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22) Forging the west
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HaveyPro Cinema
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English
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The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company began with the utopian vision of a Civil War general and grew to become the largest steel mill in the West. By the turn of the 20th Century, it was the largest private landowner and employer in Colorado. Its mines and mill provided steel products critical for the growth of key western industries. A melting pot of ethnic workers kept the machines humming, as CF&I played a pivotal role in the tumultuous history of American...
23) The lost village
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed "The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left--a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn--have plagued her. She's gathered a small crew of...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
©1984
Language
English
Description
"In 1974, Bill Ganzel ... went on the road to photograph the aftermath of the Dust Bowl and to interview its victims forty years after the Great Depression. For seven years, carrying copies of [FSA photographs, taken between 1935 and 1942], Ganzel sought the same people and scenes that the FSA workers had photographed."--P.[2] of cover.
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English
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Through dramatic re-enactments, tells the story of the years leading up to the Pilgrims' decision to leave England for the New World, the grueling journey across the Atlantic, and of their struggles during the year after their arrival.
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English
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After he is hired by Alyssa Bradford to research the life of her 95-year-old billionaire father-in-law, Eric Shaw visits the man's hometown, where he discovers a restored hotel that has a checkered past--and a newly reawakened evil bent on revenge.
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Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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"While today's young stars, athletes, and entrepreneurs all have different stories of how they became wealthy, they are all part of a club of young people who are so extraordinary that they are able to make millions of dollars before they can legally spend a dime on a drink. This profile looks at where these kids came from, how they made their money, how they spend and manage their money, and where they are headed next after starting their careers...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A band of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a plot to steal the President's body from its tomb outside Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for a ransom of $200,000. The story shows how important this beloved President remained to public so unprepared for his violent death in 1865.
29) Templar code
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Medieval experts and code breakers examine the coded geometric images carved into the walls of the Knight's Templar's prison in France as they explore the identities of these mysterious men.
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English
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On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest armada in history to invade the Normandy beaches and liberate Europe from the Nazis. Now, NOVA has exclusive access to the first complete survey of the seabed bordering the legendary beachheads. D-Day's Sunken Secrets unfolds an account of the tumultuous events and reveals how the Allies intricate planning and advanced technology was vital to the ambitious and risky military operation.
Publisher
Tamarack Productions
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English
Description
A period docudrama re-creating Zebulon Pike's second western expedition, 1806-07, which was the first attempt to explore the American Southwest. Focuses on the ordeals these men faced, and sets the expedition in context of American history and western exploration.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
It is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world - driving heavy loads, some weighing as much as twenty-two tons, over a road made of nothing but ice. Even slight miscalculations in speed can cause the frigid water to crash up through the ice with catastrophic consequences for man and machine and you'll be right beside the truckers for all of it.
33) Expelled
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English
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Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
34) Moonshot
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Relive the breathtaking story of Apollo 11 and the first manned landing on the moon. Go aboard the rocket and on its eight-day round trip to outer space for a close-up look at one of the most stunning and courageous personal and technological achievements of man. Interlaced with original NASA footage. Covers the crew's earliest days at NASA to the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step on the moon. From home life and families, to the argument...
35) Apollo 11
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Computer-generated imagery, re-enactments, archival footage, and expert commentary provide political and historical context while helping to illustrate how construction progressed over time - and how it was suddenly demolished by civilians in 1989.
37) Prohibition
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....
38) Hunting Hitler
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Centers on the events of July, 1944, when a party led by highly placed Nazi officers nearly killed their leader in the infamous 'Wolf's Lair,' where he spent 900 days directing the German war effort. Also uncovers never before released evidence of a top secret plot hatched in London to kill the Fuhrer. Provides extraordinary testimony of surviving conspirators and bodyguards. Discusses the personalities of the men involved in the plots and reveals...
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Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.