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    Is Paris burning? Catalog Record Only A war epic about the uprising and liberation of Paris in 1944, dramatizing the way in which the city was saved by the second thoughts of the local German commander and the change of Allied plans brought about by the plea of the leaders of the uprising.
    • Contributor: Signoret, Simone - Lapierre, Dominique - Transcontinental Films - Vidal, Gore - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Belmondo, Jean-Paul - Ford, Glenn - Graetz, Paul - Collins, Larry ... Signoret, Simone - Lapierre, Dominique - Transcontinental Films - Vidal, Gore - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Belmondo, Jean-Paul - Ford, Glenn - Graetz, Paul - Collins, Larry - Welles, Orson - Marianne Films - Caron, Leslie - Clément, René - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Fröbe, Gert
    • Date: 1966
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    Unknown Chaplin. No. 1, My happiest years Catalog Record Only Part one of a three-part documentary television series which observes film director Charlie Chaplin's creative processes, using outtakes of filmed rehearsals, and close scrutiny by film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill.
    • Contributor: Gill, David - Thames Television, Ltd - Brownlow, Kevin - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1983
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    Interview with OSSIE DAVIS and RUBY DEE
    OSSIE DAVIS and RUBY DEE Catalog Record Only
    The Ossie Davis interview includes his memories of growing up in Georgia, attending Howard University and moving to Harlem where he joined the theater group Rose McClendon Players. He recalls his political activism in the 1930s, serving as an army nurse during World War II, and writing the play PURLIE VICTORIOUS. The Ruby Dee interview includes her memories of growing up in Harlem, her...
    • Contributor: Davis, Ossie - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Dee, Ruby - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
    • Date: 2004
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    Literary Birthday Celebration: Flannery O'Connor Novelists Bonnie Jo Campbell and Emily Mitchell celebrate the birthday of American writer Flannery O'Connor by reading selections from her work and discussing her influence on their own writing.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2016
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    John Clayton Fisher Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Kuwait; Baghdad, Iraq. Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Panama. Army, Cold War - Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Lee, Virginia; Toledo, Ohio; Mansfield, Ohio; Germany; Jamaica.
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    The romance of transportation in Canada
    French language title: Sports et transports Catalog Record Only
    Light-hearted animated film about how Canada's vast distances and great transportation obstacles were overcome.
    • Contributor: Verrall, Robert Alan - Glover, Guy - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - National Film Board of Canada - Low, Colin - Daly, Tom - Koenig, Wolf
    • Date: 1953
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    Mexico a tribute Catalog Record Only A combination of history, travel, interviews and scenery designed to convey an impression of the country and it's people.
    • Contributor: Trujillo, Ruben - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Hilgendorf, John - Hilgendorf, Jim
    • Date: 1998
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    Airborne : death from above
    Death from above | History of the airborne infantry Catalog Record Only
    Explores the history of the airborne soldier and the development of airborne operations central to modern warfare.
    • Contributor: Weaver, Fritz - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jackson, Sammy - Stahl, Norman - Lou Reda Productions - History Channel (Television Network) - Zimmerman, Mort - Horan, Don - Paschall, Rod
    • Date: 1996
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    The Africans. In search of stability
    In search of stability Catalog Record Only
    "Which forms of government have succeeded in Africa? Which have failed? Why? Examples are drawn from Ghana, Nigeria and the Sudan. The program contrasts Islamic and Westernized military regimes and looks at examples of the one-party state"--DIAL (WETA magazine), Nov. 1986, p. 38.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1986
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    Kannada, a Dravidian language Catalog Record Only An overview of how structurally and gramatically, Kannada is a member of the Dravidian language group.
    • Contributor: Bhasha Mandakini Programme - Akshay Entertainers (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Balasubramanya, K.V. - Singh, Udaya Narayana - Central Institute of Indian Languages - Raveendranath
    • Date: 2009
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    Cleopatra
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz' Cleopatra Catalog Record Only
    Story of the life of Cleopatra, queen of ancient Egypt from her ascension to the throne through her struggle for power and her loves and entanglements with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony.
    • Contributor: Macdougall, Ranald - Mankiewicz, Joseph L. - Burton, Richard - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc - Wanger, Walter - Harrison, Rex - Buchman, Sidney - Taylor, Elizabeth
    • Date: 2001
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    Idi i smotri = Come and see Catalog Record Only PA586-509 (English language subtitled version) U.S. Copyright Office Minor change version: [English language subtitled version] / Sovexportfilm presents. -- United States : IFEX, 1987 ; United States : International Film Exchange Ltd. Copyright for minor change version: Filmexport (employer for hire). Prev.: Motion picture preexisting. NM: "English subtitles." DCR 1985; PUB 27Apr86; REG 19Nov91; PA586-509. Variety, 7/17/85 lists English language title as Go and...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Adamovich, Ales - Klimov, Ä–. G. (Ä–lem Germanovich) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Kravchenko, A. - Mironova, O.
    • Date: 1986
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    R.E.M. by MTV
    REM by MTV | Title appears on screen as: RbEyMTV Catalog Record Only
    Drawing exclusively on archival events, the film traces R.E.M. and MTV in real time, which makes it feel as exciting and immediate as it did when it was happening.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Viacom International - Warner Bros. Records - Rhino Entertainment Company - R.E.M. (Musical Group)
    • Date: 2015
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    Ray Weaver Collection Air Force, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989 - Montana; Kansas; California; Mississippi. Air Force, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983. Air Force, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Saudi Arabia; Germany; Egypt; England; Korea. Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force, Afghan War, 2001- - Qatar, Afghanistan. Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force, Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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    American cinema. The edge of Hollywood
    Edge of Hollywood Catalog Record Only
    Part 10 of 10. "Independent new talents like Spike Lee, Joel and Ethan Coen, Jim Jarmusch and others are changing movies' shapes and meanings by insisting on making films on their own terms"--WETA magazine, Feb. 1995, p. 16.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - British Broadcasting Corporation - Kcet (Television Station : Los Angeles, Calif.) - New York Center for Visual History
    • Date: 1995
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    Digging for the truth. Roanoke, the Lost Colony
    Roanoke, the Lost Colony Catalog Record Only
    Josh Bernstein investigates America's oldest missing person's case - the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. In 1587, over 100 settlers landed in the New World to build England's first permanent colony in North America. But, three years later, they had vanished. Did they starve to death? Were they killed by natives? Were there any survivors? Josh travels across two continents to examine the archaeological...
    • Contributor: Leckey, Brian - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - History Channel (Television Network) - Goeckel, Brendan - Jwm Productions - Bernstein, Josh
    • Date: 2006
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    Roanoak. Part 1 Catalog Record Only Roanoak is a drama concerning the events surrounding the founding of the first English settlement in North America on Roanoak Island.
    • Contributor: LC Off-Air Taping Collection (Library of Congress) - Benton-Banai, Edward - Egleson, Jan - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Harris, Dina - Sampson, Will - Racino, Victoria - Runningfox, Joseph - Garber, Victor - Juarez, Tino - McCarthy, James K.
    • Date: 1986
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    Famous figures of the Civil War Catalog Record Only The war that divided a nation. Watch as History recounts one of the bloodiest era in American history through the eyes of the people who lived during it.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Carnes, Tara - Glover, Danny - Perkins, Jack - New Video Group - Arts and Entertainment Network - History Channel (Television Network)
    • Date: 2010
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    Greatest raids. The adventures of Lawrence of Arabia
    Adventures of Lawrence of Arabia Catalog Record Only
    A biography of British soldier T.E. Lawrence, attempting to separate his real exploits during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 from the fanciful accounts of journalist Lowell Thomas.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Bernard, Stan - New Video Group - History Channel (Television Network) - Nugus/Martin Productions, Ltd - Martin, Jonathan
    • Date: 2001
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    Omnibus. III, vol. 16 Catalog Record Only An episode of the television cultural anthology series consisting of 3 segments of varying lengths.
    • Contributor: CBS Television Network - Kerr, Walter - Silverstein, Elliot - Robbie, Seymour - Danielewski, Tad - Cooke, Alistair - Saudek, Robert - Ford Foundation. Tv-Radio Workshop - Saudek (Robert) Collection (Library of Congress) - Wesleyan University Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1955
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    This was America. Gospel of wealth Catalog Record Only Copyright: no reg. Copyright notice on video: Boston Broadcasters, Inc. ; 1979. Main title and opening credits lacking; main title from end credits. Photographs compiled by Martin W. Sandler ; [music by Robert Cavicchio, Edward Korvin, Ron Frangipane] ; editing, David Teixeira ; director of cinematography, Chip Proser. Host: William Shatner. Sources cited below list years of original syndiction as 1978 and 1979; unable...
    • Contributor: Schlow, Steve - Pelanne, Claude - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Reisner, Sherry - Shatner, William - Sandler, Martin W.
    • Date: 1978
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    A Show of force Catalog Record Only PA470-437 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: [Claimant, DCR and REG unknown] PUB 9Mar90; PA470-437. Copyright notice on film: Eurasia Investments Limited ; 1990. Co-producer, Fred Weintraub ; music, Georges Delerue ; director of photography, James Glennon. Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey. Based on the book Murder under two flags by Anne Nelson. Reference source used: Variety, 5/16/1990. Received: 7/26/90;...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nelson, Anne
    • Date: 1990
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    John Lee Miller, Jr. Collection Army, Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989. Major, Army, Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983 - Panama; Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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    The other Boleyn girl Catalog Record Only "Adapted from author Philippa Gregory's historical novel of the same name, director Justin Chadwick's atmospheric period drama follows the fierce competition between sisters Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) to win the affections of Tudor king Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Anne and Mary Boleyn are under pressure from their father and uncle to help maintain the family's rich legacy and ensure their...
    • Contributor: Ruby Films (Firm) - Owen, Alison - Bbc Films - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Focus Features - Columbia Pictures - Relativity Media - Scott Rudin Productions - Bana, Eric - Gregory, Philippa - Johansson, Scarlett - Portman, Natalie - Chadwick, Justin - Morgan, Peter
    • Date: 2008
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    The Africans. New conflicts
    New conflicts Catalog Record Only
    "Where three streams converge, turmoil is inevitable. This program looks at the tensions inherent in the mingling of three heritages, exploring ways in which these conflicts have contributed to the setting of boundaries, urbanization, the warrior tradition of indigenous Africa, the Jihad tradition of Islam, modern guerilla warfare and nationalist movements"--DIAL (WETA magazine), Nov. 1986, p. 12, 37.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1986