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42nd Street: River To River
directed by Gary Keys, fl. 2011 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2011), 1 hour 27 mins
42nd STREET: RIVER TO RIVER is an impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the street has ranged from the glamorous to the derelict, housing everything from peep shows to such international institutions as the Un...
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directed by Gary Keys, fl. 2011 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2011), 1 hour 27 mins
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42nd STREET: RIVER TO RIVER is an impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the street has ranged from the glamorous to the derelict, housing everything from peep shows to such international institutions as the United Nations.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Gary Keys, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Topic / Theme
Cities, City life
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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Air War In Vietnam
directed by Jonathan Moore, 1923-; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2008), 59 mins
The U.S. air offensive in Vietnam was the most awesome display of aerial firepower yet seen. From the mighty B-52 bombing runs over the North to gunship strikes against Vietcong guerrillas, it spanned almost every type of mission and an extraordinary range of aircraft. This DVD uses the pick of combat footage to t...
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directed by Jonathan Moore, 1923-; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2008), 59 mins
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The U.S. air offensive in Vietnam was the most awesome display of aerial firepower yet seen. From the mighty B-52 bombing runs over the North to gunship strikes against Vietcong guerrillas, it spanned almost every type of mission and an extraordinary range of aircraft. This DVD uses the pick of combat footage to tell the full story, from the first U.S. adviser missions in the early 1960s to the massive and sustained operations a few years later....
The U.S. air offensive in Vietnam was the most awesome display of aerial firepower yet seen. From the mighty B-52 bombing runs over the North to gunship strikes against Vietcong guerrillas, it spanned almost every type of mission and an extraordinary range of aircraft. This DVD uses the pick of combat footage to tell the full story, from the first U.S. adviser missions in the early 1960s to the massive and sustained operations a few years later. The U.S. footage is mirrored by footage from North Vietnamese sources, which show their anti-aircraft defenses in action and the effects of the U.S. bombing.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Author / Creator
Jonathan Moore, 1923-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Topic / Theme
Aircraft, Airplanes, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Sixties (1960–1974)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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AKA Tommy Chong
directed by Josh Gilbert, 1962- (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2010), 1 hour 17 mins
At the height of the Bush administration, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong was charged with selling bongs over the internet and sentenced to nine months in federal prison. As part of the government's $12 million 'Operation Pipe Dreams' drug paraphernalia sting operation, Chong, a vocal opponent of Bush's handling o...
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directed by Josh Gilbert, 1962- (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2010), 1 hour 17 mins
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At the height of the Bush administration, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong was charged with selling bongs over the internet and sentenced to nine months in federal prison. As part of the government's $12 million 'Operation Pipe Dreams' drug paraphernalia sting operation, Chong, a vocal opponent of Bush's handling of the War on Terror, was singled out among 55 defendants to serve time. Filmmaker Josh Gilbert captures the post-prison, avuncular Chon...
At the height of the Bush administration, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong was charged with selling bongs over the internet and sentenced to nine months in federal prison. As part of the government's $12 million 'Operation Pipe Dreams' drug paraphernalia sting operation, Chong, a vocal opponent of Bush's handling of the War on Terror, was singled out among 55 defendants to serve time. Filmmaker Josh Gilbert captures the post-prison, avuncular Chong as he turns his SWAT team arrest into hilarious stand-up material. But the laughs are seasoned by the recognition of our government's questionable priorities and its shameless use of the judicial system to scapegoat a counterculture icon.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Josh Gilbert, 1962-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Topic / Theme
Political corruption, Recreational drugs, Illegal drugs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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American Cameraman
directed by Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982 (Chicago, IL: Check The Gate Pictures, 2008), 54 mins
American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who create...
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directed by Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982 (Chicago, IL: Check The Gate Pictures, 2008), 54 mins
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American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who created many of the iconic news images of the 20th century. As Bill puts it, "A cameraman was a reporter with a camera instead of a pencil."...
American Cameraman recounts the history of motion picture news, starting with the hand-cranked camera and ending with the dawn of video. From the silent newsreels through the first two decades of television, news cameramen were the prime movers of the news business. This film is the story of Bill Birch, who created many of the iconic news images of the 20th century. As Bill puts it, "A cameraman was a reporter with a camera instead of a pencil."
When Bill was drafted into the Army, he ended up in the Signal Corps under the legendary film director Frank Capra. They were responsible for the much-watched “Why We Fight” series. After the war, Bill went to Movietone News and then to NBC. He reported on the Leopold and Loeb trial, the desegregation of the schools in Little Rock, and Castro's triumphant march into Havana. He covered presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon, including John Kennedy's fateful trip to Dallas.
Bill Birch had a flair for being in the right place at the right time.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Steven Ivcich, fl. 1982
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Check The Gate Pictures
Speaker / Narrator
Bill Birch, fl. 1940
Person Discussed
Bill Birch, fl. 1940
Topic / Theme
Life histories, Biographies, Television, Broadcast news, Cameras, War and Violence, Science and Technology, Political and Social Movements, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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Copyright © 2008 by Check the Gate Pictures
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American Experience, Summer of Love
directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descende...
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directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
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In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who live...
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who lived through the Summer of Love -- police officers walking the beat, teenage runaways who left home without looking back, non-hippie residents who resented the invasion of their community, and scholars who still have difficulty interpreting the phenomenon -- this American Experience offers a complex portrait of the notorious event that many consider the peak of the 1960s counter-culture movement.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Author / Creator
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Topic / Theme
Counterculture, Recreational drugs, Social movements, Urban life, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, JFK, Part Two
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 52 mins
JFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate.
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 52 mins
Description
JFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1929-1994, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Topic / Theme
International relations, Presidents, Politicians, Political life, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Public Broadcasting Service
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American Experience, 1964
directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 55 mins
Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time, and bring out from the shadows the actions of ordinary Americans whose frustrations, ambitions, and anxieties began to turn the country onto a different cour...
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directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 55 mins
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Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time, and bring out from the shadows the actions of ordinary Americans whose frustrations, ambitions, and anxieties began to turn the country onto a different course.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, Barry Goldwater, 1909-1998, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908-1973
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Intergenerational conflict, Social conflict, Social reforms, Political and Social Movements, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Public Broadcasting Service
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Brothers in Arms
produced by Iris G. Rossi, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2011), 1 hour 8 mins
In the early months of 1969, six men met on a swift boat on the Mekong Delta during some of the worst fighting of the Vietnam War. Five of the men were crewmates - Tommy, Mike, Gene, David, Del - and the came from across America, from Boston to Northern California to Iowa. Their commander happened to be a young Ya...
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produced by Iris G. Rossi, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2011), 1 hour 8 mins
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In the early months of 1969, six men met on a swift boat on the Mekong Delta during some of the worst fighting of the Vietnam War. Five of the men were crewmates - Tommy, Mike, Gene, David, Del - and the came from across America, from Boston to Northern California to Iowa. Their commander happened to be a young Yale graduate named John Kerry. The six men would endure the horrors of Vietnam together. They would remain friends for the next 35 years...
In the early months of 1969, six men met on a swift boat on the Mekong Delta during some of the worst fighting of the Vietnam War. Five of the men were crewmates - Tommy, Mike, Gene, David, Del - and the came from across America, from Boston to Northern California to Iowa. Their commander happened to be a young Yale graduate named John Kerry. The six men would endure the horrors of Vietnam together. They would remain friends for the next 35 years.
Brothers in Arms tells the story of their unique relationship. The documentary focuses on their experiences in Vietnam, but it also recounts what happened to them after the war and delves into the way each man has dealt with the experience. Interviews, photographs and archival footage of the war are woven together to create a powerful and emotional film.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Iris G. Rossi, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2003, 2011
Publisher
First Run Features
Person Discussed
John Kerry, 1943-
Topic / Theme
Military personnel, War, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of First Run Features.
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Chile: A History in Exile
directed by Cecilia Araneda; produced by Cecilia Araneda (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 28 mins
Cecilia Aranada returned to Chile years after her family had escaped the bloody Pinochet regime. Her own mother had been held and tortured in the Estadio Nacional, the infamous stadium from which many never emerged. She was shocked that in Chile today, many did not know of the horrors of the Pinochet regime. Inste...
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directed by Cecilia Araneda; produced by Cecilia Araneda (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 28 mins
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Cecilia Aranada returned to Chile years after her family had escaped the bloody Pinochet regime. Her own mother had been held and tortured in the Estadio Nacional, the infamous stadium from which many never emerged. She was shocked that in Chile today, many did not know of the horrors of the Pinochet regime. Instead, they attribute today's prosperity to progress under the dictator. Interviewing Chileans who escaped at that time, including one of...
Cecilia Aranada returned to Chile years after her family had escaped the bloody Pinochet regime. Her own mother had been held and tortured in the Estadio Nacional, the infamous stadium from which many never emerged. She was shocked that in Chile today, many did not know of the horrors of the Pinochet regime. Instead, they attribute today's prosperity to progress under the dictator. Interviewing Chileans who escaped at that time, including one of Allende's guards, she records the powerful memories of those who were torn from their families, beaten, raped and subjected to electric shock. With deep emotion, they speak of the friends and relatives they lost. They recall the promise of the Allende regime, the first Marxist democracy in Latin America, where there seemed to be new opportunities for peasants and workers. On September 11, 1973 Allende was killed in a military coup and the reign of terror began. A generation has grown up in Chile with no knowledge of this history. But voices from exile provide irrefutable testimony. A Spanish version is available. College Adult
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cecilia Araneda
Author / Creator
Cecilia Araneda
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Salvador Allende, 1908-1973, Augusto Pinochet, 1915-2006
Topic / Theme
Chile - Pinochet Regime (1973-1990), Coup d'etat, Cultural identity, Economic conditions, Immigration and emigration, History curriculums, Politics, Augusto Pinochet's Dictatorship, Chile, 1973-1990, Politics & Policy, History, Post Conflict Support, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Chileans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2000. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Chronicle of an American Suburb
directed by H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013; produced by Lawrence Jaquith, fl. 2002, Neil Novello, fl. 1997 and H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 58 mins
This fascinating, multifaceted documentary is an extraordinary portrait of one of America's quintessential postwar suburbs, Park Forest, Illinois, from its founding to the present. The film deftly interweaves remarkable archival footage and contemporary interviews to explore the ideals and aspirations of the town'...
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directed by H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013; produced by Lawrence Jaquith, fl. 2002, Neil Novello, fl. 1997 and H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 58 mins
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This fascinating, multifaceted documentary is an extraordinary portrait of one of America's quintessential postwar suburbs, Park Forest, Illinois, from its founding to the present. The film deftly interweaves remarkable archival footage and contemporary interviews to explore the ideals and aspirations of the town's builders and residents, the sociology of the suburban "Organization Man" as documented in William H. Whyte's famous Park Forest resea...
This fascinating, multifaceted documentary is an extraordinary portrait of one of America's quintessential postwar suburbs, Park Forest, Illinois, from its founding to the present. The film deftly interweaves remarkable archival footage and contemporary interviews to explore the ideals and aspirations of the town's builders and residents, the sociology of the suburban "Organization Man" as documented in William H. Whyte's famous Park Forest research in the 1950s, and the town's subsequent struggles to survive economic, racial, and societal change.Looking at the real-estate situation after World War II, a group of Chicago businessmen saw a huge population of returning veterans, but little available housing. Why not, they thought, build an entire new community for these people? They bought up 2,400 acres of cornfields 30 miles south of Chicago and designed clusters of rental apartments around a central shopping mall, with ranch-style and split-level houses for sale on the periphery. They marketed affordable homes and the promise of happiness.Park Forest opened in 1948. Unlike the Levittowns, Park Forest was planned and built to be a complete, self-contained village. It provided housing, utilities, local shopping, and a citizen-based town council -all designed to create a new way of living. The idea seemed to work. In the 1950s Park Forest became famous through William H. Whyte's social analysis in 'The Organization Man.' Park Forest, he wrote, was 'like every other suburb, only more so... a harbinger for the way America is going to be.'By the 1960s the schools were excellent, the median educational level was the highest of any Illinois community, and the population had grown to 30,000, including a cross-section of races and religions. While much of the country was wrestling with segregation and discrimination, Park Forest became a model of peaceful integration in suburbia.But societal changes in the late 1960s and 1970s hit Park Forest hard. The companies that had promised "The Organization Man" a lifetime of employment security reneged on their promises. Big shopping malls were springing up, and the central shopping plaza that had been the heart of the village failed. As quickly as Park Forest had been built, it had become outdated. Many residents eagerly left town in search of newer suburban utopias offering four-bedroom houses, two-car garages, and half-acre lots.For better or for worse, Park Forest helped create the suburban nation that America is today. Award-winning filmmaker and former Park Forest resident H. James Gilmore returned home during the town's 50th anniversary celebrations to interview the pioneers of the planned community and document the rise, fall, and attempted revival of a unique American dream. 'Chronicle of an American Suburb' will stimulate thought and discussion in a variety of courses in American history and studies, sociology, urban and regional planning, social psychology, and political science. It was produced by H. James Gilmore.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lawrence Jaquith, fl. 2002, Neil Novello, fl. 1997, H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013
Author / Creator
H. James Gilmore, fl. 1997-2013
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Housing, Veterans (Armed services), Community relations, Suburban life
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 Berkeley Media
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