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Publisher
Distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the epic struggle of the Irish in America, the story of five million impoverished people leaving a destitute homeland for "The Promised Land"--America
3) Henry Ford
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management, and a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents an examination of one of the most consequential and least understood chapters in U.S. history when, after the Civil War, the nation struggled to reunite North and South while living up to the promise of citizenship for millions of freed African Americans.
Language
English
Description
It is a new century and with it comes the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over Cornwall. Following the death of Elizabeth, Ross Poldark resolves to put Westminster behind him and spend more time with the people he loves. However, when an old friend emerges with a plea for help, Ross is compelled to challenge the establishment again.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
8) Roots
Language
English
Formats
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 Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and at the **Toronto International Film Festival**....
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 471 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set amidst the Victorian splendor of Britain's first department store, The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues, and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, spots her talents, she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things....
11) Chernobyl
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
13) Behind the scenes at Downton Abbey: the official backstage pass to the set, the actors and the drama
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inside track on all aspects of the making of award-winning drama, Downton Abbey.
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The whiskey-drinking and jazz-loving vicar Sidney Chambers returns alongside his friend and veteran cop Inspector Geordie Keating for a second season of crime solving in the small country parish.
17) The pilgrims
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the plight of the Pilgrims.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Edition
Widescreen original UK ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (525 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. In the wake of World War I, Robert, Earl of Grantham, sticks to his duty to maintain Downton more firmly than ever.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of Corfu novels, this latest series sees sparky English widow Louisa Durrell and her brood continue to put down roots in their dilapidated rented house, alongside an ever-increasing menagerie of animals brought home by youngest son Gerry.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
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