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U.S. HISTORY
AMERICA 1900 The American Experience Series VCR No. 4082, 1998, 180 mins. on 2 tapes (3 hours) As we approach the new millennium, The American Experience takes the time to
look back at another pivotal year: 1900. Following a range of characters, from
famous public figures to ordinary citizens, this three-hour program chronicles
a year in the life of the nation by examining the forces of change that would
ultimately shape the coming century. THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JOURNEY TO AMERICA Presents the personal story of a few of the 18 million immigrants who left their homelands searching for a new and better life in America. It chronicles the men, women and children who came to America between 1890 and 1920 in the largest single recorded migration in human history. Rare archival materials are interlaced with interviews.
AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES This award-winning series traces the major events in America's first two centuries. COLONIAL AMERICA: THE BEGINNINGS (Pt.1, VCR No. 3609-H)
AMERICAN IMMORTALS This series is an exciting journey through American history, providing biographical profiles of great Americans from the 18th to the 20th century. Cassette #1: Cassette #2: Cassette #3: Cassette #4:
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT is the first documentary series ever to profile all 41 of America's chief executives. The 10-hour series tells the nation's story from the perspective of the highest office in the land and features exclusive interviews with President Clinton and all the living former presidents except the ailing Ronald Reagan. The programs air in nightly two-hour blocks as part of History's Best on PBS, programming devoted to American and world history. An extraordinary group of political, military and media figures to provide voices for the presidents who held office before the development of sound recording. The list includes Colin Powell, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Don Imus, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young and Reverend Billy Graham. Hugh Sidey, Time magazine's White House correspondent for four decades, narrates. THE MATTER OF DESTINY: FAMILY TIES & HAPPENSTANCE (VCR No. 4010) POLITICS AND THE PRESIDENCY: AN INDEPENDENT CAST OF MIND & THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN (VCR No. 4011) EXECUTIVE VISION: THE AMERICAN WAY & THE WORLD STAGE (VCR No. 4012) THE CANDIDATE: THE HEROIC POSTURE & COMPROMISE CHOICES (VCR No. 4013) AN OFFICE AND ITS POWERS: EXPANDING POWER & THE BALANCE OF POWER (VCR No. 4014)
THE CIVIL WAR This award-winning documentary film series about the American Civil War incorporates startling archival photos, period music, and vintage newsreel footage of Civil War veterans. The story is told in the words of those who lived through it, brought to life through actual diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts read by prominent American actors. THE CAUSE: 1861 (VCR No. 3125-H, 101 mins.)
THE DUEL: HAMILTON VS. BURR AN EVENT THAT CHANGED HISTORY The American Experience Series VCR No. 4070, 2000, 60 mins. Duel of destiny. Alexander Hamilton was an impoverished immigrant from the West Indies. Aaron Burr was born into wealth and privilege in New England. Both rose to fame: one became a framer of the U.S. Constitution, the other a Revolutionary War veteran and financier who nearly came to be the nation's third president. In 1804 they faced each other in a duel that changed the course of history.
EYES ON THE PRIZE: AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS YEARS, 1954 TO 1965 This award-winning series examines the history and struggles of the American civil rights movement, which brought together millions of blacks and whites in an affirmation of the democratic process and made an impact around the world. Features newsreel footage and interviews with participants. FIGHTING BACK: 1957-1962 (VCR No. 3078-H)
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT The American Experience Series VCR No. 4080, 2000, 150 mins. She was the nation's conscience, a tireless advocate for the disadvantaged, a woman who influenced American social policies for decades and pushed through the first international charter on human rights. Eleanor Roosevelt survived a painful childhood and a difficult marriage to become one of the most admired women in America.
FDR The American Experience Series VCR No. 4071, 1997, 270 mins. on 2 tapes
His radio “Fireside Chats” went into millions of living rooms. His picture hung on the walls of homes and businesses. His wife was the most admired woman in America. He restored hope to a country that had lost it, led the nation during the greatest war in history and championed the common man. Yet there was nothing common about Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s aristocratic beginnings, and his exuberant personality disguised a painful private world. FDR goes beyond the familiar words and images to explore the “real” Roosevelt with fresh eyes, creating an intriguing mosaic that includes rare archival film and home movies, newly filmed footage and interviews with family members, friends, biographers, and firsthand witnesses to the Roosevelt saga. What emerges is a surprising portrait of a towering figure who was called a traitor by his own privileged class, a complex man who carefully bid both his paralysis and his unconventional marriage from an adoring public.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS: AN AMERICAN LIFE A dramatization of the life of Frederick Douglass, famed 19th century abolitionist and human rights advocate. Douglass' career as orator, writer, newspaper publisher and editor is recounted. Features dramatized interviews with Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln.
THE GOOD WAR The military and diplomatic aspects of World War II are examined, as well as the short-term and long-term effects of that war on the American people and their impact on the U.S. role after the war. GREAT PLAINS EXPERIENCE Studies the political, economic, and social developments that prompted settlement of America's Great Plains. Tells the story of the Lakota Sioux Indians before the arrival of European culture in the 19th century, as well as the hardships endured by the settlers, and ends with stories of the Great Plains dwellers today. Cassette #1: Cassette #2:
A HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA This series traces the development of the African slave trade in the 16th century, the growth of the plantation system, the Civil War, legal segregation, Black migration north, the foundation of the NAACP, and the modern civil rights movement, leading to the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. OUT OF SLAVERY: 1619-1860 (VCR No. 2644-H)
IKE (DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER) The American Experience Series VCR No. 4074, 1997, 150 mins. on 2 tapes (2.5 hours) He went to war an unknown soldier and returned as one of America's--and the world's--most beloved military heroes. He was a shrewd manipulator, a wily politician, and a tough "cold warrior" who kept America protected during a dangerous decade. Eisenhower reveals a man who was much more complex and much more in control than his famous grin revealed. Chronicling the life of the 34th President in two sections--Soldier and Statesman--the program is based on scholarship of the declassified Eisenhower record which has prompted experts to reconsider both Ike the man and Ike the world leader. When he left office in 1960, a survey of historians ranked Eisenhower in the bottom third of presidents, below Chester Arthur; in the 1980s, he ranked near the top. Eisenhower incorporates extensive archival footage of World War II and the 1950s, more than 200 still photographs, excerpts from Eisenhower's correspondence and diaries, and interviews with a panoply of biographers, historians, eyewitnesses, and members of the Eisenhower family. Part One of Eisenhower, Soldier, follows Eisenhower from his early years in Kansas, his education and early Army career, through his meteoric rise during World War II to become the symbol of the Allied victory over the Nazis. In Part Two, Statesman, traces the two terms of Eisenhower's presidency, which were marked by the rise (and fall) of Senator Joseph McCarthy, a dangerous Cold War, the dawn of school integration and the rise of the missile age.
LBJ The American Experience Series VCR No. 4075, 1997, 240 mins. on 2 tapes
He was one of America's most controversial presidents, a larger-than-life figure who rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, only to relinquish his career in disillusionment and defeat. Witness the events and strategies that brought Lyndon Baines Johnson to Washington and then the presidency. Follow LBJ's triumphs as he passes a tidal wave of social legislation and scores a landslide victory in the 1964 election. Then, as war and civil turmoil threaten to tear the country apart, trace his downward trajectory that ended with his ultimate withdrawal from politics. Includes: "Beautiful Texas," "My Fellow Americans," "We Shall Overcome," and "The Last Believer."
LINCOLN VCR No. 4020, 2000, 240 mins. on 2 tapes (4 hours) He had the vision of a statesman and the soul of a poet. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most beloved presidents America has ever known, and this remarkable portrait reveals why. LINCOLN captures the drama of this amazing man in his own words. Drawn from letters, speeches and diaries, Abraham Lincoln's words are brought to life by the voice of acclaimed actor Jason Robards, whose reading is complemented by the voices of an all-star cast including Glenn Close and James Earl Jones. You'll follow Lincoln from his poor back-woods home through his rise in politics to his greatest and most terrible challenge--the oncoming Civil War--then to his tragic death at an assassin's hands.
LINCOLN Aired on PBS in 1992, this series is drawn in large part from the Kunhardt family collection of "Lincolniana." Lincoln's presidential years are the narrative backbone, but many facets of his earlier life are revealed, largely in his own words. His family, home, "his" Civil War, his attitudes towards slavery, and "his amazing adventure of the spirit" are depicted in his writing and the writings, letters and diaries of the people who knew him best. Jason Robards is the voice of Lincoln, James Earl Jones narrates, and Oprah Winfrey, Rod Steiger and others read from various private and public documents of the time.
MILLENNIUM EVENINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE VCR No. 4084 - 4088, 1997, 60 mins.
Millennium Evenings at the White House are a series of lectures and cultural showcases hosted by the President and First Lady that highlight creativity and inventiveness through our ideas, art and scientific discoveries. Millennium Evenings are a program of the White House Millennium Council, which the President and Mrs. Clinton created in 1997 to harness the millennial spirit and commemorate this unique time in history. PROFESSOR BERNARD BAILYN: THE LIVING PAST-COMMITMENTS FOR THE FUTURE (VCR No. 4084) In this Millennium Evening, The Living Past – Commitments for the Future,” the President and Mrs. Clinton host American historian, Bernard Bailyn, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, and winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes for his book Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Professor Bailyn discusses the core American ideas that shaped the nation and which we must continue to pursue in the next century and the new millennium. STEPHEN HAWKING: IMAGINATION AND CHANGE – SCIENCE IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM (VCR No. 4085) In this Millennium Evening, “Imagination and Change – Science in the next Millennium,” the President and Mrs. Clinton host Stephen Hawking, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, UK. Professor Hawking draws on his deep understanding of the laws of science and their effect on human life to lead a discussion on how scientific and technological advancements will shape and be shaped by human knowledge. PROFESSORS NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS AND MARTIN MARTY: THE MEANING OF THE MILLENNIUM (VCR No. 4086) In this Millennium Evening, “The Meaning of the Millennium,” the President and Mrs. Clinton host two distinguished scholars, Professor Natalie Zemon Davis and Professor Martin Marty who examine the meaning of the millennium from both historical and religious perspectives. This discussion offers a better understanding of how humankind makes meaning of life through time, and how we shape our future by the acts and commitments we make today. WOMEN AS CITIZENS: VITAL VOICES THROUGH THE CENTURY (VCR No. 4087) In this Millennium Evening, “Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century,” the President and Mrs. Clinton host a discussion on the history of American women in civic life in the 20th century. The Evening’s discussion focuses on three themes: women as volunteers and reformers, women’s struggle for rights, and women in public and civic life. The President and Mrs. Clinton are joined by Professor Nancy Cott, Professor Alice Kessler-Harris and Dr. Ruth Simmons.
PROFESSOR ELIE WIESEL: THE PERILS OF INDIFFERENCE: LESSONS FROM A VIOLENT CENTURY (VCR No. 4088) In this Millennium Evening, “The Perils of Indifference: Lessons Learned From a Violent Century,” the President and Mrs. Clinton host Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel. Mr. Wiesel, who has used his talents as an author and teacher to promote action against indifference to human atrocities and suffering, leads this discussion with President and Mrs. Clinton to help us understand the need for individual to exercise their moral consciences in the face of injustice.
NIXON The American Experience Series VCR No. 4077, 1997, 190 mins.on 2 tapes
Nixon … the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful and controversial Presidents. Richard Milhouse Nixon was a man of contradictions, grand visions and petty grievances, an anti-communist crusader who used the power of his office to reach for a bold vision of world peace – and to undemine his political enemies. From his boyhood in Yorba Linda, California, to his overwhelming victory in 1972 – and his resignation just two years later – Nixon’s career was a repeating cycle of victory and defeat. At the center of American politics for 25 years, few men were more admired, more scorned or more compelling.
NIXON’S CHINA GAME The American Experience Series VCR No. 4081, 2000, 60 mins. It stunned and shocked America, its allies, and its enemies -- a secret White House initiative, spearheaded by Henry Kissinger, that led to a diplomatic breakthrough. Watch history unfold as President Richard Nixon embarks in February 1972 for Beijing and an encounter with Mao Tse-tung. See this momentous event through the testimony of key witnesses and recently declassified records.
REAGAN The American Experience Series VCR No. 4078, 2000, 270 mins. on 2 tapes (4.5 hours) One of the most popular presidents ever, Ronald Wilson Reagan served two terms in office and left with his reputation intact as a charismatic, charming leader who managed to avoid many of the major pitfalls of the leaders before him. A one-time actor, he became a passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of optimism, lower taxes, less government and anti-communism. Often underestimated, his success in office surprised many of his greatest detractors.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF MARTIN VCR No. 4037, 1986, 60 mins.
Personal comments from family members, friends, former classmates and advisors are chronicled in this moving documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To memorialize the life and work of Dr. King, Coretta Scott King is joined by distinguished public figures including Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Cosby, Bishop Desmond Tutu and others, who remember highlights in Dr. King's career. Dramatic footage traces King's leadership in the Civil Rights movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, his "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, and more.
RACE FOR THE SUPERBOMB The American Experience Series VCR No. 4079, 1999, 120 mins. Action, adventure, chills and thrills keep you on the edge of your seat as you witness first-hand the race to build a mass destroyer. In this spy-thriller Cold War epic, you travel back in time to August 1945, when the Cold War was just beginning. Caught in a web of destruction, scientists at home and in the Soviet Union are racing to build the hydrogen bomb. Edward Teller, the inventor, is defending the bomb as a deterrent to a Soviet attack.
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: KEN BURNS The Statue of Liberty, produced by Ken Burns in 1985, is really two stories. The story of the making of a remarkable work of art, the Statue of Liberty, but also the story of the idea of liberty. For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring archival photographs, painting and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordanand the late writer James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski. The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The American Experience Series VCR No. 4072, 1997, 240 mins. on 2 tapes
He was an unpredictable dynamo, a “steamroller in trousers.” Brash and aggressive, Theodore Roosevelt embodied America at the turn of the century. The author of 36 books and 150,000 letters, he was a world authority on birds and large mammals, a cowboy, soldier, explorer, scientist – and president by the age of 42. Born into wealth, Roosevelt took on his own class from the Oval Office, regulating big business and introducing sweeping social reforms. He built the Panama Canal, won Nobel Prize for Peace and left a permanent legacy of national forests and parks. But behind all his unbridled confidence was a man haunted by grief. Theodore Roosevelt explores the influences of Roosevelt’s childhood, charts his meteoric rise to the presidency and explores the turbulent years after he left office. The result is an engaging portrait of a skillful politician, rugged outdoorsman, caring father and fascinating individual.
TRUMAN The American Experience Series VCR No. 4073, 1997, 270 mins. on 2 tapes (4.5 hours) Ponder the dilemmas faced by the plain-speaking politician from Missouri. Thrust suddenly into the presidency, Harry Truman faced down some of the greatest crises of our time. Track the unlikely rise of an American original who ended the Second World War, used the atomic bomb on Japan and confronted the expanding Soviet threat.
SURVIVING THE DUST BOWL The American Experience Series VCR No. 4083, 1998, 60 mins. A moving and poignant look at one of the damaging scourges to blight the United States. When the rains suddenly ceased in the summer of 1931, a period of black blizzards brought financial and emotional ruin to thousands of families in the Southern Plains. The dust bowl was America's worst ecological disaster.
THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE PURSUIT OF LIBERTY Produced for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, this program features scenes of important Jefferson locales, such as the University of Virginia and his innovative plantation, Monticello, interspersed with the art and architecture of Jefferson's time. Narrated by Edward Herrman, this program also offers Jefferson's achievements, as expressed by former President Jimmy Carter, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, media pundit George Will and Jefferson scholar Merrill D. Peterson.
A WALK THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH BILL MOYERS: THE SECOND AMERICAN
REVOLUTION Using vintage film, archival newsreel, TV footage and rare interviews, this Emmy-award winning series provides a unique historical perspective on important 20th century events and people. Distinguished journalist Bill Moyers created and hosts the series. Bill Moyers examines the history of the blacks and their pursuit for equality.
NOVA: WRIGHT BROTHERS’ FLIGHT MACHINE One-hundred years ago, on December 17, 1903, a wood and cloth biplane took off from the dunes at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville Wright at the controls – thereby making history’s first controlled, sustained, and powered flight. To bring the Wrights’ technological genius to life, this program features authentic replicas of their brilliantly conceived craft being used in thrilling test flights. The climax is the construction and maiden flight of a replica. Wright 1911 Model B, the pinnacle of the brothers’ accomplishments and the world’s first practical passenger- carrying flying machine, with all the essential technical features of today’s aircraft. The NOVA team’s replicas of Wright machine recreate the exact designs and materials used by the brothers – a considerable challenge since the two were notoriously secretive and destroyed most of their plans. In recreating the Wrights’ journey of discovery, this program begins where the brothers did : with gliders for testing the efficiency of wing shapes to produce lift, along with a three-axis control system to keep the plane balanced in flight. This program shows that the Wright technology is still an impressive, awe-inspiring sight.
BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA A Biography of America, a telecourse, video series, and Web site produced by WGBH Boston and funded by Annenberg Media, presents history not as simply a series of irrefutable facts for students to memorize, but as a living narrative. In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America's story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures -- using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents -- will pique students' interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America. Students will see the human side of American history -- how historical figures affected events, and the impact of these events on citizens' lives. Web site available at: http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/index.html Pt. 1 and 2, VCR No. 4148 1. New World Encounters 2. English Settlement Pt. 3 and 4, VCR No. 4149 3. Growth and Empire 4. The Coming of Independence Pt. 5 and 6, VCR No. 4150 5. A New System of Government 6. Westward Expansion Pt. 7 and 8, VCR No. 4151 7. The Rise of Capitalism 8. The Reform Impulse Pt. 9 and 10, VCR No. 4152 9. Slavery 10. The Coming of the Civil War Pt. 11 and 12, VCR No. 4153 11. The Civil War 12. Reconstruction Pt. 13 and 14, VCR No. 4154 13. America at its Centennial 14. Industrial Supremacy Pt. 15 and 16, VCR No. 4155 15. The New City 16. The West Pt. 17 and 18, VCR No. 4156 17. Capital and Labor 18. TR and Wilson Pt. 19 and 20, VCR No. 4157 19. A Vital Progressivism 20. The Twenties Pt. 21 and 22, VCR No. 4158 21. FDR and the Depression 22. World War II Pt. 23 and 24, VCR No. 4159 23. The Fifties 24. The Sixties Pt. 25 and 26, VCR No. 4160 25. Contemporary History 26. The Redemptive Imagination
AMERICA BEYOND THE COLOR LINE with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. VCR No. 4180-4181, 2004, 4 pts. on 2 cassettes, 114 mins. each cassette. In four programs, Gates travels to four different parts of America - the East Coast, the deep South, inner-city Chicago and Hollywood. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic, and meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential - Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Fannie Mae's Franklin Raines, Jesse Jackson, Russell Simmons, Chris Tucker, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman - to those at the grassroots. Coming face to face with the people and places that constitute the African-American experience today, Gates confronts the issues he spends his time writing and thinking about: race, identity, integration, culture, class, the legacy of history and what it means to be black and American today. Pt. 1 and 2, VCR No. 4180 South: The Black Belt Gates travels to Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta - once the battlegrounds on which civil rights were won for black southerners in the 1950s and 60s. The very cities from which African Americans fled during the era of legal segregation are today drawing them back by the tens of thousands. But how much have these cities really changed since the civil rights era? Interviewees include Morgan Freeman and Maya Angelou. Chicago: Streets of Heaven Gates goes inside the notorious housing projects in Chicago's South Side - the Robert Taylor and the Ida B. Wells - to find out from the people who live there what life is like for America's "underclass." "What happened to the city of refuge my father's generation sought in the North; North where 'the streets of Heaven were paved with gold'?" wonders Gates. Caught up in a culture of criminality, poverty and despair, is there any hope for the fifth of black Americans who have been left behind? Pt. 3 and 4, VCR No. 4181 East Coast: Ebony Towers The existence of a small group of African Americans at the heart of the political establishment and at the pinnacle of corporate America is something that, just two decades ago, seemed unimaginable. How did they get there and what is the significance of their success? Beginning at Harvard, Gates travels to Washington, DC, and New York to ask if this new black power elite represents genuine progress for black America as a whole. Interviewees include Colin Powell, Russell Simmons, Vernon Jordan, Franklin Raines and the first African-American chess grandmaster in history, Maurice Ashley. Los Angeles: Black Hollywood Does the unprecedented success of African-American actors at the last Oscars signal a genuine shift in the way race operates in the movie business? In the final episode, Gates asks whether Hollywood is institutionally racist or whether it is becoming increasingly color-blind in pursuit of the box office dollar. Interviewees include Chris Tucker, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Quincy Jones, Nia Long, Don Cheadle and John Singleton. U.S. POLITICS
The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press. This film questions whether a reporter has the legal right to refuse to cooperate in a criminal investigation in order to protect the name of his source for a news story.
THIS HONORABLE COURT Produced as part of the bicentennial observances of the Constitution, this program presents an exclusive, behind-the-scenes report on the work of the Supreme Court over the years and today. THE QUIET OF THE STORM (VCR No. 2766-H, pt. 1) INSIDE THE MARBLE TEMPLE (VCR No. 2767-H, pt. 2)
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES. An in-depth examination of John F. Kennedy's life, from boyhood to his assassination. This film offers a rare look into the Kennedy era, featuring interviews with his co-workers, fellow world leaders, and friends. Combines family photos, archival footage, home movies, and TV clips. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT, 1917-1956
JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAYS OF DRUMS The story of the two years and ten months of the Kennedy Administration. It tells of the six major programs pursued by President Kennedy during his presidency: the Alliance for Progress, the pursuit of peace, civil rights, the Peace Corps, space exploration, and disarmament. The message conveyed is that though Kennedy is dead, his programs and ideals live on.
THE KENNEDYS The Kennedy political dynasty has already produced one president, a U.S. senator, a U.S. representative and participants in local and state government. This detailed documentary traces the family from Rose's and Joe's parents to Bobby's grandchildren. The political and private hits, runs and errors are recalled, from the Court of St. James to the White House, along with their impact on the shape of American politics.
MAKING SENSE OF THE SIXTIES This series examines the enduring impact of the 1960's on family structure, the role of women, sexuality, social protest, and political empowerment in the U.S. It looks beyond the familiar images -- the stars, the music, the fashion, the fads -- to trace the history and assess the impact of the largest youth rebellion in American history. SEEDS OF THE SIXTIES (VCR No. 3210-H) WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD (VCR No.3211-H) BREAKING BOUNDARIES, TESTING LIMITS (VCR No.3212-H) IN A DARK TIME (VCR No. 3213-H) PICKING UP THE PIECES (VCR No.3214-H) LEGACIES OF THE SIXTIES (VCR No.3215-H)
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL SPEECHES OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS: A LOOK BACK
THE PRESIDENCY, THE PRESS AND THE PEOPLE Veteran TV journalist John Chancellor moderates this discussion with former press secretaries from the Kennedy to the Reagan Administrations. Using a wealth of examples, they examine the significance of the public relations/policy function of the presidential press spokesman.
THE PRESIDENTS: 80 YEARS ON CAMERA Making use of film clips and stills, this series shows some of the most sensational moments in the history of the Presidency, as well as some of the most heartwarming moments that occurred in the White House. Hosted by James Garner. VICE PRESIDENTS AND THIRD PARTIES (VCR No. 2611-H) A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT: THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION Combines dramatization based on Madison's notes on the Federal Convention of 1787 with commentary and explanation by Senators Dennis Deconcini (D-Arizona) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). They put the developments into context and provide valuable background and interpretative comments on the issues at the Convention.
THEMES IN AMERICAN ART: THE DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT IN AMERICAN ART Explores ways Americans have used art as a medium to express political views, popularize social issues and causes, celebrate historical events and exalt both heroes and common people. Among artists discussed are Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull and Robert Henri.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE PRESIDENCY An entertaining and informative symposium on the American Presidency with the participation of eight former presidential Chiefs of Staff. They recount memorable moments and discuss the roles they played in their administrations, particularly in crisis management, organizing the White House, telling the President when he is wrong, and discussing the influence of the media on presidential decision making.
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Democracy in America, a video course for high school civics teachers covers topics of civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions recommended by The Civics Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress developed by the U.S. Department of Education. The 15 half-hour video programs, hosted by national television correspondent Renée Poussaint, and related print and Web site materials provide inservice and preservice teachers with both cognitive and experiential learning in civics education. Web site available at: http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/democracyinamerica/ Pt. 1 and 2, VCR No. 4161 1. Citizenship: Making Government Work 2. The Constitution: Fixed or Flexible? Pt. 3 and 4, VCR No. 4162 3. Federalism: U.S. v. the States 4. Civil Liberties: Safeguarding the Individual Pt. 5 and 6, VCR No. 4163 5. Civil Rights: Demanding Equality 6. Legislatures: Laying Down the Law Pt. 7 and 8, VCR No. 4164 7. The Modern Presidency: Tools of Power 8. Bureaucracy: A Controversial Necessity Pt. 9 and 10, VCR No. 4165 9. The Courts: Our Rule of Law 10. The Media: Inside Story Pt. 11 and 12, VCR No. 4166 11. Public Opinion: Voice of the People 12. Political Parties: Mobilizing Agents Pt. 13 and 14, VCR No. 4167 13. Elections: The Maintenance of Democracy 14. Interest Groups: Organizing To Influence Pt. 15, VCR No. 4168 15. Global Politics: U.S.A. and the World
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: BUSH - KERRY The main issues included: foreign policy and homeland security. Updated: February 2008
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