wwII

World War II

Publication Date and Title

1.)    1994. America and the Holocaust [videorecording] : deceit and indifference /
2.)    1990. America goes to war [videorecording] : the home front World War II /
3.)    1992. The American history videodisc [videorecording]
4.)    1987. Au revoir les enfants [videorecording] = Goodbye, children /
5.)    1989. Between the wars [videorecording] /
6.)    1983. The Boat [videorecording] /
7.)    1944. A Canterbury tale [videorecording] /
8.)    1992. Casablanca [videorecording] /
9.)    1970. Catch-22 [videorecording] /
10.)    1999. The century [videorecording] : decades of change /
11.)    1986. Crusade in the Pacific [videorecording] /
12.)    1988. D-Day [videorecording]
13.)    1988. Eric Sevareid's "Not so wild a dream" [videorecording] : a personal memoir /
14.)    1992. Europa, Europa [videorecording] /
15.)    1995. The eye of the dictator [videorecording] /
16.)    1998. The fatal attraction of Adolph Hitler [videorecording]
17.)    1993. For the living [videorecording] /
18.)    1998. Goebbels [videorecording] : master of propaganda /
19.)    1987. Great battles of World War II [videorecording] / North Africa and Western Europe.
20.)    1961. Judgment at Nuremberg [videorecording] /
21.)    1992. Liberators : [videorecording] : fighting on two fronts in World War II /
22.)    1989. Memory of the camps [videorecording] /
23.)    1984. Nuclear strategy for beginners [videorecording] /
24.)    1989. Otto Dix [videorecording] : the painter is the eyes of the world /
25.)    1984. Post-war hopes, cold war fears [videorecording]
26.)    1991. Power & frontiers [videorecording] /
27.)    1992. The Prize [videorecording] : the epic quest for oil, money & power /
28.)    1994. Schindler's list [videorecording] /
29.)    1977. Some call it greed [videorecording] : a six decade cavalcade /
30.)    1995. The Tuskegee airmen [videorecording] /
31.)    1949. Twelve o'clock high [videorecording] /
32.)    1988. Twentieth century history [videorecording]
33.)    1986. Victory at sea [videorecording] /
34.)    1995. War chronicles [videorecording] /
35.)    1976. The War years [videorecording] /
36.)    1989. Women at war, from the home front to the front lines [videorecording] /
37.)    1984. WWII [videorecording] : the propaganda battle /
38.)    1985. Pre-war German featurettes [videorecording]
39.)    1994. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse [videorecording] /
40.)    1984. Triumph of the will [videorecording] /
41.)    1995. Cartoons go to war [videorecording]

1.)
TITLE
America and the Holocaust [videorecording] : deceit and indifference / a Fine Cut Productions, Inc. film ; WGBH Boston.
PUBLISHER
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c1994.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide (1 folded sheet)
NOTE
Originally broadcast as a television program on PBS. Written and produced [and directed] by Martin Ostrow. Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Hal Linden. Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government. VHS.
SUBJECT
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- United States.World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. Refugees, Jewish.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D810.J4 A75 1994

2.)
TITLE
America goes to war [videorecording] : the home front World War II / Anthony Potter Productions Inc.
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1990.
DESCRIPT
5 videocassettes (ca. 300 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
tape.1. While the storm clouds gather and Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition -- tape. 2. Sacrifice and shortages and A string of pearls -- tape. 3. On the shady side of the street and Right in der Fuerher's face -- tape. 4. Thanks for the memories and Accentuating the positive -- tape. 5. Mood indigo and blacks and whites ; It's been a long, long, time. Anthony Ross Potter, executive producer ; Frank J. De Meo, series producer ; Patrick Trese, series writer. Eric Sevareid. No(CC)-Depicts the major movements in the lives of Americans in the1940's, including many changes in American ideals, life styles, morals, and ethics. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
ADD TITLE
Home front World War II videorecording. While the storm clouds gather videorecording. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition videorecording. Sacrifice and shortages videorecording. String of pearls videorecording. On the shady side of the street videorecording. Right in der Fuehrer's face videorecording.Fuehrer's face. Thanks for the memories videorecording. Accentuating the positive videorecording. Mood indigo : blacks and whites videorecording. It's been a long, long time videorecording.
HOLDINGS
NRG
E806 .A6 1990 TAPE/1
E806 .A6 1990 TAPE/2
E806 .A6 1990 TAPE/3
E806 .A6 1990 TAPE/4
E806 .A6 1990 TAPE/5

3.)
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

4.)
TITLE
Au revoir les enfants [videorecording] = Goodbye, children / Nouvelles Editions de Films.
PUBLISHER
New York : Orion Home Video, c1989,1987.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (103 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1987 motion picture.French with yellow English subtitles. A film by Louis Malle.Based on the director's life, this film chronicles Malle's experiences during the German occupation of France in World War II.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.W3 A97 1989

5.)
TITLE
Between the wars [videorecording] / produced by Anthony Potter Productions in association with REG, Reeves Entertainment Group.
PUBLISHER
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c1989.
DESCRIPT
8 videocassettes (408 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1978 television program. Two programs per videocassette. tape/1 Versailles: the lost peace ; Return to isolationism -- tape/2 The first SALT talks ; Radio, racism and foreign policy of power -- tape/3 The Great Depression and foreign affairs ; America in the Pacific: the clash of two cultures -- tape/4 F.D.R. and Hitler: their rise to power ; F.D.R. and Hitler: the dynamics of power -- tape/5 The recognition of Russia: climate of mutual distrust ; Latin America: Intervention in our own back yard -- tape/6 The Italian-Ethiopian War: Africa in world affairs ; The Spanish Civil War -- tape/7 The phony war ; F.D.R. and Churchill: the human partnership -- tape/8 Japan invades China: crisis in the far east ; War comes to Pearl Harbor. Written and produced by Anthony Potter. Eric Sevareid. Examines the important international events in the two decades after World War 1. VHS.
SUBJECT
History, Modern -- 20th century. World politics -- 1919-1932. World politics -- 1933-1945.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/1
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/2
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/3
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/4
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/5
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/6
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/7
D421 .B47 1989 TAPE/8

6.)
TITLE
The Boat [videorecording] / a Bavaria Atelier production ; produced by Gunter Rohrbach ; written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
PUBLISHER
Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (Beta) (ca. 145 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 set notes.
NOTE
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981 by Columbia Pictures. Dubbed English version of: Das Boot. Based on the novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim. Film editor, Hannes Nikel ; director of photography, Jost Vacano ; music, Klaus Doldinger. Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge. Portrays the crew aboard one of the famed World War II German U- boats known as the "gray wolves" as it prowls the North Atlantic and challenges the British navy at every turn.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.W3 B627 1983

7.)
TITLE
A Canterbury tale [videorecording] / Independent Film Distributors, Ltd.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : Home Vision : Public Media Incorporated (distributor), c1944.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Janus Films. "CAN 01." Videocassette release of the 1944 motion picture. Producers/directors/writers, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. John Sweet, Eric Portman. A modern retelling of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this is the story of four travelers who journey along the same path as Chaucer's pilgrims. and how their lives are intertwined. It is set during World War II, and has breathtaking film of the Kent countryside. VHS format.
SUBJECT
Feature films. Motion pictures, English.
HOLDINGS
NRG
PN1995.9.W3 C36 1994

8.)
TITLE
Casablanca [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; a Hal B. Wallis production ; directed by Michael Curtiz.
EDITION
Remastered collector's ed.
PUBLISHER
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (ca. 103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (30 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.).
NOTE
From a play by Murray Burnett, Joan Alison. Originally released as motion picture in 1942. Includes a documentary of the making of the film narrated by Lauren Bacall, plus the original theatrical trailer. On videocassette label: c1943 Turner Entertainment Co. Screenplay, Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch ; music, Max Steiner. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. VHS.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC
PN1995.9.L6 C372 1992

9.)
TITLE
Catch-22 [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures Corporation in association with Filmways, inc.
PUBLISHER
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, c1979.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Issued in 1970 as a motion picture. Based on the book of the same title by Joseph Heller. Producers, John Calley, Martin Ransohoff; director, Mike Nichols. Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Arthur Garfunkel. An anti-war epic about a small group of U.S. flyers in the Mediterranean during WW II. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.W3 C372 1979 c.2

10.)
TITLE
The century [videorecording] : decades of change / produced by ABC News in association with The History Channel ; with Peter Jennings.
PUBLISHER
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999.
DESCRIPT
15 videocassettes (VHS) (699 mins.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
[1] Seeds of change (46 mins.) -- [2] 1914-1919: shell shock(45 mins.) -- [3] 1920-1929: boom to bust (46 mins.) -- [4] 1929-1936: stormy weather (46 mins.) -- [5] 1936-1941: over the edge (45 mins.) -- [6] 1941-1945: civilians at war (70 mins.) -- [7] 1941-1945: homefront (45 mins.) -- [8] 1946-1952: best years (45 mins.) -- [9] 1953-1960: happy daze (45 mins.) -- [10] 1960-1964: poisoned dreams (43 mins.) -- [11] 1965-1970: unpinned (45 mins.) -- [12] 1971-1975: approaching the apocalypse (45 mins.) -- [13] 1976-1980: starting over (45 mins.) -- [14] 1981-1989: a new world (43 mins.) -- [15] Then and now (45 mins.) Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, takes an era-by-era look at America's evolution during the turbulent 20th century. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
SUBJECT
United States -- History -- 20th century. History, Modern -- 20th century. Documentary films.Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
HOLDINGS
NRG
E741 .C468 1999 V.1
E741 .C468 1999 V.2
E741 .C468 1999 V.3
E741 .C468 1999 V.4
E741 .C468 1999 V.5
E741 .C468 1999 V.6
E741 .C468 1999 V.7
E741 .C468 1999 V.8
E741 .C468 1999 V.9
E741 .C468 1999 V.10
E741 .C468 1999 V.11
E741 .C468 1999 V.12
E741 .C468 1999 V.13
E741 .C468 1999 V.14
E741 .C468 1999 V.15

11.)
TITLE
Crusade in the Pacific [videorecording] / Time, Incorporated.
PUBLISHER
Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, 1986.
DESCRIPT
6 videocassettes (ca. 720 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1951 "March of Time" television series by Time, Inc. Individual titles from containers. v. 1. The Pacific in eruption! (ca. 115 min.) -- v. 2. Independence and war! (ca. 130 min.) -- v. 3. The Solomons and the Central Pacific (ca. 115 min.) -- v. 4. MacArthur and the war at sea! (ca. 113 min.) -- v. 5. The battle of Iwo Jima and the A-bomb! (ca. 115 min.) -- v. 6. Postwar in the Pacific! (ca. 115 min.). Produced by Arthur B. Tourtellot ; compiled and edited by William Kilcullen, Eric Lawrence, Wolf Matthiessen. Westbrook Van Voorhis. An historical account of war in the Pacific with actual wartime footage and factual narration. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
HOLDINGS
RGC
D743 .C78 1986 V.1
D743 .C78 1986 V.2
D743 .C78 1986 V.3
D743 .C78 1986 V.4
D743 .C78 1986 V.5
D743 .C78 1986 V.6

12.)
TITLE
D-Day [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1988.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Modern history on video. Modern history on video. [Videorecording].
NOTE
Describes the battle of D-Day from earliest planning stages to the actual invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
HOLDINGS
RGC
D756.5.N6 D32 1988

13.)
TITLE
Eric Sevareid's "Not so wild a dream" [videorecording] : a personal memoir / produced by Anthony Potter ; directed by
Anthony Potter and Frank J. DeMeo ; written by Eric Sevareid, Anthony Pottert .
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1988.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Series host: David McCullough. Journalist Eric Sevareid's account of his changing view of U.S. intervention in world affairs. Recounts his shift from the isolationist postion he took as a leader in the college peace movement of the 1930s to his advocacy of U.S. intervention against Fascism in Europe, where he was stationed as a radio correspondent. VHS.
SUBJECT
Sevareid, Eric, 1912- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Journalists -- Biography.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN4874.S43 A32 1988

14.)
TITLE
Europa, Europa [videorecording] / Films du Losange, CCC-Filmkunst Gmbh, Perspektywa Film Unit.
PUBLISHER
New York : Orion Home Video, 1992.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1991 motion picture. Rated R. Based on the memoirs of Salomon Perel. Director and screenwriter, Agnieszka Holland ; producers, Artur Brauner and Margaret Menegoz ; executive producers, Lew Rywin, Janisz Morgenstern ; music, Zbigniew Preisner ; editing, Ewa Smal, Isabelle Lorente ; camera, Jacek Petrycki. Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler, Andre Wilms, Ashley Wanninger, Klaus Abramowsky. The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for seven years and through three countries. VHS. In German, Russian and Polish with English subtitles.
SUBJECT
Perel, Shlomo, 1925- -- Biography -- Drama. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- Drama.
HOLDINGS
NRG
PN1995.9.J46 E9 1992

15.)
TITLE
The eye of the dictator [videorecording] / a film by Hans-Gunther Stark.
PUBLISHER
London : Charisma Films ; Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities [distributor], c1995.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Writer, producer, Tony Stratton-Smith ; executive producer, David Gideon Thomson ; director, Hans-Gunther Stark ; editor, Petra von Oelffen ; consultant, Heinz Sasse ; translations, Gerhilt Schwarz. Donald Arthur, Ossie Ragheb, narrators. No (CC) - Examines the use of film and particularly the weekly newsreel to inform, disinform, and persuade Germany during years of the Nazi regime. The program takes an in-depth look at the way Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, controlled the work of German film cameramen and how he manipulated their work to great effect both as propaganda and as art. VHS.
SUBJECT
Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945. World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. Nazi propaganda. Motion pictures in propaganda.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RVS
D810.P7 G3 1995

16.)
TITLE
The fatal attraction of Adolph Hitler [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
[London] : BBC ; New York : [distributed by] Films for the Humanities, 1998.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. + 1 Teacher's guide.
NOTE
No (CC) - Tells the story of how the deeply flawed demagogue acquired absolute power over an unquestioning loyal populace. Traces the rise of the Third Reich, the origins and history of World War II and the personal life of Germany's past leader. VHS.
SUBJECT
Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945. Heads of State -- Germany -- Biography. World War, -- 1939-1945 -- Germany. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
HOLDINGS
NRG
DD247.H5 F37 1998

17.)
TITLE
For the living [videorecording] / produced by WETA, Washington, D.C.
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, VA : distributed by PBS Video, c1993.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Chronicles the creation, building and design of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. This program tells how the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has recreated and remembered this painful era through a living, detailed history.
SUBJECT
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews.
HOLDINGS
NRG, PIN
D810.J4 F67 1993

18.)
TITLE
Goebbels [videorecording] : master of propaganda / BBC.
PUBLISHER
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1998.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Writer/producer, Laurence Rees ; assistant producer, Karen Liebreich ; executive producer, Jeremy Bennett ; historical consultant, David Welch. No (CC) - Josef Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda, was one of the first public figures to recognize the value of mass entertainment to political propaganda. This video shows how he created the Fuhrer myth, organized mass spectacles, and established a film studio to produce entertainment that furthered the Nazi cause. VHS.
SUBJECT
Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945. World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. Propaganda, German -- History -- 20th century. Nazi propaganda. Motion pictures in propaganda -- Germany. Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D810.P7 G32 1998

19.)
TITLE
Great battles of World War II [videorecording] / North Africa and Western Europe.
EDITION
Collector's edition.
PUBLISHER
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Home Entertainment Division, 1987.
DESCRIPT
4 videocassettes (332 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. + 1 viewer's guide.
NOTE
Vol.1. The beginning of the end, North Africa to Cassino (89 min.) -- vol.2. On the move, D-Day to the liberation of France (80 min.) -- vol.3. Against all odds, the Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge (76 min.) -- v.4. Victory in sight, to the Rhine, the Elbe, and the Po (125 min.). These videos were assembled from old film footage that still exists and have been restored whenever possible to the best possible quality. Minor gaps that occur here and there in the story are usually because original footage was not available.These segments will entertain and move the viewer and thanks to the bravery of many unsung cameramen, their pictures have left a record for posterity the realities of war. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
HOLDINGS
DYNIX # 170438.
RGC
D743 .G74 1987 GUIDE
D743 .G74 1987 V.1
D743 .G74 1987 V.2
D743 .G74 1987 V.3
D743 .G74 1987 V.4

20.)
TITLE
Judgment at Nuremberg [videorecording] / Roxlom Films, Inc.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : MGM/UA Home Video, c1989, 1961.
DESCRIPT
2 videocassettes (190 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1961 motion picture. Producer/director, Stanley Kramer ; writer, Abby Mann ; music, Ernest Gold. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Clift, William Shatner, Edward Binns, Kenneth MacKenna. A fictionalized account of a war crimes trial of four eminent Nazi judges at Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II. Provides insight into Nazi brutality and raises questions about freedom of choice, loyalty to one's country, and responsibility to mankind. VHS.
SUBJECT
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.J8 J823 1989

21.)
TITLE
Liberators : [videorecording] : fighting on two fronts in World War II / Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc., in association with Thirteen/WNET for "The American Experience".
PUBLISHER
Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, c1992.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
A companion book to this documentary under the same title is also available. Producers, William Miles, Nina Rosenblum. Narrators: Denzel Washington, Louis Gossett, Jr. ; writers, John Crowley, Daniel V. Allentuck, Lou Potter. Tells the unknown story of African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's Third Army and helped liberate the concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau and Lambach. VHS.
SUBJECT
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) -- Personal narratives. United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 761st -- History. United States. Army -- Afro-American troops -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Afro-American.
HOLDINGS
RVS
D769.306 761ST .L52 1992

22.)
TITLE
Memory of the camps [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation.
PUBLISHER
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1989.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of television program made in 1985. Produced for Documentary Consortium by WGBH, Boston. Producer and editor, Stephanie Tepper ; script, Coling Wills. Host, Judy Woodruff ; narrator, Trevor Howard. Documentary footage filmed by Allied Forces army cameramen when they entered the Nazi death camps in 1945 and only recently discovered in the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London. Scenes from Bergen-Belson, Dachau, Buchenwald, and other camps. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany.
HOLDINGS
NRG, PIN
D810.J4 M45 1989x

23.)
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 likely. VHS.
SUBJECT
Nuclear weapons. Nuclear warfare. War. Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
HOLDINGS
RGC
U264 .N824 1984

24.)
TITLE
Otto Dix [videorecording] : the painter is the eyes of the world / Poorhouse Productions presents a film by Reiner E. Moritz.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : Home Vision [distributor], c1989.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Portrait of an artist. Portrait of an artist (Series)
NOTE
"A Public Media Incorporated Release"--Container. Editors, Elke Riemann, Dagmar Franke-Sowa ; Writer, director, Reiner Moriz ; Executive producers, Thierry Garrel, Horst Narrators: Garard Green, Michael Hadley, James Greene, Diana Payan. A comprehensive study of Otto Dix, a German painter whose early paintings were considered obscene, and who was blacklisted and arrested by the Nazis on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Hitler. The program attempts to explain the work of the artist and his vision on war by considering his life and his paintings. VHS.
SUBJECT
Dix, Otto, 1891-1969. Painters -- Germany -- Biography.
HOLDINGS
PIN
N6888.D5 O776 1989

25.)
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, Imre Horvath ; writers, Imre Horvath, Bill Moyers, Bernard A. 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

26.)
TITLE
Power & frontiers [videorecording] / a BBC TV production ; in association with Arts & Entertainment Network, Coronet/MTI Film & Video, the Seven Network ; producer Michael Andrews.
PUBLISHER
Deerfield, IL : Coronet Film & Video, 1991.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide.
SERIES
The Birth of Europe.Birth of Europe.
NOTE
Tim Coope, Carol Salter, editors. Nigel Anthony. In the 20th century, the energy of oil transformed the social and political face of Europe. Oil also proved critical to 20th century warfare, especially during World War II. The need to pool energy resources caused the European Economic Community to be born. VHS.
SUBJECT
Petroleum. World War, 1939-1945. Geology -- Europe. Natural resources -- Europe. Europe -- Economic conditions. Europe -- Civilization.
HOLDINGS
NRG
CB203 .B57 1991 pt.6

27.)
TITLE
The Prize [videorecording] : the epic quest for oil, money & power / an InVision production for Majestic Films International and Trans Pacific Films in association with BBC Television, MICO and WGBH.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : Public Media Video, c1992.
DESCRIPT
4 videocassettes (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Tape 1. prog.1. Our plan; prog.2. Empires of oil -- Tape 2. Prog.3. The black giant; pro.4. War and oil -- Tape 3. prog.5. Crude diplomacy; prog.6. Power to the producers -- Tape 4. prog.7. The tinderbox; prog.8. The New order of oil. Series associate producer: Sue Lena Thompson, in association with Cambridge Energy Research Associates; executive producers: Jonathan Taplin and Ruth Jackson; series producer: William Cran.Narrator: Donald Sutherland. Based on the best seller by Daniel Yergin, this PBS miniseries tells the epic history of oil... how it has dominated global politics, shaken the world economy, and transformed our century.VHS.
SUBJECT
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century. Petroleum industry and trade -- Military aspects -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes. World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes. World politics -- 20th century.
HOLDINGS
NRG
HD9560.6 .Y472 1990 TAPE/1
HD9560.6 .Y472 1990 TAPE/2
HD9560.6 .Y472 1990 TAPE/3
HD9560.6 .Y472 1990 TAPE/4

28.)
TITLE
Schindler's list [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; an Amblin Entertainment production.
PUBLISHER
Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, 1994, c1993.
DESCRIPT
2 videocassettes (197 min.) : sd., b&w & col. sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1993 motion picture."This film is described for people who are blind or have low vision" -- purple label on video container. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally. Director of photograpy, Janusz Kaminski ; executive producer, Kathleen Kennedy ; screenplay, Steven Zaillian ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig ; director, Steven Spielberg. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz. The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. VHS.
SUBJECT
Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974 -- Drama.World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Krakow -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Krakow -- Drama. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.H53 S3 1994

29.)
TITLE
Some call it greed [videorecording] : a six decade cavalcade / a production of Forbes magazine.
PUBLISHER
Northbrook, Ill. : Learning Corporation of America, c1977.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 film guide.
NOTE
Producer and director, Tim Forbes. Orson Welles, Lowell Thomas, Robert MacNeil, narrators. Beginning with agrarian America's entrance into World War I, follows the country's economic history through today's computerized, fast-food service lifestyle.
SUBJECT
United States -- Economic conditions.
HOLDINGS
RVS
HC103 .S65 1977

30.).
TITLE
The Tuskegee airmen [videorecording] / HBO Pictures ; Price Entertainment ; a film by Robert Markowitz.
PUBLISHER
New York, N.Y. : HBO Pictures, c1995.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Director of photography, Ronald Orieux ; music by Lee Holdridge. Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney Vance, Andre Braugher, Chris McDonald, John Lithgow, Cuba Gooding, Jr. It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives--to prove to America that courage knows no color. Their success could earn them respect, save lives and help win a terrible war. Their failure could destroy more hopes VHS.
SUBJECT
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Afro-American -- Drama. Afro-American air pilots -- History -- Drama.
HOLDINGS
EVC, NRG, RGC
PN1995.9.N4 T8 1995

31.)
TITLE
Twelve o'clock high [videorecording] / Twentieth-Century Fox.
PUBLISHER
Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ; 1998,1949.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; directed by Henry King ; screenplay by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. Videocassette release of the 1949 motion picture. Based on the novel by Beirne Lay, Jr. and Sy Bartlett. During World War II, the commander of an Eighth Air Force bomber group in England drives his men to the point of breaking until he himself cracks under the strain. "1075" VHS format. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
SUBJECT
War films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
HOLDINGS
NRG , RGC, RVS
PN1995.9.W3 T83 1998

32.)
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 Stalin and the modernization of Russia -- v.8 Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima -- v.9 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

33.)
TITLE
Victory at sea [videorecording] / National Broadcasting Company ; producer, Henry Salomon ; director, M. Clay Adams ; writers, Henry Salomon, Richard Hanser.
EDITION
Special collectors' ed.
PUBLISHER
Los Angeles, CA : Embassy Home Entertainment, c1986.
DESCRIPT
6 videocassettes (VHS) (668 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Produced in cooperation with the United States Navy. Originally released by NBC in 1952 as a 26-part documentary TV series. Music, Richard Rodgers. Leonard Graves. Uses live-action footage from both Allied and Axis film archives to present the American and Allied naval operations during World War II.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
HOLDINGS
NRG, RGC
D770 .V52 1986 V.1
D770 .V52 1986 V.2
D770 .V52 1986 V.3
D770 .V52 1986 V.4
D770 .V52 1986 V.5
D770 .V52 1986 V.6

34.)
TITLE
War chronicles [videorecording] / The History Channel ; a Lou Reda Television Production.
PUBLISHER
New York : A&E Home Video : Marketed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 1995, c1983.
DESCRIPT
7 videocassettes (490 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Vol.I. The greatest conflict ; W.W. II : North Africa : the desert war -- Vol.II. The beachhead at Anzio ; D-Day : the Normandy invasion -- Vol.III. Pursuit to the Rhine ; The bomber offensive : air war in Europe -- Vol.IV. The Battle of the Bulge ; The Battle of Germany -- Vol. V. Island hopping : the road back ; Jungle warfare : New Guinea to Burma -- Vol. VI. Air war in the Pacific ; The bloody ridges of Peleliu --Vl.VII. Return to the Philippines ; Okinawa : the last battle. Produced by Mort Zimmerman ; written and directed by Don Horan; executive producer, Lou Reda. Hosted by Patrick O'Neal. Combining graphic combat footage and expert commentary, this is a commanding view of the battles and strategy, the men and machines, and the horror and heroism that marked World War II. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D743 .W37 1995 V.1
D743 .W37 1995 V.2
D743 .W37 1995 V.3
D743 .W37 1995 V.4
D743 .W37 1995 V.5
D743 .W37 1995 V.6
D743 .W37 1995 V.7

35.)
TITLE
The War years [videorecording] / Time-Life Television and 20th Century-Fox Television.
PUBLISHER
New York : Time-Life Multimedia, 1976.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (33 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
Life goes to the movies ; pt.2. Life goes to the movies. [Videorecording] ; pt.2.
NOTE
Producer, Mel Stuart; writer, Richard Schickel. Henry Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli. Discusses the great studio magnates and some of the film masterpieces that made 1939 Hollywood's most glorious year. Enumerates the film industry's later contributions to the World War II war effort which took the form of propaganda films, the creation of symbolic heroes, and the stars' entertainment of the troops. VHS.
SUBJECT
Motion pictures -- United States -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. Motion pictures -- History. World War, 1939-1945, in motion pictures.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1993.5.U6 L533 1976, pt.2

36.)
TITLE
Women at war, from the home front to the front lines [videorecording] / Atlas Video.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : Atlas Video, c1989.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SERIES
V for victory ; VII.
NOTE
Producer, Peter Edwards ; writer/associate producer, Scott Ellsworth. Hosted by Eric Sevareid and Edwin Newman. No(CC)-Details the vital contributions of American women to the war effort. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States. Women and war.
HOLDINGS
RVS
D810.W7 W8421 1989

37.)
TITLE
WWII [videorecording] : the propaganda battle /
PUBLISHER
Washington, D.C. : PBS Video, 1984, c1982.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Title on cassette and container: World War II, the propaganda battle. A presentation of, and produced in association with WNET/New York and KQED/San Francisco. Photographers, David Grubin, Robert Leacock, Bodo Kessler ; art director, Frank Lopez ; film editor, Susan Fanshel ; executive Shows how, during World War II, the United States and Germany used motion pictures to inspire their countrymen and instill in their troops a desire to win the war.VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. Motion pictures in propaganda.
HOLDINGS
EVC, RGC, RVS
D639.P6 W946 1984

38.)
TITLE
Pre-war German featurettes [videorecording]
PUBLISHER
Chicago, Ill. : International Historic Films, c1985.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (VHS) ( 60 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
German dialogue, English subtitles.Yesterday and today -- Three years of Adolf Hitler -- Honor of work -- Becoming an army.
Nazi propaganda films.
SUBJECT
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
HOLDINGS
NRG
DD253 .P73 1985

39.)
TITLE
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse [videorecording] / Nero Film Classics and Janus Films.
PUBLISHER
[S.l.] : Public Media Incorporated (distributor), 1994, c1933.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Videocassette release of the 1933 motion picture. Cassette title: Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.Based on the characters from the novel by Norbert Jacques. Fritz Lan's sequel to his silent film, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. German with English subtitles. Producer, Seymour Nebenzal ; director, Fritz Lang ; writer, Thea von Harbou. Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Oscar Beregi, Vera Liessem, Camilla Spira. Director Lang uses the story of a madman, confined to an asylum, who masterminds a series of crimes, to expose the madness of Hitler. The film was banned in Germany the year of its release because of its attack on the fundamentals of the Nazi Party. VHS.
HOLDINGS
RGC
PN1995.9.F67 T47 1994

40.)
TITLE
Triumph of the will [videorecording] / directed by Leni Reifenstahl.
PUBLISHER
Indianapolis Indiana : Kartes Video Communications, 1984.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
A pictorial record of the sixth Nazi congress at Nuremberg, and a controversial propaganda film on Nazi Germany. Shows troops of Hitler youth at play, ranks of laborers, parades of storm troopers, close-ups of Hitler, etc., creating a mystical, primitive union between the dictator and his followers and exalting Nazi unity in germany. VHS.
SUBJECT
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Propaganda, German. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
HOLDINGS
NRG, PIN
DD253.25 .T74 1984

41.)
TITLE
Cartoons go to war [videorecording] / produced by Teleduction Associates, Inc. in association with A&E Network ; Sharon K. Baker, director/producer.
PUBLISHER
[New York] : A&E Home Video : [Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group], c1995.
DESCRIPT
1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
NOTE
Mixes rare vintage footage with first-time interviews to celebrate the World War II propaganda and training films made by animation greats such as Disney and Warner Bros.Camera crew, Bill Michels and Lester Wisbrod ; editor, Fritz Horisk ; cartoonist, Matt McCoy ; music, Bruce McCoy. VHS.
SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. Animated films -- United States -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.
HOLDINGS
NRG
D743.23 .C37 1995

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