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A Biography of America

2000, VHS, color, Series consists of 26 programs* 30 min. each
Distributed by Annenberg Learner, PO Box 55742, Indianapolis, IN 46205-0742; 800-532-7637
Produced by WGBH Boston, in cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


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A Day that Shook the World, Part 1

1992, VHS, color, 44 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800- 257-5126
Produced by BBC

Not Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


ABC News Nightline. What Kennedy Didn't Know: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited cover image

ABC News Nightline. What Kennedy Didn't Know: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited

2002, 2003, VHS, color and b&, 21 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by ABC News

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Military Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:07/23/04


Africa in the 21st Century:  Tape 1. Somalia – The Neglected Civil War;  Tape 2. Mali & Senegal – The Power of Islam;  Tape 3. Zimbabwe & South Africa – Still Far from Coexistence cover image

Africa in the 21st Century: Tape 1. Somalia – The Neglected Civil War; Tape 2. Mali & Senegal – The Power of Islam; Tape 3. Zimbabwe & South Africa – Still Far from Coexistence

2002, VHS, color, 3 tapes, 49 min. each tape
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Hitoshi Sakurai (Tape 1); Hitoshi Sakurai and Jun Shioda (Tape 2); Hitoshi Sakurai and Osamu Kaga (Tape 3)

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, African Studies, Area Studies, Political Science, Postcolonialism
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Ambrose Bierce's An Arrest

1996, VHS, color, 15 min.
Distributed by Athens Entertainment LLC, c/o Clifford Jones, 3726 Second Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214
Produced by Phillip A. Boland

Recommended

Subjects: Literature
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Battle for the Minds

1997, VHS, color and b&, 75 min.
Distributed by Battle for the Minds, Inc. through New Day Films, 22 D Hollywood Ave, Hohokus NJ 07423; 888-367-9154
Produced by Stephen Lipscomb

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


China Yellow, China Blue (Part 1: The Time of Troubles, Part 2: The People's Republic of Asian Studies) cover image

China Yellow, China Blue (Part 1: The Time of Troubles, Part 2: The People's Republic of Asian Studies)

1998, VHS, color, 52 min. each tape
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by France 3 Production

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


David Brower: A Conversation with Scott Simon cover image

David Brower: A Conversation with Scott Simon

1995, VHS, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by John DeGraaf, KCTS/Seattle

Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Douglas Coupland - Close Personal Friend cover image

Douglas Coupland - Close Personal Friend

1995, VHS, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Jennifer Cowan, Planet X Publishing Inc.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Popular Culture
Date Entered:11/09/18


Frederick Douglass: An American Life cover image

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

1985, VHS, color, 30 min.
Distributed by William Greaves Productions, Inc., 230 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019; 800-874-8314
Produced by William Greaves Productions

Not Recommended

Subjects: History, African American Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


How To Overcome Negativity in the Workplace, vol. 1 - 4 cover image

How To Overcome Negativity in the Workplace, vol. 1 - 4

1997, VHS, color, 4 videos, 50 min. each
Distributed by CareerTrack, Inc., 3085 Center Green Dr., Boulder, CO 80301-5408; 303-440-7440
Produced by CareerTrack

Not Recommended

Subjects: Business
Date Entered:11/09/18


Magnitogorsk: Forging the New Man cover image

Magnitogorsk: Forging the New Man

1996, VHS, color, 60 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Pieter Jan Smit

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Other American Voices

2002, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Thomas Kufus

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Human Rights, Journalism, Law, Media Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Our Friends at the Bank

1997, VHS, color, 84 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Greg Lanning

Recommended

Subjects: Economics, Political Science
Date Entered:11/09/18


Polling and Statistics (Applied Statistics Series) cover image

Polling and Statistics (Applied Statistics Series)

1995, VHS, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PO Box 2053,Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Anne-Marie Gallen and the Open University

Recommended

Subjects: Statistics, Political Science
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Public Housing

1997, VHS, color, 195 min.
Distributed by Zipporah Films, Inc., One Richdale Ave. #4, Cambridge, MA 02140; (617) 576-3603
Produced by Frederick Wiseman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sociology, Political Science, Social Work
Date Entered:11/09/18


Sidney Lanier: Poet of the Marshes cover image

Sidney Lanier: Poet of the Marshes

1996, VHS, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Georgia Center for Continuing Education

Not Recommended

Subjects: Literature
Date Entered:11/09/18


Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press cover image

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

1996, VHS, color, 111 min.
Distributed by New Day Films,190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by Rick Goldsmith

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History, Journalism
Date Entered:11/09/18


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The First World War and Its Consequences

1997, CD-ROM, System Requirements: Multimedia PC with at least 4MB RAM (8+ recommended), 2 MB free hard disk space, double-speed or higher CD-ROM drive, and at least 256 K.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126 CD-ROMReviewed by Scott Smith, Nazareth College of Rochester Copyright
Produced by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126

Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers cover image

The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers

1999, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Pamela Mason Wagner

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Popular Culture, Media Studies, Anthropology, Mythology, Psychology, Religious Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18