FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Geography

VH 2263 Academic & Career Options in the Coll. of Soc. Science, FAU
Summary: Florida Atlantic University's (FAU) College of Social Science recruitment video. 091 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 4161 Africa: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Summary: Tunisia, a diverse nation of open-minded people, is also predominantly Muslim. Women, however, share equal rights with men and hold jobs from police officers to airline pilots. In Libya, the UN is attempting to stamp out the killer screwworm fly before it spreads throughout Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. A third segment documents Egypt's ongoing struggle to balance its growing population with limited resources and land mass. 031 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY Series: OUR DEVELOPING WORLD

VH 5690 Alaska, Denali Wilderness
Summary: Alaska's Denali National park is the backdrop for a year round struggle for survival. Wolves, grizzlies, moose and caribou are depicted in dramatic life and death sequences in this snowy, desolate environment. 030 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 5694 Alaska Portrait
Summary: Go on a journey that spans more than 1, 500 miles from the craggy faced fjords and glaciers of Southeast Alaska to the fragile Arctic tundra of Alaska's North slope. 040 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 7165 Alaska's Great Wilderness
Summary: Travel to Alaska's great wilderness and witness the amazing cycles in one of the last pristine places on our planet. Explore the vibrant territory beneath Mount McKinley, and soar above it. Watch the caribou roam, a mother grizzly and her cubs, and the flight of the majestic golden eagle. 054 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 5692 Alaska's Grizzlies
Summary: Breathtaking adventure into the habitat of the grizzly bear of Alaska, illustrating how they survive and live their daily lives. Includes footage of cubs discovering their environment, a mother bear defending her cubs from attack, bears hunting and fishing for food, and a face to face encounter with an adult Kodiak brown bear. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY

VH 5693 Alaska, The Last Frontier
Summary: Travels throughout Alaska exploring the various aspects of the state, including its diverse culture, climate, and geography, as well as some of the top attractions. 075 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY

VH 5691 Alaska, Voices from the Ice
Summary: A nature film for tourists surveying the Alaskan countryside. 020 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY

VH 6742 Amazing Earth
Summary: Explains our planet's catastrophic past and violent present and the geological forces that have the face of our world and will ultimately change its face again. 106 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY Series: EXPLORE YOUR WORLD

VH 0762 Australia: Down Under and Outback
Summary: Examines the life of people in the Australian outback, where existence is a struggle against heat, poisonous weeds, drought, and economic difficulties. 025 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 5270 Bosnia's Rite of Return
Summary: In this program Muslim refugees from the village of Stolac describe the challenges of living with their wartime enemies. 048 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY

VH 3635 Cameroon
Summary: Sometimes referred to as "Africa in Miniature, " Cameroon is a land of great geographic and cultural contrast. From the savannahs of the extreme north to the equatorial rain forests of the south and west, Cameroon's land reflects the rich diversity of Africa's geography. Home to over 200 linguistic or ethnic groups, Cameroon is also culturally diverse. Focuses on daily life in Cameroon as experienced by Peace Corps Volunteers who live and work in the communities of Andek, Ambam, and Bogo. 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 7650 Caribbean Close Up
Summary: The first segment follows a 14 year old Haitian girl through her daily life including her family chores, cockfighting, Haitian proverbs, and her education. The second segment follows a 13 year old boy in the Dominican Republic through his daily life including school, family life, baseball, and the history of his country. 028 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 4160 Central America: Costa Rica
Summary: We see how the country uses coffee and banana exports to propel itself forward as a developing nation; how and why it chose education its people over building an army; and how it remains a peaceful democratic anomaly in Latin America. A second segment shows how the country uses its bamboo supplies to construct homes for the poor. 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, LATIN AMERICAN Series: OUR DEVELOPING WORLD

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 1527 Comfortable Lies, Bitter Truth
Summary: Four videocassettes, VH 1527-1530, 58 min. each. Each episode tells the Soviet story through the eyes of its people, exposing the tensions that erupt when pressures for modernization clash with centuries of Russian tradition and a political apparatus trying to cling to power. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: INSIDE GORBACHEV'S USSR

VH 1528 Coming Apart
Summary: Depicts the evolution of nationalism in the Soviet republics and the conflicts between ethnic groups which threaten Gorbachev's authority and the survival of a united Soviet system. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: INSIDE GORBACHEV'S USSR

VH 2732 Czechoslovakia
Summary: In this fairyland of medieval castle and architectural treasures, East meets West to weave a fascinating cultural tapestry. Uncover the valiant history that lies behind Czechoslovakia's struggle for democracy, tour the capital city of Prague and with its historic Old Town Square, the Prague Castle, and the St. Vitus Cathedral. 055 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES, ARCHITECTURE

VH 5264 Eastern Europe 1900-1939
Summary: This program traces the history of Eastern Europe from the reign of Franz Josef to the rise of Hitler and the beginnings of the Second World War. 055 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: EASTERN EUROPE

VH 5265 Eastern Europe 1939-1953
Summary: The events leading up to World War II had a devastating political and economic effect on Eastern Europe, as did the rise of Stalin and the thirst for empire of the Soviet Union. This program traces how both Hitler's and Stalin's quest for power left this vulnerable area of the world permanently destabilized. 055 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: EASTERN EUROPE

VH 5266 Eastern Europe 1953-1991
Summary: This program begins with the death of Stalin, which precipitated a rash of political intrigues in the Balkans, and ends with the fall of Communism. 059 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: EASTERN EUROPE

VH 3572 Exploration
Summary: From the conquest of the South Pole in 1912, to man's first tentative steps on the moon and then further into space, this program looks at exploration throughout the 20th century. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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 0648 Grandeur and Obedience
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Visit the Rome of the Counter-Reformation, the Rome of Michelangelo & Bernini, where the Catholic Church developed a new splendor symbolized by the glory of St. Peter's. 052 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 3550 Hawaii: Strangers In Paradise
Summary: Explore the Hawaiian Islands, an archipelago born of volcanic eruptions tens of millions of years ago. Fertile for evolution and protected by the immense Pacific Ocean, this isolated tropical haven produced an explosion of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY Series: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

VH 3639 Honduras
Summary: Introduces students to the culture and geography of Honduras as seen through the eyes of Peace Corps Volunteers and the families with whom they work and live. Students meet twelve year old Mario Vasqeuz, who lives with his family in a small village in the highlands of Semane. Mario and his family are "campesinos, " or farmers, who work with Peace Corps Volunteer Laural Patchen to develop alternatives to the traditional slash and burn agriculture techniques used in the highlands. 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 1267 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Summary: Presents a brief visual introduction to the geography, culture, and present-day life of Pakistan. 020 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY

VH 7264 Islands Of The Spirits
Summary: Nova travels to Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, a seldom seen and wonder-filled island with towering volcanoes, streaming lakes, marshy valleys, fairy-tale forests and wondrous wildlife. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY

VH 6350 Istanbul
Summary: Once a capital of the Roman Empire, Istanbul today represents a fascinating fusion of East and West. You'll find magnificent mosques and palaces next door to the cheerful and tumultuous Egyptian Bazaar. Perhaps the most captivating aspect of Istanbul is its spiritual ambiance as the haunting, almost mystical invitation to prayer penetrates the city clamor. 030 Min. VIDEO Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: SUPER CITIES

VH 3636 Kyrgyzstan
Summary: Located in the heart of central Asia, the newly independent republic of Kyrgyzstan has historically been a crossroads of trade and culture. Consequently, the mountainous country is home to tremendous ethnic and cultural diversity. Through the eyes of local students, "DESTINATION: KYRGYZSTAN" shows how the people of Kyrgyzstan are working to rebuild their economy and reclaim their heritage. 022 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 3637 Lesotho
Summary: Takes viewers to the southern cone of Africa to visit the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Often referred to as "The Roof of Africa, " the country consist mainly of rugged mountains rising more than 11, 000 feet above sea level. In fact, the lowlands and foothills, in which most of the nation's one and a half million people live, comprise less than one third of the country's land. 022 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 6613 Life By The Numbers. Pt. 5, Shape of the World
Summary: This program looks at exploration. Without mathematics we'd have no maps, no globes, no idea what the world really looks like. Where are you right now? Without numbers you'd never know. And as we explore a vast uncharted universe, it's numbers we'll need to take us there, and get us home. 057 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY

VH 1077 Life From the Sea
Summary: a 6-part series about the Earth, the miracle planet, presents various topics including the planet's prospects for continuing to support life, its oceans, climate, and atmosphere. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY Series: MIRACLE PLANET

VH 5267 Lifting the Yoke: Ukraine
Summary: The starting point of this video is the concept that nation is where your graves are. This program examines the emotional effects of the establishment--or reestablishment of an independent Ukraine. 050 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: NATIONALISM: BLOOD AND BELONGING

VH 3638 Lithuania
Summary: In 1991, the Baltic state of Lithuania became the first republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. Today, Lithuanians are struggling to rebuild their economy and reclaim their heritage. Explores the impact of these changes on the lives of students and their communities. 022 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 1529 Looking for Perestroika
Summary: Visits to various enterprises in the Soviet Union and the economic ministry in the Kremlin and interviews with workers, state managers, entrepreneurs and economists reveal the progress and problems of economic reform and the Russian people's conflicting opinions about 'perestroika'. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: INSIDE GORBACHEV'S USSR

VH 0647 Man: The Measure of All Things
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Clark visits Florence, where European thought enjoyed new impetus by rediscovery of the classical past. He also journeys to Renaissance centers Urbino & Mantua. 054 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 4674 Maps With Teeth
Summary: Bioregions are the ways the worlds divides up naturally--defined by climate, mountains, etc.. This is not the way we are used to looking at the world. 026 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY Series: WAYS WE LIVE: EXPLORING COMMUNITY

VH 3640 Marshall Islands, The
Summary: Introduces students to the culture and geography of the Marshall Islands, a newly independent North Pacific country. Beginning with the formation of the islands as coral atolls, the video emphasizes the influences geography has had on the lifestyle of the islanders through the years. Also emphasized are the efforts being made to preserve local traditions in the face of rapid economic and social change. 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 4036 National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Summary: Geographic information systems. 010 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 3801 Nepal
Summary: Since the arrival of the first seventy-four education volunteers in Kathmandu in 1962, the Peace corps program in Nepal has grown considerably with Volunteers now serving throughout most regions of the country in a wide range of projects. (DOC PER PE 1.13: W 89/NEPAL/VIDEO). 010 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 3667 Paraguay
Summary: In 1967, the first Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay worked with their host country counterparts as agricultural extension agents. From its early focus on agriculture, the program has expanded to include projects in small business development, rural health, education, and natural resources. (DOC PE 1.13: 89/PARAG./VIDEO) 020 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 3641 Poland
Summary: Poland is a country that has maintained a sense of national identity through its thousand year history despite a succession of invasions and occupations by foreign forces. It is a vibrant country whose people combine a keen sense of history with a strong desire to provide a secure future for its young people. 016 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 2731 Prague
Summary: Prague of a hundred spires and its historical gems, Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, ancient little streets, but also Prague's boulevards, the artistic and historical wealth of its churches, the garden of the Little Quarter and the River Vltava, lending the town a unique atmosphere. They show us new Prague and its young people as well as ancient, intimate corners of the town and the autumns of the life of people who are now enjoying peace and rest. 030 Min. VIDEO Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 0650 Protest and Communication
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. The Reformation is explored - the Germany of Durer & Luther, the world of Erasmus, the France of Montaigne, & Shakespeare's Elizabethan England. 053 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 5268 Reconquering the Conquest: Quebec
Summary: The struggles in Quebec are another chapter in the story of European nationalism: the descendants of French settlers three centuries ago seeking to maintain their national heritage and an aboriginal group taking up the language of European nationalism to advance its claims. 050 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: NATIONALISM: BLOOD AND BELONGING

VH 1079 Riddles of Sand and Ice
Summary: A 6-part series about the Earth, the miracle planet, presents various topics including the planet's prospects for continuing to support life, its oceans, climate, and atmosphere. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY Series: MIRACLE PLANET

VH 0646 Romance and Reality
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Clark journeys from the Loire, through the hill towns of Tuscany & Umbria, to Pisa as he explores the achievements of the later Middle Ages in France & Italy. 053 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 6972 Sahara: A Place of Extremes
Summary: The first part of the video "The Dance of the Jinni" focuses on the sand and heat of the Sahara and the animals that live there. The second part "Sahara: The Nectar of Life" highlights the rains and frigid temperatures of the Atlas Mountains. 120 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: ECOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY

VH 1371 Sahara: Before the Desert
Summary: When and how did the Sahara become a desert? The program shows steps being taken by the Saharan countries to keep the desert from growing and, if possible, to turn it back. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 3668 Senegal
Summary: Since the arrival of the first fifteen Peace Corps Volunteer in Dakar in 1963, the Peace Corps program in Senegal has grown considerably with Volunteers now serving throughout most regions of the country in a wide range of projects. (DOC PE 1.13: W 89/SENEG./VIDEO) 016 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 1443 Shackles of Tradition, The-Franz Boas
Summary: Profile of the German-born physicist who was responsible for shaping the course of American anthropology, beginning with his investigations of the relations between Eskimo migrations and the physical geography of their region. 052 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICS

VH 0764 Siberia: The Endless Horizon
Summary: A journey across vast Siberia, where modern cities and factories contrast with Yakut horsemen and nomadic reindeer herdsmen, and where Trans-Siberian Railroad stretches to the Pacific. 052 Min. VIDEO 1969 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 6304 Slovak Health Resorts
Summary: A production of the Slovak Agency for Tourism. VIDEO 1997 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 6305 Small Country With A Big Heart
Summary: A production of the Slovak Agency for Tourism. VIDEO Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 3634 Sri Lanka
Summary: "Sri Lanka" takes viewers halfway around the world to the island country once known as Ceylon. Located just off the southeastern coast of India where the maritime trade winds meet, Sri Lanka is a natural crossroads for commerce, culture, and religion. 015 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: DESTINATION

VH 1530 Taste of Democracy, The
Summary: Sessions of the new Soviet super parliament, the Congress of Deputies and defiant meetings of neighborhood councils, demonstrate how ordinary citizens are confronting powerful institutions of the old power structure. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: INSIDE GORBACHEV'S USSR

VH 1075 Third Planet, The
Summary: A 6-part series about the Earth, the miracle planet, presents various topics including the planet's prospects for continuing to support life, its oceans, climate, and atmosphere. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY Series: MIRACLE PLANET

VH 5269 United Kingdom
Summary: Despite the United Kingdom's historical resistance to invasion the modern UK can no longer insulate itself from the influences of Europe and the world. This program provides an overview of UK society as it exists today. 031 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: EUROPE: A MODERN PROFILE

VH 6303 Winter in Slovakia
Summary: A production of the Slovak Agency for Tourism. VIDEO 1997 Subject: GEOGRAPHY

VH 3016 World Population
Summary: Graphics are used to present actual human population growth from 1 A.D. to the present, and projected growth from now to the year 2020. A contextual framework is created by the use of historical references. 007 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: GEOGRAPHY