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ID # Title Film Type Playing Time Release Date Color or BW Description Keywords Volume Notes Links
614
Sir Isaac Newton
50 min
Color and B&W
The Gravity of Genus:By the age of 23, he had invented calculus and begun investigation motion, gravity and light. His discoveries earned him the title
17th century, 18th century, Europe, gravity, observation, scientifc revolution, scientific method, Sir Isaac Newton
copy 2 of 2
424
Skin Deep: The Fight Against Legislated Racism
N/A
African Americans, racial history, racism, United States
51
Smoke Signals
DVD
89 min.
Color and B&W
Critically acclaimed as one of the best films of the year. Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! When Victor is urgently called away, Thomas comes up with the money to pay for his trip.
Friendship
Missing from the department 2/7/07.
212
South America Part I
N/A
South America
213
South America Part II
N/A
South America
214
South American 2, 3, 4, 5
N/A
South America
319
Spanish-American War: A Conflict in Progress
N/A
19th century, sources of Spanish American War, Spanish-American war, U.S. history, United States
320D
Spartacus
DVD
3 hours and 16 minutes
1998
Color
This presentation of the powerful film classic features an additional five minutes of footage cut from the film's original release, plus the original overture and extended soundtrack. Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of the Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.
spartacus, rome, ancient, freedom
64
Sports and Diplomacy in the Global Arena
Instructional
20 min.
0.2005
Color and B&W
The U S Department of State has developed a curriculum package titled athletes are diplomats, and diplomats use sports to epand contacts, ease tensions, and send messages. The instructional package includes a 20 minute video with 90 pages of writers from arond the country. Included are tools to help meet NCLB objectives.
Athletes, curriculum writers, diplomats, sports, US Department of State
291
Statue of Liberty
N/A
Statue of Liberty, U.S. history, United States
285
Status of Latina Women
N/A
Latina history, Mexican American history, womens history
468
Step by Step
N/A
377
Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Vol I
N/A
19th century, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first wave feminism, suffrage, suffragists, Susan B. Anthony, United States, womens history, womens vote
378
Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Vol II
N/A
19th century, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first wave feminism, suffrage, suffragists, Susan B. Anthony, United States, womens history, womens vote
561
Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1):
120 min
Color and B&W
no description
20th century, Theodore Roosevelt, United States
vol 1
562
Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2):
120 min
Color and B&W
no description
20th century, Theodore Roosevelt, United States
vol 2
390
Suburbs: Arcadia for Everyone
N/A
architecture, community, homes, social history, suburbs, urban growth
29
Suleyman the Magnificent
DVD
2 hrs. 30 min.
2003
Color and B&W
This program chronicles the brilliant exploits and initiatives of Suleyman 1, dubbed "the magnificient".
World War II
334D
Supersize Me
DVD
100 minutes
2004
Color
In Super Size Me, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a "McDonald's only" diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death.
mcdonalds, fast food, nutrition, health
442
Surviving the Dust Bowl
N/A
20th century, American history, drought, Great Depression, midwest, the Dust Bowl, United States