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Publisher
Ardustry Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This is the compelling, epic saga of the Battle of Gettysburg, filmed at the massive 140th Gettysburg Battle Reenactment. The dramatic story unfolds through both Union and Confederate commanders' dispatches, diaries, and after-battle reports.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Presents an examination of legend of King Arthur, tracing the various threads of narrative history to uncover what is true and what is myth about the legendary King Arthur, providing information from archaeological and historical scholarship.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Though one of the largest calvary engagements of the entire war, the Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas is often overlooked. On October 25, 1864, only one half hour and 2800 Union soldiers were needed to defeat a Confederate calvary of 7,000. How did the Union army succeed despite the overwhelming odds? Why is this battle excluded from the historical records? Discover new information about the weapons, soldiers and tactics through archival letters,...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Journey back to July 21, 1861 along Bull Run Creek in Manassas Junction, Virginia. As two opposing armies meet, watch as the bloodiest single day of war our country has ever seen unfolds before your eyes. Learn all the details of that fateful day, including the turbulent political climate, the Union's military mistakes, the blunders of Washington socialites and the role of Confederate General T. Jonathan Jackson, who earned the name 'Stonewall'...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"In one month, Richmond fell, General Lee embared on his harrowing retreat, the Confederate States surrendered at Appomattox and president lincoln was assassinated. April 1865 examines the extraordinary series of events that changed the course of history in 30 brief days."--Container.
Bonus "The tragedy at Cold Harbor": "In 1864 General Grant ordered an attack on Confederate defenders at a crossroads near Richmond. See how Cold Harbor hastened the...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"The Union was aiming to draw the curtain on the war while the Confederacy was hoping to rekindle its dying flame, Confederate General John Bell Hood turned toward Nashville, hoping to wrest it from Union control. But overt aggressiveness, crippling pain, and maybe even lost love, sealed the fate of his army."
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"The Civil War pitted countryman against countryman in the most brutal and bloody chapter in American history. This commemorative DVD tells the story--why the war started and how it was fought--then explores one of the factors that finally helped bring it all to a close: the revolutionary new artillery weapon of the day. This in-depth documentary uses period photographs, factual re-enactments, first-person accounts and interviews with noted historians...
9) Becket
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2007, c1964
Language
English
Description
Henry II, King of England, tries to secure his throne by appointing his long-time wenching partner, Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
10) Freedom
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guides the family on their journey north to Canada.
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The dramatic story of three WWII paratroopers lost behind enemy lines. Desperately trying to regroup with the Allied Forces, their commitment to the Airborne Creed urges them forward, and proves that a few good men can change a war.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Celts were the first European people north of the Alps to rise from anonymity. Wild and ferocious, they were also romantics and mystics, and they shared a family of languages that are now the oldest living tongues of Europe. Their story is one of survival, defiance, and creativity, often in the face of oppression. The story of The Celts is presented in a six-episode set as told by The Celts themselves.
14) Inside the CIA
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Collection of five programs examining various aspects of the Central Intelligence Agency, including how former Nazis went to work for the United States government to help fight against the Soviet Union; the history of the CIA's secret airline, Air America; the secret CIA operation in occupied Afghanistan where operatives trained resistance fighters based out of the CIA's field office in Islamabad, Pakistan; attempts to perfect a means of controlling...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.
18) Freedom
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guides the family on their journey north to Canada.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Aramaic
Description
Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Every line on the U.S. map tells a story. Every border reflects the country's history, struggles for independence, internal conflicts over states' rights and slavery, westward expansion, and the mastery of natural resources. Every shape on the map tells a great story about America's past. Find out why every state looks the way that it does. Examine how every state is a puzzle piece ultimately revealing the unique geography, political and social history...
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