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1) Dear Sirs
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After finding an archive of photos, letters, and documents detailing his grandfather's untold journey as a Prisoner of War in World War II, filmmaker Mark Pedri bikes across Europe to tell his grandfather's story and better understand the man who raised him. GI Film Festival Winner, Best Feature Documentary.
Publisher
A&E®
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (47 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The life and career of the great 19th-century industrialist and philanthropist. The son of a poor Scottish immigrant, Carnegie built an empire in steel manufacturing before being bought out by US Steel.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (61 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The story of atomic bomb survivor, Shigeaki Mori, and his life long calling to tell the story of Normand Brissette, Ralph Neal, and the ten other American POWs killed by the bombing of Hiroshima.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
To mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, this documentary offers spectators an extraordinary opportunity to meet the Pharaoh and his treasures.
5) Colosseum
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (344 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This series brings to life the rise & fall of the Roman Empire through the lens of one of the most exhilarating arenas in history. COLOSSEUM utilizes live action sequences and special effects to infuse excitement into the narrative of each character.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The giant stone heads of Easter Island have inspired theories for centuries. Now, new research reveals intriguing evidence of the origins and inspirations of the ancient Rapanui people who created the iconic monoliths.
Author
Series
American Buffalo A Film by Ken Burns volume 2
Language
English
Description
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions have been reduced to fewer than 1,000 and teeter on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans have started a few private herds in different locations--and for different reasons. In the early 1900s, their efforts grow into a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
Author
Series
American Buffalo A Film by Ken Burns volume 1
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, America's national mammal numbered in the tens of millions, sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains, whose cultures became spiritually intertwined with the animal. By the 1880s the buffalo had been driven to the brink of extinction by newcomers to the continent. Ken Burns recounts the collision--and tragic consequences--of two opposing views of the natural world.
Publisher
A&E®
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of the late Pat Tillman, who walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals in 2002 to join the Army but died from friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building in New York City, erected between 1928 and 1930, was the world's tallest edifice--until the Empire State Building eclipsed it in 1931!
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian.
12) Convertibles
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Topless, unobstructed--the convertible completely transforms the driving experience and unlike any other car, sets the driver free.
13) Concept Cars
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
They were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the heart race and the mind ask...what if?
14) Limos
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (44 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Limousines have been stretched to greater and greater lengths--as has the notion of what can be done inside them! You can have a rolling disco in a stretched SUV, go for a rumble off-road in a monster truck limousine.
15) Muscle Cars
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Pop open the hood, check out the carbs, and hear the engines roar as we journey back to a time when gas was cheap, emission controls non-existent, and all that mattered was acceleration and speed.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (245 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Xavier Riddle and his friends travel back in time to learn from real-life inspirational figures who can help them solve every day problems! Each adventure helps children ages 4 to 7 make connections between the character traits that made historical figures into heroes and those same qualities within themselves. Inspired by the bestselling kids book series, Ordinary People Change the World.
Publisher
The Jim Henson Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (216 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Starring the inquisitive and funny preschooler Sid, the episodes feature a practical in-school science curriculum, using music and humor to celebrate children's natural curiosity about science in everyday life.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (351 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this new action-packed, tell-all factual series, award winning actor Damian Lewis unpacks some of the most thrilling covert missions in modern-day history with newly declassified information.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed director Pappi Corsicato, a cinematic documentary on one of the world's most famous and mysterious archaeological places.
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