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    Rob Roy : the true story Catalog Record Only "Romanticized by Sir Walter Scott's famous novel, lionized most recently by Hollywood and the magic of the big screen--the story of Rob Roy has endured and is burned deep into Scotland's national legend. Born Robert Roy MacGregor in 1671, he embarked upon the violent life of an outlaw after the Duke of Montrose seized his lands and his fortune in 1712. As the head...
    • Contributor: Handy, Joe - Kultur International Films - Ferguson, Jock - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Carruthers, Bob - Freeston, Jeremy - Cromwell Productions
    • Date: 2006
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    The Jewish basketball hall of fame Catalog Record Only A collection of rare, vintage action footage and in-depth history of over 30 legendary Jewish basketball players, covering three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. Players profiled include: Dolph Schayes, Larry Brown, Barry Kramer, Rudy La Russo, Neal Walk, Lennie Rosenbluth, Ernie Grunfeld and Art Heyman.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jewish Pride Sports Heroes - Yesod Mediaworks - Malzberg, Steve - Lifschutz, Yisrael - Bass, Steven - Golden Sports, Inc
    • Date: 2008
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    Meghera pare megha : kathā śilpī Rābeẏā Khātuna-era upanyāsa abalamvane
    Clouds after clouds Catalog Record Only
    Svadhin Mahamud, a young boy, born at a small village which bear the brunt of attackers during 1971 liberation movement of Bangladesh, wanted to the truth about his father. Question arises whether he is the son of freedom fighter Sejan Mahamud or traitor Majid or Pakistani captain Sadek. Svadhin, wanted to know everything about his birth from his mother Suraiya. The story depicts struggle...
    • Contributor: G-Series (Firm) - Sāhā, Imana - Najarula Isalāma, Cāshī
    • Date: 2005
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    Taiwan banzai
    台湾萬歲 / Catalog Record Only
    In Japanese and Chinese. Title from disc label. Wide screen (16:9).
    • Contributor: Sakai, Atsuko
    • Date: 2017
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    Beetle queen conquers Tokyo Catalog Record Only This documentary explores Japan's fascination and love affair with insects. The film intertwines their love for something so mundane, be it a beetle or butterfly, with their cultural values and traditions. In the end, it challenges viewers to not only alter their view of insects but also our lives.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Oreck, Jessica - Myriapod Productions (Firm) - Yōrō, Takeshi
    • Date: 2009
  • Film, Video
    Gohatto = Taboo
    Taboo Catalog Record Only
    A handsome new recruit, Kano, causes sexual tension in a traditional samurai militia group called Shinsengumi in Kyoto, at the end of the Shōgunate era in Japan.
    • Contributor: New Yorker Video (Firm) - Bīto Takeshi - Ōshima, Nagisa - Sakamoto, Ryūichi
    • Date: 2002
  • Film, Video
    The spectacular legacy of the AWA
    Spectacular legacy of the American Wrestling Association | AWA | American Wrestling Association | World Wrestling Entertainment presents Catalog Record Only
    "For more than three decades, the American Wrestling Association (AWA) thriled fans of professional wrestling, competing with the NWA and WWE, and making household names of its biggest stars, including Verne and Greg Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel, Larry and Curt Hennig and so many more. The promotion served as a training ground for a number of future stars, including Ric Flair, the Iron Sheik, Sgt....
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc - Wwe Home Video (Firm)
    • Date: 2006
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    A estrela oculta do sertão Catalog Record Only "For 300 years, rural Catholic communities in Northeastern regions of Brazil have been practicing unique customs in their homes. They light candles on Friday night, circumcise their baby sons, and kill their chickens in particular ways startlingly similar to kosher law. What they don't know is these customs and traditions are reminiscent of their Jewish ancestors who were forced by the Inquisition to convert...
    • Contributor: Fototema (Firm) - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Valente, Luize - Eiger, Elaine
    • Date: 2005
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    Caminhos da memória a trajetória dos judeus em Portugal
    Paths of memory : Catalog Record Only
    A documentary on present day Jewish families in northeastern Brazil descended from Jews who converted to Catholicism to save their lives during the Inquisition and in many cases preserved Jewish rituals under the guise of Catholicism.
    • Contributor: Fototema (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Valente, Luize - Eiger, Elaine
    • Date: 2002
  • Film, Video
    Warbirds of World War II. Vol. 2
    Warbirds of World War 2. Catalog Record Only
    P-47: With over 15,000 Republic P-47 Thunderbolts built in World War II, the Allies had a combat record of almost one loss to every five German aircraft destroyed. The "T-Bolt"(or"Jug" for Juggernaut) showed a final total of 3,700 German aircraft shot down in air combat and an additional 3,300 destroyed on the ground. P-51 Mustang: North American's P-51 "Mustang" reached the peak of piston-engine...
    • Contributor: Dastar Corp - Marathon Music & Video (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Entertainment Distributing (Firm)
    • Date: 2002
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    Programa Casé o que a gente não inventa, não existe
    Radio days in Brazil Catalog Record Only
    A documentary about the pioneering Brazilian radio and television broadcaster Ademar Casé and his popular radio program, Programa Casé.
    • Contributor: Pindorama (Firm) - Biscoito Fino (Firm) - Espaço Filmes (Firm) - Ciavatta, Estevão
    • Date: 2010
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    Oliver Cromwell Catalog Record Only This is the story of the English soldier and statesman who helped make England a republic, and then ruled as lord protector.
    • Contributor: McTavish, Graham - Kultur International Films - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Lowe, Lara - Carruthers, Bob - Cromwell Productions
    • Date: 2007
  • Film, Video
    Gelibolu
    Gallipoli Catalog Record Only
    A documentary film work about the Gallipoli Campaign, one the fiercest and most controversial battles of World War I. Produced in six years in seven different countries, "Gallipoli" is the story of ordinary men who were forced by history to do extraordinary things.
    • Contributor: Irons, Jeremy - Örnek, Tolga - Örnek, Burak - Döker, Hamdi - Ergin, Zafer - Neill, Sam - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2006
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    The Egyptian Catalog Record Only Set more than 30 centuries ago, tells the story of an orphan who becomes a famous healer and physician to the Pharaoh, and the poor soldier who rises with him.
    • Contributor: Zanuck, Darryl Francis - Simmons, Jean - Wilding, Michael - Ustinov, Peter - Purdom, Edmund - Herrmann, Bernard - Curtiz, Michael - Robinson, Casey - Mature, Victor - Newman, Alfred ... Zanuck, Darryl Francis - Simmons, Jean - Wilding, Michael - Ustinov, Peter - Purdom, Edmund - Herrmann, Bernard - Curtiz, Michael - Robinson, Casey - Mature, Victor - Newman, Alfred - Shamroy, Leon - Waltari, Mika - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc - Dunne, Philip - Tierney, Gene - Darvi, Bella - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
    • Date: 2011
  • Film, Video
    Side by side
    Can film survive our digital future? | Side by side: can film survive our digital future? Catalog Record Only
    Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital...
    • Contributor: Lynch, David - Cameron, James - Kenneally, Chris - New Video Group - Scorsese, Martin - Lucas, George - Soderbergh, Steven - Fincher, David - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Szlasa, Justin - Reeves, Keanu - Tribeca Productions - Rodriguez, Robert - Company Films (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    • Date: 2013
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    A reason to live, a reason to die! Catalog Record Only "From Tonino Valerii, the director of My Name is Nobody and other classics spaghetti westerns comes this top-notch western set during the Civil War where eight condemned Union prisoners attempt to capture a Missouri fort from Confederate soldiers. Union Colonel Pembroke (James Coburn, Harry in Your Pocket) leads seven men on an impossible death mission, against all odds to overtake Fort Holman from the...
    • Contributor: Gastaldi, Ernesto - Kino Lorber, Inc - Valerii, Tonino - Spencer, Bud - Ortolani, Riz - Savalas, Telly - Coburn, James
    • Date: 2015
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    Minamata : the victims and their world
    Original Japanese title: Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai | Victims and their world Catalog Record Only
    Documentary film on toxic pollution in Minamata, Japan caused by the fertilizer company Chisso, which was responsible for releasing mercury-polluted industrial waste water into Minamata Bay and out to the Sea of Shiranu -- a happening that would eventually develop into the worst case of environmental pollution in postwar Japan -- and the plight of the victims of 'Minamata disease', focusing on the 29...
    • Contributor: Higashi Purodakushon - Shiguro, Kabushiki Kaisha - Zakka Films (Firm) - Tsuchimoto, Noriaki
    • Date: 2010
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    Satan never sleeps Catalog Record Only In 1949, a priest arrives at a mission-post in southwest China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. When the Red Army seizes the mission and inflicts a sinister hold over everyone else at the mission, the strength of the priest's faith and forgiveness are put to the ultimate test. Complicating matters is the presence of a lovely...
    • Contributor: Webb, Clifton - Twilight Time (Firm) - Seyler, Athene - Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) - Nuyen, France - Holden, William - McCarey, Leo - Binyon, Claude - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
    • Date: 2018
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    An ordinary hero : the true story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Catalog Record Only "An Ordinary Hero is the amazing true story of one young woman's courage to help change the world. As a little girl growing up in the South, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland witnessed the ugly realities of segregation and racism first hand and vowed to one day do something about it. By the time she was 19 years old, Joan had already participated in over three...
    • Contributor: Gerald, K. Danor - Hoffman, Melanie - Hoffman, Roger - Mulholland, Loki - Taylor Street Films - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2013
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    Wings of glory. The Air Force story. Vol. 3, Coming of age
    Air Force story | Coming of age Catalog Record Only
    "Fighting through the early struggles of World War II, the Air Force triumphs and drives the enemy planes from the skies throughout the world. In the post war period, a separate Air Force is established, just in time to meet a new challenge. Communist North Korea has invaded its neighbor to the South in a bid to unite the country under its control. The...
    • Contributor: Dastar Corp - Marathon Music & Video (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2002
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    Boston Celtics: the complete history Catalog Record Only Introduced by Spero Dedes of NBA-TV, this set covers the history of the storied Boston Celtics. A charter member of the Basketball Association of America since 1946, the Boston Celtics have produced a legacy of success that no other professional sports franchise can match. A glorious history of 16 world championship titles, unselfish, popular and loyal players, an outdated building with its unique parquet...
    • Contributor: Milton, Charles H. - Metzger, Geoff - Knobler, Peter - Burks, Michael - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nba Entertainment, Inc - Nba Films/Wolper - Verna, Tony - Erving, Julius - CBS Sports ... Milton, Charles H. - Metzger, Geoff - Knobler, Peter - Burks, Michael - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nba Entertainment, Inc - Nba Films/Wolper - Verna, Tony - Erving, Julius - CBS Sports - Grossman, Sandy - Abc Sports - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Rivera, Trevor - Golden, Herb - Douglas, Hal - Stockton, Dick - Barry, Rick - Heinsohn, Tommy - Harmon, Phil - Mendelson, Elliot - Messick, Scott - Sperling, Don - Musburger, Brent - Dedes, Spero - Hill, Sonny - Most, Johnny - CBS Video (Firm) - Rudolph, Mendy - Perry, David - Loughery, Kevin - O'Brien, Pat - Benjamin, Brad - Malone, Moses
    • Date: 2004
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    Gandhi, my father Catalog Record Only The world knows about Mahatma Gandhi's role in the Indian freedom movement and as a social reformer. But there are large gaps in our knowledge of Gandhi as a person and a family man, particularly the tumultuous relationship with Harilal, his eldest son. Set against one of politically most turbulent times in India, the film tells an intensely personal story of a father struggling...
    • Contributor: Kanojia, Piyush - Khan, Feroz - Anil Kapoor Film Company - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Eros International (Firm)
    • Date: 2007
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    Guadalcanal: the island of death Catalog Record Only The first landing of American forces on a Japanese held island occured on Guadalcanal, August 7, 1942 and was the opening of a six month campaign to gain control of the lower Solomon Islands from the Japanese Empire.
    • Contributor: Dastar Corp - Marathon Music & Video (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2000
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    One California day Catalog Record Only An inside look at California surf culture yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
    • Contributor: Howard, Devon - Build Worldwide (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jeremias, Mark - Baffa, Jason
    • Date: 2008
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    Der Sieg des Glaubens : der Film vom Reiches-Parteitag 1933 : eine historisches Dokument
    Victory of faith | Legend of the victory of faith | Leni Riefenstahl's Victory of faith Catalog Record Only
    A film commissioned by Adolf Hitler as the official record of the Nuremberg Party Rally of 1933. Includes scenes of arrival in Nuremberg; welcome by Mayor Willy Liebel in the Festival Hall of the Town Hall; opening of the Party Congress in the Luitpold Hall; review of the Party Leaders in the Zeppelin Meadow; demonstration of the Hitler Youth in the Stadium; parade past...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Riefenstahl, Leni - Windt, Herbert - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei - International Historic Films Inc - Hitler, Adolf
    • Date: 2012