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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Africa's Great Civilizations In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.
7) Seven alone
Language
English
Description
Story of the Sager family who left their Missouri home in 1843 for the "black soil" of Oregon. Disaster leaves the seven Sager children alone to fend for themselves and continue the journey. "Seven alone" is based on a true story.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Billy Coleman returns from World War II embittered by his experience; but Grandpa, anticipating Billy's state of mind, has a therapeutic gift waiting for him: a pair of Redbone hound puppies-- just like the ones he had as a boy.
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A sea captain is locked in battle in 1840s Key West with lawyer Steve Tolliver for the affections of a beautiful ship owner. Tolliver attempts to prosecute the captain for the murder of a girl who was allegedly on board.
11) Heidi
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment Liminted
Pub. Date
[2001, 1996]
Language
English
Description
Heidi is the spunky little girl whose sweet disposition wins the hearts of everyone. Heidi lives with her grandfather up i the beautiful mountains of Switzerland. She loves playing with her shepherd frienf Peter, and frolicking in the meadow with all the goats. She even turns her grandfather from bitter old hermit into a kind and loving man. One of the most inspiring children's stories ever, Heidi is an unforgettable animated treasure.
12) Rome & Pompeii
Publisher
Questar Video
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The grandeur of Imperial Rome and Pompeii is reconstructed by archeologists, historians, and video artists.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Life as a private detective begins at 60 for this sprightly Lancashire housewife. Instead of winding down as her husband, Robert, expects, she₂s just getting started. Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. In these first six episodes, she finds an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey and puts her sensible pumps to the pavement in search of mysteries to solve.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious excursion into the battle of the sexes, Tracy plays Sam Craig, the down-to-earth sportswriter of the New York Chronicle. As Tess Harding, the paper's bright international columnist, Hepburn makes his life miserable. As soon as they start taking swipes at each other in their columns, there is little peace between them. In the office and in the bedroom the squabbling continues, until their problems are overcome by their deep love for...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Treasure state -- In this family-friendly adventure, two teens must put their rivalry aside and join forces to stop notorious bandits and survive the brutal wilderness known as the Treasure state.
The Ranger, the cook and a hole in the sky -- A rookie forester (Jerry O'Connell) learns life lessons under the watchful eye, his superior (Sam Elliott) in this captivating Norman Maclean tale.
Prairie fever -- The Western trail can be a risky one, but...
17) Blade runner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy longs to believe in Santa Claus, but he finds it quite difficult to do so. His family has a dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to Santa himself, is all just a myth. This all changes, however, on Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to the North Pole for a visit with Santa. The train's conductor, along with the...
20) Call of the wild
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A young girl finds an injured wolf/dog while visiting her grandfather and wants to nurse it back to health and take it back to Boston with her. When her grandfather tries to talk her out of it by reading her Jack London's Call of the Wild, the little girl has ideas of her own. Includes deleted scenes, game, commentary, and behind-the-scenes featurette.