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THE 30-SECOND PRESIDENT. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min
Bill Moyers looks at the role of television advertising in presidential campaigns. He interviews two major figures in the field, Rosser Reeves, who produced a series of thirty-second spots for Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, and Tony Schwartz, creator of the controversial ad, The little girl and the daisy, which associated Barry Goldwater with a nuclear holocaust without even mentioning the candidate's name.
          SEK 324.73 T349
        

1984 REVISITED. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 40 min.
Host Walter Cronkite compares George Orwell's novel 1984 to present-day society [1983]. He describes modern-day uses of technology and methods of thought control, manipulation of the news and information sources, and other similarities to the author's book. Alerts viewers to the dangers to our freedom.

          SEK 323.4 N622
       

ABC'S OF LANDSCAPE PRUNING. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
Explains which tools should be used for different pruning jobs.  Techniques for thinning out, heading back, branch removal, and restoring neglected or badly pruned plants are discussed. Examines the effects of pruning on the health and appearance of landscape plants.

          SEK 635.91542 Ab29
  

ABC'S OF LANDSCAPE PRUNING: ADVANCED EDITION. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
Examines the life cycle of a tree and discusses how pruning contributes to the health and beauty of a tree from being newly planted to maturity.

          SEK 635.91542 Ab29a
        

ABORTION AND THE LAW.  2004.  DVD.  57 min.
A documentary which focuses on the legal, moral, social, and psychological aspects of abortion in the United States.  Presents clergymen, lawyers, and physicians who hold diametrically opposed views and tells of specific cases of abortion.

          SEK 363.4 Ab76 2004
 

ABOUT AIDS. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
Combines on-the-street interviews, animation, and the commentary of national authorities on AIDS education to explore some common questions about AIDS and to motivate people to protect themselves from infection with the AIDS virus.
           SEK 616.9792 Ab76

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE.  2003. DVD. 88 min.
An intimate look at the lives of 11 unique individuals, all living with HIV. Ranging in age from 17 to 60, the group represents a wide variety of lifestyles, ethnicities, and risk groups - attesting to the ever present reality that AIDS spares no one.
          SEK 362.196 Ab89 2003

ABSTRACTION. [n.d.] 1/2" VHS. 53 min.
Examining artwork created from 1910 to the period after World War II, this program chronicles the emergence of abstraction as a dominant artistic style. It explores works by Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, Rodchenko, Klee, and many others, and also considers the impact of the Bauhaus on abstraction's development.

           SEK 709.04052 Ab89
        

ACID RAIN, THE BAD NEWS. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.
Shows the devastation caused by acid rain through scenes of the Black Forest, fish-less and frog-less lakes in the Adirondacks, and dissolving stone figures on the facade of Cologne Cathedral.

          SEK 363.7386 Ac47

ACTING SKILLS. 1996. 1/2" VHS. 31 min.
Demonstrates some of the proven training methods used to acquire and refine the basic skills of performance.  It shows students how to develop parts, both improvised and scripted.

          SEK 792.028 Ac84 1996
       

ADAPTING TO PARENTHOOD. 1975. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
A number of new parents speak of their initial problems in caring for their babies. Follows one couple during the first 10 weeks of parenthood, showing how they adjust to changes their first child makes in their lives.

          SEK 306.874 Ad19

ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.  2005.  DVD. 14 min.
"In just 14 minutes, this new video poses leading questions that will help everyone be specific about the personal care they desire at the end of life. It clearly explains the difference between a Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare, and mentions many of the decisions that must be made--including resuscitation, tube feeding, and pain relief options.
           SEK 362.175 Ad95 2005

AGAMEMNON, by Aeschylus. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.
Agamemnon returns home after a 10-year absence at the Trojan War. His queen, Clytemnestra, welcomes him, but Cassandra foretells his murder.  Clytemnestra will avenge their daughter Iphigenia, sacrificed by Agamemnon to secure a favorable wind toward Troy; Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover, will avenge the murder of his brothers by Agamemnon's father. This is the origin of the blood feud.  Actors and chorus wear masks throughout.
          SEK 882.01 Ae85a
        

AIDS, FEARS AND FACTS. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 23 min.
Discusses the AIDS epidemic and features a question-and-answer session.

SEK 616.9792 Ai25f
        

AIDS, PROFILE OF AN EPIDEMIC UPDATE. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Explores the implications and origins of AIDS. The updated version includes some of the latest information about AIDS and a wrap-up interview featuring James Curran and Jeffrey Laurence.

          SEK 616.9792 Ai25p
        

AIDS, THE UNTOLD STORY.  1994. 1/2" VHS. 58 min.

In this documentary, you will meet people who have been diagnosed with AIDS and given a death sentence, but are alive and well today.  They took their lives into their own hands and sought out alternative therapies, such as hyperthermia, vitamin C drips, Chinese herbs, and acupuncture.  They turned to a non-toxic lifestyle that includes maximal nutrition, organic foods, and stress reduction techniques such as yoga, meditation and tai chi.  These true stories of personal empowerment are inspiring as well as informative and dare tell the truth about the politics behind the AIDS crisis.

          SEK 616.9792 Ai25u
        

ALCOHOLISM, LIFE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.
An interdisciplinary report on alcoholism, focusing on a scientific
          understanding of the disease.

          SEK 362.292 AL18

ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA.  See: AMERICA
 

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.  1987. 1/2" VHS. 141 min.

This play takes place in France and Italy.  Helena, the beautiful orphaned daughter of a physician, loves Bertram, a nobleman.  In Paris, Helena cures the French king of an illness and wins Bertram as her husband in reward.  But Bertram considers Helena beneath him socially and deserts her immediately after the wedding.  He tells her in a letter that she can never call him husband unless she gets a ring from his finger and becomes pregnant by him.  Helena fulfills both conditions. One night, unknown to Bertram, she takes the place of a girl for whom her husband has a foolish passion.  Bertram finally recognizes his wife's good qualities and promises to love her dearly.

          SEK 822.33 O1 Sh15b
         

ALMOS' A MAN, by Richard Wright. 1976. 1/2" VHS. 39 min.
Faced with the prospect of working to pay for a mule he has accidentally killed, a teenage farm worker, armed with vague notions of manhood, escapes from the farm.

          SEK 813.5208 Am35 pt. 2
        

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. (A Phil Donahue show) 1987. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
The nation's fourth most prevalent disease was formerly routinely diagnosed as senility; it is now recognized as a deterioration of brain function marked by memory loss, personality changes, and reversion to childhood mental patterns.  Its ravages are illustrated by an attorney-couple; she is now reduced to childish helplessness, he patiently indulges her. Medical and social experts provide information and advice on what can be done by and for patients and their families.

          SEK 616.831 AL98

AMADEUS. 1/2" VHS. 160 min.
Film version of the stage play centered around the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the jealousy-ridden court composer, Antonio Salieri.  Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including best picture and actor.

SEK 791.43 M877 1984

AMERICA. 1972. 1/2" VHS. 52 min. each.

Pt.  1: THE NEW FOUND LAND   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 1
Explains how the white man got to North America and what he was seeking. Describes the arrival of the Spanish, the French, and the British in North America.

Pt.  2: HOME AWAY FROM HOME  SEK 973 Am35 pt. 2
Describes how merchant adventurers and social dissenters poured in from Elizabethan England to settle America's East Coast. Explains that regional character evolved as Puritans, Pilgrims, and Quakers struggled with the rocky North while a landed gentry prospered in the highly productive feudal South.

Pt.  3: MAKING A REVOLUTION   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 3
Explains that the diverse colonies in America drew together in common complaints against England. Traces the tradition of turning to arms in the face of trouble, from Concord Bridge and the antique long rifles, to the modern National Rifle Association.

Pt.  4: INVENTING A NATION   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 4
Discusses the writing of the Constitution and the secret Independence Hall debates which set precedence for modern politics. Visits Jefferson's Virginia home, giving insight into the man who created our Bill of rights, and follows the westward surge across the Appalachians which expanded the character of the Republic.

Pt.  5: GONE WEST   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 5
Deals with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, the exploration of the distant reaches of the waterways, the forcing of Indian nations west of the Mississippi, and the gold rush.

Pt.  6: A FIREBELL IN THE NIGHT   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 6
Discusses the causes and miseries of the Civil War and the racial wounds that still trouble the United States.

Pt.  7: DOMESTICATING A WILDERNESS   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 7
Discusses the Mormons' establishment in Utah, the first transcontinental rail link, the settlement of the midlands by European immigrants, and the Indians' last desperate struggles, which exploded in the Custer massacre, and the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Pt.  8: MONEY ON THE LAND   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 8
Deals with the turn-of-the-century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes.

Pt.  9: THE HUDDLED MASSES   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 9
Visits ships' holds, Ellis Island, and the Lower East Side garment factory sweat shops in order to depict turn-of-the-century immigration. Uses old photographs of the poor immigrants in contrast with oil portraits of tycoons who became rich at their expense.

Pt. 10: THE PROMISE FULFILLED, THE PROMISE BROKEN   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 10
Deals with the promise of unlimited prosperity after World War I, the boom of the 1920's, the depression, and the New Deal.

Pt. 11: THE ARSENAL   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 11
Deals with the American way of war from colonial Williamsburg to the modern sentimental traditions of the armed forces.

Pt. 12: THE FIRST IMPACT   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 12
Presents a record of Alistair Cooke's impressions of the people, places, institutions, and landscapes of America.

Pt. 13: THE MORE ABUNDANT LIFE   SEK 973 Am35 pt. 13
A potpourri of impressions of America: Hoover Dam from the confident 30's, neon Las Vegas in the glittering 79's, Los Angeles strangled with motor cars, Hawaii showing racial harmony amid pollution and over-development. A summary considers America's present status and offers prospects for the future.
        

AMERICA ON THE ROAD. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Bill Moyers examines the history of the automobile and the ways it changed American society. His story begins with Henry Ford and production innovations that made the automobile available to ordinary Americans and concludes with the oil crisis of the 1970s.

           SEK 629.222 Am35
 

AMERICAN FILM THEATRE: COLLECTION 1.  2003.  5 DVDs.  677 min.
 Collection of five film adaptations of contemporary 20th century plays  produced by the American Film Theatre from 1973-1975.   CONTENTS: 
The Iceman cometh / Eugene O'Neill ; director, John Frankenheimer ; with Lee Marvin, Frederic March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman (1973, 239 min., 2 discs)
Rhinoceros / Eugene Ionesco ; director, Tom O'Horgan ; with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black (1974, 104 min.)
Butley / Simon Gray ; director, Harold Pinter ; with Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Susan Engel, Richard O'Callaghan (1974, 129 min.)
Luther / John Osborne ; director, Guy Green ; with Stacy Keach, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee, Robert Stephens, Leonard Rossiter (1974, 111 min.)
The maids / Jean Genet ; director Christopher Miles ; with Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant (1975, 94 min.).
            SEK 791.43 Am 35 2003 col. 1

AMERICAN FILM THEATRE: COLLECTION 2.  2003.  6 DVDs.  655 min. 
A collection of 5 film adaptations of 20th century plays produced by the American Film Theatre from 1970-1975.  CONTENTS:

 [v. 1.] A delicate balance (132 min.) -- [v. 2.] The man in the glass booth (117 min.) -- [v. 3.] The homecoming (114 min.) -- [v. 4.] Three sisters (162 min.) -- [v. 5] In celebration (130 min.)
A Delicate Balance features: interviews with Edward Albee and cinematographer David Watkin,  "Edward Albee and A DELICATE BALANCE"essay by Michael Feingold, theatrical trailers, stills gallery, AFT Cinebill and scrapbook.
Man in the Glass Booth features: interviews with Arthur Hiller and Edie Landau, "Robert Shaw and THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH" essay by Michael Feingold, Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera promotional reel 1974, theatrical trailers, still gallery, AFT Cinebill and scrapbook.
In Celebration features: interviews with Alan Bates and playwright David Storey, "David Storey and IN CELEBRATION" essay by Michael Feingold, theatrical trailers, stills gallery, AFT Cinebill and scrapbook.
Three Sisters features: interview with Alan Bates, "Anton Chekov and THREE SISTERS" essay by Michael Feingold, theatrical trailers, stills gallery, AFT Cinebill and scrapbook.
The Homecoming features: interviews with cinematographer David Watkin, Edie Landau, "Harold Pinter and THE HOMECOMING" essay by Michael Feingold, Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera" promotional reel 1974, theatrical trailers, stills gallery, AFT trailer gallery and scrapbook
                SEK 791.43 Am35 2003 col. 1
 

AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE.    See:     CAFETERIA, by Isaac B. Singer –  DISPLACED  PERSON, by  Kurt Vonnegut -- GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, by James Baldwin -- PRIVATE CONTENTMENT, by Reynolds Price -- WORKING, by Studs Terkel
        

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 50 min. each.

Pt. 1. THE CONFLICT IGNITES     SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 1
The American Colonists' loyalty to the Crown eroded slowly throughout the 18th century. As the distant Parliament began to levy taxes on the burgeoning Colonies, the cause of independence gained strength, and devotion to the Crown dwindled. The spiraling tensions festered in 1773. The Townsend Act led to the Boston Tea Party, the Tea Party led to the Intolerable Acts, and the British tried to re-assert absolute control over the Colonies. The first shot of the American Revolution was fired on April 19, 1775 with the dramatic outbreak of war at Lexington and Concord.

Pt. 2. 1776   SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 2
The sparks of rebellion became the flame of Revolution, and the basis for the first true democracy in the modern world was laid out with the words "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and a nation began to emerge amidst disheartening setbacks. George Washington took command of the fledgling Continental Army but was routed out of New York State by the British Army of William Howe.

Pt. 3. WASHINGTON AND ARNOLD   SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 3
Unknown soldiers fight wars, but they are won or lost by their commanders. On the British side there was Burgoyne and Howe; the Colonists had George Washington and a still-loyal Benedict Arnold. Early battles included Burgoyne's Hudson campaign and Washington's crossing of the Delaware. As war raged across the American wilderness, Benjamin Franklin struggled to gain recognition for the infant nation. His dramatic mission before the French court is highlighted.

Pt. 4. THE WORLD AT WAR   SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 4
France's resolve not to lay down arms until American independence was achieved prompted Spain to declare war on Britain. But the new international support was overshadowed by the long winter at Valley Forge, where the Prussian General Baron Von Steuben relentlessly drilled the Colonial Army. From Valley Forge, Washington led his newly trained army into battle against the British at Monmouth. At the same time, John Sullivan and George Rogers Clark fought against Loyalists and Indians on the western front. The mutiny at Morristown is also examined.

Pt. 5. ENGLAND'S LAST CHANCE   SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 5
Benedict Arnold was exposed as a traitor in 1780, but a new hero of the seas, John Paul Jones, took his place. On the British side, Sir Henry Clinton captured 5,000 men at the siege of Charleston. As the conflict moved north, the Americans perfected a new style of fighting: guerilla warfare.  The American commander Nathaniel Greene forced Britain's Lord Cornwallis to retreat into Virginia, while Daniel Morgan led a company of men to victory in the Battle of the Cowpens. The American generals beat the British back from all but two ports in the South.  

Pt. 6. BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC   SEK 973.3 Am35 pt. 6
The British General Cornwallis isolated himself on the Yorktown Peninsula in Virginia, while French forces on land and sea tightened the noose around his remaining troops. On October 19, 1781, he surrendered to Washington, and the Revolutionary War ended. But the struggle to form a new nation had just begun. The Treaty of Paris secured American independence. At the Constitutional Convention, Madison and others struggled to put into words the framework for a new form of government. The film ends with a look at what happened to some of the heroes of the War of Independence in the years that followed.        
 

AMERICAN SHORT STORY.  See:  
      ALMOS' A MAN, by Richard Wright
      BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR, by F. Scott  Fitzgerald
      THE MUSIC SCHOOL, by John Updike
      PAUL'S CASE, by Willa Cather
      SOLDIER'S HOME, by Ernest Hemingway
        

AMERICAN VISIONS. Narrated by Robert Hughes. 1997. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: THE REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 1
Some of the first images made in America resemble ancient ones. Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers feel that classicism lends the young nation power and authority. From heroic statues of George Washington to the architecture of Washington, D.C., the new republic adopts and transforms the classical style to serve a new, democratic ideal.

Pt. 2: THE PROMISED LAND   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 2
Before there is an American, disparate bands of settlers strive to carve out an identity in a virgin land. In the West, Spanish missions use art to convert the natives to Catholicism. In the East, plain Protestant settlers are suspicious of art's pleasures. And in Virginia, an exiled aristocracy recreates its ideal of England. Early portraits of these settlers ask us to consider the emergence of this new person, this American.

Pt. 3: THE WILDERNESS AND THE WEST   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 3
From the majestic primal America, there arises the idea of landscape as God's fingerprint.  Landscape painting holds deep religious and patriotic connotations; soon, the belief in Manifest Destiny is embodied in art. Traveling from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley, Hughes explores the artists Albert Bierstadt, John James Audubon, Frederic Church, Frederic Remington and Thomas Cole. In their work he finds the conflicting impulses to worship the land and to conquer it, to create a myth of the West just as the frontier itself is closing.

Pt. 4: THE GILDED AGE
SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 4
The many sides of America in the 19th century: the extravagant "cottages" of Newport's tycoons, the triumph of the Brooklyn Bridge, the haunting realism of Civil War photography, the elegant portraits of John Singer Sargent, the American Impressionism of James Whistler and Mary Cassatt. Together with a new breed of distinctly American artists like Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, they mirror widely different experiences of the American Dream.

Pt. 5: A WAVE FROM THE ATLANTIC   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 5
Waves of immigrants in the early 20th century bring both their old culture and a thirst for the new. Their tenements are documented by photographer Jacob Riis and the socially conscious Ashcan School. Then, after the historic 1913 Armory Show, artists like Joseph Stella, Paul Strand, Alfred Steiglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe forge a modernism that is  uniquely American. Some celebrate the industrial sublime.  Yet nature is the inspiration that leads Frank Lloyd Wright to develop an organic architecture at the heart of modern design.

Pt. 6: STREAMLINES AND BREADLINES   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 6
The mythic images of the 1920's and 30's are as urban as the skyscrapers rising up in New York and as rural as the heartland idealized by Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton.  Isamu Noguchi, Lewis Hine and the artists of the WPA celebrate the worker as hero, Jacob Lawrence tells stories of black America, and ambitious New Deal projects like Hoover Dam project self-confidence in hard times. Which is the real modern America--the isolation painted by Edward Hopper, or the jazzy vitality captured by Stuart Davis?

Pt. 7: THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 7
In the post-war era, America's power is unrivaled, and its artists make an explosive break with the past. Hughes considers the impact of Hiroshima on art, traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollack, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture. We end with the nation on the eve of divisive conflicts, as media images begin to overwhelm anything created by artists.

Pt. 8: THE AGE OF ANXIETY   SEK 709.73 Am35p pt. 8
This final program explores how American art has reflected the upheavals of the last 25 years. Hughes traces the evolution of abstract art and minimalism and considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium. He ends the series by profiling a wide range of  contemporary artists. Using a diversity of mediums and approaches, Richard Serra, Susan Rothenberg, James Turrell and others continue to capture uniquely American visions.
        

AMERICA’S STONE AGE EXPLORERS: WHERE DID THE FIRST . . . 2004. DVD. 60 min.
Archaeological experts and others challenge the theory that the first Americans arrived in America around 13,500 years ago and suggest possibilites that they could have arrived even sooner.

SEK 970.011 Am35 2004
 

ANIMAL IMPOSTERS. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.
Shows how many different kinds of animals, both predators and their intended victims, use remarkable forms of deception to achieve their goal of eating or avoiding being eaten.

          SEK 591.57 An54
        

ANDREW CARNEGIE AND THE AGE OF STEEL. 1997. VHS. 50 min.
Expert interviews, period photos and rare footage chronicle the evolution of steel into the pre-eminent American industry. Carnegie built an empire so large that when he sold out to J.P. Morgan it created the first billion-dollar corporation in history. Industrial historians detail the technological developments that propelled steel into the future, and provided the raw material that powered the nation's economy.

          SEK 338.092 C215Y 1997
  

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.  1987. 1/2" VHS. 171 MIN.
Mark Antony, together with Octavius and Lepidus, rules the Roman Empire.  Antony lives in Roman-conquered Egypt, where he has taken the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, as his mistress.  Political problems in Rome and the death of his wife force Antony to leave his life of pleasure and return home.  Back in Rome, he marries Octavius' sister Octavia for political reasons.  But Antony soon returns to Cleopatra and Octavius then prepares for war against him.  Antony decides unwisely to fight Octavius at sea.  During the battle, Cleopatra's fleet deserts him, and Antony flees with the queen.  After Cleopatra's ships desert him in a second battle, Antony finally realizes that he has lost everything.  Cleopatra deceives him into thinking that she is dead, and Antony stabs himself.  But before he dies, he learns that Cleopatra is still alive.  Antony then returns to her and dies in her arms.  Cleopatra dresses herself in her royal robes, presses a poisonous snake to her breast, and dies of its bite.

          SEK 822.33 S1 Sh15b
         

THE ARMING OF THE EARTH. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Bill Moyers analyzes the development and consequences of three deadly weapons--the machine gun, the submarine and the airplane. He examines how these technological advances, each touted as the ultimate deterrent to war, foreshadowed the "total war" concept of today.

          SEK 355.82 Ar55

ART DECO. 2001. DVD. 29 min.
This program presents the lively history of the Art Deco style. With no funder, philosophy, or manifesto, its popularity has endured - and from the Coca Cola bottle to the London Underground's typeface, its legacy is still visible today.           

          SEK 709.040 Ar75 2001

THE ART OF CELTIC MANUSCRIPTS: THE BOOK OF KELLS. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 26 min.
The origins of the Book of Kells are uncertain; it was written and illustrated around the year 800, but the monastery where it originated has not been identified. It contains the Latin text of the four Gospels, with some pages in elaborate color; almost every page has brightly-colored birds and animals, and there are portraits of the four evangelists. The program not only shows but also identifies the faces and figures and explains the flamboyant decoration and often witty symbolism.

          SEK 745.67 Ar75 1993

AS YOU LIKE IT. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 150 min.
Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave the court of Celia's father, Duke Frederick, after he unjustly banishes Rosalind.  Accompanied by Touchstone the court jester, the two girls take refuge in the Forest of Arden. Also in the forest are Orlando, who loves Rosalind; Jacques, a melancholy philosopher; Audrey, a country girl' Silvius a shepherd; and Phebe, a shepherdess.  Duke Frederick's brother, who is Rosalind's father and the rightful ruler of Frederick's land, also lives in the forest.  He leads a band of merry outlaws.  Rosalind, disguised as a young shepherd named Ganymede, meets Orlando in the forest.  Not recognizing the disguised girl, Orlando agrees to pretend that Ganymede is Rosalind so he can practice his declarations of love.  Rosalind finally reveals her identity and marries Orlando.  Oliver, Orlando's formerly wicked brother, marries Celia.  Touchstone marries Audrey, and Silvius marries Phebe.  The news that Rosalind's father had been restored to his dukedom completes the comedy's happy ending.

          SEK 822.33 O3 Sh15b
        

THE ASCENT OF MAN. 1974. 1/2" VHS. 52 min. each.

Pt.  1: LOWER THAN THE ANGELS   SEK 501 As22 pt. 1
Looks at the evolutionary changes which gave rise to man's superiority among the animals.

Pt.  2: THE HARVEST OF THE SEASONS   SEK 501 As22 pt. 2
Shows that the discovery of agriculture allowed man to domesticate plant and animal life, imposing his will on the wild horse and the wild wheat. With these Neolithic cultivators came the mounted nomads and the roots of warfare.  The lifestyle of the Bakhtiari tribe of central Iran serves as an example of how nomads lived and waged war during the Neolithic age.

Pt.  3: THE GRAIN IN THE STONE   SEK 501 As22 pt. 3
Focuses on the architectural and building expressions of man, from the Greek temples of Paestum and the cathedrals of medieval France to modern Los Angeles.

Pt.  4: THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE   SEK 501 As22 pt. 4
Traces chemistry from its beginning in Oriental metallurgy and alchemy to Dalton's atomic theory and man's knowledge of the elements.

Pt.  5: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES   SEK 501 As22 pt. 5
Traces the evolution of mathematics and explores the relationship of numbers to musical harmony, early astronomy, and perspective in painting.

Pt.  6: THE STARRY MESSENGER   SEK 501 As22 pt. 6
Presents the story of man's early study of astronomy. Traces the origins of the scientific revolution through the conflict between fact and religious dogma, culminating in the trial of Galileo.

Pt.  7: MAJESTIC CLOCKWORK   SEK 501 As22 pt. 7
Focuses on the contributions of Newton and Einstein in the evolution of physics by exploring the revolution that ensued when Einstein's theory of relativity upset Newton's description of the universe.

Pt.  8: THE DRIVE FOR POWER   SEK 501 As22 pt. 8
Explains how industrialization and political revolutions altered man's concept of power during the 18th century and points out the significance of these developments in the progress of man.

Pt.  9: THE LADDER OF CREATION   SEK 501 As22 pt. 9
Explores the controversy around the theory of evolution developed simultaneously by Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin.

Pt. 10: WORLD WITHIN   SEK 501 As22 pt. 10
Explores the world within the atom and traces the history of the men and ideas that have made 20th century physics one of the greatest achievements of human imagination.

Pt. 11: KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAINTY   SEK 501 As22 pt. 11
Considers the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists by contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, and the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb.

Pt. 12: GENERATION UPON GENERATION   SEK 501 As22 pt. 12
Examines the complex code of human genetics from the experiments of Gregor Mendel to the discoveries of modern laboratories.

Pt. 13: THE LONG CHILDHOOD   SEK 501 As22 pt. 13
Surveys the complex role of science in the cultural evolution of man.

ASPECTS OF THE COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE      ½” VHS , 14 min.
Presents the gallery of stock commedia characters focusing on the Maschere, the mask characters.  Giovanni Poli provides the authentic voice quality, characteristic movements, and gestures of commedia dell’arte. 

SEK 792.23 C736 1980   

ASPECTS OF STRAVINSKY: ONCE, AT A BORDER. 2 videos. 1/2" VHS. 166 min.
In interviews with the composer, friends, family and musical contemporaries, the genius of Igor Stravinsky is revealed.  One fact above all others stands out and influences his work — he was Russian.  As the foremost composer of our time, his music changed the course of Western art forever.

SEK 780.92 St82a 1986

ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS: parts. 1 & 2. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 90 min. each.
Explores the basic tenets of assertiveness training.

SEK 158.2 As74
       

ASYLUM.  1993.  1/2" VHS.  60 min.
This program presents a graphic look at the inside of an institution for the criminally insane, Patton State Hospital in California.  The patients have committed serious crimes and are there because the courts have found them "not guilty by reason of insanity."  They talk about their lives and crimes and are shown receiving anti-psychotic medicine, in private psychotherapy sessions, and in group activities.  The documentary includes footage of an in-house review board as it debates the difficult question of whether a patient should be allowed to go back to society.

SEK 365.46 As99
        

ATHLETES AND ADDICTION: IT'S NOT A GAME. 198? 1/2" VHS. 33 min. (ABC Sports)
Explains why the constant pressure to perform can cause athletes to succumb to the lure of alcohol and drugs. Viewers receive an intimate glimpse of life in a treatment center, as recovering athlete addicts and alcoholics talk about their struggles with substance abuse.

SEK 362.29 At46
        

THE ATOM. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 36 min.
Part one traces the history of the atom from ancient Greek times to the present day. Part two presents an outline picture of late twentieth-century concepts of the atom.

            SEK 541.2 At71
        

AUDITIONING FOR THE ACTOR.  1989.  VHS.  45 min. 
Provides a comprehensive, businesslike approach to building a successful, repeatable audition process. Host William Anton discusses developing a positive and consistent auditioning process, recognizing uncontrollable components, and taking charge of all elements that can be controlled. Reviews material selection, pre-audition skills and strategies, and the audition event. Critiques 2 auditions.

SEK 792.028 Au25 1989

AUGUSTE RODIN: THE LIFE OF A SCULPTOR. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
Rejected innumerable times, Rodin stubbornly pursued his artistic vision and eventually rose to controversial prominence.  This program, in which many of his masterpieces are displayed, chronicles the life of this prolific artist who, in his effort to grasp what couldn’t be seen, achieved remarkable levels of both realism and impressionism that evoked strong reactions from his public.  Highlights include The Age of Bronze life cast scandal, the rejection of his sculpture of Balzac, the story of his unfinished Gates of Hell, and his struggle to have The Burghers of Calais displayed, along with examples of his drawings and paintings.

SEK 730.9224 Au45 1999  

AUTISM: THE UNFOLDING MYSTERY.  2005.  DVD.   28 min.
This program examines what it means to be autistic, how parents can recognize signs of autism in their children, and what new treatments and programs are available to help with this disorder.
          SEK 618.9285 Au81 2005

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B. F. SKINNER ON BEHAVIORISM. 1977. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
B. F. Skinner discusses behavior modification, behavioral technology, and the uses of positive reinforcement in shaping human behavior. He also addresses programmed instruction, the application of behaviorism to a wide variety of social concerns, and the concept of utopia.

SEK 150.1943 B11
        

BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER. 1969. 16 mm. 28 min.
An adaptation of Herman Melville's story of the same title about a humble law clerk who refuses to conform both personally and professionally.

          SEK 813.3 M479ba 
        

THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF REALITY THERAPY. 2 videocassettes [n.d.] 1/2" VHS.
William Glasser discusses his concepts of reality therapy.

          SEK 616.8914 B292
        

THE BASICS OF OFFICE PROCEDURES. 1/2" VHS. 16 min.
The importance of developing procedures for tasks around the office, of putting them in writing, and of using them in training new employees, retraining current employees, or having them on hand for workers to refer to when a question about a procedure arises, are discussed.
         SEK 658.3124 1991

BE PREPARED TO SPEAK: THE STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO GUIDE TO PUBLIC SPEAKING.  1985.      1/2" VHS. 27 min.
Demonstrates techniques for preparing and practicing speeches. Follows one speaker's progress through the process of speech writing, speech presentation, and control of stage fright.

          SEK 808.51 B35
      

THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY.  1/2" VHS.  Appxy. 80 min. ea.
Featuring the Beatles, containing interviews with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, conducted by Jools Holland and Bob Smeaton.

SEK 781.66 B38 1996

V. 1: July, 1940 to March, 1963
V. 2: March, 1963 to February, 1964
V. 3: February, 1964 to July, 1964
V. 4: August, 1964 to August, 1965
V. 5: August, 1965 to July, 1966
V. 6: June, 1966 to June, 1967
V. 7: June, 1967 to July, 1968
V. 8: July, 1968 to end
 

BEGINNING THE COMPOSITION. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
Provides step-by-step guidelines for achieving successful composition writing.

          SEK 808.042 B394
        

BEHIND THE MASK OF SANITY: PSYCOPATHY.  2003. VHS.  50 min.
Specialists in the field of psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and behavior neuroscience analyze the difference between psychopathic killers and psychotic killers. They consider if neurological and physiological abnormalities in the brain account for psychopathetic behavior.

SEK 364.019 M379 2003

BEING GAY: COMING OUT IN THE 21^ST CENTURY.  2003.  VHS.  25 min.
This program presents the accounts and stories of people who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to terms with one's sexual identity.

SEK 306.766 B396 2003
 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CITIZEN OF THE WORLD. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 50 min.

America's ambassador to the world, Benjamin Franklin was a unique individual who came to symbolize the inventiveness and industriousness of an entire nation. He discovered electricity, invented the fuel-efficient Franklin Stove, and authored the still popular Poor Richard's Almanac. He offered wise leadership as a member of the Continental Congress and ambassador to France during the nation's drive toward freedom.

          SEK 973.32 F854bi

BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1976. 1/2" VHS. 48 min.
A young flapper bobs her hair to gain peer approval. She doesn't get approval but she learns a lesson in values.

          SEK 813.5208 Am35 pt. 1

BIOTERROR. 2002.  VHS. 58 min.
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad, authors of the book Germs: biological weapons and America’s secret war, trace the history of “black biology” and investigate U.S. involvement in the development of biological weapons, Soviet biological stockpiles, classified research projects and a world totally unprepared for germ warfare.

          SEK 303.625 B524 2002

BIRTH CONTROL AND THE LAW: BEFORE GRISWOLD VS. CONNECTICUT.  2005.  VHS.  55 min.
Includes interviews with different religious and health officials and discusses the differences in moral attitudes towards birth control of Catholics and non-Catholics.

SEK 363.96 B539 2000
 

THE BLACK CAT, by Edgar Allan Poe. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 35 min.
Conrad Pomerleau, dressed and made up to resemble Edgar Allan Poe, is the narrator of "a series of mere household events" in which an educated man and animal lover turns alcoholic, ailurophobe, and murderer.

          SEK 813.3 P752b
   

BLACK THEATRE, THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT. 1978. 1/2" VHS. 114 min.

The black movement in the American theatre, originating from the civil rights activism of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, is chronicled. LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Ed Bullins, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange describe their aspirations for a theatre serving the black community. Clips from A raisin in the sun, Black girl, Dutchman, and For colored girls ... reveal how these actors and playwrights laid the basis for the black theatre of the present.

          SEK 792.08996 B561
        

BODY ATLAS. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 25 min. each.

V. 1: IN THE WOMB   SEK 611 B632 v. 1
From a single fertilized cell, barely visible to the unaided eye, the program follows the growth of the embryo as its head and heart develop. With the first bones, at nine weeks, we see the embryo becomes a fetus. When nine months have passed, its time for the most dangerous journey in life; the four-inch journey down the birth canal.

V. 2: GLANDS AND HORMONES   SEK 611 B632 v. 2
Day and night, there's a clock ticking within our bodies. This clock is driven by chemicals in our blood-stream – the body's hormones. The hormones are made by half a dozen glands scattered throughout the body. Hormones provide the unseen balance within our bodies that keeps all our systems in harmony.

V. 3: MUSCLE AND BONE   SEK 611 B632 v. 3
The human body contains over 200 moving parts - our bones - operated by more than 600 motors - the muscles.  Bone is one of the strongest and lightest materials we know.  Blood vessels thread through the apparently solid bone, and cells inside our ribs manufacture our ew blood cells. Between the bones are self-lubricating and incredibly tough joints. They pivot the bones as they move under the influence of the muscles.

V. 4: BREATH OF LIFE   SEK 611 B632 v. 4
During the average lifetime, 13 million cubic feet of air passes through our lungs. The oxygen within the air provides us with energy, as it reacts with sugar within our cells. First, the air is moistened in the nose to filter our pollutants. It is passed down to the lungs, through air passages that split over and over again, ending up in 700 million tiny air sacs. Here, oxygen passes into the blood, while the waste product, carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the lungs, to be breathed out.

V. 5. SKIN   SEK 611 B632 v. 5  
The skin produces pigments that protect against the sun's ultraviolet rays. It also keeps our temperature constant.  Subcutaneous fat holds in our warmth in cold weather, while sweat glands cool us when it becomes too hot. Each square inch of skin contains 9 feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors and 134 yards of nerves. It also has 30 hairs – an outgrowth of skin that helps protect our bodies.  Fingernails and toenails, too, are just a specialized kind of skin.

V. 6. THE FOOD MACHINE   SEK 611 B632 v. 6
Digestion begins in the mouth, as teeth--the hardest substance in the body--tear and grind up food. The stomach takes over, with a chemical attack that breaks down more of the foodstuffs. It has a special lining that prevents the acid from digesting the stomach itself.  The food is here for 2 to 6 hours, churning away without our noticing.  Meanwhile, the kidneys are keeping a check on the water in our bodies.  Each contains a million tiny filters, and all the blood in the body passes through them every 5 minutes. As the food passes from the stomach to the small intestine, bile attacks the fats and other ingredients that have survived so far.  Microscopic cilia start to absorb the nutrients, and they are carried to the body's liver, to be processed into the substances we need for energy or to build up our bodies.

V. 7: TASTE AND SMELL   SEK 611 B632 v. 7
The actual taste buds in the tongue can distinguish only four different tastes. We can distinguish literally thousands of different smells, using nerve cells in the back of the nose that can detect just a few molecules of an odor. These receptors are renewed at least one a month--the only nerve cells to be replaced.  They are wired directly into the lowest levels of the brain, without passing through the parts of the brain involved in thought. That's why smell arouses emotions instantly, and revives memories we may have long forgotten.

V. 8: VISUAL REALITY   SEK 611 B632 v. 8
The eyes, like a camera, have lenses for focusing, an iris to control the amount of light and a sensitive screen--the retina.  The retina has cells that are so sensitive they can pick up only one or two particles of light, and others that can discriminate thousands of different colors and hues. Since the retina itself is part of the brain, it starts to analyze the images before the brain takes over. Between them, they correct false colors, distortions where blood vessels cross the retina, a whole blank  at the "blind spot" where nerves leave the retina, and smooth over blinks so we are not even aware any information is missing.

V. 9. DEFEND AND REPAIR   SEK 611 B632 v. 9
The first layer of defense is the skin. It keeps out fungus spores, yeast and bacteria. Sometimes bacteria penetrate the skin's defenses--white blood cells spring into action, swallowing the invaders. Smaller attackers, the viruses, are harder to destroy. They commandeer the cells' own apparatus to reproduce themselves. The blood's line of defense is a host of antibodies, each tailored to fight a particular virus. As soon as a virus is detected, the body steps up production of the particular type of defender needed to defeat the intruding virus.
V. 10. SEX   SEK 611 B632 v. 10
Human reproduction needs two parents to shuffle the pack of inherited characteristics, the genes, so the young are not identical to their parents. The woman has only a few hundred thousand egg cells, which have been in her since birth. When her body matures, one egg cell is released from an ovary each month.  The man's contribution comes from the testes, which produce millions of sperm each day. These tiny cells have whip-like tails that propel them at Olympic speeds and only one is successful.  Mixing its genes with the genes in the egg, a new individual is created.

V. 11. THE HUMAN PUMP   SEK 611 B632 v. 11
Blood is the essential transport system of the body. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells and takes away carbon dioxide; it supplies food to all parts of the body and takes away waste for excretion by the kidneys; it transports the chemical messengers,  our hormones, and the body's defender, the white blood cells and the antibodies. Pumping the blood round this system in less than a minute is the work of the heart. The heart is a special kind of muscle, unique in the body. Tough fibers and flaps within the heart make valves, which ensure the blood never flows backwards against the immense pressures the heart creates.

V. 12. NOW HEAR THIS   SEK 611 B632 v. 12
The ears are our link with the world of sound. The ears contain tiny tubes that control our sense of balance. It is possible to live a fairly normal life when deaf, but without a sense of  balance it would be impossible to move.     

V. 13. THE BRAIN   SEK 611 B632 v. 13
Humans have a lover brain that controls our reflexes, including breathing, without our thinking about it. But the higher parts of the brain allow us to think, calculate and aspire. This is the job of the gray matter (or cortex). The brain is split into two halves. Although they look the same, each side thinks differently.  One hemisphere specializes in tasks that require coordination and ability to place things correctly; the other is better at performing abstract tasks such as math.
 

THE BRAIN. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: THE ENLIGHTENED MACHINE  SEK 152 B731 pt. 1
Using models, micrographs, computer animation, and views of people in action, the film explores what the brain does and how it functions, including the mysteries of consciousness.

Pt. 2: VISION AND MOVEMENT  SEK 152 B731 pt. 2
Explains how humans perceive the world and how the brain coordinates vision and movement, offering a wide range of illustrations from the physical feats of Olympic diver Greg Louganis to an animated explanation of the world of Nobel scientists Hubel and Weisel.

Pt. 3: RHYTHMS AND DRIVES  SEK 152 B731 pt. 3
Uses vignettes from both the animal world and human society to help understand instinctive, subconscious rhythms and drives and the workings of the primitive portion of the human brain. Show the effects of seasonal and circadian rhythms on some people, as well as behavior changes resulting from injury to the hypothalamus.

Pt. 4: STRESS AND EMOTION  SEK 152 B731 pt. 4
Uses two case histories, one dealing with a man who suffered an accidental frontal lobotomy, and the other, a stress-ridden professional, to explain the interrelationship of pain, anxiety, behavior, and the brain.

Pt. 5: LEARNING AND MEMORY  SEK 152 B731 pt. 5
Discusses how human beings remember and why they forget. Also presents theories about brain organization, activity at the synapse, and the workings of the hippocampus to help unravel the mystery of memory.

Pt. 6: THE TWO BRAINS   SEK 152 B731 pt. 6
Drawing on work with split-brain patients, this program explores the cortical hemispheres, the relation of thought and language, and sex differences of the human brain.

Pt. 7: MADNESS   SEK 152 B731 pt. 7
Portraits of schizophrenics and their families are used to underscore how much brain researchers now know and what they have yet to accomplish.

Pt. 8: STATES OF MIND   SEK 152 B731 pt. 8
Surveys the current state of our knowledge of the human brain and examines how this knowledge will be applied in the future to the fields of medicine and artificial intelligence.
        

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BIOLOGY. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 18 min.
The program traces the history of biology with special attention to pioneers like Darwin, Mendel, Jenner, Pasteur, & the discovery of the DNA structure by James Watson, Francis Crick & others.

SEK 574.09 B765
        

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 15 min.

The program traces the history of artisans, philosopher-scientists, alchemists and famous chemists of the 18th and 19th centuries (Joseph Priestley, Henry Cavendish, Antoine Lavosier, John Dalton, and Dmitri Mendeleev).

SEK 540.9 B765
        

BROADWAY...A HISTORY OF THE MUSICAL. 198? 1/2" VHS.  
The history of the Broadway musical is portrayed through pictures, songs, commentaries by author/historians, and oral histories by and about Broadway's greatest composers, lyricists, producers, actors, directors and choreographers.

V. 1. THE FORMATIVE YEARS
V. 2. BROADWAY COMES OF AGE
V. 3. THE GOLDEN YEARS
V. 4. THE REVOLUTION ON BROADWAY
V. 5. THE REVOLUTION MELLOWS

          SEK 782.14 B78
         

THE BROKEN CORD, with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Bill Moyers interviews husband and wife authors Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, who are both half Indian – his tribe was Modoc, hers Chippewa. In this program, they talk about how traditions of spirit and memory weave through the lives of many Native Americans--and how alcoholism and despair have shattered others. They also discuss the devastating effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son.

SEK 305.897 B787
        

BUSINESS ETHICS.  1994. 1/2" VHS.  19 min.
The video includes scenarios that stimulate viewers to think about ethical decisions they would make in comparable situations.  It promotes awareness of the types of ethical dilemmas that may be encountered in the workplace.  Among the topics covered are inside information and personal use of company resources.

SEK 174.4 B964 
 

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THE CAFETERIA. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Presents an adaptation of a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer that deals with a young woman who frequents a cafeteria on the upper Broadway section of New York City. At the cafeteria, she meets a man and they become romantically involved. She reveals that she has survived the Holocaust and, later, that she has seen Hitler and his lieutenants in the cafeteria.

SEK 839.0933 Si64cd
        

CAMPUS RAPE. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 21 min.
One out of six college women are victims of rape or attempted rape. Four college women relate the circumstances of their rape.  Since most campus rapes are acquaintance rapes, victims are urged to break the silence as a first step in the healing process. Increased awareness about personal safety and better communication between men and women are urged as preventive measures.

SEK 362.883 C159

THE CANCER WAR. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
A critical view of the state of current cancer research, of the use of chemo- and radiation therapies, and of the policies of the National Cancer Institute.

SEK 616.994 C16
        

CANTERBURY TALES--PROLOGUE.  See: A PROLOGUE TO CHAUCER.
        

CARTOONS GO TO WAR. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 50 min.
America's most beloved animated characters--including the biggest stars from Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.--put on the uniform in propaganda films designed to boost morale during World War II. Cartoonist Chuck Jones, film director Frank Capra and the Walt Disney Studios were recruited by the armed forces to produce shorts and training films for the war effort. The film is a mix of rare vintage animation with first-time interviews of those directly involved in the war movie projects.

SEK 940.54886 c249 
 

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO, by Edgar Allan Poe. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
Conrad Pomerleau, dressed and made up to resemble Edgar Allan Poe, relates the story of Montressor, an Italian nobleman, who, having been insulted by Fortunato, plots revenge full of terror in the chamber where the prized Amontillado wine is supposed to be.

SEK 813.3 P752c
        

CATHY RIGBY ON EATING DISORDERS. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
College Hospital (Cerritos, Calif.), experts in the field of treatment for eating disorders, presents an insight to the process of recovery in treating anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The video is narrated by Cathy Rigby McCoy, herself a former bulimic.

SEK 616.8526 C287

THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA. 1991.  1/2" VHS. 26 min.
The 20,000-year-old caves of Altamira are among the greatest but least-known monuments of prehistory.  Closed to visitors to prevent damage from exposure, the caves are known to laypeople only through a replica in the Archaeological Museum in Madrid.  This tour of Altamira shows the extraordinary power of the paintings, which depict Magdalenian people seeking to bend animal life to their will, while themselves at the mercy of the magical powers they sought to placate.  The camera is able to clarify what the naked eye cannot – the artistic relationship between the caves themselves and the art with which these proto-Spaniards decorated them.

SEK 759.23 C315 1991
 

CELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD, with Dewitt Jones.  2001, VHS.  28 min.
Dewitt Jones, photographer for National Geographic, shares his attitude toward life and the world.

SEK 153.3 J713c 2001

CELL BIOLOGY, THE LIVING CELL. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 14 min.
The cell is the basic unit of structure and function for all living organisms. Each cell, by means of its various organelles, has specific jobs to accomplish in order to stay alive. The film examines organelles and their coordination within the cell and considers theories that explain the origin of cells and their organelles. Emphasizes that there is much yet unknown about cell structure and function.

SEK 574.87 C33
        

A CENTURY OF WOMEN. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.

Pt. 1: WORK   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 1
Focuses on women who fought the battle for decent working conditions during the turn of the century. E.g., Pauline Newman, who survived both the working conditions at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York and then the infamous fire, went on to crusade against child labor and for humane working conditions and a livable wage. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's 50-year career in the vanguard of labor reform was born at the 1912      American Woolen Company strike. 

Pt. 2: FAMILY   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 2
Feminine roles are examined and defined as women look beyond a life of cooking and cleaning. Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McLeon Bethune, Marian Anderson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Hillary Rodham Clinton are featured. Betty Friedan and Pat Schroeder are among the contributors.

Pt. 3: SEXUALITY   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 3
A look at women's efforts to shape their own destinies. The issues range from Margaret Sanger's crusade to provide all women a means of birth control to the Women's Liberation Movement. Gloria Steinem, Grace Slick, and Erica Jong look at the roots of the sexual revolution.

Pt. 4: SOCIAL JUSTICE   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 4
A look at women's efforts to fashion a system of justice for themselves. Historical figures include Unita Blackwell, one of the first black women to register to vote in Mississippi, who, a generation later, became the mayor of her town. Alice Paul, who dedicated her life to suffrage and ratification of the 19th amendment as head of the National Woman's Party.

Pt. 5: IMAGE   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 5
Explores the changing concepts of "ideal beauty" and how women see themselves. Madame C. J. Walker, who defined the times and parlayed a homemade hair dressing into the first woman's business empire. Amelia Earhart's modern personal style, studied disregard for gender barriers, and luckless final flight made her the first contemporary media superstar. Lena Horne and Donna Karen are also presented as women who defy stereotypes.

6: POPULAR CULTURE   SEK 305.4 C333 pt. 6
From movies to television, through music, dance and art, the changing image of women is an important part of the 20^th century. Bessie Smith, Lucille Ball, Georgia O'Keefe, Twyla Tharp, Willa Cather are examples of women who have shaped the arts. Maya Angelou discusses important 20th century women writers, including Edith Wharton, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Dorothy Parker.
      

CHANGING FAMILY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. 1999. ½ “ VHS.  60 min.
In this program with Bill Moyers, pediatrician Brazelton turns his attention to the problems and challenges of working parents.  He discusses the         changing American family and its implications for our children

SEK 646.78 C362 1999

CHEMICAL FAMILIES. 1962. 16 mm. 21 min.
Presents experimental evidence of the periodic nature of chemical elements and explains the development of the periodic table. Includes experiments to show the classification of chemicals. Compares the data obtained from the experiments with the periodic table; illustrates the key to discovering chemical families, and explains that atomic numbers are essential in the arrangement of the families on the periodic table.

SEK 541.24 C42  
        

CHILDHOOD'S END. 1981. 16 mm. 28 min.
Tells that between six and eight thousand young people in North America attempt to commit suicide each year. Looks at the experiences of two women who did not succeed in their attempts and those of one man who did.

SEK 362.28 C437
   

CHILLING OUT:  see STOP IN YOUR TRACKS; ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: CHILLING OUT.  1995.  VHS.  24 min.

          SEK 152.47 St73 1995

CHOREOGRAPHY BY BALANCHINE, part 1. 1977.  VHS. 60 min.
Presents three works by choreographer, George Balanchine, performed by the New York City Ballet. Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins perform  Tzigane, music by Ravel. Merrill Ashley and Robert Weiss are featured in Andante movement, music by Mozart. The final selection is Four temperaments, music by Hindemith.

SEK 792.8 C456 1977
        

CITY OF CORAL. 1983. VHS. 57 min.
Studies the ecosystems of a coral reef with special emphasis on the means used by various animals to survive in this complex environment.

SEK 574.91 c498
        

THE CIVIL WAR. 1989. VHS.

Pt. 1: 1861--THE CAUSE. 99 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 1

The causes of the war are explored, including the question of slavery, the Cotton Kingdom of the South, northern abolitionists, Union and States' Rights, John Brown at Harper's Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumpter. The series major figures are introduced, including Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant. Episode 1 ends with the disastrous Union defeat at Manassas.

Pt. 2: 1862--A VERY BLOODY AFFAIR. 69 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 2
1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode 2 begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln's administration and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula. Views of the battle of ironclad ships, army camp life, and the crumbling of slavery are given. Ulysses S. Grant's exploits culminate in the Battle of Shiloh. The episode ends with rumor of Europe's readiness to recognize the Confederacy.

Pt. 3: 1862--FOREVER FREE. 76 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 3
Charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July, 1862 that emancipation was now morally and militarily crucial to the future of the Union, Lincoln must wait for a victory to issue his proclamation. But as the year wears on, there are no Union victories to be had, thanks to the brilliance of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. A climax is reached in September, 1862 with Lee's invasion of Maryland. On the banks of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the war takes place, followed shortly by the emancipation of the slaves.

Pt. 4: 1863--SIMPLY MURDER. 62 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 4
The episode begins with the nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg and comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson; and at Vicksburg, where Grant's attempts to take the city by siege are stopped. We learn of fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries of regimental life and the increasing desperation of the Confederate home front. Lee decides to invade the North again to draw Grant's forces away from Vicksburg.

Pt. 5: 1863--THE UNIVERSE OF BATTLE. 95 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 5
Gives a dramatic account of the turning point of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg. Goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga and Chattanooga.  Closes with the dedication of a new Union put into words what is happening to his people

Pt. 6: 1864--VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH. 70 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 6
Begins with a biographical comparison of Grant and Lee and then chronicles the series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the Wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia. In 30 days, the two armies lose more men than both sides have lost in three years of war. With Grant and Lee deadlocked at Petersburg, we visit the ghastly hospitals North and South, and follow Sherman's Atlanta campaign through Georgia. As the horrendous casualty lists increase, Lincoln's chances for re-election begin to dim, and with them the possibility of Union victory

Pt. 7: 1864--MOST HALLOWED GROUND. 72 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 7
Begins with the presidential campaign of 1864 in which Abraham Lincoln runs against George McClellan. Eleventh hour Union victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta, and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln. Lee's Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington National Cemetery--the Union's most hallowed ground.

Pt. 8: 1865--WAR IS ALL HELL. 69 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 8
William Techumseh Sherman's March to the Sea brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia flees westward towards a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox Court House. There Lee's surrender to Grant takes place. In Washington, John Wilkes Booth begins to dream of vengeance for the South.

Pt. 9: 1865--THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. 68 min.   SEK 973.7 C499 pt. 9
The final episode begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to the events of five days later when, on April 14th, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth, and the fates of the series' major characters. The consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today are considered.

CIVILISATION, by Kenneth Clark. 1969. VHS. 50 min. each.

Pt.  1: THE FROZEN WORLD   SEK 940 C499 pt. 1
Traveling from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides to Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen, Clark looks at the six  centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Pt.  2: THE GREAT THAW   SEK 940 C499 pt. 2
The sudden reawakening of European civilization in the 12^th century is traced from its first manifestation at the Abbey of Cluny to its high point, the building of Chartres Cathedral.

Pt.  3: ROMANCE AND REALITY   SEK 940 C499 pt. 3
Clark journeys from a castle in the Loire to the hill towns of Tuscany and Umbria to the cathedral baptistery at Pisa as he explores the aspirations and achievements of the later Middle Ages in France and Italy.

Pt.  4: MAN--THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS   SEK 940 C499 pt. 4
Clark visits Florence, where European thought was given new impetus by the rediscovery of the classical past, and continues his journey to the palaces of Urbino and Mantua, centers of Renaissance civilization.

Pt.  5: THE HERO AS AN ARTIST   SEK 940 C499 pt. 5
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci are featured in this episode which centers on Papal Rome in the early 16^th century.

Pt.  6: PROTEST AND COMMUNICATION   SEK 940 C499 pt. 6
Clark investigates the Reformation--the Germany of Albrecht Durer and Martin Luther--and traces its impact from Erasmus, to the France of Montaigne, to Shakespeare's Elizabethan England.

Pt.  7: GRANDEUR AND OBEDIENCE   SEK 940 C499 pt. 7
Clark reflects on the Rome of the Counter-Reformation and the reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant north, which is symbolized by the new splendor of St. Peter's.

Pt.  8: THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE   SEK 940 C499 pt. 8
Against the backdrop of the new worlds revealed by the telescope and the microscope, Clark looks at the realism of Dutch painting in its close observation of human character.

Pt.  9: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS   SEK 940 C499 pt. 9
Examines the nature of 18th century music and the way some of its characteristics are reflected in architectural styles of the period.          

Pt. 10: THE SMILE OF REASON   SEK 940 C499 pt. 10
Clark explores the roots of revolutionary politics by visiting the places where they were born--the salons of 18th century Paris, the palaces of Blenheim and Versailles, the city of Edinburgh and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

Pt. 11: THE WORSHIP OF NATURE   SEK 940 C499 pt. 11
Examining the rise of the belief in the divinity of nature, Clark travels to Tintern Abbey and the Lake District of  Wordsworth, to the Swiss Alps and the ideas of Rousseau, and to the landscapes of Turner and Constable.

Pt. 12: THE FALLACIES OF HOPE   SEK 940 C499 pt. 12
The progressive disillusionment of the artists of the Romantic movement is traced through the music of Beethoven, the poetry of Byron, the paintings of Gericault, Turner and Delacroix, and the sculpture of Rodin.

Pt. 13: HEROIC MATERIALISM   SEK 940 C499 pt. 13
Clark's thoughts on the materialism of the past century take him from the English industrial landscape of the 19th century to the skyscrapers of contemporary New York.
       

A CLASS DIVIDED.  1999  ½” VHS.  57 MIN.
In 1970 Jane Elliott, a public school teacher in Iowa, divided her all-white third-graders into blue- and brown-eyed groups for a lesson in discrimination.  On successive days, each group was treated as inferior and subject to discrimination.  This documentary reunites the teacher and class after 15 years to relate the enduring effects of their experiment.S

SEK 370.19 P442c 1999 Video

SEK 370.19 P442c 1987 Book.

A CLOSE WATCH.  1995.  1/2" VHS.  22 min.
A 10-year study called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial  (DCCT) convincingly demonstrated a new treatment that controls blood glucose levels and significantly reduces long-term risks of diabetes-related eye, nerve and kidney disease.  The new treatment method is known as "intensified management" of diabetes.  Diabetes experts describe the new tools and techniques to maintain tight control of blood glucose levels and ordinary people with diabetes show how they've been able to make intensified management a part of their lives.

SEK 616.462 C624
        

COMEDY OF ERRORS.  1987. VHS.  109 min.
The action takes place in the ancient Greek city Ephesus.  The plot deals with identical twin brothers, both named Antipholus.  Each brother has a servant named Dromio, who also happen to be twin brothers.  The twins of each set were separated as children, and neither twin knows  where his brother is living.  One twin and his servant live in Ephesus. Their brothers live in Syracuse.  After Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse arrive in Ephesus, a series of mistaken identities and comical mix-ups develop before the twin brothers are reunited.

SEK 822.33 O5 Sh15b

COMMUNICATION OR FRUSTRATION: MEN & WOMEN IN DIALOGUE. 2000. VHS. 30 Min.
Interpersonal communication and public speaking. 

          SEK  808.51 C739 2000.

COMMUNICATION, THE COMPANY GRAPEVINE.  1982. VHS.  26 min.
When managers do not properly communication with employees, the result may be the dissemination of information that is incomplete and inaccurate.  This program dramatizes how information can be distorted as it passes through the company grapevine showing the value of formal channels of communication.

SEK 658.45 C737
          

COMMUNICATION, THE NON-VERBAL AGENDA REVISED ED. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 20 min.
Shows the value of understanding nonverbal content in communication.  Helps business managers interpret nonverbal messages in employee relations.

SEK 302.222 C737 1988

COMPLETE DVD HISTORY OF U.S. WARS, v. 1 – 4.  2004.  DVD.  54 min.

Volume 1.        Pt. 1. 1702-1713, Queen Anne's War ; 1739, War of Jenkins Ear begins ; 1754-1763, French and Indian War ; 1763, Pontiac's War ; 1770, Boston Massacre -- Pt. 2. 1775,  The Battle of Lexington and Concord, George Washington takes command of the Continental Army ; 1776, Washington crosses the Delaware ; 1777, Second Battle of Saratoga, John Paul Jones sets sail, The Winter at Valley Forge ; 1778, George Rogers Clark captures Kasaskia, 1781, Siege of Yorktown.
SEK 973 C738 2004, v. 1 

Volume 2.        Pt. 3. 1797, U.S.S. Constitution is launched ; 1811, Battle of Tippecanoe ; 1814, Washington, D.C. is captured and burned by the British, the Star Spangled Banner is written ; 1815, Battle of New Orleans ; 1832, Massacre at Bad Axe River ends Black Hawk War ; 1836, Alamo falls -- Pt. 4. 1846, United States declares war on Mexico ; 1861, eleven states comprise the Confederacy ; 1862, Emancipation Proclamation ; 1863, Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address, The fall of Vicksburg ; 1865, Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
SEK 973 C738 2004, v. 2 

Volume 3         Pt. 5. 1750, Native American horse cultures dominate the Great Plains ; 1876, Battle at the Little Big Horn ; 1890, Battle at Wounded Knee ; 1898, Sinking of the Maine ; 1914-1917, America prepares for World War I ; 1917, America enters World War I -- Pt. 6. 1941, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor ; 1944, D-Day "Operation Overlord" ; 1945, America drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima ; 1950, President Truman sends American troops to the aid of South Korea ; 1950-1953, The Korean War.
SEK 973 C738 2004, v. 3 

Volume 4.        Pt. 7. 1952, The Marshall Plan wins the battle for Western Europe ; 1954, John Foster Dulles becomes Eisenhower's Cold War warrior ; 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis ; 1964, Vietnam War : Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ; 1968, Vietnam War : The Tet Offensive -- Pt. 8. 1973, Vietnam War : cease-fire ends war ; 1983, The Grenada Conflict ; 1990, The Gulf War ; 1991, The end of the Cold War ; 2003, Gulf War II.
  SEK 973 C738 2004, v. 4

COMPLETE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 2000-01. DVD.  37 videodiscs.
A dramatization of all 37 of Shakespeare's plays, featuring some of Britain's most distinguished actors and directors.
COMEDIES: v. O1. All's well that ends well (141 min.) -- O3. As you like it (150 min.) -- O5. The comedy of errors (109 min.) -- O7. Love's labour's lost (120 min.) -- P1. Measure for measure (145 min.) -- P3. Merchant of Venice (157 min.) -- P5. Merry wives of Windsor (167 min.) -- P7. Midsummer night's dream (112 min.) -- Q1. Much ado about nothing (120 min.) -- Q3. The taming of the shrew (127 min.) -- Q5. The tempest (150 min.) -- Q7. The twelfth night (124 min.) -- R1. Two gentlemen of Verona (137 min.) -- R3. The winter's tale (173 min.). 
TRAGEDIES: S1. Antony & Cleopatra (171 min.) -- S3. Coriolanus (145 min.) -- S5. Cymbeline (174 min.) -- S7. Hamlet (222 min.) -- T1. Julius Caesar (161 min.) -- T3. King Lear (185 min.) -- T5. Macbeth (148 min.) -- T7. Othello (208 min.) -- U1. Pericles (177 min.) -- U3. Romeo & Juliet (167 min.) -- U5. Timon of Athens (120 min.) -- U7. Titus Andronicus (120 min.) -- vV1. Troilus and Cressida (190 min.). 
HISTORIES: W1, p1. Henry IV, Part 1 (147 min.) -- W1, p2. Henry IV, Part 2 (151 min.) -- W3. Henry V (163 min.) -- W5, p1. Henry VI, Part 1 (185 min.) -- W5, p2. Henry VI, Part 2 (212 min.) -- W5, p3. Henry VI, Part 3 (210 min.) -- W7. Henry VIII (165 min.) -- X1. King John (120 min.) -- X3. Richard II (157 min.) -- X5. Richard III (228 min.).
       SEK 822.33 Sh15a 2000-01

THE COMPLETE JOB SEARCH SYSTEM, 1997. 1/2" VHS. 17 min. ea.
Pt.  1: PLANNING YOUR CAREER   SEK 650.14 C738 1997, pt 1
Discusses how to select a rewarding and satisfying career by engaging in a reflective self-assessment process.  This process helps job-seekers to understand themselves by evaluating various aspects of their lives, including personal interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle.  Viewers learn how to identify and then organize a wealth of personal information that enables them to make intelligent, informed career decisions.
Pt.  2: FINDING A JOB   SEK 650.14 C738 1997, pt 2
Discusses the myriad of ways job openings can be found, using both conventional job-search methods (want ads, resumes, job applications, state and private employment services), and unconventional methods (networking, informational interviews, the Internet, yellow pages).  The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed, with an emphasis on using all available means to ensure the widest choice of job offers.
Pt.  3: INTERVIEWING FOR A JOB   SEK 650.14 C738 1997, pt 3
The most intimidating and crucial part of a job search is the interview.  This program covers information on how to: prepare for interviews, dress appropriately, use body language to your advantage, articulate skills and abilities, answer difficult questions, and handle salary and benefits issues.  The emphasis is on preparedness, and the necessity of appearing relaxed and confident in this important step of the job-search process.
Pt.  4:  SUCCEEDING ON THE JOB   SEK 650.14 C738 1997, pt 4
This program features valuable information on job survival and gives advice on how to get ahead.  Topics include attitude, timeliness, dress, ethics, grooming, teamwork, conflict resolution, and getting along with coworkers.  Interviews with employers interwoven throughout the program provide valuable insights.
Pt.  5:  CAREER EVALUATION   SEK 650.14 C738 1997, pt 5
Based on the notion that people do best at jobs they enjoy, this program shows students how to coordinate their interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle with specific occupations.  It also examines the wealth of career information currently available from various sources.

COMPUTER WORMS AND VIRUSES. DVD. 10 min.  
Computer bugs are no mere prank. Disruption of global communications networks by today's sophisticated worms and viruses costs companies billions and can do lasting damage to the world's economic health.  This NewsHour program begins by defining these binary invaders and then examines the escalating security challenges of keeping networks free of infection. Members of the Computer Emergency Response team at Carnegie Mellon University and other white hats discuss proactive ways to detect and then block electronic intruders through single-user protocols and enterprise-wide defenses.
       SEK 005.8 C739 2004

CONNECTIONS: THE SENSORY SYSTEM. DVD. 30 min.
A solitary figure walks on the beach at dawn.  Although he is alert to his surroundings, the sensory systems take in only a fraction of the energy that envelops him.  That which does reach the receptor cells in captured and converted into signals that can be recognised by the central nervous system.  The ultimate destination for these signals is the cerebral cortex.
         SEK 612.822 c762 2006

CONQUERING AN INVISIBLE WORLD. VHS. 52 min.
This program examines the history of scientific research into the study of viruses.  Beginning in Panama during the building of the Panama Canal, it studies the outbreak of yellow fever in 1893, the emergence of the unknown flu virus during World War I, the discovery of the first viruses in 1939, the 1950’s discovery of the polio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk, the eradication of smallpox in 1967, and the emergence of AIDS in the 1980’s.
        SEK 616.0194 C763 1999

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
Focuses on the efforts of one organization to help battered women and their children with safe shelter and counseling. Narrated by actress Kathleen Turner and featuring Denise Brown, the film cuts through social class, economic privilege and racial lines to demonstrate that domestic violence is not confined to a certain group. There is no typical profile for the abuser or the abused.

SEK 362.8292 C765
        

THE CONSTITUTION, THAT DELICATE BALANCE. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. ea.

Pt.  1: PRESIDENT VS. CONGRESS: EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND DELEGATION OF POWER
SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 1
The film examines how Congress limits the President and what it can do if he chooses to ignore those limits. Philip W. Buchen, Archibald Cox, Ben Wattenberg and others discuss a hypothetical case centering on congressional attempts to review records of conversations between President Ford and his secretary of energy.

Pt.  2: PRESIDENT VS. CONGRESS: WAR POWERS ACT   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 2
Presents a hypothetical case involving the War Powers Act which explores whether the Constitution has, or has ever had, relevance in the implementation of foreign policy. Among the  panelists are Gerald Ford, Edmund Muskie, and Tom Wicker.

Pt.  3: NOMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 3
Orrin G. Hatch, Lloyd Cutler, and others explore the role of political parties in nominating a president, the flexibility of the electoral college when no candidate is clearly elect-able, and the governmental mechanisms set into motion when a president becomes disabled.

Pt.  4: CRIMINAL JUSTICE: RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 4
R. Eugene Pincham, Charles Peruto, and Mario Merola weigh the right of the accused to a fair trial against the right of society to take measures ensuring public safety. Focuses on legal ethics and the Exclusionary Rule.

Pt.  5: CRIME AND INSANITY   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 5
Presents a hypothetical political assassination as the vehicle for exploring the insanity defense and the controversy surrounding psychiatric testimony in the courtroom.

Pt.  6: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 6
Addresses the conflicts that exist between constitutional guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment and the realities of the American penal system. Moderator Charles Nesson leads panelists Bill Moyers, James Thompson, Thomas Stoddard, and others in discussing such issues as prison overcrowding, the purpose of punishment, the death penalty, and the role of the media.

Pt.  7: CAMPAIGN SPENDING   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 7
Examines government regulation of the electoral process. Looks at recent attempts to reform campaign financing and the media's increasingly important role in national elections.

Pt.  8: NATIONAL SECURITY AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 8
Explores the federal government's ability to conduct what it considers an effective foreign policy within a constitutional framework that demands a free, unfettered press. James Schlesinger, Brit Hume, Dan Rather, and others explore the question of whether the Constitution grants the American public a "right to know".

Pt.  9: SCHOOL PRAYER, GUN CONTROL, AND THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE  

SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 9
Arthur Miller moderates a panel discussion of a hypothetical small town beset by First and Second Amendment controversies and examines the courts' role in determining policy on these sensitive issues.          

Pt. 10: THE SOVEREIGN SELF   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 10
Commentator Fred Friendly discusses today's quandary of legal and ethical dilemmas resulting from the capabilities of modern medical technology, including euthanasia, abortion, and the right to refuse medical treatment. Personal freedoms and privacy are balanced against state intervention and societal rights in a panel discussion.

Pt. 11: IMMIGRATION REFORM    SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 11
Discusses criteria for admitting foreigners into the United States, legal aliens' rights to social services, employers' responsibilities in hiring undocumented persons, and the extent to which illegal aliens have rights.  

Pt. 12: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION VS. REVERSE DISCRIMINATION   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 12
Explains how contemporary society has attempted to redress discriminatory practices with affirmative action programs, and examines accusations that such programs foster reverse discrimination.

Pt. 13: FEDERALISM: NATIONAL GOVERNMENT VS. THE STATES   SEK 342.041 C766 pt. 13
Lewis Kaden moderates a debate among a panel of federal and state officials, educators, lawyers, and judges on the topic of federalism as it relates to educational issues. The panel focuses specifically on access to public school buildings by the handicapped and federal control of school curricula.  Panelists ask whether the states can be forced to accept federal standards for education.
        

A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX HALEY. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 50 min. 
Haley became a symbol of African Americans' determination to endure and excel.  He describes the dynamic collaboration which produced The autobiography of Malcolm X and the quest for identity which yielded Roots.

SEK 305.896 H137Yc
        

A CONVERSATION WITH ALICE WALKER. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 31 min.
Alice Walker shares her remarkable spiritual journey from a sharecropping childhood in rural Georgia to the peace and creativity of her present retreat in Northern California. She explains the "womanist" perspective that informs her Pulitizer Prize winning novel, The color purple, and her recent book, Possessing the secret of joy.

SEKLCVC 813.54 W151Yc
        

A CONVERSATION WITH AUGUST WILSON. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 22 min.
On the set of Two trains running, Wilson describes his on-going project to write a play on African American life set in each decade of this century. He sees his plays Fences, Joe Turner's come and gone and Ma Rainey's black bottom as passing down the wisdom of the African American community.

SEK 812.54 W691Yc
        

A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES JOHNSON. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 29 min.
Johnson explains how, in books like Oxherding tale, Faith and the good thing, and Middle passage, he blends together black folktales, Zen parables, 18th century picaresque novels and 20th century philosophy. He explains that he is "looking for the universal in the particulars of the black experience. We are cultural variations on one world experience."

SEK 813.54 J63Yc
        

A CONVERSATION WITH GLORIA NAYLOR. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 22 min.
Naylor discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites. Often described as a cultural nationalist, Naylor reminds each of her readers "to celebrate voraciously that which is yours." Includes readings from her The women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, and Mamma Day.

SEK 813.54 N233Yc
 

A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN WIDEMAN. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 31 min.
Wideman's trilogy: Sent for you yesterday, Damballah and Hiding place, has turned Homewood, the Pittsburg ghetto where he was raised, into a mythic place in the American literary imagination. In books like Philadelphia fire, the account of an infamous police action which burned an entire black neighborhood, or Brothers and keepers, his memoir of his brother now serving a life term for murder, Wideman has given voice to people not usually heard in American literature.

SEK 813.54 W633Yc
        

A CONVERSATION WITH TONI MORRISON. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 27 min.
Toni Morrison is a leading figure in the movement for a new multicultural American literary canon. Readings from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved and her novel Jazz show how Morrison returns to the pain of slavery and segregation to restore wholeness to the black psyche.

SEK 813.54 M834Yc
        

COPYRIGHT: WHAT EVERY SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOULD KNOW
          1986. VHS. 21 min.
Newscaster Bill Kurtis' commentary defines copyright; details the law's face-to-face teaching exemption; examines fair use; cites the Kastenmeier guidelines of off-air taping by nonprofit, educational institutions; and hypothesizes realistic situations in which librarians question legal video use. Congressman Robert Kastenmeier offers background on the guidelines he spearheaded, and a former copyright office attorney and a school superintendent offer their perspectives on the issue.

SEK 346.0482 C796
        

CORIOLANUS.  1987.  1/2" VHS.  145 min.
Caius Marcius, a general in ancient Rome, wins the name Coriolanus after he captures Carioli, the capital city of a people known as the Volscians.  Coriolanus returns to Rome in triumph and is nominated for the office of consul.  But he cannot hide his scorn for the common people, whose support he needs to become consul.  Coriolanus' superior attitude leads to his exile.  He joins forces with his old enemy, the Volscian general Tullus Aufidius, and heads an army against Rome.  Coriolanus' mother, wife, and young son meet him outside the city and beg him to spare it.  Moved by their pleas, Coriolanus withdraws his troops.  Aufidius denounces him as a traitor and has him murdered.

SEK 822.33 S3 Sh15b

COULOMB'S LAW. 1959. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Demonstrates Coulomb's law, which states that there exists a force between charged objects which is directly proportional to the product of the magnitude of the charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

SEK 537.2 C83i

COURAGE TO SEE CLEARLY. [Sound recording] 1993. 69 min.
Therapist Roger Mellott is known for his innovative approaches to stress management. He uses vivid analogies and real-life examples to urge people to confront the truths in their lives and to cope with these truths in enriching and life-focusing ways.

          SEK 158.1 C833s
        

COURAGE TO SEE CLEARLY. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 70 min.
Therapist Roger Mellott is known for his innovative approaches to stress management. He uses vivid analogies and real-life examples to urge people to confront the truths in their lives and to cope with these truths in enriching and life-focusing ways.

SEK 158.1 C833

CPR FOR BYSTANDERS. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Explains the procedure for one person to revive a heart attack victim.  Describes the early warning signs and signals of attack, methods of  clearing airway obstructions, risk factors, and child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

SEK 616.02 C839
        

CRACK STREET USA: FIRST PERSON EXPERIENCES WITH A NEW KILLER DRUG. 
          1987. 1/2" VHS. 29 min.
Introduces the dangers of crack, its cost, associated risks, and its dangerous unpredictability. Interweaves remarks from recovering young adult and teenage crack addicts with comments from professionals, explanatory voice-over narration, and realistically portrayed drug scenes.

SEK 362.293 C841

CRACKING THE CODE OF LIFE.  2001.  VHS. 120 min. 
Describes the race to decode human DNA and raises the questions of whether or not we may want to know what is in our genes, and whether decoding DNA will lead the curing of diseases. 

SEK 599.935 C841 2001

CREATIVITY & LEADERSHIP: MAKING THE MIND EXTRAORDINARY.  1998.  1/2" VHS. 50 min.
This is Howard Gardner's exclusive video presentation of his revolutionary new psychology of extraordinariness. Based on 15 years of research, it offers new insights into the origins of creativity and leadership.    

SEK 158.2 C86

CRITICAL THINKING: HOW TO EVALUATE INFORMATION AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS. 
         1986. 1/2" VHS. 47 min.
The video sharpens critical thinking skills, demonstrating how to find the main idea of a passage, determine the relationship between cause and effect, and separate fact from opinion. It explores basic reasoning strategies, differentiates between inductive and deductive reasoning, and teaches student to discern the relevance of arguments.

SEK 153.42 C869
        

CROSSING THE LINE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND HOW TO CONFRONT IT.  2005.  DVD.  25 min.
Using dramatized scenarios this program examines different kinds of sexual harassment , defines the factors that motivate harassers, and provides specific techniques for dealing with the problem

SEK 305.3 Se92 2005
 

CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE: THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.  1/2" VHS. 120 min.
It was the war that propelled the United States from isolationism into the role of world power.  The cause was at first simple and altruistic – to help the Cubans oust their Spanish colonial masters.  Before it was over, however, the United States would become a serious power, acquiring Cuba, the Philippines, and other Spanish territories.

SEK 973.89 C887 1999

CYMBELINE.  1987.  1/2" VHS. 174 min.
Cymbeline, king of Britain angrily exiles the poor but honorable Posthumous after the young man marries Imogen, the king's daughter.  The treacherous Iachimo bets Posthumous that Imogen is not virtuous.  Iachimo then tries to make love to her.  He fails but tricks Posthumous into believing that Imogen let him do so.  Posthumous orders his wife killed, but she escapes disguised as a court page.  After many adventures, Imogen and her husband are happily reunited.  Iachimo, filled with regret, confesses his wickedness.

SEK  822.33 S5 Sh15b
 

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DANCE CLASS FOR THE ACTOR, LEVEL 2.  2003.  VHS. 70 min.
Featuring Ron Goodwin's seminar on the procedures and techniques for making motion picture music.

SEK 792.62 D195 2003
 

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM. 1977. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Shows members of the American classical troupe, Dance Theatre of Harlem, appearing informally and in rehearsal, as well as performing five selections from their repertoire. These include two movements from the work Forces of rhythm; Bugaku, Balanchine's stylized selection based on a Japanese theme; The beloved; the Holberg suite, choreographed by director Arthur Mitchell to the music of Edvard Grieg; and Dougla, a celebration of Hindu and African ritual. Documents the growth of the company, from its beginnings in a Harlem garage in 1969 to its present international stature.

SEK 792.8 D195

DATE RAPE: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 39 min.
This informative program discusses the serious consequences of rape, presents strategies for possible prevention, and offers specific advice and comfort for people who have been victimized.  Rape is defined as a violent crime, and specific issues surrounding acquaintance rape are explored.  Interviews with rape crisis counselors and rape victims provide insights on how to avoid being raped, and how to cope emotionally if you are raped.

SEK 362.883 D262 1994

DATE RAPE, IT HAPPENED TO ME. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
The film aims at sensitizing teenagers to the emotional, psychological, and legal ramifications of an act of sexual violence. A dramatized incident of date rape is combined with narration by teenage hosts, first-person accounts of date rape victims, and observations by law officers and adult counselors. It covers prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from date rape.

SEK 364.1532 D262
 

DAVID HOCKNEY’S SECRET KNOWLEDGE. DVD.  81 min.
Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph.  Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez.  Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors.

SEK 751.4 H659d 2002
 

DEBORAH TANNEN: IN-DEPTH.  2001.  ½” VHS.  25 min.
Deborah Tannen: In-Depth is the companion video to He Said, She Said.  In this additional 25-minute presentation, sit down with Deborah Tannen as she goes In-Depth, addressing key issues, implications, and criticism about He Said, She Said, including: The nature/nurture question – are conversational styles born or made?  Is gender the most important factor affecting conversational interaction?  Are these patterns cross-cultural?  What about power and dominance?  How are linguistics and psychological approaches different:  And much more!

Also available is the video He Said, She Said.

SEK 155.33 In8 2001

DECALOGUE, by Krzysztof Kieslowski.  1999. ½” VHS. 584 min.  5 videotapes.
Presents ten short films, each inspired by the Ten Commandments.  Each story corresponds to a commandment and centers on different residents of the same modern Warsaw apartment complex.  The themes are universal ones of love, marriage, infidelity, parenthood, guilt, faith, and compassion; and focus on the complexities of human relationships.  Kieslowski grinds no religious ax and answers no questions.  Each story deals with the anguished effort to make moral choices in a world bereft of spiritual guidelines – a tart comment, no doubt, on religious oppression in [then] Communist Poland.  A classic of wise and witty humanistic filmmaking.

SEK 791.45 D355 1999

DECLINING BY DEGREES.  2005.  DVD.  120 min.
American higher education is, in many ways, "declining by degrees".  Our national commitment to provide every qualified student, regardless of economic status, an opportunity to go to college has weakened.  In many college classrooms, an unspoken "understanding" allows as many as 20% of students to coast their way to a diploma without really learning much at all.  This decline is occurring at the same time other countries are investing heavily in higher education, recognizing its critical role in the future.  It is a far more serious situation than the American public realizes, but not irreversible.

VCR 378.73 D357 2005 (DVD plus 244 page book)
 

DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATIONS. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
The video demonstrates how to make presentations effective and convincing. It shows how to focus on the needs and interests of the audience, concentrate on one main point using creative repetition, and use action-laden language to help the audience visualize the message.  It emphasizes the three P's of presentations--prepare, practice, and present. It teaches how to ensure that all aspects of a presentation – visuals, information, stories, arguments, and examples – work  together to convey the main point.

SEK 808.51 D379
        

DELIVERING THE SPEECH. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
The video explains how to deliver a speech effectively. It defines stage fright and presents eight ways to overcome it. Nonverbal communication, including appearance, eye contact, and kinesics, as well as such components of vocal delivery such as rate and volume of speech, enunciation, and pronunciation are considered.

SEK 808.51 D3795
        

DELIVERY.  1997.  VHS.  28 min.
Describes four methods of delivering a speech: reading from a manuscript, speaking from memory, speaking impromptu, and speaking extemporaneously.  It illustrates the effects of a speaker’s non-verbal communication.  The video also stresses the importance of practicing one’s presentation.

SEK 808.5 D379

THE DEMOCRAT AND THE DICTATOR. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler both came to national power in 1933 and both died twelve years later in 1945. Bill Moyers examines the lives of these two charismatic men who came to personify the conflicting ideologies at the root of World War II.

SEK 940.5311 D396

DESERT TRIUMPH: THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR, pts. 1-3.
         1991. 1/2" VHS. 217 min.
A powerful army led by Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Led by the United States, 28 countries carried out the mandate of the Free World and achieved the liberation of Kuwait six months later. Presents highlights of both the air war and ground war, the liberation of Kuwait City, General Schwarzkopf's final briefing, Patriot missiles knocking SCUD rockets out of the sky, bombsight camera footage, and the story of the CBS News crew captured by the Iraqis.  Narrated by Dan Rather.

          SEK 956.7043 D457
        

DESPERATE MEASURES. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 24 min.
A portrayal of the impact a young woman's suicide has on her surviving family and friends. The focus is on her grieving high school boyfriend's deep depression in the aftermath of her death. Through the help and support of a caring friend, the boy's own suicide is prevented.

          SEK 364.1522 D468

DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL, 2002,  DVD,  30 min.
This program explores the theory regarding behavior which violates well-established social norms. The focus is on the association of deviant behavior to different societies.
          SEK 302.542 D495 2002

DIAGNOSIS EPILEPSY, NOW WHAT: A CAREGIVER’S GUIDE TO CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY.  2005.  DVD.  60 min.
This unique program is for parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Medical personnel, parents and children living with epilepsy all discuss how best to manage epilepsy.
         SEK 616.853 D54 2005

DIET FOR A LIFETIME.  1995. 1/2" VHS. 60  min.
Gary Null shows how toxins in the environment can result in uncontrolled appetites, how to get the most nutrition out of your meals, how to easily identify what you are allergic to, how to reduce stress, how to be kind to yourself and your body, and how to eat better.  Find out what foods to eat and what foods not to eat.  Learn how crash diets harm the body’s internal chemistry.  Discover the relationship between food addictions and allergic reactions.  Find out why eating quality organic foods is the best way to overcome a compromised immune system.

SEK 613.26 D566

DISPLACED PERSON, by Kurt Vonnegut. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 58 min.
Tells the story of a young Black orphan raised by nuns in a small German town at the end of World War II, who speaks only German and has never seen another Black person. Some workmen tease the boy by telling him that a Black American soldier in the village is his father. The boy goes to see his "Papa," and the soldier understands the boy is the "most displaced little old person" the soldier ever saw. Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short story, DP.

SEK 813.54 V896dd
        

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING. 1/2" VHS. 17 min.
Stalking is more common than most people think.  In fact, according to the National Institute of Justice, 1 in 2 women have been stalked at some point in their lives.  Dramatic segments introduce Rachel and Carmen, two women attempting to end their relationships.  As confrontations between these women and their partners are shown, the traits and typical behavior of stalkers are clearly revealed.  Through a support group, these women gain further insight into the stalking personality, as well as resources to turn to for more information.  Legal actions, safety measures, and suggestions about how to avoid being vulnerable to a stalker’s attack are also covered.  The importance of taking action early is emphasized. 

SEK 364.15 D712 1995

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. ½” VHS, 17 min.
Substance abuse does not cause domestic violence.  Viewers learn different forms of emotional and sexual violence.  Viewers learn different forms of emotional and sexual violence, and common ways in which people rationalize the abuse of substances and one another.  Examples are used to demonstrate how the cycle of domestic violence and codependency can be broken by recognizing that these are provided learned behaviors that can be changed.  For those struggling with domestic violence and substance abuse, the video offers resources and directions on group support and therapy, how friends and family can help, and which legal steps can be taken. 

SEK 362.8292 D712 1994

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND YOUNG ADULTS. ½” VHS, 23 min.
One third of all high school and college students will have an abusive relationship before they graduate.  This video explores the dimensions of, and the antidotes to, this epidemic affecting America’s youth.  The program looks at the components of dating violence, from physical attacks to mental and emotional abuse.  Warning signs to look for in an abuser are explored, and suggestions on how viewers can protect themselves are provided.  Also examined are key causes of youth dating violence, from pervasive media messages to behavior patterns that were inflicted on the abuser at home.  Regardless of the cause, the tape emphasizes that violence is a learned behavior that can be unlearned and changed.

SEK 362.8292 D712 1994

THE DOOMSDAY ASTEROID.  1995. 1/2" VHS.  60 min.What would happen if an asteroid the size of a
 mountain crashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, causing such destruction that at least two-thirds of all species on the planet, including dinosaurs, became extinct.  Although such large collisions are extremely rare, thousands of small pieces of material from outer space land on Earth each year.  The film investigates the rocky material that circulates in the solar system (comets and asteroids) and considers the likelihood of such an object striking our planet.

SEK 523.44 D72

DOWN FOR THE 'HOOD : GANG VIOLENCE AND LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. 1995.
         1/2" VHS. 31 min.
Gang members often expect to die--rarely do they think about living the rest of their lives with a serious physical handicap. The lives of four former gang members shot and permanently injured by street gang violence are examined.

SEK 364.36 D757

DOWN ON THE FARM. 1984. VHS. 57 min.
Raises the question of whether the United States will be able to sustain its agricultural productivity because of damage to the land caused by herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, soil erosion, and depletion of underground water supplies.

SEK 631.4 D757

DRIFTING OF THE CONTINENTS. 1971. 1/2" VHS. 58 min.
Surveys recent discoveries in the earth sciences which explain the movement of the continents. Views our planet as ever-living, ever in flux, its continents in motion with respect to one another, carried by the creeping movement of gigantic plates of the earth's crust, clashing with one another from time to time to produce the great mountain ranges.

SEK 551.136 D831

DUII, THE PRICE IS TOO HIGH. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 23 min.
Shows vignettes of young adults arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII). Scenes inside a police station, an attorney's office, the workplace, and at a court ordered drug and alcohol awareness program underscore the legal, economic, and social ramifications of drinking and driving.

SEK 363.125 D883

DUTCHMAN. 1967. 1/2" VHS. 55 min.
LeRoi Jones' (Amiri Baraka) high-powered parable is one of the most explosive statements on race in American theatre. A middle class black man (Clay) is engaged in conversation by a white woman (Lula) on the subway. Lula questions, then attacks Clay's race and his right to middle class aspirations. Clay finally erupts in a passionate expression of  black rage. Lula stabs Clay, killing him before moving on to another unsuspecting black man.

SEK 812.54 J72dv
        

DYING WISH. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 52 min.
Looks at some of the decisions families and caregivers may have to make about incurable illness. Should we pull the plug that keeps a brain-dead patient's heart beating? Should extraordinary measures be taken to resuscitate a seriously ill patient who will live in great pain? Can society afford to keep one incurable patient alive while dozens die because they lack access to the procedures that would cure them?

SEK 174.24 D989

DYNAMIC BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS.  2000. 1/2" VHS. 33 min.
Successful Speaking Series:  From Power Point to answering questions, Dr. Stowell provides insight into conducting an effective business presentation.  Interviews with professionals from various fields highlight real world business issues and provide the vido much greater impact.

SEK 808.51 D993 2000 
 

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 EARLY MISGIVINGS, A FILM ON CHILD ABUSE. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 29 min.
A documentary on child abuse in contemporary society. Includes interviews with parents, doctors, counselors, and other professionals, as well as with former victims of child abuse, and provides guidance to the many information and counseling services available for dealing with this problem.

SEK 362.76 Ea76
 

ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY.  1992.  1/2" VHS. 60 min.
On July 11, 1991, a total solar eclipse passed over the world's most sophisticated complex of astronomical observatories, situated 4,206 meters above sea level atop the dormant Hawaiian volcano of Mauna Kea.  This ideal location, as well as the eclipse's long period of totality (four minutes, eight seconds) gave solar astronomers an unparalleled opportunity to study the sun's outer atmosphere (corona).  The astronomers had their best chance until the year 2132 to study the magnetic field where it becomes visible, just above the sun's surface.  Surveys of astrological and climatological records suggest a possible relationship between variations in the sun's magnetic fields and climate changes on earth.

SEK 523.78 Ec65

E-COMMERCE IN BUSINESS.   2004.  DVD.  30 min.
This behind-the-scenes look at IT in action showcases three exciting e-commerce initiatives.  By analyzing the growth, revenue, and future of MP3's Web site, visiting Ford's online "showroom", and showcasing the customer benefits of Coronet--Fashion at Work's online planning system, this program presents compelling case studies of the Internet's use to capture and exploit new markets.

SEK 658.0522 Ec73 2004
        

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, A RESTLESS SPIRIT. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 50 min.
One of the century's most respected and admired figures, Eleanor Roosevelt was a humanitarian who transformed the place of women in society and in the White House. She created the tradition of the activist First Lady.  She formed a staff, held press conferences, and defined an agenda beyond that of homemaker. She fought for civil rights, women and the oppressed.

SEK 973.917 R6767bi

EMERGING VIRUSES.  2004.  DVD.  50 min..
Scientists have identified over 200 viruses, and an estimated 1,000 more may lurk undiscovered throughout the world.  This program examines current scientific research on emerging viruses.  Live-action microscopy shows the impact of the HIV virus on the human immune system.  Sophisticated animation depicting viral life cycles reinforces the concept that the best defense against dangerous viruses may well be a more complete understanding of how they work.

SEK 576.64 Em32 2004

EM0TION: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS.  2006.  DVD.  30 min.
Emotions chart the landscape of life--the highs, the lows, and the periods in between. Examines the distinguishing characteristics of emotion, and probes issues such as: which comes first, physiological arousal or emotional experience; the relationship between thinking and emotion; and the impact of culture and gender on emotion.
         SEK 612.8232 Em69 2006

ETERNAL HIGH: A TEENAGER’S EXPERIENCE WITH DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.  2006.  DVD,  30 min.
"Crying uncontrollably at the kitchen table, mind racing with thoughts of suicide. How could this happen to a teen who has everything: a budding film career, popular in school, an all-state athlete, a good student, loving parents, and a perfect girlfriend? Everything was great yet suddenly everything was horrible. Why? Bryce captured his true-life battle with depression and suicide in this 6x award-winning film. An excellent resource & tool enabling anyone including teenagers, parents and teachers to discuss depression and suicide openly erasing the stigma still existing today"
         SEK 362.28 Et26 2006

EUDORA WELTY: “A WORN PATH”. 1/2" VHS. 32 min.
On a “bright, frozen day” in Mississippi, 95-year-old Phoenix Jackson makes her mythic journey into town for the medicine her grandson needs.  Touching upon themes of family, love, aging, and poverty, this dramatization of Eudora Welty’s classic story “A Worn Path” provides both a heroic image of the human spirit enduring against tremendous odds and a poignant commentary on the African-American experience.  An interview with Welty herself by Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley concludes the program.
          SEK 813.52 W468w 1999

EVERYDAY CREATIVITY, with Dewitt Jones, 1999.  VHS.  25 min.
Uses inspirational stories, memorable locations and Jones’ vivid photography to apply simple yet powerful creativity techniques to all aspects of life.

SEK 153.3 J713e 1999

EVOLUTION AND HUMAN EQUALITY. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 42 min.
Stephen Jay Gould discusses the genetic evidence for the equality of the races. Explaining genetic timing techniques, he describes the pioneering work that has been done with mitochondrial DNA, and its revelations: that all humans evolved in Africa and that one lineage split in Africa about 100,000 years ago to yield the migrants who colonized the rest of the world.

SEK 573.2 Ev64

EYES ON THE PRIZE. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each

Pt. 1: AWAKENINGS, 1954-1956   SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 1
Shows southern race relations in the years prior to 1954 and discusses racial discrimination.

Pt. 2: FIGHTING BACK, 1957-1962   SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 2
Examines the political, social and psychological implications of school segregation and desegregation. Looks at the law as a tool for change and resistance to change.

Pt. 3: AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS, 1960-1961    SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 3
Covers lunch counter sit-ins and their impact on the Kennedy and Nixon presidential race of 1960, the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the freedom rides of 1961.

Pt. 4: NO EASY WALK, 1962-1966   SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 4
Depicts civil rights movement events in Albany, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and a march on Washington, D.C.

Pt. 5: MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA?  1962-1964   SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 5
Covers the voting rights question in Mississippi, which became a testing ground of constitutional principles.

Pt. 6: BRIDGE TO FREEDOM, 1965   SEK 323.1196 Ey36 pt. 6
Shows how the civil rights leadership changed its protest strategy to generate nationwide sympathy and federal intervention.
        

EYES ON THE PRIZE II. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: TIME HAS COME, 1964-1966  SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 1
Viewers follow the trajectory of Malcolm X's influence both within the movement and outside. The program shows the influence of his philosophy on the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as they organized the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama and as they issued the call for "Black Power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi.

Pt. 2: TWO SOCIETIES, 1965-1968   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 2
In the mid-1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference went to Chicago in an attempt to apply southern movement tactics to the urban north. Their strategies were tested by the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. A year later, in Detroit, frustration and anger built to urban violence as blacks and law officers clashed in city streets.

Pt. 3: POWER, 1966-1968   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 3
Out of the ashes of urban rebellions, blacks looked for new ways to take control of their communities; the ballot box, the street and the schools. Cleveland elected Carl Stokes as the first African American mayor of a major city. In Oakland, the Black Panther Party was formed. In Brooklyn, black and Hispanic parents struggled to improve their children's education through community control of schools.

Pt. 4: PROMISED LAND, 1967-1968   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 4

Dr. King and his staff search for a strategy to effect an economic redistribution of wealth. They begin to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to Washington, D.C., where they would erect Resurrection City to embarrass and motivate a reluctant government. In the midst of organizing the campaign, Dr. King was called away to help black sanitation workers on strike in Memphis, where he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Soon after its construction, Resurrection City was shut down, marking the end of a chapter of the civil rights movement.

Pt. 5: AIN'T GONNA SHUFFLE NO MORE, 1964-1972   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 5
An awareness and sense of pride emerged through the struggle of World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay to be called by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali. A new generation of African Americans began to redefine itself. Propelled by the Black Consciousness Movement, they celebrated black values and culture and their African roots. A Black Political Convention is held in Gary, Indiana.

Pt. 6: NATION OF LAW, 1968-1971   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 6
By the late 1960s, the anger in poorer urban areas over charges of police brutality was smoldering. In Chicago, Fred Hampton formed a Black Panther chapter. In a pre-dawn assault by the police, Panthers Hampton and Marck Clark were killed.  Inmates at New York's Attica Prison took over the prison in an effort to publicize intolerable conditions. For some, Attica came to symbolize the brutality of a hardened political regime.

Pt. 7: KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, 1974-1980   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 7
Efforts are made to inject substance into promises of equality in jobs and education. In Boston, black parents organize to improve their children's education through court-ordered integration. In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first black mayor, used an affirmative action program to guarantee black involvement in the construction of Atlanta's airport.

Pt. 8: BACK TO THE MOVEMENT, 1979-mid 1980's   SEK 323.1196 Ey362 pt. 8
In Miami, Florida, Overtown, a once-thriving community, is ravaged by urban renewal and the construction of an interstate highway.  In 1980, politically powerless, the black community exploded in the largest riot since Detroit when white policemen were cleared of charges following the beating death of a black businessman. In the north, black Chicagoans helped elect Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor. The series ends with a look back at the people who made this movement a force for change in America.
 

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FAMILY AND SURVIVAL. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 52 min.
Follows television host Phil Donahue around the United States as he takes a look at the survival of the family. The American "dream family" has become an endangered species. Less than 5% of American households fit the profile of the traditional nuclear family – working father, wife/mother who stays home to take care of the house and children.  Broken homes, battered wives, estranged children, and corporate nomads – these are commonplace today.

SEK 306.85 F21
        

FATHER MARTIN'S GUIDELINES FOR HELPING ALCOHOLICS. 1976. 1/2" VHS. 48 min.
Father Joseph C. Martin, an educator in alcohol and alcoholism, presents eight general principles as guidelines for helping the alcoholic.  Principles discussed deal with attitudes, recognition, addiction, confrontation, responsibility, family, resources and encouragement.

SEK 362.292 F268
        

FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME & OTHER DRUG USE DURING PREGNANCY. 2004. DVD. 19    min.
Uses American Indians to examine the cause and effect of Fetal alcohol syndrome and shows that it can cause a severe form of retardation. Also shows how other drugs can injure the fetus.

SEK 618.326 F43 2004

FIGHTING MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE: EARLY DETECTION CAN SAVE LIVES.  2004.  DVD.  30 min.
This program is a comprehensive and practical guide to meningococcal disease - how to recognise the symptoms, what to do, and what precautions to take.
           SEK 612.804 F468 2004

FINAL CHOICES. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Yale University President Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. chairs a panel considering the hypothetical situation of an independent seventy-six-year-old widow who has declined medical treatment. Discusses the impact of the woman's choice on her family, her deteriorating physical state, and her desired death with dignity, while probing the ethical and legal dilemma facing physicians attempting to alleviate suffering.

SEK 174.24 F49
        

FIRST LADIES. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Go behind White House doors for a revealing look at the incredible First Ladies from Martha Washington to Barbara Bush.

SEK 973.0922 F519
        

FIRST LADIES. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 59 min.
The video introduces some of the amazing women who have been the nation's highest unofficial officials. See how they lived and worked during their years in the White House. Visit the Smithsonian's unique collection of First Ladies' gowns, accessories, and furnishings. Learn how the Smithsonian curators are preserving the gowns to last for the next 200 years. Follow the story of how First Ladies from Martha Washington to Barbara Bush have set the style for an entire country.

SEK 973.0922 F5192

THE FIVE FORTY-EIGHT, by John Cheever. 1979. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
A dramatization of the John Cheever story whose protagonist is one of the well-to-do commuters in the Shady Hill stories, John Blake. He is obsessed by a brief affair with his secretary and after he dismisses her, she follows him until the final confrontation on the 5:48 train.

SEK 813.52 C415f
        

FIVE PRESIDENTS ON THE PRESIDENCY. 1974. 16 mm. 24 min.
Uses interviews with Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to explore their thoughts and feelings about the duties and responsibilities of the Presidency as they faced them during their terms in office.

SEK 353.003 F586  

THE 50 YEARS WAR: ISRAEL AND THE ARABS. 1/2" VHS. 294 min.
History, violence, and distrust undermine the quest for peace in the half-century-old Arab-Israeli conflict.  In this fascinating five-hour tell-all, you will witness a struggle of epic proportions in a region torn by idealism, politics, and religion.  For the first time, political and military figures, Washington power players, and headline-making terrorists speak out.  You will be captivated by startling insights that portray life on the brink of war and peace.

SEK 956.04 F466 1999
 

FLANNERY 0’CONNOR.  DVD.   21 min.
Provides a biographical sketch of O'Connor and examines the absurdity of the human condition and incendiary social issues. Readings from "Wise Blood," "The Displaced Person," "The River," "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," and "Revelation" are included.

SEK 813.54 Oc5f 2004
 

FLOW: PSYCHOLOGY, CREATIVITY, & OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE. 2003. 1/2" VHS. 55 min.
A video presentation for the classroom.  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world’s leading authorities on the psychology of creativity. He is the C.S. and D.J. Davidson Professor of Psychology at the Peter E. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and Director of the Quality of Life Research Center.  His is also eneritus professor of human development at the University of Chicago, where he chaired the department of psychology. Dr Csikszentmihalyi is theauthor of thirteen books and some 210 research articles, and hlds honorary doctor of science degrees from Colorado College and from Lake Forest College.  Howard Gardner is Professor of Education and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and former Co-Director of Harvard Project Zero. Perhaps most well known for his theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner is the recipient of many honors, including a MacArthur Prize Fellowship and is the author of nineteen books and several hundred articles. 

SEK 155.2 C89f

FOOLING WITH NATURE. 1998. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Investigates new evidence in the controversy over the danger of manmade chemicals to human health and the environment, 35 years after Rachael Carson first raised concerns of an impending ecological crisis.  This program takes viewers inside the world of scientists, politicians, activists, and business officials embroiled in this high-stakes debate.

SEK 615.902 F739 1998

FOCUS YOUR VISION, with Dewitt Jones.  2003.  VHS, 26 min.
Using photography as a metaphor, this video explores how we give our lives direction and power, and encourages the development of visions into reality.     

SEK 153.3 J713f 2003

FREEDOM – A HISTORY OF US. 2003. DVD, 7 Hrs.
Based on the book series: A History of US / by Joy Hakim, published by Oxford University Press. "A Landmark series by Kunhardt Productions and Thirteen/WNET New York"--Container. Adapted and written by Philip B. Kunhardt III, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., and Joy Hakim ; edited by, Karen K.H. Sim, Michael Weingard, Jane Rizzo, Emily Williams, Chad Goslee ; original score by Michael Starobin, Robert Kessler and Ethan Neuburg ; series composer, Michael Starobin ; series editor, Karen K.H. Sim. Commentary by Eric Foner ; featuring the voices of various motion pictures actors and actresses.

SEK 973 F875 2003

FRAMING THE PANTHERS IN BLACK AND WHITE. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Charting the FBI's covert campaign against the Black Panther Party, the video focuses on Panther leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad, who has spent 19 years in prison as a result of COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counterintelligence Program, which was designed to destroy political activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Due to proof of government misconduct, his conviction was overturned in March, 1990 and he was released from prison on bail. In December of 1991, the New York State Appeals Court reinstated his conviction and Dhoruba Bin Wahad now faces the possibility of further imprisonment.

SEK 322.42 F843

FROSH: STUDENT IDENTITY ON A CHANGING CAMPUS.  1993.  VHS.  98 min.
A documentary filmed at Stanford University during the 1990-91 school year.  Two filmmakers moved into a freshman residence hall and followed a new group of students from move-in day to spring finals.  We watch as 10 students from varied backgrounds grapple with a multitude of psycho-social developmental concerns including cultural, ethnic, and class differences; the issues of substance abuse and sexual relationships, academic and career choices, stress management, autonomy, and community building.

SEK 378.1989 F929

FUNGI. 1/2" VHS. 25 min.
Provides an overview of fungi and the role they play in decomposition and disease.  It differentiates fungi from plants, examines the five classes of fungi, and describes their various growth and nutritional habits.  It illustrates, through elaborate animation, how they reproduce both sexually and asexually, and it uses examples of the life cycles of black bread mold and potato blight to demonstrate their importance in nature.

SEK 589.2 F963 1990

FUTURE OF LIFE. 2003.  ½” VHS.  47 min., and EDWARD O. WILSON: IN DEPTH. 35 min.
The Future of Life is Edward O. Wilson's exclusive video presentation of his seminal contributions to the study of biological diversity. It is produced, edited and paced for curricular use in the biological and natural sciences.  PLUS: see Edward O. Wilson: in Depth, the companion video to the Future of Life.  In this 2^nd part, Wilson addresses the most critical questions concerning biodiversity and the future of life. 

SEK 333.95 W692f 2003, and SEK 333.95 W692f 2003, pt. 2

FUTURE SHOCK. 1972. 1/2" VHS. 42 min.
Based on Alvin Toffler's book of the same title, this film is about change and how man adapts to it. Shows what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change and illustrates the emerging world of tomorrow.

SEK 303.4 F989
 

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GENETIC TRANSFER. 1999. VHS. 30 min.
Part of the Unseen Life on Earth: an Introduction to Microbiology series.  This film explores the fast biotechnological potential micro-organisms hold and discusses their importance in everything from medicine to environmental issues to global politics.  Features new techniques in microscopy and computer-related imagery

SEK 579 G286 1999

GENETICS: JUMPING GENES. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 25 min.
Many bacterial strains have developed resistance to not just one antibiotic, but to several of these drugs. Spread of such resistant genes are carried on short pieces of DNA that may insert into rings of extra-chromosomal DNA called plasmids. Using electromicrographs and other research instruments, scientists compare plasmids in the infectious bacterium before and after acquired resistance;  describe research to determine when and how resistant genes move from one plasmid to another and from one bacteria to another; and explain how a collection of pre-antibiotic bacterial cultures makes it possible to trace the evolution of antibiotic resistance.

SEK 576.139 G286
      

GENETICS: PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 26 min.
If each cell of an organism is genetically identical to every other cell, how can different organs arise during embryonic development?  What determines the number and spectrum of genes being "switched on" in the embryo to initiate differentiation? Studies being done on the embryos of frogs and fruit flies reveal the patterns of gene action during the earliest stages of development. Through creation of bizarre mutants, scientists can study the relationship between specific genes and the geography of the embryo.

SEK 576.139 G386pde
         

GENETICS: PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
Contemporary studies of snail populations in the Pyrenees Mountains support Darwin's theory of natural selection by relating the distribution of snail species to different climates at different mountainside levels. Other studies, carried out on a snail ranch on the British downs, have focused on individual snails in a mixed population and discovered relationships between climate, snail behavior, ecological niche and genetic makeup. Predation has been identified as a force in natural selection which functions to maintain variety in this population. But molecular variation in Pyrenees' snails has been shown to be independent of both climate and predation. A new theory, proposed by Motoo Kimura, suggests that variety is maintained by many neutral mutations that occur more rapidly than could be predicted by natural selection. This molecular theory of genetic drift challenges those who believe in the theory of natural selection.

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GENETICS: PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 26 min.
Breeding behavior has a profound effect on evolution. Darwin proposed that new species arise when populations are sufficiently cut off from their relatives to be unable to breed. Because a variable gene pool is essential to the continuing evolution of a species, a severe population reduction with subsequent inbreeding has brought the cheetah to the verge of extinction. A study of snail evolution has shown how structural differences in their coils have prevented two varieties from inter-breeding, allowing them to live along side each other and evolve separately. The shell differences represent molecular change in the genes and in the proteins manufactured under their direction.  Measurements of rates of molecular change suggest that there is a molecular clock that maintains a fairly constant rate of change. The neutral theory of evolution can explain the clock, but it is a challenge to the theory of natural selection.

SEK 576.139 G286pe
        

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST. 1977. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
O'Keeffe talks candidly about her work and life. Her paintings figure prominently also, showing her wide range in style and how nature, especially the mountains and desert of New Mexico, continued to inspire her. Additional insights come from interviews with people close to her.

SEK 759.13 Ok2

GETTING IT TOGETHER: THERAPY. 2006  DVD. 30 min.
Until recent decades, little was known about how to treat psychological disorders.  People who were seriously disturbed were hidden away or confined to institutions, and treated in ways that look appalling by today's standards.  This program looks intently at both psychological and biomedical therapies, and combined approaches that are proving successful in the treatment of mental illnesses.
           SEK 616.89 g335 2006        

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, by James Baldwin. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 93 min.
Follows the difficult passage to manhood of the son of an angry  storefront preacher and a stoically courageous mother amid the family's troubled past from the Deep South to Depression-era Harlem. Based on James Baldwin's book.

SEK 813.54 B193gd

GREAT PERFORMANCES. See     
         CHOREOGRAPHY BY BALANCHINE
         DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
         THE FIVE FORTY-EIGHT, by John Cheever
         LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, by Mark Twain
         O YOUTH AND BEAUTY, by John Cheever
         THE SORROWS OF GIN, by John Cheever
         TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK
 

GREAT SPEECHES: v. 1. 1993, c1985. 1/2" VHS. 119 min.
            Hitler, Adolf.  1934 Nazi Party keynote address
            Kennedy, John F.   Inaugural address
            King, Martin Luther.   I have a dream
            MacArthur, Douglas.  Farewell address
            Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1942   State-of-the-Union address
            SEK 808.85 G798 v. 1
        

GREAT SPEECHES: v. 3. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 115 min.

            Eisenhower, Dwight D.  Atoms for peace
            Ferraro, Geraldine.  Vice Presidential acceptance speech
            Jackson, Jesse.  Rainbow Coalition
            Kirkpatrick, Jeane.  KAL 007 disaster
            Nixon, Richard.    Presidential resignation
            SEK 808.85 G798 v. 3
        

GREAT SPEECHES : v. 11. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 79 min.

            Castro, Fidel. Rio de Janeiro Environmental Conference speech
            Gephardt, Richard.  Turning over the gavel to Newt Gingrich
            Gingrich, Newt.  Addressing Congress upon becoming Speaker of the House
            Glaser, Elizabeth.  AIDS speech to 1992 Democratic Convention.
            Powell, Colin.   Commencement address at Howard University.
            SEK 808.85 G798 v. 11

THE GREAT WAR: AND THE SHAPING OF THE 20^TH CENTURY. 1/2" VHS. 120 min. ea.

V. 1: EXPLOSION & STALEMATE   SEK 940.3 G798 1996 v. 1
Episode 1, Explosion.  Begins with a sweeping look at the conditions and events that caused the cataclysm we know as the First World War to unfold.  Why did a Serbian fanatic’s assassination of Archduke Ferdinand (heir to the Austrian throne) in Sarajevo engulf the world in war?  How did the rise of labor and women’s demands for equal rights contribute to the unsettling unease throughout Europe in 1914?  And how could those in power take so great a gamble, yet have so little understanding of the war machine they were setting into motion?  Through original and vintage film footage, rare still photos, letters and diaries, and the voices of leading actors, THE GREAT WAR begins to shed new light on how the fuse was lit that led to the first man-made catastrophe of the 20^th Century. 
Episode 2, Stalemate.  The military believed that technical advances in weaponry would make for a quick outcome on the battlefield.  How then did modern weaponry bring about a deadly stalemate?  How was a war that most believed would be over by Christmas transformed into a gigantic and unprecedented war of attrition?  The presentation explains that from the beginning the war was out of hand, and new styles of warfare were producing new kinds of horror and unprecedented levels of suffering and death.  To escape from machine guns and artillery, soldiers dug into the ground to survive – and soon a line of trenches stretched along the war’s Western Front from the Swiss Alps to the English Channel.  This episode explores the misery and ingenuity of life in the trenches, and ends with the extraordinary Christmas Eve truce.

V. 2: TOTAL WAR & SLAUGHTER   SEK 940.3 G798 1996 v. 2
Episode 3, Total War. This episode shows that by 1915, the conflict had spread across boundaries between continents and peoples, becoming a global war – a fact grimly confirmed by the unlikely battles between Turks and Australians on the Turkish cliffs of Gallipoli.  THE GREAT WAR chronicles the lives of very  different people: a young British woman who endured the death of all the young men in her life; a West African soldier who went to France to prove himself a warrior; a plucky Australian who thought he was headed for France, but ended up in Turkey; and the brave Englishwomen who traded their domestic lives for jobs in weapons factories.  The episode concludes with the telling of the first genocide of the 20^th century – the ultimate form of total war against civilians – and the fact that the mass murder of Armenian civilians planted seeds in the mind of a young German soldier: Adolph Hitler.
Episode 4, Slaughter.  World War I gave new meaning to death on the battlefield, a breadth and horror summed up by one word: slaughter.  Episode 4 reveals some of the most appalling battles in human history.  The Battle of Verdun became for the French what Gettysburg is for Americans.  One million men died there in only nine months.  The British offered the same sacrifice at The Somme, where another million died, and at Passchendaele, a graveyard for a half million more.  This program chronicles the carnage, and highlights the ingenious ways men kept their sanity behind the lines, using music, theater, and trench newsletters to replicate the world they left behind.

V. 3: MUTINY & COLLAPSE    SEK 940.3 G798 1996 v. 3
Episode 5, Mutiny.  By 1917 men, armies and nations were nearing a breaking point.  For individual soldiers, it emerged as “shell shock”, a personal withdrawal from an intolerable reality.  For armies it was rebellion; half the French army mutinied in 1917, refusing to undertake senseless attacks.  The question is not why there was mutiny – but why did it take so long to erupt?  This episode shows how the strain was felt on the home front, and how the citizens back home became restless and resentful.  The greatest mutiny of all was the Russian Revolution – an uprising that reverberates to this day.
Episode 6, Collapse.  At the start of 1918, the odds looked bad for the Allies.  With Russia knocked out of the war by revolution and the French Army rocked by mutiny, Germany stepped up the offensive on the Western Front.  Europe was running out of men; both sides were drafting old men and young boys.  Then a new player came into the deadly game, shifting the balance.  In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson urged the United States into the war to “make the world safe for democracy” and by 1918, five million American men were in uniform.  Episode Six explains the myriad factors, on the war front and the home front, that led to Germany’s ultimate collapse – and to the stage that would be set for a bitter peace.

V. 4: HATRED AND HUNGER, & WAR WITHOUT END.   SEK 940.3 G798 1996 v. 4
Episode 7, Hatred and Hunger. The Great War had been the worst disaster in history.  Nine million soldiers were killed and millions more were wounded.  Four empires had collapsed and large parts of France, Belgium, and Russia lay devastated.  The old order had been decimated and a new one was taking shape – and this struggle would prove even bloodier than the war itself.  The war laid the groundwork for the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.  The Allies continued to wage war against Germany via a naval blockade that literally starved Germany into acquiescence at Versailles.  From the Balkans to the Middle East, the unresolved issues of the Great War were simply rearranged.  The peace treaty proved no real peace.  Instead, the seeds were sown for an even more catastrophic war just one generation later.
Episode 8, War Without End.  Broken hopes, broken families, broken lives.  The world at the end of World War I was full of these.  The final episode explores the aftermath of the war and the failed peace.  For the “lost generation” it spawned, the war became a war without end, one that continued through missing limbs, mutilated faces and shaking bodies.  The question that haunted civilians throughout Europe was why so many of their husbands, sons and brothers had to die?  Writers and other artists tried to create an answer, and millions searched for hope and messages from departed loved ones through Spiritualism.  In Germany, the sense of betrayal and dishonor prompted some to seek revenge.  The man who rose up to lead them was Adolph Hitler.

GREEK AND ROMAN LEGENDS. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 35 min.
This program introduces the principal Greek and Roman legends, examining the differences between Greek legends, which combine victory with difficulty and loss, and those of Rome, which place nationalism, heroism, and virtue above any personal ties.

SEK 292.13 G811   

GROUNDWATER. 1982. 1/2" VHS. 18 min.
Explains how groundwater originates and illustrates various forms in which it occurs. Uses animated sequences to show geological formations that result from erosion or deposition of groundwater, the properties that characterize good aquifers, and the importance of groundwater as a natural resource.

                SEK 553.79 G918
 

GUN CONTROL  1997. VHS. 50 min.
Should the right to bear arms be more restricted? One of the more controversial current events topics.

VCR 363.33 G954 1997 
 

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HPV: WHEN SEX CAUSES CANCER. 1994. VHS. 14 min.
Discusses HPV, Human Papilloma Virus, a sexually transmitted disease which has been linked to cervical cancer.

SEK 616.9518 H11 1994

HAMLET.  2 videocassettes. 1987.  1/2" VHS.  222 min.
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Hamlet. Murder, conspiracy and revenge are mediums used for probing fundamental human problems of justice, guilt, madness, death, and the difficulty of understanding oneself and others.

SEKLCVC 822.33 S7 Sh15ba
        

HAMLET. 2 videocassettes. 1980. 1/2" VHS. 216 min.
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Hamlet. Murder, conspiracy and revenge are mediums used for probing fundamental human problems of justice, guilt, madness, death, and the difficulty of understanding oneself and others.

SEK 822.33 S7 Sh15b
        

HARRY S. TRUMAN. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 50 min.
Regarded as one of the century's great Presidents, Truman oversaw America's post-war emergence as a dominant world power. This portrait combines interviews, archival footage and photographs to chronicle President Truman's lasting legacy. From dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to the creation of NATO, and from his stunning upset of Dewey in 1948 to the Cold War era of Korea and McCarthy's witch hunts, here are the defining moments of his life and Presidency.

SEK 973.918 T771bi

HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY WHEN YOU HAVE TO SAY . . .  1998.  2 videos, VHS.  137 min.
Giving dynamic presentations is an essential part of any professional’s career.  The ability to deliver enlightening, empowering presentations isn’t something you must be born with.  The key is organization.  This video teaches you, step by step, the organizing principles of successful presentations – delivering the ground rules and strategies that banish missteps and stage fright forever.

SEK 808.51 H783h

HE SAID, SHE SAID.  2001.  ½” VHS.  50 min.
Dr. Deborah Tannen;s live, video presentation of her seminal contributions to the understanding of gender, language, and communication.  This program is produced, edited, and paced for curricular use in communication, linguistics, psychology sociology, and other social sciences.  Includes an Instructor’s Package booklet.  Also available is the companion video Deborah Tannen: In-Depth.

SEK 155.33 H34 2001

HEARING (HUMAN SENSES SERIES).  2005.  DVD.  30 min.
Deconstructs the emotional effects evoked by music and other sounds; experiments show that our sense of hearing is constantly alert even while asleep; explains why deep voices are attractive to the opposite sex. Shows that humans have certain automatic responses to rhythmic sounds because many of our basic body processes work to a beat.

SEK 573.89 H351 2005

THE HEART OF THE DRAGON. 1984. VHS. 57 min. each.

Pt.  1: REMEMBERING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 1
Drawing on both original footage and archival material, this episode provides an overview of historic and modern China, exploring Chinese attitudes toward events in recent memory – famine, invasion, civil war and the Cultural Revolution – as well as toward the distant past.

Pt.  2: CARING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 2
Focusing on the family of a railway policeman in the northern industrial city of Harbin, this episode studies the ways in which the family and the neighborhood care for children and the elderly, and how community problems are addressed by Chinese institutions.

Pt.  3: EATING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 3
In the context of exploring how China can support a population that continues to grow at an alarming rate, this episode looks at methods of food production in use in China today.

Pt.  4: BELIEVING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 4
Through portraits of the daily lives of ordinary people in Shandong province, the influence of traditional and modern doctrines that have shaped contemporary Chinese attitudes are examined--the teachings of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Marxism and Maoism.

Pt.  5: CORRECTING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 5
The aim of the Chinese legal system is to restore social harmony. This episode investigates the way the legal system works in contemporary Chinese society and examines the social pressures involved in the process of leading individuals to a more harmonious relationship to their community.

Pt.  6: WORKING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 6
Datong, a grim city near the Mongolian border, is the setting for this episode, which looks at the lives of China's industrial workers.

Pt.  7: LIVING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 7
Following the day-to-day life of a peasant family in the village of Maoping in Zhejiang province, this episode presents a portrait that is representative of the way of life of over 4/5ths of China's inhabitants.

Pt.  8: MARRYING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 8
Examining the central role of the family, the changing status of women, and the reactions of a rural community to the government's population control policy, this episode focuses on the activities of a marriage broker in the village of Maoping.

Pt.  9: UNDERSTANDING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 9
In China today the methods of modern science and ancient practices exist side by side. This episode analyzes the relationship between the two, particularly in the field of medicine.

Pt. 10: MEDIATING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 10
Focusing on the breakdown of a marriage and the pressures that are brought to bear on the couple to reconcile their differences, this episode addresses one of the central principles of Chinese life--the fact that society comes before the individual, whatever the cost.

Pt. 11: CREATING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 11
This episode looks at contemporary Chinese art, studying the philosophical and historical influences that shape it.

Pt. 12: TRADING   SEK 951.058 H351 pt. 12
Can trade with the outside world be encouraged without undermining traditional values? Looking at individual enterprises and experiments with free enterprise, this episode explores changing Chinese business attitudes.

HENRY IV, part 1. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 147 min. 
Following the murder of King Richard II, guilt-ridden Henry IV wants to go to the Holy Land in repentance for Richard's death.  But constant political unrest in England prevents him.  At the same time, Prince Hal, his son, leads an apparently irresponsible life with his brawling friends, led by the fat, jolly knight Sir John Falstaff.  Falstaff's clowning provides most of the play's humor.  The king quarrels with Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, who is the fiery young son of the powerful Earl of Northumberland.  As a result of the quarrel the Percy family revolts.  At the Battle of Shrewsbury, Hal reveals himself to be a brave and princely warrior and kills Hotspur.

SEK 822.33 W1 Sh15b
        

HENRY IV, part II. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 151 min.
The Percy rebellion continues and ill health portends the death of Henry IV.  Hal's brother, Prince John, finally defeats the rebels.  The king dies, and Hal takes the throne as Henry V. He immediately reveals his royal qualities and rejects Falstaff and his friends, telling them to leave him alone until they have abandoned their wild living.

SEK 822.33 W1 Sh15b2
            

HENRY V. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 163 min.
Continues the action of Henry IV, Part II.  England's most admired national hero, Henry V, unites his people, invades France, deals with traitors and cements the peace.

SEK 822.33 W3 Sh15b
            

HENRY VI, part I. 2 videocassettes. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 185 min.
First of a trilogy, recreating King Henry's early days.  The three parts of Henry VI present a panoramic view of English history in the 1400's.  The action begins with the death of King Henry V in 1422.  It ends with the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.  The plays mirror the Wars of the Roses--the series of bloody conflicts between the houses of York and Lancaster for control of the English throne.

SEK 822.33 W5 Sh15b
            

HENRY VI, part II.  2 videocassettes. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 212 min.
Henry marries Lady Margaret but she despises his meekness and takes Suffolk as a lover.

SEK 822.33 W5 Sh15b2
 

HENRY VI, part III. 2 videocassettes. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 210 min.
York wins the Wars of the Roses and forces Henry to give him succession.

SEK 822.33 W5 Sh15b3
            

HENRY VIII. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 165 min.
he play dramatizes the events that led to England's break with the Roman Catholic Church.  It deals with King Henry VIII's divorce of  Katherine of Aragon and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.  The play also depicts the pride and fall of Cardinal Wolsey as the king's adviser, the advancement and coronation of Anne Boleyn, the rise of Archbishop Cranmer as Wolsey's replacement, and the christening of the Princess Elizabeth.  Filmed at Henry's favorite place, Leeds Castle, enacted in the very rooms the King inhabited 500 years ago.

SEK 822.33 W7 Sh15b
        

HERITAGE--CIVILIZATION OF THE JEWS. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: A PEOPLE IS BORN, 3500 BC to 6th century BC   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 1
Host Abba Eban focuses on Jewish and Near Eastern life and culture from prehistory down to the sixth century BC Discusses the Exodus, the birth of Israel, and the Babylonian exile.

Pt. 2: POWER OF THE WORD, 6th century BC to 2nd century BC   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 2
Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the sixth to the second century BC Chronicles the emergence of a Jewish identity based on ideas, not territory, and the intellectual interaction between the Jewish world and classical Greece and Rome. 

Pt. 3: THE SHAPING OF TRADITIONS, 1st to 9th centuries   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 3
Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the first to the ninth centuries. Explores the rise of Christianity and Islam and the development of new trends within the Jewish world--the writing of the Mishnah and the Talmud, which preserved Jewish traditions and customs.  Discusses the shift of Jewish life from the Near East to the European continent.

Pt. 4: THE CRUCIBLE OF EUROPE, 9th to the 15th centuries   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 4
Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, focusing on the constant interaction among Jewish, Christian, and Moslem cultures.  Discusses Jewish life in Spain, northern Europe, and eastern Europe.

Pt. 5: THE SEARCH FOR DELIVERANCE, 1492-1789.   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 5
Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492 to the French Revolution in 1789. Shows how a new intellectual climate in western Europe and economic opportunities in eastern Europe held promise for Jews and other minorities.
Pt. 6: ROADS FROM THE GHETTO, 1789-191   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 6
Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from 1789 to 1914. Covers the struggles for the emancipation of Jews and other subject peoples all across Europe, focusing on the Russian Jewish experience, the Dreyfuss case, and the birth of Zionism.
Pt. 7: THE GOLDEN LAND, 1654-1932   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 7
Host Abba Eban explores the history of the Jews in America from colonial times to the Great Depression, focusing on the convergence of the American ideal of democracy and the ancient Jewish heritage of freedom.
Pt. 8: OUT OF THE ASHES, 1914-1945   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 8
Host Abba Eban explores the universal meaning of the Holocaust, defining that tragedy as a tragedy for all civilized people.

Pt. 9: INTO THE FUTURE, 1945 to the present   SEK 909.04 H425 pt. 9
Host Abba Eban explores the establishment of the state of Israel and the distribution of Jews in today's world.  Discusses issues such as Jewish identity and the plight of Soviet Jewry.
        

HISTOLOGY VIDEOTAPE SERIES. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 30 min. each.

Pt. 11: CIRCULATORY SYSTEM   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 11
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the circulatory system using diagrams and models. A series of high quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.

Pt. 12: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 12
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the respiratory system using diagrams and models. A series of high quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.

Pt. 16: LIVER & GALL BLADDER   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 16
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the liver and gall bladder using diagrams and models. A series of high quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.

Pt. 17: PANCREAS   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 17
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the pancreas using diagrams and models. A series of high-quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.

Pt. 18:URINARY SYSTEM   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 18
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the urinary system using diagrams and models. A series of high-quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.

Pt. 19:LYMPH NODES, SPLEEN & THYMUS   SEK 611.018 H629 pt. 19
Cells, tissues and organs are described in a logical ascending order of biological complexity. David T. Moran introduces the lymph nodes, spleen and thymus using diagrams and models. A series of high-quality light and electron microscopic images are then shown and discussed in detail, followed by a short practical quiz.
  

THE HISTORY OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA.  2005.  4 DVDs.  216 min.
This original eight-part series on four volumes documents black achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of black Americans that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.

SEK 909.0496 H629 2005
 

THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS.  2004.  DVD.  26 min.
This program traces the course of technological innovations leading up to today's computers, from Charles Babbage and his analytical engine of the 1860's to the latest laptops.

SEK 004.09 H629 2004

HISTORY OF GREGORIAN CHANT. 2 videos. 1/2" VHS. 100 min.
In this captivating program, you’ll not only learn about the history that surrounds the [Gregorian] Chant, but the spirit that has carried it through time as well.  In addition, peaceful, serene images seem to float by, as the melodies of the Gregorian Chant and beautiful early polyphonic music gently roll over and through you.

SEK 782.3222 H629 1994

HISTORY OF HISPANIC ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA.  4 videos.  2006.  DVD.  237 min.
A History of Hispanic Achievement in America is a story that begins more than 500 years ago when Christopher Columbus stepped onto the fertile shores of "the New World".  It is a story rich with the stunning achievements, heroic exploits, ceaseless courage and the remarkable discoveries of Hispanic immigrants from all over the world.  From the American Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq, Hispanic Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.  Hispanics have contributed to the expansion West, and to advancements in medicine, science, politics, sports, entertainment, journalism, education, civil rights, and all facets of American society.
          SEK 909.0468 H629 2006

HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. 4 DVDs. 224 min.
The DVDs contain the following historical documents accessible via a computer with a DVD player:  Amendments to the Constitution -- Bush v. Gore 2000 -- Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 -- Interstate Commerce Act 1887 -- Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al. 2005 -- Magna Carta translation -- Mapp v. Ohio 1961 -- Marbury v. Madison 1803 -- Miranda v. Arizona 1964 -- Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 -- Roe v. Wade 1973 -- Schenck v. U.S. 1919 -- The Bill of Rights -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1638 -- The Judiciary Act of 1789 -- The Militia Act of 1792 -- The South Carolina Ordinance of Secession 1861 -- The U.S. Constitution.

SEK 342.029 D959 2005
 

HISTORY THROUGH ART. 1992. 1/2" VHS.

Pt. 1: ANCIENT GREECE, 800 B.C.-146 BC (49 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 1
The film discusses the age and art of Ancient Greece from the Archaic Period through the Hellenistic Age, which ended with the Roman conquest. The program presents many examples of the world's greatest sculpture and architecture, including the Charioteer of Delphi, the Discus thrower, Aphrodite, the Parthenon, and the Great Altar of Zeus. By placing the art and architecture of Ancient Greece into its proper historical and cultural perspective, students can see how the Ancient Greeks' religion, government, social life, and art were all interdependent, and all emanated from a commitment to the same ideal – that man is the measure of all things.
Pt. 2: ANCIENT ROME, 509 B.C.-476 AD (49 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 2
A survey of Roman history from its origins, around 1000 BC, through the founding of the Republic in 506 BC and its rise to a powerful empire by AD 200, until the early fourth century AD, when Emperor Constantine reunited the Eastern and Western Empires (divided under Diocletian) and moved the capital east to Byzantium, signaling the closing decades of the Empire. The territorial expansions of the Empire, the customs and beliefs of its citizens, its government, and its armies are all examined through the eyes of Roman artists.
Pt. 3: THE MIDDLE AGES, AD 1-1450. (34 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 3
The first six centuries AD saw Christianity develop from an illegal sect into the state religion around which most of the art of the age centered. The development of church architecture is discussed. The seventh through the tenth centuries saw the Dark Ages in Europe where the monastery became responsible for keeping learning and literacy alive.  Much of the life and art of this period is examined through the use of illustrations from illuminated manuscripts produced in the monasteries, as well as use of portions of the Bayeux Tapestry. The eleventh through the mid-fourteenth centuries reflect the effect of the Crusades on medieval life. The Romanesque style of architecture is examined and contrasted with later Gothic architecture. The form, structure, and stained glass windows of the Gothic church are shown to represent aspirations to eternal grace and salvation of medieval people.

Pt. 4: THE RENAISSANCE, 1400-1550. (33 min.)     SEK 909 H629 pt. 4
The program discusses life during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It presents a portrait of the age and its people by examining the style and subject of art by over fifty artists, using authentic Renaissance music, and examining the ideas of many influential writers of the time. The forces at work in Renaissance society include a belief in the dignity and worth of the individual; celebration of youth; fascination with nature; humanism, which led to an interest in anatomy; artistic realism created by the use of perspective; and a rebirth in intellectual pursuits of learning.

Pt. 5: THE BAROQUE, 1545-1715. (43 min.)     SEK 909 H629 pt. 5
The late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries in Europe were filled with turmoil. The loss of faith in man, in God, and in previous knowledge is a central theme. The rebuilding of this faith on sturdier foundations was an exciting creative process. The works of the artists of the period reflect with insight and sensitivity the excitement, the conflict, and the richness of the times.

Pt. 6: THE ENLIGHTENMENT, 1715-1789. (43 min.)    SEK 909 H629 pt. 6
The eighteenth century, known as the "Age of Enlightenment," emphasizes the importance of reason and learning to many people who lived at that time. This period is also referred to as the "Ancien Regime" (the Old Regime), a name that describes the rigidity and traditionalism characteristic of eighteenth-century politics. Still another name for the period is the "Age of Reason", so named for the cult of intellectuals who were devoted to dispassionate logic as a means for problem solving. The development of Rococo style, the reign of King Louis XIV, the interest in scientific inquiry, and the development of Academicism are explored.

Pt. 7: ROMANTICISM, 1789-1860. (43 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 7
The Romantic movement celebrates the triumph of the individual, with all his or her moods, feelings, and turbulent emotions. Historical events, such as the French Revolution and the saga of Napoleon, influenced artistic creation. The program describes how both the scientific interests that characterized the Enlightenment and the blind faith in progress subscribed to be Romantic artists contributed to the Industrial Revolution. The imaginations of Romantic artists are explored through their paintings of exotic lands and classical antiquity. The Romantic movement is seen as the reemergence of the spiritual and intangible side of man's nature.

Pt. 8: THE PRE-MODERN ERA, 1845-1900. (43 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 8
The program traces the many diverse artistic movements that developed during the second half of the nineteenth century.  The social, political, and economic conditions of the era, as well as their effects on the art and artists of the time, are also discussed. The Eiffel Tower is examined as a potent symbol of the interest in realism and technology. The Realists believe it is their duty to interpret or reveal the hardships of life. Work--the struggle to survive--became a recurrent theme in both literature and art. Various schools of art emerge: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Formalism, Expressionism, Art Nouveau
Pt. 9: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 1900-present. (32 min.)   SEK 909 H629 pt. 9
This program examines the history, art, and culture of the 20th century. The period is characterized by great changes in almost all areas of life. The advances in knowledge, communication, and technology have had a profound effect.  Order was no longer perceived to be at the basis of human existence. For many, doubt became a basic way of perceiving.  Only those things that are known or felt personally can be considered real. Life is often viewed as a matter of chance happenings. This accidental character of modern life resulted in the emergence of various schools of art: Abstractionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Pop art, Op art, Modernism, Post-Modernism.

HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE SERIES.  12 parts.  VHS.

Pt. 1: CIVILIZATION AND WRITING.  (25 min.)   SEK 930 C499
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of ancient civilizations.  Includes the ancient ideas expressed by Homer, Hesiod, and the writer(s) of Job.

Pt. 2: PHILOSOPHY AND GOVERNMENT: THE WORLD IN GREEK TIMES.  (25 min.)
SEK 938 P549
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of ancient Greek civilization.  Includes writers such as Plato and Aristotle.

Pt. 3: EMPIRES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH: THE WORLD IN ROMAN TIMES. (25 min.)
SEK 939 Em73           
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
ancient Roman civilization.  Includes writers such as Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Plutarch.

Pt 4: FAITH AND FEUDALISM: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES.  (24 min.)   SEK 940.1 F172
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the early Middle Ages.

Pt. 5: CHIVALRY AND COMMERCE: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES. (26 min.)   SEK 940.1 C449
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the late Middle Ages.  Includes authors such as Chaucer and Dante.

Pt. 6: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION.  (26 min.)   SEK 940.2 R29

Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the era.  Includes authors such as Sir Thomas More.

Pt. 7: NEW WORLDS AND NEW IDEAS.  (23 min.)   SEK 940.25 N42
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the era.  Includes authors such as Milton, Newton, Locke, and Williams.

Pt. 8: INDUSTRY AND ENLIGHTMENT.  (26 min.)   SEK 940.25 In2
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the late Seventeenth the Eighteenth Centuries.  Includes authors such as Franklin, Voltaire, Defoe, and Fielding.

Pt. 9: ROMANTICISM AND REVOLUTION.  (23 min.)   SEK 940.28 R662
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the Nineteenth Century.  Includes authors such as Byron, Walker, Douglass, and Truth.

Pt. 10: IMPERIALISM AND PROGRESS: THE VICTORIAN ERA.  (24 min.)   SEK 940.28 Im7
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of the era.  Includes authors such as Whitman, Browning, Dickens, Dickinson, Tennyson, Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Twain, Shaw, and Hugo
Pt. 11: WORLD WARS AND THE QUEST FOR ORDER: THE EARLY 20^TH CENTURY. (27 min.)
SEK 940.5 W893
Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the era.  Includes authors such as Hemingway, Owen, Fitzgerald, Joyce, Steinbeck, Wright, and Hersey.
Pt. 12: LIBERATION AND CHANGE: THE LATE 20^TH CENTURY.  (27 min.)   SEK 940.55 L615
xamines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works of
the era.  Includes authors such as Morrison, Salinger, Miller, Ginsberg, Kerouac, King, and Rushdie.
 

HITCH: ALFRED THE GREAT  THE GENIUS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK.  2004.  DVD.  51 min.

Presents an examination of the life and works of Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, whose career spanned over 60 years. It features extensive film clips, interviews, commentary, and previously unavailable materials, including outtakes, filmed auditions, and Hitchcock's own home movies.

                SEK 791.43023 H631 2004
 

HIV & AIDS. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 33 min.
Real-life dramatizations and easy-to-follow graphics provide a complete overview of the disease, explaining in detail its history, biology, and forms of transmission, recommend treatments, services and methods of prevention.

SEK 616.9792 H641
        

THE HOLOCAUST: IN MEMORY OF MILLIONS. 1994. VHS. 90 min.
From the halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Walter Cronkite chronicles the entire story of the Holocaust-- from the rise of the Nazi party and their plan to exterminate the Jewish people, to tales of incredible bravery among Holocaust survivors and those who liberated the concentration camps.  Combines original footage and personal photographs with oral histories by those who survived.

VCR 940.53185 H741 1994
 

HONI COLES AND CHOLLY ATKINS: OVER THE TOP TO BEBOP. 1997.  VHS. 30 min.
Discussion of tap dancing by James Macandrew and Marshall Stearns, later joined by Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins.  Coles and Atkins dance one of Bill Robinson’s and one of John Bubbles’ routines as well as several of their own.  They also demonstrate the time step and variations, the wing and variations, and over the top and trenches steps.  Time did not permit discussion of bebop mentioned in program title.

SEK 792.78 H757 1997

HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW. 1986.  VHS. 111 min.
Vladimir Horowitz in concert at the Moscow Conservatory, Sunday, April 20, 1986. Includes performances of piano compositions by Scarlatti, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Moszkowski.

SEK 786.2 H785

HOUSE OF ELIOTT.  VHS. 90 min. ea.

A glittering story of fashion, romance, and family fortune unfolds in London of the Roaring Twenties.

V. 1:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 1
Born to wealth and privilege, Beatrice and Evangeline Eliott are suddenly left penniless when their father dies.  Furthermore, they face the damning legacy of his secret double life.  Unschooled and unskilled, they must find a way to live and love in a world far different from the sheltered one in which they grew up.  Jack Maddox, a top fashion photographer, and his reform-minded sister, Penelope, provide the beautiful Eliott sisters with an entrée to a world of changing mores and fashions that soon shapes their destiny.

V. 2:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 2
The Eliott sisters begin to make a name for themselves as their flair for fashion leads to a succession of jobs with dressmakers and designers, and private commissions from upper-class patrons.  But a mysterious Mrs. Pearce and her claims regarding their father’s double life throws their private lives into turmoil.  Her handsome son, Sebastian, adds a further complication – especially when Evie warms to his charm.  And, unknown to the sisters, their scheming cousin, Arthur, is attempting to manipulate their rights to whatever is left of their father’s estate.

V. 3:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 3
A momentous holiday season is coming.  Newly out of work, the Eliott sisters must decide whether to start their own fashion house.  If they do, they will face the daunting task of trying to raise capital for their venture from skeptical bankers.  Glittering seasonal festivities give way to a New Year filled with surprises, setbacks and triumphs.  Among them are a marriage proposal, a blackmail scheme and Arthur’s connection with the shady 25 Club, an involvement that may ultimately provide the key to the founding of the House of Eliott.

V. 4:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 4
A strange twist of fate has brought the sisters the capital necessary to open the House of Eliott.  A successful official opening bodes well, but they need to find more customers.  While Evie finds herself the object of romantic attentions, Beatrice is offered a commission from a prominent society woman that could help establish the new business.  But the woman’s husband turns out to be Beatrice’s long lost love, and Beatrice must confront the secret behind the cause of their break-up ten years ago.

V. 5:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 5
The House of Eliott is busier than ever – and the strains of success are beginning to show.  Tensions among their employees, even between the sisters, is building. Evie and Beatrice realize the next big step is to present their own collection.  Ever the practical one, Beatrice wants to produce clothes with wide appeal, while Evie favors expensive fabrics and bold designs created for lithe figures.  The growing differences in their design philosophies may derail plans for the new collection – and threaten to destroy the sisters’ relationship.

V. 6:     SEK 791.4572 H816 1994 v. 6
Feverish work on the new collection is interrupted by the lavish Charity Ball, the season’s premier social event.  Here, Evie meets a top fashion writer who has the power to make or break their fledgling fashion house.  When the new collection is unveiled, it creates a sensation – especially when allegations by a rival designer call into question the Eliott’s honesty.  If the claims can be refuted, the sisters will have triumphed, and the fashion world will have a new standard of style: The House of Eliott.
 

HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW. 1994. DVD. 30 min.
One-on-one interviews with prominent legislators, lobbyists, and special interest group representatives carefully explain how a bill is conceived, moved through or killed in committee, amended, prepared for a vote, and sent for the President's or Governor's signature.

SEK 348.01 H83 1994
 

HOW RADIATION WAS DISCOVERED. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 16 min.
The world in powered by radiation. Students will learn how the many forms of radiation were discovered. Featured are the stories of James Clerk Maxwell and the electromagnetic spectrum, Marie and Pierre Curie and radioactivity, the discovery of X-rays and the birth of nuclear physics.

SEK 539.2 H83

HOW THE WEST WAS LOST.  1993. 1/2" VHS.  300 min.  3 videos.
Study of the epic struggle for the West, detailing the mean confrontations with native peoples who were trying to preserve their way of life in the face of encroachment by white foreigners.
            v. 1.     A clash of cultures; I will fight no more forever.
            v. 2.     Always the enemy; the only good Indian is a dead enemy
            v. 3.     A good day to die; kill the Indian and save the man.

SEK 970.004 H83 1993

HOW THE WEST WAS LOST II.  1995. 1/2" VHS.  350 min.  4 videos.
These seven new episodes of How the West was lost explore the Native American experience during the 18^th and 19^th centuries, chronicling the history of the Iroquois, Cherokee, Seminole, Dakota, Modoc, and Ute tribes and the Indian Territory in general.
            v. 1.     Divided we fall; the unconquered
            v. 2.     The trail of tears; as long as the grass shall grow
            v. 3.     Death will come soon enough; the Utes must go
            v. 4      Let them eat grass.

SEK 970.00497 H83 1995

HOW THEATRE BEGAN.  1985. 1/2" VHS.  16 min.
Presents the history of drama from the earliest times to the Twentieth Century.  Focuses on terms, playwrights, and character types with the object of stimulating further studies.

SEK 809.2 H83 1985

HOW TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.  1997. 1/2" VHS.  34 min.
This video presents a complete blueprint for improving communications in the workplace.  It teaches how to build trust, improve listening skills, remove barriers to effective communication, and deal with conflict.  It also discusses nonverbal communication.

            SEK 651.7 H83

HOW TO PLAN A PERFECT WEDDING. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Marion Ross examines each step of the wedding planning process, giving special attention to keeping within a budget. Topics discussed include the engagement, invitation traditions and wedding etiquette, bridal gift registry, choosing a caterer, coordinating floral arrangements, interviewing a photographer, attending to legal requirements, selecting the style of wedding gown most flattering to the bride's figure.

SEK 392.5 H83

HUMAN DEFENSES. 1999. VHS. 30 min.
Part of the Unseen Life on Earth: an Introduction to Microbiology series.  This film explores the fast biotechnological potential micro-organisms hold and discusses their importance in everything from medicine to environmental issues to global politics.  Features new techniques in microscopy and computer-related imagery

SEK 579 H88 1999

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTION TO NEONATE. 1992. 1/2" VHS.

Pt. 1: PREGNANCY.   26 min.  SEK 612.63 H88 pt. 1
Follows a couple through their pregnancy from conception until birth. Describes the emotional and psychological reactions of the couple and the physical changes that occur in both the expectant mother and the fetus. Discusses the developmental tasks that confront the couple as they await the birth of their first child.

Pt. 2: BIRTH AND THE NEWBORN.   27 min.   SEK 612.63 H88 pt. 2
Begins by contrasting today's birth experience with that of 30 years ago. Describes family-sensitive birth practices and the initial interactions between parents and newborn. Discusses physical care of the neonate immediately after birth.  Describes common characteristics of the neonate including fontanels, meconium, and innate reflexes.

Pt. 3: REDUCING RISK FACTORS.   34 min.   SEK 612.63 H88 pt. 3
Discusses environmental factors in pregnancy that contribute to birth defects and low birth weight. Focuses on those factors that have been shown to be preventable through intervention, primarily changes in lifestyle. Discusses importance of delaying childbirth until after adolescence, obtaining information about personal risks, seeking early prenatal care and avoiding harmful substances.
        

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: THE FIRST 2 1/2 YEARS. 1991. 1/2" VHS

Pt. 1: PHYSICAL GROWTH AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT.   19 min.   SEK 305.232 H88 pt. 1
Emphasizes individual differences by depicting a wide range of normal physical growth and motor development. Discusses ways in which environmental factors such as nutrition and the mother's health habits during pregnancy affect development. Traces developmental patterns and norms.

Pt. 2: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.   25 min.      SEK 305.232 H88 pt. 2
Discusses the senses, perception and memory as important aspects of cognitive development. Includes some of the work of Jean Piaget including object permanence and a description of the sensorimotor stage. Presents practical advice for improving a child's chances for optimum cognitive development.

Pt. 3: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.   25 min.   SEK 305.232 H88 pt. 3
Discusses parent-child communication including turn taking and "motherese". Describes the stages and sequences of language acquisition and development. Presents practical advice for improving a child's language ability.

Pt. 4: EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.   22 min.   SEK 305.232 H88 pt. 4
Begins with a brief discussion of Erikson's first two stages of man and traces the developmental processes by which the attachment, and social responses such as smiling, stranger anxiety and separation anxiety. Self-awareness, development of empathy, and the development of standards are discussed at length.

THE HURTING: CUTTING FOR RELIEF. 2006. DVD. 30 min.
In this program, Ashley resorts to "cutting" to cope with an abusive father.  Like a growing number of teens nationwide, Ashley cuts her arms and legs, substituting her inner pain and rage with an external pain that she seems better able to manage.
             SEK 616.8582 H948 2006

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I, CLAUDIUS, by Robert Graves. 1976. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt.  1: A TOUCH OF MURDER    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 1
It is 54 AD and Claudius, Emperor of Rome, also known as Claudius the Idiot, is near death. Relating events prior to his birth, he recreates the intrigues of his grandmother, Livia, during the reign of her husband, Augustus. Consumed with ambition to see her son Tiberius (stepson to Augustus) gain the throne, she murders the heir but is foiled in her plan to make a match between Tiberius and the Emperor's spoiled daughter, Julia.

Pt.  2: FAMILY AFFAIRS    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 2
poisoning Julia's husband and forcing Tiberius to divorce his wife. She eliminates her own son, Drusus, when he displeases her. Tiberius ruins his mother's plans when he abuses Julia and is sentenced to exile.

Pt.  3: WAITING IN THE WINGS    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 3
Livia continues her schemes to place Tiberius on the throne.  She murders the Emperor's heirs and blackmails a Patrician youth in order to expose Julia's sexual exploits to her doting and indulgent father. Livia's grandson, Claudius, a sickly child with the reputation of an imbecile, receives an omen that he will rule Rome. Tiberius returns from exile; Julia is banished.

Pt.  4: WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT CLAUDIUS?    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 4
Tiberius leaves for the frontier and Claudius, now in his late teens and an avid student of history, learns of his grandmother's schemes. Livia weaves a web of lies to discredit Postumus, the next heir, while Claudius is married in a ceremony marked by the cruel mockery of his family.

Pt.  5: POISON IS QUEEN    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 5
Augustus learns of Livia's destruction of members of the family; however, Livia slowly poisons the Emperor and through bribes alters his will, making Tiberius next in line. She orders the

Pt.  6: SOME JUSTICE    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 6
Tiberius becomes Emperor after the death of Augustus.  Germanicus, brother of Claudius, has died of suspected poisoning and his wife is determined to bring those responsible to justice. Tiberius is implicated but Livia ensures that the Governor of Syria is convicted.

Pt.  7: QUEEN OF HEAVEN    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 7
Aided by the ambitious Sejanus and obsessed with perverted pleasures, Tiberius destroys his enemies. His son, Castor, tries to warn the Emperor about Sejanus, but Castor's wife, Livilla, poisons him in order to marry Sejanus. Sejanus arranges a divorce for Claudius presenting his own sister, Aelia, as Claudius' second wife.

Pt.  8: REIGN OF TERROR    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 8
Tiberius eliminates his relatives, while Sejanus and Livilla plot to gain the throne.  Tiberius refuses to allow their marriage, and Livilla urges Sejanus to assassinate Tiberius. Warned of the plot, Tiberius arrests Sejanus, who is murdered in his cell by the Praetorian Guard. Claudius divorces Sejanus' sister and Tiberius names Caligula as heir.

Pt.  9: ZEUS, BY JOVE!    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 9
Tiberius dies at Capri and Caligula is Emperor. Caligula goes insane, declaring himself and his sister divine. Gemellus, the 12-year old heir to the throne, is murdered by the Emperor. In a fit of madness, Caligula murders his sister and their unborn child.

Pt. 10: HAIL WHO?    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 10
Caligula, who has turned the palace into a brothel, marries the mother of his baby daughter. Claudius, appointed doorkeeper in the palace, lives in the poor quarter of town.  Conspirators murder the imperial family, and Claudius is declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

Pt. 11: FOOL'S LUCK    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 11
Claudius' first act as Emperor is to pass the death sentence on Caligula's murderers. He has married the beautiful young Messalina, who, however, desires the handsome Silanus. Her plots nearly cost Claudius his life, but his love for her blinds him.

Pt. 12: A GOD IN COLCHESTER    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 12
While Claudius wages a successful campaign in Britain, his bored wife passes the time by taking a succession of lovers.  She schemes with her latest lover to restore the Republic.  Their bigamous marriage prompts Claudius' ministers to take action. Unwittingly, Claudius signs a warrant for her execution.

Pt. 13: OLD KING LOG    SEK 823.912 G787iv pt. 13
Claudius, old and tired, is persuaded by his minister, Pallas, to marry Agrippinilla, a corrupt woman who is also Pallas' lover. Despite premonitions that he is sealing his own death warrant, the Emperor is persuaded by his wife to make her son, Nero, heir. Claudius completes his history and awaits his death with resignation.
        

I WANT TO WORK FOR YOUR COMPANY. 1973. 1/2" VHS. 11 min.   Provides tips for persons approaching their first job interview such as having something to write with, asking about things not understood, answering all questions on the application, showing a real desire for the job, and knowing something about the company before the interview.  Shows the interaction between interviewer and applicant. Narrated by Rod Serling.

SEK 650.14 I1

THE IMAGE MAKERS. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.   Bill Moyers explores the development and character of the public relations industry, focusing on two of the first people to recognize the significance of the field--Ivy Lee, who launched the first public relations campaign in 1914 to improve the image of John D. Rockefeller, and Edward Bernays, the first public relations counselor.

SEK 659.2 Im1

THE IMMUNE RESPONSE. 1981. 1/2" VHS. 22 min.   Takes viewers through a journey into the cellular landscape of the body's immune response, using time-lapse microcinematography and animation to clarify this complicated and vital process. Notes that the emerging field of immunology may prove itself important in the enhancement of treatment, prevention of infection, and even therapy for cancers.

SEK 574.29 Im6
        

IN A BRILLIANT LIGHT: VAN GOGH IN ARLES. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.   This program tells the story of Vincent van Gogh's 444 days in the south of France. The film was made on location in the Netherlands and in Provence, using van Gogh's original canvases. The fifteen months van Gogh spent in Arles--from February, 1888 to May, 1889--represent the climax of the artist's career, and one of the most productive periods of any artist. The focus in on the works of art rather than on the life of the artist.

SEK 759.9492 G557I

IN OUR WORDS: TEENS WITH BI-POLAR DISORDER.  2001.  ½” VHS.  30 min.   Filmed on the North Shore of Chicago, a group of teens and young adults share their individual stories of self-discovery and adaptation as bipolar individuals.  The program delivers the experience of being bipolar "in their own words".  These teens hope to show, through this video, the human face of bipolar disorder so their peers with bipolar can know that they are not alone.

SEK 616.895 k811B 2001

INCIDENT AT OGLALA: THE LEONARD PELTIER STORY. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.   In 1975, armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A Native American and two FBI agents were killed. Leonard Peltier was apprehended, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison. From the beginning, the Peltier case has been controversial.  Were the charges trumped up, was the evidence falsified, were witnesses pressured to change their testimony? Many people, among them some of today's greatest legal minds, believe that Peltier is an innocent man.  Twelve years ago, Robert Redford visited Peltier in prison. After years of struggle with the FBI and the prison system, Redford and Michael Apted present a riveting examination of the case and raise the question of abuses of justice.

SEK 970.5 In2
        

THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN MACHINE. 1975. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.   Depicts the ingenious design and adaptability of the human body both internally and externally, using new techniques of medicine and photography.

SEK 612 In2
        

INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1/2" VHS. 25 min.   This program discusses the major categories of disease-causing microorganisms that occur in humans: viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic parasites such as fungi, unicellular protozoa, and multicellular worms and flukes.  The video emphasizes the evolutionary struggle for supremacy between host and pathogen and considers ways that medical manipulation might tip the balance in favor of the host.

SEK 616.9 In3 1994

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING: ORGANIZATION.  1997.  VHS.  28 min.   Examines the purposes of informative speaking and principles of learning.  It shows how to build on what the audience knows, use humor, and incorporate presentational aids.

SEK 808.5 In3

INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION TASK. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.   People form impressions and perceptions of others through speech content and through observation of posture, tone of voice, facial expressions, gestures, and other nonverbal communication cues. The viewer is asked to answer questions about the people in 30 scenes, varying from 30 seconds to one minute and involving one-four people.

SEK 302.222 In8
        

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 52 min.   A look at couples of different colors, religions, and ethnic roots who are married to each other. The film examines how their differences affect their marriages and how they deal with their communities, friends, and families.

SEKLCVC 306.846 In8

INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES & RESUME TIPS FOR THE JOB APPLICANT. 1985.  VHS. 55 min.   An instructional video which combines live action and computer graphics and lectures and vignettes in dealing with conversational skills, professional appearance, interview preparation, and resume formatting.

SEK 650.14 In8
        

INVISIBLE PERSUADERS : THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 22 min.   The program exposes how professional personators--advertisers, politicians, pollsters, and others--use subtle techniques to induce us into making misjudgments. Through experiments, demonstrations, and anecdotes, some of these techniques are exposed and explained to help viewers spot attempts to influence them.

SEK 303.342 In8
        

IT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME: HIV POSITIVE. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 13 min.   The film is an interview with a young mother who is HIV positive. Her preschool daughter is also positive, but her husband, the child's father, is not. She tells of the great anguish she feels at being responsible for her daughter's condition because of having had unsafe sex as a teen, of the deep loss her marriage has suffered, and of the blame and guilt directed to her from her family. She feels that the death of her daughter and herself will be meaningless unless their tragedy serves to convince others to practice safe sex and change their behaviors.

SEK 616.9792 It1 
 

IT’S THE LAW.  2004.  DVD.  30 min.   Beginning with an explanation of the major concepts in criminal justice, such as misdemeanor vs. felony crimes and the various degrees of each, this video covers the steps in the criminal justice system leading up to the pretrial/trial process. Topics covered include: the investigation process, questioning witnesses and suspects, the right to silence (5th Amendment rights), search warrants, arrest, the Miranda warning, and the booking process. Throughout the process, the criminal justice system must balance the rights of the suspect, the victim, and the community.

SEK 345.05 It4 2004

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JAMES BALDWIN, THE PRICE OF THE TICKET. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 87 min.   Baldwin was a major Twentieth Century American author, a civil rights activist, and a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy. The film captures the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born black, impoverished, gifted and gay.  Writer's Maya Angelou, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Ishmael Reed and William Styron place Baldwin's major works (including Notes of a native son, Another country, and The fire next time) within the context of African American literature and the broader civil rights struggle.

SEK 813.54 B193Yj

JEWEL IN THE CROWN, by Paul Mark Scott. 14 parts. on 5 cassettes. 1985.  VHS. (750 min.)

Set in the twilight years of imperial British India, follows the ill-fated romance between a well-born Englishwoman, Daphne Manners, and a Hindu newsman, Hari Kumar, during a period of war with Japan and the Indian struggle for independence.

1. Parts. 1-2
2. Parts. 3-5
3. Parts. 6-8
4. Parts. 9-11
5. Parts. 12-14

SEK 823.914 Sco85j

THE JEWELED CITY.  1998.  VHS.  50 min.    Provides a narrated tour of the cathedral along with a historical portrait of the political and religious minds of the architects who built it.

SEK 949.12 J545 1998
 

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, A DOCUMENTARY PORTRAIT. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.   A biography of Bach showing the places and the documents of his life, with performances of his music throughout.

SEK 780.943 B122Yj
 

JOHN BRADSHAW ON SURVIVING DIVORCE. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.   John Bradshaw shows the viewer the pitfalls to avoid in pursuing life after divorce and gives tools needed for surviving divorce.

SEK 306.89 J613
        

JOHN BROWN’S HOLY WAR. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.   He led a righteous crusade against the evils of slavery yet used horrendous violence to carry out his mission.  Martyr, madman, and murderer, John Brown was an extremist who was as controversial and misunderstood in the mid-1800s as he is today.  His raid and subsequent execution at Harper’s Ferry sparked a chain of events that led to the Civil War.

SEK 973.7 J613 2000

JOHN CAGE: I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND I AM SAYING IT. 1/2" VHS. 56 min.   Looks at the avant garde composer John Cage whose unusual musical work never fails to interest, shock, or inspire.

SEK 781.64 C117 1990

JOHN DONNE.  2004.  DVD.  20 min.   Chronicles Donne's extraordinary life as a lawyer, lover, sailor, father, preacher and poet.  Manuscripts and paintings are combined with readings from many of Donne's most famous writings, including "the flea", "elegy XX", "a valediction: forbidden morning", "the calm", etc.

SEK 821.3  D718 2004.
 

JOSEPH CAMPBELL AND THE POWER OF MYTH; with Bill Moyers. 1988. VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: THE HERO'S ADVENTURE   SEK 291.13 C152j pt. 1

Long before medieval knights charged off to slay dragons, tales of heroic adventures were an integral part of all world cultures. Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her own life.

Pt. 2: THE MESSAGE OF THE MYTH   SEK 291.13 C152j pt. 2

Campbell compares the creation story in Genesis with creation stories from around the world. Because the world changes, religion has to be transformed and new mythologies created.  People today are stuck with myths that don't fit their needs.

Pt. 3: THE FIRST STORYTELLERS   SEK 291.13 C152j pt. 3

Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today's society.

Pt. 4: SACRIFICE AND BLISS   SEK 291.13 C152j pt. 4

Campbell discusses the role of sacrifice in myth, which symbolizes the necessity for rebirth. He stresses the need for every one of us to find our sacred place in the midst of today's fast-paced, technological world.

            Pt. 5: LOVE AND THE GODDESS               SEK 291.13 C152j pt. 5

Campbell talks about romantic love, beginning with the 12th century troubadours, and addresses questions about the image of woman--as goddess, virgin, Mother Earth.

Pt. 6: MASKS OF ETERNITY   SEK  291.13 C152j pt. 6

Campbell provides challenging insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity, as revealed in Christian teachings and the beliefs of Buddhists, Navajo Indians, Schopenhauer, Jung and others.

JOSEPH CAMPBELL’S  MYTHOS.  1997. VHS. 60 min. each.

            Pt. 1:  THE INWARD PATH     SEK 291.13 M999 1997 2.1

Campbell introduces us to the core ideas at the heart of the Eastern traditions and explores what Aldous Huxley called the Perennial Philosophy and how it is realized in Hinduism and Buddism.  He traces the development from the early Indus Valley civilizations through the Vedic literature to the Upanishads.  Campbell identifies the point of departure between the Eastern and Western traditions.  Finally, Campbell explains the concept of Nirvana and sets the stage for the arrival of the Buddha.          

            Pt. 2    THE ENLIGHTENED ONE    SEK 291.13 M999 1997. 2.2

Campbell uses stories of the Buddha’s life and enlightenment to reflect the essence of the Buddist religion.  He explains the difference between the two principal types of Buddism-Theraveda (Hinayana) and Mahayana. Campbell also probes the differences between Eastern and Western religion by focusing on Buddhism as a religion of “identification with” the divine rather than one of “relationship to” it. He also compares Buddhism with Taoism and Confucianism and explores an ancient collision of East and West.             

Pt. 3    OUR ETERNAL SELVES      SEK 291.13 M999 1997 2.3

Our Eternal selves introduces us to the systems of yoga that grew out of the mainstream of India spiritually. Campbell demonstrates how the Eastern way of perceiving consciousness is radicaly different from how it is perceived in the West. He demonstrates how yoga acts as a mediation to bring the practitioner to ever higher stages of consciousness, to unite one’s personal consciousness with the eternal, undifferentiated consciousness of the divine. 

            Pt. 4    THE WAY TO ILLUMINATION   SEK 291.13 M999 1997 2.4

Perhaps the most sophisticated form of yoga, Kundalini Yoga, concentrates on the seven chakra or symbolic centers of our psychic energy.  Campbell explains the full chakra system of Kundalini Yoga and makes comparisons with modern Western psychology and Christian concepts. Explore how this system teaches rituals and meditation practices to unite the spiritual power in the human being with the spiritual force of the universe.

Pt. 5  THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD   SEK 291.13 M999 1997 2.5

Campbell demonstrates how Tibetan Buddhists turn the ritual experience of death into a spiritual exercise. Trace with him the stages of the Tibetan Book of the dead in which the Llama prepares a dying man and his family for the final moments of life. This passage, in fact, is a journey downward through the chakras, the centers of energy of Kundalini Yoge. Campbell reveals how the Eastern tradition reaches its most sophisticated expression in the art, philosophy and mysticism in the Buddism of Tibet.

JOURNEY INTO LIFE.  1994. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.    Filmmaker Derek Bromhall captures the creation of a new human life, filmed from the moment when egg and sperm meet to the remarkable journey that ends with the magic of birth.  We see a tiny embryo's beating heart, as small as the head of a pin, filmed inside the womb, and follow the stages of growth of a baby during thirty-eight weeks of pregnancy.

SEK 612.64 J826

THE JOY OF NATURAL CHILDBIRTH. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 59 min.    Famous Hollywood couples share their personal experiences and feelings about childbirth. Lorenzo Lamas and wife Michele are the hosts for this real life look at natural birth, with an emphasis on the Lamaze method of delivery where both parents play an active role. Kenny Rogers, Jane Seymour, Cindy Williams, Wally "Famous" Amos, John Ritter, Peter Strauss and their spouses discuss their own experiences. An actual Lamaze birth is shown.

SEK 618.45 J849

JULIUS CAESAR. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 161 min.    William Shakespeare's play about power, assassination, and revenge in ancient Rome. Clear-cut heroes and villains are not present. Instead, a broad range of historical personalities are presented as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and with themselves..

SEK 822.33 T1 Sh15ba

JULIUS CAESAR. 1979. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 160 min.   William Shakespeare's play about power, assassination, and revenge in ancient Rome. Clear-cut heroes and villains are not present. Instead, a broad range of historical personalities are presented as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and with themselves.

SEK 822.33 T1 Sh15b
 

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KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 38 min.   Using excerpts and selections from the music of Bach, Beethoven, and others, the film introduces viewers to the main keyboard instruments, to the people who composed for them, and to the music written for them.

SEK 786 K52
 

KILLING OF KIMIRA: KIMIRA VADHAM.  2000. VHS.  210 min.   Based on a scene from India's great epic, the Mahabharata ... tells the story of the demoness Simkika's attempted revenge on the five Pandava brothers.

SEK 790.2 K556 2000
        

KING JOHN. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 158 min.   The plot concerns the efforts of England's King John to defend his throne against the claims of Arthur, the young Duke of Brittany.  The powerful king of France supports Arthur.  John has the allegiance of the brave and able Philip Faulconbridge and of the English nobility.  But in time, John's evil and weak policies cost him the loyalty of his followers.  Near the end of the play, both Arthur and John die violently. John's son then takes the throne as Henry III.

SEK 822.33 X1 Sh15b

KING LEAR. 2 videocassettes. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 185 min.   Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters. This is a tragedy concerning misplaced trust, envy, power and filial ingratitude. King Lear shifts slowly from a dictatorial old man to one stripped of wealth and honors and plunged to the brink of madness. Shakespeare probes the depths of the suffering and disaster created by defects of character and the terrible cost at which such defects are purged.

SEK 822.33 T3 Sh15ba
        

KING LEAR. 1982. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 185 min.   Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters. This is a tragedy concerning misplaced trust, envy, power and filial ingratitude. King Lear shifts slowly from a dictatorial old man to one stripped of wealth and honors and plunged to the brink of madness. Shakespeare probes the depths of the suffering and disaster created by defects of character and the terrible cost at which such defects are purged.

SEK 822.33 T3 Sh15b 
 

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LANGSTON HUGHES. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.    One of the most influential and prolific black American writers of the century.  Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was fueled by love for his race and culture.  The blues, jazz, and spirituals echo in his rhythmic lines.  Hughes became involved in the black artistic and political movements of his time.  The film includes Hughes reading from his works and scenes of his travels.  Commentary by James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Leopold Sedar Senghor, among others. 

SEK 811.52 H874Z 1988

LASCAUX REVISITED. 1994. 1/2" VHS. 35 min.   The film documents the spectacular prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux Cave located in southwest France. These are the only images filmed since the cave was closed in 1963.

SEK 709.0112 L332
        

LATIN-AMERICAN SPANISH FOR TRAVELLERS. (Berlitz video) 1986. VHS. 90 min.    Combines computer graphics with live action and freeze frames to produce an interactive language learning system. Divided into chapters, each explores a different type of experience a traveler will encounter abroad, e.g., hotel reservations, shopping, going to a restaurant.

SEK 468.3 L349
        

LEARN CHEMISTRY I. 2004. DVD.  78 min.   Covers the basics of chemistry such as: states of matter, physical properties of matter, chemical properties of matter, atoms, compounds, the periodic table and much more.

SEK 540 L479 2004

LEARNING TO LIVE WITH STRESS. 1/2" VHS. 13 min.   Discusses stress as a contributing factor in the development of many diseases. Fight/flight responses, relaxation response, meditation, and other methods of controlling stress are discussed.

SEK 155.9 L479
        

THE LEGACY: MURDER AND MEDIA, POLITICS AND PRISONS. 1/2" VHS. 77 min.   From murders to manhunts to a win-at-all-costs political campaign, this riveting exposé presents the disturbing story behind the passage of California’s stringent “Three Strikes” law.  Through candid interviews and news footage, Mike Reynolds and Marc Klaas – brothers-in-arms turned bitter opponents – and other key players including judges, legal analysts, and state officials illuminate both sides of this heated issue, revealing in stark terms how criminal justice policy is debated and promoted in today’s media-saturated political climate – particularly in a city where more money is spent building prisons than on education.

SEK 364.65 T413 1999

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION.  2002. ½” VHS, Part 1 & part 2, 23 min. each    In 1803 President Jefferson purchased the land known as the Louisiana Purchase from France and soon commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition through the newly acquired U.S. territory. Retrace the adventurous trail of these true American heroes who faced many adversities and sacrificed personal ambitions for the sake of a newly born country.

SEK 917.8 L585 2002

LIFE AFTER PRISON: SUCCESS ON THE OUTSIDE.  2005. DVD, 42 min.    This information-packed program illustrates the specific steps that are needed for someone to transform from incarceration to a rewarding life, and examines the many pitfalls that must be avoided along the way.  Parolees discuss their successes and failures, while parole officers provide insights into why not all ex-offenders succeed.  Also examined are where to look for employment and how to make the most of the work experience and skills learned in prison. 

SEK 365.66 L626 2005
 

LIFE ON EARTH. 1978. 1/2" VHS. 58 min.

Pt.  1: INFINITE VARIETY  SEK 575 L626 pt. 1

David Attenborough attempts to explain where, when, and in what order the earth's more than four million species evolved.  Includes a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a visual reconstruction of the path of evolution from the first living molecule to the first fully coordinated, multi-celled organisms.

Pt.  2: BUILDING BODIES   SEK 575 L626 pt. 2  

David Attenborough examines mollusks, echinoderms, and crustaceans and speculates on the significance of the evolutionary reasons for such extreme diversity. Includes a look at marine invertebrates found in the area of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Pt.  3: FIRST FORESTS   SEK 575 L626 pt. 3 

David Attenborough traces the movement and adaptation of algae Also uses microphotography to reveal unsuspected details in mosses, liverworts, ferns, cycads, and confiers.

Pt.  4: SWARMING HORDES   SEK 575 L626 pt. 4 

David Attenborough describes how successfully insects have developed through eons of evolution. He shows examples of moulting, metamorphosis, camouflage, and social cooperation as seen in termite colonies, beehives, and among army ants.

Pt.  5: THE CONQUEST OF THE WATERS   SEK 575 L626 pt. 5

David Attenborough traces the evolution of marine vertebrates from the sea squirts, through primitive jawless fish, to the cartilaginous sharks and rays, and finally to the bony fish.

Pt.  6: THE INVASION OF THE LAND     SEK 575 L626 pt. 6  

David Attenborough explains how marine vertebrates developed legs and lungs and were thus able to move onto the land. He also describes modern day amphibians, such as the salamanders and frogs.

 Pt.  7: VICTORS OF THE DRY LAND   SEK 575 L626 pt. 7   

David Attenborough describes the characteristics that made reptiles the first successful inhabitants of dry land and he shows the viewer examples of this astonishingly diverse family. Includes a discussion of the evolution of dinosaurs and the reasons for their sudden extinction.

 Pt.  8: LORDS OF THE AIR   SEK 575 L626 pt. 8 

David Attenborough describes the evolution of bird feathers as well as territorial behavior, courtship display, navigation, and migration of birds. At     the end of the program he speculates on the extinction of the dinosaurs and why birds failed to inherit the earth.

Pt.  9: THE RISE OF THE MAMMALS    SEK 575 L626 pt. 9 

David Attenborough offers a detailed study of the many marsupial species, paying special attention to the primitive marsupials found in Australia.

Pt. 10: THEME AND VARIATIONS    SEK 575 L626 pt. 10 

David Attenborough describes some of the diverse specialization’s which mammals have evolved to obtain food, to move, to navigate, and, in some cases, to communicate.

Pt. 11: THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED    SEK 575 L626 pt. 11

David Attenborough explains how the spread of grass over the open plains permitted the evolution of many new mammals capable of digesting cellulose. These animals in turn became food for the hunters. Shows many diverse hunting strategies from the straightforward chase of the sprinting cheetah to the cooperative social hunting of lions and hyenas.

Pt. 12: A LIFE IN THE TREES   SEK 575 L626 pt. 12 

David Attenborough explores the evolution of primates in a wide range of geographic areas and explains the significance of binocular vision and grasping hands in successful adaptation to life in the trees.

Pt. 13: THE COMPULSIVE COMMUNICATORS   SEK 575 L626 pt. 13 

David Attenborough traces the origins of Homo sapiens back three million years to our origins in Africa. He also traces the development of cooperative hunting, agriculture, and animal domestication to man's unique ability to communicate.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, by Mark Twain. 1980. 1/2" VHS. 54 min.   An account of eighteen months in the early life of Mark Twain as he fulfills a boyhood ambition to become a river pilot. After a difficult apprenticeship during which he braves the hazards of the ever-changing river, he earns his license and with it a new maturity.

SEK 977 L626

LIGHT, COLOR AND THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 14 min.   Discusses the physical characteristics of light, color, and the visible spectrum.

SEK 535 L626

LIGHTING. 1992. 1/2" VHS. 41 min.   Closely examines the instruments most used in the theater (fresnel, ellipsoidal, and scoop), with specific points on safety and proper handling.  Demonstrations include the effects of lighting with color and instrument placement.  There is also an application section in which lighting for the show is examined.

SEK 792.025 L627 1992

LINGERING IN THE SHADOW: TEENS TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION.  2003.  ½” VHS, 53 min.   Ten teens, videotaped in their group therapy sessions, discuss many aspects of depression and how it affects their lives and the lives of their family and friends.  They talk about what depression feels like, schools and counselors, thier worries about the future, and their poetry, journaling and writing, among others.  The program also includes insight from their counselors.

SEK 616.8527 L646 2003

THE LIVING PLANET. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 55 min. each.

Pt.  1: THE BUILDING OF THE EARTH    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 1

David Attenborough reveals how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move, and how the planet earth has become so amazingly varied. He visits an erupting volcano in Iceland, finds giant plants on Mount Kenya, and investigates the re-colonization of Krakatoa and Mount St. Helens by wildlife.

Pt.  2: THE FROZEN WORLD   SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 2

David Attenborough visits icy mountain slopes in the Andes and travels to the remote Arctic and Antarctic to explore how various plants and animals have adapted to these frigid, forbidding conditions.

Pt.  3: THE NORTHERN FORESTS   EK 574.5 L761 pt. 3

David Attenborough describes the adaptations and interrelationships of plants and animals in the northern forests. He explains how the trees of the coniferous forests have made special adaptations in order to survive the long, cold winters. In turn, the animals that inhabit these vast forests are dependent on the trees for leaves, cones, or bark. Further south in the deciduous woodland, he shows how animals must put on fat for the winter in order to survive the cold.

Pt.  4: JUNGLE    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 4

David Attenborough makes a vertical journey down a kapox tree whose crown emerges above the jungle canopy. He descends by ropes through various layers of the jungle to the forest floor below, finding en route some of the most colorful and extraordinary plants and animals on earth.

Pt.  5: SEAS OF GRASS    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 5

David Attenborough visits the African grasslands and examines the host of creatures, such as the antelope, zebra, wildebeest, lion, and cheetah, that inhabit the savannas.

Pt.  6: BAKING DESERTS    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 6

David Attenborough describes how desert animals survive heat and drought in a variety of ingenious ways. Beetles in the Namib Desert collect fog while the spadefoot toad tadpoles turn cannibal in order to complete their life cycle before the pools of water dry up.

Pt.  7: COMMUNITY OF THE SKIES    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 7

David Attenborough describes the atmosphere as a covering to the earth that is constantly on the move with currents of air manufacturing the world's weather. He shows that in order to drift and fly plants and animals must overcome gravity, but at the same time, the world would be a chaotic, weightless place without gravity.

Pt.  8: SWEET FRESH WATER    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 8

David Attenborough follows the Amazon River, the world's largest river system, from its source in the Peruvian Andes to its huge coastal delta in Brazil. Great waterfalls such as the Angel Falls in Venezuela and Iguassu in Brazil demonstrate the power of rivers to shape the landscape.

Pt.  9: THE MARGINS OF THE LAND    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 9

David Attenborough talks about the animals and plants that make their homes in the shifting world of mud and sand in tidal areas. He visits a mangrove swamp in Bangladesh where the tree roots help to expand the coastline and he discusses the varied community of animals that inhabit the swamp.

Pt. 10: WORLDS APART    SEK 74.5 L761 pt. 10

David Attenborough talks about how plants and animals arrive at remote, isolated islands and how they survive when they get there. He visits Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean and observes giant tortoises that have flourished in a hostile landscape of jagged, coral rock.

Pt. 11: OCEAN    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 11

David Attenborough looks at the vast amount of space covered by the earth's oceans, underwater topography, the minute, drifting plankton and forests of kelp, food chains, and the evolution of fish and mammals.

Pt. 12: NEW WORLDS    SEK 574.5 L761 pt. 12

David Attenborough looks at the mixed fortunes of a wide variety of animals that have been affected by man's damage or changes to the environment. He also examines the fortunes of man himself and his impact through time on the earth. Also provides a glimpse into the possible future of the earth.       
 

THE LIVING ROOM CAMPAIGN.  1996.  VHS, 50 min.   Traces the impact of political commercials on our national elections since the Eisenhower campaign first used the practice. Shows ads from 1952-1988. Includes interviews with prominent media experts, journalists, advertising executives, political consultants and pollsters.

VCR 324.973 L761 1996
 

THE LONG SEARCH. 1977. 1/2" VHS.

Pt.  1: PROTESTANT SPIRIT USA. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 1 
Visits various Protestant churches in Indianapolis and observes how services are conducted. Examines the reasons for  the vigor of religious expression among both black and white American Protestants.

Pt.  2: HINDUISM: 330 MILLION GODS. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 2
Visits various sites in India and observes the performance of several types of religious ceremonies. Explores the Hindu approach to God and the complexity of the Hindu religious experience.

Pt.  3: BUDDHISM: FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA--INDIA. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 3
Visits Sri Lanka and India to discover the type of Buddhism practiced throughout Southeast Asia. Includes talks with monks, school children, novices, and housewives who describe their own religious experiences and discuss the high moral standards demanded by Buddhism.

Pt.  4: CATHOLICISM: ROME, LEEDS AND THE DESERT. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 4
Visits Rome, Spain, and England to explore the diversity and unity of the Catholic religious experience.

Pt.  5: ISLAM: THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 5
Visits Egypt to explore the experience of Islamic worship.  Includes interviews with a number of Moslems who discuss their personal attitudes and approaches to their religion.

Pt.  6: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY: THE RUMANIAN SOLUTION. 52 min.   SEK 291 L854 pt. 6
Examines the unique relationship existing between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Communist state in Romania. Visits a number of Romanian churches and observes how the Orthodox liturgy is conducted.

Pt.  7: JUDAISM: THE CHOSEN PEOPLE. 52 min.   SEK 291 L854 pt. 7
Consists of interviews with several Jews living throughout the world who attempt to define the significance of being one of the chosen people.

Pt.  8: RELIGION IN INDONESIA: THE WAY OF THE ANCESTORS. 52 min.   SEK 291 L854 pt. 8
Visits the Torajas of Indonesia to investigate the experience of primal worship. Explores the reasons for the remarkable survival of the Torajas' religion at a time when other primal religions are dying out as a result of contact with the outside world.

Pt.  9: BUDDHISM: THE LAND OF THE DISAPPEARING BUDDHA--JAPAN. 52 min. 

SEK 291 L854 pt. 9
Visits Japan to investigate the Japanese experience of Buddhist worship and the complexities of Zen.

Pt. 10: AFRICAN RELIGIONS: ZULU ZION. 52 min.    SEK 291 L854 pt. 10
Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity.

Pt. 11: TAOISM: A QUESTION OF BALANCE--CHINA. 52 min.   SEK 291 L854 pt. 11
Examines the different types of religious beliefs that make up the spiritual life of Taiwan, including a Confucian respect for the past, the cosmic pattern of the Tao that manifests itself through the oracles, and the worship of local gods who dispense justice and favors.

Pt. 12: ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES IN CALIFORNIA: WEST MEETS EAST. 52 min.
SEK 291 L854 pt. 12
Visits the San Francisco Bay area to examine the new religious concerns of people who are looking East to Hinduism and Taoism for inspiration. Explores the search for a saner and more wholesome life in which ecology is held sacred and the accent is on good health.

Pt. 13: REFLECTIONS ON THE LONG SEARCH. 52 min.   SEK 291 L854 pt. 13
Theater director Ronald Eyre presents some personal reflections on his pilgrimage throughout the world in which he explored the religious beliefs and experiences of various peoples.
        

LOST WAX BRONZE CASTING EXPLAINED. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 24 min.
Follows every step of the creation of "New Year Dancer", by Roger F. Blakley, a 39" abstract cast bronze sculpture produced using the age old method of lost wax casting.

SEK 731.456 L899
        

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 120 min.
King Ferdinand of Navarre and his friends Berowne, Longaville, and Dumain vow to live without the company of women for three years.  But the princess of France unexpectedly arrives at the king's court with three female companions.  The comedy centers on the efforts of the men to woo the women while pretending to keep their vow.  At the play's end, the men propose to their visitors, who promise to give their answer in a year and a day.

SEK 822.33 O7 Sh15b
        

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, 1770-1827. 1/2" VHS. 35 min.
Draws on old maps, contemporary drawings & paintings, portraits and other archival material to present an outline of Beethoven’s life and music set against the social and historical background of the  Romantic era in Germany.  Ends with an overview of his music.

SEK 780.92 B393 1996
 

LUTHER'S CHOICE. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 56 min.
A drama about Walter Payne, an inter-city youth who broke loose from the gang culture of his Philadelphia neighborhood.

SEK 364.36 L977

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 MACBETH.  1987. 1/2" VHS. 148 min.
A dramatization of Shakespeare's tragedy.  It portrays the savage and guilt-ridden ambitions of Macbeth and his wife and their steady march toward an inevitable catastrophe.

SEK 822.33 T5 Sh15ba
        

MACBETH. 1976. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 147 min.
A dramatization of Shakespeare's tragedy. It portrays the savage and guilt-ridden ambitions of Macbeth and his wife and their steady march toward an inevitable catastrophe.

SEK 822.33 T5 Sh15b
        

THE MAD HOUSERS, SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 58 min.
A drama about a group of architecture students who are moved to action after an encounter with a homeless man and woman.

SEK 305.569 M26
        

THE MAGIC OF CELLS. 2004. DVD.  20 min.

Discover the magic of cells. Using live action video and sensational computer animation, this video introduces the viewer to the amazing world of the cell.

SEK 571.6 M272 2004

THE MAILBOX. 1977. 1/2" VHS. 24 min.
Shows the disappointment an elderly woman feels as she awaits mail from her family, but the letters do not arrive. Emphasizes the importance of family communication.

SEK 305.26 M281

THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW. 1981. 1/2" VHS. 88 min.
Nostradamus is said to have predicted the rising to power of Napoleon and Hitler, the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. Orson Welles hosts this documentary about the 16th century physician and philosopher and his tantalizing predications for future world events.

SEK 133.3 N847m
 

MARIJUANA, ITS EFFECTS ON MIND AND BODY. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Examines the scientific, social, and personal aspects of marijuana – its history, cultural impact, psychological and physical effects, dangers, legal status, and the pros and cons of the legalization issue.

SEK 362.295 M338

MARRIAGE. 2000. 1/2" VHS. 53 min.
A documentary program that looks at the history of marriage from ancient times to the present.  The interesting current state of marriage is addressed, including such topics as cohabitation, betrothal, dowry, the wedding ceremony, endogamy and exogamy, polygamy and polyandry monogamy, same-sex marriage, divorce, and remarriage are covered.

SEK 306.81 M349 2000

MARSHALL, TEXAS – MARSHALL, TEXAS. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.
Bill Moyers returns to his hometown of 25,000 people to reexamine his past through the voices of current residents and former classmates. He relives the pleasures of small town life, examines the price of its close-knit structure on individual aspirations, and traces the history of Marshall's race relations from the 1930s through the Civil Rights Movement.

SEK 976.419 M358
        

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 53 min.
A personal portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in conversation with Arnold Michaelis, which took place in Atlanta, Ga. on December 1, 1965.  It brings alive the essence of King's character, the range of his intellect, the quality of his humor, and the depth of his humanity.

SEK 323.1196 K585m

MASTERS OF ILLUSION. 1991. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
This film is about how to see, what we see, and what we think we see.  Emphasis is placed on the artistic and scientific discoveries of the  Renaissance masters Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Raphael which resulted in the discovery of perspective and the development of visual tools that create the magic of illusion.

SEK 701.82 M393
        

MAYA ANGELOU. 1981. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Thirty years after she left it, Maya Angelou and Bill Moyers return to Stamps, Ark., the rural southern town where Angelou grew up. She confronts the scenes of her past, turning over the leaves of memory to recount the inspirations and agonies of her youth in a segregated community. The impact of childhood experiences on adulthood and the ways that memory and experience impinge upon art are discussed.

SEK 811.54 An43m

MEASURE FOR MEASURE.  1987.  1/2" VHS.  145 min.
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna, turns over the affairs of the city to Angelo, his stern deputy, and Escalus, a wise old nobleman.  The duke hopes the two men will introduce needed moral reforms in Vienna.  In one of his first acts, Angelo sentences Claudio to death for making Juliet, his fiancée, pregnant.  Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads with Angelo for Claudio's life.  Overcome by her beauty, Angelo agrees to save Claudio if she will allow him to make love to her.  Isabella refuses, preferring to let her brother die rather than yield her honor.  After much intrigue and plotting, Claudio is saved, Isabella keeps her virtue and Angelo's wicked deeds are exposed.

SEK 822.33 P1 Sh15b

MEMORY OF THE CAMPS. VHS, 59 min.
Presents archival motion picture footage taken by British and American photographers documenting the conditions Allied troops found when they liberated Nazi concentration camps. Includes scenes of the gas chambers, medical experimentation labs, crematoria, and starving survivors and the dead in Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and other camps.

VCR 940.53185 M519 1997
 

MEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. ½” VHS, 19 min.
In this program, several men are shown dealing with their lifelong patterns of violent behavior.  As the men attend group counseling, viewers learn that power and control are the root of domestic violence, and that abuse comes in various forms.  Viewers also learn that abusive patterns are usually handed down through generations, and that abusers are responsible for their actions.  Finally, one man applies some of what he has learned to begin building a healthier pattern of behavior.

SEK 362.8292 M52 1994

MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS 1/2" VHS. 46 min.
In this ABC News special with Barbara Walters and co-hosted by John Grey, author of the best-selling book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, six couples learn what makes men and women different in emotion and outlook, the implications for a relationship, and how to adopt behavior that brings out the best in each partner.  From listening skills to the importance of affection or solitude, John Grey applies his theories and techniques to real-life situations to create more successful, satisfying, and harmonious partnerships.

SEK 646.78  M528 1999

MEN: THE KILLER SEX.  2002.  DVD.  50 min.
This program discusses the biochemistry of why men kill, as well as protocols such as chemical and physical castration.  The cases of Jason Harper and Dion Sanders are explored.

SEK 364.019 M52 2002
 

MEN, WOMEN, AND THE BRAIN. ½” VHS, 57 min.
Are certain differences between men and women innate, or are they the end-product of experience?  In this program, specialists from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the University of Pennsylvania, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and McMaster University define and explore a number of intriguing and sometimes puzzling differences between the brains of men and women.  Far from insignificant, these differences can affect aging, reading ability spatial skills, aggression, depression, schizophrenia, and sexuality. 

SEK 155.3 M52s 1999

MEN, WOMEN, SEX, AND AIDS. 1987. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
A television documentary that informs the public of the alarming spread of AIDS within the heterosexual community. Focuses on four areas of concern: changing sexual habits, education, cure, and cost. Includes interviews with victims, physicians, educators, researchers, and others.

SEK 616.9792 M52

THE MEN’S MOVEMENT 1/2" VHS. 29 min.
Men are marching on Washington, finding religion, taking on new community responsibilities, bonding with each other, weeping openly, and discussing their relationships.  Just what are men up to, and what, exactly, has prompted this drastic change in behavior?  Some say it is the natural outcome of the feminist movement and the resulting change in male roles.  Perhaps.  This program profiles the new “men’s movement”, explores the various reasons why men become involved, and examines the implications for men and women in the 21^st century.

SEK 305.32 M5281 1999

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.  1987. 1/2" VHS.  157 min.
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play. A blend of tragic and comic material, this is one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays. The crux of the ambiguity lies in the character of the Jewish moneylender, Shylock--is he a villain, a comic buffoon or a tragic hero? The play's central theme is the conflict between the world of law and the world of mercy.

SEK 822.33 P3 Sh15ba
        

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. 1981. 3 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 157 min.
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play. A blend of tragic and comic material, this is one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays. The crux of the ambiguity lies in the character of the Jewish moneylender, Shylock--is he a villain, a comic buffoon or a tragic hero? The play's central theme is the conflict between the world of law and the world of mercy.

SEK 822.33 P3 Sh15b

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.  1987.  1/2" VHS. 167 min.
Supposedly Queen Elizabeth requested Shakespeare to write a comedy portraying Sir John Falstaff in love.  The play relates Falstaff's efforts to make love to Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, two honest middle-class housewives in the town of Windsor.  Instead of winning their love, Falstaff ends up the victim of a number comical tricks invented by the women.

SEK 822.33 P5 Sh15b
 

MICROBES AND HUMAN DISEASES.  1999.  VHS. 30 min.
Part of the Unseen Life on Earth: an Introduction to Microbiology series.  This film explores the fast biotechnological potential micro-organisms hold and discusses their importance in everything from medicine to environmental issues to global politics.  Features new techniques in microscopy and computer-related imagery

SEK 579 M5825 1999

MICROBIAL CONTROL.  1999.  VHS. 30 min.
Part of the Unseen Life on Earth: an Introduction to Microbiology series.  This film explores the fast biotechnological potential micro-organisms hold and discusses their importance in everything from medicine to environmental issues to global politics.  Features new techniques in microscopy and computer-related imagery

SEK 579 M583 1999

MICROSOFT vs. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.  2003.  DVD.  18 min.
In this program Bill Gates, Paul [i.e. Steve] Ballmer and other Microsoft executives square off against their opponents including Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and Asst. Attorney General Joel Klein to discuss the allegations that Microsoft has made predatory use of its monopoly power to stifle its     competition. Microsoft's integration of it's Web browser, Internet Explorer, into Window's core code, makes the choice of competitive programs difficult.  There is also a growing concern that by manufacturing Internet Explorer with pre-selected Microsoft-centric hyperlinks, Microsoft will become the de facto keeper of the gateway to cyberspace.

SEK 338.47 M583 2003

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.  1987. 1/2" VHS. 112 MIN.
A romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

SEKLCVC 822.33 P7 Sh15ba

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 1982. 1/2" VHS. 112 min.
A romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

SEK 822.33 P7 Sh15b
        

MILTON. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
The main focus of this program is on Milton's Paradise lost. First the character of the man himself is illustrated through the sonnet to his dead wife, Katherine, whom (because he was already blind when he met her) he had never seen. The selections from Paradise lost include: Book I, Opening passage and the confrontation between Satan and Bellzebub in Hell; Book III, the hymn to light; Book IV, Satan's confrontation with Gabriel; Book XII, Michael leads Adam and Eve out of Paradise.

SEK 821.4 M642pv
       

THE MIND. 1988. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: SEARCH FOR MIND     SEK 153 M661 pt. 1
What is mind? Is it simply the gray organ nestled inside every human head, or is it something more? The program explores these questions, providing historical context from ancient Greece through Sigmund Freud's first attempts at psychoanalysis and shedding light on the meaning of the unconscious and conscious mind.

Pt. 2: DEVELOPMENT   SEK 153 M661 pt. 2
Tracing specific brain cells, the human brain's development is followed from a single cell to a six-year-old brain. Computer graphics, time-lapse microphotography and in-utero footage give detailed images of the development of the human fetus.  Experiments reveal that a fetus actively prepares for survival before birth. At 12 months the brain's network has already formed language connections and rids the brain of unused connections. At 18 months, a child experiences his/her first sense of self.

Pt. 3: AGING   SEK 153 M661 pt. 3
What happens to the brain and mind during the aging process?  Why do some people age and still retain full mental capacity, while others lose agility of the mind? The diseases of aging, stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are analyzed with an emphasis on the fact that they are totally distinct from the normal aging process. The episode closes with a look at the phenomenon most commonly associated with older minds: wisdom.

Pt. 4: ADDICTIONS   SEK 153 M661 pt. 4
Experiments with persons suffering from heroin, alcohol, nicotine, food or gambling addictions provide insight into the nature of the mind. Scientists explain the reasons for the pain of withdrawal. Recent studies on the mind's capacity for chemical dependency are detailed, revealing a complex and delicate balance within the brain.

Pt. 5: PAIN AND HEALING   SEK 153 M661 pt. 5
What is the mind's role in healing the body and controlling pain? Attitude affects patterns of disease and pain. In an hypnosis demonstration, patients learn that the brain is actually an interpreter of pain. A person under hypnosis dissociates painful sensory input. The painkilling mechanisms of the body also respond to expectation and placebos, allowing the mind to make associations that could have a powerful effect on the healing process.

Pt. 6: DEPRESSION   SEK 153 M661 pt. 6
Depression is a disease that affects an estimated ten million Americans. The lives of a number of people who suffer from depression or manic-depressive illness are examined. The risk of suicide in the chronically depressed person is discussed.  Researchers offer their explanations of the origins of depression and try to separate normal mood variations from serious or chronic symptoms.

Pt.  7: LANGUAGE   SEK 153 M661 pt. 7
Language is unique to the human mind. The different theories of the evolution of language are explored. One theory is that language is the result of gene mutation, resulting in quantum leaps in the normal evolutionary process. Experiments reveal an infant's innate drive to communicate. Scientists show that linguistic capacity is present even without speech and hearing.

Pt. 8: THINKING    SEK 153 M661 pt. 8
Delving into root and background of the mind, the extraordinary network that comprises human thought is explored. The frontal lobe and prefrontal cortex are zeroed in on as the key staging areas for integration in the brain; the place where memory, emotion and intelligence come together to produce conscious activity.

Pt. 9: THE VIOLENT MIND.   90 min.   SEK 153 M661 pt. 9
Changes in anatomy and chemistry of the brain can cause violent behavior. Scientists suggest that even the acts of a serial killer may have a biological or genetic basis. While science delves into the natural aggressive instincts within the mind and measures the probability for violent acts, new scientific data raises difficult questions about the punishment of criminals. This is juxtaposed to the legal system's demand for immutable evidence of guilt or innocence.
    

MIND OF A KILLER. 2005. DVD. 60 min.
Reports on recent scientific research on the behavior of killers.  Combines an interview with serial killer Joel Rifkin with neurological testing, brain scans, and even information derived from laboratory studies of animal aggression.

SEK 364.1523 M661 2005
 

THE MIRACLE OF LIFE. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.
A documentary which shows the actual conception and development of a baby. Looks inside the male and female reproductive organs to show the formation of sperm and the passage of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube. Uses a microscope to observe DNA, chromosomes, and other minute body details building up to the moment of birth.

SEK 612.6 M671  2 copies.

MODIFYING THE WEATHER: THE CASE OF THE MAN-MADE DESERT. 1990. VHS.  26 min.
By building roads, watering crops, grazing his cattle, man is constantly changing the climate. This program shows the effect of migration in the Sahel in changing regional climate; the tomorrow-be-damned policy of water usage in Arizona; and the drastic miscarriage of good intentions in Central Asia, where efforts to irrigate the desert turned into the worst climatic disaster in the history of the Soviet Union: the drying up of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake.  Details are given as to how it happened and the consequences for the population, the physical geography, and the climate are shown.

SEK 363.7 M721
        

MORE THAN JUST A PAT ON THE BACK, by Betty Bender. 1990. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Betty Bender presents principles that supervisors can use to award, appreciate, and develop employees.

SEK 658.31 M813
        

MOUNT ST. HELENS, KEEPER OF THE FIRE. 1980. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
The explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens and its aftermath are documented. Volcanism is discussed.

SEK 551.21 M863
        

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.  1987. 1/2" VHS. 148 min.
This romantic comedy concerns the attempts by the villainous Don John to slander the virtue of Hero, the daughter of the governor of Messina, Italy.  After a great deal of intrigue, the play ends happily.  However, the real interest centers of the relationship between the haughty lady Beatrice and the confirmed bachelor, Benedick, two witty young people who trade insults throughout most of the play.  Their arguments and their final discovery that they love each other provide much of the fun of the play.  The broad humor of the talkative village constable, Dogberry, and his assistant, Verges, add to the comedic delight.

SEK 822.33 Q1 Sh15b

MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES.  1994. 1/2" VHS.  30 min.
This program shows three people who on the surface appear as typical Americans engaged in normal lives.  One is an honor student in art, another a decorated police officer, and the third a loving housewife.  Each is revealed to have multiple personalities, which have developed as defense mechanisms against extreme sexual, physical, or emotional abuse experienced during childhood.  The different personalities emerge during psychological treatment aimed at uncovering memories of the abuse, and important step in the healing process.

SEK 616.85236 M919
        

MUSIC FOR FILM.  1990.  VHS.  55 min.

Featuring Ron Goodwin's seminar on the procedures and techniques for making motion picture music.

SEK 781.542 M973 2003

THE MUSIC SCHOOL, by John Updike. 1976. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Portrays a contemporary writer's struggle to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school.

SEK 813.5208 Am35 pt. 2

MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY.  2006, DVD,  90 min.
Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation.  The principle focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq.  As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence, Dr. Riyadh struggles to understand the tragic contradiction of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy throughout the Middle East.
           SEK 956.7 P756m 2006

MYTHOS, v. 1: SHAPING OUR WESTERN TRADITION. 2000, c1996. VHS. 270 min.
Excerpts from Joseph Campbell’s last lecture series that illustrate his theory of the origin, purpose and history of myth and mythology.  The remarkably successful “The Power of Myth” introduced Joseph Campbell and his extraordinary ideas to millions.  Now his vision of the One Great Story of our human adventure unfolds in the first volume of  “Mythos, the Shaping of our Mythic Tradition”.  Join him as he explores how myths evolve to reflect changing beliefs about nature, God and life. 

Pt. 1.1:  PSYCHE & SYMBOL
Pt. 1.2:  THE SPIRIT LAND
Pt. 1.3:  ON BEING HUMAN
Pt. 1.4:  FROM GODDESSES TO GOD
Pt. 1.5:  THE MYSTICAL LIFE.

SEK 291.13 M999 2000, v. 1.

MYTHOS, v. 2: SHAPING OF THE EASTERN TRADITION.  1997.  VHS. 56 min. ea.

Pt. 2.1  THE INWARD PATH
Pt. 2.2  THE ENLIGHTENED ONE
Pt. 2.3  OUR ETERNAL SELVES
Pt. 2.4  THE WAY TO ILLUMINATION
Pt. 2.5  THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD   

SEK 291.13 M999, 1997, v. 2

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NAPOLEON. 1988 VHS. 24 min.

Covers the life and activities of Napoleon, including his childhood, military pursuits, rule, defeat, exile and death.

VCR 944.05 N162Y 1988
 

NATIONAL AIDS AWARENESS TEST: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ACQUIRED IMMUNE

     DEFICIENCY SYNDROME? 1987  VHS. 120 min.
Steve Bell and Morgan Fairchild co-anchor a television special in "test format", which allows the viewer to answer 55 questions on AIDS, after which, answers, based on the latest medical research, are given.  Includes presentations by various medical authorities and celebrities.

SEK 616.9792 N213

THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Dannion Brinkley chronicled his near death experiences in two books, Saved by the Light and At peace in the Light, giving detailed accounts of what it's like "on the other side."  Corinne Edwards conducts an in-depth interview with Brinkley, exploring the process of dying and Brinkley's transformation.  Having been hit by lightning and pronounced dead for 28 minutes, Brinkley describes the Beings of Light who met him at the end of a long tunnel.  The Beings sent him back with astounding predictions of future world history, all of which came true from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Persian Gulf War.

SEK 133.9013 N27
        

NEW ENGLAND TRANSCENDENTALISTS. 1997.  VVD.  27 min.
Host Vincent Scully of Yale University guides viewers through the American paintings, artifacts, sculptures, furniture, and architecture displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Part 1 begins in the seventeenth-century Hart Room of the American Wing, continues through colonial times, and ends with the emergence of the Hudson River School around 1820. Part 2 explores nineteenth-century landscape and portrait painting in depth, ending with the Frank Lloyd Wright Room at the Museum.

SEK 810.93 N42

NEW WORLD VISIONS: AMERICAN ART AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, 1650-1914. 1983. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 120 min.
Host Vincent Scully of Yale University guides viewers through the American paintings, artifacts, sculptures, furniture, and architecture displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Part 1 begins in the seventeenth-century Hart Room of the American Wing, continues through colonial times, and ends with the emergence of the Hudson River School around 1820. Part 2 explores nineteenth-century landscape and portrait painting in depth, ending with the Frank Lloyd Wright Room at the Museum.

SEK 709.73 N42
        

THE NEXT MINORITY, WHITE AMERICANS. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
The possible consequences of whites becoming the new American minority are considered in this specially adapted Phil Donahue program.

SEK 305.8 N49
        

NO MAPS ON MY TAPS.  VHS.  58 min.
Veteran jazz tap dancing stars, including Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Sandman Sims, reminisce about their art and careers in documenting another disappearing art cultured in Black America.  Includes scenes of street corner challenge dancing and stills from the 1930’s of legendary figures from tap dancing’s heyday.

SEK 792.78 N66 1979

NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION: A 45-MINUTE SEMINAR PRESENTED TO A LIVE AUDIENCE.  1996.  VHS.  45 min.
Shows how to interpret non-verbal messages, as well as how to use them to become a better communicator.  It focuses on seven topics: personal space, touch, body motion, artifacts, environment, tone of voice, and physical characteristics. 

SEK 152 M565n

NOT ME ALONE--PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH. 1970. 16 mm. 31 min.
Presents one couple's experience with childbirth preparation classes, breathing exercises, labor, and delivery of their baby using the Lamaze technique, with the husband assisting in the delivery. Emphasizes the personal interaction and interdependence involved.

SEK 618.45 N843       (last sent, Nov. ’99)
        

NOVA. See: ACID RAIN

ALCOHOLISM

ANIMAL IMPOSTERS

CITY OF CORAL

DOWN ON THE FARM

MIRACLE OF LIFE

NUCLEAR STRATEGY FOR BEGINNERS

SIGNS OF THE APES, SONGS OF WHALES

TO LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE

WHALE WATCH
        

NUCLEAR STRATEGY FOR BEGINNERS. 1984. 1/2" VHS. 57 min.
Looks back over the four decades of the atomic age to try to understand how the modern world has acquired an arsenal of over 50,000 nuclear weapons. Also explores the continuing debate about whether nuclear weapons deter war or only make it more likely.

SEK 355.0217 N883

THE NUTCRACKER, by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden. 1985. 1/2" VHS.  120 min.
Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's story of Clara, who breaks the evil spell of the Mouse Queen and frees a handsome prince who has been turned into a nutcracker.

SEK 792.842 N92r
 

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 O YOUTH AND BEAUTY, by John Cheever. 1979. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
A dramatization of the story of the same title by John Cheever, about a man whose obsession to stay young eventually ends in his untimely death.

SEK 813.52 C415o
        

AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, by Ambrose Bierce. 1983, c1962.  1/2" VHS. 29 min.
Presents, without narration, a dramatization of the short story by Ambrose Bierce about the last minutes in the life of a condemned man of the American Civil War who stands on a bridge waiting to be hung.

SEK 813.4 B477o
        

ON AMERICAN SOIL. 1983. 1/2" VHS. 28 min.
Tells how the status of the United States as the world's most agriculturally productive nations is endangered, now as never before, by the perils of soil erosion. Various spokespersons illuminate the current crisis concerning the earth.

SEK 631.4 On1
        

ON DEATH AND DYING. 1974. 3 reels. 16 mm. 58 min.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in an in-depth interview, discusses her experiences in helping the terminally ill face death without fear.

SEK 155.937 On1       (last sent, Feb. ’95)

ON OUR OWN TERMS: MOYERS ON DYING. 2000. 1/2" VHS. 90 min. each.

Pt. 1: LIVING WITH DYING   SEK 306.9 On1 2000, pt. 1
Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a strangely taboo subject in America.  In this program, Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking – and talking – about dying.  Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professionals alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty, courage, and even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their loved ones.

Pt. 2: A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARE   SEK 306.9 On1 2000, pt. 2
At the end of life what many Americans want is physical  and spiritual comfort in a home setting.  In this program, Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need.

Pt. 3: A TIME TO CHANGE   SEK 306.9 On1 2000, pt. 3
Whether they want to or not, four out of five Americans will likely die in hospitals or nursing homes, and the care they get will depend on both who is providing it and who is footing the bill.  In this program, Bill Moyers introduces crusading medical professionals—including staff members of the Balm of Gilead Project in Birmingham, Alabama – who have dedicated themselves to improving end-of-life care by changing America’s overburdened health system.

Pt. 4:  A DEATH OF ONE’S OWN   SEK 306.9 On1 2000, pt. 4
More and more Americans are looking for opportunities to exert some measure of control over where and how they die.  In this program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide.  Three patients, their families, and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying with dignity.  In the end, do these patients die the way they wanted?  Yes … and no.

ORDER IN THE COURT. 2004. DVD. 30 min.
The entire courtroom process is explored from plea bargaining and trial by jury to the adversary system of direct examination, cross-examination, and rebuttal.  Such concepts as an alibi, burden of proof, and reasonable doubt are clearly explained.

SEK 347.0752 Or2 2004
 

ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE. 1985. 1/2" VHS. 24 min.
Focuses on the way people perceive their work place by drawing an analogy between the impact of weather on people and the impact of organizational climate on workers.

SEK 658.3 Or31

ORGANIZING A SPEECH.  1999. 1/2" VHS.  24 min.
A detailed outline showing how to put together a speech easily, emphasizing five organization patterns: topical, spacial, choronological, cause/effect, and problem/solution.  Also included are tips for constructing good introductions and conclusions.

SEK 808.51 Or3 1999

OTHELLO. 2 videocassettes. 1987. 1/2" VHS.  208 min.
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a man whose jealousy of his wife leads to tragic consequences. A study in doubt, jealousy, deceit, and fidelity.

            SEK 822.33 T7 Sh15ba
        

OTHELLO. 1982. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 203 min.
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a man whose jealousy of his wife leads to tragic consequences. A study in doubt, jealousy, deceit, and fidelity.

SEK 822.33 T7 Sh15b
        

OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. 1/2" VHS. 23 min.
Uses stunning imagery to describe the battles our immune system wages inside our bodies, showing how it sets up defenses against viral invasion.  It explains how, by means of vaccination, we can use the functions of the immune system to prevent disease.  The program also shows how, in the case of organ transplants, the immune system must be suppressed, and shows how the anti-rejection drug, Cyclosporine, works.

SEK 574.2 Ou7 1995

OUR LIVING WORLD: PARASITES. 1/2" VHS. 22 min.
Many of the heterotropic living organisms in our environment are parasites.  A parasite obtains its food by attacking another living organism.  They feed themselves on the body tissue, body fluids or intestinal content of their host.  This program explores the parasite/host relationship and examines some of the parasitic members of the monera, protist, fungi and animal kingdoms.  The effects which internal and external parasites have on humans in discussed, as well as the infections and diseases they cause (such as malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery), and the preventative and curative measures we can take to avoid playing host to these creatures.

SEK 589.2 Ou7 1995

OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION.  ½” VHS, 25 min.
This video emphasizes the importance of communication between cultures in the 21st century.  The discussion analyzes barriers such as: ethnocentrism, anxiety, and prejudices.  The viewers are suggested to seek ways to break down these barriers and increase the ease of communication in today's world community.

SEK 808.51 Ov2 2000
 

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PAUL'S CASE, by Willa Cather. 1980. 1/2" VHS. 55 min.
Paul, a suspended high school student in PIttsburgh, is bored with his humdrum life and decides to escape the dullness of his existence on a trip to New York City.  He becomes more and more disconnected from reality.

SEK 813.5208 Am35 pt. 3

PAVAROTTI AT JULLIARD: OPERA MASTER CLASSES. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Shows Luciano Pavarotti, the world’s leading operatic tenor, working in a class situation at the Julliard School with a group of gifted young singers, sharing his musical expertise in a critique and demonstration of Italian operatic arias and responding to questions from the audience.

SEK 782.1146 P288 1979

          SEK 822.33 U1 Sh15b
        

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING: STRATEGIES.  1997.  VHS.  28 min.
Teaches how to create speeches that influence the audience’s perspective and behavior.  It shows how to incorporate extrinsic proofs (logos, pathos, ethos).  Viewers also learn how to appeal to feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and values.

SEK 808.5 P432

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Peter Tchaikovsky was the leading Russian composer of the late 19^th century, whose works are notable for their melodic orchestration.

SEK 780.92 P441 1993

PETER ELBOW ON WRITING. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 43 min.
Direct and down-to-earth advice about the process of writing, including discussions of failure, learning from failure, making a mess, creating and criticizing, sowing early seeds, free writing, audience, four kinds of audience response, revising, voice and power in writing, writing across the curriculum, grammar and spelling, mediums of writing, writing for life.

SEK 808.042 P441
        

PHYSICS--THE BASIC SCIENCE. 1995. 1/2" VHS. 19 min.
The program traces how physics began with ideas and inventions like the lever, the wheel, the catapult and the cannon. Viewers learn how physicists like Galileo and Newton radically changed our views of the world and the universe in the Renaissance; how physicists like Einstein, Curie, Bohr and Rutherford led another revolution in the 20th century.

SEK 530.09 P569
        

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN.  2000.  DVD.  17 min.
What is pain, and what is its purpose?  This program explores various aspects of pain, including how the mind perceives the body's warning messages, whether from a stomach-ache or a chronic condition; the body's ability to control or ignore pain; the effects of nerve damage on the body's early-warning system; and pain caused not by the body, but by the mind.

SEK 616.047 P569 2000
 

PICASSO, THE MAN AND HIS WORK. 1986. 2 videocassettes. 1/2" VHS. 90 min.
A study showing 600 art works by Pablo Picasso in relation to events in his personal life. Part 1 traces Picasso's artistic development, exploring his work from the Blue period to the Pink period and his first steps in Cubism. In his Chrysteline period, he went from analytical to synthetic Cubism. He entered his Neoclassical period in 1918, culminating with the painting of Guernica in 1937. Part 2 traces his life through the war years and life on the French Riviera. His work now includes ceramics, sculpture, pottery and graphics. The period from 1946 to 1973 is covered primarily by home movies, showing his relationships with his children and the women in his life. The enormous amount of work accomplished by Picasso during his last 20 years is emphasized.

SEK 759.6 P581
 

PLANET EARTH. 1986. 1/2" VHS. 60 min. each.

Pt. 1: THE LIVING MACHINE   SEK 550 P693 pt. 1
Scientists examine plate tectonics, one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century. They are at Kilauea Volcano during a dramatic eruption, aboard the submersible craft Alvin as it dives to the bottom of the Atlantic, and in pursuit of the cause of the worst earthquakes in American history.

Pt. 2: THE BLUE PLANET   SEK 550 P693 pt. 2
Points out that the oceans may still be the last unexplored frontier on earth. Features a scientist aboard a space shuttle exploring new aspects of oceanography and a visit to the depths of the middle oceans where new species are seen for the first time. Also discusses the El Nino current which has caused worldwide devastation.

Pt. 3: THE CLIMATE PUZZLE   SEK 550 P693 pt. 3
Explains why no human being has ever experienced the earth's normal climate. Questions will the climate change again and why, and is the earth entering a new ice age, or will the current global warming trend hold off the inevitable?

Pt. 4: TALES FROM OTHER WORLDS   SEK 550 P693 pt. 4
Through the use of footage shot on location in space and special effects, viewers visit the great failed star of Jupiter, probe the raging volcano of Io, and peer through acid rain clouds to see the full surface of Venus. Also tells why the earth is unique in relation to other planets.

Pt. 5: GIFTS FROM THE EARTH   SEK 550 P693 pt. 5
Examines how mankind has been made aware that earth is a closed system and its resources are finite. Questions what treasures lay hidden beneath the Red Sea and Antarctic ice cap, how the theory of plate tectonics has revolutionized the search for minerals and energy, and if mankind is ruining the land and running out of water.

Pt. 6: THE SOLAR SEA   SEK 550 P693 pt. 6
Explains how the sun is a star that powers the earth. It gives life, creates weather, and warms the oceans, the land, and even the ice. Probes the question: how does the solar wind, raging through space at a million miles per hour, affect the earth?

Pt. 7: FATE OF THE EARTH   SEK 550 P693 pt. 7
Explores the role of life in shaping the earth and in shaping the future. Probes the question: is man a threat to earth's future or is he emerging as the brain or nervous system of this living organism called earth? Reveals new theories about global consequences of a nuclear winter and an ultraviolet spring.
        

THE PLANETS, THE STARS, AND MORE. 1996.
Teacher's guides for Nova videos Venus unveiled, Eclipse of the century, and Doomsday asteroid.

SEK 523.2 P693

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Examines the laboratory science of tissue culture by which plant cells and tissues are grown on sterile media. Discusses potential agricultural benefits of tissue culture. The three work spaces of a tissue culture lab (preparation area, transfer room, and growth room) and necessary equipment are examined. The four stages of tissue culture are depicted: initiation stage, proliferation stage, pre-transplant stage, and establishment stage.

SEK 581.82 P694

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES. 1989. 1/2" VHS. 30 min.
Discusses what happens during the four stages of tissue culture: initiation stage, proliferation stage, pre-transplant stage, establishment stage. Tissue culture from African violets is used to grow new plants.

SEK 581.82 P6946

PLATO.  1997.  DVD.  120 min.

The dialogues of Plato are analyzed in this program by Cambridge philosophy professor Miles Burnyeat.  Seeing Plato's ideas initially as extensions of those of his teacher, Socrates, Burnyeat explains the development and content of Plato's original doctrines of knowledge as virtue, the immortality and tripartite division of the soul, and the theory of forms (ideas).  Plato's political philosophy is discussed within the context of the notion of the ideal state -- a political utopia ruled by philosopher-kings.

SEK 184 P697g 1997

POE, EDGAR ALLAN, 1809-1849.  See:     THE BLACK CAT

                                                        THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

                                                        THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS

                                                        THE TELL-TALE HEART

POETRY HALL OF FAME : v. 1. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.  
William Shatner, Vincent Price, Levar Burton, and Valerie Harper read the following:

Anonymous.  The discriminating pig
Armour, Richard.   Authentic antique
Behn, Aphra. The willing mistress
Chaucer, Geoffrey.  Prologue from The Canterbury Tales [excerpt]
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.   The rime of the ancient mariner, part II
Dickinson, Emily.   Dear March--come in
Frost, Robert.  Tree at my window

Frost, Robert.   Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Hillyer, Robert.   Miss Helen Lang
Hines, Carl W.   Jazz poem
Hunt, Leigh.  About Ben Adhem
Kipling, Rudyard.  The betrothed [excerpt]
Longfellow, Henry W.   The day is done
Marlowe, Christopher.  The passionate shepherd to his love
McGough, Roger.   Summer with Monica-#1 [excerpt]
Millay, Edna St. Vincent.  Modern declaration
Milton, John.   Paradise lost, Book VII [excerpt]
Nash, Ogden.  Peekaboo, I almost see you
Nash, Ogden.  A drink with something in it
Owen, Wilfred.  Disabled
Raleigh, Sir Walter.  The nymph's reply to the shepherd
Sandburg, Carl.   Gone
Sassoon, Siegfried.   Aftermath
Sexton, Anne.    And one for my dame
Shakespeare, William.   St. Crispin's Day speech (King Henry V, Act IV, Scene 3)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe.   Adonais [excerpt]
Simpson, Stephanie.   Scrapbook of a summer evening   [excerpt]
Spender, Stephen.   I think continually of those
Whitman, Walt.   As I ponder'd in silence
Whitman, Walt.   The artilleryman's vision [excerpt].

            SEK 808.81 P752 v. 1

POETRY HALL OF FAME : v. 2. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.
Claire Bloom, Henry Fonda, Irene Worth, and Jack Lemmon read the following:

Aiken, Conrad.   The quarrel
Allen, Samuel W.   To Satch
Blake, William.   Visions of the Daughters of Albion [excerpt]
Bradstreet, Anne.   To my dear and loving husband
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.   Sonnet XLIII: How do I love thee?
Browning, Robert.   Prospice
Byron, Lord.   Childe Harold's pilgrimage, Canto the Second, XXXV 
Byron, Lord.  'Tis an old lesson
Byron, Lord.   Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos
Coleridge, Hartley.  Translation of Ode XXXVIII by Horace
Cowper, William.   Translation of Ode XXXVIII by Horace
Cummings, E. E.   Sweet spring is your time

Dickinson, Emily.   I dwell in possibility
Field, Eugene.   Translation of Ode XXXVIII by Horace
Hardy, Thomas.   Afterwards
Herbert, A. P.    Mullion
Herbert, George.  The altar
Horace.  Ode XXXVIII (3 translations)
Keats, John.  When I have fears that I may cease to be
Lowell, Amy.   Patterns
Lowell, James Russell.  The vision of Sir Launfal: And what is so rare
                                                 as a day in June?
Lowell, Robert.   For Aunt Sarah
Markham, Edwin.   The man with the hoe [excerpt]
Masefield, John.   Sea fever
Masters, Edgar Lee.   Spoon River anthology: The hill [excerpt]
McGinley, Phyllis.  Text for today
McGough, Roger.  Cousin Caroline, Uncle Jed, Uncle Malcolm,
                                              Aunt Ermintrude, Albert Robinson
McGough, Roger.  Goodbat Nightman
Newman, Joseph S.   Hero and Leander
Plath, Sylvia.  The applicant
Pope, Alexander.  Epilogue to the Satires, Dialogue II
Scott, Sir Walter.    Song: On the lifting of the banner of the
                                               House of Buccleuch, at a great football
                                               match on Caterhaugh[exc]    
Shakespeare, William.   Sonnet CXVI
                                             Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Shelley, Percy Bysshe.   Ozymandias
Sitwell, Edith.   Facade: Tarantella
Spenser, Edmund.  Amoretti, Sonnet 75

                  One day I wrote her name upon the Strand
Viorst, Judith.  True love

Yeats, William Butler.   When you are old

        SEK 808.81 P752 v. 2

POETRY HALL OF FAME : v. 3. 1993. 1/2" VHS. 60 min.

Ruby Dee, Jack Lemmon, Will Geer, and Fred Gwynne read the following:
Anonymous.  Familiar lines
Anonymous.   There is a lady sweet and kind

Auden, W. H.   Carry her over the water

Betjeman, Sir John.   A subaltern's love-song

Bible (King James version).  The Song of Solomon, II

Day Lewis, Cecil.  In the shelter

Dickey, William.  Resolving doubts

Dugan,