New Video Group
41) Andrew Jackson
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presented is the fascinating and powerful life story of America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson. From his days as a courier during the Revolutionary War, which lead to his incarceration as a prisoner of war, to his decision to sign into law the controversial Indian Removal Act, which caused the death of untold numbers of Native Americans, to his own 1845 death at his Nashville estate, this special presentation tracks the remarkable life and career...
42) Pearl Harbor
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Is the historical portrayal of the attack on Pearl Harbor as seen in movies accurate? Author, Dr. Donald Goldstein, leads a team of producers on a site survey of Pearl Harbor to revisit the attack and the lucky shot that sunk the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941. Weaving together interviews with survivors who share their stories from that fateful day, and computer animation, the Pearl Harbor attack is re-created, as one of the most significant and...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Captured are Major League Baseball's funniest bleeps, blops, and blunderful bloopers! This collection of the greatest fan-favorite follies will tickle the funny-bone with highlights of hilarity. From the lost-in-the sun pop flies to mischievous victory pies, the major league merriment overflows. Now baseball fans can play not one but two of the most popular MLB Bloopers titles.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Four beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love of reading for the pre- or early reader. From best selling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal comes Spoon. Spoon has always been a happy utensil, but he soon finds he needs the support of his friends Fork, Knife, and Chopsticks.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At the U.S. Navy's "Top Gun" school in Nevada, the most promising pilots in the world battle to find out who has what it takes to become the best of the best. Take to the skies with the Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program and experience the training exercises that are forging a new generation of dogfighters.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
One spring, Mole decides to begin a series of adventures with his new friend, Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank and on an expedition with Toad. Toad decides his new car is more fun and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help. Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence for theft, reckless driving, and gross impertinence. Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and manages to escape. Badger tries to...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: They are located diametrically opposite each other on the Earth's surface. During his visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the world upside down.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
What would happen if every human being on Earth disappeared? This isn't the story of how we might vanish, it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. Examine how the very landscape of planet Earth would change in our absence. A stunningly graphic journey to a world wiped clean of humanity.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Reacquaint yourself with myths so powerful that they remain woven into the fabric of the present world. From the epic tragedy of Medusa, Greek mythology's most infamous female fiend, to Hercules, its greatest action hero, and Hades, master of the land of the dead and a god so feared no one would speak his name. Explore these myths and legendary figures who inspired them.
56) The Alamo
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
William Chemerka, founder of the Alamo Historical Society, helps What Went Down re-create a view from above that was impossible to see in 1836. Chermerka's encyclopedic knowledge of all things Alamo, a site tour to the Alamo, and stories shared by the descendents of the event, combined with CGI and 'green screen' movie special effects, combine to create an aerial view of the final moments of the attack, as the Texans made their last stand.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Filled with expert analysis and vivid re-enactment, this episode of the television series tells how Alexander the Great used the then cutting edge of warfare technology of the catapult to his advantage in demolishing a doggedly resistant enemy and their otherwise impregnable island city of Tyre that stood in his way to become master of Asia Minor and beyond.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ralph is not like other mice. He is always looking for a new adventure. When a young guest arrives with a shiny miniature motorcycle, Ralph knows that it is his lucky day and takes it out for a spin. A Scottish lad has a tough decision to make. He will have to decide if he wants to be a Highlander like his father's people or a Lowlander like his mother's people. Maybe he will be able to combine his hunting and herding skills into something special....