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Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born in 1838, Queen Lili'uokalani was a talented composer who took the throne after her brother's death in 1891. She dealt with U.S. government revoking her position on the sugar market, was overtaken by U.S. Marines, and lost her throne.
2) The offer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (541 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This epic ten-episode limited event series tells the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of Oscarª-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's journey of bringing Francis Ford Coppola's cinematic masterpiece The Godfather to the big screen. This critically acclaimed series contains over 2.5 hours of special features, including featurettes, deleted scenes, and more!
4) Litvinenko
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (184 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Litvinenko, a former Russian spy dies in a London hospital, but not before naming his murderer. Poisoned with the deadliest substance known to man detectives dive into a high-stakes murder investigation. Can they find justice for Litvinenko's family?
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
World-famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in this three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes' acclaimed novel follows the separate but intersecting lives of two very different men: a half-Indian son of a vicar who is framed for a crime he may or may not have committed, and Doyle, who investigates the case.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 238 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From her rise to the throne in 1952 to dealing with prime ministers, ex-daughters-in-law, and even Camilla, view the life of Elizabeth, Queen of England. Episodes include Sisters; Us and Them; The Rivals; The Enemy Within; and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla? Contains actual footage and interviews.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (233 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filled with humor, wit, and moral dilemmas, this raucous drama tells the true story of New Zealand's most controversial lawyer, Mike Bungay. In a high-profile career that begins in the 1960s and spans decades, he successfully defends alleged murderers, spies, and gang members, but he can't escape his own inner demons.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (502 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"'Genius: Picasso' is the second season of National Geographic's first fully scripted drama series. Diving into the life and loves of the brilliant Spanish artist Pablo Picasso ... this season showcases Picasso's significant and wide-ranging contribution to modern art. Exploring the Spanish expatriate's devotion to his craft, the series also reveals Picasso's relationships with other well-known personalities of the time, including Coco Chanel, Henri...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (574 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fast-break drama series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of the sportsb2s most revered and dominant dynasties a team that defined its era, both on and off the court. The series examines one of the professional sports' most beloved empires and experience the exhilarating ride of a team that dominated a decade of basketball and watches them not only achieve iconic status but transforms the sport...
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 450 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's 1919, WWI has just ended, and Harry Selfridge is struggling with loss. After the death of his beloved Rose, he is making costly business mistakes. His empire is weakened, and he is vulnerable to his old enemy Lord Loxley.
14) The Kennedys
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr. Selfridge by author Lindy Woodhead.
16) Into the Amazon
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cãandido Rondon into the heart of the South American rain forest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon. Two of the most celebrated men from their respective nations, Roosevelt and Rondon set out with twenty other adventurers in 1914. Over eight eventful weeks in one of the most remote places on earth, the ill-equipped...
17) Pam & Tommy
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (340 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the Wild West early days of the Internet, the series is based on the incredible true story of the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape. Stolen from the couple's home by a disgruntled contractor, the video went from underground bootleg-VHS curiosity to full-blown global sensation when it hit the Web in 1997. A love story, crime caper, and cautionary tale rolled into one, the eight-part original series explores the intersection of privacy,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The show offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, witness Einstein's struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. A ten-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.
20) Abraham Lincoln
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (321 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A three-part documentary event. Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of abolitionists-such as Frederick Douglass in seizing the...
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