New Video Group
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (364 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States. Based on the book To the Best of My Ability, The Presidents features insight from journalists, scholars, and politicians, as well as rare and unseen photographs and footage.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Before Oprah, and before Lucy, there was the beloved Gertrude Berg, the entertainment genius who wrote, starred in and produced the first successful domestic sitcom and charmed a beleaguered nation. Animated through a dazzling collage of vintage clips and interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and intimate conversations with friends, colleagues and family members, the box-office smash-hit Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg traces Berg's rise to stardom from her...
4) LennoNYC
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the world remembered John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of his death, a new film takes an intimate look at the time Lennon, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean, spent living in New York City during the 1970s. Featuring never-before-heard studio recordings and never-before-seen outtakes from Lennon in concert and home movies.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Go from the hills of California to the Himalayan Mountains to reveal the life of this one-of-a-kind servant to humanity. Wavy's own words are blended with stories from an array of fellow travelers both cultural and counter-cultural, revealing the man behind the clown's grin and the fool's clothing. Audiences will come to know the activist, optimist, and healer who reaches beyond political, economic, and cultural divisions in his commitment to social...
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Their names are synonymous with some of English literature's most timeless and celebrated novels. The real life story of the famous Bronte sisters however; is steeped in even greater controversy and heartbreak than the lives of their tragic characters.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 145 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Enola Gay: Get a look inside the bomber that helped bring WWII to a stop, development of the atomic bomb, and the aftermath. Hiroshima: Fifty years after America dropped the first atomic bomb, this documentary looks at the events leading up to its use in the light of new information about a hidden agenda. Did top military officials order the attack despite knowing that Japan was willing to surrender? Did a political motivation drive Truman to defy...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Toccoa, Georgia. Robert Eads is a 52-year-old wise-cracking cowboy who was born female and transitioned into living as a man after bearing two sons. Fifteen years later, he has fallen in love with Lola Cola, a vivacious and magnetic woman who was born male. Together they are coping with Robert's terminal case of ovarian cancer.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (40 min.)
Language
English
Description
Tells the inspiring story of self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar, who transformed his once-average yard into a wondrous garden. Offers an upbeat message that speaks to respect for both self and others, and shows what one person can achieve.
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From his days as a Dakota cowboy to the White House and beyond, Teddy Roosevelt: An American Lion explores every aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's remarkable life.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A personal look from the soldiers' point of view of one of today's most controversial topics. Shot firsthand by the soldiers of Lima Company, the hardest hit combat unit in Iraq, this features an honest and heartbreaking glimpse at today's state of war.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the historic WWII battle through the lenses of two photographers. Joe Rosenthal took the famous picture of six Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi. Included are interviews with Charles Lindberg, Joe Rosenthal and James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers.
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robert Kennedy was the third son and seventh child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, and his childhood was spent trying to win his domineering father's approval, mostly unsuccessfully. But as this Biography shows, he did not make a name for himself until 1952.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (322 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fascinating and real history of the world's greatest empire that tells the true story behind the events depicted in HBO's upcoming epic series Rome.
Series
Arthouse films volume 7
Publisher
Marketed and distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 315 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Français
Description
Contains a series of documentaries about Henri Cartier-Bresson as well as five major works directed by him.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the extraordinary story of a postal clerk and a librarian who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.
20) Marjoe
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c1972, c2001, 2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marjoe: Filmed before televangelism became a phenomenon, this biography/expose details the rise, fall, and self-exposure of Marjoe Gortner, a one-time child evangelist and church tent preacher. Marjoe would rather have been a rock star-with a different upbringing might have been-but this is as close as he can get. That he manipulates the spiritual passions of his audience is subordinate to the satisfaction of performing and connecting emotionally....