Africans in America America's journey through slavery 1998
Orlando Bagwell, Susan Bellows, and Angela Bassett
Considers the contradictions that lay at the heart of the founding of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another. Portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War. 4 videocassettes (270 min.)
MEDIA 10-3359 2-4284 --2-4287
For love of liberty the story of America's black patriots : [a film] c2010
Halle Berry, Avery Brooks, Frank Martin, Colin L Powell, Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, Danny Glover, John Travolta, and Eleventh Day Entertainment, Inc
Gain an unprecedented look at the experiences and accomplishments of African Americans in the military, and learn why such a group of heroic men and women would fight for the freedom of others that they themselves weren't able to enjoy. Hosted by Halle Berry with an introduction by Colin Powell, and features the voices of Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, Danny Glover, John Travolta, and many more. 3 videodiscs (ca. 538 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2421
The Good fight the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War 1990
Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, and Sam Sills
Narrated by Stud Terkel, The good fight explores a significant gap in our history through its use of archival footage, newsreels, still photographs, interviews with Lincoln veterans and other Depression-era artifacts. The eleven surviving veterans of the war who appear in this tough, ironical film share a common pride in their sacrifices of fifty years ago when the rise of world fascism crushed the spirit of democracy in a tragic rehearsal of World War II. 1 videocassette (98 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 10-3056 1500 2-1510
Korea the unfinished war c2003
Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna, Arnie Gelbart, Christine Le Goff, Stephen Phizicky, Galafilm Inc, TVOntario, France 5, and Filmakers Library, inc
pt. 1. Land of the morning calm
pt. 2. Silent night
"This film documents a war where neither side was victorious, a struggle that came very close to thermonuclear war, and that still resonates in the geopolitical machinations between East and West ... combines archival footage, first person accounts with soldiers and civilians on both sides, and direct quotes from Truman, MacArthur, Mao and Stalin, clearly showing their roles in the conflict.". 1videodiscs (52 min.)
MEDIA 10-1943, 10-1947
Returning fire interventions in video game culture 2011
Roger Stahl, Joseph Delappe, Anne-Marie Schleiner, Wafaa Bilal, Andrew Killoy, and Media Education Foundation
Video games like Modern Warfare, America's Army, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield are part of an exploding market of war games whose revenues now far outpace even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The sophistication of these games is undeniable, offering users a stunningly realistic experience of ground combat and a glimpse into the increasingly virtual world of long-distance, push-button warfare. Far less clear, though, is what these games are doing to users, our political culture, and our capacity to empathize with people directly affected by the actual trauma of war. For the culture-jamming activists featured in this film, these uncertainties were a call to action. In three separate vignettes, we see how Anne-Marie Schleiner, Wafaa Bilal, and Joseph Delappe moved dissent from the streets to our screens, infiltrating war games in an attempt to break the hypnotic spell of "militainment." Their work forces all of us -- gamers and non-gamers alike -- to think critically about what it means when the clinical tools of real-world killing become forms of consumer play . 1 videodisc (44 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2967
Africans in America America's journey through slavery 1998
Orlando Bagwell, Susan Bellows, and Angela Bassett
Considers the contradictions that lay at the heart of the founding of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another. Portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War. 4 videocassettes (270 min.)
MEDIA 2-4284 --2-4287
Are we to be a nation? 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Ronald Blumer, Forrest Sawyer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3280 2-4247
Battle for Korea 2001
Gavin Macfadyen and Dave Flitton
Using archival films, shows the Korean War as it has never been seen before. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
MEDIA 2-4364
Bloody stalemate 1987
Peter Batty
Bloody stalemate recounts the Battle of Antietam, where more Americans died in a single day than on any field of battle before or since, and concludes with Lincoln's first Emancipation Proclamation, which turns the War into a fight to free slaves rather than a dispute over states' rights. 1 videocassette (51 min.)
MEDIA 2-496
Blows must decide 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Ronald Blumer, Forrest Sawyer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
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Bombies 2001
Jack Silberman and Alec Willows
Between 1964 and 1973 the United States conducted a secret air war, dropping over 2 million tons of bombs and making tiny Laos the most heavily bombed country in history. Millions of these cluster bombs did not explode when dropped, leaving the country massively contaminated with "bombies" as dangerous now as when they fell a quarter century ago. Bombies examines the problem of unexploded cluster bombs through the personal experiences of a group of Laotians and foreigners and argues for their elimination as a weapon of war. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
MEDIA 2-5090
Causes of the Civil War c1996
Dana Palermo, Henry Nevison, Charles Hardy , Hollis Payer, InVision Communications, and Schlessinger Video Productions
Industrial North; agricultural South and the cotton belt; plantation slavery; Black resistance to slavery; Nat Turner's Rebellion; ascent of the Republican Party; free Blacks and the abolition movement; Underground Railroad; sectional polarization; the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850; popular sovereignty; the Dred Scott case; Abraham Lincoln; secession of southern states. 1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.)
MEDIA 2-6602
The Civil war 1989
Ken Burns
The first full scale film history of the conflict that tore the country apart and defined us as a nation. This landmark documentary presents the entire sweep of the war, from the battlefields to the homefronts, from the politicians and generals to the enlisted men and their families, from the causes of the war and the opening guns at Sumter to the stillness at Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination and beyond. 9 videocassettes (680 min.)
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The Civil War c1996
Henry Nevison, Dana Palermo, Catherine Samson, Charles Hardy, Hollis Payer, InVision Communications, and Schlessinger Video Productions
Explores key battles of the Civil War, life on the Northern and Southern homefronts, and the role of African Americans in the war. 1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.)
MEDIA 2-6603
The Civil War era 1993
John Simmons and Eugene Williams
Dr. Simmons' lecture explores the Civil War era in American religious history and closely looks at the separate religious traditions that African-Americans formed during this time. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
DANA 1455
Civil War shorts 1990
Examines New Jersey's role in the Civil War through its participants and historical landmarks. 1 videocassette (33 min.)
MEDIA 2-1219
Civil War the fiery trial 1988
From Fort Sumter to Appomattox this documentary tells the entire story of the war. On site photography at more than a dozen battlefields. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
MEDIA 2-845
Conclusion at Appomattox 1987
Peter Batty
Conclusion at Appomattox ponders the South's legacy of defeat and the War's continuing impact on American life. In abolishing slavery, did the War eliminate--or exacerbate--racial problems? 1 videocassette (51 min.)
MEDIA 2-499
Crucible of empire the Spanish-American War 1999
Daniel A Miller, Edward James Olmos, Daniel B Polin, Larry Linville, Laurence Luckinbill, Lou Diamond Phillips, Shawn Elliott, Jeffrey De Munn, and Roger Pretto
An account of the United States war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines and later resulted in the independence of Cuba and the Philippines. Explains the United States' experiment in imperialism which it later decided against. 2 videocassettes (125 min.)
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Cuba, in the shadow of doubt 1986
Jim Burroughs, Carol Polakoff, Suzanne Bauman, Peter Winn, Carolyn Neipris, and Raul Julia
Describes U.S. and Cuban relations from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to the present day. Fidel Castro, American officials, and Cubans discuss everyday life in Cuba and the present government. 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
MEDIA D-285
Deadly enemies 2004
Susan Lambert, Erik Thomson, Jumping Dog Productions, ABC Television Network, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and First Run/Icarus Films
" ... documents the secret history of biological warfare. Using archival footage from the 1950s, filmmaker Susan Lambert demonstrates how science and politics colluded to play a game of one-upmanship"--Container. 1 videocasssette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-6895
Death runs riot 1996
Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, and Michael Kantor
In the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west, they brought with them the nation's oldest, most divisive issue--slavery--and the rough frontier would supply the sparks that would ignite the Civil War. Indians would be dragged into "the white man's war," while the besieged Mormons would commit the worst massacre of innocent pioneers in American history and a young writer named Sam Clemens would find adventure in Nevada's silver camps. And as the bitter Civil War drew to a close, celebrated Union heros such as George Armstrong Custer and William Tecumseh Sherman would use the tactics which had defeated the South against the Native Americans of the West. 1 videocassette (84 min.)
DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1266 2-3222 2-4233
Dr. Toer's amazing magic lantern show 199-?
Bret Eynon, Carl Gordon, Toney Blue, Frances Foster, and Tony Todd
Takes a look at the Magic Lantern Show of J.W. Toer, a Baptist minister and former slave who traveled the rural South in the years following the Civil War. The show featured music and stories of the Black people before, during and after the Civil War. Especially focuses on the misrepresentation by the North of the former slaves and the progress of Reconstruction. 1 videocassette (21 min.)
DANA 988
The duel 2000
Linda Hunt, David G McCullough, Carl Byker , Mitch Wilson, and David Mrazek
On the morning of July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel by Aaron Burr in the culminating act of a political war that had lasted for more than a decade. The rivals' final encounter in Weehawken ruined Burr's career and changed the fate of a nation. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 2-4330 2-5787
A few...appropriate remarks! Lincoln at Gettysburg 2001
Jim Whitefield and Eben Fowler
Besides talking about the speech and the dedication of the national cemetary, the video also covers the life of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, including the battle of Gettysburg, and events leading up to the war. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
MEDIA 2-5791
Forward to Sumter 1987
Peter Batty
The split between the North and South wasn't a surprise--the United States had been evolving into two separate societies and cultures since independence. This episode illustrates the rise of the Republican party and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln, the moves toward secession in the South, the industrialization of the North, the impact of the cotton gin on the economic development of the South, and the origins of slavery in North America. These burning embers finally ignite into the firing of that fateful first shot at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, beginning the War Between the States. 1 videocassette (51 min.)
MEDIA 2-495
The Good fight the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War 1990
Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, and Sam Sills
Narrated by Stud Terkel, The good fight explores a significant gap in our history through its use of archival footage, newsreels, still photographs, interviews with Lincoln veterans and other Depression-era artifacts. The eleven surviving veterans of the war who appear in this tough, ironical film share a common pride in their sacrifices of fifty years ago when the rise of world fascism crushed the spirit of democracy in a tragic rehearsal of World War II. 1 videocassette (98 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 1500 2-1510
The good soldier c2009
Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys, and Out of the Blue Productions
"The Good Soldier follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it means to be a good soldier"--Container. 1 videodisc (78 min.)
DANA 458
The Hunt for Pancho Villa 1993
Hector Galán, Sandra Adair, David G McCullough, Linda Hunt, and Paul Espinosa
The story of the "Punitive Expedition" into Mexico that failed to capture Pancho Villa and brought the United States and Mexico to the brink of war. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3106 2-4042
John Brown's holy war 2000
Robert Kenner, David G McCullough, Joe Morton, and Ken Chowder
A look inside a complex man, farmer and warrior, family man and avenging angel, to reveal the man behind the legend. He is the father of American terrorism-- and an inspiration to the Civil Rights movement. More than 150 years after his execution, questions swirl around John Brown: was he a madman or a martyr? A bloodthirsty fanatic or a great American hero? Draws on interviews with historians and writers, including novelist Russell Banks, and stunning dramatic reenactments to trace one man's obsessive battle against human bondage. 1 videocassette (85 min.)
DANA. MEDIA MEDIA 1774 2-5786 2-4329
Korea MacArthur's war 1988
Denis Mueller
The Korean War was described by lifetime diplomat Averill Harriman as a "sour little war." Over 33,000 Americans and two million Chinese and Koreans died during the conflict that ended as a stalemate. It was also marked by a dramatic confrontation between two men--General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry S. Truman. Complete with footage never seen before in this country, Korea: Mac Arthur's war provides an insightful look into the war and the collision between two powerful men in history. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-1563
Korea, the forgotten war 1987
Don Horan and Robert Stack
June 25, 1950 marks the beginning of a war that was to be like no other. Hurtled into combat, thousands of young, inexperienced soldiers battled overwhelming odds and highly trained North Korean forces. 1 videocassette (92 min.)
MEDIA DANA 2-1396 1119
Korean war stories 2001
Robert Uth, Phylis Geller, and Walter Cronkite
Veterans share their stories of the "Forgotten War", reminding the viewer of the human and social costs the Korean war had on America. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA 2-4365
Lincoln 1992
Philip B Kunhardt, James Earl Jones, Alan Menken, Philip B Kunhardt, Philip B Kunhardt, Peter W Kunhardt, Jason Robards, and Glenn Close
Captures the drama of Lincoln in his own words. Drawn from letters, speeches and diaries, Lincoln's words are brought to life by the voice of actor, Jason Robards. Uses historic black and white photographs to portray Lincoln and the period of the Civil War in American history. 4 videocassettes (56 min. each)
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Mary Silliman's war 1993
Steven Schecter, Barry Cowling, Louisa Burns-Bisogno, Stephen Surjik, Nancy Palk, and Richard Donat
Based on the memoir and letters of Mary Silliman, this film depicts the struggle during the American Revolutionary War, of Fairfield, Conn., a town deeply and bitterly divided over independence. After the kidnapping and imprisonment of her husband by the British, Mary Silliman managed to secure her husband's freedom while still handling domestic affairs and coping with the war. 1 videocassette (94 min.)
MEDIA 2-2269
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry 1991
Jacqueline Shearer, Leslie Lee, David G McCullough, and Morgan Freeman
The story of the first officially sanctioned regiment of northern Black soldiers formed in Boston during the Civil War. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
DANA 1771
Memories of a forgotten war 2001
Camilla Griggers, Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena, National Commission on Culture and the Arts (Philippines), Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Newsreel (Firm), and Women in Film
The Philippine-American War of 1899 was one of the most violent imperial wars of the 20th century and set the precedent for U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia, yet few remember the details of the war or why it was fought. The film is told from the unique perspective of the film's co-director, Camilla Benolirao Griggers, who draws parallels between the history of war and violence between the two countries and her own family history as the granddaughter of a U.S. calvary soldier and a Filipina seamstress. 1 videodisc (61 min.)
DANA 384
Oh, fatal ambition! 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Forrest Sawyer, Ronald Blumer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3278 2-4245
Our time in hell the Korean War c2003
Chris Wheeler, Bill Fike, Great Divide Pictures, Discovery Channel (Firm), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Through personal accounts from Americans and Koreans, original film footage, newsreels, and narration, this documentary presents the history and the horrors of the Korean War. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
MEDIA 2-7014
Race for the superbomb 1999
Thomas Ott, David Ogden Stiers, and Richard Rhodes
Featuring newly discovered archival sources from Russia, civil defense films, and recently declassified military footage, "Race for the Superbomb" tells the story of a world at the brink of destruction. 2 videocassettes (113 min.)
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The Reluctant revolutionaries 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Ronald Blumer, Forrest Sawyer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3275 2-4242
"Remember the Maine" the roots of the Spanish-American war 1998
Hugh Purooll and Jack Roberts
Using archival footage, newspaper excerpts, and historical documents, this program traces the roots of the Spanish-American War to Spain's quest to preserve its flagging empire, American imperialism, and the genuine desire on the part of Cubans to shake off the yoke of Spanish domination. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-3715
The Revolutionary war 1995
Charles Kuralt, Carol L Fleisher, and Paula Deats
Charles Kuralt narrates this program about the American Revolutionary War. 3 videocassettes (ca. 270 min.)
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The Road to rock bottom 1993
Terry Kay Rockefeller, Joe Morton, and Steve Fayer
As the Great Depression progressed, economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. The film ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2223 2-4177
Sea of honor the U.S. Navy story, 1775- 1945 1996
A history of the United States Navy, from its inception during the American Revolution to the end of World War Two. 7 videocassettes (5 hrs. 13 min.)
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The Spanish-American war a conflict in progress 1998
Hugh Purooll and Jack Roberts
This program examines the conduct of the war, from Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, to the defeatist attitude of Spanish commander Admiral Cerveras, to Cuban General Gomez and his decision to side with the Americans. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-3716
The Spanish Civil War 1978
Anthony Ross Potter, Eric Sevareid, Herb Schmertz, and Scott Neal Garen
A documentary presentation on the events of and the attitudes towards the Spanish Civil War. 1 videocassette (26 min.)
MEDIA 2-4137
The times that try men's souls 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Ronald Blumer, Forrest Sawyer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3277 2-4244
Total war 1987
Peter Batty
Share the experiences of soldiers and civilians through their songs, diaries, poems, paintings, memoirs, and letters. Examines the changing face of warfare in light of new technological developments, Lincoln's strategic appointment of General Ulysses S. Grant as overall military commander, and the roles and experiences of blacks--enslaved and freed--during the war. 1 videocassette (51 min.)
MEDIA 2-498
U.S. Mexican War, 1846-1848 1998
Ginny Martin, Robert Tranchin, Andrea Boardman, and Bruce DuBose
Tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. This critically-acclaimed documentary series explores the events surrounding the conflict between two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity. 2 videocassettes (approx. 4 hrs.)
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War letters 2001
Andrew Carroll, Robert Kenner, and Paul Taylor
Tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women in the front lines and those who waited at home. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-4366
The Weapon of choice 1989, 1988
Against the backdrop of the Cold War and the development of the hydrogen bomb, the growing reliance of superpowers on nuclear weapons is explored. The Korean War and its impact on U.S. nuclear weapons decisions is also examined. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-788
The world turned upside down 1997
Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Ronald Blumer, Forrest Sawyer, and Edward Herrmann
A documentary from the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3279 2-4246