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ID #	Title	Film Type	Playing Time	Release Date	Color or BW	Description	Keywords	Volume	Notes
271D	Civil Defense: A War at Home	DVD	50 mins	1993	Color	Duck and cover! That's what kids were taught in the 1950's to protect themselves in case of nuclear attack. Government Civil Defense infomercials taught America how to build bomb shelters to protect ourselves from the "Red Menace". Drawing from interviews with historians, former officials, and some of the actors in the Civil Defense film. It's a nostalgic and often wacky look at the agency designed to prepare us for the worst and the propaganda it fed to a more innocent America.	1950's, Civil, Defense, propaganda, Red Menace
576	Civil Defense: The War at Home		50 min		N/A		20th century, Civil Defense, Cold War, Nuclear arms, schoolchildren, United States
453	Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources: Segregation Northern Style, 1964				N/A		1960s, 20th century, African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, racial history, racism, segregation, the North, United States
454	Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources: The Color Line on Campus, 1963				N/A		1960s, 20th century, African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, racial history, racism, the South, United States, universities
455	Civil Rights Movement: Primary Sources: The Study of Desegregation, Clinton, Tennessee, 1957				N/A		1950s, 20th century, African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, Clinton, desegregation, racial history, racism, Tennessee, the South, United States
44	Civil War, Divided Union Series: Forward to Sumter				N/A	Illustrates the rise of the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln, the moves toward succession in the South, industrialization in the North, and the impact of the cotton gin. It also traces the origins of slavery in North America.	19th century, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, industrialization, North and South, plantation system, Republican Party, secession, slavery, U.S. history	vol 1 of 5
66	Civil War: 1861 The Cause				N/A	Introduction to the war and to the important characters in the series.	19th century, Civil War, U.S. history	Part 1 of 9
68	Civil War: 1862 Forever Free				N/A	Lincoln realized that emancipation will be needed to win the war	19th century, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, U.S. history	part 3 of 9
67	Civil War: 1862 The Very Bloody Affair				N/A	The Union Army is stuck in Washington.Northern soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes is granted home leave to see his mother	19th century, Civil War, family, U.S history, Union Army	Part 2 of 9
69	Civil War: 1863 Simply Murder				N/A	In the northern winter camp, "the Union's Valley Forge," morale is low as hundreds die from disease due to Unsanitary conditions	19th century, Civil War, disease, medical history, morale, U.S. history, winter camp	part 4 of 9
70	Civil War: 1863 The Universe of Battle				N/A	Lee, seeking to "conquer a peace" and take pressure off Vicksburg, leads his army north.	19th century, Civil War, Robert E. Lee, U.S. history, Vicksburg	part 5 of 9
72	Civil War: 1864 Most Hallowed Ground				N/A	with the Union Army stalled outside Petersburg, and the casualty lists growing longer, the Northern opposition to the war increases	19th century, Civil War, Petersburg, U.S. history, Union Army	part 7 of 9
71	Civil War: 1864 The Valley of the Shadow of Death				N/A	There is no real end in sight for the war. And, as William Tecumseh Sherman says, "the worst of the war has not yet begun."	19th century, Civil War, U.S. history, warfare, William Tecumsah Sherman	part 6 of 9
45	Civil War: Bloody Stalemate				N/A	The war begins in earnest, with real battles and real blood. Confederate commanders fail to exploit their initial victory at First Manassas (Bull Run).	19th century, Bull Run, Civil War, Confedaracy, Manassas, North and South, slavery, U.S. history, war	vol 2 of 5
48	Civil War: Conclusion at Appomatox				N/A	this dramatic saga does not end with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. President Lincoln is assassinated five days later, and the struggle for reunification has only just begun.	19th century, Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox, assassination, Civil War, North and South, Robert E. Lee, slavery, U.S. history	vol 5 of 5
46	Civil War: High Tide of the Confederacy				N/A	The going gets tougher for everyone in 1862, especially for President Lincoln. His military leaders are squabbling, his political popularity is waning, and the North seems unable to exploit its industrial and numeric superiority.	19th century, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, North and South, secession, slavery, U.S. history, war	vol 3 of 5
74	Civil War: The Better Angels of Our Nature				N/A	The War is over and the soldiers are going home	19th century, Civil War, U.S. history, warfare	part 9 of 9	Missing from the department 02/07/07.
47	Civil War: Total War				N/A	war takes its toll not only in the battlefield but also on the daily lives of civilians.	19th century, Civil War, civilians, North and South, slavery, U.S. history, war	vol 4 of 5
73	Civil War: War is Hell				N/A	Confederacy is dying. But Robert E. Lee assumes command of all the Southern forces, but the Union is closing in on all sides.	19th century, Civil War, Confederates, Robert E. Lee, U.S. history, Union Army	part 8 of 9
429	Cleopatra	feature length film			Color and B&W		ancient history, Egypt, pharoah

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