to explore his hidden dimensions, creating an intriguing mosaic that includes rare film and home movies, newly filmed footage, and fascinating interviews with family members, friends, biographers, and eyewitnesses to the Roosevelt saga. What emerges is a surprising portrait of a towering figure, one who was called a traitor by his own privileged class and a hero by millions of ordinary Americans.

PBS 1994

156 Face of Russia, The Part 1: The Face on the

Firewood Part 2: The Facade of

Power Part 3: Facing the

Future

This movie is a remarkable journey across history, Encompassing Russia’s grand architecture, icon paintings, music, literature, and cinema.

Home Vision Select

183 Fail-Safe Tense Cold War drama about a squad of American bombers accidentally sent to deliver a nuclear payload on the Soviet Union and unable to be called back, while president and his advisors try to stop the attack from starting World War III. (111 min. B&W)

Sidney Lumet 1964

480 Fambul Tok (A Film about the Power and Foregiveness)

Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for the first time in tradition-based truth- telling and forgivness ceremonies. By reviving their ancient practice of fambul tok (family talk), Sierra Leoneans are building sustainable peace at the grass-roots levels. 832 min color

First Run Features

2011

61 Family Game A “sidesplitting satire of a Tokyo nouveau riche couple and their spoiled [and nonconforming unambitious] Children.”

Yoshimitsu Morita

1983

68 Fanny Kemball’s Journal

(copy)

415 Far From Heaven Cathy Whitaker has it all – a lovely home, two wonderful children and a handsome husband, who is successfully climbing the corporate ladder. But Cathy’s idyllic existence is just an illusion, and she is eventually forced to choose between living a lie or following her heart 1 Hr. 48 min. Color

Universal 2003

599 Far Pavillions (The) 2 DVDs Episdoes1-3 Episodes 4-6

Born to British parents but raised in India, Ashton Pelham-Martyn returns to India as a young military officer, where he fights both local unrest and the cultural prejudices of society. Struggling to reconcile his place in two different worlds, he finds happiness with his childhood sweetheart, Indian princes Anjuli—but she is promised to marry another man. From the snow capped peaks of the Himalayas to the babbled places of Bhithor. Approx. 307 min. Color SHD subtitles

Geoffrey Reeve

2011

316 Favela Rising Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sa is a former drug-trafficker who becomes a social revolutionary in Rio de Janero’s most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. Just as Anderson’s grassroots Afro-Reggae movement is at the height of it success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever.

Approx. 82 mins.

Genius Entertainment

2005

534 F I D E L In 1959, Fidel Castro’s tiny band of rebels toppled a corrupt Cuban dictatorship. Forty years later, Castro remains in power, incredibly surviving a CIA-led invasion, a missile crisis, eight assassination attempts, nine US presidents and the fall of the Soviet allies.

Artisan

525 Fiesta del Chivo (La) During 30 years Dominican Republic suffered from the most bloodies tyrannies of the 20th C in Latin America. During decades Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dominated and ran the government and its insurrection without being stopped. After 35 years Urania returns to Santo Domingo to visit her ill father. Then they cry their most inner most memories, their past and their secrets and also the conspiracy to eliminate the dictator Trujillo, the man that marked their lives forever.

Cine Fib 2010 172 Trade St Lexington, KY (Amazon)

2012

456 Fires on the Plain Is a compelling descent into psychological and physical oblivion? Denied hospital treatment for tuberculosis and cast off into the unknown, Private Tamura treks across an unfamiliar Philippine landscape, encouraging an increasingly debased cross section of Imperial Army soldiers, who eventually give in to the most terrifying craving of all. Approx. 104 min. Black and White

Janus Films 1959

382 Fly Girls The WASP’s contribution to America’s war effort was invaluable, yet mostly forgotten. In fly girls, the women of the WASP take wing once again, to tell their story of skill, determination, and courage

WGBH 2009

434 Force More Powerful (A) (2 discs)

Is a two-part documentary series on one of the 20th

century’s most important and least-known stories – how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for righst denied then by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on every continent and in every decade of the 20th century, to fight for their rights and freedom.

A 154 i C l

York Zimmerman

2000

619 Forget Baghdad Traveling to Israel in search of his father’s former colleagues from the Iraki Communist Party, director Samir locates Shimon Ballas, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash & Moussa Houri. All four men are now accomplished Arab Jews who had to at one time been card-carrying Communists forced to flee their homeland in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. Uprooted virtually overnight with the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948,

Samir 2002

334 Free Cinema (3 DVDs) Features the early work of the best of the British New Wave! Highly influential in cinema history, the Free Cinema movement not only reinvented documentary in the 1950s but also spearheaded the British New Wave of social-realist feature films. Approx. 475 mins. Black and White

Facets 2007

163 French Intellectuals in the 20th

Century Part 1: Great Expectations

Part 2: Days of Contempt

Part 3: Lost Illusions

Part 4: The Demise of the Prophets

The birth of the intellectual: Zola & Proust; the Great War; pacifism & surrealism; the Bolshevik Revolution, the new religion of Communism, Andre Malraux, the growing signals of terror from Moscow, which go unheeded.

The rise of Fascism, wh/ at first seemd like a logical outgrowth of the October Revolution; the Nazi occupation of France & French collaboration; the Spanish Civil War; resistance to Fascism.

The French Communist Party & anti-Stalinism; the Algerian War; Jean Genet, Franz Fanon, Sartre, and the cause of Third World Revolution.

Intellectuals & the new models like Communist Cuba; birth of the Maoist intellectual, w/ Sartre & Simone de Beauvoir distributing Maoist tracts in the street; the latest revolutions: Iran & Cambodia, whose excesses lead the intellectuals to a new cause – human rights; the death of Sartre- and the death of Chinese support for communism, as seen at Tiananmen Square.

Films for the Humanities & Sciences

(Each part is in English, 52 minutes, color)

1993

577 Gallipoli Story of how irresistible lure of adventure and the unknown, combined with national pride, bring two young men together in the Australian army in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb the pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment of the fateful battle of Gallipoli. The echoes of history blend with the friends’ compelling destiny as they become part of a legendary World War I confrontation between Australia and the German allied Turks – a battle that is to Australians what the Alamo is to Americans

Paramount Pictures

1981

448 Gamorrah (2 DVDs) 1. Theatrical

Trailer 2. 5 Stories– making of Gamorrah

Shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema’s most authentic depictions of organized crime. Five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Approx. 137 min. Color English subtitles

IFC Films 2008

196 Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket from its rigors of basic training to its nightmare of combat in Hue City. Color/116 mins.

WB 1987/2007

14 Gandhi (VHS) Gandhi Pilgrim of Peace A biography of India’s most dynamic leader and champion of peace Approx. 50 min. Color

A&E 1997

358 Gangs of New York After years of incarceration, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns to lower Manhattan’s lawless, corrupt Five Points section seeking revenge against the rival gang leader who killed his father. But before long, Amsterdam’s personal vendetta becomes part of an erupting wave of full-blown gang warfare. Approx. 166 min.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

2007

96 Garden of the Finzi - Continis

Based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani about the Italian Jewish community of Ferrara at the time of the antiSemitic decrees in 1938. 90 min. (Dinand Library Video 236)

Vittorio de Sica

1971

174 Garden of the Finzi- Continis, The

Starring: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio Slow-moving, affecting drama about

aristocratic Jewish siblings coming of age in WWII-era Italy. With its impeccable acting, this pleases foreign film buffs seeking a detailed portrait of time and place.95 minutes, Rating: R, Italian w/ English subtitles.

Vittorio De Sica, Director

1971

43 Germany Awake A black and white 90 minute documentary on the propaganda of Leiser’s Deutschland Erwache. The presentation draws extensively on excerpts from other German films.

1968

341 General George C. Marshall (Bibliography)

Soldier and Statesman Approx. 50 mins. Color and BW

A&E 2002

258 George Washington: Founding Father Biography

George Washington: Founding Father.

Approx. 50 min.

Hearst/ABC/NBC Arts and Entertainment Networks

1994

428 Germany Year Zero (Part of a Ttrilogy of Wars)

A portrait of an obliterated Berlin, seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Living in a bombed-out apartment building with his sick father and two older siblings, young Edmund is mostly left to wander unsupervised, getting ensnared in the black-market schemes of a group of teenagers and coming under the nefarious influence of a Nazi-sumpathising ex-teacher. Germany year Zero is a daring, gut-wrenching look at the consequences of fascism, for society and the individual. 73 mins. B&W, English subtitles

Janus Films 1948

184 Gettysburg The bloody, three-day Civil War battle that took place in July of 1863 and saw 53,000 lives lost is depicted in spectacular style in this epic film marked by incredible fighting Basedon the acclaimed book "The Killer Angels."( 254 min., color)

Ronald F. Maxwell

1993

365 Ghosts of Rwanda This documentary marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide-a state-sponsored massacre in which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down

PBS Home Video

2004

and murdered by Hutu extremists as the United States and international community stood by, refusing to intervene. Approx. 120 min. Color.

347 Girl with a Pearl Earring

Delft, Holland 1665. 17 year old Griet must work to support her family and becomes an aid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she gradually attracts the master painter’s attention. Johannes and Griet must hide their inspiration of each other from his volatile wife Catharina. The wealthy and troublemaking Master van Ruijven senses the intimacy between the artist and his maid an contrives a commission for Vermeer to paint Griet alone. The result will be one of the greatest paintings ever created, but at what cost? Approx. 100 min. Color

Lions Gate Home Entertainment

2003

185 Glory Color, Story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War. Stars Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washinton, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman.

Edward Zwick

494 God in America A sweeping history of how religious faith has shaped America. Approx. 6 hours (English Subtitles)

PBS 2011

618 God Father (The) Sicilian Clan’s rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone’s family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. Color 175 mins

Francis Ford Coppola

1972

211 Going My Way Father O’Malley (Crosby) joins St. Dominic’s and succeeds in reaching out to the neighborhood’s toughest kids. B&W, 127 mins. Bing Crosby

238 Good Bye Lenin! Coming-of-age adventure blends the fall of Communism with the salient emotions of a family’s love. German (English subtitles); Color; 121 Mins.

Wolfgang Becker

19 Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln” Television version of Vidal’s biography “Lincoln.” The video covers the pre-inaugural to his assassination. (copy)

Lamont Johnson

1988

505 Grand Coulee Dam Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee and the Native people whose lives were changed, alongside historians and engineers, this American Experience film explores how the crucial tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the project’s legacy. Approx. 90 mins.

PBS 2012

27 Grapes of Wrath This award-winning video of Steinbeck’s classic depicts the trials of a farmer and his family in search of a new life in California, leaving the Depression age Dust Bowl behind.

Darryl F. Zanuck

1940

465 Grand Illusion One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War 1 German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein. Approx. 114 min. Black and White

Criterion Collection

1938

110 Great Commanders A look at history’s greatest commanders: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant, and George Rhukov

1993

124 Great Debates: Kennedy vs. Nixon

A series that chronicles the first-ever televised presidential debates that occurred between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960.

114 Great Depression (The) VHS/DVD

A PBS series that investigates the conditions of the Great Depression and their human implications. Approx. 3 hrs., 20 mins.

History.com 1998

137 Great War (In 8 one-hour segments) A PBS series that brilliantly captures and chronicles World War I from the conditions that brought on the cataclysm to the grief and devastation left in its wake, focusing on Britain. Historical consultant: Prof. Jay Winter

554 CD

Great War (The) Tipperary Keep the Home Fires Burning We don’t want to lose you Good byee Over there Land of Hope and Glory Mademoiselle from Armentieres Roses of Picardy Pack up your troubles Take me back to dear old Blithe Dramatized sketches Documentary material, etc.

An Evacuation in Music and Drama through recordings made at the time Playing time 71 mins. 30 secs.

Pavilion Records

England

587 Great Indian Leaders & Nations Program I Program II

Crazy Horse refused to bring the Lakota people into submission. Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile flight from the Unites States Army. Geronimo, of the Apaches, used his powers to confound pursuers. Quanah Parker, “Last Chief of the Comanche,” and son of the white woman, guided his people between two worlds. This is the poignant and tragic story of the end of the American Indians’ way of life and freedom. The Iroquois, the most powerful if the eastern tribes; the Seminoles of Florida; the Shawnee, whose Chief Tecumseh formed a confederation of eastern tribes to protect their land; the Navajo of the southwest; the Cheyenne of the Great Plains; and the Lakota Sioux. Majestic landscapes, dramatic music combine to preserve the richness of these Native American histories and cultures. Approx. 110 Mins.

Questar, Inc.

524 Grito de la Selva (El) Cry of the Forest (The)

El primer largometraje grabado en la Amazonia Boliviana. Historia basada en hechos reales. Spanish with English subtitles

Newsreel 2008

69 Guilty of Treason The story of Cardinal Mindszenty’s persecution trial by the Communists in post WWII Hungary

Felix E. Feist

Guimba the Tyrant Winner of the Grand prize at Fespaco 1995, Africa’s pre- eminent film event, Guimba is a dark 264political satire in the guise of a colorful fairy tale. Set in the mythical kingdom of ancient Mali, Guimba tells the story of a despot who uses his dark magical powers to rule his kingdom. Approx. 93 min. Color.

King Video 1995

264 Gunga Din “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din.” In that same vein, fans of classic action-adventures won’t find any better film than this exhilarating tale, directed by George Stevens. Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. star as cheeky soldiers of Queen and Empire who never run short of battlefield gallantry and chin-up heroics as they combat a murderous sect in colonial India. Running 117 mins. B&W.

RKO Radio Pictures

2004

387 Hamilton, Alexander (DVD)

This is an American Experience tells the story of the underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for the nation’s modern economy-including the banking system, Wall Street, and an “opportunity society” in which talent and hard work, not birth, determined success.

WGBH 2007

131 Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (DVD)

On August 6, 1945, the US became the first and only country to ever use the atomic bomb against another nation. The decision to bomb the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is as controversial today as it was then. Approx. 67 mins. Color & B/W

1996

609 Hell’s Angels Is a story of three Oxford buddies: two brothers (Ben Lyon and James Hall) and one German (John Darrow). When all three are considered to fight on opposing sides of the war, each is torn between obedience to his country and that of his conscience. A woman comes between the three men in this lavish period of adventure. B&W 2-1/2 hours

Hughes Tool Co.,

1930

Renew 1958

155 Hiroshima 60th

Anniversary (2 DVD set)

August 1945, saw events that would rock the 20th century to its foundations – the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was a decision that resulted in the immediate incineration of hundreds of thousands of civilians – and forever changed the way humanity would view war, and its terrible costs

History Channel

2005

338 Hearts & Minds (DVD) A documentary that confronts the U.S. involvement in Vietnam through interviews, newsreels and actual footage. Approx. 112 mins Color

The Criterion Collection

1974

197 Heaven & Earth Color; 142 min., Saga of a fight to survive during the Vietnam War.

Oliver Stone 1993

89 Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl

Framed by the 1909 shirtwaist workers’ strike in New York, a documentary which combines archival photographs, animation and computer graphics to present a portrait of immigrant working women at the turn of the century. American Social History Film Library (28 min.)

1993

290 HEIMAT (VHS) “A cinematic event… a massive nearly 16 hour chronicle of life in Germany, from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family, initially ;peasant-farmers, in the fictitious village of Schachbach in the Rhineland. …In spite of its intimidating length, HEIMAT is immensely, easily watchable, an extraordinary succession of mostly ordinary events and characters – history seen from ground level – vividly acted by a huge cast of both professional and nonprofessional actors.”

Facets Videos Edgar Reitz

1996

268 Hidden Army: Women in World War II (The)

The Hidden Army: Rare archival film footage is woven into a film where a defeated Hitler reflects on his gross miscalculations in reference to the contributions of the

Marathon Music and Video

1995

American women in World War II. Women in Defense: Yesterday the pioneer women helped to win a continent, but during WWII that same spirit of determination ignited as women sprang into action to save the nation from the impact of total war and to protect their homeland. Army and Navy Nurse P.O.W.’s in WWII: “They All Came Home”: Through interviews and archival footage, you’ll see the story of the U.S. Army and Navy nurses who witnessed the fall of Bataan and Corregidor and survived the Japanese POW camps. B&W and color, 57 mins.

411 High Noon Classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge- seeking criminals.

Lionsgate 1952

615 Housewife, 49 As the world fights for freedom in WWII, one woman struggles to liberate herself. Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn’t be able to cope with her son’s enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. This award-winning drama not only recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nellas’s volunteer work for the war effort fills her with an exhilarating sense of purpose. Approx. 93 min. Color

Acord Media 2006

377 Historians on the Record Lecture (Video #1)

1) McPherson, James M.

2) Harms, Robert

3) Simon, James F.

4) Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher

5) Willis, Gary

6) Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

7) Davis, David Brion

(Video # 2)

1) Blight, David W.

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade

What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

James Madison

The Bondwoman’s Narrative

In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

Gilder Lehrman Inst. Of Historian’s

Gilder Lehman Inst. Of Historian’s

October 1, 2002

November 5, 2002

December 3, 2002

January 14, 2003

February 4, 2003

March 4, 2003

April 1, 2003

September 24, 2001

2) Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.

3) Freeman, Joanne B.

4) Limerick, Patricia Nelson

5) Ellis, Joseph J.

6) Brands, H.W.

7) Blackett, R.J.M.

(Video # 3)

1) Schweninger, Loren

2) Dower, John W.

3) Morgan, Philip D.

4) Delbanco, Andrew

5) Appleby, Joyce

6) Philips, Kevin

(Video #4)

1) Brookhiser, Richard

2) Kennedy, Roger G.

3) Berlin, Ira

A Life in the 20th Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917- 1950

Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic

Something in the Soil: Legacies and Reckonings in the New West

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War

Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth- Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry

The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope

Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans

The Cousins’ Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America

Alexander Hamilton, American

Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character

Gilder Lehman Inst. Of Historian’s

Gilder Lehman Inst. Of Historian’s

November 5, 2001

January 14, 2002

February 4, 2002

March 4, 2002

April 15, 2002

May 6, 2002

October 2, 2000

November 6, 2000

January 22, 2001

March 5, 2001

April 2, 2001

May 7, 2001

October 4, 1999

November 8, 2000

4) Kennedy, David

M.

5) Holt, Michael F.

6) Strouse, Jean

(Video # 5)

1) Lepore, Jill

2) Davis, David Brion and Steven Mintz

3) Gilmore, Glenda

Elizabeth

4) Wilson, Douglas L

5) Robertson, James I., Jr.

6) Renehan, Edward J., Jr.

Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party

Morgan: American Financier

The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity

The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War

Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina 1896-1920

Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln

Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

The Lion’s Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and his Family in Peace and War

Gilder Lehman Inst. Of Historian’s

March 20, 2000

April 17, 2000

May 15, 2000

October 5, 1998

November 9, 1998

December 14, 1998

March 8, 1999

April 12, 1999

466 Historic Japanese Prejudice & Racism Films

During WW2 the US government produced various propaganda films with the purpose of increasing discrimination and prejudice toward Japanese people, their culture, and Japanese Americans. These films portray the Japanese culture as “evil” and successful instilled fear and racism in American citizens, soldiers and government interest groups. Approx. 1 hour and 3 minutes

2007

296 History’s Mysteries (DVD)

From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the twentieth century, from the great conflicts to the inventions that changed the world, The History Channel on DVD captures the glory, tragedy, and drama of the human experience.

The History Channel

2002

362 History of Britain (A) 5 DVD’s

From the dawn of civilization to the 20th century, A History of Britain: The Complete Collection re-animates familiar tales and illuminates overlooked aspects of England’s past.

The History Channel

2000- 2002

5 Hitler’s Master Race: The Mad Dream of the S.S.

Archival footage of the most brutal and prestigious cult of men to arise from the Nazi cause.

1983

101 Hoover’s FBI A detailed portrayal of the rise of the FBI, under President Hoover, to the skilled police agency feared today by criminals worldwide-details of its pursuit and capture of notorious gangsters

186 Hope and Glory The London Blitz of World War II, as seen through the John Boorman 1987 eyes of a child, in this haunting, semi-autobiographical

seriocomedy. Sebastian Rice-Edwards is the boy who sees the war as a grand adventure. (113 min, color)

313 Hotel Terminus (VHS) 2 tapes

The life and times of Klaus Barbie. Through interviews with Barbie sympathizers and ex-Gestapo officers, as well as those whose lives they heartrendingly altered, this remarkable film reveals the horrifying nature of Barbie’s countless atrocities. But Hotel Terminus doesn’t stop there. With a suspenseful, layer-by layer investigative technique, Ophuls draws attention to the equally shocking compliance of Americans and other Allies – individuals who conspired with Barbie to hide his crimes from public view for over 40 years.

Approx. 4 hours and 28 min.

Goldwyn Myer Home Entertainment

1988

285 House of Saud (DVD) The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little Is known about Saudi Arabia’s secretive royal family. In House of Saud, Frontline explores how the AL Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal family, government officials, and other experts from Saudi Arabia and U.s., the two-hour documentary also traces America’s relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond the present day. Approx. 120 mins. Color

WGBH - PBS 1983- 2005

589 How to Survive a Plague Is a story of brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation, and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence.

Approx. 109 minutes

Sundance 2012

452 Mikhail Kalatozov

I Am Cuba

The Siberian Mammoth

Is a personal history by the filmaker’s grandson Mikhail Kalatozishvili. This documentary comprehensively explores the life of this giant of Russian cinema including his classic films Sal for Svanetia, The Cranes Are flying. The Letter Never Sent and I am Cuba.

In Batista’s Cuba, foreign capitalist influence runs rampant, economically stratifying the people into a decadent leisure class that revels in the spoils of Western civilization and a working class that toils day by day, feeling the echoes of colonialism.

Is Vicente Ferraz’ award-winning documentary on the making of I Am Cuba. Actress Luz Maria Collazo, actor Sergio Corrieri, screenwriter Enrique Pineda Barnet, and countless other cast and crew offer their accounts of the sheer magnitude of the production of the film, its mixed reception in 1964 and their pleasant surprise at its final canonical acceptance today.

Milestone 2006

567 Ice Cold in Alex Depicting one of the Allies’ most difficult periods of the Second World War, as the Germans made apparently unstoppable advances in the North African desert, the film is remarkable for its prominent felale characters, audacious representation of English masculinity, and sympathetic characterization of German characters. The film’s denouement – a paen to loyalty and solidarity – is one of the most iconic moments of British war cinema. Aprox. 125 ins./B&W

Studio Canal 1958

570 Ikewe (VHS) It is 1770 in the Northwest; the scene in isolated Ojibway village on the shores of a bay, a young Ojibway girl on the threshold of womanhood, awakens from a terrifying dream. She invisions a strange man whose presence evokes haunting images of sadness and desolation. The arrival of a young Scottish trader transforms her dream into reality. The union promises posterity for her tribe but it also means hardship and isolation for Ikwe. It soon becomes apparent that their individual values and divergent customs are not in harmony. In the end the images that haunted Ikwe’s dream unfold with tragic clarity. It is she who becomes the unwitting messenger of desolation and despair but it is also she who provides a harbinger of hope for a dying people. Approx. 1 hour Color

National Film Board of Canada

1998

85 In Search of Mexican Pyramids/Legacy of Central America/Surviving Columbus

A series of programs 25, 55, 110, and 50 minutes in length, respectively (copy) that examines the social struggles that emerged in the wake of Spanish imperialism in Mexico.

594 Indian Summers 4 DVDs Season One:

Explores the collision of the high-living English ruling class with the local people agitating for Indian independence. As the drama unfolds, the two sides alternately clash and merge in this sweeping saga of politics, passions, and tensions that simmer in the hot, feverish days of summer.

PBS 2016

595 Indian Summers 4 DVDs Season Two: Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4

It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of Simla, India’s Little England, political tensions reach fever point. Approx. 10 Hrs.

- Episodes 1-3 - Episodes 4-6 - Episodes 7-9 - Episode 10 & Special Features

PBS596 2017

170 Indochine DVD

Catherine Deneuve stars as an owner of a prosperous rubber plantation in French Indochina in a sensual story of unbridled passion set against the violence of the bloody Communist uprising. (156 mins; color; French with yellow English subtitles.)

Columbia TriStar 1992

490 Infamous Dreyfuss Affair

In Search of History Color and B&W 50 mins. Documentary

History Channel 1997

553 Influenza 1918 In 1918 soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. Doctors found the victims’ lungs filled with fluid and strangely blue. They identified the couse of death as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. It would become the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 – more than all the nation’s combat deaths this century combined. Running approx.. 60 minutes Color and B&W.

WGBH 1998

102 Innocent, The Based on a Gabriele D’Annunzio story of passion and decadence in turn-of-the-century Italy. 149 min. (Dinand Library Video 346)

Luchino Visconti 1976

439 Into the Deep (American Whaling and the World)

For nearly 400 years, few aspects of the American experience have struck more deeply into the imagination of the American people – or resonated more profoundly with the deepest American hopes, fears, and dreams – than the savagely p0rimal, unfathomably limit-testing experience of whaling. Approx. 2 hours

PBS 2010

565 Iraqui Exodus (wide angle)

Reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis that is unfolding in the Middle East as Iraquis flee their war torn country at the rate of up to 50,000 per month.

Approx. 53:53 mins.

PBS 2008

171 Irish in America (The) 2 VHS tapes

From war hero & Pres. Andrew Jackson to union organizer “Mother” Jones, you’ll meet the colorful Irish-Americans who fought and worked their way past oppression and into history. (2 volumes, 50 mins. Each; color)

A & E Home video 1997

508 Island President (The) A film about one man’s mission to save his nation and perhaps the planet, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced – the survival of his country and everyone in it. Nasheed, who brought democracy to the Maldives after decades of despotic rule, now faces an even greater challenge: as one of the most low-lying countries in the world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives and make the uninhabitable. Apporox. 101 min., color

First Film Features 2011

160 Italians in America Italian heritage; stories of hope & heartache, oppression & liberation, bigotry & assimilation. Historic photographs, film footage, and interviews w/ prominent Italian – Americans.

A & E Home Video

1998

425 ISHI Last Yahi (The) The Last survivor of the Yahi tribe following extensive massacres of Native Americans in CA in 1860s and 8170s. Approx. 60 min.

Rattlesnake Prod. 1994

72 Jackie Robinson Story Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee (76 minutes), their life and times as two of the first professional black athletes

1950

36 James Brady James Brady’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in support of the gun control bill that bears his namesake.

1989

579 J’Accuse Is a World War I drama considered to be one of the most technically advanced films of the era and the first major pacifist film.

Lobster Film 2008

492 Japan’s Killer Quake In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear meltdown at three reactors.

PBS 2011

256 Japan: Memories of a Secret Empire

Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and exquisite artisans—all were part of the Japanese “renaissance” – a period between the 16th and 19th

centuries when Japan went from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace. But stability came at a price: for nearly 250 years, Japan was a land closed to the Western world, ruled by the Shogun under this absolute power and control. Japan: Memories of a Secret Empire brings to life the unknown story of a mysterious empire, its relationship with the West, and the forging of a nation that would emerge as one of the most important countries in the world. Approx. 160 min.

PBS 2004

58 Japan They Don’t Talk About, (The)

An NBC television documentary which examines differences between outward perceptions of “Japan as Number One” (prosperous, egalitarian, etc.) and actual disparities that exist in the quality of life enjoyed by its people. 52 minutes

1986

149 Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun

Two hour guide through two thousand years of Japanese history.

56 Japanese Version A study on how Western, especially American, culture undergoes a change when it arrives in Japan

1990

441 Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine

Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine honors and venerates the spirits of Japanese soldiers and officers-including convicted and executed war criminals. This program explores the history of the Shinto shrine, the complexity of its functions, and the controversies generated when political leaders appear there. Interviews with visitors, and inside look at the shrine’s adjacent museum of war memorabilia, and a discussion of what has become known as “State Shinto” create a context in which reverence for the enshrined may be understood. A rare view of Japanese nationalism and the political use of religious traditions, Spirits of the State offers valuable insight into the continuing and contested legacies of World War II. (28 Min.)

Films for the Humanities

2007

31 Jean De Florette (English subtitles)

122 minutes (copy) Claude Berri 1987

582 Jesuits and Their Successful Engagement with China

The most successful engagement with China remains that achieved by a group of 17th. And 18th. Century Jesuits. The came to China to learn and make friends with the Chinese. They were missionaries who waited until they had established relationships with people before they were invited to share their faith.

UCAN 2016

597 Jewel in the Crown (The) 5 DVDs

February, 1942: India is in turmoil with the Japanese poised to invade, and Gandhi rallying his followers in the struggle to end British rule. A young London-educated Indian. Hari Kumar (Art Malik), suspected of being a subversive by the local British police superintendent Ronald Merrick strikes up a romance with a shy young English girl, Daphne Manners . But their star-crossed affair leads to Merrick’s persistent hatred for Kumar, and so the story begins. Approx. 14.5 hours

PBS 2015

340 John Paul Jones (Bibliography)

Captain of the High Seas Approx. 50 mins. Color and B/W

A&E 2002

144 Jefferson, Thomas: Philosopher of Freedom

A candid look at the unpredictable and contradictory life of one our nation’s greatest leaders. -Hosted by Peter Graves

Stuart Rekant 1995

470 Jefferson in Paris During one man’s unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! Approx. 139 mins., Color

A Merchant Ivory Production

2004

354 Jefferson, Thomas Revered as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the most sacred document in American History, yet condemned as a lifelong owner of slaves, Thomas Jefferson remains the enigma that is America. Appro. 180 min. Color/B&W

PBS 1997

522 Jesus Camp Follows Levi, Rachel, and Tory to Pastor Becky Fischer’s “Kids on Fire” summer camp in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in “God’s army.” The film follows these children at camp as they hone their “prophetic gifts” and are schooled in how to Take back America for Christ.”

Magnolia Home Entertainment

2006

597 Jewel in the Crown (The) 5 DVDs

February, 1942: India is in turmoil with the Japanese poised to invade, and Gandhi rallying his followers in the struggle to end British rule. A young London-educated Indian. Hari Kumar (Art Malik), suspected of being a subversive by the local British police superintendent Ronald Merrick strikes up a romance with a shy young English girl, Daphne Manners . But their star-crossed affair leads to Merrick’s persistent hatred for Kumar, and so the story begins. Approx. 14.5 hours

PBS 2015

513 Jimmy Carter (short) 60 Minutes Documentary 15 Mts.

CBS Karen Sughrue

2010

566 JOAN (the Woman) Made at a time when the outcome of World War I, raging on French soil, was far from certain – the film is a grand-scale tribute to the indomitable spirit of the people of France. Since the U.S. had yet to enter the fray. DeMille assembled

Kino Video 1917

173 Joan of Arc Virgin Warrior

Peasant, warrior, martyr, saint. Ride to battle with the 15th-century farm girl who would lead an army, crown a king and forge a place as one of history’s most extraordinary figures.

A&E – Biography 1998

204 Joe Hill – American Experience

Copy

128 John F. Kennedy- Speeches Collection

An hour long look at the speeches that define JFK 1990

386 John Adams Part I Join or die Part II Independence Part III Don’t Thread on Me Part IV Reunion Part V Unite or Die Part VI Unnecessary War Part VII Peacefield Documentary: Painting with words

Also Includes: Facts are Stubborn Things, An exclusive Onscreen Historical Guide and The making of John Adams

HBO Video 2009

126 Journey to America The story of the trials of immigrants on their journeys from the old world to America.

Charles Guggenheim

1989

371 Jules Et Jim Paris at the turn of the century. Jules, a German, befriends Jim, a Frenchman. They meet Catherine who falls in love with Jules and marries him with without Jim’s approval. During the First World War the friends are separated. Catherine and Jules have a daughter named Sabine. Jim visits them at their chalet where Catherine soon falls in love with him. Approx. 101 min. B/W

Francois Truffaut 1961

427 Julie & Julia A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with anew recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia child’s life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Approx. 123 minutes.

Columbia Pictures 2010

379 Keita (The Heritage of the Griot)

The Griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor, Sundjata Keita, the 13th Century founder of the great Malian trading empire. It describes the events leading up to sundjata’s birth as the son of the ugly, hunchbacked second wife of a Mande king. Sundjata is crippled at birth by his father’s first wife who fears a prophecy that he will

Newsreeal 1994

displace her son as king. The film tells the story of how, from these unpromising beginnings, Sundjata first walks and gradually acquires the strength, wisdom and occult powers he will need to fulfill his destiny as one of the great leaders of African legend. Approx. 94 min.

108 Kennedys A two video chronicle of the Kennedy’s as a family, covering their story from 1900-1980.(4 tapes)

David Espar 1992

91 Khartoum Britain’s crisis in Sudan and the siege at Khartoum (136 minutes)

1966

203 King Philip’s War June 20, 1675, Wampanoag chief, Metacom, known as King Philip, attacked the settlement at Swansea, MA precipitating the bloodiest war in American history. 26 mins., color

391 Kit Carson To some, he was one of the America’s greatest heroes; a brave and loyal guide who laid out a path for the westward-moving nation, an Indian tracker who could follow any trail, and a fearless warrior featured in dozens of bestselling novels. But to others, Christopher “Kit” Carson was a villain who waged a merciless crusade against one of the West’s greatest Native American tribes.

PBS 2008

105 Know your Enemy- Japan (VHS/DVD)

(63 min.) A look at how Japan attempted to assimilate cultures in the wake of its conquests.

1945

503 Kramer vs. Kramer Is a ground-breaking drama about the heartbreak of divorce and the struggle between work and family.

Columbia Pictures

276/115 LBJ (DVD) His personality was as big as Texas. His politics changed America and the world. Here is the definitive film biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, one of the most perplexing and fascinating figures to reach the Oval Office. LBJ presents the full sweep of his amazing life: an impoverished childhood in central Texas, the assassination of President Kennedy, the War on Poverty and the war in Vietnam, the Great Society program and riots in the inner cities, and his withdrawal from politics, disillusioned and defeated. Color and B&W Approx. 235 min.

PBS 276

436 La Hora de los Muertos (2 DVDs)

Revolutionary Film which explores the true feel of a nation and its politics Language: Spanish 4.3 min.

Cinesur S.A.

375 Language You Cry In (The)

“Informed by the expertise of anthropologists and linguists, and with echoes of Alex Haley’s Roots, this film is the kind of breath-taking detective story that will not let you go. And thus long after the dramatic ending. Approx. 52 minutes

Newsreel 1998

499 Last Emperor (The) It’s about the life of Emperor Pu Yi who took throne in 1808, at age three before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. 165 minutes/Color

Criterion Collection

1987

572 Lawrence of Arabia (2DVDs)

Columbia Pictures 1962

363 Le Corbeau (The Raven)

A mysterios writer of poison-pen letters, know only as Le Corbeau, plagues a French provincial town, exposing the collective suspicion and the rancor seething beneath the community’s clam surface. Made during he Nazi occupation of France, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Le Corbeau was attacked the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance press, and the Catholic Church, and was banned after the liberation. But some—inclusing Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sarte – recognized the powerful subtext of Clousot’s anti-informant, anti-Gestapo fable, and worked to rehabilitate his directorial reputation after the war. Approx. 91 min. B&W

Studio Canal 1943

422 Leopard (The) (3 DVDs)

1. Introduction 2. A Dying Breed 3. New transfer of the 161 minute American release, with English- language dialogue

The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy’s Resorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unified, democratic Italy. Approx. 185 min. (Color)

Criterion Collection

1963

361 Les Carabiniers Godard’s powerful anti-war and anti-imperailist film, Les Carabiniers, centers on two peasants who join the King’s army. Seduced by the promise of riches, the two leave their wives and embark into the war sending postcards home that detail their conquests. Upon their return, they learn that a peace treaty has been signed and in turn, are betrayed by the king for their overzealousness. Approx. 80 min. B&W.

Wellspring Media, Inc.

2005

353 Le Petit Soldat Set during the Algerian War, Le Petit Soldat follows Bruno Forestier, a disillusioned young deserter who becomes involved in the French nationalist movement.

A Jean-Luc Godard 2001

26A La Nuit De Varennes, Part 1 (English subtitles)

133 minutes (copy) A delightfully witty and insightful fictional treatment of the attempted escape of King Louis XVI and his family in 1790. The film focuses on the queen’s Restif de la Bretonne (a pornographer/journalist). Vignettes and dialogues which illuminate late 18th century life and culture abound.

Eltore Scala 1982

26B La Nuit De Varennes, Part 2 (English subtitles)

133 minutes (copy) Eltore Scala 1982

214 Lagaan: Once upon a time in India

Set in Queen Victoria’s India, Lagaan is “a story of a battle without bloodshed” fought between Captain Russell and the Indian villagers under his jurisdiction. English & Hindi with English subtitles. Color. 225 mins.

Ashutosh Gowariker

2001

119 Last Emperor (VHS) An “epic adventure” of China’s last emperor and his fall. Bernardo Bertolucci

1987

208 Last Hurrah (The) Spencer Tracy stars as Mayor Frank Skeffington, the last of a dying breed of grassroots politicians. 125 mins.

458 Last of the Mohicans (The)

An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war. Approx. 117 min. Color

20th C Fox 1992

233 Last Samurai (The) Tom Curise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. DVD Languages: English/French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Edwick Zwick 2004

46 Laurence Wylie in Peyrane

39 minutes Bernard Petit 1983

593 Legend of Bhagat Singh (The)

As a child, Ghagat Singh witnessed numerous atrocities committed on fellow Indians by their British rulers. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre made him a freedom fighter. When Lala Lajpat Rai was beaten to death by the police, Bhagat, Rajguru, Sukhdev and others daringly carried out the assassination of a police officer named Saunders which led to their arrest. Bhagat made headlines when he undertook a 63 day fast unto death to improve the conditions of the Indian freedom-fighter prisoners. At the age of 23, Bhagat Singh, was a revolutionary who shook up the powerful British government, exposing their true barbaric nature 0 the man for whom victory lied in his death. This is his story, his legend

Shemaroo 2016

431 Levee’s Broke (3 discs)

Disc One: Acts I & II Disc Two: Acts III & IV Disc Three: Next Movement & Water Rising

“Most people think that it was Katrina that brought about the devastation to New Orleans. But it was a breaching of the levees that put 80 percent of the city under water. It was not the hurricane.” Approx. 4 hours 4 acts (color)

Act V: A 105-minute epilogue featuring new interviews and insights that further chronicle the hardship endured by New Orleaneans in the aftermath of Katrina.

HBO 2005

272 Le Nozze Di Figaro W.A. Mozart, an opera in four acts. “One listened enthralled, as Haitink (Conductor), Hagley (Susanna) and Finley (Figaro) lifted a loving, carefully prepared

Derek Bailey, Channel 4 Television

1994

611 Leviathan In a small coastal town in Russia lives an ordinary family: Klya and his wife Lilya and their teenage son Roma. The family us haunted by a local corrupt mayor who is trying to take away Kolya’s business, house and precious land. Kolya calls in an old friend, now an authoritative attorney, for help. Together they fight back and collect dirt on the mayor, but fate does not seem to be on Kolya’s side. Approx. 2.40:1 min. Russian/English

Sony Pictures 2014

performance to greatness” (Opera). 190 mins.

521 Liberty! American Revolution (The) 3 DVDs

LIBERTY! Is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. The series features military reenactments and dramatic performances. Color; approx. 6 hours

PBS 2004

397 Life and Nothing But “A Textured story, Beautifully told, that captures the spirit of post-world war I France…” Approx. 135 min. Color

Kino Video 1989

84 Life of Leonardo DaVinci (5 parts)

Part I: The first 30 years and the influences that shaped his future Part II: His departure from Florence for Milan and scientific study Part III: “The Last Supper” Parts IV-V: His movement between Milan and Florence and his relationships with Raphael and Michelangelo before his death in 1519.

512 Lincoln The 16th President’s tumultuous final four months in office as this visionary leader pursues a course of action to end the Civil War, unite the country and abolish slavery. Complete with never-before-seen footage.

Steven Spielberg 2013

109

Lincoln-PBS series The story of Abraham Lincoln’s presidential career, through the civil war to his death.

Peter Kunhardt 1992 127 Lindbergh A PBS biography of the great aviator Charles Lindbergh 1990

350 Listen to Britain and Other Films by Humphrey Jennings

Humphrey Jennings was one of the greatest figures in the celebrated British documentary film movement, and he is most remembered for the way his work reflects the concerns and conditions of World War II-time in the United Kingdom.

Image Entertainment

459 Lives of Others (The) Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall. East Germany’s population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police or Stasi. Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pr-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives.

Approx. 136 min. English Subtitles

Sony 459

107 Lodz Ghetto -scripted entirely from the secret diaries the inhabitants of the ghetto left behind-writers and photographers of this film risked their lives that we could know what this desperate struggle was really like

376 Long Night’s Journey Into Day

Journey Into Day

The film documents South Africa‘s quest for restorative justice as it follows four dramatically different cases that come before the commission over the course of two and a half years. Is a thought provoking portrait of a wounded society attempting to humanize itself by taking seriously the importance of heart and conscience? Approx. 94 min.

Newsreel 2000

413 LoneStar Begins as a riveting whodunit about the unsolved murder of a corrupt lawman. Soon it becomes much more. The intriguing saga of clashing cultures and dirty dealings in a Texas border town. A moving look at parents and children at odds and the passions of forbidden love across generations. Approx. 135 Mins. Color

Warner Bros. 1995

187 Longest Day (the) The Longest Day is a vivid, hour by hour recreation of D- Day and the end to Nazi domination in Europe (color 178min)

Ken Annakin

531 Loneliness of the Long “Running has always been a big thing in our family. Warner Archive 1962 Distance Runner (The) Especially from the police.” So says taut-jawed,

wary=eyed Colin, a promising distance runner. But he’s not one of the burnished lads who gave all for England in Chariots of Fire. For working-class reform school inmate Colin, the opposition isn’t another runner. It’s the Establishment.

Collection

424 Looking for Lincoln Addresses many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln about race, equality, religion, politics, and depression by carefully interpreting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today. Approx. 120 minutes Color/B&W

PBS 2009

495 Lost Horizon A grand adventure film, magnificently staged, beautifully photographed and capitally played. 132 Mins.

Columbi Pictures 1937

302 Lost Year in Iraq (The) DVD

In the aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, a group of Americans led by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III set off to Baghdad to build a new nation and establish democracy in the Arab Middle East. One year later, with Bremer forced to secretly exit what some have called “the most dangerous place on earth,” the group left behind lawlessness, insurgency, economic collapse, death, destruction – and much of their idealism. Three years later, as the U.S. continues to look for an exit strategy, the government the Americans helped create and the infrastructure they designed are being tested. Approx. 60 min. Color

Frontline 1983- 2006

230 Lost in Translation An American movie star filming a whiskey ad in Japan strikes up a surprising friendship with the wife of a workaholic photographer.

Sofia Coppola 2003

279 Lucie Aubrac (DVD) The movie highlights the relationship between Lucie and Raymond, and their and others’ heroism in battle. Historians still debate whether, in reality, the Aubracs became turncoats and betrayed Jean Moulin (“Max”). Moulin, the Resistance’s mastermind and most famous hero, subsequently died without speaking at the hands of notorious Gestapo officer and torturer Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyons”.

Claude Berri

325 Lumumba (DVD) Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK. Lumumba is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. Approx. 115 min. Color Surround sound.

JBA Production 2000

115 Lyndon B. Johnson (VHS)

A biography

227 Madame Butterfly The heart-wrenching story of a beautiful young geisha who sacrifices her family, her religion and, ultimately, her life for her American husband.

Frederic Mitterrand 1995

232 Magdalene Sisters The true stories of several young Irish women sentenced to indefinite penal servitude in the Magdalene Laundries, which were operated by the Catholic Church's Sisters of Mercy.

2004

514 MAKERS (Women Who Make America)

Tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy in the last 50 years. It’s a revolution that has unfolded in public and private, in courts, and Congress, in the Boardroom and the bedroom, changing not only what the world expects from women, but what women expect from themselves.

Kunhardt Mcgee

2013

400 Making of African History: Old Paths and New Directions (The)

Lecture: Allen F. Isaacman September 17, 2009

HC 2009

416 Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (The)

This powerful story of postwar hopes and dreams, from Sloan Wilson’s best-seller, resonated with many men and their families Approx. 1 hr 52 min. Color

20 C Fox 2005

Man For All Seasons The story of Henry VIII’s conflict with Sir Thomas More and his campaign to be named head of the Church of England. Oscar winner - Best Picture 1966

1966

104 Man who would be King (The) VHS

Two British sergeants set out to build their own Empire in remote Kafiristan.-based on the Rudyard Kipling story

33 Manon of the Spring (English subtitles)

sequel to Jean de Florette 113 minutes (copy) Claude Berri 1987

440 Mandela A captivating view on the incredible spirit of one of the world’s most fascinating people. This full-length documentary follows Nelson Mandela from his early days and tribal education to his election as South Africa’s first black president.

2006

536 Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary journey to becoming one of history’s most iconic figures. The film chronicles his early life, education, marriage to Winnie Mandela and 27 year prison sentence before becoming South Africa’s first democratically elected president and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society. Approx. 141 Mins.

2014

603 Man Who would be King (The)

The Empire was built by men like these two. Now they’re out to build their own empire, venturing into remote Kafiristan to become rich as kings.

Columbia Pictures 2003

463 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (The) 2 discs.

1.

2.

“This is the Wes, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print The legend. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance rides into town as a classic entry in the Paramount Centennial Collection.

Commentary by Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, along with his archival recordings with John Ford and James Stewart.

The size of Legends, The Soul of Myth: 7-Part Featurette. 123 min. B&W

Paramount 1962

546 Manos de la Obra: The True Story of Operation Bootstrap

Examines Puerto Rico's `Operation Bootstrap,' the highly vaunted economic development plan undertaken in the 1950s to provide a role model for economic development throughout Latin America. Using newsreels, rare archival photos and footage, numerous interviews, and excerpts from government propaganda films, it examines the historical background to Operation Bootstrap, from the 1930s through the rise to power of Luiz Munoz Marin and the Popular Democratic Party in the 1940s, to the '60s when U.S. officials proudly displayed Puerto Rico as the `Showcase of the Americas.' Black and White 59 Mins.

Pedro River & Susan Zeig

1980

520 Mapantsula The story centers on panic (Mogotlane), a pretty thief who Has to decide between survival and personal gain, or supporting his cellmates, freedom fighters against Apartheid government. In flashbacks, we see the Panic robs white passersby in downtown Johannesburg b day, then bullies rival criminals at night and tries to stay one step ahead of his landlady , all the while mooching off his put-upon girlfriend, who herself is trying to maintain employment despite his plotting and intrusions. Panic’s past and present converge in a series of events and eventually he is arrested while passing by an anti-apartheid protest. What transpires next mirrors the struggle in Panic’s mind as he is forced to decide whether to help the government or his countrymen.

Newsreel 1988

28 Marat Sade A play depicting the infamous Marquis de Sade directing His fellow asylum mates in a re-enactment of the assassination of French Revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat.

Peter Brook 1967

537 Marie Antoinette Her name has become synonymous with the French Monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simplistic tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke the uprising that became the French Revolution. Approx. 120 min.

David Grubin

168 Martin Luther A detailed biography of a complex and fascinating man; it Is an enlightening testament to the role of faith in all our lives? (105 min., black and white)

Simitar Entertainment

1996

306 Martin Luther King, Jr. “The Man and the Dream” (Biography) VHS

Biography revisits the life and legacy of the legendary leader through interviews with his confidants, and extensive analysis of his speeches and sermons. Through interviews with former FBI agents, discover why J. Edgar Hoover maintained constant surveillance on the controversial Civil Rights leader. And interviews with King’s allies offer a first-person view of the conflict between the private man and the public figure. Approx. 50 min. Color.

A & E’s 1997

121 Mary Silliman’s War This film, which is based on Joy Day Buel and Richard Buel’s The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America (New York: Norton, 1984), focuses on the war-time experiences of Mary (Fish) Silliman (1736-1818), particularly an incident in which Loyalist raiders captured her second husband, Gold Selleck Silliman.

321 Master and Commander (DVD)

After a sneak attack by a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his vessel, Captain “Lucky” is torn between duty and friendship as he embarks on a thrilling, high- stakes chase across two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy at any cost. 138 min. Color

Home Entertainment

2003

172 Maxine Hong Kingston Films for the Humanities

526 Medicine Game (The) Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse for national powerhouse Syracuse University. The obstacles in their way are frequent and daunting, but their love for the game, each other, and their family’s unyielding determination, propels these youth towards their dream. Approx. 70 min.

CPB Shipped by WBM

2013

135 Messengers form Moscow

Formerly high-ranking Soviet officials speak candidly about their attempts to gain Germany and Western Europe after WWII, based on Stalin’s agenda.

Daniel Wolf 1995

158 Mexico, the Nation Copy 443 Mexico, The Frozen

Revolution

Disc 1: a. Mexico the Frozen Revol. (50 min). b. The Land Burns. c. It Happened in Huafin.

Disc 2: a. The Traitors b. Our Malvinas Islands c. Pottery makers

Disc 3: a.Swift b.Don’t Forget, Don’t Forgive c.The AAA Are the Armed Forces d.They Kill Me if I don’t Work, and if I work they Kill Me

In 1976, he was abducted and thrown into a concentration camp by Argentina’s military dictatorship, then tortured and murdered.

Facets Video 2010

275 Michael Collins (DVD) Ireland, 1916. His dreams inspired hope. His words ignited passion. His courage forged a Nation’s Destiny. The man is a here whose fighting tactics became a model for other 20th-century struggles, a statesman who negotiated Ireland’s break with England, a political martyr slain for the great cause he lived and breathed. Feature: 133 mins. Documentary: 51 mins.

Green Pictures 1996

539 Midnight in Paris Is a romantic comedy set in Paris about family that goes there because of business and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall, have experiences there that change their lives. It’s about a young man’s great love for a city, Paris. And the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better.

Gravier Productions

2011

519 Midwife’s Tale (A) Unfolds like a detective story—the true tale of two women, 200 years apart, linked by the massive yet cryptic diary one of them left behind. The world of frontier midwife Martha Ballard. Color Approx. 88 minutes

PBS 2005

255 Mighty Times The legacy of Rosa Parks – “The Only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks sparked a revolution by sitting still. Her simple act of defiance against racial segregation on city buses inspired the African American community of Montgomery, Alabama, to unite against the segregationists who ran City Hall.

Hudson & Houston 2002

457 Milk Based on the inspiring true story of the first openly gay man elected to major public office, this compelling film follows Milk’s powerful journey to inspire hope for equal rights during one of the least toleant time sin our nation’s history.

Universal Studios 2008

297 MindWalk (VHS) Somehow it happens. A conversation begins, then the magic of interaction and the fever of ideas take over. The next thing you know, your train stoop is miles back. Or the restaurant is empty and the waiter is gone. Or the sun seeps into your dormroom. You’ve taken a Mindwalk. You’re different than when you began.

Paramount 1990

349 Miracle Worker (The) Locked in frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness since infancy. 7-year old Helen Keller has never seen the sky, heard her mother’s voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch-the only tool they have in common – and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light. Approx. 106 min. B&W

Metro Goldwyn Myer

1962

324 265 Man vs. machine! And the winner is every comedy fan when Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp confronts assembly line woes in this classic chosen in 1998 as one of the American Film Institute’s Top-100 American Films. Approx. 83 min. B&W.

Warner Bros. 2003

77 Monarchy - Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth R - Royals

(copy) A look at the life and legacy of Elizabeth II and her administration

265 Mondovino Across three continents, “Mondovino” weaves together the family succession sagas of billionaire Napa Valley power brokers, the rivalry of two aristocratic Florentine dynasties and the efforts of three generations of a Burgundian family fighting to preserve their few acres of land. But are all these struggles secondary to the exploits of a gleefully mischievous pirate from Bordeaux who spreads the gospel of modernity from Italy to New York to Argentina?

THINKFilm 2005

92 Moonstruck A romantic comedy about love and jealousy in an Italian- American family from Brooklyn (107 minutes)

1987

563 Morning Sun Vol. I Vol II

A brilliant portrait of China’s Great Proletarian Culture Revolution of the 1960s and 70s.

Long Bow Group. USA

344 Motherland Afghanistan Sedika Mojadidi, camera in hand accompanies her father in order to document this most difficult yet rewarding journey. The result is Motherland Afghanistan, an inspiring portrait of the dedication and fortitude in some of the most harsh and unforgiving physical, political and cultural terrain on Earth.

74 Min. Color, English and Dari w/English subtitles

FRF 2006

83 Mother Theresa Shot over 5 years in 10 countries and 4 continents, this film makes us experience how Mother Theresa transcended all political, religious, and social barriers with her works of love.

8 Motion Picture History of the Korean War

Documentary on the Korean War with archival footage 1986

198 Mr. Lawrence Color; 122 min.East meets West in this brutal tale to survive. A bleak and barren Japanese P.O.W. camp is the setting for this gripping WWII drama.

1983

188 Mrs. Miniver (VHS)

DVD

A grand wartime soap opera that garnered six Oscars. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon are the heads of an average British family who must keep their brood together during the German Blitz. (134 min, B&W)

2 World War II-ERA Shorts

William Wyler

Greer Carson

1942

2004

486 Motorcycle Diaries (The)

Thrilling adventure that traces the youthful origins of a revolutionary spirit. The film follows two daring friends, Ernest “Che” Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal, Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna), who hop on the back of a beat-up motorcycle for a breathtaking and exciting road trip across Latin America.

South Fork Films 2004

396 Moulin Rouge As a dwarf, Toulouse-Lautrec believes he’s too ugly to ever fall in love. So he loses himself in painting. and cognac. A fixture at Paris’ infamous turn-of-the-century Moulin Rouge nightclub, Lautrec meets a girl from the street who then breaks his heart. Luckily, newfound artistic success, copious amounts of drink, and friendship with a new woman keep him alive. Will he be able to mend his broken heart in time to recognize the true love now starring him in the face? Approx. 1.59 min. Color

MGM 1952

598 Music Room (The) 2 DVDs

Satyajit Ray brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat desperately clinging to a fading way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years-now a shadow of its former vivid self. An incandescent depiction of the class between tradition and modernity, and a showcase for some of India’s most popular musicians of the day. Approx. 99 minutes (B&W) English subtitles

Satyajit Ray 1958

132 Mussolini A documentary on the leadership and accomplishments of The Italian fascist dictator; viewers will gain significant insight into the popularity of Mussolini both in Italy and abroad before the invasion of Abyssinia.

ca. 1935

370 My Voyage to Italy 2 DVDs

With My Voyage to Italy, Scorsese takes the viewer on a Fascinating journey highlighting the classics of Italian cinema, from the neorealism of postwar Italy through its transition into opulent period drama and surrealist fantasy. Illuminated by insightful movie clips and his own impassioned commentary, Scorsese’s deeply personal observations offer not only an absorbing lesson in the History of Italian film, but its direct connection to the best in contemporary filmmaking. Approx. 246 min. Color and B/W

Martin Scorsese Pictures

2002

498 Namesake (The) A young Indian boy living in New Jersey rebels against his Traditional parents and struggles with identity and love.

2007

343 Napoleon Bonaparte The Glory of France Approx. 50 mins. Color & BW

A&E 2002

4 Napoleon (with Orson Welles)

Drama reenacting the career of the great French dictator From early victories to defeat at Waterloo. -final years of St. Helena -119 minutes

Directed by Sacha Guitry

1985

167 Napoleon: The Epic Life of the Great French Leader (2 tapes)

This biography follows the life of the great Napoleon Bonaparte—from his beginnings in military school to his final days on the island of St. Helena. (115 min.)

Simitar Entertainment

1996

399 National Parks (The) 6 DVDs

1 2 3 4 5 6

A six part documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan Approx. 12.5 hours

The Scripture of Nature The Last Refuge The Empire of Grandeur Going Home Great Nature The Morning of Creation

PBS ®2009

319 National Soul (the) (VHS)

Bill Moyers discusses myths, morality, and ethics in American life with several prominent American thinkers. Novelist E. L. Doctorow, historian Barbara Tuchman, playwright August Wilson, child behavior specialist T. berry Brazelton, and others address issues such as racism, sexism, America’s loss of moral purpose, and the disintegration of the American family. 91 min. Color.

Films for the Humanities and Sciences

1992

328 New York 8 DVD’s Series

An elegant, lyrical and compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities. This definite series chronicles the history of New York from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world. Approx. 120 min. Color/BW

PBS 1999

517 New World (The) Powhatan tribal people in wonder as three ships approach shore… It’s a story every schoolchild knows. Approx 172 Mins.; color

Warner Bros. 2008

444 Nicaragua (No Pasaran) In 1978 the revolutionary Sandinista movement came to government after 43 years of organizsed resistance and the death of 50,000 Nicaraguans. For years Nicaraguans had suffered under the brutal dictatorship of General Samosa. Approx. 73 mins.

David Bradbury Film

1984

592 Night of the Generals (The)

In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a prostitute is savagely murdered, and three generals are the main suspects. To complicate matters, one of them is involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler!

Approx. 144 Minutes

Sony 1966

557 Night of the Pencils (The)

Is a 1986 Argentine historical drama film directed by Héctor Olivera and written by Olivera and Daniel Kon. It is based on the non-fiction book by María Seoane and Héctor Ruiz Núñez.[1] It stars Alejo García Pintos, Vita Escardó, Leonardo Sbaraglia, José María Monje, Pablo Machado, Adriana Salonia and Héctor Bidonde.

The film based on the actual events recorded in history as

Toronto Film Festival 1976

116 Nixon A biography 165 Nixon: Deep Secrets

From Capitol Hill (2 tapes)

This fascinating portrait of Richard Nixon tells the story of the rise & fall of this president, through his political career, capturing Nixon’s most controversial moments through his own speeches and archival footage. (90 min.)

Dan Dalton Prod. 1995

11 Normandy Invasion Documentary on D-day -details of the preparation for that battle

1986

405 Nuremberg (DVD) American Judge Dan Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of “legalizing” Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood to make the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career. Approx. 3 hours and 6 min. B&W

MGM 19961

601 Npbepka World War II (Russian DVD) Alexander German 2005

569 Odette Tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is dispatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly mission working for the French Resistance, her cover is blown and Odette is captured and interrogated by ruthless Gestapo officers. But, even after being brutally tortured and sentenced to death in a concentration camp, Odette still refuses to reveal any information concerning her original mission and her fellow spies. Approx. 113 mins. B&W

Studio Canal 1950

549 Objects and Memory Objects and Memory reminds us all how precious memories cling tenaciously to ordinary things, offering shared moments across cultural boundaries and historical time. 62 minutes, color

Jonathan Fein 2014

62 Official Story (copy) 549 Objects and Memory Objects and Memory reminds us all how precious memories

cling tenaciously to ordinary things, offering shared moments across cultural boundaries and historical time. 62 minutes, color

Jonathan Fein 2014

408 Oileán Thoraí (DVD) Captures the changing patterns of life on Tory. It’s an intimate portrayal, exploring the lives of the islanders, their character and community. With striking landscape photography and intimate contemporary interviews this documentary blends music, storytelling, art and song while exploring the idea of spatiality, isolation, community and identity. 53 mins.

Harvest Films 2002

464

Once Upon a time in the West

Description: Situated in the days of the “Old West”, three gunmen- a hired killer who ruthlessly slaughters an entire family, an infamous bandit who is accused of that family’s murder, and a mysterious loner on a mission to get vengeance on a secret grudge, battle to control water in their dusty desert town.

Paramount Pictures

1969

98 Operation Desert Storm: Behind the Scenes of the Allied Air Strike on Iraq

A comprehensive look at the planning, preparation, and implementation of one of the most complex military operations in history. (48 min.)

317 One, Two, Three A top-ranking executive stationed in West Berlin, is charged with the care of his boss’ visiting daughter. But when he learns that she’s gone and married a fierce young communist -- and that his boss will be arriving in town in 24 hours – Mac must transform the unwilling beatnik into a suitable son-in-law or risk losing his chance for advancement! Before you can say “one, two, three,” his plans have spun out of control and into an international incident that could infuriate the Russians, the Germans, and, worse of all, his own suspicious wife. Approx. 1 hour 45 min. B&W

Home Entertainment

1961

351 On A Clear Day You Can See Boston

The city of Boston became the great focal point for those fleeing the Irish Famine of the 1850s. They worked incredibly hard to establish themselves, and became the first immigrant group in post-Colonial times to achieve a political foothold. Approx. 52 minutes.

Films for the Humanities

2006

373 On Our Watch : The World Said “Never Again” Then Came Darfur

The world invoked its vow “Never Again!” after the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica. Then came Darfur. Over the past four years at least 200,000 people have been killed, 2.5 million driven from their homes, and mass rapes have once more been used as a weapon of war in a brutal campaign by janjaweed militias and the Sudanese government against civilians in Darfur. Approx. 60 minutes – color

PBS Home Video 2007

381 On the Beach The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the US submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radiation.The cloud is lethal. The final chapter of human history is coming to a close. Approx. 2 hours 14 mins. B&W

Home Entertainment

1959

226 Oratorio For Prague A unique document of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968- only filmed record of the event.

Jan Nemec 1990

295 Organizing America – The History of Trade Unions

Using interviews, personal accounts, and archival footage, this program investigates the major events in the history of American trade unions, from the formation of the first

Films for the Humanities & Sciences

2004

“friendly societies” in the 18th century, to the challenges posed by new technologies in the 1980s and 90s. (38 minutes, color)

178 Origin and Development of NATO (The)

NATO & Warsaw Pact alliances are studied; NATO’s Cold War policy of containment; The Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, China’s shift to communism, & Korean Conflict. (21 minutes, color)

Films for the Humanities

1999

314 Orphan Trains (the) (DVD)

In the mid-1800s, 10,000 homeless children prowled the streets of New York City – sleeping in stairwells, in stables, or on the docks. In 1853, a young minister, Charles Loring Brace, organized an ambitious rescue effort to remove then from their surroundings and send them by train to Christian homes in the country. Between 1854 and 1929, his Children’s Aid Society in New York, and other East Coast charities, sent more than 150,000 children to farming communities to begin new lives with foster families. Using poignant interviews with elderly survivors, and century-old letters from children, The Orphan Trains explores the successes and failures of this little known, but highly influential resettlement movement. Approx. 60 min. Color and B&W

PBS 1995

106 Osaka Elegy Theme of “money talks, men whine, and women do the dirty work” -depiction of Japanese society’s treatment of women

606 Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School

Imagine you are a child, taken from your home, your family, taken from everything you know. In 1869 the U.S. government enacted a policy of educating Native American children in the ways of western society. By the late 1960’s more than 100,000 had been forced to attend Indian Boarding School.

Rich-Heape Films, Inc.

2018

50 Out of Africa VHS

This romantic film depicts life in Kenya, circa 1914. Sydney Pollack 1985

535 Outrage Boldly revealing the hidden lives of some of the US’ most powerful policymakers, Outrage takes a comprehensive look at the harm they’ve inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media’s complicity in keeping their secrets. Outrage probes deeply into the psychology of this double lifestyle, the ethics of outing closeted politicians, the double standards that the media upholds in its coverage of the sex lives of gay public figures, and much more. Approx. 89 mins. Color

Magnolia 2009

75 P.O.W.: Days of Waiting

(Part A)

A Personal Matter - Gordon Hirabayashi vs. The U.S. (Part B)

Story of the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, told by a white American woman who joined her Japanese-American husband in one of the camps.

Japanese-Americans redress campaign to win a formal apology and monetary compensation from the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights by forcing them into internment camps during WWII. (copies)

76

428 Paisan (Part of a Ttrilogy of Wars)

Italians and their American liberators, this look at the struggles of different cultures to communicate and of people to live their everyday lives in extreme circumstances its equal parts charming sentiment and vivid reality. 125 mins. B&W, English subtitles

1945

571 Paul Simon Graceland (CD/DVD)Under Africa Skies

25th Anniversary Edition Graceland Journey

WGBH A&E India Films

2012

398 Paraguayan War (The) Was the result of Paraguay’s attempt to transform from a buffer state into a full-fledged regional power . This required dominating Uruguay to secure access to the sea, leading to ill-considered invasions of that country as well as the vastly larger Argentina and Brazil.

Denis Wright ®2009

485 Paris 1900: La belle époque (Documentary)

A documentary which uses original silent film footage on Paris at the time of the 1900 World’s Fair and provides glimpses of French politics and culture at the turn of the century. (75 min.)

Director- Nicole Vedrès

1947

35 Passage to India (DVD)

Based on Forster’s classic, this presentation depicts class issues in colonial India via the interactions of a number of characters.

David Lean 1984

560 Passchendaele When sergeant Michael Dunne is wounded in battle during World War 1, he is sent home to Calgary, Alberta. While recovering from his injuries, he becomes enamored with Sarah Mann, a beautiful young nurse. Sarah’s brother, David, desperately want to follow in Michael’s heroic footsteps in order to impress his girlfriend’s father, but he is not able to enlist because of his asthma. When strings are pulled and David is allowed to join the ranks, Michael finds himself fighting for the safety of the young man, for the heart of his true love, and for his own survival. Approx. 115 min., Color

Echo Bridge 2010

573 Passion of Joan of Arc (The)

Film of the young maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to have been lost to fire. The original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981 – in a Norwegian mental institution.

Criterion Collection

1985-1999

176 Path of Chinese Privatization (the)

Two Communist Party officials cruise the dusty streets of Ma Bei village in a new Cadillac. Welcome to China, 1997. Fueled by profits from private businesses, the town is booming, while at a plant up the road thousands of workers, formerly protected under the communist system, may lose their jobs under privatization. Similar situations are developing all over China, and officials are worried that workers may revolt. So they’ve come up with a uniquely Chinese solution: industries will gradually phase in privatization, letting fear of worker unrest dictate the pace. Original BBC broadcast title: A Very Chinese Solution. (49 minutes, color)

23 Paths of Glory-Stanley Kubrick

Safe in their picturesque chateu behind the front lines, the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission, the attack is doomed to failure. Covering up their fatal blunder, the Generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers, charging them with cowardice and mutiny. Dax, a lawyer in civilian life, rises to the men’s defense but soon realizes that, unless he can prove that the Generals were to blame, nothing less than a miracle will save his clients from the firing squad. 1hr. and 27 minutes black and white

1957

189 Patton (DVD) Riveting portrait of one of the 20th Century’s greatest military geniuses. About the only Allied general Nazis truly feared. His character and volatile personality he could never defeat. (color. 171 mins)

Franklin J. Schaffner

1970

221 Pearl Harbor An “extraordinary” reenactment of the attack that “jolted America into WWII.” Explored through the lives of three fictional characters- two pilots and a military nurse.

Michael Bay 2001

206 People Power In 1991, the Communist Party lost control of the Soviet Union, the culmination of a process that had started in 1980. Meanwhile, dictatorships toppled in Africa, S. America, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. The people took on the state in a show of mass defiance, grasping for long-denied freedoms. Color & B&W; 1 hour.

WGBH Boston 1998

152 People’s Century, The Episode #109 - 1933: The Master Race Episode #119 - 1965: The Great Leap

Focuses on Nazism in Germany from its political triumph through the policy of genocide and the defeat of the Axis powers. Focuses on the Chinese Revolution (1949-53), the Great Lead forward (1953-61), the second period of revolution culminating in the Cultural Revolution (1962-76), and the post-Mao period and “market socialism”.

545 Phillips, Cary Orator Lannan

574 Pilgrims They were the least likely of task forces for establishing a

PBS 2015 423 Peter Jennings Town

Hall with Gorbachev and Yeltsen (3DVDs)

Documentary SPBC0932A (9/5/91)

ABCNews 1991

518 Platoon Is a harrowingly realistic war film and “a dark, unforgettable memorial” to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Color/120 Mins.

MGM

55 Pompeii Revealed (30 minutes) A look at the archaeological uncovering of Pompeii and its well-preserved remains.

159 Poncho Villa Copy

331 Power of Art (DVD) Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. “This is not a saunter through the gallery on a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a Grand Tour of Beauty through the ages. Instead, it is a descent into the volcano of the creative imagination, into the fires where some of the greatest things humans have ever wrought were fashioned." Simon Schama. Appr. 400 min. Color

BBC Video 2007

491 Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Courage. The untold story of the everyday women who brought a warring antion to its senses..l armed only with the courage of their convictions.

Fork Films 2008

9 Prelude to War Documentary on the events between 1931-1939 -development of dictatorships -contrasts free societies with totalitarian government

1986

32 Presidential Campaign Ads

A look at how political strategists come up with propaganda in Presidential elections. (not in the video cabinet)

550 Perestroika (My) When the USSR broke apart in 1991, a generation of young people faced a new realm of possibilities. An intimate epic about the extraordinary lives of this last Soviet generation.

Docuramafilms 2011

605 Pride It’s the summer of 1984 and much of blue-collar Great Britain is on strike. For one tiny Welsh village, the strike brings unexpected visitors – a group of London-based activists who decide to raise money to suppor5t the strikers’ families and want to make their donation in person. In this feel-good, heartwarming comedy, two groups seemingly from worlds apart, discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all. Approx 120 min. Color

BBC Films 2014

259 Pride of the Yankees (The)

Lou Gehrig’s boyhood dreams come true when he signs on with the New York Yankees and takes the field alongside his idol, Babe Ruth. In fact, Lou considers himself “the luckiest man in the world” …until unthinkable misfortune strikes, and he must summon all his courage to face his toughest battle yet. Aprox. 2 hrs. and 8 min. B&W

Samuel Godwyn 1942

547 Princess Mononoke Animated. Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest’s animal’s gods… who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves!

Nibariki 2013

13 Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

(copy)

284 Prisoner of Honor The True Story of the Scandal That Shocked the World From the Oxcar Nominated Director of Women in Love. At the close of the 19th Century French Army Captian Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason. Stripped of his rank in a humiliating ceremony and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. But Upon further investigation by Col. Georges Picquart was uncovered that may have condemned an innocent man. For the next decade, Picquart would risk his career and his life to expose the truth behind the Dreyfus Affair, the shocking saga of anti=Semitism and treason that divided France set the stage for the First World War and became one of the most notorious cases of criminal injustice in history. Color 86 min.

HBO Pictures 284

291 Prisoner of the Mountains (DVD)

Two Russian soldiers – a fresh recruit named Vanya and a hardened veteran named Sasha – are taken hostage by Chechen guerillas after a deadly ambush leaves all of their comrades dead. Their captor, a battle-weary village elder, wants to use them as a bartering tool to get back his own son, held prisoner by the Russian army. But when the trade goes sour and all trust is broken, Vanya and Sasha realize their hours are numbered and attempt to escape before they’re force to join their comrades in death. Approx. 1.39 min. Color

World Films 1996

153 Propaganda Wars, The America & Japan used heavy propaganda to win the support of their citizens during WWII. This movie examines the techniques used-newsreels, training films, and feature productions- and looks at their messages, styles and their impact.

A & E Home Video

1994

450 Promised Land Follows two black communities in South Africa that are trying to get land back from which their ancestors were removed. The land is currently owned by white landowners and through their stories, the epic battle over land and race is played out with very real consequences for all sides. Approx. 53 mins.

PBS 2010

209 Public Enemy (The) Bristling with ‘20s style, dialogue & desperation, this film is a virtual time capsule of the Prohibition era. Stars James Cagney

489 Quartier Mozart History/African Studies California Newsreel

1992

262 Queen Victoria’s Empire (2 VHS tapes)

Under Queen Victoria, the force of England’s industrial and military power propelled the British Empire to its zenith. Prime Ministers Gladstone and Disraeli, and adventurers such as Livingstone and Rhodes, shaped a distinctively British imperialism. Donald Sutherland narrates this EMPIRES special, which uses personal accounts and historical reenactments in Britain, India, and Africa to reveal the frequent clash of personality and culture that would mark Victoria’s reign. It is the story of how a small island nation would come to control three- fourths of the world’s trade and one-fifth of its population in one of the greatest empires the world has known. Running Time: approx. 219 min. B&W

Brook Lapping Productions for PBS

2001

223

223A

Quiet American (the)

(Quiet American (the) (2 DVDs)

Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American finds himself in a dangerous love triangle after falling for the mistress of a British journalist.

In 1952 Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An idealistic young American champions a shadowy Third Force, but cynical British journalist is concerned only with the American’s interest in his mistress. When jealousy forces Fowler to take sides at last, the personal and political consequences are devastating.

Philip Noyce

Metro Golmeyer Home Entertainment

2002

1958

207 Quiet Man (The) Sean Thornton played John Wayne is an American prizefighter who swears off boxing. Coming back to the Irish town of his birth, a challenge to box becomes an issue. 130 mins.

585 Questions for the Moon

Vietnam Play Karen Turner 3/2016

220 Rabbit-Proof Fence Set in Australia during a time when the government established a policy that trained aboriginal children as domestic workers in order to integrate them into white society. Follows a group of girls during their 1,500 mile journey to escape Australian authorities.

Philip Noyce 2002

20 Radio Priest Spanish Civil War

2 separate programs, 55 and 50 minutes in length, looks at the role of missionaries during the Spanish Civil

War.(copies) 218 Ran Re-telling of King Lear mixes Japanese history,

Shakespeare’s plot and Kurosawa’s own feelings about loyalty in this epic masterpiece. Color; 160. Japanese w/ English subtitles.

Akira Kurosawa 1998

584 Rashomon Briming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious us of camera flashbacks. Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world.

Criterion 2002

205 Reagan (DVD) Part I and Part II

Heroic lifeguard, Hollywood heartthrob, fervent ideologue, & pragmatic politician. Revered for ending the Cold War, Reagan was criticized for his lax handling of the Iran-Contra affair. Biography of a seemingly simple yet complex leader. 4 hours; color

WGBH Boston 1998

528 Rebel Without a Cause

(2 discs – DVDs)

James Dean plays the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens-and still reverberate 50 years later.

Warner Bros. 2005

502 Rebuilding Hope : Sudan’s Lost Boys Return Home

Sudanese children who fled their homes in South Sudan due to civil war now return in their twenties to discover whether their villages and families have survived, what the country’s current situation is, and how they can help their community rebuild after decades of devastating civil war. 78 minutes/color

Cinema Libre Distribution

2009

242 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War

Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, this movie tracks the stories of ordinary Americans as they struggle to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down.

PBS DVD GOLD 242

312 Red Empire (VHS – 7 Tapes)

Nicholas and Alexandra rule a massive empire, one sixth the world’s land mass, 150 million people of 100 different nationalities. Life is hard and the workers discontent. Moisei Muravnik, now 99 years old, recalls the Siberian Goldfields strike of 1912 that ignites the worker’s movement. As the People protest, Tsar Nicholas takes command of the army while his wife consorts with the holy man, Rasputin. The stage is set for change as the words of Lenin ring out across the country-side. The revolution has begun!

Vestron Video 1994

307 Red Files (DVD) Exposes fascinating views of history from the Soviet perspective. Featuring powerful interviews with key Soviet participants, never-before seen film archives and declassified dossiers, the series tells compelling stories of personal and political intrigue that were hidden behind the Iron Curtain for generations. Approx. 240 min. Color/B&W

PBS 1999

509 REDS Tells the story of John Reed, American communist, journalist and activist, whose love affair with writer/feminist Louise Bruant unfolds against the explosive backdrop of the Russian Revolution. Approx. 195 min. -- Color

Paramount 1981

404 Regeneration Young Romance (DVD)

Is a powerful slum melodrama produced in 1915 on location on the lower East Side of New York City, with a gaggle of authentic low-life types performing alongside professional actors. The gangsters in REGENERATION aren’t Mafiosi; they are two-bit street corner hoodlums trapped by their cirmustances.

B&W 130 Mins.

Blackhawk Films 1995/1996 /2001

551 Regeneration (Europe) In the midst of WWI, Edinburgh’s Craiglockhart Hospital is crowded with traumatized soldiers scarred by the horrors of battle. 96 min./Color

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

2010

320 Religious Fundamentalism

A preaching television evangelist; an Amish family in the PA country side; the fiery disaster in Waco, TX; the World Trade Center bombing; political candidate Pat Robertson; Jewish settlers on Israel’s West Bank. Religious fundamentalism is everywhere in the world today. This program examines this phenomenon, explaining what it is, where it came from, and how it influences the American

Films for the Humanities and Sciences

1995

notion of the separation of church and state. In addition, the program explores the impact of religious fundamentalism on American society and on our organized religions as well. 29 min. Color.

17 Return of Martin Guerre (with English subtitles)

The trials of Martin Guerre, a medieval character who fights for his identity after a long absence.

Daniel Vigne 1982

261 RFK

In Part One:

In Part Two:

New biography from RFK written and directed by David Grubin for American Experience, takes as its theme lines from Aeschylus that Kennedy could recite from memory: “He who learns must suffer.”

The Garish Sun, RK devotes himself to his glamorous brother John, suppressing his own ambitions for the sake of the Kennedy name.

The Awful Grace of God, after an assassin’s bullet takes his brother’s life, RFK is bereft, not only of a brother he loved, but a role that had given meaning to his life.

B?W approx. 120 min.

David Grubin 2004

213 Rhapsodies in Black (music cds)

Music and words from the Harlem Renaissance 4 discs 2000

139 Richard III Laurence Olivier’s third Shakespeare adaptation, a treatment of the ruthless tyrant who seizes his throne and wages war at Bosworth

Daniel Mann 1955

266 Richard Nixon: Biography

His political savvy took him to the height of governmental power. Corrupt political practices caused him to suffer a humiliating fall and ultimately cost him the presidency. B&W and color. Approx. 100 mins.

A&E 2005

259 Rise of the Dragon (The) (2 DVDs)

PBS 1990

133 Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire

The story of the Aztecs from their humble beginnings to their rise as the dominant culture in Mexico and their annihilation at the hands of Cortes and the Spanish.

146 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (parts 1 and 2)

Rarely seen film, photos, posters, and secret vaults of the USSR.

228 Rising Sun (VHS) & DVD

A special liaison officer and a detective are called in to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation.

Philip Kaufman 1993

462 Riverdance Exploded onto the American scene back in the 1990s, inspiring a Celtic-themed renaissance that is still going strong today! Now you can relive all the glory of this truly inspired music and dance phenomenon with this incredible re-issue of the famed troupe’s immortal 1995 performance recorded live at Radio City Music Hall.

BBC Video 2008

199 Road to Brown (the) B+W. 50 min. Story about segregation and the brilliant legal campaign against it which helped to launch the Civil Rights Movement.

216 Robespierre: The New Man

45 minutes

428 Rome Open City (Part of a Ttrilogy of Wars)

Is a shockingly authentic experience, conceived and directed amid the ruin of World War II, with immediacy in every frame. Marking a watershed moment in Italian cinema, this galvanic work garnered awards around the globe and left the beginnings of a new film movement in its wake. 103 mins. B&W, English subtitles

Janus Films 1946

136 Romero The story of Archbishop Oscar Romero and his struggle against social injustices in El Salvador-a fight that ultimately led to his assassination in 1980.

John Duigan 1989

97 Rommel: The Afrika Korps

Depicts Rommel’s relentlessness against British and American troops in North Africa during WWI. (60 minutes)

53 Room of One’s Own, A A dramatic recreation of the lecture by Virginia Woolf at Girton College in 1923 on which her book of this title is based. Eileen Atkins is Virginia Woolf. 55 min. (Dinand Library Video 238)

Patrick Garland 1980

378 Roots of African Civilization (The)

Tells the amazing story of the art, culture, history and civilizations of ancient West Africa. And it points to evidence of these ancient cultures in the lives of African Americans today. Approx. 25 min.

Knowledge Unlimited, Inc.

1996

298 Russia Land of the (2vol. DVDs)

Illuminates the imperial past of the world’s largest nation. At the heart of this epic tale are the figures whose names have become legend: Ivan the Terrible, who expanded the empire at the rate of 50 miles-and innumerable lives-a-day; Peter the Great, whose sweeping reforms westernized the nation; and Catherine the Great, whose rule was marked by conquest, change and controversy. Aprox. 200 min. + extras

The History Channel

2003

310 Russia’s War “Blood Upon the Snow” (VHS set of 5)

It brings to life the story of the people of the Soviet Union during World War II who struggled to survive the tyrannical reign of Joseph Stalin. A compelling story of dictatorship, bloody battles, and endless courage as the Soviet people combat not only Hitler and the German Army, but their own leader as well.

PBS 1995

481 S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

In 1975-79, almost two million Cambodians lost their lives to murder and famine when the Khmer Rouge forced the urban populations into the countryside to fulfill their ideal of an agrarian utopia. The notorious detention center code named ‘S21’ was the schoolhouse-turned prison where 17,000 men, women and children were tortured and killed, their “crimes” meticulously documented to justify their execution 101 min., color

First Run Features 2003

71 S.O.S. Titanic Fact and fiction dramatize the lives of the ill-fated ship’s passengers. (180 minutes)

Billy Hale 1979

311

309

Sacco & Vanzetti (DVD) Portuguese/Italian Sacco & Vanzetti

Reconstituted story of two Italian immigrants accused of murder and sentenced in 1921 in U.S. by some anarquists and sentenced to death. This was one of the most famous trials of the 20th Century.

Aversatil

History Channel

2004

1988

140 Saint Joan Based on George Bernard Shaw’s drama, Jean Seberg Makes her debut as Joan of Arc.

Otto Preminger 1957

151 Saints and Sinners (6 Vols)

Explores the many challenges facing the Roman Catholic Church. Traces the Church from when it became the official religion of the early Roman Empire, through its history, to a look to the future.

30 Salvador An account of a photojournalist’s experiences in capturing and exposing the brutality of the Civil War in El Salvador

Oliver Stone 1985

355 Sand Creek Massacre (The)

Is an award-winning examination of an open wound in the souls of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people as told from their perspective.

Olympus Film 2006

190 Sand Pebbles (the) (VHS) & DVD

A U.S. gunboat stationed in 1920s China is used in a power game between rival warlords in this sprawling adventure saga. Steve McQueen stars as a sailor who must buck his superiors when he sees their mission being endangered. (179 min,color)

Robert Wise 1966

583 A Separation Is about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin want to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Her request for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer’s-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife’s absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he

Sony Pictures 2011

246 Saturday Night Fever About a troubled Brooklyn paint store clerk by day and undisputed king of the dance floor by night. A movie that defined the music and fashion of a generation. It’s a powerful & provocative urban tragedy that carries as much significance today as it did in 1977. Color/118 min.

John Badham 1977

191 Saving Private Ryan(Letterboxed Version)

Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with WWII’s historic D-Day Invasion, then moves beyond the beach as men embark on a special mission. (color 3h 15min)

Steven Spielberg

1 Search for a Century: The Discovery of Martin’s Hundred Plantation

Documentary on archaeological discoveries on a plantation which supplied many agricultural needs of Colonial Williamsburg

1980

212 Searchers (The) DVD

The frontier & the men and women who challenged it. Color; 119 mins. John Wayne

Warner Video 1956

179 Seeing Red Warm, human, funny, engaging portrait of 50 years of American Communism from its heyday in the 1930s through the bitter McCarthy era witch hunts of the 1950s.

James Klein & Julia Reichert

1984

287 Self Made Hero (VHS) At once a feeble slave to his mother’s madness, history will remember Albert’s captivating rise to heroism as a leader of the French Resistance. As brilliantly as de Gaulle eludes his nation’s collaboration with the Nazis, so will Albert shed his life of mediocrity in favor of one more fantastical. Restricted from service, Albert can only watch as the war ends without him. He desperately resolves to flee to Paris where his inspired gift of deception and trickery will lead to a tenaciously drawn plan reinventing a new and heroic identity for himself a true reminder that he best lives are often the ones we make up. Approx. 105 min. Color

Patrick Godeau 1997

192 Sergeant York(DVD/VHS)

In his Academy Award-winning role, Gary Cooper portrays the quiet, pacifistic Tennessee farmer who went on to become a hero on the battlefields of World War I. Stirring tale of true heroism

Howard Hawks 1941

45 Seven Samurai (2 tapes) This 197 minute black and white video takes you into the world of agrarian Japan - a world in which dangerous bandits roam the countryside.

Akira Kurosawa 1954

578 Shadow Lands Subtitles in English and Korean Approx. 132 min. Color

Peter Raymond and Lindalee Tracey

2004 Canada

301 Sheen Gems These are “SHEEN GEMS” – excerpts remastered from many of Fulton J. Sheen’s Emmy Award Winning Television Programs titled, “Life is Worth Living.” Aprox. 110 min. (54 min. vol.1) B&W

The Fulton J. Sheen Company

352 Shoot the Piano Player Relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague.

Francois Truffaut 1960

34 Siena: Chronicles of a Medieval Commune

A 28 minute look at the Medieval and Renaissance mecca of Siena - its life and society during its golden age

Rogers and Schaff 1988

Silent Spring With a passion for nature instilled in her at an early age, writer and biologist Rachel Carson became a fearless champion for the environment. She had been a biologist for the federal government when she first took note of the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides. Approx. 55 min Color

WGBH 1993

111 Silk Road A look at the culture encountered in the course of a modern day -traces the path of Marco Polo

1990

442 Sir! No Sir! Tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War. Approx. 84 mins.

Docu Rama

40 Battle of the Somme Copied by our ITS Dept. 2018

175 Sorrow and the Pity (the)

Genre-defining, epic-length documentary about the French collaboration with the Nazis in WWII. Considered a masterpiece of its genre by critics. Wrenching film is compulsory viewing for history buffs,documentary fans.

Director: Marcel Ophuls

1971

588 Stalin, Joseph BIOGRAPHY profiles the former seminary student who sent well over 20 million people to their deaths. Follow Stalin from his childhood in Georgia to the ruthless purges that left only those too weak to challenge his iron rule.

A&E 1996

429 Sould of India (The) Indians are as varied as their landscapes-more than one billion people, thousands of languages and almost every religion known to man. And somehow all of it has mixed into one vast, raucous and unruly democracy. Appro. 82 min.

RickRayfilms

384 South Africa Belongs to Us

A film portraying the daily struggles in the lives of black women in South Africa. With observational portraits of five ordinary women, and with the insight of four women activists, the film depicts the battle of the black woman for human dignity in the face of apartheid: from the struggle for a roof over her head and food for her children, to black consciousness-raising and the total liberation of her people. Approx. 57 minutes. Color

Icarus Films 1980

162 South Korea: The Struggle for Democracy

Topics include: N/S partition, the Korean War, student & union riots, the justification of military rule under the guise of national security, the growing role of women in the struggle for democracy. 27 mins, color

Films for the Humanities & Sciences

1998

393 Spirit of St. Louis (The) On May 21, 1927, the world changed. “Lucky Lindy” landed outside Paris. And people who previously talked about the limitations of air travel suddenly dreamed of its possibilities.

Warner Bros. 1985

548 Spirited Away Is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. Approx. 125 mins. Color

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

2001

586 Splendid Little War (The) VHS

Documentary on the Spanish-American War of 1898. Unique, educational program documents the very first war that was captured on film, and bears witness to the American Soldiers triumph in our most popular war. A i

Belle Grove Publishing Co.

1992

419 Stagecoach (DVD) Nine disparate travelers are thrust together on a Stagecoach destined for Apache territory.. and movie immortality. This grown-up adventure ushered in a 30 year era of great Westerns, many teaming its supreme practitioners. B&W 97 Mins.

United Artists Corporation

1939

308 Stalingrad (DVD) The Eastern Front experienced the viciousness of war on a scale of unimaginable horror and brutality. The Bloodiest and most savage fighting took place in Stalingrad between August 2942 and February 1943. Stalin’s city on the Volga had military significance for Hitler. It carried the name of his enemy and therefore had to be destroyed. The ensuing battle sealed the fates of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and marked the turning point of World War II. It was the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. Approx. 165 minutes Color & B&W.

Synapse Films 2003

555 Stosstrupp 1917 Douaumont

World War II Nach dem preisgekrontan Buch Der geisvaltigfte, Deutfche Kriegsflm

Panzer-Film

385 Stealing Heaven (DVD) The true erotic romance of Abelard and Heloise has stood for centuries as an example of desire so intense it will brave any consequence. In this epic love story of sensual revolution two lovers buy moments of rapture through incredible sacrifice. Peter Abelard is a brilliant professor renowned for his wit and integrity. Young Heloise is an uncommon combination of beauty and intelligence. When they meet, the spark that begins in their minds soon engulfs them completely. But 12th century Paris forbids teachers the pleasures of the flesh, and Heloise is controlled by her greedy uncle. Still, no rule or reason can stem their raging passion. A terrible, bloody chain of events will change their lives forever-and earn Abelard and Heloise a place among the greatest lovers of all time. Approx. 115 minutes. Color

NTSC 1988

6 Stilwell Road Documentary on the magnetic personality of General Stilwell of the United States

1986

65 Story of Anna Akhmatova

A documentary of this St. Petersburg poet, this film delves into Akhmatova’s struggle against oppression.

Jill Janows 1991

432 Story of India (The) In this captivating six-art adventure, Wood chronicles the history of the subcontinent, the incredible richness of diversity of its people, cultures and landscapes, the intense drama of its past and the originality and continuing relevance of its ideas. Approx. 6 hours. Color

PBS 2008

507 Story of Harry S. Truman (The)

Approx. 55 minutes (copy from VHS) Fr. Lapomarda 2012

252 Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness

How a heroic Japanese diplomat saves Jewish refugees in World War II (runs approximately 82 minutes)

Diane Estelle Vicari

602 Suffragette Is about a woman willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th Century Britain. Galvanized by outlaw fugitive Emmeline, Maud joins the U.K.’s growing Suffragette movement alongside women from all walks of life who sacrificed their jobs, homes, children-and even their lives for the right to vote.

Sarah Gavron 2016

224 Suleyman The Magnificent

Explores the breathtaking palaces and mosques of the Ottoman Empire and focuses on the dramatic life and personality of Sultan Suleyman.

Suzanne Bauman 1987

380 Summer 0f Love This American experience presents a complex portrait of the notorious even that many consider the peak of the 1960’s counter-culture movement.

PBS 2007

562 Taxi To Timbuku Copy of a VHS into a DVD

542 Thatcher, Margaret “The Rise and Fall”

These three outstanding BBC productions portray the political career of Ms Thatcher from her fight to get selected for a “winnable” Tory seat to her handling of the Falklands War and finally to her last days in power. It provides a unique insight into the fascinating life of one of the most significant political figures in British history.

BBC 2012

559 Thirteen Days Each segment is labeled with its length, and when the feature is done, you are automatically returned to the same point in the film. It's a nice way to take a second, more in-depth look at the movie. Historians, news broadcasters, and even Khrushchev's son lend their voices to one commentary track, which also includes historic speeches. The other commentary track includes key filmmakers and insights from producer-actor Kevin Costner. The short deconstruction of the jet-flyover special effects is superb, as is the subtitle option that offers historical text about the onscreen action that can be engaged with or without the Infini film mode. --Doug Thomas

Home Line Video 2005

511 Triumph & Tragedy Along the Little Bighorn

Is the story of all those who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25-26, 1876.

Western National Parks Association

2012

138 Theodore Roosevelt (copy) A biography. 469 Tenth Inning (The) (2

dvd) Top of the Tenth (1992-1999)/Bottom of the Tenth (199-2009)

PBS 2010

44 Three Sovereigns for Sarah

A detailed account of the “witch hysteria” of 1692 in Salem, MA via the narrative of one woman’s efforts to clear her accused sisters’ names

Philip Leacock 1986

470 Jefferson in Paris During one man’s unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious

A Merchant Ivory Production

2004

woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! Approx. 139 mins., Color

57 To Die To Live: The Survivors of Hiroshima (VHS)

(63 minutes) A look at the struggle that the Hiroshima disaster’s survivors had to face in the wake of the horror.

182 To Render A Life A documentary on the lives of 3 desperately poor cotton tenant families in Hale County, Alabama in 1936. (90 minutes, color)

Ross Spears 1992

394 Tokyo Story Disc 1 Tokyo Story

Disc 2 I lived, but.. Talking with Ozu (1993)

From a simple tale unfolds one of the greatest of all Japanese films.

1983, a two hour documentary of Ozu A 40-minute tribute to Ozu

Criterion Collection

2003

193 Tora! Tora! (Letterboxed Version)

Color 144mins.War epic that recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to it.

Richard Fleischer 1970

222 Tora! Tora! Tora! The attack on Pearl Harbor

Recreates the stunning attack on American forces by the Japanese. Chronicles both sides of the Pearl Harbor story.

Richard Fleischer 1970

617 Train (The) Paris August 1944… with the Allied Army closing in on German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim, he decides to steal a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads the onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim’s scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance vows to stop the train at any cost. Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation and destruction – loosened rails, shattered tracks and head-on collisions – in an impassioned, suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge.

John Frankenheimer 1964

236 Tree of Clogs A poignant look at rural peasant life in Northern Italy at the turn of the century. This moving story brings to life the hardships & adversity facing a family struggling to survive under oppressive rule. Italian w/ Eng. Subtitles; 177 Mins.

Ermanno Olmi 2004

333 Treasures III ( 4- DVD’s)

1. Program Notes (booklet)

2. Americans in the Making

3. Toil an dTyranny

4. New Women 5. The City

Reformed

Prohibition, abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, organized crime, loan sharking, race relations, juvenile justice, homelessness, immigration – virtually no social issue was too controversial for movies during their firs decades – these movies helped change America. Approx. 738 min.

Ntl Film Preservation Foundation

2007

48 Tree of Wooden Clogs Fictional tale of an Italian peasant family. 185 min. in 2 parts (MRC Ital Video)

Ermano Olmi 1978

504 Venus Noire (Black Venus) Paris, 1817

Is a true story of Saartjie Baartman, a South African woman who was brought to London by her master to be exploited as a sideshow attraction. Free and enslaved at the same time, the “Hottentot Venus” became an icon in the slums, eventually ending up in Paris as a sexual slave and the subject of dubious scientific study.

2011

428 War Trilogy

Rome Open City:

Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images of both tragedy and hope.

Is a shockingly authentic experience, conceived and directed amid the ruin of World War II, with immediacy in every frame. Marking a watershed moment in Italian cinema, this galvanic work garnered awards around the globe and left the beginnings of a new film movement in its wake.

Janus Films

1945

Paisan:

Germany Year Zero:

103 mins. B&W, English subtitles

Italians and their American liberators, this look at the struggles of different cultures to communicate and of people to live their everyday lives in extreme circumstances is equal parts charming sentiment and vivid rarity. 125 mins. B&W, English subtitles

A portrait of an obliterated Berlin, seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Living in a bombed-out apartment building with his sick father and two older siblings, young Edmund is mostly left to wander unsupervised, getting ensnared in the black-market schemes of a group of teenagers and coming under the nefarious influence of a Nazi-sumpathising ex-teacher. Germany year Zero is a daring, gut-wrenching look at the consequences of fascism, for society and the individual. 73 mins. B&W, English subtitles

1946

1948

309

311

True Story of Sacco and Vanzetti

Sacco and Vanzetti

From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the twentieth century, from the great conflicts to the inventions that changed the world.

Portuguese/Italian

History Channel

Versatil Home Video

2004

449 Total War Was the first modern conflict in which millions more civilians died than soldiers. As economic production became essential to military success, civilians were conscripted into factories – and suddenly became fair game. Approx. 56 minutes Color

WGBH 1996

270 Tuskegee Airmen (The) (DVD)

Fireballs of high-speed air action explode off the screen in this exciting story of the "Fighting 99th" -”the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. Approx. 106 min. Color

HBO Home Video 2000

60 Twenty-Four Eyes “Beauty and innocence are lost as war and progress intrude upon a rural village,” leaving deep impressions on twelve young schoolchildren.

Keisuke Kinoshita 1954

225 Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

Connects the life of Kulthum, a peasant turned world- renowned Arabic female vocalist, to the epic story of 20th

century Egypt as it shook off colonialism and confronted modernity.

Michal Goldman 1996

318 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (DVD)

Sachiko Hidari gives a towering performance as the war widow who returns year after year to the Ministry of Welfare, trying to clear the name of her disgraced husband: a sergeant court-martialed and executed for desertion at the end of the war. Seeking out four survivors from her husband’s garrison, she pursues the truth and uncovers a RASHOMON-like mystery conveyed with all the impact and rage one would expect from Kinji Fukasaku. 96 min. B&W – Japanese with optional English subtitles

HVe 2005

41 Union Maids Classic portrait of women auto workers in the 1930’s. 60 Minutes

600 Victoria First Season

Draws on real-life events and the Queen’s own exhaustive diaries to paint a vivid portrait of her transformation from an impulsive eighteen-year-old to her early years as wife, mother, and head of a global empire. Stretching from the upper echelons of the royal court to the below-stairs staff, this is a story of passionate affairs, power struggles, and unrequited love, at the center of which stands the new Queen-a strong, complex and willful woman who must, somehow, become an enduring icon. Approx. 415 mins, Color

Paul Frift 2016

249 Victory in the Pacific Target Tokyo – Ronald Regan narrates this 1945 film on the B-29’s first mission – Discussion: The Bomb and the End of the War. Black and White (approx. 120 min.)

PBS 2005

145 Vezelay This film includes spectacular photography of the basilica at Vezelay, in France, and the rituals conducted within; William Segal’s thoughtful and engaging commentary. In every image and gesture Vezelay joyously probes the eternal question of individual identity and the obstacles and exhilaration of seeing, searching and being. (44 minutes)

Ken Burns 1996

150 Vietnam: A Television History (7 volumes) 1. Roots of a War;

The First Vietnam War (1945- 1954)

2. America’s Mandarin (1954- 1963); LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)

3. America Takes Charge (1965- 1967); America’s Enemy (1954- 1967)

4. Tet 1968; Vietnamizing the War (1968-1973)

5. Cambodia and Laos: Peace Is at Hand (1968-1973)

6. Homefront USA; The End of the Tunnel (1973- 1975)

7. Legacies

Meet the people who masterminded the war, and the Americans and Vietnamese who fought it.(13 hours)

WGBH TV 1983

90 Vietnam: The War At Home

Covers: the anti-war movement in America, political activities at U. of Wisconsin at Madison, genuine people’s revolt (100 minutes, Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary)

482 Verdict on Auschwitz (The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965)

One of the most important trials of the 20th century began in 1963, when 360 witnesses from 19 countries, including 211 Auschwitz survivors, confronted former members of Hitler’s SS – many of whom had made comfortable lives in postwar West Germany – and accused them of taking part in the mass murder of millions. The film makers bring to life the investigation, the courtroom drama and the verdict in this historic trial involving perpetrators of the “Final Solution.” 180 mins, color b/w

First Run Features 1993

201 Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Documents the history & social impact of the Nat’l Assoc. for Advancement of Colored People. Serves as a visual “witness” to events that have threatened the well-being, growth, & lives of African Americans 2 parts, 24 minutes each, Color

Gene Davis Group, Inc.

21

Walk Through the 20th

Century: Propaganda Why We Fight: Prelude to War

2 separate programs relating to whatever might be inferred from their titles (copy)

447 Wall Street (DVD) In this riveting behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980s an ambitious young broker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko. But he soon discovers that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that’s too high to pay. Approx. 126 mins. Color

20 C Fox 1987

558 What Dreams May Come Academy Award-winners Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr. embark on a supernatural journey beyond the realm of mortality in this visually stunning and unforgettable epic. After Chris Nielsen (Williams) dies in an accident, he tries to remain close to his beautiful mortal wife, Annie (Annabella Sciorra). With the friendly spirit assigned to guide him, he begins to adapt to his new state of being in a setting that can only be described as heavenly. But when his distraught wife takes her own life, she is banished to an eternal damnation. Chris vows to find her so they can share eternity together, but no one has ever succeeded in rescuing a soul from such a horrific fate. With the help of his heavenly friends, Chris sets out on the most perilous and harrowing journey of his life, or afterlife: a quest for everlasting love that will take him to hell and back!

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

2003

118 Walter Ruether 25 Wannsee Conference on

the Final Solution (English subtitles)

90 minute account of the Wansee Conference at which Hitler’s strategy to exterminate the Jews of Europe was determined (copy)

332 War at Home (The) (DVD)

It vividly chronicles the anti-war protest movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. The Film provides an illuminating look at the home front of the Vietnam War – the war that students and other anti-war dissidents waged on America’s political system, military and notions of patriotism. Approx. 100 min. Color

Glenn Silver & Barry Alexander Brown

1979

506 War Lords (VHS) – Closet

Duke William of Quest sends his most trusted knight and a troop of warriors to guard Normandy’s coastal settlements from plunder and pillage by freedom raiders

1992

154 War in the Pacific, The Combat footage and exclusive interviews with veterans and military experts bring the conflict in the Pacific theater of WWII to life. This film recalls the desperation, the loss, the courage & ultimately, the triumph that epitomized war in “the enemy’s backyard.”

A & E Home Video

1983

161 War Room, The An adventure story about 2 men, James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, and their effort and determination in conducting Clinton’s political campaign in 1992 -- and winning.

Vidmark Entertainment

1994

348 What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library (4 DVDs)

Accompanying the Newsreel films is a massive quantity of rare and exclusive materials culled from Roz Payne’s extensive collection of FBI documents, correspondence, and interviews with Panthers and their supporters. It’s all here, the government-sponsored repression, the trials, exile, triumph, and reunion.

AK Press 2006

412 Wayne John (Collection) Disc 1 Disc 2 Disc 3

One of the most beloved icons in the history of American film. With over 142 lead performances, his prolific career established him as the symbol of an American West that epitomized the virtues of courage, toughness, humor and loyalty. Blue Steel

The Dawn Rider The Desert Trail The Lawless Frontier The Lucky Texan The Man from Utah The Star Packer The Trail Beyond Hell Town ‘Neath the ArizonaSkies Paradise Canyon Rainbow Valley Riders of Destiny Sagebrush Trail Texas Terror Winds of the Wasteland Randy Rides Alone West of the Divide Angel and the Badman McLintock The American West of John Ford

Mill Creek Ent. 2009

389 We Shall Remain

Vol. I After the Mayflower

Vol. II

Tecumseh’s Vision Trail of Tears

Vol. III

Geronimo Wounded Knee

Establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors of peaceable lovers of the land.

PBS 2009

337 Weather Underground (The) DVD

One of the top documentaries of the year, this award- winning film interweaves extensive archival material with modern-day interviews to explore the incredible story of the “Weather Underground.” As former members reflect candidly about the idealistic passion that drove them to “bring the war home,” they paint a compelling portrait of troubled and revolutionary times, with unexpected and often striking connections to the current world situation. Approx. 92 mins. + extras Color & B/W

Docu Rama 2003

493 Weapons of the Spirit In and around one village in Nazi-occupied France, 5,000 Jews were sheltered by 5,000 Christians Approx. 90 min. and 35 min. Color

Chambon.org 1989- 2007

383 West (The) (5 DVD Series)

Presented by Ken Burns and directed by Stephen Ives, this 12 hour film chronicles the epic saga of America’s most vast and turbulent region, beginning before European settlement and continuing into the 20th century. Approx. 12 hours. Color/B&W

PBS Home Video 1996

581 We Come as Friends At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” pathology re-emerges – that of colonialism, the clash of empires, and new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. 109 mins. Approx.. Color See below

Adelante Films 2016

(Disc I)

The People

(Disc II)

Empire Upon the Trails

The Speck of the Future

(Disc III)

Death Runs Riot

The Grandest Enterprise Under God

(Disc IV)

Fight No More Forever

From the beginning of time, the West has been a land of myth. The original Native American inhabitants linked their creation stories to the majestic mountains, searing deserts and silent forests. To Europeans such as Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado, the West was a “wilderness” to be conquered-filled with boundless treasure, souls to save or defeat, and new horizons to explore.

In the early 1800s, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West. But hopeful Americans began moving there nevertheless, and the individual trails they followed eventually merged into the single path of “Manifest Destiny.”

In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the streambed of the American River in California-and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold. During the next year alone, in one of the most astounding human stampedes in history, more than 50,000 fortune-seekers would swarm the Sierra Nevada mountains in a headlong scramble for riches.

The West has always symbolized hope and new beginnings. But in the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west, they brought with them the nation’s oldest, most divisive issue-slavery. And the rough frontier would supply the sparks that would ignite the Civil War.

After the Civil War reunited the North and the South, Americans set out with a new energy and optimism to finally unite the country, East and West. They embarked on one of the greatest technological achievements of the age, to conquer the forbidding mountains, harsh deserts and awesome distances by building the first transcontinental railroad.

By the 1870s, there were only a few pockets of resistance against the United States’ push to conquer the West. On the Great Plains, Sitting Bull followed his mystical visions and urged his Lakota people to fight rather than surrender their sacred Black Hills and traditional way of life. On a hot summer day at the Little Bighorn, they would defeat another warrior equally sure of his own invincibility- George Armstrong Custer. But Custer’s “Last Stand” would also become, in effect, the last stand of the Sioux as a free people.

(Disc V)

Ghost Dance

One Sky Above Us

By the late 1880s, Americans were astounded by the changes they had brought to the West. Mining towns such as Butte, Montana were now full-fledged industrial cities, magnets of opportunity to workers from around the world, but also places where the landscape itself was under assault.

As the 20th century neared, Americans celebrated with the World Columbian Exposition, where they were told that the frontier had closed-symbolized by one state proudly displaying an entire herd of buffalo…stuffed. But in the real West, for every frontier story that ended, another one began.

568 Went the Day Well? Classic piece of propagandist entertainment, a warning to British citizens to remain ever alert for the arrival of the enemy. A story of a quiet English village which has been infiltrated by German soldiers masquerading as British troops, leaving the plucky villagers to uncover the plot and the fight back.

Vintage Classics 1942

607 Westfront 1918 G.W. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in Germany and beyond. Digging into the trenches with four infantrymen stationed in France in the final months of World War I. Pabst illustrates the harrowing ordeals of the battle with unprecedented naturalism, as the men are worn away in body and spirit by firefights, shelling, and the disillusion that greets them on the home front. 96 mins. Black & White, English subtitles.

Criterion Collection 1930

122 When Ireland Starved VHS/DVD

Chronicles the famine in Ireland during the mid-nineteenth century as British despots stripped the land for England’s own health and wealth.

Irish Visions 1995

359 When the Forest Ran Red

Twenty years before the Revolutionary War, the British, French, and Native American empires fight for control of the American wilderness. Here George Washington begins his military career at the center of a murder mystery, and suffers defeat at Fort Necessity. In response, British General Edward Braddock leads an army to America and marches on the French, leading to a surprise battle that will change American history.

History Center 2001- 2007 Paladin

293 Who Owns History? (DVD)

Daniel Boorstin, Eric Foner, James Horton, and Robert royal discuss revised history, new history and the rewriting of history. 26 minutes, color

Films for the Humanities & Sciences

2004

292 Why History (DVD) Documentary. C-SPAN 2006

269 Windtalkers In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders guards- and ultimately befriends- Ben Yahzee, a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into Japanese hands, how far will Enders go to save the military’s most powerful secret? John Woo directs this “exciting” “against-all-odds battle adventure” written by John rice and Joe Batteer and inspired by the true story of the Navajo soldiers whose courage and sacrifices helped win the war in the Pacific. 2 Hr.14 mins.

John Woo, Lion Rock Productions

2002

282 Wind that Shakes the Barley (The) (DVD)

Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. As the Irish Freedom fighters’ bold tactics bring the British to breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts, and families who once fought side by side find themselves pitted against one another as sworn enemies, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.

IFC 2006

556 Wind Rises (The) Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearshighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.

Buena Vista Home entertainment

2013

388 Wings of Defeat In Japan, WWII Kamikaze are still revered as self- sacrificing heroes. Internationally, they remain a potent symbol of fanaticism. Until now, few outsiders knew that many Kamikaze survived their suicide missions. The candid heart breaking testimony of surviving Kamikaze conveys the true depth of war’s travesty. Sixty years later, these humble men tell us about the horrors of the cockpit, their dramatic survival and the survivor’s guilt still haunting them.

New Day Films 2007

18 Winston Churchill A candid look into the life and times of the late, great Churchill. (copy)

Charles Jarrott 1986

123 World on Display: The St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904

An introspective look at turn of the century America, complete with all of its novelties at St. Louis in 1904.

488 World Ward II Valoir in the Pacific

This DVD contains the dramatic historic newsreels, Pearl Harbor attack footage, and Pearl Harbor survivor interviews as seen in the visitors center exhibits. Plus over an hour of bonus material. Approx. 185 mins.

National Park Service

294 Women of Hull House The): Harnessing Statistics for Progressive Reform

Horrified by the living conditions in Chicago’s tenements Jane Addams opened Hull House in 1889, a place where she, Julia Lathrop, and other fellow activists could provide outreach services to the poor and uneducated people of the neighborhood –and by applying statistical analysis to real- world problems, pave the way for far-reaching social reform. (18 minutes, color)

Films for the Humanities & Sciences

2004

15 World at War (the) (11 DVD Series)

(Volume I)

A New Germany

Distant War

France Falls

The Making of the Series

(Volume II)

Alone

Barbarossa

Banzai!

On Our Way

Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants – from Hitler’s secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines – add spine-tingling, first hand-accounts to an already unforgettable viewing experience. Approx. 22 hours and 37 min. + 12 hrs. extras

With Germany buckling under the weight of humiliating defeat and unprecedented economic depression, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis quickly gain power and momentum, while Poland and the rest of the world look on nervously.

Germany’s invasion of Poland forces Britain into war, and the island nation’s early defeat brings Winston Churchill into power. Meanwhile, France is next on Hitler’s list.

France discovers it is woefully unprepared for modern warfare as the Nazi war machine easily skirts around the Maginot Line. Britain retreats and prepares for invasion.

As compelling as the landmark 26 episode television documentary it celebrates, this is a fascinating behind-the- scenes look at the individuals, the technology, and the historical resources that made this still relevant examination of World War II such a powerful and unforgettable visual experience.

Though the Battle of Dunkirk successfully rescues nearly 35,000 Allied troops from certain defeat, London’s only respite from constant bombing comes when Hitler turns toward Russia.

Having blitzkrieged through Europe, the German Panzers plow deep into Russian territory, only to be stopped by a brutal winter and endless mud.

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and brings America into the war while sweeping its way across the Pacific theater.

Americans are divided between fighting the Japanese and the Nazis, Hitler solves the conflict by declaring war on the States.

A&E 1973

1933- 1939

September 1939-May 1940

May-June 1940

May 1940-May 1941

June- December 1941

1931- 1942

1939- 1942

(Volume III)

The Desert

Stalingrad

Wolf Pack

Red Star

(Volume IV)

Whirlwind

Tough Old Gut

It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow

Home Fires

(Volume V)

Inside the Reich

Morning

Occupation

Pincers

Back and forth across 600 miles of desert between Egypt and Libya, Bernard Montgomery’s “Desert Rats” finally defeat Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps at El Alamein, preparing the way for an Allied victory in Italy.

Stunning Nazi color footage showcases Germany’s first major defeat at Stalingrad and subsequent surrender on February 2, 1943.

The Germans coordinate their submarine forces into lethal “wolf packs” that destroy countless convoys delivering food and supplies to Britain-captured in breathtaking underwater footage.

Eyewitnesses recount the siege of Leningrad, in which nearly one million of its three million inhabitants died in battle or from cold and starvation. Remarkably, the Russians went on to defeat the Germans.

Fueled by revenge, the British show their mettle, and with the help of American forces retake the skies and bomb Germany into submission.

Eleven months after Pearl Harbor, Churchill convinces the American forces to join the Allies in taking Italy. After an initial setback in North Africa, the German war machine begins losing its air of invincibility.

After an initial retreat in the jungle environs of Burma, Louis Mountbatten’s arrival in 1943 boosts morale and leads to the first major Japanese defeat at Arakan.

A nation under duress finds its strength in unity, while Germany’s defeat in the Battle of Britain sends their bombing raids into the countryside.

Initial victory in Europe turns sour after the defeat at Stalingrad, yet Germany prepares to fight to the end-even after an assassination attempt on the Fuhrer.

On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Allies stage the largest human invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy. The human cost is enormous, and for the Germans it is the beginning of the end.

Though a neutral country, Holland is attacked by Germany without warning in 1940. During the next four years life carries on seemingly without incident, but underneath resistance never dies.

The end of war appears close at hand with the liberation of Paris in 1944, but the Americans and British disagree on how to advance. Meanwhile, Poland suffers devastating

1940- 1943

June 1942- February 1943

1939- 1944

1941- 1943

September 1939- April 1944 November 1942-June 1944

1942- 1944

1940- 1944

1940- 1944

6/8 1944

1940- 1944

(Volume VI)

Genocide

Nemesis

Japan

Pacific

(Volume VII)

The Bomb

Reckoning

Remember

(Volume VIII)

Hitler’s Germany: The People’s Community

Hitler’s Germany: Total War

Two Deaths of Adolf (The) Hitler

From the very beginning of the Nazis’ rise to power, the notion of the Aryan ideal was already in place. By the end

of the war, the world would know the full horror of its ghastly vision.

As the Allies close in on Berlin, the Russians lose more

than 100,000 men in battle. Hitler hides in his bunker and contemplates his own end.

Initially apprehensive about the outcome of declaring war, the Japanese quickly turn to celebration with early victory. In the end, their worst fears are unimaginably exceeded.

Under the command of General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz, the Allies slowly but assuredly achieve victory in

the Pacific, one island at a time.

On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay delivers the world’s first atomic bomb to Hiroshima, killing and injuring nearly 140,000 people in one stroke. The world would be forever

altered.

Disagreements over Germany’s recovery and reparations, the Nuremberg Trials, and distrust among the Allies show

that concluding a war is a vastly difficult endeavor.

Heartbreaking first-hand remembrances from a vast array of survivors on both sides of the war.

The harsh outcome of the first world war left Germany ripe for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party’s swift rise to

power, promising a devastated nation’s return to international prominence. With its stark, eye-catching iconography and Aryan ideals, the Third Reich set the

stage for the 20th century’s second world war.

Continuing the in-depth look at Hitler’s regime through the words of ordinary citizens, the makers of The World at

War examine the day-to-day realities of life in Germany as the Allies fire-bombed and invaded cities, and ultimately

achieved victory.

Did Hitler die from a self-inflicted gunshot? Or did he swallow cyanide with his recent bride Eva Braun?

Interviews with Hitler’s secretary and Russian doctors attempt to lay the controversy to rest.

1941- 1945

February- May 1945

1941- 1945

February 1942-July 1945

February- September 1945

1945

1933- 1939

1939- 1945

(Volume IX)

Secretary to Hitler

Warrior

From War to Peace

(Volume X)

The Final Solution Part I

The Final Solution Part II

(Volume XI) Making the Series: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective

Experiences of War

A remarkable first-hand account of the last days of the Fuhrer and the collapse of the Third Reich through the eyes and words of his personal secretary, Traudi Junge. A measured and decidedly unromantic look at the heat of battle, Warrior weaves together eyewitness accounts and rarely seen archival footage to reveal the deadly realities of combat.

Renowned historian Stephen Ambrose examines the aftermath of World War II. Was peace truly gained? Or did a new war, with weapons of policy, take its place?

The makers of The World at War investigate one nation’s belief in the necessity of genocide. Terrifying and unforgettable stories related by death camp survivors and compelling interviews with German participants probe one of the modern age’s darkest moments.

Archival photographs and shocking footage filmed by the Nazis themselves capture the full horror of Germany’s systematic extermination of millions of Jews. Unflinching and often disturbing, this is a profound and necessary examination into the darkest corners of humanity.

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original broadcast of Sir Jeremy Isaac’s The World at War in 1973, this two-hour program combines previously unreleased interviews with the makers of this landmark in television documentary production.

Prominent scholars and military figures recount specifics of the war, from first-hand accounts of Okinawa to the D- Day landing, and analyze key wartime actions in these previously unseen and extended interviews taken from the film archives at the Imperial War Museum.

336 Malcom X “Here is a man who rose up from the dregs of society, spent time in jail, reeducated himself and, through spiritual enlightenment, rose to the top,” Approx. 201 mins. Color

Warner Bros. 1992

59 Yamaguchi Story Documentary which shows how some Japanese today seek after spiritual fulfillment through so-called “new religions” and a revitalized Buddhism in the face of the personal stress and social pressures found in modern society. 47 minutes

Dr. Jamie Hubbard

210 Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney portrays career of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan. B&W; 126 mins.

229 Year of Living Dangerously (The)

Takes place in Indonesia in 1965 and follows an Australian reporter and an embassy aide in a time of revolutionary unrest under the Sukarno government.

Peter Weir 1983

113 Yojimbo A black and white “samurai film” starring Toshiro Mifune, who plays a “vouin” (masterless) wandering samurai who gets embroiled in a feud between rival village gangs. 110 min.

Akiro Kurosawa 1961

604 Young Mr. Lincoln As a young president-to-be, struggling with an incendiary murder case as a novice lawyer. Compassionate and assured, this is an indelible piece of Americana. 100 Minutes/Black and White. Monaural

John Ford 1939

451 Zapatista Women Speak We are Equal

Zapatista women speak about what their lives were like before the uprising in 1994 and how their lives have changed since. A very upfront and critical look at gender relations within the Zapatista communities on how far women have come and how far they still need to go.

Chiapas Media Project

2010

538 Zou Zou In the tradition of 42nd Street and other Warner Bros. backstage musicals of the period, the plot of Zou Zou concerns a star who walks out on her sugar daddy producer for true love, and a talented Cinderella who takes her place, saves the show and is hailed as a new sensation opening night. The film places Baker in Several lavish production numbers in which she is sumptuously dressed and supported by a large chorus. But it is the poignant rendition of “Haiti” that remains indelible. Seated on a swing an oversize birdcage, scantily clad in feathers like some exotic bird of paradise, she sings nostalgically for her Caribbean home and leaves a permanent record on film of her unique style and powerful charisma. France 1934 B&W 93 Mins.

Kino Video 2005