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5) Ike
Series
Publisher
PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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Description
Excerpts from news clips, photographs, and other documentary material that illustrate the life and career of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Life in the modern world would be unthinkable without his inventions. More than any other individual, he paved the way for the future. Thomas Alva Edison has rightly earned a place among the most important men in history. His inventions of the light bulb, phonograph and movie camera, among many others, literally transformed the world. Rare films made by Edison himself show the inventor at work, and learn the little known stories behind some of his...
7) LBJ
Language
English
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Description
A biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, serving between 1963 and 1969.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explore the life of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whose visionary buildings include St. Louis's Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan. Travel with his son as he showcases the architect's body of timeless work, which continues to inspire amongst renewed interest in 20th century architects and artists who exploded the constraints of the past to create a robust and daring American aesthetic. Includes ultra high-definition...
11) RFK
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"RFK, a new biography of Robert Kennedy ... takes as its theme lines from Aeschylus that Kennedy could recite from memory: "He who learns must suffer." RFK is a tragedy in two acts. In part one: The garish sun, Robert Kennedy devotes himself to his glamorous brother John, suppressing his own ambitions for the sake of the Kennedy name. In part two: The awful grace of God, after an assassin's bullet takes his brother's life, RFK is bereft, not only...
Series
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as The Badger, Hinault "promised" to help LeMond, in return for LeMond supporting him in the previous year. But in a sport that purports to reward teamwork,...
14) Bernie and Ernie
Series
30 for 30 volume seaon 2, no. 14
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives, careers, and friendship of basketball players Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, stars of the University of Tennessee's team in the 1970s.
16) Living proof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon, an oncologist and researcher who must make sacrifices in his personal life while on his quest to find a cure for breast cancer.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
George Washington, was a social climber, land-hungry Virginia surveyor, and military officer who often blamed others for his own errors. He gradually built a reputation as a gentleman by educating himself in the classics and sciences, entering politics, and marrying one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. The battle of Trenton changed everything with a victory both for America and Washington himself. His skill and bravery transformed Washington into...
18) The chaperone
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Teenage Louise Brooks aspires to study dance at the prestigious Denishawn School while accompanied by a chaperone.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Profiles Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, best known for his animation work on Disney's Bambi and his motion picture production art during the heyday of the Hollywood studios. Focuses on the racism he experienced during his career and in his private life, focusing on the treatment of Asian Americans during World War II.
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