Title/Series |
Subtitle |
Time |
Subject |
Type |
Format |
| 9.11 |
|
30 |
NYC - IMC, Big Noise Films and
Paper Tiger TV presentation |
Educational |
VHS |
| 100 Best Commercials of all Time |
Vol 1, two
tapes; Vol II one tape |
112 |
produced by The Television
Register |
Educational |
VHS |
| 1787: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
|
57 |
TV Commercials
selling cigarettes before being banned |
Educational |
VHS |
| 5 Cartoons (2) |
|
N/A |
Cartoons |
Documentary |
VHS |
| A & E Top 10 Greatest Television Commercials |
|
50 |
Hosts: Robb Weller, Andrea Joyce
present and discuss the ten best rated television commercials of all time in
the United States. Includes clips from the Bartles & Jaymes wine cooler
campaign, the Wendy's "Where's the beef" ads, Apple Computer, and
others |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences Internship |
|
4 |
Internship
background for The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
Educational |
VHS |
| Ad and the Ego, The |
|
57 |
A summary of the
1996 video featuring Jean Kilbourne, Stuart Ewen, Sut Jhally, Bernard
McGrane, Richard Pollay and Herb Chao Gunther. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Ad Clips: Children's Ads (c.2, c.3) |
|
N/A |
Ads aimed at or
containing children |
Educational |
VHS |
| Ad Compilation: Children's Ads |
|
N/A |
Ads aimed at or
containing children |
Educational |
VHS |
| Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, #1 |
"Cruise for
Harriet"/"Ricky's Dinner Guests" |
60 |
|
Feature |
VHS |
| Alexander Nevsky |
Russian with
English subtitles |
107 |
One of the classics of Soviet
cinema, Sergei Eisenstein's lavish spectacle recounts the invasion of Russia
by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. |
Feature |
VHS |
| All the President's Men |
|
135 |
Story
of the role of the press and Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl
Bernstein in the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office. The
accuracy of the film approaches that of a documentary. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Alliance for Better Campaigns |
Tape #1 |
30,30 |
9/22/98 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Alliance for Better Campaigns |
Tape #3 |
30,30 |
9/22/98 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Alliance for Better Campaigns (2) |
Vote+B39 |
30 |
ABC- 10/01/98 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| America's Wake Up Call |
47 Years with
"Today" |
90 |
MT&R's
seminars that explore issues and creative process behind both fiction and
nonfiction programming; presented via satellite as real-time videoconference
to university & colleges |
Educational |
VHS |
| Analysis of 2000 Primary (2) |
What Did the
Candidates Say, What did the Public Learn and Did it Matter? |
24 |
C-SPAN
1 Live coverage March 27, 2000 National Press Club; K. H. Jamieson and
Research Team |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Assault on Gay America |
Frontline |
60 |
Report on the
murder of Billy Jack Gaither includes an overview of homophobia in the US.
Learn about the nature/nurture debate and homosexuality in different cultures |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Audio |
Videovation
Library |
|
A group of
people capture the school year on video |
Series |
VHS |
| Barroco |
|
112 |
Spain-Cuba |
Feature |
VHS |
| Basic Films Terms |
|
N/A |
Demonstration of
basic film terms |
Educational |
VHS |
| Basics of Wireless
Communications |
|
|
F. C. C. Seminar - 4/1/1996 |
Educational |
VHS |
| Batman |
|
126 |
The Dark Knight of Gotham City
begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly
homicidal Joker. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Battleship Potemkin |
Parts I, II, III |
71 |
Based on the
historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship
Potemkin. Classic Sergei M. Eisenstein
film. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Battleship Potemkin |
This version was
restored in 1976 to add original footage.
(b&w)(silent w/ music track) |
74 |
Based on the
historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship
Potemkin. Classic Sergei M. Eisenstein
film. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Beauty Knows No Pain |
|
26 |
The
behind-the-scenes story of how Kilgore College in Texas creates the
nationally known drill team that performs at half-time during college
football games. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Before Stonewall |
|
87 |
Traces the social, political and
cultural development of the gay and lesbian community. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Behind the Ads |
|
35 |
Advertising is everywhere. But
where does it come from and what is it doing to us? What's meant by
"stereotyping", "target markets" and
"branding"? What are the forces at work behind the ads? |
Educational |
VHS |
| Being There |
|
130 |
Chance (Peter
Sellers), a reclusive, simple-minded gardener, has lived his whole life on
the estate of a millionaire. His only knowledge of the "real"
outside world is through watching television |
Feature |
VHS |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz |
Parts I, II, III |
930 |
15-1/2 hour episodic exploration
of the character of Franz Biberkopf, "hero" of Alfred Dvblin's
acclaimed novel, as well as the Alexanderplatz area of Berlin that he
inhabits. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Best of 1994 Campaign Commercials |
Aristotle Video
Series |
|
|
Educational |
VHS |
| Best of 2000: The Gold Winners |
The Clio
Award-the Emmy of the advertising industry |
40 |
Showcases the
best of the best for the year 2000 |
Educational |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast Commercials |
Ads on the
former Socialist Screen, parts 1 - 3 |
58 |
Hungarian ads on
shoes, planes, clothes and AIDS. Also a Russian Levi's commercial |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
From Wine
Coolers to Greenpeace |
58 |
54 ads including
some from NYNEX, Kodak, Bazooka bubble gum and more |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
The Natural Dog
and the Tango Tale |
62 |
Variety of ads,
inc. Tango Tale |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
From Scooters to
Fryers |
62 |
Ads and
interviews for numerous products including Peugeot scooters and Mazda
batteries |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
From Cookies to
Corn Flakes |
58 |
Demonstrates the
enormous range of advertising. Commentary from 1989 Cannes Broadcast
Commercial jury |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
From Famine to
Feast |
55 |
Contains
a variety of ads. Includes interviews with Cannes Festival jurors |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
French Style in
Ads |
58 |
Examines ads
aimed at the French for French products |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
Sneakers,
Laptops and the Homeless |
58 |
Nike and Apple,
Pepsi, McDonald's, fast cars, fast food, dog food, and some public service
award winners for the Red Cross, anti-drinking/driving, and the Coalition for
the Homeless. |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Broadcast
Commercials |
Sparkling:
Clean, Gems, Water |
58 |
Variety of ads
including Michael Jackson Pepsi spot; interviews with major firm heads of
departments |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Best of Foreign Spots |
Aristotle Video
Series |
|
|
Educational |
VHS |
| Birds, The |
|
119 |
Nature
runs amok in Alfred Hitchcock's chilling adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier
story, as a small California coastal town finds itself under attack by gulls,
crows and other fine feathered "friends." |
Feature |
VHS |
| Birth of a Nation (3) |
|
154 |
Antebellum
South, two Caucasian families and how they are effected by the Civil War and
repercussions |
Feature |
VHS |
| Black Press, The (3) |
Soldiers Without
Swords |
|
Interactive CD
for the film by Stanley Nelson; Win95, 98, & NT |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Blonde Venus (2) |
|
92 |
Starring Marlene
Dietrich and Cary Grant. A woman is
forced to choose between a lucrative career and life as a wife and mother.
(1932) |
Feature |
VHS |
| Blood of a Poet |
French w/
English subtitles |
55 |
Director Jean
Cocteau's first film, an important entry in the French avant-garde cinema,
tells the haunting story of a poet who "lives" what he writes. The
four autobiographical vignettes explore Cocteau's dreams, fears, opium
addiction, and obsession with death. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Blow-Up |
|
102 |
Michelangelo Antonioni's first
English-language film, a visually rich mystery set in the "mod"
world of '60s London fashion |
Feature |
VHS |
| Blue Angel |
German w/ English subtitles |
106 |
Marlene Dietrich's classic
performance as a nightclub entertainer who seduces and destroys middle-aged
professor Emil Jannings made her an instant star. Josef von Sternberg directs
this classic drama. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Blue Collar |
|
114 |
Funny and depressing look at
infighting and conspiracy in a fictional American auto union. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Boxing
&
Silent Debate |
Annenberg Public
Policy Center |
30,30 |
Political ads
with Pew Project encouraging people to vote; APPC; Oct. 23, 1998 |
Educational |
VHS |
| Brand Marketing |
Why we Eat,
Drink, and Wear Brand Names |
19 |
Learn: the power
of brands, how brands serve to bring things to life and change how we view
the world, etc. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Breathless (2) |
Jean Luc Goddard |
90 |
Seminal early French New Wave
film features Jean-Paul Belmondo as a small-time crook on the run after he
kills a policeman, with Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend he calls on to
hide him from authorities |
Feature |
VHS |
| Broken Blossoms (2) |
|
90 |
The classic D.W. Griffith film
starring Lillian Gish about a Chinese man who falls in love with a Caucasian
girl who is abused by her father. (1919) |
Feature |
VHS |
| Bronze Screen, The |
100 Years of the
Latino Image in Hollywood |
120 |
Honors the past,
illuminates the present, and opens a window to the future of Latinos in
motion pictures. Rare and extensive
footage traces the progression of screen image to the increased prominence of
today's Latino actors, writers and directors. |
Educational |
DVD |
| Buy me that 3! |
A Kid's Guide to
Food Advertising |
N/A |
An educational
guide for parents, children and educators that examines the variety of food
commercials |
Educational |
VHS |
| Buy me that too! (2) |
A Kid's Survival
Guide to TV Advertising |
30 |
An educational
guide for parents, children and educators to television commercials |
Educational |
VHS |
| C.B.S. Rebuttal / S.S.(Silent Scream) |
CBS , NBC Coverage |
14:41 |
Compilation of
two recorded shows aired in 1985. "Teenage Pregnancy" NBC News
'Today', 5/3/85 7am (06:01); "The Pill's 25th Anniversary" CBS
Morning News, 7am (08:40) |
Educational |
VHS |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
|
60 |
1919 German
silent expressionist film about magician Caligari and a hypnotic victim who
carries out his evil bidding |
Feature |
VHS |
| Camera How-To |
|
|
Tips on camera operation |
Educational |
VHS |
| Campaign '88 |
Vol. I - The Democrats; Vol II - The Republicans |
267 |
Vol. I - Ann Richards, Edward Kennedy, John Glenn, Lloyd Bentsen and Michael Dukakis Vol. II - Bob Dole, Gerald Ford, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Dan Qualye and George Bush, Sr.
|
Documentary
|
VHS |
| Campaign '92 |
Vol. I - The Democrats; Vol II - The Republicans |
280 |
Vol. I - Zell Miller, Barbara Jordan, Mario Cuomo, Al Gore, and Bill Clinton Vol. II - Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, Jack Kemp, Dan Quayle, and George Bush, Sr. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Campaign '96 |
Vol. I - The Democrats; Vol II - The Republicans |
272 |
Vol. I - Jesse Jackson, Hillary Clinton, Edard Kennedy, Al Gore and Bill Clinton Vol. II - Gerald Ford, Kay Hutchison, Susan Mulinari, Jack Kemp and Bob Dole |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Campaign '00 |
Vol. I - The Democrats; Vol II - The Republicans |
252 |
Vol. I - Jesse Jackson, Bill Bradley, Tipper Gore, Joe Lieberman and Al Gore Vol. II - Herbert Lusk, Laura Bush, John McCain, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Campaign for Page One |
Frontline: PBS
Video |
58 |
On the eve of the 1984 New
Hampshire primary, Frontline presents the first of four national election
reports. Correspondent Richard Reeves takes a behind-the-scenes look at the
presidential candidates and the political reporters who cover them, examining
the story behind the story and who writes it. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Casablanca |
|
102 |
Classic Lauren
Bacall, Humphrey Bogart romance/detective film |
Feature |
VHS |
| Celebrity Commercials |
|
60 |
Classic
commercials with Peter Lorre, Jack Benny, John Wayne |
Compilation |
VHS |
| Celluloid Closet |
|
101 |
Rob
Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's documentary chronicles the way movies have
portrayed homosexuals for the past 100 years |
documentary |
VHS |
| Challenge to America |
|
|
Hedrick
Smith takes us inside innovative companies and classrooms in Japan, Germany,
and the United States to reveal the unique strengths and weaknesses each
economy brings to the table-and to show how American companies are pioneering
new and effective strategies for meeting the challenges of a new era of
global competition. |
|
VHS |
| Charleen & Backyard |
Two small films
by Ross McElwee |
59,40 |
A look at
American education through personal experiences of a teacher and students |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Cheat, The |
|
89 |
One of Cecil B. DeMille's first
Hollywood pictures, this racy (for its time) melodrama tells of a
free-spending socialite who loses $10,000 in charity funds entrusted to her.
Desperate, she turns to a Burmese ivory merchant who agrees to help her...if
she will give herself to him. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Children and TV |
1999 coverage |
10 |
Collection of clips gathered for
national study released by Annenberg Public Policy Center regarding quality
of and quantity of children's TV shows that are not educational |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Children's Television |
2 parts;
7.29.96;
White House East Room |
91,49 |
President Clinton and Vice
President Gore, administration officials and television industry
representatives discussed how the industry can broaden the appeal of
children's educational programming to both children and the television
industry. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Circle of Friends |
|
103 |
Three college friends in Dublin
come of age when they discover romances that will change their lives forever. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Citizen Kane (2) |
|
120 |
A sweeping chronicle of the rise
and fall of fictitious newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane and the mystery
surrounding his dying word. |
Feature |
VHS |
| City Lights |
|
86 |
The Tramp falls in love with a
blind girl in this, Chaplin's last fully silent film. Charlie befriends a
millionaire drunk in order to get money for his sweetheart's operation. A
charming and hilarious film that includes an unforgettable ending. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Civic Journalism |
A Work in
Progress |
18 |
A look at the changing newsroom |
|
VHS |
| Civic Journalism |
Its More than
just Good Journalism |
30 |
Buzz Merrit and
Hodding Carter III discuss journalism |
|
VHS |
| Civic Journalism |
A Practical
Guide |
33 |
Journalists
define civic journalism |
|
VHS |
| Classic Car Commercials of the 50's & 60's |
|
30 |
Classic car
commercials from 50's and 60's; featuring "Teletouch Drive" |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Classic Car Commercials of the 50's & 60's: Collector's
Edition, Vol. 1 |
|
60 |
Classic car
commercials from 50's and 60's |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Classic Cigarette Commercials of the 50's & 60's:
Collector's Edition, Vol. 2 |
|
60 |
Cigarette
commercials from the 50's and 60's |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Classic TV from
the 50's & 60's, |
|
60 |
|
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Clear Sailing for HDTV in Europe & Japan? |
Purdue
University Public Affairs Video Archives |
89 |
03/30/89; C-SPAN |
Educational |
VHS |
| Clio Awards 40th Anniversary Reel |
Part I |
60 |
Features
examples of creative excellence from around the globe; creates a visual
timeline of TV spots that throws a unique light on the products enjoyed by
mass audiences for more than forty years |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Clio Awards 40th Anniversary Reel |
Part 2 |
60 |
Features
examples of creative excellence from around the globe; creates a visual
timeline of TV spots that throws a unique light on the products enjoyed by
mass audiences for more than forty years |
Documentary |
VHS |
| CNN Newsource in class |
|
|
Classroom aid
created by CNN, national news station |
Educational |
VHS |
| Color Adjustment (2) |
|
88 |
Traces 40 years
of race relations through the lens of prime time entertainment, scrutinizing
television's racial myths and stereotypes. Narrated by Ruby Dee; allows
viewers to revisit some of television's most popular stars and shows |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Color Purple (2) |
|
154 |
A film based on
the book by Alice Walker about a black woman coming of age in the south,
facing adversity |
Feature |
VHS |
| Community Prevention of Youth Suicide (2) |
Includes New
Surgeon General's Recommendations for the media |
|
Compilation from
experts taking a look at how we currently handle suicides and the development
of a new model to help tackle the problem |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Competition in Telecommunications |
|
|
FCC Seminar
4/4/1996 |
Educational |
VHS |
| Corner in the Wheat (A) & Lonedale Operator |
|
14,16 |
Two films by D.
W. Griffith |
Feature |
VHS |
| Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson* |
|
95 |
Stirring drama about a
little-known chapter in the life of the legendary sports hero |
Feature |
VHS |
| Critical TV Viewing & Your Children |
The Learning
Channel |
32 |
June 10, 1994 |
Educational |
VHS |
| Cronkite Report, The, #9 |
Headlines and
Sound Bites: Is That the Way it is? |
|
Wed., March 22,
1995- Discovery Channel |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Custer's Last Fight |
|
50 |
1912 silent
film, a western about George Custer |
Feature |
VHS |
| D. W. Griffith's Biograph Shorts |
Those Darn Hats;
The Lonely Villa; The Lonedale Operator; An Unseen Enemy; Musketeers of Pig
Alley; The New York Hat; The Yaqui Cur |
75 |
A sampling of
Biograph shorts showing the evolution of Griffith's art form. Originally released as silent films; organ
accompaniment added. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Dance Girl, Dance (2) |
|
89 |
1933 musical by Frank
Strayer-O'Hara as aspiring ballerina falls into a livelier life in burlesque
as a result of her competition with Ball as Bubbles, a firecracker burlesque
dancer. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Dances with Wolves |
|
181 |
Army
officer who is assigned to a remote post where he befriends a tribe of Sioux
Indians, whom he discovers are more civilized than his own people. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Daughters of the Dust |
|
113 |
The first feature-length film by
a female African-American filmmaker to receive theatrical release in the US, |
Feature |
VHS |
| Desert Hearts |
|
96 |
A repressed English professor
goes to Reno for a quickie divorce where she meets a beautiful female working
at a casino. Friendship leads to a
deep attraction as they develop a bond that breaks rules. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Diabolique |
|
116 |
Prior to Psycho, this adult terror classic by French screenwriter-director
Henri-Georges Clouzot was considered the most frightening and artistic horror
picture ever made. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Die Hard 2 |
|
124 |
An
action-packed sequel to the 1989 film "Die Hard." |
Feature |
VHS |
| Do the Right Thing |
|
120 |
Spike Lee's racial and political
filmmaking displayed in an exposi of racial tensions in a New York City
neighborhood one scorching summer day. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Dolores Claiborne |
|
132 |
A deceptively adept melodrama,
based on a novel by Stephen King and illuminated by Kathy Bates's bravura
performance. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Drugs, Aids, Condoms Reel 1993 |
|
|
1993 coverage of drugs, AIDS and
condoms |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Eastern European Reel 1993 |
|
|
1993 coverage of Eastern Europe |
Educational |
VHS |
| Edison/Lumiere |
|
|
Silent films of
the 1890's by Edison Productions and Lumiere Films |
Feature |
VHS |
| Electronic Storyteller (The) |
Television and
the cultivation of values |
32 |
Former Annenberg School of
Communication dean Dr. George Gerbner uses information gathered in the
Cultural Indicators Project in this video, illustrating how the storytelling
function found in all human societies has been taken over by corporate media. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Ethics in America |
Anatomy of a
Hostile Takeover |
60 |
Media and Society Seminar-This
series examines a wide range of ethical problems. It features panelists who
tackle highly charged ethical issues involving loyalty, truthfulness,
confidentiality, privacy and personal ethics. In ?Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover?,
merger mania presents an alarming array of ethical problems. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Ethnic Notions |
|
58 |
Takes viewers on
a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the
deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice (1987) |
Documentary |
VHS |
| European Pioneers, Vol II |
from the British
Film Institute |
58 |
Contains a
variety of works by Louis Lumiere, Walter Haggar, R. W. Paul, George Albert
Smith, James A. Williamson, James Bamforth |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Face in the Crowd |
|
125 |
1957 Elia Kazan
film about a "hobo" who is discovered and turned into a star only
to become a power hungry egoist |
Feature |
VHS |
| Faces of the Enemy |
|
58 |
"Who are
our enemies? How and why do we transform them into monsters?" These questions are confronted by examining
the sociological, psychological and political aspects of war to discover what
drives nations - and individuals - to kill. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall, The |
|
49 |
The Berlin Wall, which separated
a city and signified the Cold War for almost 30 years, was finally torn down
in late 1989. This program, which is taken from German television, chronicles
the bloody history of the Wall, and provides fascinating footage of its end. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| FCC Rules |
|
|
A look at FCC rules |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Fred Tuttle is the Man with a Plan |
|
90 |
Film by John
O'Brien |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Free Speech For Sale |
|
57 |
A Bill Moyers
special. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Freedom 7 |
|
28 |
|
|
VHS |
| Fugitive (The) |
|
131 |
The 1993 remake
of the classic about wrongly imprisoned man escaping. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Ganapati |
A Spirit in the
Bush |
15:50 |
Daniel Reeves'
stories of strengths and mistreatment of elephants |
Feature |
VHS |
| Gathering Facts from Interviews |
|
14 |
Writing the news |
Series |
VHS |
| Gender & Communication |
She Talks, He
Talks |
22 |
Explains why
males and females have so much trouble communication and suggests how men and
women can communicate successfully |
Educational |
VHS |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
|
91 |
Lorelei (Marilyn
Monroe) and Dorothy (Jane Russell) are lounge singers on a transatlantic
cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible
men they might meet along the way |
Feature |
VHS |
| Gentlemen's Agreement |
|
118 |
One of the first films to
directly tackle racial prejudice. This is the adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's
bestseller of a journalist who decides to pose as a Jew because he is
assigned to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Gone With the Wind (Pt. 1 & 2) |
|
238 |
Film traces the story of an
Irish plantation family from their peak before the Civil War to their fall
after the war |
Feature |
VHS |
| Great Speeches |
The Candidates'
Wives |
100 |
This program highlights the
accomplishments of the candidates' wives and their abilities to engage an
audience. Includes Barbara Bush and Marilyn Quayle at the 1992 Republican
Convention, Elizabeth Dole at the 1996 Republican Convention, Hillary Clinton
and Tipper Gore at the 1996 and 2000 Democratic Convention, Hadasseh
Lieberman at the 2000 Democratic Convention, and Lynne Cheney and Laura Bush
at the 2000 Republican Convention. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Great Train Robbery, The |
|
111 |
Stylish
thriller based on Crichton's best-selling book. True story about the first
robbery to take place aboard a moving train. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Growing up in Video World |
Media and the
developing child |
24 |
Explores the impact of TV, video
games, computers and the internet on children's development, behavior,
attitudes and weight. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Hamat |
|
|
|
|
VHS |
| Handcuffed Reporting |
Classroom
version: 10/26/94 Crime Coverage Race-Based |
25 |
Reporting
crime/race |
Educational |
VHS |
| Heathers |
|
102 |
A dark comedy
about a high school clique that turns murderous (1985) |
Feature |
VHS |
| How Television Ratings Work |
Mass
Communication |
20 |
How ratings are
determined by randomly selected household across America and how sampling
takes place. |
Series |
VHS |
| How the Media Profits from Crime |
|
30 |
Explores the
relationship between media and crime, examining why media coverage of
criminal activities is continually on the rise, while the crime rates in the
United States and Canada have been falling for nearly a decade. It looks at
the history of crime coverage and describes how it translates to profits for
the media. |
Educational |
VHS |
| How to Paper Edit |
Videovation
Library |
|
|
Series |
VHS |
| Howard Frederick and Telecomm-Discussion Guest Speakers |
Discussion Guest
Speakers |
|
Telecomm discussion |
Educational |
VHS |
| Hucksters, The |
|
120 |
1947 film about big business
advertising. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Human Face, The |
Emotions,
Identities and Masks |
38 |
This outstanding video explores
the expressive power of the human face. It examines a wide variety of facial
properties and demonstrates the importance of each. Topics covered include
facial expressions and nuances; true emotions and "masks". |
Educational |
VHS |
| Human Language, The |
Part III-The
Human Language Evolves: "With and Without Words |
55 |
Language evolution: verbal,
nonverbal |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Human Language, The |
Part
I-Discovering the Human Language "Colorless Green Ideas" |
55 |
Language,
education. |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Human Language, The |
Part
II-Acquiring the Human Language "Playing the Language Game" |
55 |
Language, acquisition. |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Human Voice, The |
Exploring Vocal
Paralanguage |
30 |
Examines twelve different types
of "clues" that are contained in vocal paralanguage. These include
clues to our biography and background, our identity and uniqueness, our use
of standard or nonstandard speech, our regional and national accents, |
Educational |
VHS |
| If it Bleeds, It Leads |
|
14 |
1986 documentary |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture |
Hollywood and the News |
|
A project of the Norman Lear Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
|
Documentary
| VHS |
| Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture |
Sob Sisters: the imae of the female journalist, 1929-2003 |
|
A project of the Norman Lear Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
|
Documentary
| VHS |
| In the Mix: Media Literacy |
TV -- What you
don't see! |
30 |
1997 PBS
recording |
Educational |
VHS |
| Indochine |
|
156 |
Set in French
Indochina on the brink of revolution in the 1930s, Indochine tackles numerous
social and political issues, many of which are still relevant today. French
with English subtitles. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Inside the Teenage Brain |
|
60 |
FRONTLINE
chronicles how scientists are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding
some new explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do. These
discoveries could change the way we parent, teach, or perhaps even understand
our teenagers |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Inside TV- Careers in Broadcasting |
|
30 |
NATPE Education
Foundation |
Educational |
VHS |
| Jazz Singer, The |
|
111 |
Samson Raphaelson?s play about a
talented singer?s attempts to break away from a restrictive religious family |
Feature |
VHS |
| Journal of Film and Video |
vol. 54, number 1, spring 2002 |
n/a |
|
Educational |
VHS |
| Juice |
|
95 |
Three inner-city teens get
caught up in a double murder |
Feature |
VHS |
| Kids Commercials of the 50's & 60's |
Vol I & II |
60 |
This is the first in an
unparalleled series of tapes devoted solely to the commercials from this
wonderful era of television. Volume I includes Mr. Potato Head, Daffy Drops,
Merry Milkman, Robot Commando, Roy
Rogers, etc. Vol II includes Emenee Lollypop Factory, Mickey Mouse candy
factory by Remco, Tiger Guitar by Emenee, Tressy Makeup Face, etc. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Killing Us Softly |
|
34 |
Advertising's image of women
with Jean Killbourne |
Educational |
VHS |
| Kiss Me Deadly |
|
106 |
1955 film noir
based on the Mickey Spillane novel |
Feature |
VHS |
| KPFA on the Air |
|
56 |
Pays tribute to
the oldest and most ambitious independent, community-based media in the
world; allows us to hear the remarkable range of voices . . . that have made
KPFA unique |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Lady
from Shanghai, The (2) |
|
87 |
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs.
Bannister (Rita Hayworth), seaman Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) joins a
bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Last
Laugh, The |
|
N/A |
1922 silent film
by Bud Fisher; story about a doorman's last day and his life after his
beloved job. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Little
Big Man |
|
140 |
Jack Crabb, looking back from
extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with
General Custer. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Local
News |
There's No Place Like Home |
58 |
Provocative 5-part series
offering a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on the many challenges
facing American television news in general and tensions between ratings and
journalistic ethics |
Series |
VHS |
| Local News |
To Work a
Miracle |
58 |
Provocative
5-part series offering a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on the many
challenges facing American television news in general and tensions between
ratings and journalistic ethics |
Series |
VHS |
| Local News |
Changes and
Consequences |
58 |
Provocative
5-part series offering a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on the many
challenges facing American television news in general and tensions between
ratings and journalistic ethics |
Series |
VHS |
| Local News |
A Working Team |
58 |
Provocative
5-part series offering a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on the many
challenges facing American television news in general and tensions between
ratings and journalistic ethics |
Series |
VHS |
| Local News |
Grace Under
Pressure |
58 |
Provocative
5-part series offering a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on the many
challenges facing American television news in general and tensions between
ratings and journalistic ethics |
Series |
VHS |
| Logging and Editing |
Videovation
Library |
|
|
|
|
| Lonedale Operator, The |
|
17 |
1911 D.W Griffin
silent film Western about a telegraph operator and train robbers |
Feature |
VHS |
| Lover Come Back |
|
107 |
Romantic comedy |
Feature |
VHS |
| Lover, The |
|
103 |
1992 drama about
doomed lovers set in French colonial Vietnam |
Feature |
VHS |
| Lust for Life |
|
123 |
Biography about
artist Vincent Van Gogh, and how his zeal for life and knowledge affected his
artwork and led to his insanity. |
Feature |
VHS |
| MacArthur |
|
120,120 |
Parts I & II
- PBS draws on archival footage and first person interviews to tell the story
of a true American hero |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Making the News Fit |
|
28 |
Beth Sanders,
Randy Baker, 1986 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Manufacturing Consent |
Noam Chomsky and
the Media |
94,72 |
Parts I & II
- addresses some of the most important moral, ethical, political and social
issues of our time |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Marilyn X 5 |
|
|
Marilyn Monroe |
|
VHS |
| Material Girl |
|
|
Madonna: 2 cuts
"Material Girl" Nightline interview |
Documentary |
VHS |
| McLuhan Videos |
(1) McLuhan
Videos 1965-1970 |
|
A look at the
work, life and communications of Marshall McLuhan |
Compilation |
VHS |
| McLuhan Videos |
(2) McLuhan
Videos 1972-1979 |
|
A look at the
work, life and communications of Marshall McLuhan |
Compilation |
VHS |
| McLuhan Videos |
(3) Ohio State
University panel 1958 |
|
A look at the
work, life and communications of Marshall McLuhan |
Compilation |
VHS |
| McLuhan Videos |
(4) Florida
State University Lecture 1970 |
|
A look at the
work, life and communications of Marshall McLuhan |
Compilation |
VHS |
| McLuhan Videos |
(5) York
university Lecture 1979 |
|
A look at the
work, life and communications of Marshall McLuhan |
Compilation |
VHS |
| Media on Trial |
Story of the
Storytellers |
|
Media coverage
during the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols when accused in the
bombing of the Murrah Federal bldg. in Oklahoma City. They were tried, convicted and sentenced in
Denver, CO |
Educational |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Media History
#101 |
28 |
Media History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Mass Media in
Society #102 |
28 |
Mass media in
society |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Print History
#103 |
28 |
Print History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Images in Media
#104 |
28 |
Images on media |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Newspaper
Industry #105 |
28 |
Newspaper
industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Magazine
Industry #106 |
28 |
Magazine
industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Book Industry
#107 |
28 |
Book industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Recording
History #108 |
28 |
Recording
History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Radio History
#109 |
28 |
Radio History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Radio Industry
#110 |
28 |
Radio industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Recording
Industry #111 |
28 |
Recording
industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Film History
#112 |
28 |
Film History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Film Industry
#113 |
28 |
Film Industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
TV History #114 |
28 |
TV History |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Broadcast TV
#115 |
28 |
Broadcast TV |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Cable TV &
Beyond #116 |
28 |
Cable TV &
Beyond |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
TV News #117 |
28 |
Recording
industry |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Print News #118 |
28 |
Print News |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Public Relations
#119 |
28 |
Public Relations |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Advertising #120 |
28 |
Advertising |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Media Rights and
Responsibilities #121 |
28 |
Media Rights and
Responsibilities |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Media Ethics
#122 |
28 |
Media Ethics |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Media Impact
#123 |
28 |
Media Impact |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Audience B109and
Feedback #124 |
28 |
Audience
Feedback |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Media Coverage
#125 |
28 |
Media Coverage |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Media Waves: an intro to mass communication |
Global Media
#126 |
28 |
Global Media |
Educational Series |
VHS |
| Merchants of Cool, The |
Frontline-PBS
Documentary |
60 |
FRONTLINE
explores the culture in which today's American teenager is growing up and how
they've come to view themselves and their parents |
Documentary Series |
VHS |
| Metropolis |
|
120 |
1926 Fritz Lang
film, Germany. Silent, black and white. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Mickey Mouse Monopoly |
Disney,
Childhood & Corporate Power |
52 |
Takes
a close and critical look at the world animated films create (in terms of the
stories told about race, gender, and class) |
Educational |
VHS |
| Mildred Pierce (2) |
|
111 |
1945 Joan
Crawford film noir |
Feature |
VHS |
| Miss America |
American
Experience |
96 |
Goes beyond the
myths and stereotypes to explore how some of America's most dramatic social
and cultural transformations are reflected through the rich history of the
Miss America Pageant; follows the story of the Pageant from its beginnings in
1921 |
Series |
VHS |
| My Beautiful Launderette |
|
93 |
A gay romance in Britain during
the Thatcher years. An ambitious Asian
Briton and his white lover strive for success and hope, when they open up a
glamorous laundromat. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Myth of the Liberal Media, The |
The Propaganda Model of News |
60 |
Features Noam
Chomsky & Edward Herman who argue |
Educational |
VHS |
| Nanina Elegy |
|
71 |
Osaka Elugy |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Natural Born Killers |
|
118 |
Two victims of traumatized
childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly
glorified by the mass media. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Nazi's & Occult |
Rise and
Background of SS |
|
PBS documentaries: Nazis,
Occult. 2/8/93 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Nazi's & Occult |
Patently
Offensive -Porn Under Siege |
|
PBS documentaries: Nazis,
Occult. 2/11/93 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Nazi's & Occult |
Himmler |
|
PBS
documentaries: Nazis, Occult. 2/15/93 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Nazi's, The |
Part One-Triumph
of the Will; Part Two
- Night and fog |
100 |
Academy Award
winner, Rod Steiger presents profound documentary consisting of re-edited
version of ?Triumph Of The Will? and the most unsettling holocaust film ever
released, ?Night & Fog?. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| New Jack City |
|
97 |
A crime lord ascends to
power and becomes mega maniacal while a maverick police detective vows to
stop him. |
Feature |
VHS |
| New Media Landscape |
|
36 |
Newspaper coverage. Newspaper
Association of America. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| New York Hat, The |
|
16 |
D. W. Griffith
silent film |
Feature |
VHS |
| News Coverage of Political Ads (2) |
|
9 |
Helping the
electorate make sense of political advertisements |
Educational |
VHS |
| Now, Voyager |
|
118 |
Bette Davis
plays a woman emotionally crippled by her mother |
Feature |
VHS |
| Number our Days |
|
29 |
Based on the
anthropological fieldwork of Dr. Barbara Myerhoff, the film portrays a group
of disadvantaged but resilient individuals sustaining their culture heritage
amid poverty and loneliness in modern America. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| One Nation under God |
|
83 |
Interviews and archival footage are used to examine the views and
methods of religion and psychiatry in "curing" and
"treating" homosexuality |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Origins of Cinema, The |
Vol. I - Film
Classics |
102 |
|
Series |
VHS |
| Origins of Cinema, The |
Vol IV - Film
Classics |
103 |
Chap 1-4 Griffith's comedies for
Mutoscope & Biograph;1st 6 months of Griffith's career; insight into his
directing/editing techniques; three dramas by Griffith |
Series |
VHS |
| Origins of Cinema, The |
Vol V - Film
Classics |
102 |
Chap 1-4
Griffith's & Biograph's first two-reel film attempts; transitions of
Griffith's style; four film examples by Siegmund Lubin Mfgr. Co. of
Philadelphia |
Series |
VHS |
| Origins of Cinema, The |
Vol VI - Film
Classics |
105 |
Chap 1-4 Five
samples of films producers: Georges Melies, comedies produced by Claredon,
Gaumont and Hepworth; Britain's first documentary pointing out social evils |
Series |
VHS |
| PAL's PSA |
|
|
Public Service
Announcements |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Pandora's Box |
|
N/A |
1912 silent
comedy |
Feature |
VHS |
| Penn Town Meeting |
Strengthening the Community |
60 |
A town meeting
at Penn (10/4/93) focusing on community |
Educational |
VHS |
| People and the Power Game, The |
With Hedrick
Smith, Parts I & II |
117 ea |
Part I - The
Lobbies and the Media; Part II - Presidency & Congress; leads viewers
into shadows of American government, casting light on the influence of
mainstream media & lobbies; compelling testimonials from high government
officials, media leaders, and lobbyists |
Educational |
VHS |
| Philadelphia Mayoral
Debate |
Drexel U. Katz
and Street |
|
WPVI -
ABC/6, 10/28/99 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Piano, The |
|
121 |
A
non-speaking mail-order bride travels with her 6-year-old daughter from 1850s
Scotland to the New Zealand wilderness to join her landowner. When her prized
possession, a piano, is sold to a coarse settler, she strikes a sexual deal
to get it back. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Planned Parenthood |
Response to a
Silent Scream |
23 |
|
Documentary |
VHS |
| Planned Parenthood |
Response to a
Silent Scream |
|
1985 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Point Blank |
|
111 |
When a group of
the most deadly criminals in Texas goes on a crime spree, a maverick cop must
bring them in--even though his brother is among their number |
Feature |
VHS |
| Point of Order |
|
97 |
Political
document of Joseph McCarthy's crusade to expose Communist subversion in the
U.S. Army |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Power of Myth |
Joseph
Campbell's "A World of Ideas" |
120 |
6-part Video
series with Bill Moyers, 1988 |
Series |
VHS |
| Presidency, The Press & The People, The |
|
|
An historic symposium with 10
former presidential press secretaries. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Press and the Presidency, The |
Includes
Teacher's guide |
35 |
Goes beyond today's sound bites
and headlines and uncovers the behind-the-scenes tensions, conflicts, and
challenges that face both the White House and the press on a daily basis. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Psycho (2) |
|
130 |
Classic
Hitchcock suspense film about the deranged, quiet young man called Norman who
seems to be dominated by his mother. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Psycho-Sell: Advertising
and Persuasion |
|
25 |
Explains and illustrates
techniques and procedures advertisers use to influence buying decisions;
produced by Learning Seed |
Educational |
VHS |
| Public Enemy |
|
83 |
In William Wellman's classic
crime film THE PUBLIC ENEMY, James Cagney does a star turn as Tom Powers, a
trouble-ridden individual who rises from the position of cheap thug to that
of a powerful Prohibition gangster. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Public Mind with Bill Moyers, The |
Illusions of
News |
60 |
Looks at the
impact of the visual image on news and politics in the electing of Presidents
and the governing of America |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Public Mind with Bill Moyers, The |
Leading
Questions |
60 |
Examines the
power of professional pollsters to influence public opinion. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Public Mind with Bill Moyers, The |
Consuming Images |
60 |
Looks at society
Inundated with Images |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Public Mind with Bill Moyers, The |
Truth About
Lies, The (3) |
60 |
This program
examines how deception has influenced some of the major events of our recent
past - Watergate, Vietnam, space shuttle Challenger |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Public Trust or Private Property |
|
56 |
Three case
studies: The effect of network budget cuts on nat'l news; the denial of
license renewal due to racist news coverage; and the application of Fairness
Doctrine to nuclear power debate |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Race Against Prime Time |
|
58 |
First film to
scrutinize the way television news represents African-Americans. Documentary takes to behind-the-scenes in
newsrooms of Miami's three network affiliates during the 1980 Liberty City
riots. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Race For the Record |
1988's Race to
Break Baseball's Most Coveted Record |
53 |
Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire in
the 1998 home run race |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Ran |
|
160 |
Akira
Kurosawa's spellbinding transposition of "King Lear" to feudal
Japan chronicles Lord Hideatora's attempt to pass down his kingdom to his
sons, which results in its violent and chaotic downfall. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Rape Culture |
|
30 |
Examines classic
films, advertising, music and "adult entertainment," and documents
the insights of rape crisis workers and prisoners working against rape. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Return of the Dragon |
|
90 |
Bruce
Lee travels to Rome to help a friend whose restaurant is being terrorized by
gangsters. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Ringl and Pit |
|
56 |
Explores the lives and times of
emigri photographers Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach - from their early days
together as the "Ringl + Pit" studio in Weimar Germany to their
current activities spanning three continents. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Rob Roy |
|
142 |
This
epic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel details the adventures and
misfortunes of Scottish clan leader Rob Roy McGregor (1671-1734). |
Feature |
VHS |
| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Vol I -
"Star Struck" & "Horse Trading"; Vol II -
"Footfault" & "High Notes"; Vol III - "Settling
Scores" & "Winning Ticket" |
100@ |
For an entire year the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden allowed a camera crew unprecedented access to every aspect of
its work. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Savagery and the American Indian: Civilization
&
They Rode West |
1. A BBC-TV production originally broadcast as
an episode of the television program Timewatch. Written by James Wilson, Ken
Kirby |
1.50, 2. 84 |
1.
Covering the time period from the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) to roughly
1990, this film uses historical narration, documentary photography and film,
and, most importantly, Native testimonies, to examine the contemporary
consequences of Government and Church assimilation policies. 2. An Army
outpost doctor clashes with his commander when he attempts to treat a band of
malaria-stricken Indians |
1.
Documentary & 2. Feature |
VHS |
| Searchers, The |
|
|
A Civil War
veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians |
Feature |
VHS |
| Seneca Reflections |
Celebrating 150
Years of Women's Rights |
24 |
Celebration of
women's rights |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Sesame Street |
A & E
Biography |
100 |
Historical
profiles on creators and cast of Sesame Street |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Sex Between the Scenes |
Vol. 1 |
|
William A.
Mikulak, MA supplemental film clips |
Educational |
VHS |
| Sex Between the Scenes |
Vol. 2 |
|
William A.
Mikulak, MA supplemental film clips |
Educational |
VHS |
| Sexism in Language |
Films for the
Humanities & Sciences |
26 |
Program presents
closely analyzed examples that show how sexism and anti-sexism may be
contained in language use - in song
lyrics, everyday conversation, newspaper reports, written conventions,
satire |
Documentary |
VHS |
| She's Gotta Have it |
|
84 |
Romantic Spike
Lee comedy, 1986 |
Feature |
VHS |
| Slaying the Dragon |
|
58 |
Chronicles
Hollywood's recycling of inaccurate, one-dimensional images of Asian American
women through film clips and interviews with media critics and Asian American
actresses. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Slim Hopes |
|
30 |
With
Jean Kilbourne, advertising and the obsession with thinness. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Some Like it Hot (2) |
|
127 |
Classic Billy Wilder comedy,
starring Marilyn Monroe |
Feature |
VHS |
| Someone to Love |
|
110 |
Movie director shoots footage of
guests answering the question, "Why are you alone? |
Feature |
VHS |
| Something Strong Within |
film by Robert
A. Nakamura |
40 |
Created for an
exhibition "America?s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese
American Experience" from home movies taken by Japanese Americans forced
into internment camps during World War II. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Son of Morning Star |
|
183 |
A epic western
about post-civil war general Custer |
Feature |
VHS |
| Son of the Sheik, The (2) |
|
68 |
1926 silent
comedy featuring Rudolf Valentino |
Feature |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Famous Women - from Suffragette to Senator |
56 |
Traces the
progression of the women's movement from its earliest days to the present,
demonstrating the changing roles of women along the way |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Gerald Ford |
55 |
Swearing into
office; pardoning Nixon; honoring Queen Elizabeth at her bicentennial year
visit to U.S.; accepting Republican nomination to run for full term; farewell
address to Congress and nation |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Malcolm X |
41 |
Covers an era in
the black leader's public life; a 1963 Black Front Unity Rally; speaks out
abut housing and self-defense in Harlem in 1964; discuses police brutality
with Mike Wallace; excerpts from "The Ballot or the Bullet" |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Adolf Hitler |
50 |
Hitler's
messages of propaganda and hatred; reveals the demonic phrases he used to
hypnotize the masses |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Winston Churchill |
30 |
Parliamentary
and radio speeches to the British people |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
the Civil War |
37 |
Speeches
from: John Brown, General Beauregard,
General Lee, President Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, General Sherman, Frederick
Douglass |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Nelson Mandela |
70 |
Offers a
compelling demonstration of his oratorical prowess, from his long fight
against apartheid, to his triumphant release from prison and ensuing
political career |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Robert F. Kennedy |
55 |
Eulogy at
funeral of JFK; speeches at Columbia University; 1964 Democratic Convention
address; proposals on new Vietnam policies; reflections on the assassination
of MLK |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
John F. Kennedy |
60 |
Major addresses
from 1960 Presidential campaign through his three controversial years in
office |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
our Founding Fathers & the American Revolution |
40 |
Features
speeches and writings from: Patrick Henry, Peter Thatcher, General George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of Martin
Luther King, Jr. |
60 |
Speeches from
his early days as a young pastor in Montgomery; great march on Washington;
final prophetic speech in Memphis |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Harry S. Truman |
55 |
Discusses
dropping the first atomic bomb, warns about the spread of communism in Asia;
fights unionization of industry; fires war hero Douglas MacArthur. |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Abraham Lincoln |
45 |
The "house
divided" speech; highlights from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates; complete
readings of The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg
Address, The Second Inaugural Address |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Lyndon B. Johnson |
57 |
Speeches trace
the progression of his administration -
his first promise to continue Kennedy's legacy, the enactment of the
Civil Rights Act, the US's involvement in Vietnam |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Jimmy Carter |
55 |
Public addresses
on human rights, the Head Start program, international peace issues and the
energy crisis of the 1970's |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Richard M. Nixon |
55 |
Nixon's infamous
"Checkers" speech ; explanation of American involvement in Vietnam;
ground-breaking trip to China; speech to Soviet people; denials of wrongdoing
in the Watergate scandal; resignation press conference |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Sitting Bull |
35 |
Meets American
representatives before and after Little Bighorn; greets the exiled Chief
Joseph in Canada in 1876; confronts Senator John Logan about the failure of
the U.S. to acknowledge the tribe's complaints |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Ronald Reagan |
69 |
1964 support of
Barry Goldwater for President; economic debate with former CIA director
George Bush; "Evil Empire" and "Star Wars" Presidential
addresses; final words of farewell to the nation. |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
45 |
Campaign speech;
state address; fireside chat; wartime exhortation |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
General Douglas MacArthur |
55 |
Rhetoric on the
arms race, future of Communist China and Japan's affluence; abolishing war;
famous "I shall return" speech |
Series |
VHS |
| Speeches Collection, The |
The Speeches of
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
60 |
Speeches of
Eisenhower do not zing with witticisms and rhetorical barbs, but they do
communicate the forthrightness of the man. |
Series |
VHS |
| Squaw Man, The |
|
N/A |
Western |
Feature |
VHS |
| Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever |
|
N/A |
Sci-Fi, space
exploration |
Feature |
VHS |
| Star Trek: Voyager |
Episode: Phage |
N/A |
Sci-Fi, space
exploration |
Series |
VHS |
| Star Trek: Voyager |
Episode:
Parallax |
N/A |
Sci-Fi, space exploration |
Series |
VHS |
| Strangers in the House |
Television &
Our Children |
52 |
Examines the many controversial
issues surrounding television today - and its impact on children and
families. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Strangers on the Train |
|
101 |
One of Alfred
Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular
films. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Strike, The |
|
N/A |
Drama about
Laborers, factory workers |
Feature |
VHS |
| Taking Charge of your TV |
|
5 |
Tips for family
TV viewing |
Educational |
VHS |
| Technological Underpinnings of Telecommunications Policy: The
Technologies of Common Carrier |
Fundamental
Concepts |
|
Analog and
digital signals; concept of bandwidth; characteristics of various signals |
Series |
VHS |
| Technological Underpinnings of Telecommunications Policy: The
Technologies of Common Carrier |
Basic Networking
Concepts |
|
Circuit
switching and voice communications; message switching; packet switching and
data communications; video transmission; elements of the public switched
telephone network. |
Series |
VHS |
| Technological Underpinnings of Telecommunications Policy: The
Technologies of Common Carrier |
Basic Networking
Concepts (cont'd); Underlying Technology Trends and Options |
|
Digital networks; common channel
signaling; switch-software unbundling; ISDN; the Intelligent Network concept;
wider bandwidth/higher capacity facilities; relationships to ONA |
Series |
VHS |
| Technological Underpinnings of Telecommunications Policy: The
Technologies of Common Carrier |
Underlying
Technology Trends and Options |
|
Multiplexing; switching (e.g.
ATM); self-healing networks; video dial tone; wireless systems |
Series |
VHS |
| Television and Human Behavior |
|
26 |
Explores the effects of
television on both individuals and society; produced by Learning Seed (1991) |
Educational |
VHS |
| Television and the Presidency |
|
90 |
How television has affected the
presidency |
Educational |
VHS |
| Television: the
enchanted mirror |
|
|
Explores the mindless and harmful effects of television. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Ten Minutes to Live |
|
63 |
A pair of early all-black
suspense stories--"The Faker" and "The Killer"--that deal
with trouble and treachery in the demimonde of Harlem after dark. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Thelma and Louise |
|
170 |
Two women take a
deadly road trip in the Southwest |
Feature |
VHS |
| They Died With Their Boots On |
|
140 |
1941 western
about General Custer with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
Feature |
VHS |
| Thriller |
|
82 |
An action film, the first film
to be banned in Sweden |
Feature |
VHS |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newman |
|
109 |
Three outrageous drag queens -
set out from New York to Hollywood in their 1967 Cadillac convertible. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Touch of Evil |
by Orson Wells |
112 |
Film noir about a Mexican
government investigator and his wife who get stopped in a border town. 1958. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Tough Guise |
|
57,80 |
Violence, media, and the crisis
in masculinity with Jackson Katz. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Tribute to John Chancellor, A |
|
|
The University Museum,
University of Pennsylvania; 12/16/95 |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Triumph of the Will |
|
115 |
This 1934
documentary of the Sixth Nazi Party Congress at, ironically enough,
Nuremberg, is a frightening example of powerful film propaganda. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Turning Tragedy into War |
|
30 |
Counteracts
the corporate media's war driven and spin on the recent events. The show
critiques the media's coverage while providing a background of the U.S.
involvement in the Middle East; uncovers how media takes advantage of fear
and confusion in US public opinion & offers a look at anti-retaliation
movement. The commentary is
inter-spliced with numerous interviews and scenes from the streets of NYC
from the week following September 11th. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Twilight Zone |
|
120 |
1983 film based
on Rod Serling's TV series, Sci-Fi |
Feature |
VHS |
| Umberto D. |
|
89 |
Italian classic from director
Vittorio De Sica, offers a realistic character sketch of an elderly man who
is determined to retain his dignity in spite of a meager pension. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Un Chien Andalou |
Land without
Bread |
20 |
The
eternal themes of life, death, lust and love are thrown up at various points
in this 1928 movie directed by Luis Buquel and Salvador Dali |
Feature |
VHS |
| Under One Roof |
1-5 |
120 |
|
|
VHS |
| Under One Roof |
6-9 |
90 |
|
|
VHS |
| Under One Roof |
10-15 |
140 |
|
|
VHS |
| Under One Roof |
16-19 |
90 |
|
|
VHS |
| Uses of the Media, The |
|
26 |
This program
examines the impact of television on the way we see ourselves as a society,
exploring the subliminal messages television communicates and how the
influence viewers. |
Educational |
VHS |
| Vertigo |
|
128 |
Classic Alfred
Hitchcock film about an investigator afraid of heights, murder. |
Feature |
VHS |
| Video Rhetorics - Book and Video |
Televised Advertising in
American Politics |
63 |
"Delineates
the roles played by visuals and sound in creating the meanings of
messages. Conventional analyses of
campaign spot advertisements describe their skeletons?" |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Videolab |
Spring 95 |
N/A |
Annenberg School
Videolab final class projects |
Educational |
VHS |
| Videolab |
Spring 96 |
|
Annenberg School
Videolab final class projects |
Educational |
VHS |
| Videolab |
Spring 94 |
N/A |
Annenberg School
Videolab final class projects |
Educational |
VHS |
| Vote For Me - Politics in America |
Part 1 -
Politics 101
Part 2 - Making a Big Noise |
50/62 |
An in-depth look
at the vitality of grass-roots politics in the United States. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Vote For Me - Politics in America |
Part 3 -
Political Junkies Part 4 -The
Political Education of Maggie Lauterer |
25/87 |
An in-depth look
at the vitality of grass-roots politics in the United States. |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Wag the Dog |
|
96 |
A biting look at American
politics and its relationship with the media. |
Feature |
DVD |
| Wall Street |
|
126 |
WALL STREET is a riveting,
testosterone-fueled tour of the Street's upper echelons, featuring standout
performances by Michael Douglas and Martin Sheen. |
Feature |
DVD |
| War Room, The |
|
96 |
Behind-the-scenes of Bill
Clinton's presidential campaign - from
a cold primary in New Hampshire to the victory party in Little Rock almost
ten months later; features George Stephanopoulos & James Carville. |
Documentary |
VHS DVD |
| War Zone (DVD & Video) |
|
45 |
A film about
Sex, Power and what happens when men threaten a woman's rights to walk
undisturbed on the street |
Documentary |
VHS |
| Warning: The Media may be Hazardous to Your Health |
|
36 |
A critique of
media. |
Educational |
VHS |
| What a Girl Wants |
|
33 |
During the
spring of 2000, eleven girls were interviewed about their views on media
culture and its impact on their lives |
Documentary |
VHS |
| When Mothers Come Home for Christmas |
|
109 |
1996 Indian film
directed by Nalita Vachami |
Feature |
VHS |
| Why You Buy: How Ads Persuade |
|
33 |
Designed to
increase viewer awareness of six persuasion tactics used in advertising |
Educational |
VHS |
| Zillions TV |
A Kid's Guide to
the Best Toys and Games |
30 |
In tradition of Consumer Reports magazine, kid testers
use science, math and other problem solving skills to evaluate products such
as video games, boom boxes, walkie-talkies and mountain bikes. |
Educational |
VHS |