Arts and Entertainment Network.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive 14-disc collector's set features the most popular episodes of the groundbreaking Modern Marvels series and covers a broad range of technological breakthroughs and advancements. From environmental catastrophes like the Salton Sea to military blunders like Patriot missle errors, from subway tunnel cave-ins to oil tanker psills, these shows outline in intricate detail the devasting effect of technology gone awry. There is also a complete...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Contains seventeen programs that examine different aspects of World War II, featuring color footage and photographs from national archives and private collections, excerpts from the letters and diaries of participants, and sounds and songs of the era.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back in the saddle and dedicated to serving his community after coming to terms with the devastating loss of his wife. Walt's reign as Sheriff hangs in the balance as he fights for re-election against rival Branch. Vic is visited by the ghost of a past she'd rather forget. Walt's daughter Cady searches for answers about her mother's murder, while Walt's possible connection to the death of his wife's killer threatens to draw...
10) The plague
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
It began like the common cold but quickly progressed to something more sinister, wiping out half of Europe's population in three years. Take a look at how the plague brought devastation and what would happen if such an epidemic were to happen today.
11) Hero ships
Series
Publisher
distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2011, c2008
Language
English
Description
For nearly 100 years, warships have fought off everything from Al Qaeda to dive-bombing kamikazes. Profiles the complete combat history and evolving technology of a single American ship, often through multiple conflicts. There are the battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines and specialized ships that belong in the warship hall of fame.
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of French Impressionism focusing on five artists: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro and Morisot. Features excerpts from the artists' letters and diaries as well as insights into their lives and work from leading authorities.
14) Unknown Chaplin
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Using countless reels of footage and outtakes Chaplin wanted destroyed, film archivists Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have meticulously crafted an essential and fascinating documentary homage to the silver screen legend.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
State-of-the-art archaeological equipment and computer technology propel an exploration of ancient Egypt. Features the first filmed visits to such sites as the tomb of Ramses II, the Abydos Boat Graves, and the skeletons at Mendes.
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and career of American inventor Thomas A. Edison, examining the effects of his all-consuming work on his family, discussing his supposed lack of schooling, and including clips of films made by Edison, and interviews with Edison scholars.
17) Lorna Doone
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Retells the high adventure and romantic love story, set in late seventeenth-century England, about Lorna, the granddaughter of the head of a nobly-born family of robbers and outlaws, who falls in love with John Ridd, a man intent on avenging his father's death upon the Doone clan.
20) Founding fathers
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Uses the words and writings of the men who forged the United States to offer an intimate view of pivotal events and personalities in the creation of the nation.