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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
2) Vice
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
3) The butler
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 399 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore presents an examination of the role played by moeny and oil in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Describes the traditional way of making decisions by the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe people, including the elements of respect, thorough deliberation, and community consensus. Looks at the process from before the arrival of the Europeans to the present day way of leadership and tribal government as it has adapted to change.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (391 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season Three of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Jack races against time and across Europe to stop a rogue faction within the Russian government from restoring the Soviet Empire and starting World War III.
8) John Adams
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (368 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the second season after tracking a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle, CIA Officer Jack Ryan heads down to South America to investigate. As Jack's investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide.
Language
English
Description
A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 840 minutes) : sound, color with black & white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary begins by introducing the Constitution and why it was created. It then examines key Constitutional concepts -- separation of powers and individual rights -- by focusing on two landmark cases: Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to put the steel mills under government control, and Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court establishes the right to be represented by an attorney.
14) The Queen
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" - Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways the...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 608 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Monumental, producer/narrator Kirk Cameron retraces the footsteps of America's founders to see if they left us some kind of a map that would guide us back to the foundation of America's success.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
18) Hidden
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A taut and gripping four-part conspiracy thriller set in London and Paris at a time when Britain is in a state of political turmoil.
19) The Post
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
"China 859 A.D. The once-mighty Tang dynasty is in decline. The emperor is weak and incompetent. His corrupt government no longer controls the land. Unrest sweeps the country. Village by village, an underground alliance forms: The House of Flying Daggers. Based near the imperial capital the House of Flying Daggers moves in the shadows. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor, they earn the support of the people. At the same time, they are feared...
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