Dimitri Tiomkin
3) The Alamo
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part five of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. Originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. The battle of Russia: Celebrates the spirit of the long-suffering Soviet people as they heroically repulse the Nazi invasion threatening their homeland....
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Arizona Territory of the 1870's, Marshal Sam Mackenna is the only living person who knows the tortuous route to the fabulous "Caǫn del Oro". During his journey, Mackenna is captured by Colorado, a brutal Mexican bandit who has long sought his death. But, if Mackenna is to lead the cutthroat gang to the lost treasure, Colorado must keep him alive.
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Parts one and two of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. Originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. Prelude to war: Recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern...
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Parts six and seven of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. Originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. The Battle of China (1944): Depicts Japanese aggression against China during World War II and describes Japan's plans for world conquest. Recalls...
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Parts three and four of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. Originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. Divide and conquer: Recounts the successive defeats of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France by the seemingly invincible German army,...
10) Rio Bravo
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
11) The unforgiven
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A family on the frontier adopts a young girl, but the Indians claim that the girl is one of them, and they want her back.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming story about the day-to-day experiences of a Quaker family living in Indiana in 1862, showing their religious beliefs, their worldly temptations, their petty feuds, and their reactions in a time of crisis.
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Comedy about the Sycamores, an eccentric family of free spirits, and the problems that arises when Alice, the one stable member, falls for her boss's son.
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the funeral, Livius, who does not share Lucilla's ambition for...
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
Pub. Date
1951
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (204 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.
17) High noon
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, the lawman stands to lose not only the town but his new wife.
18) Night passage
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Railroad workers have not been paid for months because Whitey and his gang keep holding up the train.
19) High noon
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen.
20) Lucky partners
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (NTSC, 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bookshop errand girl casts her lot with a hardluck Greenwich Village artist and both come up winners in a sweepstakes contest. The pair dash off to Niagara Falls to celebrate, but love, and her beau back home get in the way of their platonic plans.