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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (1980) - VTR 85
Based on Mark Twain's novel, Tom Sawyer and his adventures are sure to please young and old alike. Tom, mischievous and impertinent, brings to life a likeable and enjoyable character. His boyhood adventures are timeless, combining laughter, young romance and suspense into one memorable package. (76 min.)

Age of Innocence, The (1993)  DVD 789
New York 1870, Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), a young lawyer from the upper class, is engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder), also from a very good family.  May’s cousin, the unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns from Europe and hires Newland to represent her in her divorce case.  An adaptation of the Edith Wharton’s Pulitizer prize novel. (133 min.)

All the President's Men (1976) DVD 710
In 1972 the findings of two reporters triggered revelations about a burglary in Washington's Watergate building that drove a US President from office. Based on the book of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about their experiences uncovering the Watergate coverup for the Washington Post, this movie tells their story. Starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman. (133 min.)

American Beauty (1999) DVD 711
Lester Burnham, an ad man in his forties, and his status-seeking wife Carolyn lead a "slowly deteriorating" life in American suburbia. But as Lester decides to make a few changes in his life he is about to learn that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price. A funny, moving and shocking journey through life in suburban America. Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening. (117 min.)

American Graffiti (1973) DVD 712
Reflecting the culmination of the 50s this film features the coming of age of four teenagers on their last summer night before college. Starring Richard Dreyfuss. (108 min.)

Amistad (1998) DVD 771
Based on a true story, it tells of a shipload of Africans being sent to the United States to be sold into slavery, who take over the ship and try to return to their home. The ship, Amistad, is captured and the Africans are taken to the United States and put on trial for murder. Starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Housou, and Matthew McConaughey. (148 min.)

Angels in America (2004) -DVD 810
Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.  Starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson. (337min.)

Annie Hall (1977) - VTR 8
The ill-fated relationship between a professional neurotic comedian and an insecure singer is portrayed in a touching and hilarious manner. Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. (93 min.)

Apartment, The (1960) DVD 713
In this sparkling Billy Wilder comedy a lonely insurance clerk promotes his business interests by making his apartment into a romantic hideaway for his five bosses and their amours. His efforts, however, also lead to unexpected results in his own love life.Starring Shirely MacLaine, Jack Lemmon. Director/ Screenplay Writer: Billy Wilder. (120 min.)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) DVD 714
Francis Coppola's all-new cut of his motion picture epic.
The first film to excoriate US-involvement in the Vietnam War. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brandon, Rubert Duvall....(195 min.)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) DVD 770
Two nutty aunts, a sociopathic brother, a nonviolent insane brother, a nephew and his fiancee interact in this comedy. Starring Cary Grant. (114 min.)

Bananas (1971) - VTR 46
In Woody Allen's strangest film a New York gadget inventor becomes a revolutionary leader in a mythical South American country. Starring Woody Allen and Louise Lasser. (82 min.)

Basquiat (1996) - DVD 715
The story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's rise from unknown graffiti artist to darling of New York's art critics and 'Jimi Hendrix of the art scene', famous for his excessive and self-destructive lifestyle. Starring David Bowie.
(107 min.)

Ben-Hur (1959) - DVD 808
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet and Stephen Boyd. (214 min.)

Birds, The (1963) - DVD 772
Hitchcock's classic which takes place in an isolated coastal California community about a woman and bird attacks. Starring Tippi Hedren. (approx120 min.)

Black Hawk Down  (2001) – DVD 790
Harrowing dramatization of of the disastrous 1993 mission in Somalia which resulted in the deaths of 18 American soldiers.  Not for the faint of heart.  (138 min.)

Blue in the Face (1995) VTR 12
A companion film to Smoke. This film is about a motley crew of characters whose lives intersect and collide at a corner cigar shop in Brooklyn.
Directed by Wayne Wang, screenplay by Paul Auster. Starring Harvey Keitel, Roseanne. (89 min.)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) DVD 716
Adrift in the bleak Depression days of the early 1930s, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. Starring Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard. (107 min.)

Boogie Nights (1997) DVD 717
Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s, and among the most ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in years.. Although loosely based on the sleazy life and times of real-life porn legend John Holmes, at heart it's a classic Hollywood rise-and-fall fable: a naive, good-looking young busboy is discovered in a San Fernando Valley disco by a famous motion picture producer, becomes a hotshot movie star, lives the high life, and then loses everything when he gets too big for his britches, succumbs to insobriety, and is left behind by new times and new technology. (154 min.)

Bostonians, The (1984) - VTR 74
This Henry James story tells of women in love and of women losing, against a backdrop of images that brilliantly captures the lives and times of 19th Century America. Starring Christopher Reeve and Vanessa Redgrave. (117 min.)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) DVD 718
Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire.  Her next-door neighbor thwarts those plans. Based on Capote's novel.  Starring Audrey Hepburn. (110 min.)

Breaking Away (1979) - VTR 44
Four university town boys, all struggling with feelings of inferiority when compared to the hordes of college students around them, set out to beat the fraternity men at their own game - the annual team bicycle race. Starring Dennis Christopher. (92 min.)

Bridges At Toko-Ri, The (1954) - VTR 59
Harry Brubaker, a busy American lawyer, resents being called up for a second time, but realizes he must fight because "he is there". He insists on flying against the bridges at Toko-Ri, a target so dangerous and well defended that its ultimate destruction must automatically be a telling blow to enemy morale and a mission from which he is unlikely to return. Starring William Holden and Grace Kelly. (99 min.)

Broadcast News (1987) - DVD 773
Appealing intelligent inside look at the personal and professional lives of three TV journalists. Starring Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks and Jack Nicolson. (Approx 131 min)

Bulworth (1998) DVD 809
A mix of hip-hop and politics, after putting a hit out on himself Senator Bulworth becomes a rapping politician who isn't afraid to say anything he wants and offend anyone he wants to. Starring Warren Beatty and Halle Berry (104 min.)

Candidate, The (1972) - VTR 68
The Candidate is the story of a man who is seduced into a big-time political race by the belief that he can do it his way, only to find himself swept along in a tide of other people's needs and desires. He fights to remain a man when the world is bent on making him an image. Starring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle and Melvyn Douglas.
(106 min.)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - DVD 720
In this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, Paul Newman plays troubled sports hero Brick. Elizabeth Taylor makes Maggie the Cat, diffing her claws in and holding onto her ideal version of life. Starring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor. (104 min.)

Chicago (2003) - DVD 775
The dancer Roxie Hart, wants to be as successful as her idol, nightclub star Velma Kelly. When Roxie learns that her lover has betrayed her, she shoots him and lands in prison as a murderer. Her idol, Velma, is accused of a double murder and they meet in prison. Roxie concocts a plan and relies on press coverage to make her as famous as Velma. Starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifa . (approx 113 min.)

Citizen Kane (1941) DVD 721
The story of a multimillionaire newspaper publisher, political aspirant, and wielder of public opinion - a man who had every material advantage in life, but who lacked a feeling of human sympathy and tolerance. Starring Orson Welles. (114 min.)

Days Of Heaven (1979) - VTR 30
The wheat fields of the Texas panhandle at the beginning of the First World War provide a beautiful backdrop for this triangular love story. Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams and Sam Shepard. (94 min.)

Dead Man Walking (1995) DVD 724
A highly intriguing drama about the complex relationship between a devout nun and a death-row convict. Inspired by a true story the film is a provocative examination of crime, punishment, and redemption. Starring Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn. (118 min.)

Dead Poets Society (1989) DVD 725
When charismatic English professor John Keating arrives at a hard-line boy academy, his unconventional teaching methods breathe new life into the curriculum and inspire his young student. Starring Robin Williams (123 min.)

Death Of A Salesman (1985) - VTR 3
Willy Loman is a salesman, whose hopes for his sons are all shattered bit by bit as frustration and futility sweep his life to a bitter, self-destructive end. Starring Dustin Hoffmann, Kate Reid, John Malkovich and Charles Durning. (133 min.)

Deer Hunter, The (1978) DVD 726
A powerful epic about three steelworkers from Pennsylvania whose lives are changed irrevocably in the tragic devastation of the Vietnam war. Starring Robert DeNiro. (176 min.)

Deliverance (1972) - VTR 69
Four ordinary men in two canoes descend a river they have only seen as a squiggly line on a map and are determined to test themselves against a wilderness they only think they understand. Starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds. (100 min.)

Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - DVD 727
Stanley Kubrick's black Cold War comedy tells the story of two psychotic US generals, who, through a series of military and political accidents, trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme leading toward the total nuclear apocalypse. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott. (90 min.)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - DVD 728
A painstakingly authentic depiction of the life of drug addicts. Set in the early 1970s, the film tells of one self-confessed and unrepentant junkie who robs drugstores, not for money, but for drugs. Starring Matt Dillon. (100 min.)

East of Eden (1954) - DVD 799
Based on John Steinbeck's novel about a youth who vies for the attention of his father.  Directed by Elia Kazan, starring James Dean.  (113 min.)

Easy Rider (1969) - DVD 729
This original "road movie" tells the story of two dropouts on a long trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans on a search for freedom. Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. (92 min.)

8 Mile (2002) – DVD 792
Angry young white rapper tries to use his music to escape the grimness of life in Detroit.  Eminem is impressive in a film that echoes his own life story. (106 min.)

El Dorado (1967) - DVD 825
Howard Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat. In El Dorado the heroes are a bit older than in Rio Bravo, their powers a bit weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he needs to put down. (121 min.)

Fame (1980) - VTR 77
Fame is what eight talented teenagers are all hotly pursuing at New York's High School of Performing Arts. It's a stunning combination of drama and pathos - an explosion of pulsating music and spectacular dancing. Directed by Alan Parker. (116 min.)

Far and Away (1992) DVD 730
Joseph Donelly, a poor Irish farmer, accompanies his landlord's daughter to America in a quest for land and a new life. Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman. (134 min.)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) DVD 707
Ferris is a street-wise kid who knows all the tricks. Today he decides to take the day off school. When Ferris takes the day off, so must his best friends, Cameron and Sloane. Suspicious dean of students Ed Rooney knows all about Ferris, but can never catch him. (99 min.)

Flashdance (1983) - VTR 29
This box office hit is the story of Alex Owens, an 18-year-old woman who works as a welder by day and a dancer at a local bar by night, and her dream of studying at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. Starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri. (91 min.)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - DVD 777
Based on Hemingway novel. Starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. (158 min.)

From Here to Eternity (1953) - VTR 4
Based on James Jones's bestseller it is the powerful, realistic story (and fierce indictment) of the lives of American military men (and their women) stationed in peacetime Hawaii) in the summer and fall before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the US entrance into WW II.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. (113 min.)

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (1966) - DVD 807
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom. Starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford and Buster Keaton (93 min.)

Gangs of New York (2002) - DVD 778
Film about rivalries among warring factions of New Yorkers in the 1860s. A young man returns to his home turf determined to avenge his father's death at the hands of Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) the self-appointed leader of the nationalistic "Native Americans."
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson (160 min.)

Gattaca (1997) DVD 731
One of the first major Hollywood movies to deal with the effects of genetic enineering on human civilization. In a near future world "designer people", forged in lab tubes, strive for perfection. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman. (102 min.)

Gentleman's Agreement (1947) DVD 732
Based on Laura Z. Hobson's novel the film tells the story of a writer who poses as a Jew to write a magazine series on anti-Semitism. He soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire. (118 min.)

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) DVD 733
The epic Western relates the final stages of the US government's subjugation of the West's native population. As the last Indian leader yet to surrender to the white man, Geronimo leads a small band of warriors in escape. Starring Wes Studi, Gene Hackman. (110 min.)

Giant (1956) DVD 734
Three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive, and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry, and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean. (193 min.)

Godfather, The (1972) - VTR 80
Based on the novel by Mario Puzo, this film faithfully recreates the period of the 1940s. The complex relationships of a Mafia family are played out against the background of New York City and its suburbs. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. (175 min.)

Godfather Part II, The (1974) - VTR 81
This film, continuing the story of Corleones five years after the final scene of The Godfather, is a chronicle covering almost three generations. Starring Al Pacino. (200 min.)

Gold Rush (1925/1942) DVD 735
Charlie Chaplin is a tramp prospector in the wilds of Alaska facing all manner of perils with fortitude, turning them into hilarious moments of comedy. Starring Charlie Chaplin (69 min.)

Graduate, The (1967) - VTR 10
A recent college graduate takes a crash course on life, given by the notorious Mrs. Robinson. All goes well until he makes the mistake of falling in love - with Mrs. Robinson's daughter. A 1960s classic starring Dustin Hoffmann and Anne Bancroft. (105 min.)

Grapes of Wrath , The (1940) - DVD 779 ntsc
Remarkable film version of John Steinbeck's novel. Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell. Director John Ford. (129 min.)

Great Gatsby, The (1974) - VTR 31
From F. Scott Fitzgerald's book about America in the Jazz Age comes this story of love among those to whom glamour, elegance and, above all, money were everything. Starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. (140 min.)

Great Muppet Caper, The (1981) - VTR 24
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppet characters get themselves involved in a big jewel robbery. For "children" of all ages. Featuring Diana Rigg and Jack Warden. (94 min.)

Great Santini, The (1981) - VTR 45
"Bull" Meacham is a hard-driving Marine Corps jet pilot whose "macho" character affects his entire family, especially his eldest son. A sensitive family drama starring Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner. (115 min.)

Green Berets, The (1968) DVD 826
Anyone who fought in Vietnam can tell you that the war bore little resemblance to this propagandistic action film starring and codirected by John Wayne. But the film itself is not nearly as bad as its reputation would suggest; critics roasted its gung-ho politics while ignoring its merits as an exciting war movie. David Janssen plays a journalist who learns to understand Wayne's commitment to battling Communism, and Jim Hutton (Timothy's dad) plays an ill-fated soldier who adopts a Vietnamese orphan.  (135 min.)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) DVD 738
Joanna, the beautiful daughter of longtime liberal parents, returns home with her new fiancé, a distinguished black doctor. Both families now are forced to face a trial of their beliefs and opinions. Starring Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. (104 min.)

Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1957) - VTR 79
Wyatt Earp is the U.S. marshal in Dodge City and Doc Holliday is a dentist-turned-gambler who knows how to handle a gun. When Earp saves Holliday from mob violence, the foes become friends and join forces to rid the West of the lawless Clanton gang. It all leads up to the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The (1968) - VTR 51
From the novel of Carson McCullers, this is the story of a deaf-mute who becomes the confidant to a series of troubled people. When their secrets become more than he can bear, the deaf-mute commits suicide and leaves them alone with their fates. Starring Alan Arkin and Sandra Locke. (123 min.

High Noon (1952) - DVD 739
On the day Marshall Will Kane trades in his tin star for his bride, a killer is returning on the noon train to seek revenge. The confrontation inevitably leads to one of the most famous showdowns in film history. Starring Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper. (85 min.)

Hiroshima (2002) - DVD 803
Beginning in the final months of WWII Hiroshima moves back and forth between Truman, Churchill, and Hirohito. Secretary of State James F.-Byrnes, the DAZ's namesake, plays an important role in this movie.  (178 min.)

How To Make an American Quilt  (1995) - DVD  804
Captivating story that celebrates finding your way and following your heart.  Starring Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft.  (110 min.)

I Heard The Owl Call My Name (1974) - VTR 57
Father Brian, a young Anglican priest, is unaware that he is dying of leukemia when he begins a mission into the majestic solitude of British Columbia. Sharing the joys and sorrows of a once proud Indian tribe, he learns enough of life to be ready to die, peacefully and with dignity. Starring Tom Courtenay.  (75 min.)

Kramer vs. Kramer 1979) - DVD 781
A film about the dissolution of a family. Starring Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman. Dorector Robert Benton. (105 min.)

Last Tycoon, The (1983) - VTR 53
Hollywood during the Great Depression is the subject of this adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last novel. Starring Robert de Niro. (130 min.)

Laurel And Hardy's Laughing 20s - VTR 37
A collection of Stan and Ollie's funniest scenes from the 1920s. (90 min.)

Lion in Winter, The (1968) DVD 821
Christmas 1183 - an aging and conniving King Henry II plans a reunion where he hopes to name his successor. He summons the following people for the holiday: his scheming but imprisoned wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; his mistress, Princess Alais, whom he wishes to marry; his three sons (Richard, Geoffrey, and John), all of whom desire the throne; and the young but crafty King Philip of France (who is also Alais' brother). With the fate of Henry's empire at stake, everybody engages in their own brand of deception and treachery to stake their claim.  (129 min.)

Lolita (1961) DVD 742
Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel Stanley Kubrick's provocative film explores the theme of sexual obsession. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Peter Sellers. (147 min.)

Major Dundee (1964) - VTR 18
A small group of tough and ruthless men from a U.S. cavalry post set out to annihilate Chief Charriba and his gang of marauding Indians. Starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris. (118 min.)

Malcolm X (1992) - VTR 510 , DVD 782
Spike Lee's epic biography of America's fiery civil-rights leader, who is superbly played by Denzel Washington, from his early days as a zoot-suited hustler known as "Detroit Red" to his spiritual maturity after his pilgrimage to Mecca, as a Black Muslim by the name of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. (193 min.)

Maltese Falcon, The (1941) - VTR 9
Private eye Sam Spade finds himself disputing with a set of fascinating scoundrels for possession of a priceless statuette once sent by the Knights of Malta as tribute to Emperor Charles V. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Sidney Greenstreet. (99 min.)´

Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955) - DVD 768
Focuses on the torments and agonies of heroin addiction and withdrawal. A gripping, fascinating film starring Frank Sinatra. Produced by Otto Preminger. (120 min.)

Meet me in St. Louis (1944) VTR 14 ntsc
It's the time of the St. Louis fair. Everything that makes for the happy existence of a typical American family is skillfully panoramaed. Directed by Vincent Minnelli. Starring Judy Garland. (113 min.)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) DVD 746
Mr. Smith, an idealistic smalltown sentator heads to Washington where he finds himself battling a ruthless political machine. Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur. (125 min.)

Natural Born Killers (1994) DVD 747
Two cold-blooded killers, embarking on a murderous rampage, are made into cult heros by a greedy tabloid press. A scathing indictment of a mass media establishment that caters to and profits from such star-making. Directed by Oliver Stone. (115 min.)

Night At The Opera, A (1935) - VTR 58
In this comedy an arrogant tenor who is ignored by his female partner is finally put out of action by the Marx Brothers and a charming young man of the chorus saves the premiere of the New York Metropolitan Opera. Starring The Marx Brothers. (94 min.)

Norma Rae (1979) - VTR 54
An uneducated, unremarkable Southern textile worker transforms herself into a person of courage, intelligence and commitment as she struggles to improve conditions for her fellow workers. Starring Oscar winner Sally Field. (109 min.)

North By Northwest (1959) - DVD 744
The Alfred Hitchcock thriller tells the story of an innocent man caught up in a whirlwind of international espionage and danger, culminating in a midnight chase across the giant faces of Mount Rushmore. Starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. (131 min.)

O (2001) - DVD 788
Modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello . Contemporary setting deals with teen fears, racism, violence, and the timeless story of love, jealousy, and deceit. Starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles. Director Tim Blake Nelson. (90 min.)

Of Mice And Men (1980) - VTR 48
John Steinbeck's story of two itinerant ranch hands - retarded giant Lenny and his protector George - and the tragedy that engulfs them. Starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid. (116 min.)

On Golden Pond (1981) - DVD  801
This Oscar-winning film explores the love of an elderly couple for each other, for their semi-estranged daughter and for their tough, future step-grandson. Starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda. (105 min.)

On the Waterfront (1954) DVD 748
Dealing with the rough and violent rule of a waterfront dock union, the film tells the story of one man's fall and redemption in this world of terror, violence, and guilt. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Marlon Brand. (103 min.)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - DVD 802
Sergio Leone's Western masterpiece starring Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale. (160 min.)

Porgy and Bess ( George Gershwin) (1993) DVD 751
An opera in three acts, including the songs 'Summertime', 'It ain't necessarily so'.
Starring Willard White, Cynthia Haymon. (184 min.)

Portrait of a Lady, The DVD 766
Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood, another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her. She makes an unfortunate alliance with the creepy Madame Merle who leads her to make an even more unfortunate alliance with Gilbert Osmond, a smooth but cold collector of Objets' de art who seduces her with an intense but unattainable sexuality.  (142 min.)

Private Benjamin (1980) - VTR 5
Judy Benjamin, pampered by her parents and a failure at two marriages, decides to join the army and forget her problems. The film chronicles the comic and serious results of her decision. Starring Goldie Hawn. (106 min.)

Psycho (1960) - VTR 28
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. (108 min.)

Quiet American, The (2002) DVD 752
Set in early 1950s Vietnam, an idealistic young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a troubled British journalist. Based on G. Greene's novel.  Starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser. (118 min.)

Ragtime (1981) - VTR 49
America of the early 1900s bursts onto the screen with an intoxicating mixture of fact and fiction, dire poverty and fabulous wealth. From the novel by E. L. Doctorow. Starring James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern and Howard E. Rollins. (149 min.)

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - VTR 83
Indiana Jones, a tough and cunning adventurer, is engaged in a desperate race with Hitler's agents to locate the lost, ancient Ark of the Covenant. In Cairo his beautiful companion Marion falls victim to an attempt on his life by the Nazis. The two catapult from episode to episode of breathtaking adventures. Starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen. (112 min.)

Raisin in the Sun, A (1961) DVD 753
The Younger family, living in a crowded Chicago apartment, sets out to claim their piece of the American Dream: a house in an all-white suburban neighborhood. Written by L. Hansberry's, starring Sidney Poitier. (123 min.)

Rear Window (1954) - DVD 783
Photographer Jimmy Stewart, confined to a wheelchair, spies on his neighbors. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly. Director Alfred Hitchcock.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - DVD 797 ntsc
Jim Stark's loneliness, frustation and anger mirrors postwar youthful alienation.  Starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.  (111 min.)

Red River (1948) DVD 754
Tom Dunson, a self-made Texas cattle baron will do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he'll risk anything to reach his destination. Starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift. (133 min.)

Right Stuff, The (1983) - VTR 11
This epic tale chronicles the first American astronauts and their hopes, frustrations and successes.  Starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glen and Ed Harris. (185 min.)

Rocky (1976) - VTR 7
A small-time boxer gets his crack at the championship and a chance to prove that he is not a no-account neighborhood bum. Starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire. (121 min.)

Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady) (1975) DVD 822
A small village in the Indian Nation that is run by a Minister Goodnight and his daughter Eula is overrun by a band of drunken thugs. They kill and rape the people of the village. Miss Goodnight then teams up with the ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn who goes after them and bring them to justice. (103 min.)

Rosa Parks Story, The (2002)  - DVD 244 ntsc
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice. Starring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James and Cicely Tyson. (94 min.)

Sacco and Vanzetti (2006) - DVD  798 ntsc
This picture brings to life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial.
(82 min.)

Saving Private Ryan (1998) - DVD 755
A squad of US soldiers during WWII embarks on a special mission to locate a certain private, James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Spielberg 's film is a realistic and bloody portrait of war, as well as an intimate drama about a handful of men trying to come to terms with this reality. Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon. (163 min.)

Seventh Cross, The (1998) - VTR 539 ntsc
It's 1936 and Germany is embarking on its Aryan philosophy by rounding up undesirables and interring them in concentration camps. An embittered and mentally broken Tracy along with six others has escaped from the Westhof concentration camp. They are planning to seek refuge from the underground in the nearby town of Mainz. Dutiful and ruthless camp commandant Fahrenberg nicely played by George Zucco vows to crucify each captured escapee on crosses erected for that purpose in the camp courtyard. (112 min.)

Shane (1953) - VTR 35
This classic Western tells the story of a gunfighter and the devotion he wins from a small boy. Starring Alan Ladd and Jack Palance. (117 min.)

Smoke (1995) - VTR 13
Unrelated characters make their way through the lonely urban landscape. In the course of the motion picture they cross paths by chance and end up changing each other's lives. Directed by Wayne Wang, screenplay by Paul Auster.  Starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt. (112 min.)

Snows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952) - DVD 756
A Hunter lies wounded in Africa and, while waiting for help, looks back over his life and loves. Based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. Starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Neff. (117 min.)

Soldier's Story, A (1984) - DVD 757
The film tells the story of a black army attorney during WWII who is sent to a black army base to investigate the ruthless shooting of a black sargeant. Starring Howard E. Rollins Jr. (97 min.)

Some Like it Hot (1959) - DVD 758
When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentially witness a gangland shooting they "escape" into the anonymity of a girl band by dressing up as female musicians. This leads to the obvious complications. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. (117 min.)

Sophie's Choice (1983) - VTR 50
For concentration camp survivor Sophie, 1947 New York does not bring the peace she has hoped for. Based on William Styron's novel. Starring Oscar-winner Meryl Streep. (140 min.)

Stagecoach (1939) - DVD 824
This landmark 1939 Western began the legendary relationship between John Ford and John Wayne, and became the standard for all subsequent Westerns. It solidified Ford as a major director and established Wayne as a charismatic screen presence. Seen today, Stagecoach still impresses as the first mature instance of a Western that is both mythic and poetic. The story about a cross-section of troubled passengers unraveling under the strain of Indian attack contains all of Ford's incomparable storytelling trademarks--particularly swift action and social introspection--underscored by the painterly landscape of Monument Valley.  (92min.)

Star Wars (1977) - VTR 87
Princess Leia is captured by the evil imperial forces in their efforts to take over the galactic empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing spaceship captain Han Solo team up with loveable robots R2D2 and C-3PO to restore justice in the Empire. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. (116 min.)

Sting, The (1973) - VTR 33
Set in the 1930s, this comedy/suspense favorite deals with a small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on the vicious crime lord who murdered one of their friends. Starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. (129 min.)

Stunt Man, The (1981) - VTR 40
A fugitive finds work on a movie set as a stunt man and struggles to survive in a world where illusion and reality are constantly shifting. Starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback. (129 min.)

Summer Of '42 (1971) - VTR 71
Along a misty, lonely beach on a summer colony island off the New England Coast, a man reminisces about his childhood. On the morning in 1971, he re-lives the balmy summer of '42. Starring Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes. (98 min.)

Sweet Hereafter, The - DVD 785
After a terrible school bus accident in a small town, a big-city lawyer arrives. As he investigates the crash and its effects on the community, he begins to realise that there is more than one tragedy hidden behind the small town's grief. Directed by Atom Egoyan. (51 min.)

Taxi Driver (1976) - DVD 760
A young veteran and cab driver prowls the New York streets until dawn, killing time in porno theaters. Faced with a series of rejections, he exorcises himself in a climatic sequence. Starring Robert De Niro (109 min.)

Terms Of Endearment (1983) - VTR 82
This film explores with gentle humor the complex, honest and joyous evolution of the relationship between a mother and a daughter over the course of 30 years. Starring Shirley McLaine and Debra Winger. (126 min.)

This Boy's Life (1993) - DVD 786
Harrowing but utterly absorbing true story. Set in the 1950s a young boy and his footloose mother wind up living in a remote part of Washington state with a lout who both browbeats the youngster and beats him physically. Starring Robert DeNiro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio (110 min.)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - DVD 761
An Alabama lawyer, a distinguished citizen of his small town, steps out to defend an African American falsely accused of raping a white woman. Starring Gregory Peck. (124 min.)

True Grit (1969) - VTR 34
In tough, rough-and-tumble U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn young Mattie Ross sees her only chance to bring her father's killer to justice. Starring John Wayne and Kim Darby. (128 min.)

True Grit (1969) - DVD 823
In True Grit, Wayne put the joke in italics by donning an eyepatch and several inches of girth to play cantankerous territorial marshal Rooster Cogburn. True Grit is a splendid movie, with lovingly textured storytelling and sturdy characters, Henry Hathaway's finest high-country action set-pieces, intoxicatingly ornate frontier language, and a couple of formidable bad guys (Jeff Corey's Tom Cheney and Robert Duvall's "Lucky" Ned Pepper) (123 min.)

12 Angry Men (1957) - DVD 762
Twelve Jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The Twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. Starring Henry Fonda. (92 min.)

Vertigo (1958) DVD 763
An acrophobic detective is hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife. After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the San Fransisco Bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautiful, troubled woman. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak. (124 min.)

Wag the Dog (1997) DVD 764
When the President is caught in scandal two weeks before the election a political consultant is called in to rescue his image. In order to divert the country's attention from the President his advisors whip up an aura of impending national crisis. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro. (92 min.)

West Side Story (1961) DVD 765
The film's plot sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of gang warfare between Puerto Rican immigrants and Americans in 1950s New York. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer. (146 min.)

When We Were Kings (1996) - DVD 795
Oscar winning documentary  about the classic 1974 match in Zaire of heavy weight champions Ali and Foreman.  Full of fascinating observations from the participants as well as temporary observers like Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, and Spike Lee.  (92 min.)

Art 

American Photography: A Century of Images (1999) - VTR 158 - 160 ntsc
Producer: KTC St Paul Minneapolis in Association with Middlemarch Films, Inc
The series traces the profound effect photographs have had on American life. Whether it's the evocative art photography of Edward Weston, the first image of a fragile Earth taken from space, glamorous photographs of the latest fashions, or a powerful World War II image by Robert Capa, the program captures the image of a century of change and the role the camera has played in both documenting and creating it. (161 min. on 3 tapes)

American Art '85: A View From The Whitney (1985) - VTR 273
Producer: PED
A look at the 1985 Biennal Exhibit of Contemporary American Art at the Whitney Museum in New York, as curators, critics, artists and the public all give their views. The program shows the diversity of current art activity. The exhibit covers the work of 84 artists chosen by six museum curators from the Whitney. (23 min.)

Basquiat (1996) - DVD 715

New World Visions, Part I (1985) - VTR 200
Producer: Films, Inc.
The tape examines and analyzes the first 250 years of concurrently developing styles of American Art, architecture and design, and how these forms reflected the emerging American consciousness. The film uses both natural settings and the new styles of art. Part I begins with the dawn of American colonization and proceeds to the mid-19th century. (90 min.)

New World Visions, Part II (1985) - VTR 201
Producer: Films, Inc.
Part II continues through the Civil War and up to the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. (90 min.)

Pollock - DVD 796

Thomas Hart Benton (1988) - VTR 229 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films
(Ken Burns' America Collection) (PBS Home Video)
Ken Burns uses long-lost footage, penetrating interviews and the magnificent art of Benton to tell the story of an extraordinary American artist who became emblematic of the price all artists must pay to remain true to their talents and themselves. Benton's paintings were burly, energetic and as uncompromising as the midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. They pictured a self-reliant American emerging from the Depression. A fierce defender of the aesthetics of realism Benton railed against abstraction and his reputation suffered the consequences. (86 min.)

History

Alistair Cooke's America - Home from Home (1973) - VTR 115
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America -series No. 2)
The first settlement of the English in North America, in Virginia and Massachusetts, their development and evolution of self-government is described. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - Gone West (1973) - VTR 118
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 5)
A presentation how the "West" followed the frontier, the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, stockades and cavalry posts, fur trading and the discovery of gold in California. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - Firebell in the Night (1973) - VTR 119
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 6)
The video describes the causes of the Civil War, the institution of slavery, the Dred Scott case, Lee and Lincoln, the war itself and the reconstruction. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - Money on the Land (1973) - VTR 121
Producer BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 8)
This episode shows how farming machinery made farming an industry, the growth of railways, the development of mining, the great industrial inventions, petroleum exploitation and the first great fortunes, the rise of a permanent labor population and consequent problems. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - The Huddled Masses (1973) - VTR 122
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 9)
Describes the immigrant and what he brought to U. S. society, explains the reason for immigration to the U. S. and analyzes the changes in political and social behaviour affected by the adopted American. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - The Arsenal (1973) - VTR 124
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 11)
How America turned from an un-military nation into a world super-power. Roosevelt's dream of an "arsenal for democracy", World War II, the U. N., A-bomb, Korea, S. A. C. and the new missile soldier. (52 min.)

Alistair Cooke's America - The First Impact (1973) - VTR 125
Producer: BBC/Time Life Films
(Alistair Cooke's America-series No. 12)
Presents Cooke's personal reminiscences of America, the Great Depression and New Deal, New Orleans jazz, Vermont in the autumn, the Mayo Clinic, San Franciso and a long friendship with H. L. Mencken. (52 min.)

American History "World War I" - VTR 433
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and the War To End All Wars, was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. Over 40 million casualties resulted, including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century. (25 min.)

Episode 1: Independence . - VTR 377 ntsc
Begins in 1776 when the original 13 colonies stake everything on their struggle for independence from England. The American Revolution, the Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence begin the history of the United States.
Episode 2. Revolution: Colonial Americans fight to defeat the world's greatest military power and strive to create a new kind of government that will live up to their high ideals. George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson take their turns as America's first presidents. Lewis and Clark undertake their great expedition to explore the west and the American dream is born. (60 min.)

Episode 3. Liberty For All. VTR 378 ntsc
Pilgrims and the Puritans lay the groundwork for religious freedom while the Salem witch trials recall superstition and intolerance. The nation's population starts moving west in the early 19th century--Wilderness Trail, Trail of Tears, The Gold Rush.
Episode 4. Wake Up, America. The Industrial Revolution brings innovations: steamboats, the Erie Canal, the very first railroads and to some Americans leisure and personal freedom, but there is a dark side as well for factory workers and women. Reformers begin to protest against these growing problems. Women, like Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Stanton, begin to rally for equal rights for women. (60 min.)

Episode 5. A Fatal Contradiction. VTR 379 ntsc
The Declaration of Independence states that "All men are created equal", but this is contradicted by the fact that the nation's slaves have no citizen status or rights. The colonial slave trade and the brutal life for slaves on southern plantations spark the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad. This episode covers the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates and the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.
Episode 6. A War to End Slavery. The Civil War, the bloodiest battles battles ever fought on American soil, begins as the country fights over the Union and slavery's place in it. Grim battles unfold: Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg Address and just a year and a half later is assassinated at Ford's Theater. (60 min.)

Episode 7. What is Freedom? - VTR 380 ntsc
After the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era brings hope to the devastated South, but political turmoil continues. Reconstruction efforts fail. The Supreme Court decision, Plessy versus Ferguson , "separate but equal" becomes the law of the land.
Episode 8. Whose Land is This? The nation seethes with racial conflict as immigrants increasingly become targets of prejudice, and soldiers massacre and force western Indians onto reservations. European immigrants continue to pour into America and the Supreme Court rules in a little known but very important case that non-citizens are due equal protection under the law. (60 min.)

Episode 9. Working for Freedom. - VTR 381 ntsc
Industrial progress continues and the gap between the rich and poor widens, a new labor movement emerges to advocate for workers' rights. Samuel Gompers emerges as an influential labor leader, and Susan B. Anthony paves the way for women's right to vote.
Episode 10. Yearning to Breathe Free. The newly unveiled Statue of Liberty inspires a time of reform and compassion. Mother Jones brings the child labor issue to the forefront of the nation's consciousness; Jane Addams, America's first social worker, creates Hull House; and Ida Tarbell exposes the abuses of J.D. Rockfeller's Standard Oil Company. (60 min.)

Episode 11. Safe for Democracy. - VTR 382 ntsc
The Wright Brothers introduce the airplane, Woodrow Wilson reluctantly goes to war, while on the home front, women finally get the right to vote. In spite of "Prohibition", the Twenties represent the beginning of an era of personal freedom.
Episode 12. Depression and War . With the crash of the stock market, America enters the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt becomes President and builds the New Deal, overseas, Adolph Hitler comes to power and World War II begins. After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. enters WWII. (60 min.)

Episode 13. Democracy and Struggles. - VTR 383 ntsc
In the postwar "free world", America becomes the acknowledged leader, striving to rebuild democracies abroad. The Iron Curtain falls and the Cold War begins. Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his communist witch-hunts. The Supreme Court decision, Brown vs Board of Education, outlaws segregation, thus forcing the U.S. to face up to racial separation.
Episode 14. Let Freedom Ring. Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., March on Washington, Little Rock. John F, Kennedy elected, Cesar Chavez founds the National Farm Workers Association. (60 min.)

Colonial America (1500 - 1600) (n. d.) - VTR 298
Producer: Mastervision
Recalled for us here are "The Beginnings" and "The Colonial Economy" in America's earliest days, when France, Spain and Great Britain were fighting for the riches of the virgin continent. Illustrated here are customs and traditions which set patterns for life as we live it in the United States today. (60 min.)

LIBERTY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1997) - VTR
Producer: KTCA with Middlemarch Films (PBS Home Video)

1: The Reluctant Revolutionaries; Blows Must Decide - VTR 171 ntsc
In 1763, American colonists are proud to be subjects of King George III. This changes when the British impose a seemingly routine tax - the Stamp Act. By the fall of 1774, British troops occupy Boston and its port has been closed. Thirteen colonies take faltering steps to unite in reaction to this aggression. On July 2, 1776, independence is declared. Two days later, Congress ratifies the Declaration of Independence. A fight for independence is transformed into a political revolution. (120 min.)
2: The Times That Try Men's Souls; Oh Fatal Ambition! - VTR 172 ntsc
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, an immense British force drops anchor in New York harbor. George Washington, a perfect gentleman, wants to conduct the war in the traditional 18 th century style. On the day after Christmas, 1776, a defeated and desperate Washington leads his Continental army quietly across the frozen Delaware River, surprises a garrison of Hession soldiers, and becomes a hero. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in late 1776 to request financial and military assistance. British General Burgoyne takes his army down the Hudson River in an ill-fated campaign. His defeat at Saratoga is the incentive France needs to supply arms and men to the revolution in America. (120 min.)
3: The World Turned Upside Down; Are We to Be a Nation? - VTR 173 ntsc
How do Americans, fighting in the name of liberty, justify the institution of slavery? This episode details the miscalculation of the British and how their attempt to win the "hearts and minds" of the south fails and describes the entrance of France into the revolution. The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending eight long years of fighting and the Revolutionary War is over. Peace brings a new set of challenges. A Constitutional convention held in Philadelphia in 1776 creates a blueprint for an entirely new system of government. The new Constitution is fiercely debated. Americans weigh the power of the federal government versus the power of the states and of individuals. The Constitution with the Bill of Rights is ratified. (120 min.)

Lewis & Clark. The Journey of the Corps of Discovery by Ken Burns (1997) - VTR 521 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films and WETA
(PBS Home Video) (240 min.)
This film tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery . A breath-taking landscape and an unforgettable experience that explores the history of America.

"The Trail" Lewis & Clark Expedition 1806 1806 ( 1996) - VTR 522 ntsc
VTR 523 pal
Producer: Robert Williams Films
(88 min.)

"We proceed on..." The expedition of Lewis and Clark 1804-1806 (1991) - VTR 524 ntsc VTR 525 pal
Producer: Kaw Valley Films and Video
(32 min.)

The Civil War by Ken Burns (2000) - VTR 516-520 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films and WETA-TV
(PBS Home Video)

1: The Cause (99 min.) - VTR 516 ntsc
The stage is set for war as the nation begins to tear apart. Opposition by the North to slavery in the South fuels a bitter debate, and the country wrestles with conflicts between the Union and States' rights. Commanding center stage are towering figures - Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. From Harper's Ferry to Fort Sumter, the first chapters unfold in a conflict from which there would be no turning back.
2: A Very Bloody Affair ; Forever Free 1862 (145 min.) - VTR 517 ntsc
The war to preserve the Union becomes a war to free the slaves, and political fights become as fierce as those on the battlefield. The chains of slavery begin to crumble while the Confederacy struggles for recognition, and its resourceful army hands the Union critical defeats. New weapons and strategies emerge, as ironclad ships do battle and Ulysses S. Grant wins at Shiloh. With unprecedented ferocity, the age of modern warfare takes hold.
Forever Free 1862:  Dark clouds of defeat hover over the Union Army as President Lincoln prepares the landmark Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves. While Lincoln waits for a victorious moment for this announcement, Union troops lose repeatedly. Finally with a victory at Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the war gives way to the dawn of emancipation.
3: Simply Murder; The Universe of Battle 1863 (157 min.) - VTR 518 ntsc
Their names are etched forever in history -  Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg - some of the Civil War’s stormiest battlegrounds.  While life in the South becomes more desperate, Northern opposition to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation also grows.  The combat spearheaded by Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee brings the war to a fever pitch, and both sides strain with the weariness of so many years under siege
The Universe of Battle 1863: The turning point of the war is reached at the legendary Battle of Gettysburg. It spreads westward to Chattanooga and Chickamauga. As the Union drafts more soldiers, riots rage in New York, and African American troops join the fight.  Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address.
4: Valley of the Shadow of Death; Most Hallowed Ground 1864 (142 min.) - VTR 519 ntsc
It’s a chess game between two masters - played out on the board of life. The Union’s General Grant and the Confederacy’s General Lee are a study in contrasts as they vie for victory. In one month’s time, the armies suffer more causualties than in three years of war, but the impass continues. Lincoln’s hope for re-election fade, along with hope for the Union’s survival.
Most Hallowed Ground 1864:  The presidential campain of 1864 finds a nation truly divided against itself, and Lincoln seems doom to defeat. The Union armies have stalled, and people have turned against the war.
5: War is All Hell; The Better Angels of Our Nature 1865 (137 min.) - VTR 520 ntsc
Sherman’s legendary “March to the Sea” portends the War’s end, searing the heartland of Georgia and the Carolinas. Key Southern cities fall under General Grant’s command, and General Lee’s troops have nowhere to flee.
The Better Angels of Our Nature 1865 : In the bittersweet days after the war’s end, the Union’s triumph quickly turns to sorrow: President Lincoln dies by the hand of John Wilkes Booth just five days after the victory, and the nation’s story is again changed forever. This final episode surveys the fates of the people who left their indelible marks on this remarkable area. And it leaves us with insights into the meaning of a conflict that helped make the Americans the nation they are today.

The Female Rebellion: Suffragette Movement (1962) - VTR 305
Producer: Hearst Metrotone News
An entertaining cavalcade of the sights and sounds of the women's suffrage movement: the struggle for equal rights in politics, careers and in the home. (60 min.)

Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On 1900 - 1909 (1983) - VTR 211
Producer: ABC
Rare documentary footage drawn from a spectacular array of archival sources creates a vivid portrait of America in the last century. In this first segment, focusing on 1900-1903, Teddy Roosevelt dominates American politics, the Wright brothers launch the air age and the U. S. begins digging the Panama Canal. (58 min.)

Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On 1910 - 1919 (1983) - VTR 212
Producer: ABC
Woodrow Wilson strives to make the world save for democracy and America enters World War I. Women win the vote, skyscrapers climb and the stars rise in Hollywood. (58 min.)

Focus On The Last Hundred Years: Focus On the Forties (1981) - VTR 215
Producer: ABC
America mobilizes for total war, bringing the fateful dawn of the atomic age. It is a decade of G. I. Joe, victory gardens, zoot suits and penny loafers.

History Of The United States Foreign Relations/Series I
An Age Of Revolution (1976) - VTR 175
Producer: USIA
Traces U. S. foreign relations from the diplomacy of the American Revolution through the early Federal period. Includes Benjamin Franklin's role in winning independence. The entanglements precipitated by the French Revolution, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812 and the Monroe Doctrine. (31 min.)
History Of The United States Foreign Relations/Series II Youth To Maturity (1976) - VTR 176
Producer: USIA
Traces the development of U. S. interests in Asia and Latin America and the evolution of the U. S. from a small and weak nation into a world power. Includes American expansionism and "Manifest Destiny Opening" of Japan and China, the diplomacy of the Civil War, the "Open Door" policy, Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy and Europe on the brink of World War I. (30 min.)
History Of The United States Foreign Relations/SeriesIII: The Reluctant Worldpower (1976) - VTR 177
Producer: USIA
Relates the process by which the U. S. assumed, rejected and finally was obliged to accept the role of a major power. Includes the tragedy of Woodrow Wilson, World War I, the League of Nations, isolationism, the erosion of international security and finally World War II. (30 min.)
History Of The United States Foreign Relations/Series IV: The Road to Interdependence (1976) - VTR 178
Producer: USIA
Portrays the tumultuous of the last 30 years. It was the age of the United Nations, nuclear confrontation, the Marshall Plan, containment, the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Cuban crisis, the turbulent 60s crisis at home and an unpopular and traumatic Vietnam War. (30 min.)

Sound of Freedom--The Berlin Airlift and the General Who Changed History (1998) - VTR 542
Producer: United States Army Visual Information Center
Focuses on the career of Lieutenant General William H. Tunner and the Berlin Airlift. (55 min.)

Berlin: Blokade und Luftbrücke - VTR 543
Producer: Multimedia

Vietnam: A Television War (1983) - VTR 386-392 ntsc
Producer: WGBH Boston, Central Independent Television/UK and Antenne-2, France and in association with LRE Productions.
The collection carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of the Vietnam War and provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war.
1: Roots of a War. The First Vietnam War (1945 - 1954) - VTR 386 ntsc (2 hours)
2: America's Mandarin (1954 - 1963). LBJ Goes to War (1964 - 1965) - VTR 387 ntsc (2 hours)
3: America Takes Charge (1965 - 1967). America's Enemy (1954 - 1967) - VTR 388 ntsc (2 hours)
4: Tet 1968. Vietnamizing the War (1968 - 1973) - VTR 389 ntsc (2 hours)
5: Cambodia and Laos. Peace Is at Hand (1968 - 1973) - VTR 390 ntsc (2 hours)
6: Homefront USA. The End of the Tunnel (1973 - 1975) - VTR 391 ntsc (2 hours)
7: Legacies - VTR 392 ntsc (1 hour)

The Presidents--80 years on camera.
Perfect President - The Man For His Time, The - VTR 410
(49 min.)
Vice President And Third Parties - VTR 408
(49 min.)
Wit And Warmth In The White House - VTR 407
(49 min.)

We the People. The President and the Constitution (1991) - VTR 440- 443
Producer: Anthony Potter Productions with the
Trust for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. (each episode 50 min.)
Profile of President Richard M. Nixon. -VTR  440
Profile of President Gerald Ford. -VTR  441
Profile of President Jimmy Carter. -VTR  442
Profile of President Ronald Reagan. - VTR   443

Reagan (1998) - DVD 439 ntsc
Producer: WGBH Boston for American Experience. PBS DVD Video
The program follows Reagan's life from his boyhood in Illinois to his battle with "communist agitators" in the Screen Actors Guild and his dramatic 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter. He left the White House as one of the most popular presidents of the century. (263 min.)

1988 Presidential Debates (Bush/Dukakis) - VTR 375

State of the Union Address, President Bush 1991 - VTR 445
(52 min.)

State of the Union Address, President Bush 1992 - VTR 446
(50 min.)

State of the Union Address, President Clinton 1993 - VTR 447
(60 min.)

President Clinton's Address to the 48th United Nations General Assembly- VTR 449
27 September 1993. (40 min.)

State of the Union Address, President Clinton 1994 - VTR 448

War Room, The see 437

Victory Speeches - VTR 450
Bill Clinton and Al Gore November 4, 1992. (27 min.)

Clinton Inauguration - VTR 451
52nd Presidential Inauguration. An American Reunion. ( 60 min.)

Language and Linguistics

Literature

Auster, Paul Der Geschichtenerzähler von New York (1997) - VTR 512
Der Schriftsteller spricht offen über sein Leben. (52 min.)

Anderson, Sherwood : I'm A Fool (1977) - VTR 132
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
I'm A Fool sees Andy, a young man working as a horse handler on a Midwest race circuit, lose his first chance at true love. Andy tries to impress a young lady when he passes on a winning tip in one of the races. He poses as the son of a wealthy landowner and soon realizes he has made a mistake when she promises to write to him at the ranch. (38 min.)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Man and The Snake (1972) - VTR 527 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS.
(The short story collection.2.)
A natural fear for scaley, venomous creatures produces an unnatural end à la Hitchcock.  (30 min.)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Return (1972) - VTR 527 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS.
(The short story collection.2.)
Set in a desolate country house, a man seeks out his destiny with a ghost who cannot rest.  (60 min.)

Bradbury, Ray: Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine (1981) -
VTR 528 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Imagine a small town, the kind you don't find anymore. Enter a mysterious stranger who calls himself Charles Dickens, a writer by trade, a spinner of tales who whirls through town and somewhere in the wide-eyed imagination of a 12-year old boy and the loving eyes of a lady who would prefer to be known as Emily Dickinson, comes a wondrous change that will affect their lives forever. (55 min.)

Capote, Truman: Breakfast at Tiffany's DVD 718

Capote, Truman: In Cold Blood DVD 740

Cather, Willa : Paul's Case (1980) - VTR 134
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story second series)
Willa Cather's turn-of-the-century tale about a romantic, sensitive young man who risks everything to escape his stultifying Pittsburgh background for a brief but splendiferous fling in the city of Manhattan. (60 min.)

Crane, Hart - Voices and Visions - series VTR 366
Powerful images of contemporary machinery and the Brooklyn Bridge reflect Crane's preoccupation with technology and its human impact. Dramatizations of Crane's life in the Carribean, New York and Ohio reveal his use of history and autobiography to describe his vision of America. (60 min.)

Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel (1976) - VTR 136
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
The Blue Hotel is set in the 1880s and is the focal point of a young Swede's arrival in a moody, frontier Nebraska town. The young man anticipates the Wild West of the dime novels and parlays this anticipation into his own death. Unable to adapt to his new enviroment, the Swede is antagonistic to his hotelkeeper and fellow guests. A fateful card game results in accusations of cheating, a fight and a violent climax. (55 min.)

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott : Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976) - VTR 138
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair is the story of the country bumpkin cousin who comes to visit city relatives. The "ugly duckling" is turned into a sought-after vamp by her cousin and is trapped into cutting her hair to prove her mettle. Bernice thus loses her new found beauty, but her revenge gives this story a delightfully ironic twist. (40 min.)

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott: The Great Gatsby VTR 45

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott: The Last Tycoon VTR 53

Frost, Robert - Voices and Visions - series VTR 369
Through his lyric poems and dramatic narratives, Frost asserts that nature is the clearest window into the human personality. This program features interviews with the poet over a 13-year period as well as dramatized versions of some of his poems. (60 min.)

Gaines, Ernest : The Sky Is Gray (1980) - VTR 139
Producer: PBS
(The American Short Story second series)
Ernest Gaines' sensitive story of a young, black boy's first trip off the farm to a small Louisiana town, and of the sudden revelations in violence, sex, racism, kindness and human dignity that await him. (48 min.)

James, Henry: The Bostonians VTR 74

James, Henry : The Jolly Corner (1976) - VTR 142
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story series)
Spencer Brydon returns to the U. S after being away for 35 years, during which time he missed fighting in the Civil War and America's dynamic economic birth. Brydon wonders if he would have been different if he had remained in America. In an effort to find out, he painfully reconstructs the secrets of his past and the potentials of an alien yet appealing future.
(45 min.)

Jones, James: From Here to Eternity VTR 4

Kerouac, Jack
What happened to Kerouac? (1986) - DVD 551 ntsc
Producer: Richard Lerner Productions
A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac--father of the Beat Generation, author of "On the Road" and pivotal figure of the '50s counterculural revolution. Features Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Buroughs, Carolyn Cassady, Lawence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, and Gary Snyder. (96 min.)

McCullers, Carson: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter VTR 51

Miller, Arthur: Death of a Salesman VTR 3

Mitchell, Margaret: Gone with the Wind DVD 736

Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita DVD 742

O. Henry: The Gift of Love (1978) - VTR 531 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
Inspired by O'Henry's famous story The Gift of the Magi. Set in the early1900's New York City, a wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage with a "socially acceptable" man when she meets a young Swiss immigrant. She is then subject to a struggle to satisfy her relative's expectations for an appropriate marriage and her own search for the most precious gift, "The Gift of Love". (96 min.)

O'Neill Eugene: Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) -DVD 811 ntsc

O'Neill Eugene: Long Day's Journey into Night (1987) -DVD 812 ntsc

Oates, Joyce Carol: Norman and the Killer (1991) - VTR 532 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A study of the mystery of human emotions. Story concerns the agonizing struggle for the truth when a man, tormented by a tragic event which happened to him in his youth, confronts the person he feels perpetrated the crime against him. (30 min.)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Tell-Tale Heart (1971) - VTR 533 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
An American Classic filmed in black and white to accentuate the good vs evil theme. Here the viewer is drawn into Poe's carefully woven web of murder, investigation, and the dreadful reality of betrayal. (30 min.)

Segal, Erich: Love Story VTR 32

Steinbeck, John:  East of Eden DVD 799

Steinbeck, John:  The Grapes of Wrath DVD 779 ntsc

Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men VTR 48

Styron, William: Sophie's Choice VTR 50

Thurber, James : The Greatest Man In The World (1980) - VTR 146
Producer: Learning in Focus, Inc./Perspective
(The American Short Story second series)
James Thurber's wry story of an incorrigible lout who becomes the first person to make a solo, non-stop flight around the world - to the delight of cynical newsmen and to the dismay of officials who try desperately to make a socially acceptable hero of him. (60 min.)

Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer VTR 85

Twain, Mark (2001) - DVD 700 ntsc
Producer: Florentine Films (PBS DVD Gold)
Tells the tale of Twain's extraordinary life primarily through his words. Directed by Ken Burns. (220 min.)

Twain, Mark Himself ( n. d.) - VTR 417
Producer: USIA
The spirit and philosophies of humorist Mark Twain lives on as actor Bill McClinn portrays this great man at the museum of American History in Washington D. C. (30 min.)

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. : D.P. (1985) - VTR 535 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
An emotional story set in Post World War II period in Germany where a black orphan discovers the only other black he has ever seen - an American soldier - whom he dubs "Papa". (60 min.)

Welty, Eudora: The Hitchhikers (1989) - VTR 537 ntsc
Producer: Monterey Home Video shown on PBS
(The short story collection.2.)
A short story set in a southern small town in the heat of summer. A motorist picks up a hitchhiker for company on a long ride. He makes a stop, to visit some people he knows and intends to continue on, but then the hitchhiker he picked up is murdered. (30 min.)