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3) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
4) Gandhi
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen 25th anniversary ; [Collector's ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
5) Heidi
Series
Shirley Temple volume 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl enjoys her life in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather until she is taken away by a cruel aunt and sold to a wealthy man as a companion to his invalid daughter. Based on Johanna Spyri's novel. Contains both the colorized and B&W versions.
6) Gravity
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Language
English
Description
"What is the force that puts the thrill in thrill rides? Gravity, of course! One of the biggest challenges for Imagineers in designing theme park attractions, like Disney's Rockin' Roller Coaster and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, is figuring out the best way to work with-and sometimes against-gravity's constant 1G force. Learn to define gravity and explain the relationship between gravity, mass, and distance. Apply an understanding of forces...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experience zero gravity and the thrill of life aboard the most complex scientific project ever assembled: The International Space Station, hovering 220 miles above Earth. Shows how the Station was assembled and day-to-day life on the station.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1983
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of a life-changing experience for a biologist studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North. A green young biologist named Tyler (Smith), is sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged...
10) Galapagos
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (39 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fall of the house of Usher: An English Lord fears that his sister has been buried alive, and sure enough, she is, but she revives, but not without causing much confusion among the other members of the cast. The pit and the pendulum: A young man's search for the truth of his sister's death uncovers a bizarre and ghastly secret.
12) The sun
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Classroom ed. DVD.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(26 min.): sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill presents information on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy, and visits a solar power farm near Sacramento, California.
13) Cry freedom
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the friendship between black activist Stephen Biko and white newspaper editor Donald Woods, who was instrumental in bringing Biko's anti-apartheid message to the international community.
14) Survival Island
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (41 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Standing almost alone in the great Southern Ocean, South Georgia Island plays host to some of the largest concentrations of animals anywhere on Earth during the spring and summer months.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2004, c1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + teacher's guide [6] p.
Language
English
Description
Learn about America's history through the use of graphics and animations, live-action portrayals of historic figures and stories told from a child's point of view. Topics featured in this video include Who Came to the United States?, The Story of a Child: My New Home in America, The Story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, The Story of a Child: I Came All the Way From China, and Faces of Immigration Today.
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