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Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
1865, war is all hell (Episode 8): "Sherman's legendary 'March to the Sea' portends the war's end, searing the heartlands of Georgia and the Carolinas. Key southern cities fall under General Grant's command, and General Lee's troops have nowhere left to flee. In the stillness of the Appomattox Court House, Lee's dramatic surrender to Grant finally unfolds. As the news echoes through Washington, a plan for the South's revenge is hatched in the angry...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness sheds light on the fascinating story of a president who knew how to harness the nation's grief over JFK's assassination, and become an unlikely champion of Civil Rights. The film includes rarely seen footage, secret White House tapes, and personal testimony from LBJ's advisors, biographers, friends, and family..
5) I, Tarzan
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
The truth behind the tale…from Tarzan's aristocratic ancestry to his life in the African jungle, the enigmatic ‘creation’ of William Rice Burroughs has attracted scholars, collectors and biographers for over 100 years, and may have proven Tarzan's actual existence. I, TARZAN makes creative use of archives, graphics, silent films, early talkies and more recent cinema, keeping the Legend of Tarzan alive and well.
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Unpack Franklin's greatest scientific contributions, which were in the field of electricity. As one of his biographers put it, Franklin found electricity as merely a curiosity but he left it a science. Review his most important discoveries, experiments, and contributions, and reflect on the lasting legacy of Franklin as a scientist.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For sixty years Queen Elizabeth II has reigned as the Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. Her reign has seen three different generations look upon her as one of the two young Princesses, then the reliant Queen of a changing Empire, to now, a stately grandmother of the two Princes, William and Harry. Queen Elizabeth II has witnessed incredible social, political and cultural change in her reign, all while retaining the purpose and dignity of...
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
With Donald Trump's White House battling journalists and biographers, HORNS AND HALOS is a timely film that follows an author and small publisher as they fight a legal battle to publish "Fortunate Son," a damning biography of George W. Bush.. In 1999, under pressure from Bush attorneys, St. Martin's Press destroyed all copies of James H. Hatfield's unauthorized biography of "The Fortunate Son." But Hatfield found an ally in Sander Hicks, whose underground...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, Walt Disney was a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology to tell stories of outsiders struggling for acceptance and belonging, while questioning the conventions of class and authority. As Disney rose to prominence and gained financial security, his work became increasingly celebratory of the American way of life that made his unlikely success possible.. A polarizing figure - though true believers...
Series
Pub. Date
�2005, �2000
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman. Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.
11) Walt Disney
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are “The Machines That Built America.” This new HISTORY Channel docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, “The Machines That Built America” brings to life...
13) The wild bunch
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Outlaws on the U.S.-Mexican border face the march of progress, the Mexican army and a gang of bounty hunters led by a former member as they plan to rob a U.S. Army train.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of major events in American history like the Civil War and the Great Depression, “The Toys that Built America” shares a different story—one that brings new products and nostalgic toys to the forefront as driving forces behind untold cultural and economic shifts. The four-part docuseries showcases visionaries such as the Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley and Ruth Handler who transformed a small toy company into the billion-dollar...
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis through dramatic storytelling and visual recreations, as well as interviews with biographers and historians. Interspersed throughout the film are discussions among a group of seven participants, moderated by Dr. Armand Nicholi, where Freud and Lewis are brought together in a great debate.
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