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VH 7071 '50's & '60's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume four, The '50's & '60's, looks at the Happy Daze [1953-1960]: The post-war baby boom, suburban living and Elvis Presley epitomize the contentment of the Eisenhower years. But these were also years marked by the Korean War, rabid McCarthyism, violent civil rights demonstrations, and a frightening escalation in the Cold War. This program probes the tensions between these crosscurrents in American history. 135 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY, ECONOMICS Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 7072 '70's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume 5, The 70's, looks at Approaching the Apocalypse [1971-1975]: The one bright spot of the 1970's was Nixon's opening of China to the West while the riots at Attica prison and Kent State University, the trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, left Americans exhausted, embittered and disillusioned. This program appraises the effects of those blights on the political landscape and their impact on the trust between the government and the governed, so vital to the well-being of a representative democracy such as the U.S.. Starting Over [1976-1980]: The women's and civil rights movements, begun decades earlier and as controversial as ever, continued to evolve during the nation's Bicentennial Period. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 7073 '80's & '90's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume 6, "80's & '90's", looks at A New World [1981-1989]: The Reagan era witnessed the unexpected end of the Cold War and a welcome return to a booming domestic economy, but did events unfold too quickly to control? The '90's and Beyond: Examines key moments of the '90's including the Persian Gulf War, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Waco Branch Davidian disaster, the current status of African-Americans and the phenomenon of celebrities created by the media. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: COMPUTERS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, CRIMINOLOGY Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

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 5137 Abolition: Broken Promises
Summary: For most African-Americans, the end of slavery did little to improve their lives. Turn of the century Dixie, it seems, was a land where white supremacists reigned, both before and after the abolition of slavery. Northerners refused to accept blacks as equals, and in many cases looked the other way while black rights were regularly abused both in the North and South. 050 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1184 Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972)
Summary: An awareness and sense of pride emerged through the struggle of World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay, now by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali. No longer content with use of mainstream culture as their standard and rejecting im ages which traditionally stereotyped them as servile and inferior, anew generation of African Americans began to redefine itself. Propelled by the Black Consciousness Movement, they celebrated black values, culture and their African roots. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

VH 0799 Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Summary: Ain't Scared Of Your Jails chronicles the courage displayed by thousands of young people and college students who joined the ranks of the movement and gave it new direction. In 1960, lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South, many organized by the new, energetic Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In 1961, on the Freedom Rides, many young people faced violence and defied death threats as they labored to obliterate segregation in interstate bussing. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 5401 Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air
Summary: This program features archival material and interviews with family members and aviation experts to reveal the life behind the legend of Amelia Earhart 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 2305 America's Comeback Strategy
Summary: A seminar with Professor Bruce Scott on national economic policy; Professor Alfred Chandler Jr., Pulitzer Prize -winning business historian; Professor Michael Porter, author of "Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, " on corporate strategy; and Professor Michael Yoshino on U.S.-Japanese business relations. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Series: FROM THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

VH 4496 America's Mandarin (1954-1963) / LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)
Summary: "America's Mandarin (1954-1963): To stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam - supporting autocratic President Ngo Dihn Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon. "LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)": With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, LBJ determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the of the undeclared Vietnam War. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 4497 America Takes Charge (1965-1967) / America's Enemy (1954-1967)
Summary: "America Takes Charge (1965-1967)": In two years, the Johnson Administration's troop dispatched 1.5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly and unforgettable. / "America's Enemy (1954-1967)": The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese leaders and rank and file, and by Americans held prisoner in Hanoi. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 7483 American Government (Tape 1)
Summary: Video covers the origins and types of government and follows the development of American government from the Colonies through the current stages of Federalism, including civil rights issues. 114 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7484 American Government (Tape 2)
Summary: Video content covers the legislative and executive branches and the judicial system. 120 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6427 American Paradox: Slavery in the Northeast: New England and
Summary: This program explores the struggle for freedom and equality during the revolutionary period and Confederacy when in 1804 every northern state had committed to emancipation in one form or another; the rise and growth of the abolition movement and the growing number of Freedmen. 026 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

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 5726 Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
Summary: This films chronicles the evolution of steel into the pre-eminent American industry. Carnegie built an empire so large that when he sold out to J. P. Morgan it created the first billion-dollar corporation in history. Historians discuss the technological developments that propelled steel into the future, and provided the raw material that powered the nation's economy. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: EMPIRES OF INDUSTRY

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 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 0797 Awakenings (1954-1956)
Summary: History of the civil rights movement in the United States. Uses archival footage and interviews with participants in the movement. AWAKENINGS focuses on the catalysis events of 1954-56. The Mississippi lynching of 14 year-old Emmett Till led to a widely publicized trial where a courageous black man took the stand and accused two white men of murder. In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to yield her bus seat to a white man. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 1187 Back to the Movement
Summary: The series concludes with an examination of two cities. In Miami, Florida, viewers witness the destruction of Overtown, a once-thriving community. In 1980, when white police officers were cleared of charges following the beating death of a black businessman, Miami's black community exploded in the largest riot since Detroit, 1967. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

VH 6220 Battle of New Orleans
Summary: Presents background of the War of 1812 and overview of America's last battle with Great Britain, the Battle of New Orleans. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: BATTLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

VH 6105 Battle of the Alamo, The
Summary: Retraces the battle of the Alamo in the words of those who fought it--from Colonel William Travis' letters to the diaries of Mexico's Lt. Della Pina. Narrated by Hal Holbrook. 054 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 0330 Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
Summary: Featuring filmed recollections (by Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde, Martin Duberman, Smilie Hillaire, Barbara Gittings, Rev. Grant Gallup, and Ann Bannon, among others) and excerpts from silent films, newsreels and Hollywood musicals, "Before Stonewall" traces the social, political and cultural development of the gay and lesbian community, revealing the hidden story of a vital American subculture. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY

VH 7276 Benjamin Franklin
Summary: A group of scholars and historians examine the history of the pre-evolutionary era and the early republic through the writings of Benjamin Franklin, including the author's "Autobiography." 151 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY, WRITERS

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 1342 Berkeley in the 60's
Summary: Through interviews with participants and archival footage, presents a history of Berkeley, California in the 1960's. 117 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 1028 Beyond The Dream II
Summary: Live, interactive satellite program featuring prominent scholars, live discussions and pre-recorded 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. 120 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 0781 Black America: Breaking Free
Summary: Documents the history and experiences of Black Americans through historical footage and interviews. Focuses on the civil rights movement, today's urban Black Americans, and Black Americans who have been successful in business and politics. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY Series: BLACK AMERICA

VH 0782 Black America: The New South
Summary: See VH 779. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: BLACK AMERICA

VH 7287 Black Elk
Summary: A group of scholars, historians, and Native Americans examine the historical events of the Plains Indians in the 19th century, and Indian Removal Policy and warfare between the U.S. and various tribes, with reference to Black Elk's writings from "Black Elk Speaks". 142 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY, WRITERS, NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 3979 Black on White / Pioneers! O Pioneers!
Summary: 5."Black on White" examines Black English from its beginnings with American slaves to today's black "rap." 6. "Pioneers! O Pioneers! evokes the spirit of American English as it evolved from 1776 to 1920's. 116 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, COMMUNICATION Series: STORY OF ENGLISH, THE

VH 4842 Black Panther and San Francisco State: On Strike
Summary: Interviews with the founding members of the Black Panthers, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale document the footage of the organization's meetings and marches which reveal a pragmatic and still relevant outline for the African American communities' self-determination and development. Recounted is the six month long strike students of color led at San Francisco State to make their university's curriculum and admissions policies more relevant, which succeeded in creating the country's first Ethnic STUDIES department. 035 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 4840 Black Press, The: Soldiers without Swords
Summary: This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences Award collection. After providing background on the role of Black press in the past, host Maureen Bunyan speaks with several African American press members. 085 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 5723 Brewed in America
Summary: Tells the story of the brewing industry in the United States which began with small local breweries, expanded into big business driven by Adolphus Busch, Adolph Coors, Frederick Miller and others, survived Prohibition, and adopted new technologies along the way. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: EMPIRES OF INDUSTRY

VH 0802 Bridge to Freedom
Summary: In the final episode, BRIDGE TO FREEDOM, the lessons of a decade are brought to bear in the climactic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, when thousands joined together to march fifty miles for freedom. During the drive to make voting rights a national issue, strategic and ideological differences began to surface between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s SCLC and the younger activists of SNCC. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 0436 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Summary: Documents the Great Depression, focusing on its human side as well as on national and international political repercussions. Shows how events prepared the way for Nazism, Japanese expansionism, and the altered role of government in the United States. Includes archival film footage. 020 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ECONOMICS, U.S. HISTORY

VH 4919 Brotherly Love
Summary: In Philadelphia, during the first 50 years of the new nation, freedmen and fugitive slaves push the country to live up to the promises made in its Constitution. But with the invention of the cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the southern United States. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 6221 Bunker Hill
Summary: A look at the first major defeat for the British in the American War for Independence. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: BATTLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

VH 4499 Cambodia and Laos / Peace Is at Hand (1968-1973)
Summary: "Cambodia and Laos": American involvement in these two countries began in 1961, when President John Kennedy sent in teams of US Special Forces to aid guerrillas against the Laotian communists and their North Vietnamese allies, and continued through the resultant 1965 communist Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodia. / "Peace is at Hand (1968-1973)": While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 8168 Circuit Chautauqua: A Bridge Between Two Centuries
Summary: Before there were televisions or movie theaters, Americans relied on this traveling spectacle of the 19th and early 20th centuries for educational and entertainment programs. Circuit Chautauqua began in 1904 and by the 1910's could be found almost everywhere, presenting its message of self and civic improvement to millions of Americans. At its peak in the mid-1920's, circuit performers and lecturers appeared in more than 10, 000 communities in 45 states to audiences totaling 45-million people. Using archival photos and rare interviews with those who attended, this painstakingly researched documentary gives a feel for what it was like to be a part of the events. 057 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 0779 Civil Rights Movement, The
Summary: Documents the history and experiences of Black Americans through historical footage and interviews. Focuses on the Civil Rights movement, today's urban Black Americans, and Black Americans who have been successful in business and politics. 030 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: BLACK AMERICA

VH 3076 Classics of Political Television Advertising
Summary: Hosted by Eugene Joseph McCarthy, this video program contains 78 political advertisements. The spots run the gamut from the first ones in 1950 to the "generic" spots in the 1984 elections. 060 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY

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 CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

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 CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 0931 Coverup - Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Summary: An account of the first arms sale to Iran and the Reagan/Bush campaign's secret deal to torpedo Jimmy Carter in 1980. Discusses the shadow government of former CIA operatives, drug smugglers, top U.S. military personnel and others, and how their actions have impacted the course of history. 072 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 5714 Cowboys/Settlers
Summary: Shows the working, living and social conditions of cowboys, primarily that of the open range and trail driving adventures from the mid 1800s to the turn of the century. Also explores the settlers who had the courage to take advantage of the cheap, fertile farmland and limitless opportunities available in the west. 090 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: THE WILD WEST

VH 6108 Crucible of Empire: Spanish-American War
Summary: Examines the colorful characters and historic events surrounding the Spanish-American War and its relevance through the 20th century. It examines the influence of race, economics, new technologies and the news media on America's decision to go to war. 117 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 0438 Cuban Missile Crisis: Back From the Brink
Summary: Title on container "Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962." Deals with the history of relations between the United States and Cuba up to the confrontation of the United States and the Soviet Union regarding Russian missile sites in Cuba. 020 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CARIBBEAN STUDIES

VH 3685 Dream Deferred, A
Summary: A rural people becomes an urban one. Cultural and political gains are offset by overcrowding and increasing ghettoization of African-Americans, as Northern politicians ignore the ticking time bomb of resentment. A time bomb that would explode in the Sixties. 090 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: PROMISED LAND, THE

VH 5717 Dreamers and Wayfarers/Chroniclers
Summary: Dreamers and Wayfarers: highlighted are two dreamers and railroad engineers, Theodore D. Judah and Greenville M. Dodge, who were instrumental in the construction of the first continental railway. Chroniclers: The West as experienced by a handful of artist and authors became the Wild West that would live forever in the world's imagination. 090 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: THE WILD WEST

VH 6279 Eighth Inning, The: A Whole New Ballgame, 1960-1970
Summary: Television beams baseball nationwide in the turbulent sixties. The players finally succeed in forming a labor union. Expansion, race changes and new stadiums promise to make the sport "A Whole New Ballgame." 116 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 5400 Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit
Summary: With her own radio program and daily newspaper column, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt championed racial equality, youth employment, and women's rights. She remained a figure of world importance and served as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, where she helped draft the International Declaration of Human Rights. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 0340 Equal Protection of the Laws/ The Constitution & The Economy
Summary: Explains how the Constitution has been interpreted in political, economic, and social situations. Important court cases and events illustrate the issues and raise important questions about government powers and rights. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: U.S. CONSTITUTION

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 CIVILIZATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN ADVENTURE, THE

VH 1237 F.D.R. And Hitler: Their Rise to Power/ Dynamics of Power
Summary: The careers and styles of Franklin D. Roosevelt, aristocrat and democrat, and Adolph Hitler, Bourgeois and demagogy, are contrasted to show how individual charisma and leadership can influence, even alter, history. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

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 6276 Fifth Inning, The: Shadow Ball, 1930-1940
Summary: The Great Depression looms over America, and baseball struggles to survive. America's game has another struggle too: racial segregation. Confined to the Negro League are great stars like Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige. Countless talents are excluded from baseball's major leagues. 126 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 6262 Fight for Freedom: Keeping History Alive
Summary: Filmed at the Daniel Boone Homestead in the Pennsylvania countryside, this film reconstructs life on a Revolutionary War battlefield with the help of 2, 000 living history enthusiasts. 050 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 8379 Fight For Freedom: The Inspiring Story Of African American..
Summary: Examines the role of some 200, 000 African American soldiers in the last two years of the Civil War. 037 Min. VIDEO 2003 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 3996 Fight in the Fields
Summary: The story of Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farmworkers Union, and the movement that he inspired. A movement that touched the hearts of millions of Americans with the grape and lettuce boycotts, a non-violent movement that confronted conservative politicians like Ronald Reagan and the powerful Teamsters Union. 115 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0798 Fighting Back (1957-1962)
Summary: Follows the struggle for equality from the schoolroom to the courtroom and back as blacks reject the existing system of "separate but equal" education. In 1954, the Supreme Court also rejects the system in its historic Brown vs. Board of education decision. The legal battle won, in 1957 nine black teenagers dare to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. In 1962, a resolute James Meredith enrolls at The University of Mississippi. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 6272 First Inning, The: Our Game, 1840s-1900
Summary: Tells the story of the origins of the game as a barehanded game played by men and boys in cities, usually in the vicinity of a saloon. Meet the first baseball magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding, explore the game's first gambling scandal, and see the attempts by women to play the game in 1860's. 115 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 1241 First Salt Talks The: Radio, Racism & For. Policy of Power
Summary: 1. Highlights the Washington Naval Conference of 1921 which was the world first major disarmament conference. 2. The effects of foreign policy issues on the American public are the focus of the second part. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, WORLD HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

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 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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 6275 Fourth Inning, The: A National Heirloom, 1920-1930
Summary: The astounding play of Babe Ruth captivates people everywhere, making him a household name, the first superstar known to fans and non-fans alike. Leading the Yankees' "Murderers' Row, " Ruth hits a milestone 60 homers in 1927, securing his legend forever. 117 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 5576 Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists
Summary: Focuses on the Jewish anarchists as disillusioned immigrants during the late 1800s in American sweatshops. Historian Paul Avrich articulates the group's history and philosophy and shows how the spirit of the anarchists remains alive as they reminisce about the group's experiences. 058 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

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 6402 From Fields of Promise
Summary: Discusses the efforts of descendants of slaves in Gee's Bend, Alabama, to be able to own part of the land where their ancestors worked. Also discusses the history of the Pettway Plantation. 057 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 6520 From Swastika to Jim Crow
Summary: Jewish scholars who escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to the U.S. were confronted with anti-Semitism at major universities. A surprising number secured teaching positions at historically Black colleges in the South. In many cases they formed lasting relationships with their students and had an important impact on the communities in which they lived. This is a story of two cultures, each sharing a burden of oppression, brought together by the tragic circumstances of war. 057 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 6881 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Pt. 1
Summary: George Wallace, a four-time governor of Alabama and candidate for the presidency, was a fierce defender of Southern pride and a man who was central to the civil rights years in the South. 090 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 6882 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Pt. 2
Summary: George Wallace, a four-time governor of Alabama and candidate for the p residency, was a fierce defender of Southern pride and a man who was central to the civil rights years in the South. 180 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

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 5342 Ghosts of Mississippi
Summary: This film follows the final trial of the murder of civil rights leader Medger Evers. It carefully recreates the details of this relentless quest for justice. 131 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, DRAMA

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 6107 Gold Fever
Summary: Tells the personal stories of a handful of the prospectors who, in January 1898, traveled to the Klondike in search of easy wealth, but instead came upon conmen, thieves and avalanches. 060 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 4518 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 1
Summary: This program features FDR's first inaugural address and "Grilled Millionaire" speech, as well as the flamboyant Huey Long's "Every Man is a King" and others. 048 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 4519 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 2
Summary: This program features FDR's declaration of war on Japan, and General Douglas MacArthur's "old soldiers never die" retirement speech before Congress. Other speeches include FDR's humorous response to Republican allegations of budgetary waste surrounding his dog, Fala; General George Patton's controversial stump speech in support of WWII, and excerpts from John L. Lewis's five hour pro union filibuster before a congressional committee studying mine safety. 039 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 4520 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 3
Summary: In this program, Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon argue the merits of democracy and communism in the impromptu Kitchen Debate, complete with on screen translations. Also included are Nixon's famous Checkers speech; a 1960 campaign address to Wisconsin farmers by Senator Hubert Humphrey; and the verbal showdown between Senator Joseph McCarthy and attorney Joseph Welch at the Army-McCarthy hearings that helped end McCarthy's political career. 051 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 4521 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 4
Summary: This program contains speeches by two of the 20th century's greatest orators: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. Included are Kennedy's inaugural address, the American University speech calling for an end to nuclear proliferation, and the politically charged "Ich binein Berliner" address delivered at the Berlin Wall. King's moving "I Have a Dream" speech to civil rights marchers in Washington and parts of his prophetic "When a Man Has Already Died" speech are also featured. 045 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 4522 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 5
Summary: This program begins with a fiery speech by Malcolm X that reminds us of the polarization of American political life in the 1960's. Nelson Rockefeller's condemnation of 1968 Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater as a political extremist; Goldwater's rebuttal of the charges; and Ronald Reagan's stump speech in support of Goldwater follow. Robert Kennedy's moving eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr., concludes the program. 037 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 4523 Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory, Pt. 6
Summary: This program features speeches by several major orators of the modern political era, including representative Barbara Jordan's stunningly eloquent appeal for nonpartisan judgment at the Nixon impeachment hearings. Ronald Reagan shows why he was known as the "great communicator" in his 1981 inaugural address. Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo's resounding keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention, as well as an emotion charged 1984 campaign speech by Jesse Jackson, are also included. 055 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY Series: GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES

VH 1242 Great Depression and Foreign Affairs, America in the Pacific
Summary: 1. Presents the outcome of the Great Depression in America and how it changed the outlook of the world. 2. Describes how Japan began a series of aggressive military campaigns in China in the early 1930's. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: WORLD HISTORY, U.S. HISTORY, ASIAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

VH 5715 Gunfighters/Townspeople
Summary: Gunfighters gives brief biographies of famous outlaws and lawmen of the Old West and relates the stories that made them famous. Townspeople sketches the establishment of typical towns in the West and portrays life in those towns. 090 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: THE WILD WEST

VH 7878 Guns of August, The
Summary: Uses documentary film stills and maps to describe the mishaps leading u p to World War I, concentrating on the events of August 1914. Briefly traces th e course of the war through November 11, 1918 when an armistice was declared. 100 Min. video 1965 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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 4500 Homefront USA / The End of the Tunnel (1973-1975)
Summary: "Homefront USA": Through troubled years of controversy and violence, US casualties mounted, victory remained elusive and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War. / "The End of the Tunnel": South Vietnamese leaders believed that America would never let them go down to defeat - a belief that died as North Vietnamese tanks smashed into Saigon on April 30, 1975, and the long war ended with South Vietnam's surrender . 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 6169 Hoover Dam
Summary: The dramatic story of how an ambitious, hard-driving engineer turned a ragtag army of unemployed into the nation's most celebrated workforce. Archival footage and photographs, including interviews with witnesses and historians. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7471 Image & Popular Culture
Summary: Video is the third of three programs in a series that tells the story of women in the 20th century. 096 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: A CENTURY OF WOMEN

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 5716 Indians/Soldiers
Summary: Indians: explores the diverse ways in which Indian tribes of the West lived and brought up their children. Includes coverage of the Indian wars with the U.S. Soldiers: examines the often boring and sometimes brutal lives of the soldiers of the west. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN Series: THE WILD WEST

VH 6887 Influenza 1918
Summary: Documents the outbreak of the deadly Spanish flu in the United States at the end of World War I, presenting the greatest American health crisis to date. Uses archival photographs and film footage and interviews with survivors and medical historians. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

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 1236 Japan Invades China: Crisis in the Far East,
Summary: A documentary presentation on the Chinese-Japanese War, and on the relations between Japan and the United States highlighting events preceding America's involvement in World War II. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY, U.S. HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

VH 6880 John Brown's Holy War
Summary: A look inside a complex man, farmer and warrior, family man and avenging angel, to reveal the man behind the legend. He is the father of American terrorism--and an inspiration to the Civil Rights Movement. More than 150 years after his execution, questions swirl around John Brown: was he a madman or a martyr? 090 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 5403 John F. Kennedy: A Personal Story
Summary: This video delves into the personal side of JFK. It traces the pivotal moments in Kennedy's life through archival footage and interviews with famous journalists, Hollywood actors, and White House staffers. Explores the rich legacy he left behind. 091 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 4920 Judgement Day
Summary: As the nation expands westward, slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before. When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

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 1186 Keys to the Kingdom, The (1974-1980)
Summary: This show examines the relationship between law and popular struggle as it chronicles efforts to inject substance into promises of equality. The movement's focus is on the keys to the kingdom: jobs and education. Includes footage of Boston and Atlanta's Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first black mayor. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

VH 4853 KKK: Hate Crimes in America
Summary: Originally formed as a social club, the Ku Klux Klan grew into a hate group striving to restore white supremacy in the South. Swathed in white sheets and robes, Klansmen beat and murdered black citizens and their white supporters in nighttime raids. In the 1920's, a burning cross became the group's symbol. 050 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 6986 Know Your Enemy - Japan
Summary: Propaganda film made during World War II which was intended to acquaint the American soldier with his Japanese counterpart. Explains how the religious, political, cultural, and economic history of Japan contributed toward making it a formidable foe. Compiled from authentic newsreel, official United Nations, and captured enemy film. Some reenactments under War Dept. direction. Director: Frank Capra. 063 Min. VIDEO 1945 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 7873 Last Full Measure, The
Summary: The battle of Gettysburg is told through the use of still pictures, drawings, and the landscape as it is today. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 3653 Last Of The Mohicans
Summary: One of the bloodiest wars of all times, the French and Indian War has been called the First World War, for its conflicts and consequences spread over three continents. Archaeologists working at the site of Fort William Henry in upstate New York have uncovered remains of numerous English soldiers, thought to have been killed by French and Indian forces. Though the War took its toll, infectious disease may have been the final vector of death. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA, U.S. HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 4501 Legacies
Summary: Vietnam is in the Soviet orbit, poorer than ever, at war on two fronts; America's legacy includes more than 500, 000 refugees, 2.5 million Vietnam veter ans and some questions that won't go away. 060 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 5725 Legacy of King Coal, The
Summary: Tells the story of coal mining in the United States from the labor violence of the late 19th century to the high-tech mining of today. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: EMPIRES OF INDUSTRY

VH 6217 Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier
Summary: The exciting adventure of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, who risked their lives and journeyed over 8, 000 miles to chart the overland route to Oregon. Along the way, they encountered Indians, and collected new plant specimens and minerals. 050 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 6888 Liberty: The American Revolution, Vol. 1
Summary: A documentary of the American Revolution. chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreation. Volume 1: The Reluctant Revolutionaries. 120 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6889 Liberty: The American Revolution, Vol. 2
Summary: Volume 2: The times that try men's souls; Oh fatal ambition. A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 120 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6890 Liberty: The American Revolution, Vol. 3
Summary: Volume 3: The world turned upside down; Are we to be a nation. A documentary of the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations. 120 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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 7875 Lifting the Fog
Summary: Investigates the historical motives that led to the building and use of the atomic bomb. 058 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 0338 Limited Government and the Rule of Law / Federalism
Summary: Documentary hosted by Bill Moyers which shows how basic concepts in the Constitution have developed throughout United States history. Historical sites associated with the concepts are featured and programs conclude with a final scene that raises questions for viewers to discuss and debate. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: U.S. CONSTITUTION

VH 5732 Living Past, The: Commitments for the Future
Summary: The President and Mrs. Clinton host American historian, Bernard Bailyn, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, and winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes for his book Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Professor Bailyn discusses the core American ideas that shaped the nation. 064 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: MILLENNIUM EVENINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

VH 6106 Lost in the Grand Canyon
Summary: Documentary depicts John Wesley Powell's perilous thousand mile expedition through the uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY

VH 6085 Lynchburg Story, The : Eugenic Sterilization in America
Summary: Describes the mind set that gave birth to eugenic sterilization in the U.S. Between 1927 and 1972, over 8, 000 Virginia children were sterilized because the state decided they were unfit to reproduce. Victims tell how they were taken from their families and forced to live in the infamous Lynchburg colony. 055 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 2713 Maids, The
Summary: Domestic service has long been branded as demeaning work: it involves long hours, menial toil and low pay. Historically it has been one of the only occupations open to Black women in this country. As Black women have begun to move away from domestic labor into other jobs, white-owned entrepreneurial maid services employing primarily white women have arisen. This intriguing and articulate documentary looks at the history of domestic work. 028 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 7885 Malcolm X: Make it Plain
Summary: Through the memories of people who had close personal and working relationships, archival footage, and photographs, this film documents the life and work of Malcolm X, a Black Muslim and political philosopher who struggled for the human dignity of black people. Directed by Orlando Bagwell. Originally broadcast on the television program THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 139 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

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 6309 Margaret Sanger: A Public Nuisance
Summary: Stages parts of the life of Margaret Sanger through reading from her interviews and writings. Covers her fight against the Comstock Law and her work in Brownsville (Brooklyn) at the first birth control clinic. Includes original photographs, sound recordings, and archival film footage. 029 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY

VH 3657 Martin Luther King - "I Have a Dream"
Summary: When 200, 000 civil rights marchers - black and white - gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, they expected to hear strong words from their spiritual leader, Martin Luther King. What they did not expect was a speech of such heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that it echoes still in our memory. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 0883 Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggles
Summary: Discusses the struggle of black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Phillip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 0801 Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
Summary: Focuses on the extraordinary personal risks faced by ordinary citizens as they assumed responsibility for social change, particularly during the 1962-64 voting rights campaign in Mississippi. The state became a testing ground of constitutional principles as civil rights activists concentrated their energies on the right to vote. White resistance to the sharing of political power clashed with the strong determination of movement leaders to bring Mississippi blacks to the ballot box. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 6404 Monuments Are For Men, Waffles Are For Women
Summary: A class at Ohio University provide discussion about the impermanence of work done by women and the permanence of work done by men in the U.S. Categories examined are U.S. currency, holidays, last names, shopping, sports, language, vocations, and buildings. 036 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY

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, 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 6789 Mr. Miami Beach
Summary: Traces the story of Carl Fisher, who transformed Miami Beach into the vacation mecca it is today. 056 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY

VH 3978 Muse of Fire, A / Guid Scots Tongue, The
Summary: 3. "A Muse of Fire" Covers the Age of Exploration, as pilgrims and pirates carried English to the New World. 4."The Guid Scots Tongue" Traces the Scottish influence from Northern Ireland to Appalachia. 116 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS, U.S. HISTORY, COMMUNICATION, SHAKESPEARE Series: STORY OF ENGLISH, THE

VH 1185 Nation of Law?, A
Summary: By the late 1960's, the anger in poorer urban areas over charges of police brutality was smoldering. In Chicago, Fred Hampton formed a Black Panther Party chapter. As the chapter grew, so did police surveillance. In a pre-dawn assault by the police, Panthers Hampton and Mark Clark were killed. The deaths came at a time when movement activists were increasingly becoming targets of police harassment at both the local and federal levels through COINTELPRO. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

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 6329 New York, Cosmopolis, Episode 5: 1919-1931
Summary: In part 1 in the 1920s, New York goes on the "gaudiest spree" in history. F. Scott Fitzgerald becomes the spokesman for the era. Modern American culture is born as the radio becomes available, and jazz music is played in Harlem. Many are attracted to the glittery, fast paced life in New York and others are appalled. In part 2, Al Smith fights a losing battle in the 1928 presidential election. The decade ends with the massive Crash of '29. New York goes on a skyscraper building spree that ends with the dedication of the Empire State Building. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ART, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 6333 New York, Order and Disorder, Episode 2: 1825-1865
Summary: Chronicles the rise of New York commencing in 1825 from a merchant city to an industrial one. By 1860, every tension in America could be felt on the streets of New York, now the most powerful and divided city in the nation. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 6332 New York, Sunshine and Shadow, Episode 3: 1865-1898
Summary: Covers New York City during the period after the Civil War--"the Gilded Age." The city grows at a staggering rate--demographically, geographically and financially. By the end of the decade, New York has become home to the world's greatest concentration of wealth and poverty. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 6331 New York, The Country and the City, Episode 1: 1609-1825
Summary: Covers the rise of New York from its discovery in 1609 through the explosion of commercial growth sparked by the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. The film examines the defining role the Dutch played in the development of the city's character, the impact of the British Empire, and the horrors of slavery. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

VH 6330 New York, The Power and the People, Episode 4: 1898-1918
Summary: Covers the years from 1898 through 1918 showing how New York's industry drew people from all over the world, and how these immigrants transformed the city physically, culturally and politically. 120 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: HISTORY'S BEST ON PBS

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 6280 Ninth Inning, The: Home, 1970-Present
Summary: Baseball becomes truly global as contests in Canada widen the "World Series." Free agency keeps players changing places, affecting both salaries and team loyalties, while exceptional players still inspire many reasons to cheer, and the love of the game continues to be handed down to new fans. The crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd are sounds that will make us feel at "Home." 148 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 0800 No Easy Walk (1962-1966)
Summary: Explores a crucial phase in the civil rights movement-the emergence of mass demonstrations and marches as a powerful protest vehicle. In Albany, Georgia, police chief Laurie Pritchett challenged Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s tactics of nonviolent mass demonstration. In Birmingham, Alabama, school children steadfastly marched against the violent spray of fire hoses and were jailed as a result. Includes footage of the 1963 march on Washington, D.C. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE

VH 7566 On Television: Public Trust Or Private Property
Summary: Video reviews the history of television broadcasting policy in the United States. 058 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6089 Paving the Way
Summary: This story profiles four women, Justice Bader Ginsburg, Major General Jeanne Holm, Reverend Addie Wyatt, and Congresswoman Patsy Mink, who challenged the stereotypes and entered fields dominated by men. Through in-depth interviews, historical footage, family photographs and original music it achieves a unique perspective and presents a sweeping look at four decades of U.S. history. 052 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY

VH 7199 Pearl Harbor - Death of the Arizona
Summary: Video of the destruction of the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 052 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7200 Pearl Harbor - Seven Views of Defiance
Summary: Historical video footage and interviews of survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. 060 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: WORLD HISTORY, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1235 Phony War The, F.D.R. And Churchill: Human Partnership
Summary: Eight videocassettes, VH 1235-1242, 52 minutes each. Videocassette release of the 1978 television series shown in 16 episodes on PBS. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY, U.S. HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

VH 1182 Power (1967-1968)
Summary: Out of the ashes of the urban rebellions, blacks looked for new ways to take control of their communities; the ballot box, the street and the school became the dominant platforms. In Cleveland, the black community, together with a segment of white voters, achieved an historic victory: the election of Carl Stokes as the first African American mayor of a major city. In Oakland, young black men and women attempted to confront continuing police harassment. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

VH 6823 Prelude to War
Summary: Part of a series initially shown to American soldiers who were going overseas in 1942. This first segment shows film clips of events from 1933 to 1939 which prompted the United States' entry into World War II. 053 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: WHY WE FIGHT

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 1183 Promised Land, The (1967-1968)
Summary: In the final year of Martin Luther King's life, the movement turned its attention to the economic issues confronting the nation and the rumblings of a far off war in Vietnam. Moved by the increasing level of poverty, Dr. King and his staff searched for a strategy to effect an economic redistribution of wealth. They began to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to Washington, D.C., where they would erect Resurrection City. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

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 7590 Real Story of Jamestown
Summary: Dramatizations are interwoven with recent excavation details to bring to light what really happened to the English settlers of 17th century James Island. 025 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 6308 Rebel Hearts
Summary: Discusses the lives of Sarah and Angelina Grimke and their work to abolish slavery and their involvement with what would become the women's rights movement in the United States. 058 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1238 Recognition of Russia: Climate of Mutual Distrust..., The
Summary: Reviews American relations with the Soviet Union from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the Roosevelt Administration. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY, U.S. HISTORY Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

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 7874 Remember Pearl Harbor
Summary: This 50th anniversary tribute features commentary by survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, Japanese film footage, and readings of letters, diaries, and documents. 055 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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 4918 Revolution
Summary: While the American colonies challenge Britain for independence, American slavery is challenged from within as men and woman fight to define what America will be. When the War of Independence is won, black people, both enslaved and free, seize on the language of freedom even while the new nation's constitution codifies slavery and oppression as a national way of life. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 7118 River Spirit- Port of New Orleans
Summary: An overview of the Port of New Orleans. 006 Min. VIDEO Subject: ECONOMICS, U.S. HISTORY

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 2967 Roots of Resistance - A Story of the Underground Railroad
Summary: In the mid 1800's, black men and women traveled a network of escape routes known as the underground railroad. Over dark forest trails, back roads, and rivers, they make their way along carefully mapped routes leading to night trains to the north or boats to the south. Their flight from shackles of slavery in the south was organized by other escaped slaves and their allies. This program recounts the little known story of black America's secret railroad. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 4495 Roots of War / The First Vietnam War (1945-1954)
Summary: "Roots of War": Despite cordial relations between American intelligence officers and communist leader Ho Chi Minh in the turbulent closing months of WW II, French and British hostility to the Vietnamese revolution laid the groundwork for a new war. / "The First Vietnam War (1945-1954): The French generals expected to defeat Ho's rag-tag Vietminh guerrillas easily, but after eight years of fighting and $2.5 billion in US aid, the French lost a crucial battle at Dien Bien Phu - and with it, their Asian empire. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 5718 Searchers/Mythmakers
Summary: Searchers: tells the story of those who came seeking land or precious metals and the vanishing way of life of the native Americans. Mythmakers: Shows how the mass media, from the 1870s to today mixed fact and fiction to leave us with the mythical land and people of the Wild West. 193 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN Series: THE WILD WEST

VH 6273 Second Inning, The: Something Like a War, 1900-1910
Summary: Some of the most colorful characters who ever played the game fascinate the public, from the volatile Ty Cobb to the modest Walter Johnson and the virtuous Christy Mathewson. The World Series becomes the stuff of legend and so do team loyalties. Passionate rivalries turn professional baseball into "something like a war." 107 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 3019 Seeing Red
Summary: From over 400 interviews with present and former American Communists, filmmakers Reichert and Klein paint a warm, human, funny portrait of 50 years of American Communism from its heyday in the 1930's through the bitter McCarthy era witch hunts of the 1950's. 100 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY

VH 0339 Separation of Powers / Freedom of Expression
Summary: Explains how the constitution has been interpreted in political, economic, and social situations. Important court cases and events illustrate the issues and raise important questions about government powers and rights. 060 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: U.S. CONSTITUTION

VH 6278 Seventh Inning, The: The Capital of Baseball, 1950-1960
Summary: Baseball is king and New York City is its throne. For a glorious decade, the game is dominated by the Yankees, Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, who become world champs at last. But the magic ends when that beloved team moves to Los Angeles, leaving grieving fans behind. A pall falls over what once was truly "the capital of baseball." 134 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 7470 Sexuality & Social Justice
Summary: Video is second of three programs in a series that tells the story of women in the twentieth century. 096 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: A CENTURY OF WOMEN

VH 7096 Shakers In America, The
Summary: Examines the history of the shakers in America from Mother Ann Lee to its present near-extinct state. Looks at a truly original way of life, showing both the excellent craftsmanship of the Shakers and details of their lifestyle, celibacy, self-sustenance and religious fervor. 029 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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 6183 Ship of Slaves: The Middle Passage
Summary: Details the trials and tribulations of the slaves on their voyage from Africa to the Americas on slave ships. This transatlantic slave trade which lasted 300 years was known in history as the black holocaust. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 5397 Six Generations of Suffragettes: The Women's Rights Movement
Summary: This concise overview of the women's movement in America uses interviews, archival footage, and photos to spotlight key contributors such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It features moments from the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848 to the protest marches of the 1960s and 70s. 015 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6277 Sixth Inning, The: The National Pastime, 1940-1950
Summary: World War II causes turmoil as baseball's best players enlist. Baseball's most poignant moment comes when the Dodgers' Branch Rickey forces integration by signing Jackie Robinson; with heroic dignity, he changes the game forever. Baseball becomes what it had always claimed to be: "the national pastime." 151 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 7866 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 1
Summary: First in a seven part series from the National Museum of American History on great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political, and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the period. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7867 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 2
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the period. 067 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7868 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 3
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original comtemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the period. 070 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7869 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 4
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original comtemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the period. 073 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7870 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 5
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings and artifacts; challenges to traditional historic thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the period. 063 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7871 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 6
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political, and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings, and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps, and music of the time. 074 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 7872 Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War, Volume 7
Summary: Presents great battles of the U.S. Civil War and the war's military, political, and social history. Features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants; period photos, paintings, and artifacts; challenges to traditional historical thinking; original comtemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the time. 066 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

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 5879 South Central Los Angeles: Inside Voices
Summary: Discusses the Los Angeles riots of 1992 from the view of the people who lived in the areas affected. Participants of the film were given video recorders so that they could show their lives and record their feelings. 091 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 6684 Spanish American War of 1898: A Conflict in Progress
Summary: This program examines the conduct of the war, from Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, to the defeatist attitude of Spanish commander Admiral Cerveras, to Cuban General Gomez and his decision to side with the Americans. 052 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6683 Spanish American War of 1898: Remember the Maine
Summary: Using archival footage, newspaper excerpts, and historical documents, this program traces the roots of the Spanish-American War to Spain's quest to preserve its flagging empire, American imperialism, and the genuine desire on the part of the Cubans to shake off the yoke of Spanish domination. 050 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 5402 Speeches of Famous Women: From Suffragette to Senator
Summary: Traces the progression of the women's movement with speeches from suffragettes through senators, including Elizabeth Stanton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, who endorses the Equal Rights Act, and leaders Betty Friedan, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun and Barbara Boxer. 056 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: SPEECHES COLLECTION, THE

VH 6426 Story of Slavery, The
Summary: Traces the history of slavery throughout the world from ancient times to the 20th century. The program documents the practice of slavery in the U.S. from its height in the late 18th century, through the growth of the movement to eliminate it, to its abolition in 1865. 025 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

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 3684 Strong Men Keep A Comin' On
Summary: The great migration comes of age. Chicago gets its first African-American mayor. Integration bears fruit, as many families move out of the ghetto to middle class success. Others remain mired in a growing "underclass." Those who made the journey examine what has been attained in the Promised Land, and what the Promised Land has yet to yield. 045 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: PROMISED LAND, THE

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 4843 Struggles in Steel
Summary: For the first time the history of the struggle of black workers for equality on the job is documented. The program provides badly needed background to current debates on race and affirmative action. The film is a collaboration between black steelworker Ray Henderson and his old high school buddy, independent filmmaker, Tony Buba. 058 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 6170 Surviving the Dust Bowl
Summary: Documentary about the dust storms from 1931-1938 in the Southern Plains--Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico. Feature interviews with witnesses and archival film footage and photographs. 057 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 5404 Susan B. Anthony: Rebel for the Cause
Summary: Looks at the life of Susan B. Anthony who fought for women's rights, especially the right to vote. This video combines archival photographs with dramatic recreations and interviews, showing how Anthony endured threats and ridicule for her efforts to reform unfair laws that governed women. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY Series: BIOGRAPHY

VH 3686 Take Me to Chicago
Summary: From Jim Crow laws to the advent of the mechanical cotton picker - rural Southern blacks had plenty of reasons to listen to the traveling blues musicians with their siren songs of far off Chicago and the promise of a better, freer life. Here is the greatest peace time migration in history, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. 090 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: PROMISED LAND, THE

VH 4917 Terrible Transformations, The
Summary: This episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system of racial slavery, which generates profits that ensure the colonies' growth and survival. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY Series: AFRICANS IN AMERICA

VH 4498 Tet 1968 / Vietnamizing the War (1968-1973)
Summary: "Tet 1968": The massive enemy offensive at the lunar new year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government but led to the beginning of America's military withdrawal from Vietnam. / "Vietnamizing the War (1968- 1973)": Richard Nixon's program of troop pull outs, stepped up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed the war and left GI's wondering which of them would be the last to die in Vietnam. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY Series: VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY

VH 5722 Textiles: Birth of an American Industry
Summary: Tells the story of America's textile industry, beginning with Samuel Slater and Slater's mill in Pawtucket, R. I., then the Boston Associates' development of America's first industrial city, Lowell, Mass., and up to the present. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: EMPIRES OF INDUSTRY

VH 6274 Third Inning, The: Faith of Fifty Million People, 1910-1920
Summary: Baseball wins millions of true believers as a massive wave of immigrants fills the stands, eager to "become American" by rooting for America's game. But they are dealt a crushing blow when eight Chicago White Sox players succumb to the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919. Bribed to throw the World Series, even Shoeless Joe Jackson is banished from baseball forever. 120 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SPORTS, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: BASEBALL

VH 1180 Time Has Come, The (1969-1965)
Summary: During the decade of civil rights protest in the south, a sense of urgency and anger emerged from the black communities in the north. Viewers follow the trajectory of Malcolm X's influence. The program shows the influence of his philosophy on the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SN CC) as they organized the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama as they issued the call for "Black Power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

VH 1416 To Do Battle in the Land
Summary: Documents John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and the events leading up to the raid. Also details conditions in the country prior to the raid and the consequences of Brown's actions in relation to the Civil War. 025 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 8004 Trials of Henry Kissinger, The
Summary: Focuses on Henry Kissinger and his role in America's secret bombings of Cambodia in 1969, the approval of Indonesia's genocidal assault on East Timor in 1975, the assassination of a Chilean general in 1970, and his involvement in t he 1969 Paris peace talks concerning the Vietnam Conflict. 080 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6392 Truth About Slavery in History, The
Summary: Explores the concept of slavery, presents an overview of the history of slavery throughout the ages and takes a close look at slavery in America. Compares American slavery to other slavery in history including Egyptian and European slavery. Discusses how slavery has taken on many forms throughout history. 026 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 7747 Truth and Lies of 9-11, The
Summary: Video of Mike Ruppert's lecture given on November 28, 2001 at Portland State University. Ruppert presents evidence of U.S. government foreknowledge of the September 11th terrorist attacks. He also discusses U.S. "geopolitical strategy" as it relates to the "war on terrorism". Directed by Michael C. Ruppert. 138 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 1181 Two Societies (1965-1968)
Summary: Against the backdrop of the long hot summers of the mid-1960's, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference went to Chicago in an attempt to apply southern movement tactics to the urban north. Their strategies were tested as they came up against the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. A year later, in Detroit, frustration and anger built to urban violence as blacks and law officers clashed on city streets. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, SOCIOLOGY, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: EYES ON THE PRIZE II

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 7588 Vanderbilts: An American Dynasty, The
Summary: Filmed biography of the Vanderbilt family from the 1800's with Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt until present day family members, and the family's impact upon business and society. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1240 Versailles: The Lost Peace, Return to Isolationism
Summary: 1. President Wilson's idealistic hopes for world peace through collective security clashes with "real politic" of Europe. 2. The struggle between President Wilson and the U. S. Senate over the League of Nations. 052 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: BETWEEN THE WARS

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 5724 Victory at Sea: Mass Producing Liberty
Summary: Perhaps the proudest moment in the history of American industry, the amazing reinvention of shipbuilding, helped chart the course to victory in World War II. Includes discussion of the part played by Henry J. Kaiser. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: EMPIRES OF INDUSTRY

VH 6987 Video Art, Tape 1 (Valerie Soe)
Summary: Compilation of three works by director Valerie Soe, which were originally produced in 1986-1987. Program 1 - All Orientals Look the, Same 1: 30 min. Program 2 - Scratch Video, 2: 30 min. Program 3 - New Year, Pts. 1 & 2, 23 min. 028 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 7068 Volume 1: The Beginning Through the '20's
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, this volume examines daily life in America during the early 1900's--when a loaf of bread cost only a few cents, horse-power really meant horsepower, flying to the moon was the stuff of dreams and the average life span was only 45 years--while looking ahead to the decades of change yet to come. 135 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, JAZZ, WORLD HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 7069 Volume 2: The '30's
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, this volume examines stormy weather [1929-1936]: America--a nation that claimed ever-increasing wealth as its birthright--was rudely awakened by the Great Depression, which caused 25% unemployment, the closing of 9, 000 banks, and the loss of $2.5 billion in deposits. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, WORLD HISTORY Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 7070 Volume 3: The '40's
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, this volume examines civilians at war [1941-1945]: World War II was the first war in history that killed more civilians than soldiers, as leaders on both sides accepted noncombatant casualties as inevitable--and to some, even desirable. 160 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, HOLOCAUST Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

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, U.S. HISTORY Series: CIVIL WAR, THE

VH 6152 Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Summary: David Herbert Donald, Daniel Boorstin, Eric Foner, and Ben Wattenberg discuss "Lincoln's appeal as the common man of the people, his belief in freedom for all Americans, and his commitment to preserving the Union and its principles. 026 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY

VH 7289 Willa Cather
Summary: A trio of scholars and historians examine the record of events of western expansion, life on the plains and the Progressive Era via the writings of Willa Cather. 151 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, WRITERS

VH 7290 William Bradford
Summary: Scholars and historians review the history of the early Colonial period through the life and writings of William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts colony. Video features a tour of the Plymouth Plantation, a living history museum. 157 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, WRITERS, U.S. HISTORY

VH 5737 Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century
Summary: The President and Mrs. Clinton host a discussion on the history of American women in civic life in the 20th century. The discussion focuses on three themes: women as volunteers and reformers, women's struggle for rights, and women in public and civic life. They are joined by Professor Nancy Cott, Professor Alice Kessler-Harris and Dr. Ruth Simmons. 118 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: MILLENNIUM EVENINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

VH 7469 Work & Family
Summary: Video is the first of three programs in a series that tells the story of women in the twentieth century. 095 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY Series: A CENTURY OF WOMEN

VH 1857 World War Two
Summary: This program covers World War II from the invasion of Poland to the Nuremberg war trials. It covers the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, the beginning of the war, the Blitz, the occupation of Paris, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the German invasion of the Soviet Union. 030 Min. VIDEO Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ASIAN STUDIES, EUROPEAN STUDIES, WORLD HISTORY

VH 1400 You May Call Her Madam Secretary
Summary: A documentary featuring Frances Perkins, who served as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the first woman to hold a high public office in the United States. Traces her hand in the rise of social conscience, from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 to the New Deal. 057 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 6358 Young Mr. Lincoln
Summary: The early career of Lincoln from storekeeper to his first big law case. Based on real and conjectured incidents which include the rail splitting contest, his romance with Ann Rutledge, and meeting with Stephen Douglass and Mary Todd. 100 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, U.S. HISTORY