New Video Group.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2004, c1986
Language
Español
Description
Chronicles the astonishing, true story of Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, who is a Quinché Indian woman, as she stood up for her people and helped wage a rebellion in the wake of seemingly unconquerable oppression. Shot at the height of the heated battle between the heavily-armed Guatemalan Military and the nearly defenseless Mayan population.
Series
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by the late CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt, This Reporter presents a compellingly candid portrait of Murrow's illustrious career and features rarely-seen clips from CBS News Archives and interviews with his esteemed peers. From his gutsy search for journalistic truths during the McCarthy era to his celebrated Person to Person chats with Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando, this in-depth documentary explores how Murrow's poineering work...
84) Longitude
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Follows the stories of several idealistic young servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when they courageously came forward to report.
87) Lord Byron
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hit the town with the poet who was as famed for his sexual appetites as for his literary brilliance.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With his lightining-quick hands and feet, steely body, and vast knowledge of martial arts, Bruce Lee was a one-of-a-kind powerhouse. He took on and out the bad guys with gusto. His astonishing skills brought him fame and movie roles. Learn the whole story from his birth in San Francisco to his mysterious death - some say the result of a curse - at the age of 32, just three weeks before the opening of his only U.S. film, "Enter the dragon." Along the...
89) Coffee
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of coffee, the world's most popular beverage, and the multi-billion dollar industry behind it.
92) Amelia Earhart
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of aviator, Amelia Earhart.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives and legacies of Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill Cody, following the frontiersmen across the Mississippi River into the Rocky Mountains and California. Carson gained fame by guiding Georgia explorer John C. Frémont on a journey to map the Western trails to the Pacific, while Cody's skirmishes as a Pony Express mailman and an Army scout later gave him the knowledge and impetus to create his Wild West Show.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Veterans of the world's most memorable conflicts tell never-before-heard stories of rescues, sniper attacks, ambushes, and hand-to-hand combat. Legendary battles are re-created shot by shot. Coupled with eyewitness reports from military experts and soldiers from World War II to Iraq, these blow-by-blow re-creations of history's bloodiest confrontations take viewers to the front lines. From Iwo Jima to the Tet Offensive to the Siege of Baghdad.
Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Water. It's the earth's most valuable resource. Our cities are powered by it, countless industries depend on it, and all living things need it to survive. But it's very possible that in the near future, there won't be enough to sustain life on our planet. This film sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill effects.
Series
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: A tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. Will the jungle creatures ever get the story straight? A story, a story: Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyanme, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider Man, wanted them - and caught three sly creatures to get them. Who's in Rabbit's house?: Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let...
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
100) The world at war
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, c1973
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already...