New Video Group
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Even today, almost 150 years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, unexpected secrets and little-known stories continue to emerge from Civil War history. In the cavalry charge at Mine Creek in Kansas, it took only 30 minutes for 2,800 Union troops to defeat an enemy force more than double in size, and yet, few people have heard of it. The same can be said of a Confederate raid on Vermont and an attempt by Union coal miners to blow up a...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010, p2004
Language
English
Description
Their name is synonymous with the American circus. But long before there were dramatic acrobatics, exotic animals, and special effects, the Ringling Brothers circus consisted of an all-Ringling cast of two dancers, two musicians, and one singer. The Wisconsin-born Ringling brothers grew up in an era when the circus's arrival in town triggered an unofficial holiday. Five of the seven brothers, Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John, were drawn to...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2004, c2000
Language
English
Description
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film tells the inspiring story of the World Music super group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the renowned South African a cappella ensemble best known on these shores for Paul Simon's Graceland album.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
From the producers of America: The Story of Us comes the epic tale of the rise of civilization. Mankind: The Story of All of Us, a 12-hour series, spans the first flourishing of life in Mesopotamia through the discovery of America, capturing the danger, action, struggle, heroism, and adrenaline using groundbreaking techniques.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Documents a little-known story of the Holocaust, the resistance to Hitler with Nazi Germany, and illuminates crucial issues of conscience and will. Explores the motivating principles and activities of the anti-Nazi resistance inside Germany from 1933 to 1945.
28) The Google boys
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The story behind Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who met at Stanford University's PhD computer science program. Together the men started up Google, the world's top search engine using their own credit cards, and a little help from a savvy investor.
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
[Snowy day] describes the silent wonder of a city snow and little Peter's delight as he slides down snowy mountains. [Whistle for Willie] An animated cartoon about a boy who tries very hard to learn how to whistle so that he can call his dog like a big boy. [Peter's chair] When Peter finds out that his blue furniture is being painted pink for his new baby sister, he takes the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away. [Pet show] When he can't find...
30) Pat Tillman
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Presenting the life and legend of Pat Tillman from his eary childhood in Freemont, California, to his days of glory on the football field, to his tragic and controversial death in Afghanistan.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
" ... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ..." Container.
Publisher
Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005, c1997
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Traces the emergence of the modern-day Christmas celebration from pagan festivals such as the Roman Saturnalia, and how British settlers in the New World transformed the patron saint of children into the enduring figure of Santa Claus.
35) Pol Pot
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A biography of Pol Pot, former prime minister of Cambodia.
36) Ben Franklin
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Inventor, writer, businessman, scientist, diplomat, and the face gracing the hundred-dollar bill - this stately figure is the Benjamin Franklin history has taught us to remember. In this revealing presentation, the man behind the myth is brought to light.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A five-alarm documentary that explores the shocking realities of the impending oil crisis. Drawing on an international cast of maverick energy experts and thinkers, they debunk the conventional wisdom that oil production will continue to climb and more.
Publisher
[Distributed by] New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Make way for ducklings: The Mallards look for the perfect spot to raise their young, and find it in the most unlikely place ; Blueberries for Sal: A little girl and a little bear on a blueberry-picking trip get mixed up with each other's mothers ; Time Of wonder: Follow two sisters spending a summer in Maine and experience a wonderful variety of natural sights and sounds ; Burt Dow, deep water man: Tells the story of Burt and his trusty boat, the...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2003, c1995
Language
English
Description
"Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother, Ruth Morley (Academy Award nominated costume designer for The Miracle Worker), was one of the over 10,000 children who were saved in the Kindertransport movement during the Holocaust. On the eve of World War II, as millions of Jews were seeking refuge from Nazi persecution, country after country turned its back--all except for Great Britain who opened its doors to an unspecified number of Jewish children in danger....