Cold War

Publication Date and Title (truncated)

1.)    1992.  The American history videodisc [videorecording]
2.)    1981. The Cuban Missile Crisis [filmstrip] /
3.)    1983. The first Vietnam war, 1946-1954 [videorecording]
4.)    1976. The Post-war era [videorecording] /
5.)    1988. Post-war hopes, cold war fears [videorecording]
6.)    1988. Twentieth century history [videorecording]
7.)    1992. The American history videodisc [videorecording]
8.)    1991. We can change the world [videorecording] /
9.)    1983. "Peace is at hand," 1968-1973 [videorecording]
10.)    1987. Battle for El Salvador [videorecording] /
11.)    1987. Castro's challenge [videorecording] /
12.)    1988. The Defense of Europe [videorecording] /
13.)    1987. Revolution in Nicaragua [videorecording] /
14.)    1963. Dr. Strangelove [videorecording] : or, How I learned to stop  worrying and love the bomb /
15.)    1984. Nuclear strategy for beginners [videorecording] /
16.)    1966. The War game [videorecording] /
17.)    1988. Radio Bikini [videorecording] /
18.)    1995. Korea [videorecording] : war, prosperity, democracy /
19.)    1989. Hollywood on trial [videorecording]
20.)    1991. 'The man who beat the blacklist : [videorecording] John Henry  Faulk /


1.)
TITLE
The American history videodisc [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
Annapolis, MD : Instructional Resources Corp., c1992.
DESCRIPT
1 videodisc : sd., col. and b&w. ; 12 in. + 2 computer discs + 1 master guide + 1 hyperguide.
NOTE
CAV interactive videodisc; may be used with (level III) or  without (level I) computer software. System requirements for computer disks: Macintosh Plus or better; Hypercard 2.0 or greater; printer optional. Guide (329 p.) by Constance B. Schulz contains description of  each image and index to the collection. Includes 68 full-motion video sequences (total of 28 minutes);  index to these sequences is included in the guide. Section A. Prehistory to 1680 -- B. Mature Colonial life, 1680- 1765 -- C. The American Revolution and the Early Republic, 1765-1820. -- D. Expansion, development, sectionalism and  division, 1820-1860. -- E. The Civil War and Reconstruction. -- F. Post-Civil War expansion and change, 1865-1900. -- G. The  Progressive Era and the First World War, 1901-1920. -- H. The  Twenties and the Great Depression, 1920-1940. -- I. World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, 1941-1960. -- J. Contemporary America, 1960-1990s.
SUBJECT
United States -- History.
HOLDINGS
NRG
E178 .A448 1992 

2.)
TITLE
The Cuban Missile Crisis [filmstrip] / The Associated Press.
PUBLISHER
Mount Kisco, NY : Prentice-Hall Media, c1981.
DESCRIPT
2 filmstrips (79 fr.) : col. ; 35 mm. + 2 cassettes + 1 program guide.
SERIES
Turning point. Turning point. [Filmstrip].
NOTE
Sound accompaniment compatible for manual and automatic operation.Written by Norm Goldstein. Examines the Cuban Missile Crisis in terms of U.S. foreign policy and the cold war.
SUBJECT
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
HOLDINGS
NRG
E841 .C82 1981 

3.)
TITLE
The first Vietnam war, 1946-1954 [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
1983.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (60 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Vietnam, a television history ; pt.2. Vietnam, a television history (Television program).[Videorecording] ; pt.2.
NOTE
Licensed off-air dub from PBS program.  Produced by WGBH, Boston, Central Independent Television, Great Productions. The Viet Minh, led by Ho, tried to oust the French from the rest of the penninsula. The U.S. viewed this as part of the Cold War. They escalated aid to the French, whose influence ended with their defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the 1954 Geneva conference which resulted in a ceasefire and the temporary division of the country. VHS.
SUBJECT
Indochinese War, 1946-1954. Military history, Modern -- 20th century. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. United States -- History -- 1945-1953. Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975.
HOLDINGS
RGC
DS553 .V537 1983 PT.2 

4.)
TITLE
The Post-war era [videorecording] / Time-Life Television and 20thCentury Fox Television.
PUBLISHER
New York : Time-Life Multimedia, 1976.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Life goes to the movies ; part 3. Life goes to the movies. [Videorecording] ; part 3.
NOTE
Producers, Mel Stuart & Richard Schickel; writer, Richard Schickel; director, Mel Stuart; narrators, Henry Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli; editor, Robert K. Lambert. Discusses films that reflected the cynicism and concerns of the postwar era by exploring themes such as crime, prejudice,  mental illness, alcoholism, and drugs. Examines the effects of the Cold War and McCarthyism on the entertainment industryincluding the arrest of the Hollywood Ten by the House Un-American Activities Committee. VHS.
SUBJECT
Motion pictures -- United States -- History. Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1993.5.U6 L533 1976 pt.3

5 .)
TITLE
Post-war hopes, cold war fears [videorecording]
PUBLISHER    [S.l.] : Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, 1984 ; Alexandria, VA : [distributed by] PBS Video, 1988.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
A Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers. Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers (Television program) ; Episode 12.
NOTE
A presentation of, and produced in association with, WNET/New York and KQED/San Francisco. Art director, Frank Lopez; executive editor, Bill Moyers; editor, Wendy Wank; Senior executive producer, Mert Koplin; producer, Weisberger; created and developed by The Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, Inc. and Bill Moyers ; executive producers, Charles Grinker, Sanford H. Fisher. No(CC)-Describes life in America after WW II, a time of rash optimism and neuroses.  While the dollar was strong and everyday life improved, the 1950's also saw the lowering of the Iron Curtain, the loss of China to Communism, the Korean War and the Red Scare. VHS.
SUBJECT
World politics -- 20th century. United States -- History -- 1945- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
HOLDINGS
NRG
E741 .P67 1988 

6.)
TITLE
Twentieth century history [videorecording] produced by BBC Enterprises.
PUBLISHER
[1988]
DESCRIPT
14 videocassettes (VHS) (280 min.) : sd., col., 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette copy recorded off-air, Austin, Tex., with off-air  taping rights. v.1 Make Germany pay -- v.2 Boom and bust -- v.3  Hitler's Germany 1933-1936 -- v.4 Roosevelt and the new deal -- v.5 Why appeasement? -- v.6 Britain alone -- v.7 The road to Berlin -- v.10 India, the brightest jewel -- v.11  Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Krushchev -- v.12 One man's revolution, Mao Tse-Tung - - v.13 Israel and the Arab states -- v.14 Cold war confrontation. Commentary, John Tidmarch ; series editor, Paul Mitchell. Presents history from World War I to the Cold War.
SUBJECT
History, Modern -- 20th century.World history.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D421 .T83 1988 V.1
D421 .T83 1988 V.10
D421 .T83 1988 V.11
D421 .T83 1988 V.12
D421 .T83 1988 V.13
D421 .T83 1988 V.14
D421 .T83 1988 V.2
D421 .T83 1988 V.3
D421 .T83 1988 V.4
D421 .T83 1988 V.5
D421 .T83 1988 V.6
D421 .T83 1988 V.7
D421 .T83 1988 V.8
D421 .T83 1988 V.9 

7.)
TITLE
The American history videodisc [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
Annapolis, MD : Instructional Resources Corp., c1992.
DESCRIPT
1 videodisc : sd., col. and b&w. ; 12 in. + 2 computer discs + 1 master guide + 1 hyperguide.
NOTE
CAV interactive videodisc; may be used with (level III) or without (level I) computer software.System requirements for computer disks: Macintosh Plus or better; Hypercard 2.0 or greater; printer optional. Guide (329 p.) by Constance B. Schulz contains description of each image and index to the collection.  Includes 68 full-motion video sequences (total of 28 minutes); index to these sequences is included in the guide.  Section A. Prehistory to 1680 -- B. Mature Colonial life, 1680- 1765 -- C. The American Revolution and the Early Republic, 1765-1820. -- D. Expansion, development, sectionalism and F. Post-Civil War expansion and change, 1865-1900. -- G. The Progressive Era and the First World War, 1901-1920. -- H. The Twenties and the Great Depression, 1920-1940. -- I. World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, 1941-1960. -- J. Contemporary America, 1960-1990s.
SUBJECT
United States -- History.
HOLDINGS
NRG
E178 .A448 1992 

8.)
TITLE
We can change the world [videorecording] / produced by WETA in association with Varied Directions Intl.
PUBLISHER
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c1991.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Making sense of the sixties. Making sense of the sixties (Television program).  [Videorecording].
NOTE
Originally shown on the PBS series: Making sense of the sixties. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Director, David Hoffman ; senior camera, Jean de Segonzac ; original music, Ara Dinkjian. Carol Rissman. Chronicles the years 1960-1964, when the civil rights movement and John F. Kennedy inspired idealism in college students. The  program explores the impact of the Cuban missile crisis, the assasination of John F. Kennedy, and the 1963 March on Washington. VHS format.
SUBJECT
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963. United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980. United States -- Civilization -- 1945- Popular culture -- United States. United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC
HN59 .W42 1991

9.)
TITLE
"Peace is at hand," 1968-1973 [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
1983.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (60 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Vietnam, a television history ; pt.10. Vietnam, a television history (Television program). [Videorecording] ; pt.10.
NOTE
Licensed off-air dub from PBS program. Produced by WGBH, Boston; Central Independent Television, Great Britain; Antenne-2, France; in association with LRE Productions. Richard Nixon had promised, if elected, to end the war in Vietnam. From 1968 to 1973 Nixon and Henry Kissinger worked to end the war, preferably with a victory through increased bombing, but end it any way necessary. Vietnamization increased  and U.S. ground troops were withdrawn except for some advisers  to the South Vietnamese army. Prisoners of war were exchanged, to "peace." VHS.
SUBJECT
Military history, Modern -- 20th century. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. United States -- History -- 1969- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam. Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States. Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975.
HOLDINGS
RGC
DS558 .V537 1983 PT.10 

10.)
TITLE
Battle for El Salvador [videorecording] / WGBH-TV in association with the Blackwell Corporation.
PUBLISHER
[1987]
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Crisis in Central America ; pt. 4. Crisis in Central America (Television program). [Videorecording] ; pt. 4.
NOTE
Videocassette copy recorded off-air, Austin, Tex., with off-air taping rights.  Traces the evolution of El Salvador's civil war and of U.S. policy toward this Central American country.
SUBJECT
El Salvador -- Politics and government.  El Salvador -- Foreign relations -- United States.
HOLDINGS
NRG , RGC, RVS
F1488.3 .B37 1987b

11.)
TITLE
Castro's challenge [videorecording] / WGBH-TV in association with the Blackwell Corporation.
PUBLISHER
[1987]
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Crisis in Central America ; pt. 2. Crisis in Central America (Television program). [Videorecording] ; pt. 2.
NOTE
Videocassette copy recorded off-air, Austin, Tex., with off-air taping rights.  Looks at the roots of the Cuban revolution of 1959, Fidel Castro's rise to power, the consolidation of the first communist state in the Americas, Cuban support of revolution abroad, and the evolution of tensions with the U.S.
SUBJECT
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959- Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States.
HOLDINGS
EVC, RGC, RVS
E183.8.C9 C37 1987b 

12.)
TITLE
The Defense of Europe [videorecording] / WGBH-Boston ; written and directed by Stephanie Tepper, William Cran .
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1988.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Originally broadcast on the PBS television program Frontline. Produced by Frontline in association with Time magazine. Photographers, Ray Brislin, Wolfgang Wagner ; narrators, Lary Lewman, Will Lyman ; host, Judy Woodruff ; film editor, Rick Spurway. Shows NATO's military activities in Western Europe, especially  along the border between East and West Germany, in light of the Warsaw pact.
SUBJECT
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Europe. Tank warfare. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
HOLDINGS
NRG
UA646.3   .D43 1988 

13.)
TITLE
Revolution in Nicaragua [videorecording] / WGBH-TV in association  with the Blackwell Corporation.
PUBLISHER
[1987]
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Crisis in Central America ; pt. 3. Crisis in Central America (Television program). [Videorecording] ; pt. 3.
NOTE
Videocassette copy recorded off-air, Austin, Tex., with off-air taping rights.  Discusses the revolution of 1979 in which the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 years.  Traces the evolution of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and the struggle for control of the revolution.
SUBJECT
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990. Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC, RVS
E183.8.N5 R48 1987b

14.)
TITLE
Dr. Strangelove [videorecording] : or, How I learned to stop  worrying and love the bomb / Columbia Pictures.
PUBLISHER
Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, c1987.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., b&w, ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
A videocassette release of the 1963 motion picture by Columbia Pictures. Based on the book "Red Alert," by Peter George.  Producer and director, Stanley Kubrick ; screenplay, Stanley  Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn,  Slim Pickens. A satire in  which the President and his military advisers   struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air  Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union  because he fears the Russians are poisoning the water supply in  the United States.VHS.
SUBJECT
Nuclear warfare in motion pictures.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC
PN1995.9.C55 D7 1987

15.)
TITLE
Nuclear strategy for beginners [videorecording] / WGBH ; producer and director, Robert Zalisk.
PUBLISHER
New York, NY : Time-Life Video, 1984.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Nova series. Nova (Television program)
NOTE
Intended audience: High school students through adults. Looks back over the four decades of the atomic age to try to   understand how the modern world has acquired an arsenal of over 50,000 nuclear weapons. Also explores the continuing debate  about whether nuclear weapons deter war or only make it more  VHS.
SUBJECT
Nuclear weapons.Nuclear warfare. War. Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
HOLDINGS
RGC
U264 .N824 1984 

16.)
TITLE
The War game [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation ; made by British Film Institute.
PUBLISHER
Wilmette, Ill. : Films Inc., 1966.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (49 min.) sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Copied with permission, July, 1992. Writer and producer, Peter Watkins. A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on  Great Britain. Explores the physical damage aspects, the  psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for  the existence of nuclear arms, and attempts to understand how  the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check.
SUBJECT
Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects. Nuclear warfare -- Psychological aspects. Nuclear weapons -- Public opinion.
HOLDINGS
NRG
U313 .W37 1966

17.)
TITLE
Radio Bikini [videorecording] / produced, directed, and edited by Robert Stone.
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1988.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
In July 1946 on Bikini Atoll, the United States tested two atomic bombs--code named "Operation Crossroads."  This incident was  the biggest nuclear catastrophe in history before Chernobyl. Features interviews with Kilon Bauno, Chief of the Bikinians, and John Smitherman, veteran of the tests.  Introduced by David McCullough for The American experience.VHS.
SUBJECT
Operation Crossroads, 1946. Nuclear weapons -- Testing.Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
HOLDINGS
RGC
UG1282.A8 R2 1988 

18.)
TITLE
Korea [videorecording] : war, prosperity, democracy / presented  by the Korea-America Society ; funded by Hyundai Motor Company ; produced by National Film Production Center.
PUBLISHER
Seoul, Korea : Korea-America Society, c1995.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Korean war revisited (38 min.) -- Korea '95 (18 min.) -- Open  world, the open future (17 min.) -- Seoul Olympic Arts Festival (20 min.) VHS.
SUBJECT
Olympic Games (24th : 1988 : Seoul, Korea) Korean War, 1950-1953. Korea -- History. Korea (South) -- History. Korea -- Politics and government. Korea (South) -- Politics and government. Korea (South) -- Economic conditions.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC
DS917 .K67 1995

19.)
TITLE
Hollywood on trial [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : MPI Home Video, c1989.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Produced by James Gutman ; directed by David Helpern ; Screenplay by Arnie Reisman. Narrated by John Huston, with appearances by Zero Mostel, Otto  Preminger, Ronald Reagan, Martin Ritt and others. A courageous and true recording of the story of "The Hollywood  Ten", who, in 1947, would not cooperate when accused by the  United States government of possible communist loyalties.VHS.
SUBJECT
Communism -- United States. Subversive activities -- United States.
HOLDINGS
NRG
PN1993.5.U6 H64 1989

20.)
TITLE 
'The man who beat the blacklist : [videorecording] John Henry  Faulk / a production of KEDT-TV [Corpus Christi, Tx.] and Public Affairs Television, Inc.
PUBLISHER 
[S.l.] : PBS, 1991.
DESCRIPT 
1 videocassette (58 min.) (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE 
Interviewer and executive editor, Bill Moyers; executive producer, Paul S. Pope. Studs Turkel. Details Austin writer John Henry Faulk's successful court case in defense of himself, and the First Amendment, against the 1950's blacklisters. Faulk is interviewed by Bill Moyers.
SUBJECT
Faulk, John Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc. Freedom of the press. Freedom of speech. Civil rights. Trials (Libel) -- New York (State) -- New York. Blacklisting of authors.
HOLDINGS
NRG
PS3511.A84 M36 1991

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