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1) Elvis
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Realistic portrayal of Elvis from his beginnings as a 35-dollar-a-week truck driver to one of the most popular music and film stars the world has ever seen.
3) Tesla
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) (DVD) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow Queen Elizabeth II's remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle Edward VIII's stunning abdication, and her father's coronation as King George VI. She defines the role of a modern monarch, leading the Royal Family and her subjects through the challenges of post-war reconstruction, decolonization, conflicts in South Africa, Northern Ireland and The Falklands, and the difficult days after Princess Diana's death
6) Des
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the 'kindly killer', Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of Harold Wilson, asks them to make a side trip to Washington, D.C. to ask President Johnson for financial assistance for the United Kingdom.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 386 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1715 on the island of Santa Campana and the diabolical pirate Blackbeard reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. An extraordinary action adventure where one can't be sure whether the pirates or the British crown are the villains.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (398 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. Based on the award-winning and wildly popular web series, this follows the drunken and often incoherent narration of historical moments. Viewers explore rich culture and history on a tour of cities across America, with a twist of lime.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the 500th anniversary of da Vinci's death, NOVA goes to Italy to explore his life and work. Then, in the basement of the Louvre, scientists and art restoration experts deploy cutting-edge technology to (digitally) peel back the layers of da Vinci's works. Ultimately, they'll reveal the impact of his science on his art and his art on his science.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (466 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 5 hr. 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seven-part limited series about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. It focuses on the past decade which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader, and the sexual harassment accusations that brought his career to an end.
14) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Language
English
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
16) I am the night
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (264 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Fauna lives with the mysteries of her origin, until one day she makes a discovery that leads her to investigate. She meets a ruined reporter, and together they follow a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Los Angeles gynecologist, a man involved in some of Hollywood's darkest debauchery, and possibly, its most infamous unsolved crime.
17) Grey Gardens
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 608 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD (approximately 599 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
20) John Adams
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
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