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Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her husband, Claire Underwood becomes the first female President of the United States. Regardless of the power Claire holds, she finds that she doesn't have allies or friends, both outside and inside the White House.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
7) No escape
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
What would the world look like if America never existed? Dinesh Db2sSouza, bestselling author and creator of 2016: Obamab2ss America, explores this fascinating question in this stirring, thought-provoking documentary. Through re-enactments of landmark events in Americab2ss history and insightful interviews with leading historians, Db2sSouza brings us face-to-face with the brave heroes who built a great nation, and offers a powerful defense...
9) Control room
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A chronicle providing a rare window into international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab World's most popular news outlet.
10) The iron lady
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider cau
12) Bush's war
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"A two-part special series that tells the epic story of how the Iraq War began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government" -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/
13) A united kingdom
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
15) The Third Reich
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Two-part documentary exploring the rise and fall of the Third Reich through contemporaneous amateur footage filmed by German civilians and soldiers, and first-hand accounts culled from German diaries, journals, and letters.
Series
Criterion collection volume 803
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate gunners launced artillery shots at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, igniting a conflict that would engulf the entire nation and become the bloodiest war in American History. From the political and military events leading up to the battle, to the amazing fact that no soldier from either side died in the 34-hour fight, to a "gentleman's agreement" surrender and orderly departure of the Federal troops"--Cover....
18) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter's future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her. FBI agent Stan Beeman rededicates himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an FBI agent movies in across the street, they become ensnared...
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