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Jacksonville
High School
Video
and DVD List
Updated
08-15-05
Videos
AV 001.4
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards. St.
Petersburg, FL : Sea World, 1998.
AV 070.49
Moment of Impact : Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs.
Palisades Park, New Jersey : Haber Video Incorporated,
1999. Tells the compelling stories behind some of the
world's most memorable photographs.
AV 152.4
Are we scaring ourselves to death? Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home
Video, c1994. Hosted by John Stossel. Examines people's
beliefs about current issues, such as cancer, rising crime,
etc., and if such fears are truly founded.
AV 153.3
How your Creative brain works. American School Publishers :
Highstown, New Jersey, 1991.
AV 153.8
The tough decisions : How to make them. Pleasantville, NY :
Sunburst, 1990.
AV 153.8
"Choices & Consequences". Mpls., MN. : Johnson Institute. This
video show how the choices we make result in consequences.
AV 155.2
Self-esteem. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions,
c1994. "Discusses high and low self-esteem and how one
develops a more positive self-image."--catalog.
AV 155.2
Building self-confidence. Pleasantville, NY : Sunburst, 1990.
AV 155.9
The joy of stress. South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video, c1995.
Presenter: Loretta LaRoche. A discussion of stress and how
it can be made an ally in the search for personal growth.
AV 155.9
How serious is this? Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation,
c1997. Through humor, Loretta LaRoche puts life in
perspective and provides simple rules to live by. She
examines the irrational and exaggerated patterns of thinking
that drive us all nuts. Loretta also shows viewers some
practical exercises - from how to breathe to exaggeration
therapy, a technique for examining life's worries and seeing
how quickly they can be moved from the sublime to the
ridiculous.
AV 155.9
Relax : you only live once. South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video,
c1999. Presenter: Loretta LaRoche. Loretta uses humor to
help viewers learn how to relax and reduce stress.
AV 155.9
Coping with pressures. San Francisco, Calif : Live Wire Video
Publishers, c1988. Michael Pritchard. Fourth in a series
of 12 videocassettes aimed at helping teens with life's
major problems; interviews with students deal with pressures
that teenagers face, including how to keep these pressures
in perspective and handle them in ways that serve their best
interests.
AV 155.9042
Humor your stress : Jest for the fun of it. Burlington, VT :
WGBH Video, c1995. Host: Loretta LaRoche. Helps one find
the humor in everyday situations, how to get around to
things, and how to appreciate all that is good in your life.
Helps viewers rethink the way they think for a more
successful and less stressful life.
AV 200
Native American spirituality. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger
Media, c1998. Explores Native American spirituality,
examining animism, specific customs and rituals from the
diverse cultures of the Eskimo, Iroquois, Maya, Aztec and
other tribes.
AV 270.6
The Reformation. Thousand Oaks, CA : distributed by Goldhil
Video, c2003. Narrator: Greg Heimer. Explores the key
figures and events involved in the Protestant Reformation.
Also looks at the impact of the Reformation on world history
as well as the social and religious unrest it caused
throughout Europe and the world.
AV 270.6
The Dissenter. Chicago, Ill. : New Dimension Media/Questar,
c1993. Hosted by Ian Richardson. Explores the lives and
philosophies of dissenters who lived during the Renaissance
period. Features historical reenactments portraying such
dissenters as Jan Hus, John Wyclif, Martin Luther, and
Argula Von Grumbach who questioned established authority and
the power of the Catholic Church. Examines the consequences
of dissension during the Middle Ages, which often lead to
excommunication or death. Documents the outcome of the
Peasants' War and the Counter-Reformation. Also includes
interviews with modern-day dissenters who are fighting the
orthodoxy of this day and age.
AV 289.774
The Amish : not to be modern. Oak Forest, Il : MPI Home Video,
1988. Provides a rare look at a community that separates
itself from most modern technology. Shows Amish people
performing farm work, creating elaborate quilts, and
attending schools. Examines the religious reasons for their
unusual life-style.
AV 292.2
Hercules : power of the gods. New York : A&E Home Video, c1995.
Host: Jack Perkins ; narrator: Don Morrow. Retells the myth
of Hercules the hero who was the son of Zeus and
accomplished many great feats. Story follows Hercules as he
performs the celebrated 12 labors which took him to the ends
of the earth. Along the way, the great battles between this
classical superman and such beasts as the nine-headed Hydra
and the golden-homned stag are recounted.
AV 294.3
Buddhism. Los Angeles, CA : Wynnewood, PA : Liberty
International Entertainment ; Schlessinger Media, c1999.
Narrator: Ben Kingsley. Buddhism's history, philosophy and
teachings presented through the epic story of Siddhartha
Gotama. See how different cultures have adapted the
teachings of Buddha.
AV 296
Judaism. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c1998. One of the
world's oldest surviving religions, Judaism is both a
theology and a way of life for over 12 million followers in
the world today. The first religion to be founded upon the
principle of monotheism, Judaism has survived despite
persecution against its people throughout the ages. Trace
the history of Jewish culture, from Abraham's covenant with
God to the Exile of the Jews from the Holy Land by Roman
conquerors. Examine the sacred texts and various holidays
while exploring the two centers of Jewish life - the
synagogue and the home.
AV 297
Islam. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c1998. Explores the
history of Islam as well as its culture and civilization,
including its contribution to the world in architecture,
art, mathematics and more.
AV 297
Islam A Closer Look. Falls Church, VA. : Taibah International
Aid Assoc., 1995. A wonderful & thought provoking
exploration of Islam. Well know personalities share their
understanding of this beautiful faith.
AV 297
Arabs, Muslims & Islam. Teacher's Discovery, ?. This
documentary sohw the human face of one billion real Muslims-
the everyday people.
AV 299
Confucianism and Taoism. Los Angeles, CA : Wynnewood, PA :
Liberty International Entertainment ; Schlessinger Media,
c1999. Narrator: Ben Kingsley. Examine the life of
Confucius and how his philosophy and social doctrine have
impacted Chinese culture. Explains the rituals and focus of
these spiritual movements.
AV 299
Shinto. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c1998. Explores the
rituals and ceremonies of Japan's Shinto and its richly
complex and subtle traditions.
AV 301
The living planet. Racine, Wisconsin : S.C. Johnson & Son Inc,
1991. Five main themes of the overall LIVING PLANET
program:Theme 1: Humans have the ability to destroy or
enrich the planet; Theme 2: All life on earth is vulnerable;
Theme 3: Our own backyards embrace the entire planet; Theme
4: Sustainable development is about the future--managing our
resources today so as not to impair the ability of future
generations to manage theirs; Theme 5: We all should take
responsibility for understanding environmental issues and
act in favor of the planet.
AV 302
Talking with confidence. Brooklyn, NY : Conversation Arts Media,
1991. PRESENTER: Don Gabor. A guide to starting,
continuing, and ending conversations with anyone, anytime,
anywhere.
AV 303.3
Freeloaders. Erie, PA. : In the Classroom Media, 2002. Three
segments:1) the incentive to freeload, 2)using government to
freeload & 3)creating dependency.
AV 303.3
Greed. Erie, PA. : In the classroom Media, 2002. Includes 3
parts: 1)The Pervasiveness of Human Greed, 2)Greed and
Civilization & 3) Greed ant eh Economic Pie.
AV 303.4
Before their time : ancient technologies. New York : A & E Home
Video, c1996. Hosted and narrated by Leonard Nimoy. Probe
the discoveries of ancient technologies, from airplanes to
computers, from brain surgery to weapons of war,
breakthroughs created thousands of years before our time.
AV 303.6
Terrorism in our world. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media,
c2003. [pt. 1] A history of terrorism -- [pt. 2] Preventing
terrorism -- [pt. 3] Terrorism & the U.S. -- [pt. 4]
Understanding terrorism. "Terrorism in our world is a
unique four-part series for students in grades 7 and up that
addresses the origins of terrorism, identifies the most
influential terrorist acts in history and attempts to answer
the questions on everyone's mind today: why was America the
target of international terrorist, and how can another
attack like September 11th be prevented? This exceptional
series utilizes achival news footage and interviews with
experts in the field to help young people understand the
history of terrorism. It addresses what causes terrorism and
what some of its effects are on governments and societies,
and ways that countries around the world are attempting to
thwart terrorism in the 21st century, while also empowering
students by increasing their knowledge and awareness of this
complex and dangerous phenomenon. Each program includes a
teacher's guide."--taken from www.libraryvideo.com.
AV 304.2
Is America number one? Erie, PA : In The Classroom Media, c2002.
Segment 1: The Environment for Success (16:56); Segment 2 :
Results May Vary (10:45); Segment 3 : Is it Arrogance?
(14:27).
AV 304.8
Remembering Ellis Island : everyman's monument. Beverly Hills,
CA : Panorama International Productions, [1991?]. Hosted by
Telly Savalas.
AV 304.873
Old world, new world. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, c1992. A broad & general look at many of the
different ethnic groups of European immigrants that came to
the United States during the past two centuries. While their
assimilation was often difficult, they or their descendents
prospered and contributed to life in the United States.
AV 305.235
Assets happening here : a video made by teens, for teens, about
growing up healthy, caring & responsible. Burlington, Vt :
The NoodleHead Network, c1999. Support -- Empowerment --
Boundaries & expectations -- Constructive use of time --
Commitment to learning -- Positive values -- Social
competencies -- Positive identity. Centering on the real
lives of three teens, it introduces the concept of asset
development and invites them into a discussion about what
they need in order to thrive.
AV 305.235
For teens : The gentle art of refusal. Pleasantville, NY :
Sunburst, c1991. Refusal skills for teens under pressure
designed to enhance and reinforce the values of self-respect
and self-esteem. Episodes concern cheating, telling about
sexual experiences, gossip, and a couple who get caught in a
drunken party.
AV 305.5
The quest for freedom. Richardson, TX : Grace Products, c1992.
Summer Selby, David King, Reg Grant, Chris Messersmith. A
hip young Afro-American is transported through a magic
library into the life of Harriet Tubman, where he learns
what slavery and freedom really meant, and how she worked on
the underground railroad and in the Civil War to free
slaves.
AV 305.8
The shadow of hate. Montgomery, AL : Teaching Tolerance, c1995.
A history of intolerance in America. Film spans three
centuries to examine this country's ongoing struggle to live
up to its ideals of liberty, equality and justice for all.
AV 305.8
A place at the table : struggles for equality in America.
Montgomery, AL : Teaching Tolerance, c2000. Using
historical photos and archival and contemporary film
footage, the story is told of our nation's struggle to
ensure liberty and justice for all. This video is narrated
entirely by young people who share stories of their
families' experiences in the ongoing struggle -- from the
survival of slavery and cultural genocide to the challenge
of finding a place in today's puralistic society.
AV 305.8
The Vikings. South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000.
This program uses new information to replace the traditional
savage image of the Vikings with a much more complex one.
AV 305.896
FBI's war on black America. [Oak Forest, Ill.] : MPI Home Video,
1990, c1989. Examines the FBI's Counter Intelligence
Program and its focus on black leaders such as Malcolm X,
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fred Hampton.
AV 306
CNN. Annual Update Series 1999-2000. ATLANTA : CNN, 2000.
AV 306.7
Sex has a price tag. Creative Youth Resources for Christ :
Englewood, Colorado, 1996.
AV 306.7
Responsible Sexuality. Glencoe Macmillan, 1994.
AV 306.73
Twisted Love: Dating Violence Exposed. New York : Castleworks,
1998.
AV 306.85
Acting on your values. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire Video
Publishers, c1988. PRESENTER: Michael Pritchard. Second in
a series of 12 videocassettes aimed at helping teens with
life's major problems; interviews with students deal with
the problem of what values we base our lives on.
AV 320
Louisiana boys : raised on politics. W. Long Branch, NJ : White
Star, 1992, c1991. Documentary exposing the "populism,
corruption and demagoguery" of Louisiana state politics,
with vintage news footage of Huey Long, Jimmie Davis, and
Edwin Edwards.
AV 320
Democracy in America. Las Vegas, NV : Educational Distributors
of America, Inc, 1998. Examine the origins of democracy
that began with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution. Realize the privilege of freedom within
democracy that has been acquired through wars and
demonstrations.
AV 320.4
Federalism. Classroom ed. [Falls Church, Va.] : Cerebellum
Corporation, c2001. Performed by the Standard Deviants. A
tutorial about American government. This module focuses on
federalism, including the roots of federalism, the three
stages of federalism and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court
in federalism.
AV 320.4
American Government : the bureaucracy. Falls Church, VA :
Cerebellum Corporation, c2001. The Characteristics of the
Bureaucracy -- The Roots fo Bureaucracy -- Types of
Bureaucracies -- The Job of Bureaucracy -- Accountability --
Review. A comprehensive interactive program on the
bureaucracy of the American government.
AV 320.973
Civil liberties. Classroom ed. Falls Church, Va. : Cerebellum
Corporation, c2001. Part 1. What are civil liberties? --
Review -- Part 2. What's decent? -- Review. In Part 1, the
Standard Deviants investigate civil liberties from the point
of view of The Bill of Rights, the Due Process Clause, the
Incorporation Doctrine and First Amendment guarantees. In
Part 2, they consider what is decent and socially acceptable
behavior. Looks at a person's right to privacy under
constitutional law and focuses on legal boundaries defining
slander, breaking the law, and encroaching on other people's
freedoms. Also explains due process of law and the rights of
person accused of a crime.
AV 322.4
Cry freedom. Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, 1988. Kevin
Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton. Story of the
horrors of apartheid, based on the true story of the
friendship between white newspaper reporter Donald Woods and
South African Black activist Stephen Biko.
AV 323
A time for justice : America's civil rights movement.
Montgomery, Ala : Teaching Tolerance, c1992. Recalls the
crises in Montgomery, Little Rock, Birmingham and Selma. But
more importantly, it reveals the heroism of individuals who
risked their lives for the cause of freedom and equality.
AV 323.1
A history of the civil rights movement. Bala Cynwyd, PA :
Schlessinger Video Productions, c1994. Traces the history
of the American civil rights movement from the end of the
Civil War to the work being done currently, covering law
changes and notable personalities.
AV 323.6
Citizenship, a bilingual overview of US history and government in
English and Spanish. California Language Laboratory, 19--.
AV 324.973
Road to the White House. [New York] : Turner Home Entertainment
: CNN Video, c1992. Bernard Shaw, Catherine Crier.
Documentary which follows the 1992 candidates for President
(George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot) from the New
Hampshire primary to election day in November.
AV 327.12
On Company business. [Oak Forest, IL] : Maljack Productions,
c1987. Phillip Agee, James Wilcott, William Colby, and
others. History of the clandestine security operations of
the Federal government and their relation to world politics,
including the involvement of the CIA in assassinations
world-wide.
AV 328.73
U.S. Congress and You, narrating Howard K. Smith. Committee for
Citizen Awareness : Washington, D.C., 1994.
AV 328.73
The history and functions of Congress. Las Vegas, NV :
Educational Distributors of America, 1996. Grade 6-12, 24
min. A history and guide to the legislative procedures of
the United States Congress. The House of Representatives and
the Senate provide checks & balance to the operaitons of the
President and the Judicial system.
AV 328.73
The Legislative branch. Thousand Oaks, CA : distributed by
Goldhil Video, c2000. Narrator, Greg Heimer. Explores the
upper and lower houses of the Legislative Branch, made up of
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
AV 328.73
The U.S. Congress and you. Washington, D.C : Committe for
Citizen Awareness, c1993. Featuring Rep. David Dreier.
Looks at how Congress functions and passes legislation.
AV 330
Economics : Macroeconomics. Cerebellum Corp, 1995. Everything
you need to know to ace macroeconomics is at your fingertips
in this video. This is a comprehensive tutorial of
challenging course concepts.
AV 330
What is scarcity? Eugene, Or : New Dimension Media, Inc, c1993.
Viewers will see real life situations filmed in the streets,
motorways, shops, factories, offices and countryside's all
of which should bring a connection between theory and relity
of economics.
AV 330
Market structure. Eugene, Or : New Dimension Media, Inc, c1993.
An introduction to economics for the secondary school
student. The objective of the series is to bring real life
situations filmed in the streets, motorways, shops,
factories, offices and countryside into the classroom to
help students make the connection between theory and
reality.
AV 330
Getting the right mix. Eugene, Or. : Dist. by New Dimension
Media, c1993. Defines the nature of the public and private
sectors in the economy and the factors that determine the
right mix of both.
AV 330
The specialists. Eugene, Or. : New Dimension Media, c1993.
Examines the nature of specialization, the benefits and
drawbacks. Showing how it increases living standards and
impacts production.
AV 330
Barter, bank notes & beyond. Eugene, Or. : New Dimension Media,
c1993. Covers the evolution of money and banking, from
early barter systems to present day monetary transactions.
AV 330
Trading nations. Eugene, Or. : New Dimension Media, c1993.
AV 330
Macro models. Eugene, Or. : New Dimension Media, c1993.
Explains how economic models are used to gain insight or
identify problems in the economy such as supply or
consumption.
AV 330.12
Where We Stand. Committee for Citizen Awareness, 1999.
Discusses whether or not our democracy and free enterprise
really works in terns of our standard of living.
AV 331.7
A job for the future : Careers in measurement & control.
Research Triangle Park, NC : Produced by the Instrument
Society of America, distributed by Video Placement
Worldwide, c1999.
AV 332.02
Traveling : how to spend less and enjoy it more. Irvine, CA :
Karl-Lorimar Home Video, 1986. Lawrence Pressman.
Consumer's guide on how to travel, where to stay, what to
pack, tipping, and health and safety. Designed for both the
business and vacation traveller.
AV 332.024
The Fed today. [Dallas, TX] : Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
1999. History -- Structure -- Monetary policy -- Banking
supervision -- Financial services. Narrated by Charles
Osgood.
AV 332.64
History of the Dow Jones. [S.l.] : A&E Entertainment, 1996.
AV 332.64
The stock exchange. New York : History Channel : Distributed by
New Video Group, 1997, c1996. Presents the history and
shows the operation of the stock market. Also presents a
historical perspective on the stock market crash of 1929,
and changes in the stock market brought about by electronic
communications.
AV 335
Communism & socialism. Scottsdale, Ariz : Teacher's Video
Company, c2001. Program traces the spread of communism and
socialism from its European founders to its implementation
in Russia, Europe, and Asia. Students will learn how
America's response and attention to anti-capitalist nations
has shaped history.
AV 338.5
The Great Depression. : The great shake-up. New York : A&E Home
Video, 1998. [1] The great shake-up -- [2] Face the music
-- [3] Striking back -- [4] Desperate measures. Examines
the changes that swept the shaken nation, from the landslide
victory of FDR in 1932, to the California migrations of Dust
Bowl farmers.
AV 338.5
Face the music. New York : History Channel : A & E Home Video :
Dist., by New Video Group, c1998. Host/narrator, Mario
Cuomo. Examines how the media became an integral part of
daily life and a powerful force that let people escape the
reality during the Great Depression.
AV 338.5
The Great Depression. : Striking back. New York : A&E Home
Video, 1998. [1] The great shake-up -- [2] Face the music
-- [3] Striking back -- [4] Desperate measures. Rare
footage and revealing interviews show how some Americans
fought back against a system they felt had betrayed them.
AV 338.5
Desperate measures. New York : History Channel : A & E Home
Video : Dist., by New Video Group, c1998. Host/narrator,
Mario Cuomo. Shows footage of the 1932 "Bonus Match" in
Washington, D.C. Also examines how the approach of WW II did
what all the protests failed to do--end the Great
Depression.
AV 338.5
Economies of scale. Revised edition. Chicago, Ill. : New
Dimension Media/Questar, c2004. Economies of scale in
retailing (4 min.) -- Economies of scale in manufacturing (2
min.) -- Economies of scale: the main points (1.5 min.).
Explains why many small-scale businesses are being replaced
by large-scale businesses. Examines an input-output model
and provides a price and cost comparison between a dairy and
a supermarket. Demonstrates the efficiency of large scale
businesses by visiting a jam factory.
AV 338.5
Simple supply and demand. Revised edition. Chicago, Ill. : New
Dimension Media/Questar, c2004. How market forces determine
price (4.5 min.) -- The supply curve in detail (2.5 min.) --
Shifts in supply and demand curves (2 min.) -- Surplus and
shortage through government intervention (2 min.) --
Shortage (1.5 min.). Examines the economic concept of
supply and demand. Uses examples from vegetable and sheep
farming enterprises to illustrate how to plot simple supply
and demand curves. Explores the various factors which
influence the equilibrium price, and explains how government
intervention may influence economic equilibrium.
AV 338.521
Elasticity of demand. Revised edition. Chicago, Ill. : New
Dimension Media/Questar, c2004. Elastic demand (4.5 min.)
-- Inelastic demand (3.5 min.) -- Elasticity shown by graphs
(3 min.). Examines the difference between elastic and
inelastic demand. Uses examples from a competitive seafood
market and a monopolistic ferry service to explore the
economic theory of supply and demand. Also plots the graphs
that quantify the relative gain or loss in revenue from
price increases or decreases in each business situation.
AV 342.73
United States Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments.
Thousand Oaks, CA : Dist. by Goldhil Video, c1999.
Narrator: Greg Heimer. The Bill of Rights and the
Constitutional Amendments are presented in
easy-to-understand language within a fun, fast-paced style.
AV 342.73
The United States Constitution. Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil
Video, c1999. Narrator, Greg Heimer. Explains the history
and basic principles of the constitution of the United
States.
AV 344.7
Nuremberg. Culver City, Calif. : Zenger Video, 1979. A film
record of the trials of the Nazi leaders at Nuremberg,
Germany. Includes scenes from films made by the Nazis which
were presented as the documentary evidence of the atrocities
committed at concentration camps.
AV 345
Three sovereigns for Sarah. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1999.
Vanessa Redgrave, Phyllis Thaxter, Kim Hunter, Will Lyman.
In 1703 Sarah Cloyce, survivor of the Salem witchcraft
hysteria, presents her story to a special commission
empowered to investigate the trials for witchcraft. The
events leading to the trials and the suffering they caused
are told in flashback fashion. Using original trial
transcripts and authentic locations, this is a true story of
how 20 people were killed and hundreds of others jailed
during the "witch hysteria" of 1692.
AV 347
Man and the state: The Trial of Socrates. Chicago, IL : The
Corporation, c1982-1983. [v.1] Burke and Paine on
revolution -- [v.2] Hamilton and Jefferson on democracy --
[v.3] Machiavelli on political power -- [v.4] Marx and
Rockfeller on capitalism -- [v.5] Roosevelt and Hoover on
economy -- [v.6] The trial of Socrates. Presents opposing
viewpoints and concepts by different statesmen in the
history and offers a glimpse into their political life and
legal processes.
AV 347.73
The history and functions of the Supreme Court. Las Vegas, NV :
Educational Distributors of America, 1996. A history and
guide to the judicial procedures of the United States
Supreme Court. Benchmark decisions have brought prestige and
power to what was once considered the weakest department of
power.
AV 347.73
Separate but equal. Los Angeles : Republic Pictures Home Video,
1991. Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley. The
year is 1950 ... and America is divided between black and
white. Schools, restaurants, trains and buses ... even
drinking fountains cannot be shared by both races. Although
slavery has been outlawed for nearly a century, segregation
is legal. But white and Negro facilities are separate and
unequal ... and the tension has reached a breaking point for
the blacks of Clarendon County, South Carolina. When their
request for a single school bus is denied by whiteschool
officials, a bitter, violent and courageous battle for
justice and equality begins ... putting black against white
and friend against neighbor all across the country.
AV 347.73
The Judicial branch. Thousand Oaks, CA : distributed by Goldhil
Video, c2000. Narrator, Greg Heimer. Examine the division
of government that was established as the principle
separation of powers. Includes discussion of state courts
and the Supreme Court.
AV 351
The First ladies. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video, c1989. Uses
ABC News films to tell how the different styles of
presidents' wives have influenced government.
AV 351
Presidents. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video, 1990, c1989. Using
ABC News archival footage, tells the story of the presidents
from George Washington to George Bush.
AV 351
The history and functions of the presidency. Las Vegas, NV :
Educational Distributors of America, 1996. Grades 5-12, 24
min. Examines the history and development of the presidency,
and considers the special powers granted by the
Constitution, how the president's power is held in check.
AV 351
The executive branch. Thousand Oaks, Calif : distributed by
Goldhil Video, c2000. Narrator, Greg Heimer. Analyzes the
powers of the Executive branch from a legal and historical
point of view.
AV 353
On company business. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video, c1987.
Pt. 1. The History (ca. 58 min.) -- pt. 2. Assassination
(ca. 49 min.) -- pt. 3. Subversion (ca. 67 min.). This
series douments the government's most controversial branch.
The secret methods and undefined goals of this organization
have been the topic of much speculation. This is a
penetrating look inside one of the world's most powerful
secret organizations.
AV 355.099
The buffalo soldiers. Huntsville, Tex : Evn, [199-?], c1992.
Depicts the black soldiers who, following the Civil War,
continued in military life in the West, fighting Indians and
making settlement possible.
AV 361
Sex and Sacrifices, what they did for love. Gladney Center :
Forth Worth, Texas, 1991.
AV 361.37
Down the Street and Around the World. Florida : Video Placement
Worldwide, 19xx. Examines the Lions Clubs International.
Highlights several Lions Clubs projects and the personal
stories of the people who have benefited from them.
AV 362
Understanding peer pressure. Huntsville, Tex. : Educational
Video Network, c1991.
AV 362
Alcohol: What You Don't Know. New York : Castleworks, 1996.
AV 362
Child Abuse. Schlessinger Video Productions, 1994. This program
presents interviews with abuse victims/survivors,
psychiatrists, psychotherapits, and legal counselors. Each
helps to define the different types of abuse & how silences
may be broken, healing may begin, and the cycle of abuse can
be stopped.
AV 362
Reach out. San Diego, CA : World Research, c1985.
AV 362.1
Aids. Glencoe Macmillian : Westerville, Ohio, 1994.
AV 362.1
Kitchen safety : working with utensils and equipment. Mt.Kisco,
NY : Vocational Media Associates, 1986. William Lord.
Shows safe handling techniques for various sharp or
potentially dangerous implements such as boning and paring
knives, box graters, meat cleavers, grinders, food choppers,
and mixing machines.
AV 362.1
And the band played on. New York : HBO Home Video, c1993.
Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Phil Collins, Bud Cort, Richard
Gere, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin. A docudrama on the
origin and the spread of the HIV virus and the AIDS
epidemic.
AV 362.18
New self study CPR. Rev. ed. Chester, PA : Gurnee, IL :
Emergency & Safety Programs, Inc. ; Medical Devices
International, 1997. Demonstrations of proper technique in
dealing with unconscious victims.
AV 362.2
Crack! Pleasantville, NY : Sunburst Communications, 1987. (107
min) Alerts viewers to the dangers of crack, the free-base
form of cocaine. Attributes crack's alarming popularity to
the current trends, low cost, easy availabilty, and ease of
use. Includes interviews with people who actually have
experienced the drug.
AV 362.2
Alone in the dark. Worcester, PA : Gateway Films/Vision Video,
1994, c1993. Christopher Stone, T.C. Warner, Dee Wallace
Stone. A story with built-in analysis: a teenage girl,
Tasha, insists on driving home from a party after drinking
too much, when she is suddenly "removed" from the situation
and made to reflect on the choices she has made.
AV 362.2
I live in an alcoholic family. Pleasantville, NY : Sunburst
Communications, 1988. Presents vignettes of teenagers who
live with alcoholic parents and stresses the fact that
children do not cause their parents to drink, nor can they
control or cure their drinking. Shows children how to lead
their lives through detachment, trust, and renewed
self-esteem.
AV 362.29
Drinking & driving. Verona, WI : Attainment, 1997, c1996. Host:
Keith Burkes. "A group of friends hang out at a party that
turns tragic when alcohol consumption contributes to a car
accident and ending up in the emergency room"--container.
AV 362.29
Alcohol & violence. Verona, WI : Attainment, 1997, c1996. Host:
Keith Burkes. "Alcohol and guns lead to disaster when a
love triangle results in a tragedy"--container.
AV 362.29
Teen smoking. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c1999.
Michael Carmen, Nick Mennell, Kellee Stewart, Hasib McNealy,
Louis Paladino. Reveals why kids turn to smoking, the
impact tobacco has on society, and its harmful physical
effects. Animation, interviews, staged debates and original
music.
AV 362.29
Drinking and driving. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire Video
Publishers, c1988. PRESENTER: Michael Pritchard. Seventh
in a series of 12 videocassettes aimed at helping teens with
life's major problems; Pritchard talks to high school
students about how to stay or get out of drinking & driving
predicaments and still be cool and keep friends.
AV 362.29
Steroids : the real story. Pleasantville, NY : Sunburst
Communications, c1993.
AV 362.29
Hope for the addicted. Harrington Park, NJ : Jansen Video,
c1998. Portrays a young addict who turned to crimeto
support his drug habit but found his way to a remarkable
drug treatment center in Italy, a therapeutic village where
every inhabitant from the doctors to the guests are addicts
or recovering addicts.
AV 362.7
The power of choice. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire, c1987. 1.
The power of choice -- 2. Acting on your values -- 3.
Self-esteem -- 4. Coping with pressures -- 5. Drugs and
alcohol, pt. 1 -- 6. Drugs and alcohol, pt. 2 -- 7. Drinking
and driving -- 8. Sex -- 9. Friendship and dating -- 10.
Depression and suicide -- 11. Communicating with parents --
12. Raising your parents. Presenter: Michael Pritchard. A
series aimed at helping teens gain self-esteem, cope with
peer pressure and communicate with parents and others.
AV 362.7
High on life, not on drugs. Littleton, CO : Spin, Inc., c1987.
Sgt. Bud Hulsey. A discussion of the reasons kids use
drugs, the reasons they shouldn't, and how parents and kids
can help avoid the problems.
AV 362.7
Depression and suicide. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire Media,
1991, c1988. Host: Michael Pritchard. Examines the ways of
coping with the depression and stress that often lead to
suicide and presents a clear minded look at what to do if
you or someone you care about is at risk.
AV 362.7
Teen pregnancy. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. "Teen mothers discuss the problems of
pregnancy and motherhood. Adoption and abortion are
discussed as options." --catalog.
AV 362.7
Communicating with parents. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire Media,
1991. Host, Michael Pritchard. Through probing dialogue
and hypothetical situations, teen counselor Pritchard and
high school students examine some of the ways in which
family communication gets blocked, and consider what kinds
of choices they can make to improve the situation.
AV 362.7
Friendship and dating. San Francisco, CA : Live Wire Media,
1991. Host, Michael Pritchard. Discusses friendship and
dating and teaches teenagers how to create and maintain
quality relationships.
AV 363.123
Titanic. New York : A & E Home Video, 1994. [v. 1] Death of a
dream, pt. 1 -- [v. 2] Death of a dream, pt. 2 -- [v. 3] The
legend lives on, pt. 1 -- [v. 4] The legend lives on, pt. 2.
Presents the story of the great cruise ship, the Titanic,
touted as unsinkable, but which sank on its maiden voyage
and took 1200 people with it. Recounted in newsreel,
diaries, and interviews with survivors.
AV 363.192
Diet for a new America : your health, your planet. Los Angeles :
Oakland, CA : KCET Video ; Dist. by The Video Project,
c1991. PRESENTER: John Robbins. Robbins tells how he left
his ice-cream empire family in search of a better life and
diet, and how his research into the adverse effects of an
animal diet has led to the philosophy expressed in the
video.
AV 363.7
Crunch, smash, trash : monster machines that recycle. Chicago,
IL : In-Sites Productions, c1994. Shows a variety of
recycling machines like glass crushers, magnet cranes, car
shredders, etc., and what happens to the things we recycle.
AV 363.88
Date rape. Verona, WI : Attainment, 1997, c1996. Host: Keith
Burkes. "Two friends plan to study together but he has
ulterior motives. She tells a friend what happened and the
police are called in"--container.
AV 364.1
Abusive relationships. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. Two abused women, a young man who was
an abuser, and abuse counselors reveal various aspects of
relationship abuse in interviews. "Presents interviews with
abused individuals, an abuser and a therapist, each
discussing their experience and the brutal cycle of
emotional and physical abuse."--catalog.
AV 364.1
Watergate. Bethesda, Md. : Discovery Channel Video, c2003. Part
1 (26 min.) -- Part 2 (24 min.). Reviews the details and
consequences of the Watergate Affair, including the search
for the identity of the informant known as Deep Throat, and
the missing 18 1/2 minutes of Nixon's secret tapes. Reveals
that the tools of forensic investigation may give us more
authoritative evidence of what really happened in the
burglary.
AV 364.3
Violence. Glencoe Macmillian : Westerville, Ohio, 1994.
AV 370
An Where there's a will there's. [West Chester, Pa.] :
Chesterbrook Educational Publishers, 1991, c1989. Professor
Claude Olney. A seminar on study skills which college
students can use to help improve test scores and raise their
GPA.
AV 370.19
Sexual harassment. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. "A look at the sensitive issue of
sexual harassment including a discussion of what it is, date
rape, and the difficult task of distinguishing harassment
from healthy affection." --catalog. "A look at the
sensitive issue of sexual harassment including a discussion
of what harassment is, date rape, and the difficult task of
distinguishing harassment from healthy affection."--catalog.
AV 371.7
Developing a school safety plan. Santa Monica, CA : Lee Canter &
As, c1994.
AV 371.7
Intervening safely during fights. Santa Monica, CA : Lee Canter,
c1994.
AV 371.7
Dealing with the potentially violent student. Santa Monica, CA :
Lee Canter & As, c1994.
AV 372.8
"how a bill becomes a law". Texas House of Prepresentataives.
Introduction by Representative Chuck Hopson.
AV 378.1
Tuesdays with Morrie. Burbank, CA : distributed by Buena Vista
Home Entertainment, c1999. Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria, Wendy
Moniz, Caroline Aaron, Bonnie Bartlett, John Carroll Lynch.
Based on a true story, the story of professor, Morrie
Schwartz, who is dying from ALS. A former student, Mitch
Albom, speaks to him about dying, living, and what's
important in life.
AV 379.2
Ruby Bridges. Burbank, Calif : Walt Disney Home Video :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c1998. Chaz
Monet, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Pollak, Michael Beach,
Lela Rochon. Based on the true story of six-year-old Ruby,
one of the first black students to integrate a public
elementary school in New Orleans.
AV 391
Your future in art ; Your future in fashion. [Pittsburg, Pa :
The Designs Schools, 1988].
AV 394.26
A Christmas carol. Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, c1995. George
C. Scott, Nigel Davenport, Frank Finlay, Lucy Gutteridge,
Angela Pleasence, Roger Rees, David Warner. Classic holiday
film of how the miser Scrooge finds his view on Christmas
changed after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past,
Present and Future.
AV 394.261
Mm : millennium. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000. Volume
1. The eleventh century : Century of the sword ; The twelfth
century : Century of the axe -- Volume 2. The thirteenth
century : Century of the stirrup ; The fourteenth century :
Century of the scythe -- Volume 3. The fifteenth century :
Century of the sail ; The sixteenth century : Century of the
compass -- Volume 4. The seventeenth century : Century of
the telescope ; The eighteenth century : Century of the
furnace -- Volume 5. The nineteenth century : Century of the
machine ; The twentieth century : Century of the globe. A
survey of events and achievements that have shaped the world
over the past millennium, with each episode focusing on a
single century.
AV 398.2
Rip Van Winkle. Livonia, MI. : CBS/FOX Video, c1986. Harry Dean
Stanton, Talia Shire, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Penn, Tim
Conway. A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill
Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
AV 415
Grammar rock. Stamford, CT : Capital Cities/ABC Video Pub,
c1995. Unpack your adjectives -- Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get
your adverbs here -- Conjunction junction -- Interjections!
-- Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla -- Verb : that's what's
happening -- A noun is a person place or thing -- Busy
prepositions -- The tale of Mr. Morton. A series of
three-minute informational programs for children set to
lively music and rhyming lyrics.
AV 460.042
La Lengua (the Spanish language). [Melville, NY] : Video
Knowledge, c1990. Explores the Spanish language as well as
bilingualism and Hispanic culture.
AV 468
Animated hero classics : music video, volume 1. Irving, Tex :
Nest Masters, Inc, c1994. Original scores and stunning
animation combine to create an educational and entertaining
musical journey through history.
AV 468
The lord of the rings. Burbank, Calif. : New Line Home
Entertainment, 2002. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo
Mortensen. In the land of Middle Earth, young Hobbit Frodo
Baggins is entrusted with the One Ring of the Dark Lord
Sauron and with a fellowship of eight others, embarks on a
quest to destroy it.
AV 468
The lord of the rings. Widescreen. Burbank, Calif. : New Line
Home Entertainment, 2003. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo
Mortensen. While Frodo Baggins and his friend Samwise
continue on to Mordor to destroy the one ring, their allies
launch assaults on Isengard, Helm's Deep, and the corrupt
wizard Saruman.
AV 468
The last of the Mohicans. Director's expanded ed., enhanced
widescreen. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment, [2001]. Daniel Day-Lewis. Madeleine
Stowe. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May,
Russell Means, Wes Studi. An epic adventure and passionate
romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness
ravaged by war. A love story set during the French and
Indian War, between an American raised by the Mohican
Indians and the daughter of a British officer.
AV 468
El Misterio de los Excavadores. California : Walt Disney, 2000.
Spanish version of "Holes".
AV 500
Mindjogger videoquizzes : Glenco physical science. Westerville,
OH : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1997. 25 programs to accompany
each of the 25 chapters in the companion text. To be used
with Glencoe's Physical science textbook.
AV 509.03
The scientist. Jacksonville, Ill. : New Dimension Media, c1993.
Host: Ian Richardson. This episode uses dramatic readings,
re-enactments, interviews, and footage of places, writings,
etc. to recreate the life of Renaissance scientists.
AV 523.1
Blues for a red planet : and, Traveller's tales. Atlanta, GA :
Turner Home Entertainment, 1989. Presented by Carl Sagan.
Pt. 5 discusses research on Mars, from the work location in
Arizona to the discoveries of the Viking spacecraft ; pt. 6
Compares early global exploration with modern
extraterrestrial flights of the Voyager Project.
AV 523.1
Outer space : way out there! Burbank, Calif : Walt Disney Home
Video, [1990?]. PRESENTER: Bill Nye. Bill Nye discusses
the fascinating aspects of outer space. Includes fun
experiments and original footage of the Apollo moon
landings.
AV 523.8
Mysteries of deep space. Alexandria, Va : PBS Home Video, c1997.
Narrator, Stacy Keach. Presents the boldest new
acheivements in modern astronomy, peering into the dawn of
time with the Hubble Space Telescope, examining the violent
events that create new worlds and obliterate old ones, and
discovering where astronomers are looking for answers to the
ages-old question of the existence of alien life.
AV 526
Latitude and longitude. Washington, D.C : National Geographic
Society, c1994. Imagine being an explorer long before the
invention of modern navigational equipment. There was a
whole planet to explore, vast seas to cross, and continents
to discover. How would you find your way, chart your path so
others could follow, or find your way back home?.
AV 531
Powerful forces : all pumped up. Burbank, CA : Walt Disney
Company, c1998. Examines the forces of everyday life:
force, momentum and pressure.
AV 537
Transfer of Energy, The. Schlessinger Media, 2000. In this
video, aspiring scientist Sylvie uncovers some compelling
examples of how energy is never lost- it just changes formas
it moves through the universe.
AV 540
The world of chemistry. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Intellimation,
c1988. pt.1-2. The world of chemistry (29 min.). Color (29
min.) --pt. 3-4. Measurement: the foundation of chemistry
(29 min.). Modeling the unseen (29 min.)--pt. 5-6. A matter
of state (29 min.). The atom (29 min.)--pt.7-8. The periodic
table (29 min, ). Chemical bonds (29 min.) --pt. 9-10.
Molecular architecture (29 min.). Signals from within (29
min.) --pt. 11-12. The mole (29 min.). Water (29 min.)--pt.
13-14. The driving forces (29 min.). Molecules in action (29
min.)--pt. 15-16. The busy electron (29 min.). The proton in
chemistry (29 min.))--pt.17-18. The precious envelope (29
min.). The chemistry of the earth (29 min.)--pt. 19-20.
Metals (29 min.). On the surface (29 min.)--pt. 21-22.
Carbon (29 min.). The age of polymers (29 min.)--pt.23-24.
Proteins: structure and function (29 min.). The genetic code
(29 min.)--pt. 25-26. Chemistry and the environment (29
min.). Futures (29 min.). Host, Roald Hoffmann. Explores
various aspects of the world of chemistry and its impact on
man's environment. Distinguished scientists discuss major
breakthroughs and future directions of research.
AV 540
The periodic table. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2000.
The periodic table is the road map to the elements. Learn
about atomic number, atomic mass, and the chemical symbols.
AV 550
Geography : five themes for Planet Earth. Washington, D.C :
National Geographic Society, Educational Services, c1992.
Introduces the five key themes in geography education:
location (position on the Earth's surface); place (physical
& human characteristics); human/environment interactions;
movement of people, goods, & ideas; and regions (how they
form & change).
AV 551
Planets of the sun. Anaheim, Calif : Diamond Entertainment Corp,
1993, c1974. Designed to teach basic principles of
astronomy as related to planets.
AV 551.2
The day the Earth shook. South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video,
c1996. Explores whether or not an earthquake has to be a
disaster by comparing the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe
quakes.
AV 551.21
In the path of a killer volcano. Princeton, NJ : Films for the
Humanities & Sciences, [1993]. Dave Harlow, John Ewert, Ed
Wolfe, Ray Punongbayan. Explores the eruption of Mt.
Pinatubo in 1991, the largest volcanic eruption in 80 years.
AV 551.4
Water Rules. Port Royal, SC : Environmental Media Corp., 19xx.
Water, water everywhere! Or is it?.
AV 551.5
All about meteorology. Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media,
c2000. Dr. Jon Nese. Have you ever wondered how a weather
forcaster knows what the weather will be like? See how
meteorologists can predict the weather for the upcoming week
and even a few months down the road through scientific
deduction and high-tech equipment.
AV 551.552
Hurricane! [Boston, MA] : WGBH, c1989. This program traces the
path of Hurricane Gilbert, which struck the Caribbean and
the Gulf of Mexico from Sept. 11 to 16, 1988. It also
presents the work of research scientists at the Hurricane
Research Division and officials at the National Hurricane
Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, who work to predict the path
and intensity of a hurricane in time to warn coastal
populations in its path. Hurricanes Andrew & Gilbert are
two of the recent hurricanes that caused much damage.
Scientists are making efforts to understand these powerful
natural phenomena.
AV 551.553
Tornado! South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video, [1996], c1985.
Looks at the phenomenon of tornadoes, the destruction they
cause and a "chase team" which literally chases tornadoes to
study their power.
AV 551.5632
Lightning! : NOVA Adventures in Science. Boston, Mass : WGBH
Educational Foundation, c1995.
AV 551.57
All about rain, snow, sleet & hail. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger
Media, c2000. Jon Nese. An explanation of everyday weather
forms and the forces that cause them. Learn about the sky,
storm clouds and water pressure. A meteorologist
demonstrates how measurement and observation of rainfall
helps determine the forecast. Hands-on demonstrations
showing that air has weight. Precipitation comes in many
different forms and is caused by a wide variety of forces.
But what makes the sky open up? And how is water changed
into all of these different forms?.
AV 551.6
Weather, come rain, come shine. Washington, D.C. : National
Geographic Society, Educational Services, c1983. Introduces
viewers to the forces that cause climatic changes, using
slive action, stills, and animation. Describes forecasting
tools & weather satellites.
AV 551.6
Weather and climate. Marina del Rey, Calif : TMW Sales Company,
Inc, c1991. Narrated by Ben Leonard. The geography tutor
is intended to reinforce those subject areas within
geography that students have difficulty grasping.
AV 571.6
Cells. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2001. Looks at the
smallest living unit in the human body. Learns the types and
parts of a cell, how they work together; also, cell
specialization and cellular reproduction. Includes hands-on
activity on the concept of a "selective membrane".
AV 571.6
All about cells & body systems. Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger
Media, c2001. Gives kids a fascinating look inside the
human body and introduces them to the concept that the body
is made up of smaller parts called organ systems. Uses
simple explanations and colorful graphics to learn about
functions of each system and the relationships between
cells, tissues, and organs.
AV 574
The immortal thread. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, c1993. Hosted by David Suzuki. Through research
conducted on DNA, scientists are finding evidence for the
unity of life on Earth.
AV 574.526
Rain forest. Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, 1987, c1983. An
in-depth look at the lush tropical forests of Costa Rica,
covering both plant and animal life, and discussing the
influence of man's clear-cutting on the environment.
AV 591.9
The wilds of Madagascar. Collector's ed. Stamford, CT : Vestron
Video, 1989, c1988. PARTICIPANTS: Philip Chapman, Michael
Rakotonirina, Blaid Michel, Sheila Hurd. Documentary on the
unique animals and plants of Madagascar's remote Ankarana
plateau.
AV 596.096
African wildlife. Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, 1986, c1980.
Documentary on the animal life in Namibia's Etosha National
Park, centering on the ebb and flow of life around a water
hole.
AV 596.096
Africa's stolen river. Collector's ed. Washington, D.C :
Burbank, CA : National Geographic Video ; distributed by
Columbia Tristar Home Video, 1989, c1992. Documentary,
filmed over a period of seven years, on the death faced by
all the animals which had called Botswana's Savuti Channel
home, as the waters gradually disappeared.
AV 597.9
Reptiles and insects: leapin' lizards! [United States ] :
[Burbank, Calif : Walt Disney Home Video ; distributed by
Buena Vista Home Video, 1995]. Host, Bill Nye. Bill Nye
finds the creepiest, crawliest animals on earth.
AV 599.74
Land of the tiger. Stamford, CT : National Geographic Society ;
distributed by Vestron Video, c1985.
AV 611
The human body : the nervous system. Thousand Oaks, Calif :
Goldhil Video, c2001. Viewers explore the purpose and
function of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and trillions of
neurons, or nerve cells that comprise our nervous system.
AV 611
The human body : the nervous system. Thousand Oaks, Calif :
Goldhil Video, c2001. Viewers explore the purpose and
function of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and trillions of
neurons, or nerve cells that comprise our nervous system.
AV 611
The human body : major systems and organs. Thousand Oaks, CA :
Goldhil Video, c2001.
AV 612
The human body : the inside scoop! Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney
Home Video, [199-?]. PRESENTER: Bill Nye. Bill Nye takes
viewers on an inside tour of the human body. Shows the
properties of skin and blood, and how blood circulates in
the body.
AV 612.6
Puberty. Bala Cynwyd, Pa. : Schlessinger Media, c1994. Focuses
of physical as well as emotional changes the body undergoes
during adolescence including hormonal changes, masturbation,
reproduction, acne, and more.
AV 613.2
Health & nutrition. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2001.
Learn that what we eat is critical to overall health, from
cells to senses. Learn about nutrients, including
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water.
Balanced diet, presentation of the Food Guide Pyramid, and
role of exercise. Hands-on activity involves energy stored
in food.
AV 613.2
Nutrition and diet. Bala Cynwyd, Pa. : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. Series content: [v.1] Abusive
relationships -- [v.2] AIDS -- [v.3] Birth control -- [v.4]
Cancer -- [v.5] Child abuse -- [v.6] Eating disorders --
[v.7] Nutrition/diet -- [v.8] Peer pressure -- [v.9] Puberty
-- [v.10] Self-esteem -- [v.11] Sexual harassment -- [v.12]
Sports medicine -- [v.13] STDs (Sexually transmitted
diseases) -- [v.14] Teen pregnancy -- [v.15] Teen sexuality.
An interesting look at diet, loaded with tips, dos and
don'ts, and expert advice on proper nutrition.
AV 613.7
Nutrition & exercise : facts to live by. Houston, Tex :
InforMed, Inc, c1995. Explains how exercise and a more
nutritional diet will reduce the risk factors associated
with cardiovascular disease.
AV 613.8
Alcohol : brain under the influence. Scottsdale, AZ : Amethyst
Technologies, c1998. Narrator, Frank George; special
appearance by Arie Luyendyk. Examines how alcohol affects
the human brain. Explains why drinking alcohol is
pleasurable, how field sobriety tests work, how drinking
styles affect blood alcohol levels, and why driving skills
become impaired. Racing legend Arie Luyendyk discusses
driving safety.
AV 613.85
The dangers of smoking. Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media,
c1999. Reveals the staggering impact tobacco has on our
society and our bodies.
AV 613.9
The party's over : sex, alcohol & pregnancy. Venice, CA :
distributed by TMW Media Group, c2001. Cantada Abundis,
Justin Smith, Meredith Green ... [et al.]. Vignettes of 3
teen couples dealing with contemporary sexual health and
relationship issues, including readiness for sexual
involvement, sexually transmitted infections, teen
pregnancy, pressure, contraception, infidelity, role of
alcohol, abortion and more.
AV 613.907
Teen sexuality. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. "An open and frank look at teen
sexuality including intercourse, and discussions about
abstinence, sex without intercourse, homosexuality, birth
control and disease prevention." --catalog. This program
helps to sort out some of the questions teens may ave about
sex and their own sexuality, peer pressure, birth control,
teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
AV 613.94
Birth control. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions,
c1994. "Discusses all options for birth control including
abstinence and sexual contact without intercourse"--Catalog.
AV 614
AIDS, answers for everyone. Huntsville, Tex. : EVN, c1988.
Noted experts, patients, and their families discuss the
incidence of AIDS, treatment received, and the effect it has
had on them.
AV 614
Surviving AIDS. South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c1999.
Featuring Bob Massie. Features the case of Bob Massie, who
first became infected with HIV in 1978, but who has remained
healthy without the use of therapeutic drugs. Discusses the
cutting edge of AIDS research.
AV 615
Alcohol and you. Huntsville, Tex : Evn, c1994. Pt.1. The
effects of alcohol -- pt.2. An all-American killer.
Explores the dangerous impact of alcohol, a widely abused
drug in the United States, and the its potential to kill.
AV 615
Marijuana and you. Huntsville, Tex : Evn, 1994. Explores the
long term physiological and psychological effects of
marijuana use.
AV 615
Alcohol and attitudes : Where do you stand? Pleasantville, NY :
Sunburst, 1994. This program will: help students think
critically about alcohol use, evaluate misconceptions,
recognize signs of serious problems, & challenge their
acceptance of alcohol as harmless.
AV 615.78
Marijuana : its effects on mind and body. Bala Cynwyd, PA :
Schlessinger Video Productions, c1991. Narrated by Peter
Booker. Examines the scientific, social, and personal
aspects of marijuana--its history, cultural impact,
psychological and physical effects, dangers, legal status,
and the pros and cons of the legalization issue.
AV 616
Drugs. Glencoe, 1994.
AV 616
Diabetes : an introduction. Houston, TX : InforMed, Inc, 1995.
Explains in simple terms the two types of diabetes, why it
is damaging, the warning signs and symptoms, and what you
can do to control the effects of diabetes on your body.
AV 616.85
The problem with food. New York : Wellspring Media, 1995, c1993.
Hosted by Nancy Polinsky and Chris Moore. Discusses the
warning signs, causes, and treatments of anorexia, bulimia,
and compulsive overeating. Examines how real people, with
emphasis on young adults 13 to 25, deal with eating
disorders.
AV 616.85
Eating disorders. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1994. "Moving interviews with several young
people who have suffered from anorexia nervosa and bulimia,
plus therapists discussing these potentially fatal
disorders." --catalog.
AV 616.85
Eating Disorder. Art & Design, 1999. This video opens with the
question "What is it like to starveyourself to death in a
culture of plenty?" Along with a team of experts, Kate
Jackson explores the many complicated aspects of eating
disorders.
AV 616.85
Dead blue : a film about surviving depression. New York : Home
Box Office, c1997. Three prominent survivors of depression,
Mike Wallace, Martha Manning and William Styron join family,
friends and acquaintances to openly discuss their struggles.
AV 616.852
Cathy Rigby "on eating disorders" Reseda, CA : Increase Video,
c1990. College Hospital presents an insight to the process
of recovery in treating anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
AV 616.8527
Teenage depression and suicide. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger
Video Productions, c1991. Narrated by Peter Booker.
Examines the causes of teen-age depression and suicide and
the role drugs play in the emotional upheavals of young
people.
AV 616.86
Dying for a smoke. Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Entertainment Group,
c1994. Host/narrator, William Riead. This hard-hitting
documentary on the controversial issue of smoking takes on
the tobacco industry and makes some shocking assertions, and
offers an unsettling look at the human costs of the world's
tobacco addiction.
AV 616.86
Worry : controlling it and using it wisely. New York :
Wellspring Media : Dist. by Fox Lorber Associates, c1999.
Presenter: Edward M. Hallowell. Offers a simple solution to
getting the toxic worry and fears under control.
AV 616.86
Death in the West. Santa Monica, Calif : Pyramid Film & Video,
[1983], c1976. Presentation of an actual cigarette
advertisement serves as the basis for a strong argument
against smoking.
AV 616.86
Say goodbye Joe. Springfield, MA : Stat, c1992. Teens berate
Camel Joe, advertising symbol for the R. J. Reynold's Camel
cigarettes.
AV 616.86
You don't have to smoke to be cool! : Peer pressure and smoking.
Mt. Kisco, NY : Guidance Associates, c1990. Suzanne
Doharty, Paul Peckman, Karen Keblinger, Walter Brown. A
series of questions & answers interspersed by vignettes
showing the harmful & negative effects of smoking. A strong
message to teenagers to stop smoking.
AV 616.95
STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases). Schlessinger Media, 1994.
Physicians and young adult peer educators openly explore
information on preventing STDs during intercourse and oral
sex, and also stress abstinence as the only way to be 100%
safe against STDs.
AV 616.97
Time out : the truth about HIV, AIDS and you. Hollywood, Calif :
Paramount Home Video, 1992. PRESENTER: Arsenio Hall and
Magic Johnson, with appearances by Paula Abdul, Kirstie
Alley, Mayim Balik, Color Me Badd, Tom Cruise, Johnny Gill,
and more. Celebrities discuss facts and statistics about
the HIV virus and AIDS, prevention measures, living with
HIV, as well as misconceptions generally held.
AV 617.7
Don't be blind to diabetes. St. Petersburg, FL : Video Placement
Worldwide, c1988. Explains the symptoms and treatment of
diabetes, the complications of diabetes, and how to control
the disease with diet and exercise.
AV 617.7828
Alcohol : teenage drinking. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video
Productions, c1991. Narrated by Peter Booker. Examines the
history, effects, and medical and legal aspects of teenage
alcohol use and abuse. Viewers will see the negative
effects that alcohol has on teenagers.
AV 618
Head lice to dead lice. Weston, MA : Sawyer Mac Productions,
c1997. Hosted by Paul Wagner, Talia Sawyer. Offers a
non-toxic solution to head lice.
AV 618.2
A Career in Nurse-Midwifery. Washington, D.C. : American College
of Nurse-Midwives. Your ticket to the career ofnursing &
midwifery.
AV 618.97
Cardiovascular disease : an introduction. Houston, Tex :
InforMed, Inc, c1993. Discusses the diseases of the
cardiovascular system, including angina, heart attack,
stroke and congestive heart failure.
AV 621.8
All about simple machines. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media,
c2000. Denise Pospisil. Learn how a simple machine uses
one force to overcome another. See how the lever, pulley,
wheel, screw and others, form the basis for most tools and
machines. Hands-on activity.
AV 624.5
The Golden Gate Bridge. New York : A & E Home Video, 1995,
c1994. HOST: Jack Perkins. A documentary on the building
of the Golden Gate Bridge.
AV 625.1
All Aboard : 150 Years on the Right Track. USA : Reader's
Digest, 1996. See all the crucial developments from the
invention of the first locomotive, to the completion of the
transcontinental track, and the creation of high-speed
railways.
AV 627.8
Hoover Dam. New York, NY : History Channel, 1999, p1996.
Documentary on the design and building of the Hoover Dam.
AV 629.28
Safe driving for teens. Chatsworth, Calif : AIMS Multimedia,
c2003. Narrated by Jim Terr. Doofus Clueless, the human
crash test dummy, demonstrates dangerous driving behaviors.
Demonstrations show blunt force injuries that can occur in
even low-speed collisions. Medical personnel discuss
injuries from traffic accidents, the importance of using a
seat belt, and the dangers of drinking and driving.
Introduces accident survivors whose lives have been
drastically altered.
AV 629.4
Seven days in space. Kings Point, N.Y : Halcyon Films and Video,
1987. Participants: Joe Allen, Rick Hauck, Anna Fisher,
David Walker. Discovery shuttle astronauts narrate NASA
footage of their week aboard the shuttle in November of
1984.
AV 634.9
Managing Resources. Garden City, NY : Bergwall Video
Productions, Inc, 1991.
AV 634.9
Ancient forests. Washington, D.C. : The Society, 1992. Huge
forest once covered much of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North
and South America. But the rapid growth and western spread
of civiliztion have gradually-and almost totally-destroyed
these original forests. In North America, small vestiges of
these forests, already centuries old when Columbus landed in
the New World, dot the Pacific coast from northern
California through Canada to Alaska. Explores the
biological diversity, complexities, and value of the ancient
forests.
AV 636.1
Born to the Wind. Kicjem BT : Nature Episodes, 19xx. This video
introduces the wild horses on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse
Range in Montana. Describes the cycle of animal and plant
life through the seasons in the Pryor Mountains, emphasizing
the adaptations the wild horses have made in order to
survive there.
AV 641.3
Fabulous foods. New York, N.Y. : Sony Wonder, 1998. Ashton
Bennett, Alice D'eon, Martha Irving, Rhonda McLean, Anna
Wedlock. Join the Works Clubhouse to find out how foods are
made and where they come from. The kids of the Works
Clubhouse learn about making fruit juice, fruit pies, bread,
and pasta.
AV 641.3
Fantastic food. New York : Sony Wonder, c1998. Ashton Bennett,
Alice D'eon, Martha Irving, Rhonda McLean, Anna Wedlock.
Join the gang of Works Clubhouse to learn how foods are
made.
AV 641.5
My first nature video. New York : Sony Kids' Video, c1992.
PRESENTER: Eva Marie Bryer. Introduces children to
activities exploring nature, including sprouting seeds, a
worm farm, feeding birds, and more.
AV 646.77
Next time I fall in love. Muskegon, Mich. : Gospel Films, c1989.
Samantha Mathis, Terri Anne Ivens, Craig Gini. Explores the
concepts of friendship and love from a Christian viewpoint
and prescribes ways to have more fulfulling dating
relationships.
AV 649.1
Raising your parents. San Francisco, Calif : Live Wire Video
Publishers, 1988. Host, Michael Pritchard. Through probing
dialogue and hypothetical situations, teen counselor
Pritchard and high school students discuss how to make their
relationship with their parents work better.
AV 650.14
Jim Barton's the job interview and you! Montvale, NJ : Career
Path Productions, c1992. Jim Barton. Shows you how to
prepare for a job interview by telling you what to say and
why to say it.
AV 677
Sheep crossing. [New England?] : Great White Dog Picture
Company, c1996. An exploration of the world of wool from
newborn lamb to commercially produced yarn.
AV 709
The twentieth century, 1900-present. Chicago, IL : Clearvue/eav,
c1992. Host Nancy Sellers. As technology has changed
people's lives, it has also changed their art. This video
explores this relationship between culture and the arts.
Examines how artists of the 20th century have expressed the
life and times in which they lived.
AV 709
Romanticism, 1789-1860. Chicago, IL : Clearvue/eav, c1992. Host
Nancy Sellers. Explores the great social changes, as
illustrated in its art, that inspired the emotional period
that came to be known as Romanticism.
AV 709
The Renaissance, 1400-1550. Chicago, IL : Clearvue/eav, c1992.
Host Nancy Sellers. Discusses many important aspects of
life during the 15th and 16th centuries, examining the style
and subject of art by more than fifty artists.
AV 709
The pre-modern era, 1845-1900. Chicago, IL : Clearvue/eav,
c1992. Host Nancy Sellers. Shows how the industrial
development of the latter half of the 18th century
influenced the art of Realism, Impressionism,
Post-Impressionism, and Art Nouveau.
AV 709
Michelangelo at Work. American School Publishers, 1990.
AV 709
Picasso days, 1881-1935. New York : Fox Lorber CenterStage,
2000, c1999. Examines the life, work and career of Pablo
Picasso.
AV 709
The Artist. Chicago, Ill. : New Dimension Media/Questar, c1993.
Hosted by Ian Richardson. Explores the lives and artistic
achievements of Renaissance artists. Documents the trials
and triumphs of Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Albrecht Durer, Pieter Bruegel and others who
evolved from craftsman to artist during the Renaissance
period. Dramatizes the continuing search for creative
independence by artists during the Middle Ages. Features
interviews with contemporary artists and historians who
interpret the artistic works of the Little Masters and their
influence on civilization.
AV 709.03
Art nouveau : 1890-1914. [Illinois] : Home Vision Arts, c2000.
Looking primarily at the objects on display at the National
Gallery of Art, Washington, explores the origins, materials,
and influences of art nouveau.
AV 709.2
The Artist. Chicago, Illinois : New Dimension Media, 200?. This
presentation traces the creation of new styles and roles
through the lives and work of master artists during the
Renaissance.
AV 709.2
Robert Bateman : Artist in the Wild. Venice, Florida : Mill Pond
Press, ?. Only a handful of artists can be considered
living masters. Visit the studio of one member of this elite
group-Robert Bateman- celebrated artist and naturalist known
the world over. Bateman's art is powerful and his message is
timely.
AV 720.92
Frank Lloyd Wright. [Alexandria, Va.] : Burbank, Calif : PBS
Home Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c1998. Frank
Lloyd Wright was one of the most notable of all American
architects. Over the course of his long career, Wright
designed over eight hundred buildings. This program uses
live cinematography, interviews, and rare archival footage
to bring Wright's story to life.
AV 725
Modern marvels. New York : A & E Home Video, 1994, c1993. [1]
Mount Rushmore -- [2] Empire State Building -- [3] Panama
Canal -- [4] Grand Coulee Dam. HOST: Jack Perkins.
Documentary on the building of four modern marvels of
engineering.
AV 726
Cathedral. [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, 1988, c1985. Carolyn
Berg, David Macaulay. Medieval Gothic cathedrals-- their
design, construction, and significance, are exemplified
through the story of a fictional representative building.
AV 728.8
Castle. [S.l.] : PBS Video, [1988], c1983. Hosts: David Maculay
and Sarah Bullen. An expansive overview of castles of
Wales, their design, construction, purpose, and the people
who inhabited them.
AV 741.2
Drawing with charcoal. Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, c1994.
PRESENTER: Gail Price. Gail Price demonstrates drawing
techniques using charcoal and conte crayon and their effects
on different types of paper.
AV 741.2
Drawing with pastels. Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, c1994. Gail
Price. PRESENTER: Gail Price. Different types of pastels
including hard, soft, oil, iridescent and pencil are shown
and their properties explained. Demonstration drawings of a
variety of subjects show how the pastels are used. Also
demonstrated are methods of combining oil pastels with
turpentine for opaque drawings, and how soft pastels can be
used on velour to create effective textural drawings. Gail
Price demonstrates drawing with different types of pastels,
and shows how to combine oil pastels with other material.
AV 741.24
Pencil drawing. Aspen, CO : Crystal Video, c1993. PRESENTER:
Gail Price. Gail Price carefully leads viewers through
basic techniques that will create dynamic pencil drawings.
AV 741.24
Drawing methods. Aspen, CO : Crystal Video, c1993. Gail Price.
PRESENTER: Gail Price. Gail Price demonstrates many
methods, using felt tip markers, ink pens, colored pencils,
crayons, twigs, and palette knife, and different colored and
textured papers, to enhance drawings. Gail Price
demonstrates many methods, using felt tip markers, ink pens,
colored pencils, crayons, twigs, and palette knife, and
different colored and textured papers, to enhace drawings.
AV 741.6
Graphic design. : demonstrating the values of good design.
Northfield, IL : Goldsholl Design & Film, c1989. The
elements of design, including planning, selecting type and
colors, and moving from sketches to final presentation.
AV 742
Brommer, Gerald F. Basic perspective drawing. Aspen, CO :
Crystal Video, c1996. Presenter: Gerald F. Brommer.
PRESENTER: Gerald F. Brommer. Demonstrates 1-point,
2-point, and 3-point perspective drawing using boxes,
landscapes and building. Demonstrates 1-point, 2-point, and
3-point perspective drawings using boxes, landscapes and
buildings.
AV 749.493
Monsieur Rene Magritte. Chicago, Ill : Home Vision, 1987, c1978.
Documentary on Magritte, showing his home in Belgium and his
surrealist art. Includes conversations with the artist from
archival film.
AV 751.4
Watercolor : special techniques. Glenview, IL : Crystal Video,
c1998. Presenter: Gerald Brommer. Shows the concepts of
watercolor through a series of demonstrations of using
drybrush to create textures, glazing to reinforce colors,
and combining different techniques.
AV 751.4
Watercolor : materials and basic techniques. Glenview, IL :
Crystal Video, c1998. Presenter: Gerald Brommer. Explores
the materials and properties of watercolor through a series
of demonstrations and examples of watercolor painting.
AV 751.422
Acrylic as water media. Glenview, IL : Crystal Video, c1998.
Host/Artist: Stephen Quiller. Introductory demonstration
and instruction on painting with acrylics.
AV 751.422
Aggett, Lionel. Acrylic techniques. Ramsbury, Marlborough,
Wiltshire : Crowood Press, 1992.
AV 759.06
The Cubist epoch. Indianpolis : KVC Home Video, c1986. Narrated
by Barry Sullivan. A film study of the artists and works of
the short but turbulent Cubist era.
Av 759.13
Isabel Bishop : portrait of an artist. Chicago, IL : Home
Vision, c1977. Explores the art of painter Isabel Bishop
and how she expresses her experiences and inspirations on
canvas.
AV 759.13
Roy Lichtenstein. Chicago, IL : Home Vision, 1991. An interview
with the pioneer of Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein. Covers the
highlights of his career and shows him working on a
painting.
AV 759.13
Superstar. New York : Fox Lorber CentreStage : Distributed by
WinStar TV & Video, 2000, c1990. Featuring Andy Warhol.
Biography of one of the 20th century's most famous people.
Warhol, who was an artist, filmmaker, and media manipulator,
coined the word "Superstar." He believed that everyone would
be famous for fifteen minutes. Includes rare archival
footage and interviews with Warhol's friends.
AV 759.4
Memories of Monet. Bethesda, Md. : Brown Distributors, 1984.
Blends views of Claude Monet's gardens at Giverny, France,
with his paintings as Clare Bloom evokes the friendship
between the French impressionist master and the American
painter Lilla Cabot Perry.
AV 759.972
The frescoes of Diego Rivera. [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision,
1986. Michael Moriarty. Explores Rivera's evolution as an
artist, his use of the fresco technique, and his politics.
Looks at the murals Rivera created for public buildings in
the U.S. and Mexico. They unite themes of nature and
revolution, drawing a parallel between the evolution of life
and the struggle for human dignity. Documentary on the
Mexican mural artist and the work he did for public
buildings in both Mexico and the U.S.
AV 759.972
Frida Kahlo (1910-1954). Chicago, IL : Home Vision, 1983, c1982.
Documentary of the life and times of Mexican painter Kahlo,
her surrealist art and her relationship with her husband
Diego Rivera.
AV 778.59
The Wiz. Universal City, Calif. : MCA Videocassette, 1981,
c1978. Diana Ross; Michael Jackson; Nipsy Russell; Richard
Pryor. A kindegarten teacher living in Harlem lost in a
blizzard wakens in the wonderland of Oz and must find her
way home.
AV 778.59
My fair lady. [New York?] : Beverly Hills, Calif : CBS Video ;
[Distributed by] 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
[1996]. Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway,
Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore
Bikel. A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics
professor into an elegant lady.
AV 778.59
Grease. 20th Anniversary ed. Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home
Video, 1998. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard
Channing, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell. Film
version of the musical about high school life in the 1950's.
Special guest appearances by Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes,
Sha-Na-Na, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar. Includes new retrospective
interviews with the stars.
AV 778.59
Seven brides for seven brothers. New York : MGM/CBS Home Video
M700091, c1981. Jane Powell; Howard Keel. When the new
bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer finds she has to keep
house for six additional rowdy brothers, she sends the other
six off to find brides of their own.
AV 778.59
Brigadoon. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1999. Gene Kelly,
Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones,
Albert Sharpe. The Lerner-Loewe musical about a Scottish
Highland village that rises out of the mists for just one
day each century.
AV 780
Tackling the monster : Marsalis on practice. New York : Sony
Wonder : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995. Host, Wynton
Marsalis ; Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa,
conductor ; Wynton Marsalis Jazz Orchestra ; Wynton
Marsalis, conductor. Marsalis and Yo-yo Ma discuss
practicing: both admit to hating it and offer tips on making
this necessary evil tolerable.
AV 780.9
The music of the Middle Ages. Chicago, IL : Encyclopedia
Britannica, c1968. Introduces the traditional music and its
importance in the lives of the people; describes principal
instruments used.
AV 780.9
Listening for clues : Marsalis on form. New York : Sony
Classical Film & Video, 1995. Host, Wynton Marsalis ;
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ;
Wynton Marsalis Jazz Orchestra ; Wynton Marsalis, conductor.
Wynton demonstrates structure and form in music and uses
examples from Prokofiev to Gershwin, Ellington and Ives to
identify different forms.
AV 780.98
Discovering the music of Latin America. Chatsworth, CA : AIMS
Media, c1987. The music and dances of Latin America are
shown as developing out of the merger of the music of the
Indians and music brought by the Spaniards.
AV 781.22
Why toes tap : Marsalis on rhythm. New York : Sony Classical
Film & Video, 1995. Host, Wynton Marsalis ; Tanglewood
Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ; Wynton
Marsalis Jazz Orchestra ; Wynton Marsalis, conductor.
Wynton demonstrates how composers use rhythm to express a
wide variety of emotions. With words as simple as "no
motion, no rhythm; no rhythm, no music, " Wynton teaches
children to swing with the music.
AV 781.63
Music video : volume I. Irving, TX : Living History Productions,
1994.
AV 781.63
Music Video, Volume II. Irving, Tx : Living History
Publications, 1996. Enjoy a entertaining journey through
history!.
AV 782
Cats. Polygram Video, 1981. Breathtaking visuals and full
digital sound (that has been completely re-recorded with a
seventy piece orchestra0will lead you deep into the
mysterious world of CATS.
AV 782.1
Best of Broadway Musicals form the Ed Sullivan Show, Camelot, Man
of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly! Wynnewood,
Pennsylvania : Library Video Company, 1993. Pricless time
capsule of show-stopping songs, dances and production
numbers from classic Broadway Musicals.
AV 782.1
Rodgers & Hammerstein : the sound of movies. New York : A&E Home
Video, c1995. Hosted by Shirley Jones. Looks at the
legendary collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein, which
produced Broadway musicals such as State Fair, Oklahoma!,
Carousel, The king and I, South Pacific, Flower drum song,
and The sound of music.
AV 784.8
Sousa to Satchmo : Marsalis on the jazz band. New York : Sony
Classical Film & Video, 1995. Wynton Marsalis, host &
trumpet ; Eric Reed, piano ; Mark Inouye, cornet ; Liberty
Brass Band ; Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji
Ozawa, conductor. Uses music by Sousa, Joplin, and
Armstrong to explain the transformation of Sousa's
European-style orchestra into the American jazz band.
AV 791
Stand and deliver. Standard version. Burbank, CA : Warner Home
Video, c1998. Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips,
Rosana De Soto, Andy Garcia. Story of Jaime Escalante, a
math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who
refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers.
Escalante pushes and inspires 18 students who were
struggling with math to become math whizzes.
AV 791
Citizen Kane. Atlanta, Ga : Turner Home Entertainment, 1988.
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Agnes
Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore. The story of an immensely
wealthy newspaper publisher, as he is remembered by his
friends and former wife after his death. Loosely based on
the life of William Randolph Hearst. Frequently called the
greatest film of alltime.
AV 791.43
Jailhouse rock. New York, N.Y. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1983, c1957.
Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dean Jones,
Jennifer Holden. Elvis Presley stars as a man sent to
prison for accidentally killing a man in a bar room brawl.
While behind bars, he takes up singing and uses his talent
to turn his life around.
AV 792
Serious prose interpretation. Kansas City, MO : National
Federation of State High School Assoc, c1991. Useful for
preparing student participation in the UIL prose contest.
AV 796.323
John Wooden : thinking like a champion. Ames, Iowa :
Championship Books and Video Productions, c1993. With Keith
Erickson. A conversation with basketball coach John Wooden
about success.
AV 796.342
Women's doubles : made easy the Vic Braden way. Coto de Caza, CA
: Vic Braden Sports Instruction, 1993. Vic Braden reveals
the secrets to playing winning doubles and curing the most
frequent tennis errors. Playing situations are shown in
super slow motion to show appropriate and inappropriate
movements and strokes.
AV 796.342
Center, Michael. Specialty shots : the lob, 1/2 volley, drop
shot. Ames, IA : Championship Books & Video productions,
n.d.
AV 796.342
Center, Michael. Serve and return of serve. Ames, IA :
Championship Books & Video productions, n.d.
AV 796.342
Center, Michael. The Volley and overhead. Ames, IA :
Championship Books & Video productions, n.d.
AV 796.342
Explosive Power Training200 Tennis-Specific Drills for Fitness
and Fun. Oncourt Offcourt, Inc., 1999. Explosive power and
speed are the name of the game in tennis. This video
systematically guides coaches and athletes through more than
200 creative training games, drills and exercises to help
any player become their very best.Vol. 1-Reactions and
Reflexes, Speed Development Vol 2-Plyometrics, Agility and
Balance Vol. 3-Speed Endurance, Core Strength, Stretching
and Flexibility.
AV 796.342
Ed Brass' B.E. S.T. Serve. Ed Krass, 1991. Coach Ed Krass is
joined by Chuck Driese and other top coaches to demonstrate
how to use the "BEST" serve to your advantage.
AV 796.342
Secrets of World Class Footwork. Los Altos, CA. : Jim McLennan,
1999. Pattern your footwork to volleys, groundstrokes,
split steps, and more. Learn explosive starts and graceful
moves as you build your aerobic endurance.
AV 796.342
USTA's High-Performance Tennis : The Serve. Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics, 2002. Learn the technique of the top
serving professionals and apply it to your own game.
high-speed footage with super-slow motion gives you an
unparalleled ability to analyze each facet of serving.
AV 796.352
The Art of putting. Dallas, TX : HPG Home Video, 1986.
PRESENTER: Ben Crenshaw. Crenshaw demonstrates his own
techniques of putting and narrates film clips of other golf
professionals and their style.
AV 796.352
Coaches guide to golf practice. Ames, IA : Championship Books
and Videos, nd.
AV 796.352
How to coach golf. Ames, IA : Championship Books and Videos, nd.
AV 796.352
Jim McLean's 20 Problems 20 Solutions : 20 Complete Playing
Lessons from One of Golf's Premier Instructors. Grass
Valley, CA : Sporty Bear Productions, 1994. Answers the
questions all golfers have. This video makes it easy to
locate the specific problem you want to work on.
AV 796.352
Golf Drills for Teaching fundamentals. Ames, IA : Championship
Books & Video Productions, 19--. Join Rick LaRose in
improving your golf game.
AV 796.352
Building a Competitive Golf Program. Ames, IA. : Championship
Books & video Productions, 19--. Join Rick LaRose to
improve your golf program.
AV 796.352
Guide to Perfect Putting. Ames, IA : Championship Books & Video
Productions, 19--. View wthis video to improve your putting
skills.
AV 808.8
The bear. Chicago, IL : The Corporation, c1982. Set in
Mississippi during the 1880s, a boy hunts a legendary bear.
Eventually there is a confrontation; the boy learns
something about himself & his development into a mature
adult.
AV 808.8
The cask of amontillado. Chatsworth, CA : AIMS Media, [1994?].
To gain vengeance, the narrator lures Fortunato far into the
palace's underground vaults where he is promised a taste
from a special cask of Amontillado.
AV 808.83
To build a fire. Educational video Network : Huntsville, Texas,
19--.
AV 808.83
The American short story, an introduction to the series.
Columbus, OH : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, [1995?].
PRESENTERS: Frank McLaughlin, Robert Geller. A discussion
of the genre of the short story and its contribution to
literature in general, as well as its conversion to the film
format.
AV 808.83
The sky is gray. Malibu, Calif : Monterey Home Video : Distrubed
by Monterey Movie Company, c1980. Olivia Cole, James Bond
III, Margaret Avery, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Susan French,
Clevon Williams, Hal Williams. Hosted by Henry Fonda. In
Louisiana during the 1940s, James wakes up with a toothache.
He goes into town with his mother to see the dentist and
learns about race, poverty, self-repect, and pride.
AV 808.83
Rappaccini's daughter. Chicago : Perspective Films, 1980, made
1979. Kristoffer Tabor, Kathleen Beller. Based on the
story of the same title by Nathaniel Hawthorne, set in
18th-century Italy, about a young man's romantic
entanglement with a beautiful, forbidden woman in a
poisonous garden.
AV 808.83
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. Chicago : Perspective Films,
1980, made 1979. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lois Smith. Based
on the story of the same title by Katherine Anne Porter,
about a matriarch who on her deathbed struggles to resolve
tormenting memories of her past.
AV 808.83
Paul's case. Chicago : Perspective Films, 1980, made 1979. Eric
Roberts, Michael Higgins. Based on the story of the same
title by Willa Cather, about a romantic young man who drops
out of high school in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh and
journeys to New York City.
AV 808.83
William Faulkner's Barn burning. [S.l.] : Monterey Home Video,
1980. Tommy Lee Jones, Shawn Whittington, Diane Kagan.
Based on the story of the same title by William Faulkner,
about the son of a tenant farmer who must choose between his
aversion to playing his father's accomplice in violent acts
against their landowners and his desire to win his father's
acceptance.
AV 808.83
Two from Saki. [Malibu, Calif.] : [Los Angeles] : Monterey Home
Video ; Dist. by Fries Home Video, c1991. The open window /
American Film Institute, Center for Advanced Film Studies ;
directed by Richard Patterson ; camera, John Bailey ; music,
John Green (1973) -- Child's play / American Film Institute,
Center for Advanced Film Studies ; screenplay by John
Farrell ; directed by Amy Rose Bloch ; editor, Ann Ryan ;
director of photography, Gary Wagner ; music Katherine
Verisa (1980). Britt Leach, Cindy Eilbacher, Paul Schoeman,
Savannah Bentley. Dramatization of two of the most famous
short stories by Saki.
AV 808.83
The Necklace. North Hollywood, CA : Hollywood Select Video in
association with Concord Video, 1987. 1st film: To gain
vengeance, the narrator lures Fortunato far into the
palace's underground vaults where he is promised a taste
from a special cask of Amontillado. 2nd film: Set in Paris
of the 1880's, a period dramatization of Maupassant's ironic
story of the consequences of a woman losing a borrowed
necklace.
AV 808.83
Fantastic Voyage: Evolution of Science Fiction. New York : A & E
Television networks, 2001. Learn about the evolution of
science fiction through this video.
AV 808.85
The speeches collection. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video, 1990,
1987. [1] The speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- [2]
The speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- [3] The speeches of
Winston Churchill -- [4] The speeches of Dwight D.
Eisenhower -- [5] The speeches of John F. Kennedy -- [6] The
speeches of Adolf Hitler -- [7] The speeches of Harry S.
Truman -- [8] The speeches of Richard M. Nixon -- [9] The
speeches of Robert F. Kennedy -- [10] The speeches of
Abraham Lincoln -- [11] The speeches of General Douglas
MacArthur. Excerpts from newspaper clippings, archival
letters and other documents and sources, giving the original
speeches by various American presidents, Robert Kennedy,
Adolph Hitler, and Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther
King, Jr.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Abraham Lincoln. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home
Video, 1990. Excerpts from newspaper clippings, archival
letters and other documents, giving the original speeches by
President Lincoln.
AV 808.85
The speeches of famous women. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video,
c1995. Excerpts from political speeches, and other
recordings featuring actual speeches by famous women from
Elizabeth Stanton to Barbara Boxer.
AV 808.85
The speeches of John F. Kennedy. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home
Video, c1990. Excerpts from newsclips and other recordings
featuring actual speeches by President Kennedy.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Malcolm X. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video,
1997. Archival footage with excerpts of actual speeches by
Malcolm X.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Martin Luther King. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home
Video, c1989. Excerpts from newsclips and other recordings
featuring actual speeches by Martin Luther King.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Nelson Mandela. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video,
c1995. Excerpts from political speeches, newsclips, and
other recordings featuring actual speeches by Nelson,
including during his 28 year imprisonment and after.
AV 808.85
The speeches of our founding fathers & the American revolution.
Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video, c1997. Excerpts from
newspaper clippings, archival letters and other documents
and sources, giving the original speeches by various
American presidents and generals.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Sitting Bull. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video,
c1997. Excerpts from speeches of Sitting Bull, the Lakota
chief who united the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho against US
government violations of treaties.
AV 808.85
The speeches of the Civil War. Oak Forest, Illinois : MPI Home
Video, 1997. Excerpts from newspaper clippings, archival
letters and other documents and sources, giving the original
speeches by various American generals and statesmen during
the Civil War.
AV 808.85
The speeches of Winston Churchill. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home
Video, c1990. Excerpts from newsclips and other recordings
featuring actual speeches by Winston Churchill.
AV 810
Toni Morrison. [S.l.] : Home Vision, 1987. Readers: Guy
Gregory, Bonnie Greer. Nobel Prize winner Morrison
discusses her work, her muse, and her world.
AV 810.92
The World of Mark Twain. Mount Kisco, N.Y. : Guidance
Associates, c1968. pt. 1. Down the Mississippi -- pt. 2.
Out west and back east. Chronicles the life of Mark Twain
by juxtaposing pertinent biographical information with
selections from his short stories, novels, essays, and
letters.
AV 811
America in portrait. [Hollywood, Calif.] : Monterey Home Video :
Dist. by Fries Home Video, c1988. Spoon River anthology /
Masters -- Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening / Frost --
To Helen / Poe -- I am the people, the mob / Sandburg -- The
deacon's masterpiece / Holmes -- I dream a world / Hughes.
Henry Fonda, William Shatner, James Whitmore, with the First
Poetry Quartet.
AV 811
Interpretation of Poetry. National Federation of State High
School Associations, 19--.
AV 812
A Street Car Named Desire, starring Ann Margaret, Treat Williams
and Beverly D'Angelo. Keith Barrish Productions, 1993.
AV 812
I remember mama. United States : RKO Radio Pictures, 1948.
Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka, Philip Dorn.
Mama is the matriarch of an immigrant Norwegian family in
San Francisco in 19190. This is the story of she and her
husband bring up their four children with great humor and
hope, amid genteel poverty in a new land.
AV 812
A Raisin in the sun. New York : Time-Life Video, 1961. Sidney
Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil. The life of a struggling
Black family in a cramped Chicago flat and how it was
affected by the promise of a $10,000 life insurance check.
AV 812
Inherit the wind. Farmington Hills, Mich : CBS/Fox Video, 1983,
c1960. Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York,
Donna Anderson. Film adaptation of the famous "Monkey
trial", starring Tracy as the defense attorney and March as
the prosecutor who is working to keep the teaching of
evolution out of Tennessee schools.
AV 812
The crucible. Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, [1997]. Winona
Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce
Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones. With the Salem witch
trials as a background, a young woman seeks revenge against
her married lover by accusing him and his wife of sorcery.
AV 812
Brian's song. Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video,
c1996. James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Shelly
Fabares, Judy Pace. A true story based on the unique
relationship between theblack Gayle Sayers and the late
white athlete, Brian Piccolo.
AV 812.52
Our town. Indianapolis : Kartes Video, 1940.
AV 812.52
Our town. New York : MasterVision, [199-?], c1989. Spalding
Gray, Eric Stoltz, Penelope Ann Miller. A boy & a girl grow
up, get married, and in time the girl dies. With commentary
and asides by the narrator, this is a survey of life in a
small town in America around 1910.
AV 812.54
The glass menagerie. Universal City, CA : MCA Universal Home
Video, 1988. Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen,
James Naughton. Drama of a strong willed woman who attempts
to impose her shattered dreams into the life of her
reclusive daughter, and how the daughter finds a way of
escape.
AV 813
An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge. Sandy Hook, Conn : Video
Yesteryear, 1983, c1962. Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornay. The
impressions passing through a man's mind are revealed in
slow-motion, in the instants before he is hanged during the
Civil War. Chiefly without dialogue.
AV 813
Edgar Allan Poe, the literature of melancholy. Mount Kisco, N.Y.
: Guidance Associates, [c1985?]. pt. 1. A search for beauty
--pt. 2. A search for truth.
AV 813
The Leader of the people : based on the story by John Steinbeck.
Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational
Corporation, c1982. An old man's powerful memories of fifty
years previous separate & estrange him from his daughter &
his son-in-law who are involved in the present. Only his
small grandson shows an interest in the old man's tales of
long ago.
AV 820.8
Everyman, a morality play. Insight Media : New York, N.Y, 19--.
AV 820.8
A Survey of English Literature : 1600's to the 1950's. Thomas S.
Klise, Co., c1977.
AV 820.9
English literature : the late Romantic Age. Northbrook, IL :
Coronet Film & Video, c1990. The ideas expressed by earlier
Romantic poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Blake, which
dated back to about 1798, were reaffirmed by the later
Romantics such as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and
Keats.
AV 821
Survey of English poetry : Milton. Princeton, N.J. : Films for
the Humanities, c1988. Focus of this program is on Milton's
epic masterpiece, Paradise Lost. Also included is a glimpse
of the man, himself, through a sonnet to his wife,
Katherine.
AV 821
Victorians, 1837-1901. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities,
c1987. Tennyson: In Memoriam -- Emily Brontė: the Visionary
-- Rossetti: When I am dead my dearest -- Browning: My Last
duchess -- Swinburne: The Garden of Prosepine. Hosted by
John Gielgud; Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Richardson, Julian Glover.
Readings from the poems of eminent English poets of the
Victorian age.
AV 821
Geoffrey Chaucer and Middle English Literature. Princeton, New
Jersey : Films for the Humanities, c1988. This program
introduces the forms, themes, and major works of medieval
English literature, particularly the achievements of
Chaucer. It shows how the epic developed into the romance;
the importance of Arthurian themes ; allegory and its
attraction; and covers PEARL, Layamon's BRUT, GAWAIN AND THE
GREEN KNIGHT, LE MORT D'ARTHUR, and PIERS PLOWMAN. The
principal focus is on Chaucer: his life and sources, and his
development from imitator to innovator; the ROMAN DE LA
ROSE, TROYLUS AND CRYSEYDE, the RETRACTION, the General
Prologue; and the structure and charcters of THE CANTERBURY
TALES.
AV 821.7
The Rime of the ancient mariner : the strange story of Samual
Coleridge, poet and drug addict. Princeton, N.J. : Films
for the Humanities, 1986. Draws a parallel between
Coleridge's best-known poem and the poet's own life, haunted
by his addiction to opium.
AV 822.3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo & Juliet. Hollywood,
Calif : Paramount Home Video, 1980. Olivia Hussey, Leonard
Whiting, Milo O'Shea, Michael York, John McEnery, Pat
Heywood. Shakespeare's classic play of tragic love between
opposing families.
AV 822.3
Shakespeare and the Globe. Princeton, NJ : Films for the
Humanities, 1986. In an effort to enhance understanding of
Shakespeare's plays, this program brings together visuals
dealing with Elizabethan London and the Globe theater,
theatrical traditions at the time, and sites associated with
Shakespeare's life and family. Includes excerpts from
performances.
AV 822.3
Macbeth. Los Angeles : Republic Pictures Home Video, 1985.
Orson Welles, Jeannette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy
McDowall. Welles stars as the ambitious Macbeth, whose lust
for the throne of Scotland leads to his eventual doom.
AV 822.3
Macbeth. [Marina Del Rey, CA] : Bennett Video Group, [1994?].
Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon MacCorkindale, Richard
Alfieri, Barry Primus. Shakespeare's tragedy about greed
and ambition, and a man driven to murder to gain a kingdom,
only to meet his death.
AV 822.3
Becket. [Letterboxed ed.]. Oak Forest, IL : MPI Home Video,
[1996], c1964. Richard Burton (Becket); Pete O'Toole (his
King); John Gielgud (King Louts of France). A historical
drama about the complicated relationship between King Henry
II and Thomas Becket.
AV 822.3
Oedipus the king. Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities,
c1991. With John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, and Michael
Pennington. Sophocles often won the leading prize at the
Dionysia, the principal dramatic festival of Athens; but
Oedipus the King was a runner-up, winner of the second
prize. Posterity, however, considers the play second to
none.
AV 822.3
Hamlet. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1990. Mel Gibson,
Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield. New film version of
the play about a trouble Danish prince. New film version of
the play about a troubled Danish prince.
AV 822.3
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Los Angeles, Calif. :
Republic Pictures Home Video, c1987. Charlton Heston, Jason
Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn,
Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg. Film adaptation of
Shakespeare's play depicting the successful conspiracy to
assassinate the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar.
AV 822.3
Mel Gibson goes Back To School : Hamlet. California : Warner
Bros, c1990.
AV 822.3
Hamlet. Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video,
c1997. Nicol Williamson, Ben Aris, John J. Carney, Marianne
Faithfull, Anthony Hopkins. Williamson plays Hamlet in this
critically aclaimed version of Shakespeare's tradgedy.
AV 822.33
The tragedies of Macbeth. Northbrook, IL : Coronet Film & Video,
1989.
AV 823
Pygmalion. Los Angeles : Embassy Home Entertainment : Janus
Films, 1987. Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson,
Scott Sunderland. Professor Henry Higgins (Howard) works to
make a pretty flower girl (Hiller) into a young lady of
society.
AV 823
The Importance of being Earnest. Hollywood, Calif : Paramount
Home Video, 1988, c1952. Michael Denison, Edith Evans, Joan
Greenwood, Miles Malleson, Michael Redcgrave, Margaret
Rutherford, Dorothy Tutin. A lovestruck suiter is put off
when his fiancee announces she can only love a man named
Ernest.
AV 823
William Golding. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1988,
c1978. The Nobel laurete author discusses his role as a
story teller and, in particular, his Lord of the flies.
AV 823
Starglider : a portrait of Arthur C. Clarke. Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities, 1988, c1986. Portrait of today's
foremost science writer. Clarke discusses the writers who
have influenced him as well as his views on the relationship
between science and spirituality.
AV 823
Frankenstein : The restored version. Universal City, Calif : MCA
Universal Home Video, 1991, made 1931. A scientist tampers
with life and death when he created a monster from lifeless
body parts, only to find his creation rejected by the world.
AV 823
In a wild workshop : Emily Brontė and Wuthering heights.
Northbrook, Ill. : Coronet Film & Video, 1990. Sarah
Burghard, Paul Bazely, Dinah Handley. Discusses the
nurturing environment Emily Brontė and her siblings grew up
in, and the influence it had on her work Wuthering heights,
a classic gothic tale of love, violence and misery, set on
the moors of England.
AV 823
The importance of being earnest. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home
Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home
Entertainment, c2002. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances
O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson. A
lovestruck suiter is put off when his fiancee announces she
can only love a man named Ernest.
AV 829
Beowulf. Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities and Sciences,
c1984. The most popular and effective way to introduce
students to the orgins of the English language and
literature. This journey into Celtic-British-Anglo-Saxon
culture and the oral epic tradition leads through Caedmon
and Bede and culminates in a detailed examination of the
greatest masterpiece of the age, Beowulf, and of its
protagonist, who is our first tragic hero.
AV 873
Homer. Odyssey. Hallmark Home Entertainment1997, 1997. The
ancient world's most spectacular epic unfolds on screen as a
star-studded, special-effects-filled adventure of
breathtaking beauty and power in this lavishly producted
adaptationo f Homer's Odyssey.
AV 883
The odyssey. Los Angeles, CA : Hallmark Home Entertainment,
c1997. Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini,
Vanessa Williams, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts. Aided by
the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors
and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his
return home from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest
to reach his kingdom, Ithaca, and his faithful wife,
Penelope.
AV 909
Footloose in history. Wilton, CT : Reading & O'Reilly, 1987,
c1985. v.1. pt. 1. Fashions and culture of ancient Egypt to
medieval Europe -- pt. 2. Middle class life to the court of
Henry VIII -- v.2. pt. 3. Rembrandt's Nightwatch to the
French Revolution -- pt. 4. Cowboys and Indians to the
astronauts, a potpourri of Americana. Gives an overview of
history, using the shoe as a linking device.
AV 909
The century : America's time. [New York] : Burbank, Calif : ABC
Video ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
c1999. With Peter Jennings. An overview of U.S. history
during the twentieth century.
AV 909
The 20th century. Orland Park, IL : MPI Home Video, c2000.
Brings the 20th century back to life through narration, rare
photographs and stunning footage.
AV 909
Toward civilization. Silver Springs, Md. : Discovery
Communications, c2004,c2003. Before we ruled the earth (34
min.) -- Out of Africa (7 min.) -- Secrets of the iceman (8
min.) -- The Nile : where Egypt began (7 min.). Traces the
development of human civilization from the Stone Age to the
birth of ancient Egyptian civilization. Segment one explores
the lives of prehistoric humans and the tools the used.
Segment two examines genetic evidence that reveals how human
beings share a common ancestor. Segment three explores the
discovery of a 5,300-year-old body buried in the Swiss Alps
and the efforts of scientists to determine who he is.
Segment four examines the birth and growth of the Egyptian
civilization along the banks of the Nile River.
AV 909.07
The Middle Ages. Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil Video, 2001, c2000.
Presenters: Claudia Rapp, Paul Freedman, Teofilo Ruiz.
Provides an overview of the background, history, and
civilization of the European Middle Ages, a period spanning
almost one thousand years, from 450 AD to 1450 AD.
AV 909.7
The age of enlightenment. Thousand Oaks, CA : Full Circle
Entertainment, Inc, 2001. The solid philosophical framework
on which America was founded owes a debt of gratitude to The
Enlightment.
AV 909.81
The industrial revolution. Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil Video,
c2001. Presenters: Maxine Berg, Margaret Jacob. In 18th
century England, society and the economy began to move from
an agrarian, rural background to mechanization and
urbanization, a change that reached its peak in 19th-century
America.
AV 909.82
Cold War. Burbank, CA : [Atlanta, Ga.] : Warner Home Video ; CNN
Productions, c1998. V. 1. Comrades 1917-1945 ; Iron Curtain
1945-1947 ; Marshall Plan 1947-1952 -- v. 2. Berlin
1948-1949 ; Korea 1949-1953 ; Reds 1947-1953 -- v. 3. After
Stalin 1953-1956 ; Sputnik 1949-1961 ; The Wall 1958-1963 --
v. 4. Cuba 1959-1962 ; Vietnam 1954-1968 ; MAD 1960-1972 --
v. 5. Make love not war, The Sixties ; Red Spring, The
Sixties ; China 1949-1982 -- v.6. Detente 1969-1975 ; Good
guys, bad guys 1967-1978 ; Backyard 1954-1990 -- v. 7.
Freeze 1977-1981 ; Soldiers of God 1975-1988 ; Spies
1944-1994 -- v. 8. Star wars 1980-1988 ; The Wall comes down
1989 ; Conclusion 1989-1991. A series documenting the rise
and fall of the Cold War, the actions of world leaders, and
the wars and arms races occurring during this time.
AV 909.823
Lowell Thomas remembers the new deal, the thirties. Los Angeles,
CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, 1986. Lowell Thomas.
Thomas narrates newsreel clips from the first half of the
1930's, featuring events such as The Great Depression,
repealilng of Prohibition, Gershwin's Jazz concert,
kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, the winning of the Nobel
prize by Sinclair Lewis, the "talkies", Mussoline as
dictator of Italy and Nazis rallying behing Hitler.
AV 910
World's amazing wonders. San Ramon, Calif : International Video
Network, c1992. Volcano of Sakurajima -- The temles of
Bangkok -- Gardens of Singaore -- Wonders of New Zealand --
Wonders of Australia -- Temple of the Tooth -- Taj Mahal --
Wildlife of Africa -- Wonders of Egypt. Travel to the most
fascinating locales of Asia, the South Pacific and Africa.
AV 910
World's magnificent wonders. San Ramon, CA : International Video
Network, c1992. Savor the rich culture and traditions of
Europe, then explore the Americas across the ocean. Travels
to some of the wonders of the world in Europe and North
America: the wonders of Rome, Venice and Paris; Carlsbad
Caverns; Yellowstone; the cliff houses of Mesa Verde; Bryce
Canyon; the Grand Canyon; and Alaska.
AV 910
The geography tutor. Marina Del Rey, CA : TMW Sales Company,
1991-1996. 1. Map and globe terms -- 2. Types of maps & map
projections -- 3. Map skills -- 4. Earth's physical features
-- 5. Weather and climate -- 6. Global problems and issues
---- 7. What is geography all about? -- 8. What are the five
themes of geography -- 9. Natural wonders of the world --
10. Human-made wonders of Europe & Asia -- 11. Human-made
wonders of Africa, Australia & the Americas -- 12. Soils --
13. Vegetation. Provides an introduction to general
geography topics.
AV 910
Geography : a voyage of discovery. Washington : National
Geographic Society, c1987. This multi-image slide show in
video format takes viewers on a photographic voyage of the
world and its peoples. Tells the story of a 19th-century
geographer who set out to chart tiny islands only to realize
that the world itself is an island in a much larger sea. The
geographer's guest serves to illustrate major geographical
themes.
AV 910
Grand Canyon National Park. Las Vegas, Nev : Norman Beerger
Productions, c1986. Explore the magnificence of the Grand
Canyon through a spectacular aerial adventure.
AV 910
Royal Treasure. Canada : JWM Productions, 2000. The ultimate
guide to the world's greatest treasures. Travel to China,
Peru and India and find out how the vast wealth of great
rulers has invited disaster, deceit and desecration.
AV 910
Sacred Treasure. Canada : JWM Productions, 2000. The ultimate
guide to the world's greatest treasures. As we journey
deeper into the world of sacred treasures we discover a
truth that is as profound as it is mysterious- the holier
the treasure, the more elusive it is to grasp.
AV 910
Mysterious Treasure. Canada : Crawford Communications, Inc.,
2000. The ultimate guide to the world's greatest treasures.
These are the stories of the world's most mysterious
treasures. Travel in the footsteps of the doomed and explore
the string of tragedies that have befallen those who dare to
seek forbidden riches.
AV 910
Earth's physical features. Los Angele, Calif : TMW Sales, c1991.
Contents of this video: Continents (00:04) -- Islands
(01:59) -- Peninsula (02:04) -- Cape (02:34) -- Isthmus
(02:58) -- Major landforms (03:24) -- Continental divide
(07:10) -- Valley (07:36) -- Oceans (08:47) -- Sea (09:55)
-- Lakes (11:39) -- Gulfs (12:40) -- Bay (13:10) -- Fjord
(13:32) -- River (14:01). Narrator: Ben Leonard. Explores
various types of landforms, including peninsulas, capes,
continental divide, rivers, fjords, and tides.
AV 910.4
Atocha : quest for treasure. Washington, D.C : distributed by
Live Distributing, Inc, c1986. Martin Sheen. Describes the
efforts of modern-day treasure hunter Mel Fisher to recover
the treasure from the Spanish galleon which sank off the
coast of Florida in 1622.
AV 910.45
Secrets of the Titanic. Collector's ed. Stamford, CT : Vestron
Video : National Geographic Video, 1986. Dr. Robert Ballard
leads an expedition to photograph the wreckage of the R.M.S.
Titanic, 2 1/2 miles below the surface of the Atlantic.
Includes newsreels and photographs of the Titanic before the
wreck.
AV 910.9
The golden age of exploration. Madison, WI : Knowledge
Unlimited, c1997. An overview of the early European
explorations of the Western hemisphere and the impact on the
native populations.
AV 910.902
The Age of Discovery. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Goldhil Video,
c2003. Ancient voyages of discovery -- Voyages of discovery
-- The Search for a sea route to India -- The Voyages of
Columbus -- The Treaty of Tordesillas : 1494 -- English
exploration -- Post-Columbian voyages -- Vasco da Gama --
Building trade with India -- The Voyage around the world --
The Philippines. Narrated by Greg Heimer. Combines period
art and expert commentary to present the motivations for
exploration during the Age of Discovery. Examines the
voyages and travels of European explorers that include
Columbus, Cabot, Cabral, Prince Henry, Vespucci, da Gama,
and Magellan. Describes the importance of these explorations
in establishing new trade routes to Asia, as well as the
European colonization of the Americas and other lands.
AV 912
Using maps and globes. Huntsville, Tex : Educational Video
Network, c1998. Hosted by Lisa Wilkins and John Kelly.
Short history of maps and globes and the different
techniques of making them. Explains the longitude and
latitude lines, time zones, types of maps and globes and how
to use them.
AV 913
Stonehenge. West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1998. Examines
Stonehenge, the mysterious megalithic monument on the plains
of Wiltshire; explains the latest theories and known facts
about this ancient treasure.
AV 913.37
Pompeii. West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1998. Shows the
ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed and preserved by a
volcano eruption and discusses the excavation of the city.
AV 913.38
Athens and ancient Greece. Chicago, IL : Questar Video, 1994.
Narration: Edmund Purdon. An historical travelogue of the
temples, sculptures, and monuments of ancient Greece.
AV 914
Romantic Cities of Europe. International Video Network : San
Ramon, CA, 1992.
AV 914
Romantic Rhine River journey : from the Alps to the Northsea.
Munchen, West Germany : Merkur Film GmbH, [19--]. A scenic
tour down the Rhine River, of which Victor Hugo remarked, is
winding like the Seine, historical like the Tiber, regal
like the Danube, and mysterious like the Nile.
AV 914
Enchanted cities of Europe. San Ramon, CA : International Video
Network, c1992. London -- Dublin -- Amsterdam -- Munich --
Vienna. Experience the enchantment of Europe by touring
some of her great cities. A travelogue highlighting five
great European cities, London, Dublin, A
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