Author t Title t Call Summary, etc. note The 20th century: a moving visual history [videoreDVD cording]909.821 T971 2005 Chronicles the monumental changes in our world over the past 100 years.Side 1 A: The 1900s, The Seeds of Progress; The 1910s, The Modern Age Begins; The 1920s, A Decade of Contradictions. Side 1 B:The 1930s, The Great Depression; The 1940s, War, Recovery and Rebirth. Side 2 A: The 1950s, Promoting The American Dream; The 1960s, A Global Revolution. Side 2 B: The 1970s, Power Plays; The 1980s, A Decade of Decadence; The 1990's, America's Hard Drive. Ambrose Bierce: civil war stories [videorecording]DVD 813.4 A496 2007 A collection of three popular tales by author Ambrose Bierce told in his own words at a historic 1891 meeting with novelist Gertrude Atherton and publisher Williams Randolph Hearst. The American dream: the 50s 973.91 T583am The American president, volume 3: executive visionDVD 973.099 [videorecording] A512 V.3 2005 Episode 5: The American Way (Jefferson, Coolidge, Hoover, Reagan) Episode 6: The World Stage (Monroe, McKinley, Wilson, Bush). The American Revolution: one nation's rise to DVDindep 973.3endence, A512 volume V.1 2007 1 [videorecording]Disc 1: The American Revolution: The conflict ignites, The American Revolution: 1776. The American Revolution: one nation's rise to DVDindep 973.3endence, A512 volume V.2 2013 2 [videorecording]Disc 2: The American Revolution:Washignton & Arnold, The American Revolution: The world at war. The American Revolution: one nation's rise to DVDindep 973.3endence, A512 volume V.3 2013 3 [videorecording]Disc 3:The American Revolution: England's last chance, The American Revolution: Birth of the Republic. The American Revolution: one nation's rise to DVDindep 973.3endence, A512 volume V.4 2013 4 [videorecording]Disc 4: Biography:George Washington: Founding Father, Biography: Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World. The American Revolution: one nation's rise to DVDindep 973.3endence, A512 volume V.5 2013 5 [videorecording]Disc 5: Biography: Paul Revere:The Midnight Rider, Biography: Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason. The awakening land [videorecording] DVD 791.437 A887 2014 Based on Conrad Richter's book triliogy--The Trres, The Fields, and The Town, this television mini-series "celebrates the pioneering spirit as it chronicles Sayward Luckett's heroic unadorned life." Originally broadcast in 1978. Benjamin Franklin [videorecording] DVD 92 F831 2015 Traces Franklin's epic life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America's first diplomat to France. Citizen Tanouye [videorecording] DVD 940.53 C581 2011 Eight ethnically diverse students from Torrance, California, bring history to life as they research Technical Sergeant Ted Tanouye, a graduate of their school who was previously awarded the MEdal of Honor for his service in WWII. Through their research of Citizen Tanouye, the students not only discover the impact the war had on their city, but also draw attention to the civil rights abuses of WWII-era America. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: letters from children of the973.917 Great C678d Depression. 2008 Presents nealy 200 of the extraordinary documents to open a window into the lives of the Depression's youngest victims. Death and the Civil War [videorecording] DVD 973.7 D285 2012 Explores a dessential but largely overlooks aspect of the most pivotal event in American history. The emergence of modern America: the greatDVD depressi 973.916on [videorecording] Em52 2014 Uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, and the roaring twenties, and the Great Depression. The grapes of wrath [videorecording] DVD 813.52 G766 2009 The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Hard times, the 30s 973.917 T583h Liberty's kids: the complete series, volume 1 [videDVDorecording] 973.3 L695 2013 Set in late-18th-century America, tells the story of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Benjamin Franklin's two teenage apprentice reporters. Liberty's kids: the complete series, volume 2 [videDVDorecording] 973.3 L695 V.2 2013 Set in late-18th-century America, tells the story of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Benjamin Franklin's two teenage apprentice reporters. Liberty's kids: the complete series, volume 3 [videDVDorecording] 973.3 L695 V.3 2013 Set in late-18th-century America, tells the story of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Benjamin Franklin's two teenage apprentice reporters. The men who built American [videorecording] DVD 338.0973 M534 2013 Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. Pride and prosperity: the 80s 973.927 T583pp Rock & roll generation: teen life in the 50's 781.66/T583r Ronald Reagan: the wisdom and humor of the973.927 Great Co R287mmunicator Speeches that changed the world. 808.85 S645s 2007 The stories and transcripts of the moments that made history.; Contents: Moses, Jesus of Nazareth, Mohammed, St. Francis of Assisi, Queen Elizabeth I, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Curie, Mohandas Gandhi, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Woodrow Wilson, Clarence Darrow, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Vyacheslav Molotov, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, General George S. Patton, Jr, Emperor Hirohito, Jawaharlal Nehru, J. Robert Oppenheimer, General Douglas MacArthur, Nelson Mandela, Eamon de Valera, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Shirley Chisholm, Pierre Trudeau, Golda Meir, Richard M. Nixon, Indira Gandhi, Chaim Herzog, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, F. W. de Klerk, Vaclav Havel, Elie Wiesel, George W. Bush. The story of America, volume 3: Portraits of AmeriDVD can973 presidentsS887 V.3 2009 [videorecording]Contents: Triumph and turmoil shape the presidency. Includes: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Geroge W. Bush. Time of transition : the 70's 973.924 T583ti The ultimate Civil War series [videorecording] DVD 973.7 UL47 2013 Traces the causes and courses, as well as the major events and personalities, of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood. This series is told mostly from first-hand accouts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. Witness this profound time in history with extreme detail and historically accurate recreations performed by more than 20,000 re-enactors. Unforgettable: the Korean war [videorecording]DVD 951.904 Un56 2013 Take a powerful journey with Korean WAr veterans as they share memories and emotions of America in the early 1950s, when young men from all over the country were being shipped off to defend South Korea against the advancing Communist Army,. We shall remain: America through native eyes,DVD volum 970.004e 3 [videorecording] W512 V.3 2011 Geronimo; Wounded Knee: tells the story of the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee, examining the broad political and economic forces that led to the emergence of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s. The west [videorecording] DVD 978 W516 2009 Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century . Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee. / Contents--Disc 1: The People--Disc 2: Empire upon the trails; The speck of the future-- Disc 3: Death runs riot; The grandest enterprise under God--Disc 4: Fight no more forever; the geography of hope--Disc 5: Ghost dance; One sky above us. Adie, Kate Fighting on the homefront: the legacy of women940.308 in W orldA235f War 2016 one In 1914, war came to the homefront. While whole streets of men disappeared to fight, the strengths and abilities of the women at home were to be counted on as never before--or there would be no victory. Princesses to parlourmaids stepped away from their formal roles to take on the needs of the country. Through her unique first-hand research, Kate Adie throws a vivid new light on the era, showing just how momentous the achivements were of those pioneering women. She charts a giant stride that would forever leave its legacy. Ahamed, Liaquat. Lords of finance: the bankers who broke the world.332.1 A285L 2010 Tells the stories of the men in charge of the four principal central banks of the world after World War I, Montagu Norman of the Bank of England, Émile Moreau of the Banque de France, Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbank in Germany, and Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who attempted to reconstruct international finance after World War I and return to the gold standard. He describes how, in the mid-1920s, they appeared to succeed in stabilizing the world's currencies, aiding the flow of capital, and creating economic growth, and the subsequent problems that lead to the Great Depression.