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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
rankie Terris and Mannie Robbins are the two most powerful gangsters in their city. Frankie has a young sister, Louise, whom he has kept at a boarding school away from the stench of his racketeering. Mannie's young son, Joe, is also ignorant of his father's profession. Louise and Joe meet, and Joe tries to make love to her. Frankie interrupts and, in a fight that follows, kills Joe. Mannie vows to get Frankie. The latter, sentenced to Alcatraz, fears...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
This is the story of the men who came home from the Vietnam War and tried to forget. The men who represent a second silent generation. Covered is the time period from the initial massive troop build-up in 1965 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Contains never-before-seen color footage transferred to high definition as well as a soundtrack filled with hits from the era.
8) Rome
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about Rome.
9) John Adams
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about history from the origins of man to the discovery of a new world. Trace evolution from the dinosaur era through human development. Discover 4,000 years of human history, with only the civilization of China surviving the test of time.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about history from the origins of man to the discovery of a new world. At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 time zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnicities, and made up one sixth of the entire world's landmass. Trace the glittering stories of the Imperial rulers and the Russian people...
Pub. Date
c2012
Formats
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
13) Greece
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about ancient Greece.
17) The Americas
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about the ancient history of the Americas and the discovery of a new world.
Pub. Date
©2005
Description
The lives and legacies leaders of the United States from Truman to George W. Bush. 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. Volume 3: (1) Truman to Ford: (1945-1977); (2) Carter to George W. Bush (1977- Present; (3) Bonus program all the president's wives
20) Black Blizzard
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"Take a front row seat on a period of U.S. history from 1930-1940 when America's heartland was ravaged by a weather phenomenon that became known as a "black blizzard." Watch as scientists and special effects experts recreate the black blizzards in amazing detail and reveal that this was a man-made disaster. Discover how these phenomena form, what they're made of, and how they affect people's health and the environment. Learn how a black blizzard emerged...