FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, American Studies

VH 3662 1861-1880: Civil War, Recovery, and Westward Expansion
Summary: Women's multiple contributions to the Civil War effort, and the personal toll experienced by families on both sides of the conflict. Emancipation's impact on the lives of Black women in the South, and the freedmen's schools movement. The development of new employment opportunities for women after the Civil War. Westward expansion from the perspective of American Indian and Mexican women, as well that of European-American women moving west in the mid-1800s. The early leaders and controversies of the growing movement for women's rights. 015 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE

VH 3663 1880-1920: Immigration, New Work and New Roles
Summary: Immigrant women build new lives in burgeoning cities and take work in the industrializing Northeast. Eastern immigrant life contrasts with the changing lives of American Indian, Mexican and Chinese women in western states. A growing middle class and increasing educational opportunities for both Black and white women provide fertile grounds for the development of social work. Feminization of service professions, industrialization, and the invention of the typewriter create niches for "women's work". The woman suffrage movement adopts tactics which bring it to the forefront of public attention and final victory in 1920. 016 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE

VH 3664 1917-1942: Cultural Image and Economic Reality
Summary: World War I creates many new employment opportunities for women and, combined with the suffrage victory of 1920, helps create a new self-image for American women. Movies, new clothing styles and liberated attitudes bring about many visible changes. New legislation creates increasing hardship for Asian and Mexican families and for American Indian populations. Lynching becomes a major issue for both Black and white women's organizations. The Harlem Renaissance adds a new voice to the heart of America. The personal and economic toll of the Great Depression affects women in a variety of ways, increasing discrimination for some and providing new opportunities for others. 017 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE

VH 3665 1942-1955: War Work, Housework, and Growing Discontent
Summary: The war effort again thrusts women into many new roles, including heavy industry and the military. World War II creates a major change in public attitudes toward Asian Americans. Women's economic independence is short-lived, however, as the war's end brings the men home to take over the jobs and push women back into their homes. The middle-class domestic ideal captures the hearts of many, but the number of married women in the labor force continues to rise. Discontent with the status quo boils over in Black communities and the civil rights movement is born. 014 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE

VH 3666 1955-1977: New Attitudes Force Dramatic Changes
Summary: Traditional family structures change as the divorce rate soars and women enter the workforce in record numbers. Relaxed immigration policies bring new cultures to American cities. Women are involved at every level as the civil rights movement brings dramatic change to the South. The feminist movement forges new options for women in both public and private life. 024 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE

VH 4814 A. Phillip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom
Summary: Today most Americans don't realize that the man who led the 1963 March on Washington was not Martin Luther King Jr., but a 74 year old African American labor leader. This video begins to restore a brilliant civil rights activist to his place as a key figure in 20th century American history. 086 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 4386 Affluenza
Summary: A fascinating look at one of the greatest social maladies of our time: over-consumption and materialism. Explores both the comical and sobering aspects of our consumerism and its enormous impact on our families, communities and the environment. 057 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY

VH 0277 African-American Legends & Leaders in American History
Summary: A video retrospective of the contributions of African-Americans who have been honored on postage stamps. Featured are prominent African-Americans who have impacted history, social movements, the arts, literature, music, sports, science, invention and discovery. 012 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0560 Age of Revolutions, The (1776-1848)
Summary: A great out break of revolution between 1750 and 1800 against the great European monarchies even crossed the Atlantic into North and South America. The French Revolution and the rise to power of Napoleon and the influence of Karl Marx. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: WORLD, THE

VH 0434 America's Indians: The Trail of Tears
Summary: U.S. Expansion westward led to the seizure of Indian lands and the destruction of Indian. 013 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2499 American Dream
Summary: "American Dream" follows the true-life story of workers on strike in America's heartland, Austin, Minnesota. In 1984, the Hormel company saw a profit of $29 million. That same year they offered it's Austin meatpackers a salary cut from $10.69 to $8.25 an hour and a 30% cut in basic benefits. The strike which followed pitted worker against management, worker against worker and even brother against brother. Director: Barbara Kopple. 098 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES, ECONOMICS

VH 3561 Americanism
Summary: This program explores how America's influence in political and military concerns and in economic and cultural matters can be felt in almost every corner of the globe. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 0556 Americas Before the Europeans, The (300-1500)
Summary: The Maya, Aztec & Inca civilizations that existed in Central and South America built remarkable cities and places of worship and paved roads. Their intellectual achievements were equally impressive. But none of these great Empires survived the Spanish Conquistadors. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: WORLD, THE

VH 1357 Andrew Carnegie
Summary: A short biography of the poor Scottish immigrant who came to America to make his fortune, and created the U.S. steel industry in the process. 012 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0337 Antebellum South, The
Summary: When cotton became king in the South before the Civil War, many white Southerners began to defend slavery. 015 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 6704 Architecture 2000. Los Angeles: A Fantasy Cityscape
Summary: In Los Angeles experimental architecture is the norm. This program spotlights the unusual architecture found in and around the city. 029 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ARCHITECTURE Series: ARCHITECTURE 2000

VH 6703 Architecture 2000. New York: A City Silhouette
Summary: This program surveys the architecture of New York. Looks at Manhattan's post-modern skyscraper architecture. Helmut Jahn gives his views on New York's architectural rivalry with Chicago and expresses his desire to recapture the spirit of New York's Deco Days. 029 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ARCHITECTURE, ART Series: ARCHITECTURE 2000

VH 2373 Arsenal of Democracy
Summary: While the New Deal changed America forever, it was war that ended the Great Depression. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 0334 Artist's View, The / Writers View / The Abolitionists
Summary: Portrays aspects of America's past which influenced or contributed to national development from colonial times to the beginning of the Civil War, with focus on social themes and perceptions. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 2661 At the River I Stand
Summary: At the River I Stand reconstructs the two eventful months in the Spring of 1968 which led to the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights Movement. As the story begins, Memphis' black community rallies behind a strike by 1300 sanitation workers and their slogan "I am a man." Soon Dr. King joins their struggle to his growing, nation-wide Poor People's Campaign. 059 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 4002 Atom Bomb, The
Summary: In 1942, President Roosevelt committed the U.S. to the most expensive research project in history-the building of the Atomic bomb. Despite the aerial bombardment of Japanese cities, American losses in the Far East continued to mount. When the first Atomic Bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico, the question was no longer whether to use the bomb against Japan but when. Early on the morning of August 6, 1945, the first Atomic Bomb exploded over Hiroshima changing the nature of war forever. 027 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: HISTORY'S TURNING POINTS

VH 1231 Battle for the Bible, The
Summary: News correspondent Bill Moyers reports on the fight over the Bible between fundamentalist and moderate Southern Baptists for control of the denomination. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY Series: GOD & POLITICS WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 3273 Battle for the Great Plains
Summary: This program focuses on the struggle of the Great Plains people to peacefully coexist with nature and profiles their deep connection to the land and its history. Over 100 years ago, the vast stretch of land reaching from Texas to the Canadian wilderness, home to millions of buffalo and scores of NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES tribes, became known as the Great Plains. When settlers migrated to this frontier, its people, animals, and land were forever changed. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 5341 Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World
Summary: Explores Franklin's accomplishments: in science (including the kite-in-a-lightning storm experiment), in popular culture (Poor Richard's Almanac), as America's first postmaster general, in the foreign relations of the United States, and as a commercially successful printer. Discusses his life and loves. 050 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 1196 Better Angels of Our Nature, The (1865)
Summary: This program begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the horrendous events of five days later when on April 14th, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the program recounts the final days of war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the fates of the series major characters, The program then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today. 068 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 0224 Beyond The Dream-Black History, (Part 1)
Summary: Live, interactive satellite program featuring prominent scholars, live discussions and prerecorded features on the past present and future of Black participation in American society and culture. Looks at the contribution of Blacks in the fields of education, politics, business and economics, social issues, the military, the arts, entertainment and sports. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0225 Beyond The Dream-Black History, (Part 2)
Summary: Live, interactive satellite program featuring prominent scholars, live discussions and prerecorded features on the past present and future of Black participation in American society and culture. Looks at the contribution of Blacks in the fields of education, politics, business and economics, social issues, the military, the arts, entertainment and sports. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 3958 Black, White and Angry
Summary: Few other issues in American life provoke the kind of discussion and emotion that race does, especially the relationship between blacks and whites. Despite tremendous strides, there is little doubt that deep-seated emotions between blacks and whites still divide Americans. This NBC News program examines the following topics: blacks and whites at work; blacks and whites in their communities and the question of separate worlds; myths about blacks and whites; the role politics and politicians play in issues affecting blacks and whites; and what the future holds for the already delicate relationships between blacks and whites in America. 077 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 5385 Brigham Young: Architect of Faith
Summary: Biography of the second president of the Mormon Church and his role in shaping Utah and the American West. Examines how he overcame poverty and a lack of a formal education and succeeded as a forceful American leader. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 3817 Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain: A Closer Look...
Summary: Hugh Downs hosts a discussion between the Shoshone Indians of western Nevada and the United States Government. This is a follow up to the documentary, "Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain." 030 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 3562 Business and Commerce
Summary: This program examines the huge changes and upheavals that have occurred in the way trade is conducted and money made in the 20th century. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 3954 Can the States Do It Better?
Summary: This program goes back to the founding of the United States of America and examines the split between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton over how much power the federal government should have, through the Civil War, to the rapid expansion of federal power during the Great Depression and World War II, to the Great Society programs of Lyndon Johnson, to the present. It looks at the idea of "devolution" today, and examines in detail two of the most contentious aspects of it: welfare reform and school vouchers. 056 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1188 Cause, The (1861)
Summary: This landmark documentary film series movingly and vividly presents the entire sweep of the war, from the battlefields to the home fronts, from the politicians and generals to the enlisted men and their families, from the causes of the war and the opening guns at Sumter to the stillness at Appomattox, Lincoln's assassination and beyond. 099 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 3563 Changing Face of War
Summary: This program looks at the evolution of war in this century, from the airplanes of World War I which didn't have parachutes, to Mussolini's subjugation of Ethiopia with the latest technology, to the role of the tank to oppress ordinary citizens from the French Resistance, to Prague in 1968, to Tiananmen Square. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 0426 Charles Lindbergh
Summary: Recounts the history of flight and presents a brief biography of Charles Lindbergh. 014 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 1442 Chesapeake Planter
Summary: Visits a restored colonial farm where a couple in traditional costumes reenacts some of the tasks of 18th century farm life. Hosts, Larry Lewman and Burt Kummerow describe agricultural and domestic chores and tools of the era. 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7039 Chinese in the Frontier West
Summary: Describes the arrival of the Chinese during the 1850's to 1880's in California during the Gold Rush Period. Chronicles their subsequent settlement in the Western United States. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS

VH 6145 Clash of Cultures on the Great Plains 1865 - 1890
Summary: Provides an in depth perspective on the movement of outsiders into the Great Plains during the latter half of the 19th century and the subsequent conflicts between these new settlers and the indigenous peoples. Focuses on the Lakota Sioux and their leader Red Cloud as it chronicles America's westward expansion and the subsequent destruction of the Lakota way of life. 020 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5783 Classics of American Literature, Part 2 ( Lectures 13 - 18)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 13: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the American Past. Lecture 14: The Scarlet Letter: Puritan Romance. Lecture 15: Hawthorne's "A": Interpretation and Semiosis. Lecture 16: The Scarlet Letter: Political Tract or Psychological Study. Lecture 17: Hawthorne Our Contemporary. Lecture 18: Herman Melville and the Making of Moby Dick. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5784 Classics of American Literature, Part 2 (Lectures 19 - 20)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 19: The Biggest Fish Story of Them All. Lecture 20: Ahab and the White Whale. Lecture 21: Moby Dick: Tragedy of Perspective. Lecture22: Melville's "Benito Cereno": American Misadventure at Sea. Lecture 23: "Benito Cereno": Theatre of Power, or Power of Theatre? Lecture 24: Walt Whitman: The American Bard Appears. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5781 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 1 ( Lectures 1 - 6)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 1: Introduction to Classics of American Literature. Lecture 2: Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: The First American Story. Lecture 3: Washington Irving: The First American Storyteller. Lecture 4: Ralph Waldo Emerson Yesterday: America's Coming of Age. Lecture 5: Emerson Today: Architect of American Values. Lecture 6: Emerson Tomorrow: Deconstructing Culture and Self. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 188 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5782 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 1 ( Lectures 7 - 12)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 7: Henry David Thoreau: Counter cultural Hero. Lecture 8: Thoreau: Stylist and Humorist Extraordinaire. Lecture 9: Walden: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Lecture 10: Edgar Allen Poe: Poete Maudit. Lecture 11: Poe: Ghost Writer. Lecture 12: Poe's Legacy: the Self as "Haunted Palace." Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 188 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5785 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 3 (Lectures 25 - 36)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 25: Whitman: Poet of the Body. Lecture 26: Whitman: Poet of the City. Lecture 27: Whitman: Poet of Death. Lecture 28: The Whitman Legacy. Lecture 29: Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Unread Classic. Lecture 30: Stowe's Representation of Slavery. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5786 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 3 (Lectures 31 - 36)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 18th and 19th century. Lecture 31: Freedom and Art in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Lecture 32: Emily Dickinson: In and Out of Nature. Lecture 33: Dickinson's Poetry: Language and Consciousness. Lecture 34: Dickinson: Devotee of Death. Lecture 35: Dickinson: "Amhearst's Madame de Sade." Lecture 36: Dickinson's Legacy. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5787 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 4 (Lectures 37 - 48)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 19th and 20th century. Lecture 37: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: American Paradise Regained. Lecture 38: Huckleberry Finn: A Child's Voice, a Child's Vision. Lecture 40: Huckleberry Finn, American Orphan. Lecture 41: Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson: Black and White Charade. Lecture 42: Henry James and the Novel of Perception. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 188 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5788 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 4 (Lectures 43 - 48)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 19th and 20th century. Lecture 43: The Turn of the Screw: Do You Believe in Ghosts? Lecture 44: Turning the Screw of Interpretation. Lecture 45: Stephen Crane and the Literature of War. Lecture 46: The Red Badge of Courage: Brave New World. Lecture 47: Stephen Crane: Scientist of Human Behavior. Lecture 48: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: War Against Patriarchy. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 188 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5789 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 5 (Lectures 49 - 60)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 19th and 20th century. Lecture 49: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Descent Into Hell? or Free at Last?" Lecture 50: Robert Frost and the Spirit of New England. Lecture 51: Robert Frost: "At Home in the Metaphor." Lecture 52: Robert Frost and the Fruits of the Earth. Lecture 53: T.S. Eliot: Unloved Modern Classic. Lecture 54: T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land and Beyond. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5790 Classics of American Literature, Pt. 5 (Lectures 55 - 60)
Summary: Six lectures tracing the classics of American literature between 19th and 20th century. Lecture 55: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: American Romance. Lecture 56: The Great Gatsby: A Story of Lost Illusions? Lecture 57: Fitzgerald's Triumph: Writing the American Dream. Lecture 58: Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises: Novel of the Lost Generation. Lecture 59: The Sun Also Rises: Spiritual Quest. Lecture 60: Ernest Hemingway: Wordsmith. Lecturer: Arnold Weinstein, Brown University. 190 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 4981 Claus H. Soenksen - Consul General of the German Republic
Summary: Consul General of the German Republic. An address given at Florida Atlantic University's S.E. Wimberly Library on Feb. 11, 1998. The topic was "German-American Relations". Q&A on the rise of Neo-Nazis followed. 080 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES

VH 0316 Colonial Experience, The / A New Society
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATIONILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 3951 Columbus Controversy, The: Challenging How History is Written
Summary: With the 500th anniversary of his first voyage approaching, Native American groups, and many historians, are urging us to take a closer look at this staple hero of our history books before launching into the quincentenary celebrations. Other historians argue that to condemn Columbus by contemporary standards is anachronistic and futile. This program describes both sides of the debate and, in doing so, challenges students to examine how a society selects its heroes and what motivates these choices. 023 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIES, THE

VH 1178 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Summary: The story revolves around a 20 year reunion taking place at a five-and-ten cent store for a James Dean fan club formed in 1955. Director: Robert Altman. 109 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0314 Consequences of Contact/English Colonization of Chesapeake
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATIONILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 7038 Coolies, Sailors, Settlers
Summary: The untold story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. Film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean. 064 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS

VH 2148 Cowgirls
Summary: This delightful look at the female side of cowboy life will introduce you to three generations of American cowgirls. These contemporary cowgirls follow in the tradition of the strong and independent women who helped prove that the American West was always an equal opportunity employer. 030 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN COWBOY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7614 Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior
Summary: After the Sioux defeated General George Crook, Crazy Horse wages war against gold prospectors from Montana. 046 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0751 Cuba: In The Shadow of Doubt
Summary: Describes U.S. and Cuban relations from the Spanish-American War to 1986. Fidel Castro, American officials, and Cubans discuss everyday government. 058 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES, CARIBBEAN STUDI

VH 2637 Dancing in Moccasins: Keeping Native Am. Traditions Alive
Summary: For the nearly two million NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIESs, representing 500 Indian nations, life in the U.S. today is a frustrating struggle to retain their ancient ways while functioning in the modern world, to carve out an identity in an overwhelmingly non-Indian culture. This program examines the needs and problems of today's Native Americans, both those who live on the reservation and those who have chosen the mainstream. 049 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK

VH 1522 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Summary: Letters from soldiers in Vietnam, along with rare footage, reveal what the war was really like for those who fought it. 086 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7074 Debate on Religion's Role in Society
Summary: Alan Keyes and Alan Dershowitz debate the question, "Does organized religion have the answers to 21st century problems?". 124 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4526 Decline of Politics, The: The Superficial Democracy
Summary: American democracy depends on enlightened voters making responsible choices. But most voters never meet in person the people they elect as government leaders. Therefore, the job of enlightening the public falls to the communication skills of the candidates, their advertising experts, and the news media. This program examines the ramifications of a political arena that favors the superficial exchange of slogans, personal attacks, and orchestrated appearances over the serious discussion of issues, problems, and ideas. 029 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4162 Divided Highways
Summary: It has altered our sense of space, fueled our mega-economy, knifed into the hearts of thriving city neighborhoods, and changed the lives of millions of people in the 40 years it's taken to build. This program about the Interstate Highway System combines archival material, newsreels, and interviews to describe the impact of what has been called the world's largest public works project. The interstate's effect on community, culture, regionalism, and freedom is considered, as are the ideals, motives, and methods of its builders who helped bind a nation together. 085 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2144 Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Summary: This program takes a look at the cowboy's larger-than-life American tradition. Narrated by Glenn Close, this up-close portrays reveals the reality behind the myth of modern-day cowboy life. Ranch folk are still rugged individualists proud to uphold the values of that great American institution: the cowboy. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN COWBOY COLLECTION, THE

VH 0726 Down Upon the Suwannee
Summary: Presents a popularized natural history of the Suwannee River region from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Suwannee delta on the Gulf of Mexico. 045 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: STEP INTO NATURE

VH 3571 End of Empires, The
Summary: This program looks at the end of European imperialism and colonial rule in Asia and Africa. Looking back at the splendor of the European empires in their heyday, the program explains how independence movements gathered strength to eventually overthrow the colonial powers, and the severe political and economic difficulties that often accompanied independence. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 0183 Ethnic Notions
Summary: Takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history. It traces for the first time the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America. 058 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION

VH 5671 Exiles, The
Summary: Personal narratives of refugees from National Socialism are interspersed with historical film clips and reenactments. Examines the influence of these refugee scholars and artists on the U.S. since 1933. 117 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, HOLOCAUST

VH 0321 Expanding Nation, The / The South's Slave System
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATIONILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 0955 Fabulous 60's, The (1960)
Summary: The Olympics in Rome. The Presidential campaign between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Castro aligns Cuba with the Soviet Union. 060 Min. VIDEO Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY Series: FABULOUS 60'S, THE

VH 0320 Failure of Diplomacy, The / Good Feelings and Bad
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 1916 Family Gathering
Summary: Tells the story of the consequences of the U.S. internment policy on the Yasui family & their battle to reclaim their place as Americans. 030 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 3194 Fateful Decade: From Little Rock to the Civil Rights Bill, The
Summary: First there was the law, and then there was enforcement of the law. This program begins at Little Rock's Central High School and follows the civil rights movement acceleration: marches, clashed with the police, the jailing of demonstrators, the murders of Medger Evers, and the bombing of the Baptist church in Birmingham, sit-ins and protest, the Montgomery march, the Mississippi Freedom March, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speeches and his funeral. 027 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 0324 Fitful Fifties, The / Crisis of Union
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 3202 Flight To Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Summary: Between 1790 and 1860, thousands of slaves fled the south for liberation on the "Underground Railroad", a system of invisible tracks and anonymous conductors who gave shelter to fugitive slaves. Through interviews with national experts, and examination of archival records and artifacts, this program provides an overview of the underground movement. 120 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2935 Florida: The 27th Star
Summary: The story begins with a modern-day boy in the school library. He inserts a disc into a computer and discovers an interactive encounter with the events of Florida's Territorial Period. The primary purpose of this video is to provide an additional education resource for this period of Florida's history. The presentation is divided into segments and includes a student activities packet covering the following themes: The transfer of Florida from Spain to the 030 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0365 Focus on 1900-1909
Summary: A vivid account of the 20th century in America drawn from Focus on the last hundred years. 058 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0366 Focus on 1910-1919
Summary: Woodrow Wilson strives to make the world safe for democracy & America enters World War I. Women win the vote, skyscrapers climb & the stars rise in Hollywood. 061 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0371 Focus on 1960-1964: The Kennedy Years
Summary: International tensions mount with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall & space race & the drive for civil rights begins. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0372 Focus on 1965-1969: The Angry Years
Summary: The escalating war in Vietnam reaps a storm of protest in America. Assassination & ghetto riots fuel a climate of violence, but the country celebrates the triumph of landing a man on the moon. 058 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0370 Focus on the Fifties
Summary: Cold War rivals are locked in bitter strife while Americans experience the McCarthy years, suburban sprawl & the dawning of the space age. 060 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0369 Focus on the Forties
Summary: The artistic optimism & achievement of the forties is documented. Focuses briefly on many of the pioneers & stars of theater, dance, music & photojournalism. 059 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0368 Focus on the Thirties
Summary: America staggers from the Great Depression to global war as totalitarian aggression plunges the world into chaos. Meanwhile, FDR institutes the New Deal & baseball revels in its golden age. 059 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 0367 Focus on the Twenties
Summary: America shifts from a rural to an urban society, signaling a new era of development which ends with a shattering crash in 1929. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: FOCUS ON THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS

VH 1246 For The People
Summary: Examines the impact of the Constitution on the lives of American citizens, as seen in three landmark Supreme Court cases. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 1190 Forever Free (1862)
Summary: This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July, 1862 that emancipation was morally and militarily crucial to the future of the Union, Lincoln must wait for a victory to issue his proclamation. But there is no Union victory to be had until Antietam, the bloodiest day of the war, followed shortly by the brightest, the emancipation of the slaves. 076 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 6267 Free Speech for Sale: A Bill Moyers Special
Summary: This program examines the effect money has on free speech and political debate. It investigates the consequences for our democracy as media outlets are increasingly coming under control of only a few corporations. 057 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0325 Frightful Conflict, A / The Home Fronts
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 5340 George Washington: Founding Father
Summary: Sketches the life of the first President of the United States, who, prior to becoming President, was instrumental in orchestrating the defeat of the British Army in the Revolutionary War against all odds. 048 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 8046 Ghost Dance
Summary: The 1890 massacre of the Lakota Indians by the U.S. Army at Wounded Knee, remembered through poetry, art and the South Dakota landscape. 009 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 1250 God & The Constitution
Summary: Bill Moyer discusses the separation of church and state religious liberty, and the establishment clause with Martin E. Marty and Leonard W. Levy. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 0001 Grapes of Wrath, The
Summary: Tells the story of the migration of the Joad family to California after their eviction from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Video recording of the 1940 motion picture, which was based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Director: John Ford. 128 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 0414 Hands That Picked Cotton
Summary: Using a historical perspective, discusses how Blacks are becoming more politically active in the southern United States, locally, and in state and national government. Includes footage on Robert Clark's unsuccessful run for Congress in 1982. 059 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 0268 Hearts And Hands
Summary: Presents a vital part of American history only now beginning to be told, the role played by women and their textiles in the nineteenth century's great movements and events. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ART, U.S. HISTORY

VH 0427 Henry Ford
Summary: A short study of the man who built cars faster and cheaper by pioneering the assembly line, and made owning a car part of the American way of life 010 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0651 Heroic Materialism
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Clark's thoughts on the materialism & humanitarianism of the past 100 years take him from Britain's 19th-century industrial landscape to skyscrapers of contemporary New York. 053 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 4581 Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street
Summary: A cautionary tale of urban policies gone wrong and a message of hope for all American cities. Through the voices of committed residents, activists, and city officials. This one hour documentary shows how a Boston neighborhood was able to create and carry out its own agenda for change. 058 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0597 Huey Long
Summary: Uses footage from old films to portray events in the life of the Louisiana politician Huey Long and discusses the opinions of several people concerning the impact of his career. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 5367 Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film
Summary: A state-of-the-art digital replication of the home movies shot by manufacturer Abraham Zapruder of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, which has become one of the most important documents of the 20th century. 045 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1251 In The Beginning
Summary: Eminent historians discuss the origins of the Constitution, its role as a symbol in American life, and how black Americans and others have been denied their constitutional rights. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 6135 Indian and His Homeland, The
Summary: Provides a 300 year survey of the impact of European civilization on the New World - in particular, its devastating effect on the lives and cultures of the American Indians. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1405 Inventory
Summary: Uses colonial inventory records and exact detail to depict the life of the lower middle class subsistence farmer in Maryland in the mid-18th century. 028 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0322 Jacksonian Persuasion, The / Reforming the Republic
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 7066 Japanese Relocation / Tale of Two Cities
Summary: Two newsreels about the relocation of Japanese Americans and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. "Japanese Relocation" is the official government whitewash documentary about the removal of 110, 000 Japanese (two thirds of them U.S. citizens) in the American interior. "Tale of Two Cities" shows the destructive results of atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with closeups of effects on building and materials. 023 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2374 Job at Ford's, A
Summary: By 1927, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His plain American bargain of high wages in exchange for hard work attracted tens of thousands of workers to Detroit, but it began to come apart when he hired a private police force to speed up production and spy on employees. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 1245 Justice Sandra Day O'Conner
Summary: The Supreme Court's first female Justice talks with Moyers about her role and the Constitution. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 0286 Langston Hughes
Summary: A chronological look at the life and work of Langston Hughes with illustrated readings from his poetry and interviews with friends, colleagues and a biographer. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS, BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: VOICES AND VISIONS

VH 1176 Last of the Blue Devils, The: The Movie About Kansas City
Summary: Presents the story of Kansas City music in the twenties and thirties, when this Midwestern city acquired an intense concentration of nightlife. Includes performances by, and interviews with, Count Basie and his orchestra, Bennie Motten and his orchestra, Joe Turner, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, and the Oklahoma Blue Devils. 090 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, JAZZ, DANCE

VH 2888 Last Stand at Little Big Horn
Summary: The Battle of the Little Big Horn, known as "Custer's Last Stand, " has been one of the most frequently depicted moments in American history-and one of the least understood, still shrouded in myth. The battle that left no white survivors also left two very different accounts of Little Big Horn: one white; one Indian. Using journals, oral accounts and Indian ledger drawings as well as archival and feature films, a Native-American novelist and white film maker. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7134 Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie
Summary: Scientists at Kansas State University's Konza Prairie Biological Station work to preserve the endangered tallgrass prairies of North America. 057 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5368 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Pt. 1
Summary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriweather Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them. 240 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5369 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Pt. 2
Summary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriweather Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them. 240 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0966 Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, The
Summary: Five women reminisce about their jobs and working experiences during World War II, which contrast somewhat with the popular American "Rosie the Riveter" legend and myth. 065 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1207 Louise Erdrich & Michael Dorris: The Broken Cord
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews authors Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris about American Indians's status and condition in modern America. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: WRITERS, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 6151 Louisiana Purchase, The
Summary: Covers the purchase of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon and Jefferson's subsequent effort to obtain the West Florida area from Spain. For a small pittance, the United States doubled its size. 020 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 3203 Lowndes County Freedom Party: The Rise of Black Panthers
Summary: In the 1960's, a full century after the Civil War, things hadn't changed much in Lowndes County, Alabama. Not a single black was registered to vote. This program examines the rise of Stokely Carmichael and his Lowndes County Freedom Party, which he formed to get blacks registered to vote. The program examines these efforts against the backdrop of murder and intimidation which accompanied the struggle for civil rights. 025 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 3166 Lucretia Mott
Summary: At a time when women were not allowed to speak in public forums, Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), not only spoke, she fought for the rights of women, Blacks, Native-Americans, for labor reform and for peace. Pamela Sommerfield as Lucretia Mott with vocals by Holly Near, this film was filmed at historic sites in Philadelphia and Gettysburg, 059 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7061 Mad About Bombs: The Criminal Use of Explosives
Summary: Explores the fascination people have with bombs, the criminals who have used them, and the people who risk their lives dealing with them on bomb squads. 045 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0562 Making of the U.S.A., The (1776-1890)
Summary: The signing of the Declaration of independence in 1776, the expansion westwards, the Louisiana Purchase, the Indian wars are all examined together with slavery and the civil War; the great increase in population, inventiveness, and industrial output would make America one of the most powerful countries in the world. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: WORLD, THE

VH 1472 Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) Part 1
Summary: A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. 015 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0818 Man Who Would Be President, The (1917-1956)
Summary: Three videocassettes, VH 0818-0820. A documentary biography of J.F. Kennedy from childhood to death. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY Series: J.F. KENNEDY: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES

VH 0323 Manifest Destiny / Agitation and Compromise
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 0245 Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
Summary: A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. 045 Min. VIDEO 1945 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY

VH 4908 Margaret Sanger
Summary: Birth control advocate, self-styled libertarian, and ardent proponent of women's rights--Margaret Sanger was all of these. 087 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0219 Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Personal Portrait
Summary: A personal portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. in conversation with Arnold Michaelis including Dr. King's comments on Vietnam, the struggle for equality, religious beliefs as a Baptist minister, his role as husband and father, receipt of the Novel Peace Prize, etc. 053 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0204 Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Message Today
Summary: Phil Donahue and his guests talk about the civil rights movement. They discuss Martin Luther King's message and his theory of nonviolence. 027 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1534 McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Summary: Documents the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings through excerpts from the television footage shot during the six weeks of hearings. Includes remarks by Paul Newman, who places the excerpts in historical perspectives. 055 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2375 Mean Things Happening
Summary: In the American democracy of the 1930's, two visions of liberty collided as working women and men battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 6693 Mickey Mouse Monopoly
Summary: Takes a close and critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company, and at the world these films create (in terms of the stories told about race, gender and class) and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun. 052 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION, MARKETING

VH 3382 Midnight Ramble - The Story Of the Black Film Industry
Summary: Recounts the history of a remarkable film industry that produced close to 500 movies for African-American audiences between 1910 and World War II. The success of D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915 helped inspire the formation of more than thirty "race" movie companies who sought to counteract the loathsome stereotypes shown in the film. By the 1920's, these companies were producing films that gave a more dignified view of African-American life in hundreds of movie theaters. 057 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 1243 Mortimer Adler: Teaching the Constitution
Summary: In an eleven-part series, Bill Moyers discusses the history of the Constitution, how it has been interpreted, and how it affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Includes conversations with Supreme Court Justices Blackmun, Brennan, O'Connor and Powell, and scholars Ronald Dworkin, Mortimer Adler, and Martin Marty. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 1194 Most Hallowed Ground (1864)
Summary: This episodes begins with the presidential campaign of 1864 that set Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the Union itself: with Grant and Sherman stalled at Petersburg and Atlanta, opinion in the North has turned strongly against Lincoln and the war. But eleventh hour Union victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln, and the Confederacy's last hope for independence dies. The episode also examines the prison camps, and the role of spies in the war effort. In an ironic twist, Lee's Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington National Cemetery -- the Union's most hallowed ground. 072 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 1252 Mr. Justice Blackmun
Summary: Moyers interviews the Supreme Court Justice who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion. Moyers and Blackmun discuss the emotional and moral challenge of interpreting the Constitution. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 1248 Mr. Justice Brennan
Summary: Mr. Justice Brennan speaks with Moyers about constitutional issues and the workings of the Supreme Court. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 2362 Mr. Sears' Catalogue
Summary: This program explores how the Sears catalogue reflected changes in American society and became a symbol for the natural ambitions and dreams of a sprawling country. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, MARKETING Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 1675 Never Turn Back: Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Summary: The Life Story of Fannie Lou Hamer. 058 Min. VIDEO Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2376 New Deal/New York
Summary: In his first One Hundred Days in office, President Roosevelt created an "alphabet soup" of new federal agencies giving jobs and relief to people and transforming the American landscape with public works projects. Nowhere was this transformation more apparent than in Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's New York City. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 0333 New England Colonies/Canals and Steamboats/Roads, Railroads
Summary: Examines the settlement and culture of the New England colonies. Describes the settlement of the Ohio Valley and tells how changes in water transportation affected regional and national development. Covers the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and steamboat routes down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Examines the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and the expansion westward in America. Looks at changes in land transportation and how they affected regional and national development. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 0332 New Spain / New France / Southern Colonies
Summary: Portrays aspects of America's past which influenced or contributed to national development from colonial times to the beginning of the Civil War, with focus on social themes and perceptions. Audience: Grades 9-12. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 1247 Nineteen Eighty-Seven v. The Constitution
Summary: The Constitution of 1787 is tested against the issues of 1987: mandatory drug testing in the workplace, computer technology's threat to personal privacy, the impact of weapons technology on the war powers clause. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 1232 On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Summary: One of the more powerful grassroots Christian movements urges believers to become politically active in order to create a more Christian world. The movement called Christian Reconstruction is explained in the writings of Rousas John Rushdoony. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY Series: GOD & POLITICS WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 2147 On The Cowboy Trail
Summary: Cowboys still ride herd in Southeastern Montana, but new agricultural techniques and strip mining threaten the traditions of ranching the land. This program takes you to a family-run ranch where the needs of the cattle come first. 060 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN COWBOY COLLECTION, THE

VH 1525 Our Forgotten War
Summary: A portrait of the country of El Salvador and the impact of American programs and policies on the country, people and war. 058 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: FRONTLINE

VH 4429 Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor
Summary: What happened to the 56 men who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to ensure the birth of freedom when signing the Declaration of Independence. 010 Min. VIDEO Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0442 Peace Conference, The
Summary: Lecture by A.J.P. Taylor on the Paris Peace Conference. How wars end. The first world war the peace conference. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: HOW WARS END

VH 4188 Pioneer Spirit, The: A Texas Story
Summary: A grandfather tells his grandson the story of William and Walter Caruth, two brothers, who in the late 1840's came to settle in Dallas. They purchased and worked the land that later became North Dallas. Four qualities of these pioneers were vision, courage, generosity and hard work. 028 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5056 Platoon
Summary: Based on the first hand experience of director Oliver Stone, this is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war torn jungles of Vietnam. 120 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 8045 Power And Terror: Noam Chomsky In Our Times
Summary: After the terrorist attacks of September 11, this documentary presents the latest in Noam Chomsky's thinking, through a lengthy interview and a series of public talks that he gave in New York and California during the spring of 2002. 072 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 6695 Prejudice: the Monster Within
Summary: Looks at prejudice, both historical and current, through the eyes of high school students; examines reasons prejudice develops; and teaches students to recognize prejudice within themselves. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0445 Present Chaos, The
Summary: Lecture by A.J.P. Taylor on the complicated process of ending World War II. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: HOW WARS END

VH 0820 Presidency and the Legacy, The (1961 - 1963)
Summary: Documents the years Kennedy spent in the White House, his assassination & the way he is remembered. This program takes an in depth look at the events that shaped the Kennedy legacy considering both the triumphs & mistakes. 056 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY Series: J.F. KENNEDY: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES

VH 1893 President Carter
Summary: In this interview, President Carter reflects on the nature of Presidential leadership, illustrated by the Camp David Accords, the Iran hostage crisis the Panama Canal Treaty, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the energy crisis. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION, THE

VH 1894 President Ford
Summary: President Ford discusses the War Powers Resolution and other Congressional limitations on Presidential power, the personal qualities required to be President, limitations on Presidential office, the threat of assassination, and the difficulties that confront the legislative branch. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION, THE

VH 1892 President Nixon
Summary: Richard Nixon discusses the Presidency from the perspective of his long career in public service. Among the topics considered are the War Powers Resolution and other limitations upon the President's conduct of foreign affairs in the context of both the Vietnam War and the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1973. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION, THE

VH 1895 President Reagan
Summary: In this interview Ronald Reagan discusses Congress and the budget process, the Executive Branch's role in the management of the economy, Presidential relations, the media, the appointment of Justices of the Supreme Court, and Presidential initiatives in foreign affairs, including the intervention in Grenada, the bombing of Libya, and United States support of the Nicaraguan contras. 055 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION, THE

VH 0318 Problems of Confederation, The/Creating a Stronger Union
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 0315 Puritan Way, A / Diversification of the Colonies
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 0819 Race for the White House, The (1957-1961)
Summary: Kennedy's background shaped him into a patriot & persuasive politician. The second program focuses on television broadcasts that reveal the rise of the junior congressman from Massachusetts as he begins his climb toward the presidency of the United States. 057 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY Series: J.F. KENNEDY: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES

VH 3274 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Summary: SILENT SPRING sparked a revolution in government environmental policy and became instrumental in creating a new ecological consciousness. This is the story of how one scientist's courage changed the way we think about our world. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ENVIRONMENT Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 0326 Reconstruction the South / The End of An Era
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 2750 Reinventing Government...By the People
Summary: National Performance Review, Reinventing Government ...By the People is U.S. Govt. Document. (DOC PER PRVP 42.2: G 74/2/VIDEO) 033 Min. VIDEO Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0319 Republic in a Hostile World, The / The Rural Republic
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 2377 Road to Rock Bottom, The
Summary: Economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, demanding food, and robberies increased dramatically. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 0335 Role of Women, The / Utopias / Religion
Summary: "The Role of Women" - Nineteenth century women were faced with many restrictions. "Utopias" - During the first half of the nineteenth century, reformers established more than 40 utopian communities in the United States. "Religion" - Religious diversity threatened some, & the Second Great Awakening, with its circuit riders & camp meetings, aroused the nation. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 1249 Ronald Dworkin: The Changing Story
Summary: Ronald Dworkin, legal philosopher, talks with Moyers about the Constitution. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 2213 Search for the First Americans, The
Summary: This program follows the trail of America's first inhabitants. Did they really migrate across a Bering Sea land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age, as the textbooks have long had it--or did they in fact arrive thousands of years earlier, possibly by some different route, as new archaeological evidence increasingly hints? 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0432 Second World War, The
Summary: Lecture by A.J.P. Taylor on the end of World War II. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: HOW WARS END

VH 3072 Secrets Of The Little Bighorn
Summary: One of America's most famous historic landmarks is Little Bighorn, where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and more than 250 troops of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry rode to their death on June 25, 1876. Detailed facts of the battle were unknown, and the event was shrouded in myth and mystery. Now by a computer generated reconstruction of the battlefield, it shows a NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES triumph rather than Custer's defeat. 023 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4524 Shakers, The
Summary: Opens the doors of America's last Shaker compound, where the religious sect's nine surviving members lead lives of equality, fraternity, decency, and most notably simplicity. That simplicity is reflected in Shaker furniture and basketry, items which now sell for thousands of dollars at auctions throughout the world. At one antique auction Shaker furniture is sold to the rich and famous, as the Shakers ponder their legacy. Will they be remembered as austere people, pious and charitable and filled with wisdom, or simply as the makers of priceless ornaments? 050 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1191 Simply Murder (1863)
Summary: The episode begins with the nightmarish Union disaster t Fredericksburg and comes to two climaxes the following spring: at Chancellorsville, Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson; at Vicksburg, Grant's attempts to take the city by storm are stopped. Army life and life on the home front North and South are examined. As the episode ends, Lee decides to invade the North again to draw Grant's forces from Vicksburg. 062 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 0336 Social Life/ Moving West/ The Industrial North
Summary: "Social Life" - Americans gave the impression of being an energetic people, arrogant & crude - but democratic. "Moving West" - The promise to trade, land, & fold lured people to the West - their Manifest Destiny. "The Industrial North" - The New England textile industry started America's Industrial Revolution. 045 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICA PAST

VH 2438 Some American Feminists
Summary: Explores one of the most significant social histories of this century--the second wave of the women's movement--and is a fascinating flashback on the women's liberation agenda in the light of the 1990's backlash. Interviews with Ti-Grace Atkinson, Rita Mae Brown, Betty Freidan, Margo Jefferson, Lila Karp and Kate Millett are intercut with newsreel footage of the tumultuous sixties and the early seventies. 056 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1017 Speeches of John F. Kennedy, The
Summary: Presents John F. Kennedy's major addresses from his 1960 Presidential campaign through his three years in office. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION

VH 2177 Spirit of Crazy Horse, The
Summary: The story of the quest by the Sioux Indians to reclaim their ancestral homeland, the Black Hills of South Dakota. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION, THE

VH 1244 Strictly Speaking: Attorney General Ed Meese & Judge R. Bork
Summary: Moyers interviews Attorney General Edwin Meese and Judge Robert Bork. Attorney General Meese presents his views on the constitution and its original intent, and discusses political issues of the Reagan administration. Judge Bork talks of his experience on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and offers his perspective of constitutional interpretation. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION WITH BILL MOYERS

VH 0317 Struggle for Dominance / Revolution for Independence, A
Summary: Illustrates how wars and treaties, elections and legislation affected the people of the United States and helped develop America's democratic spirit. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EARLY CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 3771 Third Party Presidential Candidates Debate
Summary: Three third party candidates debated national issues at the National Press Club, including welfare reform and international trade. Ms. Laszlo moderated the rounds of questions and 30-second answers. The candidates also took questions from the audience. Mr. Browne, who is on every state ballot, said his party advocates individual liberty and personal responsibility, Mr. Hagelin said the Natural Law Party would solve America's problems through the power of science. Mr. Phillips advocated abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and returning to Bible-centered jurisprudence. 118 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2378 To Be Somebody
Summary: For many Americans who were denied the rights of full citizenship, surviving the Depression was not enough. They were determined to help build a better America through direct action in the courts, in the Congress, and in everyday life. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 7005 To Render A Life
Summary: During the Depression, writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans traveled to Alabama to document the lives of poor tenant farmers. The result was their book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", destined to be an American classic. 090 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7029 Trade Secrets - A Moyers Report
Summary: Exposes the 40 year history of the American chemical industry's suppression of information regarding the threats to public health by synthetic chemicals being introduced into the environment at all levels. Addresses the danger to public health by the continued use of approximately 9000 of the 15, 000 mass produced chemical substances that have never undergone toxicological study in the United States. 120 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, CHEMISTRY, ECOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1344 Trigger Effect, The
Summary: The Blackout in New York city illustrated our near-complete dependence on modern technology to keep our complex world operating. How did we become so vulnerable? this segment ends in Kuwait, examining a society that has leapt from ancient Egyptian lifestyles to modern technology in only 30 years. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: CONNECTIONS

VH 1362 Trouble Behind
Summary: Uncovers the origins of today's racism in the history of a seemingly typical American small town, Corbin, Kentucky. 054 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1859 Twenties, The: From Illusion to Disillusion
Summary: Hems came up, morality was redefined, the search was on for the new. The decade of Lindbergh, Sacco and Vanzetti, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, Coco Chanel and the Charleston, ended with the stock market crash of 1929. 080 Min. VIDEO Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2779 Two Dollars and A Dream
Summary: This is a biography of Madame C. J. Walker, the child of slaves freed by the Civil War, who became America's first self made millionairess. By interweaving social, economic and political history, it also offers a view of black America from 1867 to the 1930's. Mrs. Walker's fortune was built on skin and hair care products. She parlayed a homemade beauty formula into a prosperous business, marketing her products from coast to coast. 056 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIES, BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1863 U.S.A 1902-1914 Tomorrow the World
Summary: Film historian Noel Burch examines early filmmaking in America against the social background of the immigrant masses streaming into the slums, factories and sweat-shops of an industrialized America. 026 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION Series: WHAT DO THOSE OLD FILMS MEAN?

VH 5364 U.S. - Mexican War, Part 1
Summary: In this program, Mexico is suffering the aftermath of its 1820s war for independence from Spain while to the north the U.S. is expanding its territory. Tensions mount when Texas breaks free from Mexico in 1836 and is later annexed by the U.S. In 1846, U.S. and Mexican troops clash over the border dispute in Texas and war explodes. 120 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5365 U.S. - Mexican War, Part 2
Summary: In this program, former Mexican President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna returns from exile to unite Mexico against the U.S. invasion. President Polk decides to open a second front against Mexico and strike deep into Mexico's heartland. Santa Anna is unable to turn back the invaders and a dramatic battle for Mexico City ends when the capital finally surrenders on September 14, 1847. 120 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1769 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Summary: Based on a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This classic story analyzed the issue of slavery in the Midwest, New England, & the South during the days of the Fugitive Slave Law, & has been credited with intensifying the conflict between the South & the North, leading to the Civil War. Director: Stan Lathan. 120 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS

VH 2611 Unfinished Business
Summary: Spain, Latin America, the Hispanic communities in the United States: all have undergone enormous changes in this century. Within the lifetime of those born now, half the population of the U.S. will be Spanish speaking. Every year, half a million brave the border patrols to enter the United States illegally. "They are looking for the Gringo gold, but also bringing the Latino gold, " best selling writer Carlos Fuentes observes. 059 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: BURIED MIRROR, THE

VH 2430 Union Maids
Summary: A documentary in which three women relate their participation in the labor movement of the 1930's. Each recalls the Depression and the intolerable conditions through which they lived and worked. They discuss the role of women in labor unions then and now, the relationship to the Women's Liberation Movement, and the future of labor unions in the United States. 048 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1192 Universe of Battle, The (1863)
Summary: This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western hemisphere. The episode then chronicles the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of Black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. The episode closes with the dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg, when Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people. 095 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 1193 Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864)
Summary: Beginning with a biographical comparison of Grant and Lee this episode chronicles the battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the Wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia, as in thirty days the two armies lose more men than both sides have lost in three years of war. As the Armies become deadlocked at Richmond and Atlanta, Lincoln's chances for reelection dim. 070 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 1189 Very Bloody Affair, A (1862)
Summary: 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. During this episode we witness the battle of ironclad ships, partake of camp life, and watch slavery begin to crumble. We meet Ulysses S. Grant whose exploits come to a climax at the Battle of Shiloh. The episode ends with rumors of Europe's readiness to recognize the Confederacy. 069 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 1533 Vietnam: In the Year of the Pig
Summary: A documentary about Vietnam from French colonialism and the rise of Ho Chi Minh to the continuing U.S. involvement in a brutal war of escalation. 103 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 1784 Vietnam: The War at Home
Summary: About the anti-war movement in America. Concentrating on the political activities waged by radical students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 100 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 2322 Visions of America
Summary: Hank Aaron, Dave Barry, Jimmy Carter, Barbara Mandrell, John McLaughlin, Gloria Steinem, and Amy Tan are seven Americans who have a lot to say about their country. What they say reveals as America full of challenge and opportunity, struggle and prejudice, patriotism and irreverence. 058 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY

VH 4614 Vote for Me: Politics in America, Pts. 1 & 2
Summary: Examines the issues and strategies involved in successfully running for political office in the U.S. Part 1 - Politics 101, 50 min. Part 2 - Making a Big Noise, 63 min. 113 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4615 Vote for Me: Politics in America, Pts. 3 & 4
Summary: Examines the issues and strategies involved in successfully running for political office in the U.S. Part 3 - Political Junkies, 25 min. Part 4 - The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer 85 min. 110 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1195 War is All Hell (1865)
Summary: This episode begins with Sherman's March to the Sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. The Army of Northern Virginia flees westward to Appomattox Court House, where Lee surrenders to Grant. The episode ends in Washington where John Wilkes Booth begins to dream of vengeance for the South. 069 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 4190 Watergate: The Secret Story
Summary: Another look at the break-in that toppled a Presidency. Includes interviews with Watergate figures and newly uncovered information on Deep throat and the Nixon tapes. Hosted by Mike Wallace. 096 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 3269 Way West, The: Part 1, Westward, The Course of Empire...
Summary: Episode one charts the frantic opening decades of expansion, from the 1840's through the Civil War. In 1849, the Gold Rush sent hundreds of thousands of people rushing across the continent to California and Oregon. Thereafter, the ever quickening pace of expansion would lead to a series of bloody confrontations between native americans and whites, culminating the Minnesota uprising of 1862 and two years later, the massacre at Sand Creek. Follow the extraordinary story of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee. 087 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 3270 Way West, The: Part 2, The Approach of Civilization
Summary: Chronicles the four year period following the Civil War- an extraordinarily changeable and disruptive era on the Great Plains, marked by two great climaxes: the triumph, in 1868, of Red Cloud and Crazy Horse over the U.S. Army on the Bozeman Trail, and the joining, in 1869, of the two ends of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point in Utah. 090 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 3271 Way West, The: Part 3, The War for the Black Hills
Summary: Follows the desperate struggle over the last unceded territories of a once vast Indian domain. In 1873, the United States invaded the sacred Black Hills in search of gold. This treaty violation, together with the systematic extermination of the buffalo, sparked outrage among the Lakota and Cheyenne, setting the stage for a fateful showdown between the U.S. Army and the tribes of the North Plains. 090 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 3272 Way West, The: Part 4, Ghost Dance
Summary: Chronicles the crackdown on Native-American tribes across the Northwest in the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Big Horn in June 1876, and charts the final, desperate days of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. This program examines the rise of the heartbreaking Ghost Dance religion, and the last, horrendous massacre at Wounded Knee. 090 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 2379 We Have A Plan
Summary: By 1934, grassroots challenges to the New Deal from both sides of the political spectrum appeared. Despite new government programs, unemployment hovered near 14 million and unrest was increasing. In California, novelist and former Socialist Upton Sinclair ran for governor on the EPIC (End Poverty In California) platform, which promised to turn idle land and factories into self-governing cooperatives. Sinclair's campaign ended in defeat. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES Series: GREAT DEPRESSION, THE

VH 3982 Welcome to the Mainland
Summary: From the jazz laced street speech of African American poet Sekou Sundiata's Harlem nights, to Naomi Shihab Nye's delight in the wonder of everyday objects, both artists in the opening programs of the series celebrate the cultures of today and the way those cultures have become part of the American mosaic. 058 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS Series: LANGUAGE OF LIFE, THE

VH 0558 West and the Wider World, The (1500-1800)
Summary: The first circumnavigation of the globe led by Ferdinand Magellan marked the start of European domination of the world. The shift in power from the Mediterranean to west and north-western Europe. The great colonial empires of Spain and Portugal and the gradual increase of Dutch trade and power. The English developments in marine and technology and the beginnings of the British Empire. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, LATIN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: WORLD, THE

VH 3102 Winds of Change: A Matter of Promises
Summary: This is the rarely told story of nations within a nation, of the sovereign Indian tribes that survive in America today. "Like a rock that a river runs around." is how one Indian describes his nation in the stream of U.S. life. " Winds of Change" draws us into the lives of these Native-Americans today, and the challenges they face as they try to preserve their cultures. It is a story of promises kept and treaties broken, seen through the eyes of three 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: NATIVE-AMERICAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION

VH 4953 Within These Walls: A Visit to the White House
Summary: Hillary Clinton opens this tour saying the White House has changed with the times which is depicted by the tour itself. The viewer is shown the first floor where official entertaining is done, the ground floor used for receiving guests, and the east and west wings which house the president and his staff and the first lady and her staff. Bill Clinton closes the tour telling the viewer that the White House is every American's house. 030 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 0275 Women of Hull House, The
Summary: This program tells the story of Hull-House through the remarkable contributions of Jane Addams and other Hull-House women to the history of social welfare, education, progressive reform, women's rights, sociology, labor relations, international peace, and many other areas of American life. 025 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK

VH 0441 World War I - Armistice
Summary: Lecture by A.J.P. Taylor on the end of World War 1. How wars end. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: HOW WARS END

VH 0424 World War I: 1914-1918
Summary: This story of the "war to end all wars" is told in panoramic detail, drawing upon the archives of all the combatants. The United States entered the war in 1917 when the Allies were exhausted and delivered the finishing blow to the German armies. But the war sowed the seeds for the more devastating world conflict of 1939-1945. 050 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES

VH 1856 World War One
Summary: This program covers the events that set off the war and the war itself: the German invasion of Belgium; the Battle of the Marne, of Ypres, Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli; the naval Battle of Jutland, the sinking of the Blucher, and the German U-boat campaign, among others. 025 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES