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31 |
Real West, Part II |
documentary |
N/A |
documentary of the old west. Narrated by Garry Cooper. Covers the westward movement, building of the transcontinental railroad, cowboys, gunfighters, Calamity Jane, Belle Star, etc.. |
Belle Star, Calamity Jane, cowboys, gunfighters, transcontinental railroad, U.S. history, Western history |
Vol. 2 of 2 |
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489 |
Rebels with a Cause |
N/A |
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260D |
Rebels with a Cause |
Color and B&W |
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159 |
Reconstruction-The Second Civil War |
DVD |
2004 |
Color and B&W |
On a misty April evening in 1865, a jubilant crowd packed the White House lawn to hear President Abraham Lincoln's first speech since the end of the Civil War. They expected a stirring celebration of the Union victory - but instead got harsh reality. Even with the South defeated, Lincoln warned, the future would be "fraught with great difficulty." He called the tas ahead Reconstruction. Even as Lincoln spoke, opposing forces were gathering. Some Americans saw Reconstruction as a chance to build a new nation out of the ashes of war and slavery. Others vowed to wage a new war to protect their way of life, and a racial order they believed ordained by God. Three days after delivering his warning, Lincoln was shot dead by a Confederate sympathizer. Reconstruction would have to go forward without him. Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans - Souther and Northern, white and black - as they struggle to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down. |
1865, Abraham Lincoln, Confederate sympathizer, fraught, Reconstruction, The Second Civil War, Union victory, White House |
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205D |
REDS |
DVD |
1981 |
Color |
Academy Award winning director Warren Beatty's acclaimed epic comes to DVD for the first time as a two-disc Special Collector's Edition laden with never-before-seen special features. The film, based on actual events,tells the story of John Reed (Beatty), American Communist, journalist and activist, whose love affair with writer/feminst Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) unfolds against the explosive backdrip of the Russian Revolution, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Staleton, Edward Herrmann and Jerzy Kosinski also start in this classic film masterpiece, which garnered more Academy Award nominations for 1981- twelve - than any other film in the previous 15 years. On Oscar Night, Reds walked away with coveted statuettes for Best Directory (Beatty), Best Supporting Actress (Stapleton), and Vittorio Storaro's sweeping cinemaography. |
activist, American Communist, John Reed, journalist, Louise Bryant, love affair, Russian Revolution. |
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404 |
Reds (2 parts) |
feature length film |
Color and B&W |
20th century, communism, innerwar period, John Reed, journalism, Red Scare, Russia, Soviet Union, United States |
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208 |
Remember Pearl Harbor |
N/A |
(also other films of WWII) Scenes depict the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
20th century, Japan, Pearl Harbor, U.S. history, United States, World War II |
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318 |
Remember the Main: The Roots of the Spanish-American War |
N/A |
19th century, sources of Spanish American War, Spanish-American war, U.S. history, United States |
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350D |
Requiem for a Heavyweight |
DVD |
2002 |
B&W |
Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the fight game.
After 17 years in the ring, it's the final bell for Mountain Rivera (Quinn). A fight doctor confirms one more punch for the washed-up heavyweight and he could become permanently disabled. Reluctantly, but with the support of his faithful trainer (Rooney) and a kindly employment counselor (Harris), Rivera tries to land a job outside the ring. But his calculating manager Maish (Gleason) has other plans for Rivera. With the mob closing in on him for payment of a huge gambling debt, Maish coerces Rivera into returning to the ring for a lucrative, yet humiliating, career in stages wrestling matches.
A heartbreaking lead performance by double Oscar winner Quinn (Best Supporting Actor, Viva Zapata, 1952 and Lust for Life, 1956) and a triumphant big screen adaptation by writer Rod Sterling and director Ralph Nelson of their Emmy-winning "Playhouse 90" television production, Requiem for a Heavyweight packs a devastating punch.
Boxing fans should watch for champs Muhammad Ali (billed as Cassius Clay) in the electrifying opening sequence, and Jack Dempsey in a nightclub scene.
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boxing, sports |
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391 |
Resorts: Paradise Reclaimed |
N/A |
20th century, resorts, social history, vacations |
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34 |
Review of Russian History |
N/A |
Russia, Russian history |
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483 |
Revolution |
N/A |
revolution |
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381 |
Riding the Rails |
N/A |
20th century, Great Depression, hobos, homeless people, trains, United States |
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346D |
Ring of Fire |
DVD |
2003 |
Color |
In this tender yet haunting story, filmmakers Dan Klores and Ron Berger (director of The Boys of 2nd Street Park) capture a provocative sage of love, violence and redemption.
New York City, March 24, 1962: Rival boxing champions Emile Griffith and Benny "Kid" Paret entered the ring for their feverishly anticipated world title bout. Earlier, Paret had taunted his allegedly homosexual opponent with a shocking slur. That night, as millions of fans watched the fight on live television, Griffith brutally beat Paret to death. The sport of boxing, the life of Emile Griffith, and the innocence of America would be changed forever.
Through startling archival footage and revealing new interviews with journalists, historians, champion boxers, Paret's widow, and Griffith himself, experience the Sundance sensation that begins with one tragic night nearly 45 years ago whose impact is still being felt today. |
fight, boxing, pugilism, sports |
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158 |
Ripples in Time: The Story of the Holocaust |
N/A |
The story of the Holocaust |
genocide, Germany, Holocaust, Judaism, World War II |
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595 |
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Program 1). |
N/A |
Promises Betrayed (1865-1896) How did Jim Crow begin? As Reconstruction ended, betraying the promises of Emancipation, African Americans |
19th century, African American history, Jim Crow Laws, nonviolence, racial issues, racism, Reconstruction, Southern history, United States |
vol 1 |
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596 |
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Program 2). |
N/A |
Fighting Back (1896-1917) Episode two illustrates the early rise of a successful Black middle class and the determination of white supremacists to destroy fledgling Black political power. |
20th century, African American history, black middle class, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow Laws, nonviolence, racial issues, racism, Southern history, United States |
vol 2 |
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597 |
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Program 3). |
N/A |
Don |
20th century, African American history, Jim Crow Laws, lynching, nonviolence, race riots, racial issues, racism, Southern history, United States |
vol 3 |
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598 |
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Program 4). |
N/A |
Terror and Triumph (1940-1954) Episode four examines the surge of Black activism that took place after World War II. |
20th century, African American history, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow Laws, nonviolence, racial issues, racism, Southern history, United States |
vol 4 |
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440 |
Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire |
N/A |
ancient history, Aztecs, colonization, Indians, indigenous people, South America |