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Title:	08/15
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7623 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	The film tells the story of Private Asch during the second world war, based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst.
Title:	3 worlds of Gulliver
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7739 AV LIB
Subject:	Fantasy films. Action and adventure films. Feature films.
Abstract:	A doctor sets sail for the East Indies but finds adventure, romance and danger in the infamous lands of the great and small. Loosely based on Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Title:	4 foot ten
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7664 AV LIB
Subject:	Dwarfs.
Abstract:	Documentary that tells three stories of dwarfs attending the Convention of Little People of America with a focus on dealing with their differences and problems.
Title:	7 habits of highly effective people: based on the book by Stephen R. Covey
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6203 AV LIB
Subject:	Success Psychological aspects. Self-actualization (Psychology) Achievement motivation. Character.
Abstract:	Filmed at one of Covey's seminars, this program presents and illustrates his program for becoming a more effective person. His seven habits: 1) be proactive, 2) begin with the end in mind, 3) put first things first, 4) think win/win, 5) seek just to understand, then to be understood, 6) synergize (the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, 7) sharpen the saw (renewal).
Title:	7 habits of highly ineffective educators
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6865 AV LIB
Subject:	Teaching Humor. Classroom management Humor. Teachers Attitudes Humor. Discrimination in education Humor. Educational innovations Humor. Wit and humor in education.
Abstract:	Wavelength, an improvisational acting troupe from Chicago, dramatizes seven habits of ineffective educators, performing before an audience. Wavelength's goal is to provide a humorous perspective to the issues and challenges within education. Intended for educators.
Title:	18 ways to make a baby
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7546 AV LIB
Subject:	Human reproductive technology. Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Abstract:	In-depth look at the scientific breakthroughs in reproductive science, their impact on human lives, and the doctors and biologists on the leading edge.
Title:	20 million miles to Earth
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7737 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Science fiction films.
Abstract:	An American rocketship returns from a flight to Venus but crashes in Italy, leaving behind a harmless little creature from Venus. Unfortunately, the little creature doesn't stay little for long and threatens to tear apart the Colosseum.
Title:	20th century American art: highlights of the permanent collection
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6201 AV LIB
Subject:	Art, American. Art, American 20th century.
Abstract:	Illustrates the diversity and richness of twentieth century American art at the Whitney Museum using a documentary style presentation combined with a subjective personal essay.
Title:	20th Century music in Venice
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4613 AV LIB
Subject:	Music Italy Venice 20th Century History and criticism. Composers Italy Venice History 20th century.
Abstract:	This program covers the start of the International Music Festivals and Venice's role as host to Hindemith, Schoenberg, Bartok, and Stravinsky, the rise to fame of Malipiero, Nono, and Maderna, and the role of today's avant-gardists.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace. Enemy within: drugs and the war to stop them
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7150 AV LIB
Subject:	Drug control United States. Drug abuse United States. Drug abuse and crime United States.
Abstract:	Depicts the increase in public awareness of drug abuse in America and discusses the development and impact of America's "war on drugs."
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace. Guns & God: the sieges of Waco & Ruby Ridge
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7204 AV LIB
Subject:	Law enforcement United States. Government, Resistance to United States. Right-wing extremists United States. Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993. Searches and seizures Texas Waco. Right-wing extremists Texas. Government, Resistance to Texas. Right-wing extremists Idaho. Government, Resistance to Idaho. Documentary films. Documentary television programs.
Abstract:	The Idaho event occurred in 1992 and the Waco event occurred in 1993. The video surveys events surrounding the events and scrutinizes the actions taken by federal authorities. The view into government conduct does not leave the government completely blameless, illustrating that government officials used a military mindset that chose confrontation instead of patience and prudence. The video illustrates that the events and the investigations may have had a connection to the 1995 Oklahoma bombing and a political realignment, also in 1995, in which a very conservative Republican Senate took hold.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace. The DNA revolution
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7635 AV LIB
Subject:	DNA. Genetic engineering. Heredity.
Abstract:	The revolution begin improbably with a two page article in the journal Nature. It may end with the cloning of the human being and a cure for cancer.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace. The Iran-Contra scandal
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7203 AV LIB
Subject:	Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990. Political corruption United States.
Abstract:	In the fall of 1986, President Reagan was enjoying his second term in office as one of the most popular presidents in recent history, but in November of that year, revelations of a secret, illegal arms deal with Iran to fund anti-communist freedom fighters in Nicaragua rocked the country.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace. The Ku Klux Klan
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7202 AV LIB
Subject:	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) History.
Abstract:	Since the days following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan has preached a gospel of hate, intolerance and exclusion. This video covers the origins of the Klan following Reconstruction to the heyday of the Klan during the 1920s to the modern Ku Klux Klan of David Duke.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace: criminals in cyberspace
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7206 AV LIB
Subject:	Computer hackers. Computer security. Computer crimes Prevention.
Abstract:	Focuses on the challenges faced by both business and government agencies in dealing with computer hackers. The story of Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, is highlighted in parts of this program.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace: Oklahoma City bombing.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7194 AV LIB
Subject:	Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995. Terrorism Oklahoma Oklahoma City. Bombing investigation Oklahoma Oklahoma City. Terrorism.
Abstract:	The World Trade Center bombing shattered America's illusions about being immune to terrorism. The Oklahoma City bombing went further showing that the worst enemies may not necssarily come from outside of our borders.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace: terror strikes home: the World Trade Center bombing.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7164 AV LIB
Subject:	World Trade Center Bombing, New York, N.Y., 1993. Documentary films.
Abstract:	On February 26, 1993, New York shook with the force of a vast explosion Terrorists had detonated a massive bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center. The reason for the bombing as well as the prosecution of the terrorists is the subject of this program.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace: the hunt for the unabomber
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7205 AV LIB
Subject:	Serial murder investigation United States. Terrorists United States.
Abstract:	On April 3, 1996, FBI agents knocked on the door of a one-room cabin in the Montana wilderness and arrested Theodore Kaczynski, the infamous unabomber.
Title:	20th century with Mike Wallace: the perils of whistleblowing.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7207 AV LIB
Subject:	Whistle blowing United States. Tobacco industry United States.
Abstract:	An eye-opening look at the lengths to which companies will go to discredit those who stand against them. Explore the tragic case of Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, who broke ranks with the tobacco industry and revealed the truth about its long-standing (and long-denied) practice of tampering with nicotine levels in cigarettes.
Title:	30 second seduction: a Consumer Reports special on television advertising
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4227 AV LIB
Subject:	Television advertising United States. Advertising United States Psychological aspects.
Abstract:	An investigation of the modern television commercial, thirty seconds' worth of someone's creative ideas on how to capture the viewer's attention and arouse the viewer's imagination. Emphasizes that commercials talk about everything except the merits of the product.
Title:	81st blow
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4839 AV LIB
Subject:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust survivors. Jews Persecutions. World War, 1939-1945 Jews.
Abstract:	Examines the oppression that Jews faced in Germany before and during World War II. Examines the crimes of the Nazi's, and includes a compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial.
Title:	100 years of Olympic glory.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6972 AV LIB
Subject:	Olympics History. Sports.
Abstract:	This film is a historical retrospective of modern day Olympic games told primarliy through biographies of individual athletes. In addition, Olympic ceremonies, emblems and symbols are discussed. Includes famous film footage of 20th century Olympic events from around the world.
Title:	1492: a portrait in music
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8187 AV LIB
Subject:	Music Spain 15th century. Music Spain 15th century History and criticism. Jews Spain Music.
Abstract:	A portrait of political, academic and religious life in Spain ca. 1492, told through contemporary music and art of the time, and focusing on a personal account of Christopher Columbus by his son and first biographer, Ferdinand Columbus.
Title:	1900 house
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7410 AV LIB
Subject:	Historical reenactments Great Britain. Home economics Great Britain History. Dwellings Great Britain History. Women Great Britain Social conditions 19th century.
Abstract:	Just how good were the good old days? Travel back in time with the Bowler family, smitten by the idea of experiencing the Victorian lifestyle right down to corsets, chamber pots and cutthroat razors, as they turn back the calendar to spring of 1900. Their eye-opening experiences of the grueling demands of a bygone era help them to understand another era with an exceptional clarity and a unique perspective.
Title:	1914, Killing fields
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7195 AV LIB
Subject:	History, Modern 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives. World War, 1914-1918 History. Veterans United States Interviews. Veterans Europe Interviews. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. War television programs.
Abstract:	In August 1914, the people of Europe were swept into the first of the wars that would make this century the bloodiest ever. Seventy million soldiers from more than twenty countries marched off to do their duty. In this film soldiers from all sides give a personal account of the trenches and the tactics--and the terrible nature and scale of the slaughter that shattered the old world order. In the end, four empires collapsed and nine million gave their lives. Some became pacificts while others sought retribution and many found themselves fighting another war only two decades later.
Title:	1950 time capsule.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT3394 AV LIB
Subject:	Nineteen fifties.
Abstract:	A collection of short documentaries from the fifties that cover grade school, home, and work.
Title:	1970, Half the people
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7305 AV LIB
Subject:	Women's rights United States History 20th century. Sex discrimination against women United States History 20th century. Sex discrimination against women Law and legislation United States History 20th century. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	"Inspired by the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, women began to challenge discrimination on the basis of gender. The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 to support full equality for women in America. In the boardroom and other bastions of male power, women pressed their demands with growing success."--Container. Discusses such topics as: Betty Friedan, birth control, the Equal rights amendment of 1972, Roe vs. Wade, women and Islam, and the U.N. Women's Conference in Beijing in 1995.
Title:	1992 elections
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4312 AV LIB
Subject:	Presidents United States Election 1992. Presidential candidates United States. Political science.
Abstract:	Clips and reports from ABC News coverage of the 1992 elections.
Title:	1992 primaries
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4311 AV LIB
Subject:	Presidents United States Election 1992. Presidential candidates United States. Political science.
Abstract:	Presents news reports and clips from ABC News covering the 1992 primaries.
Title:	1994 campaign commercials: compiled program
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4862 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising, Political United States. Television in politics United States. Political campaigns United States. Television advertising United States.
Abstract:	Includes Senate, congressional, and gubernatorial commercials from 1994 political campaigns.
Title:	2000 presidential primary TV ads.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7440 AV LIB
Subject:	Television in politics United States. Advertising, Political United States. Political campaigns United States. Presidential candidates United States.
Abstract:	Videocassette release of political advertisements originally shown on television during the 2000 U.S. presidential primary campaign.
Title:	2001: a space odyssey
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6289 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Science fiction films.
Abstract:	Obscure in its meaning and symbolism, 2001 explores man's investigation of a strange alien phenomenon on the moon and into outer space with award winning special effects and photography.
Title:	ABC News Nightline, February 24, 1997: sheep have been cloned
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7661 AV LIB
Subject:	Genetic engineering. Cloning.
Abstract:	Discusses the implications and possible effects, of the successful cloning of the sheep Dolly.
Title:	Abilene paradox
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6441 AV LIB
Subject:	Decision making. Group decision making.
Abstract:	Illustrates the paradoxical nature of mismanaged agreement, describes symptoms of the paradox, probes the reasons behind the behavior and offers strategies for eliminating collective decision-making confusion.
Title:	Abilene paradox
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7882 AV LIB
Subject:	Decision making. Group decision making. Films for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Management consultant Jerry B. Harvey illustrates the paradoxical nature of mismanaged agreement, describes symptoms of the paradox, probes the reasons behind the behavior, and offers strategies for eliminating collective decision-making confusion.
Title:	Abraham Lincoln, preserving the Union
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6779 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	An account of the life and wartime presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
Title:	Accattone
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7766 AV LIB
Subject:	Slums Italy Rome Drama. Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Presents a vivid picture of the Roman slums through a story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls.
Title:	Achievements and expectations
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT3716 AV LIB
Subject:	Constitutional law Canada. Constitutional history Canada.
Abstract:	This program covers the dramatic and exciting events of November 4-5, 1981, when, to the surprise of almost everyone, agreement was finally reached on a Charter of Rights for the Canadian constitution. Through interviews with key participants, the sequence of events leading to the breakthrough in the Canadian Parliament is reconstructed.
Title:	Achieving justice: a century of West Virginia University women in law
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6183 AV LIB
Subject:	Women lawyers West Virginia History.
Abstract:	A look at the history of female law students at West Virginia University's College of Law focusing on their experiences while in law school as well as their achievements afterward. Graduates and professors talk about the changes that have occurred in law for women since the beginning of the 20th century.
Title:	Acquiring the human language: playing the language game
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4594 AV LIB
Subject:	Language and languages. Linguistics. Language acquisition. Communication. Children Language. Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax. Language. Linguistics. Communication.
Abstract:	Second of three programs on human language. Explores how children acquire language, and explains that they have an innate, universal knowledge of essential grammar and syntax.
Title:	Acting techniques of the Noh Theatre of Japan
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4950 AV LIB
Subject:	Nō. Theater Japan.
Abstract:	Instructor Akira Matsui demonstrates some of the difficult and complicated movements the Nōh actor must master.
Title:	Activity-based management.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4767 AV LIB
Subject:	Activity-based costing. Managerial accounting. Management.
Abstract:	Managers depend on cost systems for critical financial information. Professor Robert S. Kaplan of the Harvard Business School discusses Activity-Based Management, a financial management system which leads to more strategic decision-making in areas such as products, services and customers.
Title:	Adam's rib
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8250 AV LIB
Subject:	Women Russia Moscow Social conditions Drama. Feature films. Comedy films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Three generations of women share a small, crowded apartment with Nina at the center of it all. Twice married and divorced, with two sexually active daughters, one from each failed marriage, she is also at the beck and call of her mute mother who rings her bedside bell whenever she craves attention. Trying to cope with the men that exist in their lives and the troubles they bring, forms the cornerstone of this bittersweet, comic film.
Title:	Ad and the ego: truth and consequences
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	VT6671 MEDIA AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising Psychological aspects. Television advertising. Mass media.
Abstract:	Discusses how the market economy has grown to the point that commercialism invades the most intimate aspects of life. Leading media critics show how living in an environment saturated with advertising creates a psychology of need. The history of advertising is traced from the 19th century through today.
Title:	Adapted aquatics: swim progression
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6830 AV LIB
Subject:	Swimming for people with disabilities.
Abstract:	Demonstrates swim progressions and instructional techniques based on progressions featured in the book: Designing instructional swim programs for individuals with disabilities.
Title:	ADHD, what can we do?
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4876 AV LIB
Subject:	Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Behavior modification.
Abstract:	This program brings the viewer into the life and homes of those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders to show the many avenues of help available to children, teens, and adults who suffer from this disorder. Dr. Barkley discusses effective treatments for ADHD and illustrates how parent training, appropriate educational intervention, behavior modification, and medical management can yield very positive results.
Title:	Adoption = Örökbefogadás
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7478 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Women Hungary Social conditions. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Approaching 43, Kati wants a child, but her married lover won't agree. So it falls to young Anna, her newfound friend, to help Kati make the decision to adopt a child and learn to love and survive.
Title:	Adventures in the gender trade: a case for diversity
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4708 AV LIB
Subject:	Sex change. Transsexuals. Gender identity. Feminism.
Abstract:	Kate Bornstein and various other people who represent gender anomalies relate why they refuse to be categorized as male or female. They propose that there is a difference between gender orientation and sexual preference and that the gender system need not be bipolar, but that it should accommodate a wider range of diversity.
Title:	Adventures of a radical hillbilly
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4875 AV LIB
Subject:	Civil rights United States.
Abstract:	Bill Moyers talks to Myles Horton, a man who has dedicated his life to helping people to realize their rights and to fight for change. He established the Highlander Folk School in 1932, which is still in operation today. In the interview Horton relates the many conflicts he has had with the law due to his civil rights and workers' rights activities.
Title:	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6409 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	Mark Twain's classic adventures of a boy and a runaway slave on a raft on the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America.
Title:	Advertising missionaries
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6253 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising Papua New Guinea. Anthropology Papua New Guinea.
Abstract:	A theater group travels the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea performing skits devised around advertising messages for products like Coca Cola and Colgate. The culture clash between traditional Papua New Guinea culture and western consumerism is the theme of this documentary.
Title:	Advertising, sales promotion & public relations
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8146 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising United States. Public relations United States. Marketing United States. Educational videos. Marketing.
Abstract:
Title:	Advertising tactics
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8212 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising. Advertising campaigns.
Abstract:	How we as consumers should be aware of advertising tactics.
Title:	Advertising & the end of the world
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6655 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising United States. Popular culture United States. Consumer behavior United States. Communication in marketing.
Abstract:	Presents a compelling and accessible argument about consumerism and its impact on the earth's future. Extensively illustrated with graphics and examples from commercial imagery.
Title:	Advertising: the art of persuasion
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8225 AV LIB
Subject:	Television and children Juvenile films. Advertising Juvenile films.
Abstract:	Discusses consumer tips on advertisement ads, and how they effect people on what to buy and what not to buy.
Title:	Affirmative action and reaction.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6743 AV LIB
Subject:	Affirmative action programs. Reverse discrimination in employment. Race discrimination.
Abstract:	Among the many questions examined in the program are: how do blacks and whites differ in their understanding of affirmative action? Is affirmative action still necessary to remedy past discrimination? What changes, if any, should be made to affirmative action programs?
Title:	Affluenza
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6995 AV LIB
Subject:	Culture. Consumption (Economics) United States. Advertising Social aspects United States. Materialism United States. Consumers Attitudes. Advertising Psychological aspects. Marketing Social aspects. Marketing Psychological aspects. Youth Attitudes. Advertising and children United States. Values. Finance, Personal. Bankruptcy United States. Simplicity. Advertising History 20th century.
Abstract:	Uses personal stories, expert commentary and old film clips to illustrate the causes and consequences of rampant consumerism in American society.
Title:	Afghanistan: the lost truth
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT8161 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films Afghanistan. Ethnographic films Afghanistan.
Abstract:	This is an unprecedented journey across Afghanistan. Despite the turmoil and suffering they have endured, the women, men, and children hold on to their hopes for the future. This film captures subtle facial expressions, architectural grandeur, and landscape of disarming beauty, painting a vivid portrait of both Afghani people and their country.
Title:	Afghan massacre: the convoy of death
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7851 AV LIB
Subject:	Massacres Afghanistan. Prisoners of war Crimes against Afghanistan. War victims Afghanistan. Human rights Afghanistan. War on Terrorism, 2001-
Abstract:	Explores U.S. Special Forces role in the massacre of about 3,000 unarmed Taliban prisoners of war in Afghanistan from the battle of Mazar-e-Sharif by Northern Alliance soldiers. The prisoners were killed while traveling in sealed containers on their way from Konduz to a prison at Sheberghan. The bodies of the dead and some who survived were then buried in a mass grave at nearby Dasht Leile. Discusses the massacre and its implications and why there's been no investigation into these suspected war crimes.
Title:	African-American inventors: from dreams to reality
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4303 AV LIB
Subject:	Inventions United States History. Minorities in science United States History. Minorities in technology United States History. Blacks History.
Abstract:	Pays tribute to forgotten African-American inventors whose many inventions have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine.
Title:	African art and culture.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6231 AV LIB
Subject:	Ethnology Africa. Art Africa.
Abstract:	A documentary about the early societies of Africa compares the art forms and religious beliefs of different tribes. A brief analysis of the arts influence on European artists is discussed. Classroom activities involve pre-and post-viewing sessons, vocabulary list learning, and a art project or writing/research project that meet lesson objectives.
Title:	African art and women artists
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4520 AV LIB
Subject:	Women artists Africa. Art Africa.
Abstract:	Focuses on Kenyan artist, Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui, whose art comments on life, particularly the contradictory attitudes of African society towards women.
Title:	African Queen
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6970 AV LIB
Subject:	Action and adventure films. Feature films.
Abstract:	In this classic John Huston adventure film, opposites attract as missionary Hepburn and river trader Bogart find themselves battling nature, a World War I German gunboat and each other while keeping afloat on the "African Queen" in the jungle of 1914 Africa.
Title:	Africa to America to Paris: the migration of black writers
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7275 AV LIB
Subject:	African American authors 20th century Biography. African American authors France Paris Biography. African Americans France Paris History 20th century. American literature France Paris History and criticism. American literature French influences.
Abstract:	Traces the path of African-American literature from the shores of the U.S. to the Left Bank of Paris at the end of World War II through the late 1960s. The program provides context by first exploring the New Orleans salon poetry of Desdunes and then discussing the historic suppression of black activists in the U.S. after the Harlem Renaissance. This program primarily traces the lives of James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Chester Himes who immigrated to Paris seeking greater intellectual freedom. Includes remembrances of fellow artists and readings from their diaries and works.
Title:	Afrique, je te plumerai = Africa, I'm going to fleece you
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4263 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	A compelling and sardonic essay on the history of colonialism in Cameroon, and by extension, on the African continent. Focuses on historical as well as contemporary European cultural domination, particularly in the publishing and media industry.
Title:	Afrique noire francophone. Unit 1, Geographie politique
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4480 AV LIB
Subject:	French language Films for foreign speakers.
Abstract:	Presents an overview of life in large urban centers and rural areas of four African countries, focusing on daily occupations, religion, and education. Designed to aid in the study of the French language.
Title:	Afrique noire francophone. Unit 2, Aspects divers
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4648 AV LIB
Subject:	French language Films for foreign speakers.
Abstract:	Takes a look at the terrain and climate of four French-speaking African countries. Features the economic life-styles based on agriculture and crafts, and focuses on education and training for employment. Designed to aid in the study of the French language.
Title:	After America-- after Japan
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6888 AV LIB
Subject:	Americans Japan Cultural assimilation. Americans Japan Ethnic identity. Japanese United States Cultural assimilation. Japanese United States Ethnic identity.
Abstract:	"Examine[s] the lives of a selected group of persons in both countries who continue to face the challenges to determine their new cultural identity."--Container.
Title:	After Stonewall.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6982 AV LIB
Subject:	Gay liberation movement United States History. Homosexuality United States History 20th century. Lesbianism United States History 20th century. Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
Abstract:	This sequel to the film Before Stonewall chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from their roots at Stonewall to the end of the century.
Title:	Age of anxiety
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6344 AV LIB
Subject:	Art, American History. Art, American Themes, motives. Painters United States. Earthworks (Art) United States.
Abstract:	This final segment explores how American art has reflected the upheavals of the last 25 years. Hughes traces the evolution of abstract art and minimalism and considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium. He ends the series by profiling a wide range of contemporary artists including Edward Kienholz, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Walter De Maria, Robert Smithson, Bruce Nauman, Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Susan Rothenberg, Eric Fischl, Louise Bourgeois and James Turrell.
Title:	Age of gold
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT2292 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	The New World brought Spain enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate, tomatoes, the potato. Yet Spain's most powerful ruler, Philip II, lived in austere solitude in a cell-like study. He sought to protect the Catholic faith, while Cervantes questioned all values in Don Quixote. Velazquez painted masterpieces of psychological penetration that vaulted the Atlantic.
Title:	Age of innocence
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4917 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's.
Title:	Age of revolutions, 1776-1848
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6971 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	Deals with the causes and effects of the French Revolution, linking 1789 with 1848 in Europe, the time of the emergence of socialism. Shows development of idea of emancipation in various forms, including liberalism in Britain and elsewhere Marxist Socialism.
Title:	Aging of America
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6613 AV LIB
Subject:	Older people United States Social conditions. Aging Social aspects United States. Gerontology.
Abstract:	Shows the changes in the life styles of the new and expanding generation of elderly Americans and the responses of businesses and government to these changes.
Title:	Aging process
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4521 AV LIB
Subject:	Aging. Gerontology.
Abstract:	This program covers the physical process of aging, examining various body systems to determine how and why they change as they age.
Title:	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes = Aguirre, wrath of God
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4413 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films. Historical films.
Abstract:	A band of Spanish conquistadors led by Aguirre, self-styled "Wrath of God," go up the Amazon in search of gold, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
Title:	Ah, wilderness!
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7081 AV LIB
Subject:	American drama. Drama 20th century. Television plays.
Abstract:	A Long Wharf Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic paean to the rites of adolescence. This affectionate comedy presents a 17 year old boy's coming of age during a summer in 1906 New England where he experiments with his first romantic crush, poetry, politics, wicked women and alcohol.
Title:	Aigle à deux têtes: the two-headed eagle
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6622 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	One night an anarchist breaks into the palace to kill the young Austrian queen. He falls in love with her instead and remains for three days in her apartment while she nurses him back to health.
Title:	Aimée & Jaguar
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7505 AV LIB
Subject:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Germany Berlin Drama. Lesbians Drama. Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Its the Battle of Berlin, during World War 2, two women find each other. One is single, Aimée, the other, Jaguar, is unhappily married with four children. In war torn Nazi Germany it was not safe to be Jewish, it was just as unsafe to be a lesbian. When Jaguar's husband, who is a German soldier, finds out about the relationship of his wife to Aimée, trouble is the result.
Title:	Air we breathe
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6302 AV LIB
Subject:	Air Pollution Canada. Air Pollution United States.
Abstract:	Examines how certain political choices and socio-cultural forces have led to the growing crisis of air pollution and explores what steps certain Canadian and American cities are taking to reduce air pollution. Also examines the environmental consequences of urban sprawl and the damaging effects of commuter culture on the air and our overall quality of life.
Title:	Ajax, a tragedy of Sophocles
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7579 AV LIB
Subject:	Odysseus (Greek mythology) Drama. Greek drama.
Abstract:	A new translation for the stage of Sophocles earliest surviving play, Ajax, in which a warrior hero of the Greek army at Troy dies in dishonor.
Title:	Alamo
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7382 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films. Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Abstract:	Drawing upon rare archival materials, eyewitness battle accounts, and stirring reenactements, the video takes us inside the Alamo itself, were we relive the devastating battle and examine its lasting legacy.
Title:	Albert Bandura: Part 1
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7354 AV LIB
Subject:	Existential psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Philosophy. Psychotherapy Practice. Psychotherapy personal narratives. Psychoanalytic Theory personal narratives. Existentialism personal narratives.
Abstract:	A conversation with Dr. Albert Bandura discussing social learning, modeling, and aggression.
Title:	Albert Bandura: Part 2
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7355 AV LIB
Subject:	Aggressiveness. Learning. Conduct of life. Psychologists United States Interviews.
Abstract:	Looks at the effects of aggression and violence in the media. Also looks at the topics of morality and moral disengagement, self-efficacy, and planning for the future.
Title:	Alcohol and sex: prescriptions for poor decision-making
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6674 AV LIB
Subject:	Youth Alcohol use. Youth Sexual behavior. Decision making in adolescence.
Abstract:	Discusses the consequences of mixing alcohol and sex, and ways to make better decisions to avoid their associated problems.
Title:	Aldous Huxley: the gravity of light
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6876 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	A feature film essay on Aldous Huxley's cultural criticism and social prophecy in light of the approaching millennium. The Gravity of Light incorporates rare archival footage, computer rendered 3D animation, speculative fictions, and selections from his essays.
Title:	Alexander Nevsky
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6223 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films. Lake Peipus, Battle of, 1242 Drama.
Abstract:	Eisenstein's Historical drama set in 1242, deals with the defense of Russia by prince Alexander Nevsky from an invasion by Teutonic crusaders.
Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's strangers on a train
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6117 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Detective and mystery films.
Abstract:	A tennis star is harassed on a train by a psychotic who wants to swap murders, and who then proceeds to carry out his part of the unconfirmed bargain.
Title:	Alfred Stieglitz: photographer
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6946 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	With striking portraits of Stieglitz, his own photographs and the works of other photographers he encourged and influenced, this film celebrates the achievements of this seminal figure in the history of photography.
Title:	Alice doesn't live here anymore
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7418 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Comedy films.
Abstract:	Alice Hyatt's husband dies accidentally, leaving her to care for their son, Tommy. Unskilled, Alice decides to return to Monterey, California, where she was once a singer. Because she is short of funds, she must work her way there. They encounter difficult situations along the way and a rancher, David Barrie.
Title:	Alien invasion
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7839 AV LIB
Subject:	Animal migration. Competition (Biology) Wildlife conservation. Ecology.
Abstract:	Describes how the accidental or purposeful introduction of alien species into new areas affects that environment.
Title:	All about Eve
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4896 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	This classic story features Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, a young starry-eyed theater fan who dreams for a chance in the spotlight. She is befriended by a playwright's wife (Celeste Holm), and her best friend, Legendary actress, Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis. Relationships turn sour as Eve relentlessly pursues her goal. This superb film won six Academy Awards in 1950, including Best Picture.
Title:	Allah Tantou = God's will
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT4262 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films. Prisoners Guinea Drama.
Abstract:	Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent.
Title:	All shaken up.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6597 AV LIB
Subject:	Strip mining West Virginia. Strip mining Environmental aspects West Virginia. Strip mining Moral and ethical aspects. Mountaintop removal mining West Virginia. Mountaintop removal mining Environmental aspects West Virginia.
Abstract:	West Virginians discuss "mountaintop removal" blasting and its harmful effects on coalfield residents.
Title:	All the president's men
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7436 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	The true story of how investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered White House involvement in the Watergate break in and coverup.
Title:	Alternative religions
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7849 AV LIB
Subject:	Cults. Religions. Hare Krishnas. Eckists.
Abstract:	Explores the history and beliefs of the Hare Krishna and Eckankar religions through interviews with leading Australian practitioners.
Title:	Alternatives to standardized testing
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7492 AV LIB
Subject:	Educational tests and measurements United States. Examinations United States.
Abstract:	Monty Neill of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing discusses what role standardized tests should play in a comprehensive assessment system.
Title:	Alte und der junge König: Friedricks des Grossen Jugend
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6583 AV LIB
Subject:	Foreign films Germany. Feature films Germany.
Abstract:	"In 18th century Prussia, the young Frederick the Great fights with and tries to escape from his domineering father, King Frederick William the First"--Container.
Title:	Amadeus
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT6969 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	A fictional account of the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as viewed through the memories of an envious musical rival, Salieri.
Title:	Amahl and the night visitors
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA VT7765 AV LIB
Subject:	Operas. Christmas plays. Christmas music.
Abstract:	Christmas favorite for amateur singing groups. Tells the story of a young crippled shepard and his poor mother, and their devotion to the Christ child.