| V-3900 |
SAARABA |
A young Senegalese who returns to his country after
19 years of exile in France. He had hoped to find his roots, but instead
is disillusioned by government corruption, alienation among young city
dwellers, and apathetic family and friends. In Wolof and French with
English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| F-401 |
SABOTAGE |
Describes the bravery of the members of the Danish
underground resistence movement who worked to sabotage the Nazis during
the German occupation from 1940 to 1945. Highlights the experiences of the
group leader, Christian Kisling. microscopic views of the embryo.
|
|
FILM |
| D-186 |
SABOTAGE |
Saboteur finds his world closing in on him when a
bomb he made kills his young brother-in-law and his wife seeks secret
revenge. A lethal pursuit of $200,000 in confederate money forms the core
of this suspenseful bullet-ridden tale of an unholy trio. Cast also
includes: Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. Italian "Spaghetti" western at
its best. |
|
VideoDisc |
| DVD-85 |
SABOTAGE | THE LODGER |
SABOTAGE (B&W, 1936): As German saboteurs
infiltrate England with plans to blow up key industrial and civilian
installations, the British spare no effort to trap the Nazis before they
can complete their mission. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad. THE
LODGER (B&W./SILENT, 1927): Lodger Novello is accused by jealous d
etective Kenn of being a killer. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc. Menu
languages: English/Spanish/Chinese/Japanese. Subtitles:
Spanish/Chinese/Japanese. Introduction by Tony Curtis and a bonus clip of
the original theatrical trailer from Hitchcock's film, FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT. |
|
DVD |
| F-900 |
SABOTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA |
Examines South Africa's policy of enforced
segregation of non-whites. Presents the views of both apartheid supporters
who argue that South Africa is Africa's most progressive state as a result
of this policy and the opponents who see their nation on a collision with
violence and totalitarianism if apartheid is pursued. Includes interviews
with liberal editor Patrick Duncan, Nobel prize winner, Chief Albert
Luthuli, and minister of justice Balthazar Vorster. |
|
FILM |
| DVD-1353 |
SABOTEUR |
Robert Cummings stars as a Los Angeles aircraft
factory worker who witnesses his pllant's firebombing by a Nazi agent.
During the deadly explosion, Cumming's best friend is killed and he,
himself, is wrongly accused of sabotage. To clear his name, Cummings
begins a relentless cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to
New York's Radio City Music Hall, and finally, to a harrowing
confrontation atop the Statue of Liberty. |
|
DVD |
| D-175 |
SABOTEUR |
A man wrongly accused of sabotaging an American
munitions plant during World War II sets out to find the traitor who
framed him. Granger, John Dall, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier
and Joan Chandler. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
(Closed-Captioned) |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-5156 |
SABRINA |
Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers
of Long Island. Bogie's all work, Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina,
daughter of the familys chauffeur, returns from Paris all grown up and
glamorous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall
under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-297 |
SABRINA |
Comedy in which the daughter of the chauffeur for an
immensely wealthy family returns from Paris and dazzles the family's two
sons. {B&W}. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-996 |
SACCO & VANZETTI |
Drama about the 1921 Massachusetts trial and
execution of two Italian-American immigrant anarchists for murder. B&W
sequences. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1726 |
SACCO & VANZETTI |
Drama about the 1921 Massachusetts trial and
execution of two Italian-American immigrant anarchists for murder.
ENGLISH/Italian sections/with English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-5018 |
SACCO AND VANZETTI |
Re-examines the 1921 case of Sacco and Vanzetti, the
anarchists who were tried for murder and executed in Massachusetts.
Discusses whether they were the victims of prejudice and a corrupt
judicial system. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1696 |
SACRED SILENCE PIANESE NUNZIO 14 ANNI A
MAGGIO |
Father Borelli, an outspoken parish priest in
Naples, battles against local Mafia violence and corruption. His heroic,
high-profile stance against the Mob becomes compromised, however, by his
relationship with 13-year-old Nunzio, an altar boy and talented singer the
priest rescued from the streets. ITALIAN/English
subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-5213 |
SACRED WATERS OF LOURDES, THE |
Ancient Mysteries with Leonard Nimoy travels the
world to explore the hidden secrets of our ancient past. THE ANCIENT
WATERS OF LOURDES: Gives the history of Lourdes, including its discovery
by Bernadette Soubitous. Discusses whether or not Lourdes genuinely
possesses healing powers. SERIES: Ancient Mysteries. |
|
VHS |
| V-6824 |
SACRIFICE, THE THE SACROFOCE |
A dark and complex drama about redemption and the
nuclear holocaust. When a middle aged intellectual in retirement on an
island in the Baltic Sea witnesses signs of what he believes to be a
nuclear holocaust, he offers to make the ultimate sacrifice in return for
the salvation of mankind. Swedish/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-624 |
SACRIFICE, THE [THE SACROFOCE] [145Min]
DIRECTED BY ANDREI TARKOVSKY[101Min] |
THE SACRIFICE, 1986, Color, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky-
As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch,
Alexander[Erland Josephson], their mood of celebration turns horrific when
new sof the outbreak of World War III reachers their remote Baltic island.
Witnessing sings of what he believes to be a nuclear holocaust, he offers
to make the ultimate sacrifice in return for the salvation of mankind.
Swedish/English subtitles. DIRECTED BY ANDREI TARKOVSKY, 1988, Color,
101Min.- is an homage, a fluid and captivating documentary that presents
the brooding as well as the more playful side of a genius. Russian and
Swedish dialogue/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-1429 |
SACRIFICE, THE [THE SACROFOCE] |
A dark and complex drama about redemption and the
nuclear holocaust. When a middle aged intellectual in retirement on an
island in the Baltic Seas witnesses signs of what he believes to be a
nuclear holocaust, he offers to make the ultimate sacrifice in return for
the salvation of mankind. Swedish/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-1895 |
SACRIFICED YOUTH |
The film, based on a novel entitled "Such a
Beautiful Place" by Zhang Manling relates a girl's experience among the
Dai Minority people in vivid detail. Heroine Lin Chun leaves her mother to
work in a Minority nationality region during the ten chaotic years of the
"cultural revolution". She subsequently falls in love with Ren Jia, but
circumstances are such that she has to leave to work as a teacher in
another region. With the passage of time, many things have changed. Li
returns to the city and goes to college. But she is saddened to learn that
Ren Kia has died in a mud torrent. Though her lover is gone, she often
remembers him and the green bamboo towers and the kindness of the Dai
people. |
|
VHS |
| V-2980 |
SADHUS: INDIA'S HOLY MEN (PT. 1) THE
ROLLING SAINT |
The first of a three part mini-series which explores
the selfless live sof the most controversial sadhus of Hindu India. This
segment follows Lotan Baba's 2,500 mile "rolling" pilgrimage across India
to do penance. Narrator: Art Malik. |
|
VHS |
| V-2981 |
SADHUS: INDIA'S HOLY MEN (PT. 2) THE
LIVING GOD |
Documentary on Jayendra Saraswati, possibly the most
influential man in India. Part two of a mini-series on three of the most
controversial sadhus, or holy men, of Hindu India. Narrator: Art
Malik. |
|
VHS |
| V-2982 |
SADHUS: INDIA'S HOLY MEN (PT. 3) LIVING
WITH THE DEAD |
The three part mini-series which explores the
selfless lives of the most controversial sadhus of Hindu India. This
segment concentrate son Ram Nath, a member of the rare and extreme
"aghori" sadhu sect, who ritually pollutes himself in order to worship.
Narrator: Art Malik. |
|
VHS |
| V-4755 |
SADKO |
A filmic fairy-tale based on Onezhskii folk legends.
A merchant from Novogorod has a series of adventures in the underwater
kingdom of Sadko before returning home. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-2575 |
SADKO |
A Russian folk epic opera filmed in the 1980s at the
Bolshoi Theater. Russian Dialog. Music, N. Rimsky-Korsakov. V. Atlantov,
T. Milashkina, I. Arkhipova, N. Grigoriev, A. Ognivtsev. Donated by: Prof.
Padunov, Slavic Dept., University of Pittsburgh. |
|
VHS |
| D-451 |
SAFE |
A suburban homemaker's affluent environment suddenly
turns against her as she develops an environmental illness which
transforms her modern surroundings into a poisonous
nightmare. |
|
VideoDisc |
| DVD-853 |
SAFE |
A suburban homemaker's affluent enviroment suddenly
turns against her as she develops an environmental illness which
transforms her modern surroundings into a poisonous
nightmare. |
|
DVD |
| V-2443 |
SAFETY LAST |
In Harold Lloyd's most famous film and the most
popular of his "thrill" pictures, he plays a young man who travels to the
big city in search of success. Boasting of his achievements, he resorts to
desperate deeds when his fiancee decides to visit him. Watch out for some
breath- taking stunts-including the scaling of a department store wall.
Silent with musical score. and clips of personal family history. Donated
by: Robert De Keyser, Linquistic dept. University of Pittsburgh. complete
a portrait of Belgium that was stated in other Espace franco- phone
programs. Donated by: Robert De Keyser, Linquistics dept. University of
Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. |
|
VHS |
| V-7852 |
SAFETY VALVE |
The film is a screen adaptation of a short novel of
the same title by Vladimir Makanin, about a father of two sons who finds
comfort in the house of a woman poet who lives in the country together
with her friend. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-364 |
SAGA OF THE VAGABONDS SENGOKU
GUNTODEN |
This story takes place during the age of civil wars
in Japan when war lords reignd over their provinces while the peasants
suffered. Toshiro Mifune stars as a bandit leader who leads his men
dressed in red armour, distributing their loot to those in need. Japanese
dialog with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-578 |
SAGA OF THE VAGABONDS, THE [DO NOT BOOK.
MISSING] SENGOKU GUNTODEN |
Story takes place during the age of civil wars in
Japan when war lords reigned over their provinces while the peasants
suffered. Toshiro Mifune stars as a bandit leader who leads his men
dressed in red armour, distributing their loot to those in need. Japanese
with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7461 |
SAILOR FROM THE COMET |
Sergei Chaikin, a sailor in a small port city, is
everybody's favorite becaise of his happy and soulful songs. He is in love
with Lena, a sportwoman. But she is also being courted by the Director of
the House of Sailors. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-4671 |
SAINT JURGEN'S DAY |
An anti-religious comedy. A famous thief escapes
from prison and hides in a cathedral, where he discovers the wealth of the
church. He fakes a religious miracle in order to make part of the wealth
his own. [B&W]. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. Sound added in 1935. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1265 |
SAINT JURGEN'S DAY |
An anti-religious comedy. A famous thief escapes
from prison and hides in a cathedral, where he discovers the wealth of the
church. He fakes a religious miracle in order to make part of the wealth
his own. [B&W]. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1159 |
SALAAM BOMBAY! |
Krisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in
Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in
the streets. HINDU/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-8472 |
SALAAM SHALOM: THE JEWS OF
INDIA |
Documentary about Jews in India. The filmakers
travels to the cities of the fascinating subcontinent of India where the
Jews have made their homes. |
|
VHS |
| V-2540 |
SALAMANDERS |
For more than 20 years, fraternity members and their
female guests at a major state university have celebrated the end of the
school year by capturing and eating live salamanders. Is this
salamander-eating con- test a fad or a tradition? A rite of passage for
college men and women or an inhumane and senseless act? |
A NIGHT AT THE PHI DELT HOUSE |
VHS |
| V-947 |
SALAMMBO |
An early silent epic in the grand Italian tradition.
Loosely based on Flaubert's novel about ancient Carthage. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1629 |
SALESMAN |
A landmark documentary... Captures in vivid detail
the bygone era of the door-to-door salesman. While laboring to sell a
gold-embossed version of the Holy Word, Paul Brennan and his colleagues
target the beleaguered masses, then face the demands of quotas and the
frustrations of life on the road. Following Brennan on his daily rounds,
the Maysles discover a real-life Willy Loman, walking the line from hype
to despair. |
|
DVD |
| V-4014 |
SALLY AND JENNY |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| DVD-205 |
SALLY OF THE SAWDUST |
Fields plays the role of Eustace McGargle, a
carnival barker who has adopted young Sally, an orphaned waif. Juggling
and conning lead to a climax complete with an automobile
race-to-the-rescue chase scene. {B&W & Tinted} |
|
DVD |
| D-464 |
SALO |
Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film loosely adapts the
Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom". Set in WWII Italy, "Salo" tells
the story of four Fascists who kidnap a group of young men and women. At
the hands of their depraved tormentors, the victims move through three
increasingly violent and perverse phases, culminating in ritualistic
death. True to Pasolini's desire to make an "indigestible" film, "Salo" is
perhaps the most disturbing and disgusting film ever made. Yet, it is also
one of the most important, offering a blistering critique of fascism and
idealism, and suggesting that moral redemption itself may be nothing but a
myth. Italian dialogue with English subtitles. |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-3588 |
SALOME |
Rita Hayworth and Charles Laughton star in this
compelling tale of the perilous and decadent days of early Rome. SALOME
was the first Biblical epic to use the actual Holy Land exterioer
locations. |
|
VHS |
| V-2903 |
SALOME (1923) 39MINUTES QUEEN
ELIZABETH[1912] [51Minutes] |
score. |
|
VHS |
| V-8160 |
SALON MEXICO |
The glamour and romance of a popular 1930's dance
hall are replaced by violence and mystery when Maria and her lover Paco
kill each other in a terrible fight. Inspector Castellon is called in to
investigate the deaths, tracing the couple's stormy and passionate past as
he interviews those who knew them. SPANISH/English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3202 |
SALT OF THE EARTH |
A group of mine-workers strike against the company.
Set against a background of sexism and racism. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-867 |
SALT OF THE EARTH |
A social drama which depicts the attempt of a New
Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged. Mexican
and American workers, who endeavor to prevent their wives from
participating on an equal basis in the strike. Included is a short film
caled "The Hollywood Ten" [about blacklisted writers and directors who
defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947 and were
imprisoned for contempt of Congress]. |
|
DVD |
| V-6159 |
SALUT COUSIN HEY COUSIN |
In the poor tenements of Paris, a young Algerian
hooks up with his cousin Mok, a would-be rap star, pathological liar and
an irrepressible guide to the Paris underground scene. French/English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-8469 |
SALUTARI DIN BUCURESTI GRETINGS FROM
BUCHAREST |
|
|
VHS |
| V-8424 |
SALVADOR ELIZONDO IDA Y VUELTA |
Documentary in which Mexican author Salvador
Elizondo discusses his writing, and also shares his diaries and
painting. |
|
VHS |
| D-93 |
SAMMY AND ROSIE GET LAID |
Rafi Rahman returns to London (where he lived in his
youth) only to find the streets on fire with race riots. Once a
revolutionary leader who led his country out of colonialism, Rafi has
become a tyrannic violator of human rights..he's an old charmer and a very
dangerous man. Rafi visits his son Sammy, who is partners in an open
marriage with Rosie, the rebellious daughter of an upper middle class
British family. Rosie and her friends are highly critical of Rafi's brutal
activities as a political leader. When Rafi makes an attempt to reunite
with Alice, the white married woman he had been in love with as a youth,
he comes smack up against the consequences of a liftetime of tyranny and
repression. |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-5819 |
SAMPO |
The film is a screen adaptation of Finland's
national epic poem, the Kalevala. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-2244 |
SAMSARA |
Based on a story by Wang Shuo, the film about the
plight of urban youth in contemporary China. Chinese dialogue with English
subtitles. time upheaval of Heaven and Earth. Cast include: Joan Chen
& Hiep Thi Le. (Closed Captioned) the condition that the Israeli
military governor and his staff be |
LUNHUI |
VHS |
| V-6656 |
SAMSON |
The film begins with an accidental incident: Jakub
Gold kills a schoolmate in a brawl, and is imprisoned. When World War II
breaks out, he is released, but is confined to a new prison; the Warsaw
ghetto. When God finally escapes, he finds himself again imprisoned in the
ostracizing world of non-Jews, haunted by the fear of being captured, his
life made purposeless. POLISH DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7777 |
SAMSON AND DELILAH, TAPE
1&2 |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| V-4640 |
SAMURAI BANNERS FURIN KAZAN |
Mifune Toshiro stars in this epic adventure story,
based on a best selling historical novel, Yamamoto Kansuke (Mifune) is a
fearsome warrior who risen to the position of Clan Chamberlain through
trickery and deceit, but he learns the meaning of honor when he and his
Lord, Takeda, fall in love with the same woman. Japanese dialogue/English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1634 |
SAMURAI FICTION [2 DISC. SET] |
Feudal lord Kanzen Inukai receives a precious sword
from the Shogun only to have it stolen by the samurai Kazamatsuri.
Kanzen's young son, Heishiro, insists on retrieving the sword himself to
protect the family from the shame of losing such a precious gift.
JAPANESE/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1534 |
SAMURAI I MUSASHI MIYAMOTO |
Musashi is a brash and ;ambitious peasant who
desires frame and power as a swordsman. His dreams of glory in war sour
when his army is routed and he becomes hunted by the authorities. With the
help of a severe ;monk, he develops from a hot-tempered into a thoughtful
swordsman. JAPANESE/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-5796 |
SAMURAI I MUSASHI MIYAMOTO |
The great Toshiro Mifune portrays Musashi Miyamoto,
the most famed of all Japan's swordsmen, whose life begins as a farmer in
a 17th century village. During a civil war, he goes off in search of
glory, only to suffer defeat on the wrong side. He returns as an outlaw,
half-mad and uncontrollable, and is saved only by the intervention of a
village girl who loves him and a Buddhist priest who tries to heal him.
Japanese/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-563 |
SAMURAI I [MRC VIEWING ONLY] MUSASHI
MIYAMOTO |
The great Toshiro Mifune portrays Musashi Miyamoto,
the most famed of all Japan's swordsmen, whose life begins as a farmer in
a 17th century village. During a civil war, he goes off in search of
glory, only to suffer defeat on the wrong side. He returns as an outlaw,
half-mad and uncontrollable, and is saved only by the intervention of a
village girl who loves him and a Buddhist priest who tries to heal him.
Japanese dialog with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5797 |
SAMURAI II DUEL AT ICHIJOJI
TEMPLE |
Second part of Inagaki's trilogy. The legendary
Musashi Miyamoto, wandering through the turmoil of 17th century Japan in
search of the skill and temperament worthy of a great warrior. He faces
treacherous tests of strength and enemies eager to test his reputation.
Along the way, he pays a price for his success with the abandonment of the
woman he loves and the arrival of a life-long enemy in the guise of a
rival samurai. Japanese/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1535 |
SAMURAI II DUEL AT ICHIJOJI
TEMPLE |
Second part of the life of Musashi Miyamoto, the
17th century warrior, who wandered the disheveled landscape of feudal
Japan looking for glory and love. JAPANESE DIALOGUE. |
|
DVD |
| V-564 |
SAMURAI II [MRC VIEWING ONLY] DUEL AT
ICHIJOJI TEMPLE |
Second part of Inagaki's trilogy. The legendary
Musashi Miyamoto, wandering through the turmoil of 17th Century Japan in
search of the skill and temperament worthy of a great warrior. He faces
treacherous tests of strength and enemies eager to test his reputation.
Along the way, he pays a price for his success with the abandonment of the
woman he loves and the arrival of a life-long enemy in the guise of a
rival samurai. Japanese dialog with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5798 |
SAMURAI III DUEL AT GANRYU
ISLAND |
The final film of Ingaki's trilogy about the 17th
Century master swordsman Musashi Miyamoto who must face his lifelong enemy
Kojiro Saski. Japanese/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1536 |
SAMURAI III DUEL AT GANRYU
ISLAND |
Final showdown for Musashi Miyamoto and his
archrival Kojiro Sasaki. Samurai III brings this epic to a close with its
famous sunset scene. JAPANESE/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-565 |
SAMURAI III [MRC VIEWING ONLY] DUEL AT
GANRYU ISLAND |
The final film of Ingaki's trilogy about the 17th
Century master swords- man Musashi Miyamoto who must face his lifelong
enemy Kojiro Saski. Japanese dialogue with English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-4648 |
SAMURAI REBELLION [LETTER-BOXED]
REBELLION OR JOI-UCHI |
A renowned swordsman who is the essence of samurai
loyalty until his overlord demands the return of a former mistress,
Isaburo's beloved daughter-in-law. The injustice to his family forces
Isaburo to take a heroic stand for individual freedom and moves him toward
a revolt he can never win. Japanese/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7120 |
SAND DUNE, THE |
A well-to-do couple takes a drive in their newly
acquired car but run into a truck with two escaped convicts. Their fragile
world begins to come apart when the younger one guards the husband, while
the other convict takes the woman behind a sand dune. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-580 |
SANDAKEN NO. 8 |
Story of a woman journalist who befriends an old
woman who had been sold into prostitution and sent to Borneo in the early
1900's. Japanese with English subtitles. Acts I & II. subtitles.
|
|
VHS |
| V-3267 |
SANDERS OF THE RIVER |
A British officer (Leslie Banks), in colonial Africa
must work with the local chief (Paul Robeson), to quell a rebellion in a
West Africa river district. Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, SANDERS
OF THE RIVER paints a picture of life under colonial rule, giving viewers
a glimpse into British Imperialism of 1930's Africa. With documentary
style location footage, this intriguing film is an action adventure for
all ages. |
|
VHS |
| F-59 |
SANDERS OF THE RIVER |
An African adventure story of two strong men,
Sanders, the British district commissioner, and Bosambo, a native chief,
who bring peace to the tribes along the river. Kafka's Metamorphosis as
well as from The Incredible Shrinking Man, this film develops its own
peculiar logic, while playing with the |
|
FILM |
| V-2418 |
SANDPIPER, THE |
A free-spirited artist, unmarried and raising her
son alone, Laura Reynolds (Taylor) lives by her own rules. In contrast,
Dr. Edward Hewitt (Burton) is a minister, headmaster of a private school
and a man of traditional values. They are opposites irresistibly
attracted, an attraction that could cost Hewitt his career and his loyal
wife (Eva Maria Saint). |
|
VHS |
| V-3553 |
SANDRA (SANDRA OF A THOUSAND
DELIGHTS) |
A woman journeys back to her native town, ostensibly
to attend a ceremony dedicated to her Jewish father who died in a
concentration camp. In actuality she's seeking answers and is attempting
to confront both old and new ghosts, both real and imagined. Italian
dialog with English subtitles. 33Min., Another Man, 1988, color, Testing
The Limits: NYC(Pt. 1), 1987, color. LOSS. A Plague Has Swept My City,
|
VAGHE STELLE DELL'ORSA |
VHS |
| V-6786 |
SANDRA CISNEROS |
|
|
VHS |
| V-6541 |
SANDRA OF A THOUSAND DELIGHTS VAGHE
STELLE DELL'ORSA |
A woman journeys back to her native town to attend a
ceremony ddicated to her Jewish father who died in a concentration camp.
During this journey she confronts old and new ghosts within her family and
herself. Italian/English subtitles. B&W. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-808 |
SANDS OF IWO JIMA |
Stryker [Wayne], a hard-nose Marine sergeant
prepares a company of reruits for combat in World War II's Pacific
Theater. The new unit's training is soon put to the test in a full-scale
battle against the Japanese on Iwo Jima. The famous flag-raising on Mt.
Suribachi is depicted near the film's conclusion. B&W. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-804 |
SANFORD AND SON [2 DISC. SET] FIRST
SEASON |
Episodes 1-14 from season one of the Sanford and son
television comedy series. Disc. 1: Crossed swords; Happy birthday, Pop;
Here comes the bride, there goes the bride; The copper caper; A matter of
life and breath; We were robbed; A pad for Lamont -- Disc 2: The great
Sanford siege; Coffins for sale; The barracuda; TV or not TV; The suitcase
case; Return of the barracuda; The piano movers. |
|
DVD |
| V-5966 |
SANIT ZON |
The film is a long anecdote about the arrival of an
unexpected eleventh loaf of bread at a celebration of peace. The local
militia captain is convinced that a bomb is concealed in the extra loaf.
Russian/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| FL1311 |
SANJO-KOREAN IMPROVISATIONAL
MUSIC |
Several performers demonstrate different musical
improvisations on traditional Korean instruments. highly specialized
cameras, imaging devices, and electron microscopes. gangsters. In French
with English subtitles. alone through the country. Five years laters, he
returns to his son. |
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FILM |
| V-720 |
SANJURO |
A Samurai, Sanjuro turns up in a town where nine
young men are plotting to overthrow a corrupt regime. He takes charge of
the group and attempts to formulate a plan to deceive the old bosses.
Japanese dialog with English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| FL1325 |
SANJURO |
A samurai, Sanjuro, turns up in a town where nine
young men are plotting to overthrow a corrupt regime. He takes charge of
the group and attempts to formulate a plan to deceive the old bosses.
Japanese dialog with English subtitles. English subtitles.
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TSUBAKI SANJURO |
FILM |
| V-2878 |
SANKOFA |
'Sankofa, an Akan word meaning, "one must return to
the past in order to move forward," is the story about the transformation
of a self-possessed African-American woman sent on a spiritual journey in
time to experience the pain of slavery and the discovery of her African
identity. |
|
VHS |
| V-3449 |
SANNIKOV'S LAND |
Adaptation of a science-fiction novel. The film
mixes political issues with an adventure plot. Several travelers search
for a mysterious, lost land in the Arctic. Some expect to find gold,
others find answers to questions of human existence. Russian dialogue. No
English subtitles. her most memorable movies. |
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VHS |
| V-5264 |
SANS SOLEIL |
Distinctions between fiction and non-fiction film
dissolve in this personal journey through the fabric of Tokyo life, and
other points around the world. English dialogue. |
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VHS |
| V-2983 |
SANS SOLEIL [PROBLEM WITH LAST FIVE
MINUTES] |
Distinctions between fiction and non-fiction film
dissolve in this personal journey through the fabric of Tokyo life, and
other points around the world. English dialogue. |
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VHS |
| V-921 |
SANSHIRO SUGATA AKA THE JUDO
SAGA |
Kurosawa's first film. A young man learns discipline
in martial arts from a patient master. Japanese dialogue with English
subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-702 |
SANSHO THE BAILIFF |
A provincial governor is exiled, his wife forced
into prostitution, and his children sent to a slave labor camp run by
Sansho. In Japanese with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-575 |
SANSHO THE BAILIFF |
In 11th century Japan, two noble children are sold
into slavery to the tyrannical bailiff Sansho. Zushio grows up to accept
the brutality of society, but his sister Anju adheres to humane
principles, sacrificing herself so he can escape and find their mother,
who had been sold into prostitution. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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VHS |
| V-85 |
SANTA SANGRE |
A sadistic circus master who brutally disfigures his
wife after she catche shim with another woman. Witness to the horror is
their young son, Fenix. Traumatized, he is committed to an asylum. Freed
by his armless mother twelve years later, they forge an unholy alliance.
He "gives" her his arms, she takes control of his mind. Together they feed
a mounting obsession of desire and revenge. English language.
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VHS |
| V-8507 |
SANTITOS [PAL] |
After the widowed Esperanza loses her daughter to a
rare virus, she searches her faith for an explanation. When St. Jude
appears to her and tells her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza
becomes convinced her daughter was kidnapped and sold as a sex slave.
Becoming a prostitute, she sets out to find her daughter in Tijuana. She
eventually finds her way to Los Angeles where she unexpectedly finds true
love. |
|
VHS |
| V-8437 |
SANXIA SONG, VOL. 1 |
One of the series of Scenery of China. This series
contains scenic views and beauty of three gorges on the Yangtze River.
Tape 1 of 2. |
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VHS |
| V-88438 |
SANXIA SONG, VOL. 2 |
One of the series of Scenery of China. This series
contains scenic views and beauty of three gorges on the Yangtze River.
Tape 2 of 2. |
|
VHS |
| V-7801 |
SAOIRSE? [PAL] |
Depicts the Irish struggle for independence,
1919-1922, as recorded by the newsfilm cameras and newspapers of the time.
Contains stills and newsreel footage of the major political figures of the
day, including Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Cathal
Brugha, Richard Mulcahy, Tomas MacCurtain, Terence McSwiney, Sir James
Craig, King George V, David Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead, Winston
Churchill. IRISH LANGUAGE; Narration and credits in Irish; includes stills
of English language newspapers of the day. |
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VHS |
| DVD-1627 |
SARA |
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DVD |
| V-3649 |
SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, THE |
This extremely witty story pictures the most
fantastic, fascinating and amusing adventures of a young captain of the
Wallon guards, under the King of Spain, during his travels through Spain.
This 19th century Don Jaun must pass numerous tests to prove his courage,
honesty and honor in order to become a descendent of the powerful
Mauretanian family. Polish dialogue with English subtitles.
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REKOPIS ZNALEZIONY W SARAGOSSIE |
VHS |
| V-2803 |
SARTRE BY HIMSELF (PART 1) SATRE PAR LUI
MEME |
intellectual ferment of post-war Paris or the
vibrant personalities of Sartre and his long-time companion Simone de
Beauvoir. French with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-2804 |
SARTRE BY HIMSELF (PART 2) |
intellectual ferment of post-war Paris or the
vibrant personalities of Sartre and his long-time companion Simone de
Beauvoir. French with English subtitles. |
SARTRE PAR LUI MEME |
VHS |
| V-5312 |
SATAN |
A psychological thriller about a man who kidnaps the
daughter of a woman who is a member of the mafia. The woman is also in
love with the kidnapper. Russian/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1132 |
SATAN WAS A LADY |
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DVD |
| V-2479 |
SATAN'S BREW |
This very black comedy is about a would-be poet who
imagines himself the reincarnation of Stefan George, the 19th century
homosexual German romantic poet, is a biting indictment of the politics of
fascism and the cult of the individual. The film is also a satire of
Fassbinder himself, as portrayed by the main character, Walter Kranz.
German dialogue with yellow English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| VL-189 |
SATELLITES AND BITS AND BYTES |
Discusses the effect that new information technology
has already had on society, and how, with planning, computers, and
telephones may have many more applications in the future. the community
resources available to individuals for support and help. growing old.
Includes suggestions by social service authorities on |
|
U-Matic |
| V-925 |
SATORI |
society. |
|
VHS |
| D-514 |
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING |
|
DIGITAL SOUND |
VideoDisc |
| D-452 |
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER |
The story of a Brooklyn store clerk who is a
Saturday night disco king; he begins to question the narrowness of his
perspective when he meets a girl who is shedding her origins for a more
sophisticated life style. |
|
VideoDisc |
| DVD-862 |
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER |
The story of a Brooklyn store clerk who is a
Saturday night disco king; he begins to question the narrowness of his
perspective when he meets a girl who is shedding her origins for a more
sophisticated life style. |
|
DVD |
| V-2863 |
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (SLP) |
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VHS |
| V-1733 |
SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING |
This film documents, through interviews and early
photographs, the life of Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, a prominent
blues singer who left the stage at the height of his career to preach and
sing gospel music. Among those interviewed are Moore, Rufus Thomas, Andrew
Chaplin, Jr., B.B. King, Rev. Al Green and Memphis minister and NAACP
leader Dr. Benjamin Hooks sums up this heartwarming celebration of African
American music. forms deepened as the Japanese learned colonialism as
well, spreading their influence and their sovereignty in Formosa and
Korea. A produc- tion of the Initial Groupe. Japan. A production of the
Initial Groupe. man and nature, space, time, and reality. Production of
Initial Groupe. |
TRAVELS OF GATEMOUTH MOORE |
VHS |
| DVD-1485 |
SATYA THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH |
Satya is the story of truth as it is perceived by
different eyes, where only shadow lines demarcate the good actions from
the bad an donly the happiness and pain that follow are a reality.
HINDI/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| S-21 |
SAUDI ARABIA TODAY (PARTS 1 &
2) |
Presents information on modern Saudi Arabia--its
culture, geography, leaders, etc. effects of prison life. lacemaking.
their own community serives. Age level: College, Professional
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|
Slide Set |
| V-243 |
SAUDI ARABIA-OIL, MONEY,
POLITICS |
Discusses Saudi Arabia's wealth from oil, its
political situation, and its relationship with other countries. British
Film Institute, this film tells the highly charged homoerotic story of a
beautiful young man who, though demoted, humiliated and tortured, never
loses his appeal. In Latin with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-241 |
SAUDI ARABIA-THE KINGDOM |
An overview of the history of Saudi Arabia with
emphasis on the twentie- th century. spelling, a very important aspect of
American Sign Language. In the lessons on this tape, you have a chance to
practice reading and pro- ducing fingerspelled words, beginning with short
words and building up |
|
VHS |
| V-242 |
SAUDI ARABIA-THE RACE WITH TIME |
Interviews with several Saudi citizens on changes
that have taken place in their society. landmark TV film "The Naked Civil
Servant", Sting (whose song "An Englishman in New York" was inspired by
Crisp) and members of the New York "scene" including Fran Lebowitz, Warhol
superstar Holly Woodlawn, |
|
VHS |
| V-3918 |
SAUGUS IRON WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| V-2778 |
SAVAGE EYE, THE |
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|
VHS |
| DVD-562 |
SAVAGE EYE, THE [67Min] INTERVIEWS WITH
MY LAI VETERANS [22Min] |
A totally unique and ground breaking avant-garde
docudrama which follows Judith-- a newly divorced woman as she explores
the seamy side of life in Los Angeles. Also includes interviews with My
Lai veterans [22min], a documentary that makes an unflinching exploration
of the 1968 massacre of the vietnamese village of My Lai by U.S. armed
forces. [B&W]. |
|
DVD |
| V-2534 |
SAVAGE NIGHTS LES NUITS FAURES |
Collard plays Jean, a hedonist who lives like he
drives: fast and out of control. Although Jean is HIV-positive, he refuses
to slow down and let the virus dictate his lifestyle. His self-centered
stance is a double- edged sword for two people. Samy, a handsome young
hooligan whose relationship with Jean shatters all taboos. The other is
18-year old Laura (Romane Bohringer), unrequited love for Jean drives her
to near self-destruction and him to reexamine his life. French dialog with
Yellow English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3733 |
SAVE AND PROTECT |
The film is loosely based on Flaubert's Madame
Bovary. A philosophical tragedy, in which the drama of love is a
manifestation of the tragic fate of people. Color. Russian dialogue. No
English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1432 |
SAVE THE LAST DANCE |
When her mother suddenly dies, Sara must abandon her
plans to become a ballerina and join her estranged father on Chicago's
gritty South side. She feels out of place until she is befriended by a
black classmate and her handsome brother, Derek. Sara and Derek's shared
love for dance leads to romance and opposition from their families and
friends. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-423 |
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN |
Captain John Millr (Tom Hanks) must take his men
behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been
killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their
orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded
by the brutal realities of war each man searches for his own answer and
the strength of triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and
courage. |
|
DVD |
| V-5286 |
SAY A WORD FOR POOR CAVALRYMEN |
A musical comedy about a hussar unit that is
stationed in a small provincial town. The film traces all of the passions
and intrigues caused by the arrival of the hussars. This is an uncut
director's version of the film. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-4001 |
SAY ANYTHING |
A young man, recently graduated from high school,
wants only one thing: a date with a fellow graduate The catch is she's
beautiful, brilliant and headed to England to study, and all his friends
and her father tell him she's way out of his league. When they fall in
love anyway, the result is a funny, poignant and joyous celebration of
first love. |
|
VHS |
| V-1846 |
SCANDAL |
A government minister and a Russian spy with one
thing in common: They both shared the bed of an 18-year-old girl-Christine
Keeler. Christine was a struggling dancer who hit the jackpot when she met
influential society doctor Stephen War. He introduced her to world of
power and decadence, at parties which defined the 'Swinging' 60's, where
every sexual fantasy became a tantalizing sexual reality. But Champagne
bubbles burst when Christine's life became front-page news, and high-
ranking officials' private sex lives became a public scandal. Government
shame soon turned to anger- they needed a scapegoat. They found it- in
Stephen Ward. (Closed Captioned) |
|
VHS |
| DVD-731 |
SCANNERS |
A thriller about several "scanners" who use their
supernatural ability to destroy people by merely twitching their
brains. |
|
DVD |
| V-467 |
SCANNERS |
A thriller about several "scanners" who use their
supernatural ability to destroy people by merely twitching their
brains. |
|
VHS |
| V-2179 |
SCAR OF SHAME, THE (1926) EARLY SOUND
SHORT SISSLE & BLAKE (1923) |
A rare surviving silent example of what the film
industry once labeled "race movies": films with African American casts
intended for African American audiences. An inspiring middle-class black
composer marries a woman to rescue her from ghetto crime and harassment
but soon comes to shun her lower-class status. Silent film with New Piano
Scores. The African American Cinema II (The Library of Congress Video
Collection Volume 5. For Film Notes: ask @ The Media Resource
Ctr. |
|
VHS |
| X-2179 |
SCAR OF SHAME, THE (1926) |
A rare surviving silent example of what the film
industry once labeled "race movies": films with African American casts
intended for African American audiences. An inspiring middle-class
composer marries a woman to rescue her from ghetto crime and harassment
but soon comes to shun her lower-class status. Silent film with New Piano
Scores. From the African American Cinema II series. |
EARLY SOUND SHORT SISSLE & BLAKE
(1923) |
VHS |
| V-1081 |
SCARECROW |
An inspired look at life through the eyes of young
teens. This glimpse of Russian youth is hard-edged, exposing the
incredible cruelty that children can inflict on one another. Russian
dialogue with English subtitles. of the field, new directions in research,
theory, and application. |
|
VHS |
| D-586 |
SCARFACE |
Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime
Cuban refugee hoodlum (Paul Muni) plays Tony Carmonte, who guns his way to
the top of Miami's cocaine empire. |
|
VideoDisc |
| D-80 |
SCARFACE (1932) |
Drama of the life and death of a Chicago gangster of
the 1930s. shine ensue, including some notably brutality toward Baby
LeRoy. man, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). And if that weren't enough
Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne share the same love interest (Vera
Miles). One gets the gunman but the other gets the gal... and the glory.
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|
VideoDisc |
| V-449 |
SCARFACE (1932) |
Drama of the life and death of a Chicago gangster of
the 1920s. he attempts to win the approval of a gang of high school
hoodlums. blindness. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1727 |
SCARLET DIVA |
A semi-autobiographical, darkly dramatic and surreal
descent into the world of rising actress Anna Battista. Her journey
plunges her into the dark heart of the film industry where she experiences
despair, loneliness and degradation while trying to recapture her
innocence and purity. ITALIAN/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-966 |
SCARLET DIVA |
A semi-autobiographical, darkly dramatic and surreal
descent into the world of rising actress Anna Battista. Her journey
plunges her into the dark heart of the film industry where she experiences
despair, loneliness and degradation while trying to recapture her
innocence and purity. Special features include director's commentary and
interview with Asia Argento. English/Italian with English
subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-2183 |
SCARLET EMPRESS |
Young Princess Catherine's dreams are shattered when
she's forced into an arranged marriage with Peter, the homely and idiotic
Grand Duke of Russia. Though there is pressure to bear a male heir to the
throne, Peter prefers the company of his mistress. Imprisoned in loveless
wedlock his young bride seeks solace in the arms of other men, including a
young officer of the guard. Months later, when a son is born, Russia
rejoices, while Peter conspires to murder his adulterous wife. Cast
include: John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, and Louise Dresser. (Closed Captioned)
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|
VHS |
| V-1525 |
SCARLET LETTER, THE |
Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic story of
secret sin, THE SCARLET LETTER is about the social sanctions imposed on a
woman suspected of adultery in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts, an early
Puritan settlement. Hester Prynne is condemned to wear the embroidered
scarlet letter "A" on her breast as a punishment for her adultery. When
her husband, an old physician who had remained in Europe, arrives in
America, he assumes a disguise and seeks to solve the mystery surrounding
Hester's illegitimate child, Pearl. In German with English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-649 |
SCARLET LETTER, THE |
In a time when adultery is punishable by death,
Hester Prynne becomes involved in a risky and scandalous affair with her
town's handsome minister. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-15 |
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE |
Excellent adaptation of the novel by Baroness Orczy
about a dashing dandy of the English court with a dual identity trying to
defend the innocent aristocrats from the violent French
Republicans. |
|
DVD |
| V-5131 |
SCARLET SAILS ALYE PARUSA |
A fairy-tale that is based on a story by writer
Aleksandr Grin about a young girl's wishes and how they magically turn
true. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1556 |
SCARLET SAILS ALYE PARUSA |
A fairy-tale that is based on a story by writer
Aleksander Grin about a young girl's wishes and how they magically turn
true. RUSSIAN/English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese,
Dutch, Swedish, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese
subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| FL1179 |
SCARLET STREET |
Drama of a married, middle-aged man who falls in
love with a younger woman who leads him to ruin. their parents. readiness.
with time delays between these images, new kinds of space, action,
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|
FILM |
| DVD-1176 |
SCARLET STREET |
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|
DVD |
| V-2123 |
SCARLET STREET |
Fate twists with double irony in this suspense drama
that drives a knife through the souls of the players in a deadly game of
deception. Christopher Cross(Edward G. Robinson) is a timid and unassuming
clerk who sees his life change quickly when he saves a beautiful woman
from a dark alley assailant late one night. Kitty March(Joan Bennett) is
the femme fatale who seizes the opportunity to use her influence over
Cross to swindle him out of a fortune. Kitty's leacherous lover, Johnny
Prince, orchestrates the master plan that will bring he and Kitty quick
wealth at Cross's expense. When Cross reveals the truth, the horrifying
chain of events will change their lives forever. Cast includes: Dan
Duryea, Margare Lindsay and Rosalind Ivan. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-373 |
SCARLETT EMPRESS, THE |
Catherine, a German princess, married the Grand Duke
Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Because of his madness, she was
able to seize the throne and become known as Catherine the Great. Special
Feature: The 20-minute BBC documentary The World of Josef von Sternberg.
[B&W]. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1862 |
SCARY MOVIE |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-313 |
SCENE AT THE SEA, A |
Shigeru is a deaf-mute teenager who works as a
garbage collector. When he happens upon a battered surfboard, it plants in
him the dream of becoming a surfing champion. He also meets Takako, a
young deaf-mute woman who becomes his girlfriend and lends him her
constant support during the difficult practice sessions and competitions.
Throughout the summer their profound expression of love transcends their
silence. Japanese/English subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-1515 |
SCENES AT A FOUNTAIN |
SCENES AT A FOUNTAIN- A powerful, 600-foot-high
column of fire- the world's largest natural gas fire- burned for over a
year on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The film dramatically documents the
courageous firemen who risked their lives to cap the howling blaze. 29
Min. Color 1986. Director: Igor Gonopolsky. THE LIMIT- "This is a shout of
horror about how the terrible catastrophe of drinking condemns a human
being," one Soviet critic wrote about this film with cruel truth showing
the limit beyond which humanity is no more.." 14:40 Min. Color. 1986.
Director: Tatyana Skabard. Soviet language w/English subtitles. 16 Min.
Color. 1988. Director: Murat Mamedov. Soviet language w/English subtitles.
|
LIMIT, THE |
VHS |
| V-7249 |
SCENES FROM FAMILY LIFE |
A young girl has been raised by her father believing
that her mother has died. But as she leaves for a vacation in the south,
she discovers that her mother is alive. She abandons the vaction and goes
to visit her mother. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-3171 |
SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY
WARHOL |
Jonas Mekas chronicles not only the great pop
artist, but also the social and cultural excitement that swirled around
him, throbbing to a hypnotic Vevet Underground beat". (28th New York Film
Festival) ASHKENAZ: The first Jews arrived on the banks of the Rhine and
Danube Rivers at the end of the 8th century. |
|
VHS |
| V-3628 |
SCENT OF A WOMAN |
Vittorio Gassman plays a blind and embittered army
captain who under- takes a tour of Italy accompanied by his young aid
(Alessandro Momo). Italian with English subtitles. regrets the sex-change.
German/English subtitles. The Fassbinder collection. occasion. It marked
the beginning of a worldwide love affair with Lucy, and revolutionize the
television industry. |
PROFUMO DI DONNA |
VHS |
| D-360 |
SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, THE |
A film of exquisite beauty and originality, looks
beyond Vietnam's political upheaval for the first time and focuses on the
rich and graceful culture of its people. The story open in 1951, when Mui,
a ten year old servant girl, comes to work in a merchant-class Saigon
house- hold. Beneath the calm, ritualistic domesticity of the lovely home
is a foreboding undercurrent of lost love and marital discord. As Mui
grows into a young woman of sensitivity and longing, she becomes the
servant of a talented young composer. In his cosmopolitan home, the
powerful influence of European culture upon her own ignites a transfor-
mation of the spirit, climaxing in Mui's dramatic break of Vietnamese
tradition. Vietnamese dialogue with English subtitles. |
[CLV] |
VideoDisc |
| V-5179 |
SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW,
THE |
The film is set in a special math and physics school
for gifted children, where a new literature teacher is assigned.
Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| D-327 |
SCHINDLER'S LIST |
The film presents the indelible true story of the
enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war
profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the
Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference, and the
drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history
because of what he did. Cast includes: Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall,
Jonathan Sagalle, and Embeth Davidtz. (Closed Captioned) (Black &
White w/Color) |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-3820 |
SCHIZOPHRENIA |
Political thriller about the connections between the
Russian criminal underworld and official law enforcement organs. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. Total running time: Parts 1&2
(154Min.) |
|
VHS |
| F-558 |
SCHIZOPHRENIA - THE SHATTERED
MIRROR |
A study of the nature and causes of schizophrenia,
the world's most prevalent mental illiness. Examines biochemical and
environmental factors as revealed in experimental work done with actual
patients. Verdun Protestant Hospital with Dr. H.B. Durost as the
interviewing psychiatrist and commentator. |
|
FILM |
| V-3821 |
SCHIZOPHRENIA, PART 2 |
Political thriller about the connections between the
Russian criminal underworld and official law enforcement organs. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. (Total running time: Parts 1&2:
154Min.) |
|
VHS |
| V-5603 |
SCHOOL FOR COURAGE |
Based on motifs from Gaidar's story "The School,"
the film focuses on the life and political commitment of a young man from
the provinces during the Revolutionary and Civil Years. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6921 |
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL |
This is one of the "spectacle films" of the late
Stalinist period, when cameras were simply put onto theatrical stages. In
this case, the film records a production by the Moscow Art Theatre of
Sheridan's play of the same title. RUSSIAN/No English subtitles.
B&W. |
|
VHS |
| V-7610 |
SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS |
Describes the military assistance and training that
the United States provides to Latin American countries at the U.S. Army
School of the Americas. All to often the graduates of the school have used
their training in attacks against their own people. Human rights advocates
would like to see the school closed. |
|
VHS |
| V-4699 |
SCHOOL VIOLENCE |
Studies indicate that children who are exposed to
violence at home or in the media are prone to elevated levels of anxiety
and to committing violent acts themselves. In this program, noted
correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the success of New Haven's
community-based out-reach program that allies the police department, the
Yale Child Study Center, and other agencies to promote safety and curb
violence through memtoring, intervention, and after-school programs for
school-age children. |
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VHS |
| V-5343 |
SCHOOL WALTZ |
After graduation, a girl tells her boyfriend that
she is pregnant. Seeing his alarm, she decides to raise the child as a
single mother. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6672 |
SCHOOL, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
EDUCATION: A STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY: 1950-1980, #3 |
Episode three of a four-part documentary on the
history of public education in the United States. This program shows how
impressive gains in education masked profound inequalities: seventeen
states had segregated schools. 1% of all Ph.D.s went to women; and
"separate but equal" was still the law of the land. Beginning with the
1950s, this program examines the issues that prompted such milestones as
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka[1954], the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes
comments from historians and equal rights pioneers. Narrated by Meryl
Streep/color with b&w sequences. |
|
VHS |
| V-6671 |
SCHOOL, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
EDUCATION: AS AMERICAN AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 1900-1950, #2 |
A four part documentary on the history of public
education in the United States. Part 2: By 1900, 6%of America's children
were graduating from high school; by 1945, 51% graduated. This program
recalls how massive immigration, child labor laws and the explosive growth
of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education. Also
explored are the impact of John Dewey's progressive ideas as well as the
development of controversial IQ tests and educational tracking through the
efforts of Arthur Bester and Lewis Terman. Narrated by Meryl Street/color
with b&w sequences. |
|
VHS |
| V-6673 |
SCHOOL, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
EDUCATION: THE BOTTOM LINE IN EDUCATION: 1980 TO THE PRESENT, # |
A four part documentary on the history of public
education in the United States. Part 4: in 1983, the Reagan
Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in
America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform -- all
with the goal of tough new academic standards. This program explores such
educational innovations as vouchers, charter schools, home schooling and
privatization as challenges to the historical concept of a common school.
Narrated by Meryl Streep [color with B&W sequences]. |
|
VHS |
| V-6670 |
SCHOOL, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
EDUCATION: THE COMMON SCHOOL: 1770-1890, #1 |
A four part documentary on the history of public
education in the United States. Part 1: This program profiles the
passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jerrerso and continued by Noah
Webster, Horance Mann and others to create a common system of
tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds and
reinforce the bonds of democracy in the new nation. But this noble
experiement was opposed from the start by racial prejudice and fears of
taxation. Naratted by Meryl Streep/color with b&w
sequences. |
|
VHS |
| V-2512 |
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT |
This fascinating comparison between Japanese and
American educational systems examines both the differences in goals
between the two and the different ways in which they seek to achieve the
same goal. This documentary explores efforts in both countries to balance
creativity and discipline in education. |
TEACHING CHILDREN IN AMERICA AND
JAPAN |
VHS |
| V-5138 |
SCHWEIK'S NEW ADVENTURES |
A continuation of the Schweik s tories about a
slow-witted soldier who miraculously emerges victorious in his encounters
with authority. Schweik escapes from prison and joins the army in the
Balkans, where he helps the local partisans. {B&W}. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-226 |
SCIENCE AND MUSIC SCIENCE, STRINGS AND
SYMPHONIES |
The program show show the demand for more powerful
sounds were met, and examines the great instruments of Stradivari to
determine what science can and cannot reveal about their magic. It also
examines the ways in which scientific methods complement the skill of
craftsmen in making instruments, and shows how laser interferometry can
reveal, not only how instruments behave, but how the body of the
instrumentalist contribute to the production of sounds. |
|
VHS |
| V-227 |
SCIENCE AND MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, TRUMPETS
AND TUNES |
This program covers all the wind instruments,
including the pipe organ. It considers the way in which the technology of
making instruments has affected the course of musical development,
particulary the development of valves for trumpets and Boehm's system f
woodwind keys. Examines the subject of vibrations in tubes, the role of
finger holes, and the components of tone quality and concludes by putting
a camera inside a large church organ to show what happens. |
|
VHS |
| V-354 |
SCIENCE AND MUSIC WHAT IS
MUSIC? |
This program examines sound waves: why some sounds
are musical and others just noise and the relationship of regularity or
irregularity of vibration to the perception of musicality, as well as such
non-scienti- fic questions as the cultural content of musical perception.
KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS, 1965, 3Min., Color., Music by the Parris Sisters.
12Min. THE VERY EYE OF NIGHT (1952-59), 15Min. films. Thierry Fremaux,
edited this collection. |
|
VHS |
| V-225 |
SCIENCE AND MUSIC THE ESSENCE OF AN
INSTRUMENT |
This program is devoted to analyzing the essential
features required in any instrument if a usable musical sound is to be
produced. The program examines how energy can be provided to produce a
continuous note, how sound can be amplified, how amplification changes the
quality of sound, and the consequences for music produced by synthesizers
and computers. |
|
VHS |
| V-5010 |
SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND THE HUMAN GENOME
PROJECT |
Looks at the controversial genome project whose goal
is to determine the location and makeup of individual genes in the human
genome. Dr. Walter Gilbert explains the science behind mapping and
sequencing genes and how scientists are using this information to
understand better how genes control the functions of the human body.
Donation from: Merrilee Salmon, Dept. of History & Philosophy of
Science, University of Pittsburgh. |
|
VHS |
| V-3051 |
SCIENCE/SOCIETY & THE HUMAN GENOME
PROJ. |
Bernadine Healy discuss how the results of this
project will revolu- tionize biomedicine and how society must deal with
the many ethical and legal issues surrounding this new frontier in
science. |
|
VHS |
| V-6675 |
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS: THE
FRONTIERS DECADE |
Join FRONTIERS' host and science buff Alan Alda as
he travels the world to meet top scientists and explore the latest
research challenges. Watch FRONTIERS for a behind-the-scenes look at
what's going on in the laboratories of universities, hospitals and
corporation. Discover the insights that FRONTIERS brings into the nature
of things, from the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of the
universe. |
|
VHS |
| V-6686 |
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS: PIECES OF
MIND |
Shows a sleep laboratory and how the brain works to
create memories, dreams, and language. Shows how technology is helping
scientists understand more about when and how the human brain learns
language, processes and recalls information, and dreams
dreams. |
|
VHS |
| V-3703 |
SCIENTIFIC SECTION OF PILOTS |
Police drama about a series murders committed on the
Moscow metro. The killers mystify the investigators and terrorize the
population. Color. Russian dialogue, No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1697 |
SCIPIO AFRICANUS THE DEFEAT OF
HANNIBAL |
Produced during Italy's war against Abyssinia with
backing from Mussolini's government, this costume epic celebrates ancient
Rome's conquests in Africa during the Second Punic War with graphic battle
scenes in which Hannibal's charging elephants are hacked and gored by a
terrified infantry. ENGLISH, Dubbed in English. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-901 |
SCORCHING SATURDAY |
The film is a political crime thriller set in
September 1995 as the Russia legislature prepares to vote on government
support for small businesses. An old friend, who was also the wife's
lover, kidnaps a member of the legislature with his wife and daughter.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
DVD |
| F-1289 |
SCORPIO RISING |
A portrayal of the motorcycle sub-culture put to
rock and roll music. nents during the last 540 million years. portraying
settlement of family, neighborhood and inter-village dis- putes. sizing
Africa's vast, still to be developed wealth, and its growing
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|
FILM |
| V-4819 |
SCORPION'S GARDENS |
Surrealistic collage using footage from Soviet
feature, documentary, and animated films of the 1920s-1950s. {B&W) and
Color. Russian dialogue/No subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6796 |
SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS |
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|
VHS |
| VL-69 |
SCOTTISH- AND SCOTTISH-IRISH |
Includes history of the peoples of Scotland, their
immigration to America, and a discussion of Andrew Carnegie. Features
examples of bagpipe music and Scottish dancing. |
|
U-Matic |
| V-7616 |
SCOUNDREL, THE BEAUMARCHAIS |
Beaumerchais was one of history's extraordinary
figures: inventor, playwright, diplomat, playboy, Royal spy for King Louis
XV, and emissary of the colonial attacks against Britain during the
American Revolution. This film explores the years 1774-1784 of his life.
FRENCH/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7576 |
SCOUNDREL, THE KANALIA |
Taken from actual events, this harsh, bitter peice
concers a circle of Polish fighters in Lodz, 1910. The film explores the
shifting relationships between a terrorist and his bitter enemy.
POLISH/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5172 |
SCOUNDREL, THE |
A satiric comedy about an endearing ne'er-do-well
who turns his life around by becoming a successful director of a souvenir
factory. In the process, however, he acquires the reputation of being a
scoundrel. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-57 |
SCOUT'S EXPLOIT, THE |
The film is a story of a Soviet NKVD officer's work
among Nazis in an occupied Soviet town. An exemplary Stalinist
adventure/spy thriller, the film enjoyed wide popularity with post-war
Soviet audiences. Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6835 |
SCOUT'S HONOR |
Documentary examining the Boy Scouts of America
policy against gays in the organization. Focuses on Steve Cozz, boy scout
and activist against the policy, and relates the stories of others removed
from the Boy Scout organization for being gay or for working to have the
policy eliminated. "Moving from Petaluma, Calif. to the Supreme Court, the
film chronicles a modern interpretation of the Scouting ideals of
courage. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-60 |
SCREAM |
After a series of mysterious deaths, an offbeat
group of friends get caught up in a lively mix of thrills and
chills! |
|
DVD |
| DVD-65 |
SCREAM 2 |
Away at college, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)
thought she'd put the murders that shattered her life behind her, until a
copy cat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel. |
|
DVD |
| V-7239 |
SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM |
Story of voodoo power versus vampire fury when a
crazed member of a voodoo cult unwittingly summons the true prince of
darkness, Dracula's bloodbrother, from his eternal grave. |
|
VHS |
| V-3516 |
SCREAMER |
The year is 2078. Commander Col. Joseph Hendricksson
(Peter Weller), is assigned to protect the Sirius 6B outpost. His
state-of-the-art weaponry are known as Screamers; manmade killing devices
programmed to eliminate all enemy like forms. They dissect their victims,
then eradicate all traces of the carnage. (Closed Captioned). father
secretly becomes one of Aline's clients. when the seige finally broke
through Jerusalem's Walls. A&E Home Video. |
|
VHS |
| F-627 |
SCREEN |
An American "flicker" film designed for endlesss
loop projection and first shown at the U.C.L.A. "Electronic Art"
Exhibition. The screen via the film comes alive and develops pulse rhythms
of its own and those generated by the eye's attempt to accomodate the
visual input. civilians. |
|
FILM |
| F-243 |
SCREENWRITING |
Illustrates various aspects of the role of the
screenwriter. CONTENTS. --Oliver Twist.--Metropolis.--The 400
blows.--Pygmalion.--Caesar and Cleopatra. siders to be sources of
unhappiness, worry, envy, and boredom. differences in styles of role
enactment and thematic content. |
|
FILM |
| V-6695 |
SE PERMUTA |
This humorous film is set against the backdrop of
Cuba's housing shortage and the context of a socialist economy in which
apartments can be traded and not sold. An interfering mother tries to
control her daughter's social status by trading apartments and moving to a
"better" neighborhood. As the mother had hoped, the daughter meets and is
engaged to the right type-- a Cuban bureaucrat with influence. The mother
arranges a new five-way house trade so that they can all live together,
but the daughter falls in love with a black architect, breaks off her
engagement, and all the deals fall apart. Spanish
Dialogue. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-440 |
SE7EN [DISC. ONE: THE MOVIE] DISC. TWO:
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL |
A psychological thriller about two detectives on the
trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven
deadly sins. |
|
DVD |
| V-1172 |
SEA OF GALILEE SPECIAL |
The Sea of Galilee holds a special fascination for
the faithful. Join Walter Zanger as he travels along its shores
discovering the ancient sites and modern excitment that make the Sea of
Galilee a must for every visitor to Israel. Romans. |
A SEA CALLED GALILEE |
VHS |
| DVD-1501 |
SEABISCUIT |
Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter
and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn,
undersized horse, Seabscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible
heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legnd. Eventually, Seabiscuit
earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938. |
|
DVD |
| FL-695 |
SEACOAST VILLAGES OF JAPAN |
Pictures life in the seacoast villages of Japan,
describing the re- ligious life of the natives, the artists of Japan, the
educational system, and forms of transportation. Pictures various
activities in the home and discusses the dependence of the villages upon
the sea. Note: Producer, writer, and photographer Douglas Carr; narrator,
Bill Edwards. |
|
FILM |
| V-3197 |
SEAGULL, THE |
A pensive, sensitive adaptatin of the famed Chekhov
play about the depressed denizens of an isolated country estate. Russin
with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6758 |
SEAMUS HEANEY |
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|
VHS |
| V-407 |
SEARCH AND SEIZURE |
Discusses what constitutes grounds for search and
seizure, and at what point it infringes upon the rights of the individual.
episode that explores the role of life in shaping earth and its future. as
the sun. |
|
VHS |
| V-3067 |
SEARCH FOR A MEANINGFUL PAST,THE PT. 2
PHILOSOPHIES, THEORIES/INTERPRETATIONS |
Braudel, Hayden White and William McNeill and
concludes with a lecture on the choices between an idealist and naturalist
philosophy of history. The SuperStar Teachers Series. |
|
VHS |
| V-3066 |
SEARCH FOR A MEANINGFUL PAST: PT. 1
PHILOSOPHIES, THEORIES/INTERPRETATION |
Weber. The SuperStar Teachers
Series. |
|
VHS |
| FL-448 |
SEARCH FOR LEARNING, A |
Demonstrates innovative methods of teaching,
illustrates the discovery method of learning, and shows flexible methods
of classroom organization to provide for individualized and independent
learning. of the group. Reasons and meanings behind the actions are
discussed and tested. |
|
FILM |
| DVD-389 |
SEARCHERS, THE |
John Wayne plays a Civil War veteran on the trail of
a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped the daughter of one of his friends
in this John Ford classic. |
|
DVD |
| D-104 |
SEARCHERS, THE |
John Wayne plays a Civil War veteran on the trail of
a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped the daughter of one of his friends
in this John Ford classic. |
|
VideoDisc |
| D-649 |
SEARCHERS, THE [2 DISC. SET] |
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|
DISC |
| F-458 |
SEARCHING EYE, THE |
Turns a small boy's walk along the beach into a
cinematographic treat in which ordinary objects reveal unsuspected worlds
of intense visual experience. Uses time-lapse photography, underwater and
aerial photography, microphotography, and stop action filming to show
scenes of a seagull in flight, of snow crystals forming and melting, of
sand castles and a battle of toy soldiers, and of pebbles and dandelions.
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|
FILM |
| V-1410 |
SEASONS OF LIFE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
(AGES 6-20) #2 |
CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE (AGES 6-20): This program
examines the years before and during adolescence and the stressful task of
molding an identity while the biological and social clocks are out of
synch. Produced by WQED/Pittsburgh in association with the University of
Michigan. |
|
VHS |
| V-1411 |
SEASONS OF LIFE EARLY ADULTHOOD {AGES
20-40} #3 |
EARLY ADULTHOOD (AGES 20-40): Watch as young adults
hear the first of many messages from the social clock: to separate from
family, get a job, find a mate, set goals, and face reality in this period
of intense social growth. Produced by WQED/Pittsburgh in association with
the University of Michigan. |
|
VHS |
| V-1409 |
SEASONS OF LIFE INFANCY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD #1 |
INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD: Beginning with the
first years of life, explore the early influences of the biological and
social clocks, how children develop, and how they gain confidence and
curiosity. Produced by WQED/Pittsburgh in association with the University
of Michigan. assembly plants, garment factories, and communities across
the United |
|
VHS |
| V-1413 |
SEASONS OF LIFE LIFE ADULTHOOD (AGES 60+)
#5 |
LATE ADULTHOOD (AGES 60+): The series concludes with
an examination of the last stage of life, when people consider whether the
story of their life has been a good one. What might they still do to
change or add to their lives? Produced by WQED/Pittsburgh in association
with the University of Michigan. |
|
VHS |
| V-1412 |
SEASONS OF LIFE MIDDLE ADULTHOOD {AGES
40-60) #4 |
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (AGES 40-60): The biological and
social clocks are fading in importance, and the psychological clock has
greater influence. The program explores creating legacy for the next
generation, changes in life direction, and personal goal achievement.
Produced by WQED/ Pittsburgh in association with the University of
Michigan. |
|
VHS |
| V-3071 |
SEASONS OF THE SALISH, THE |
Combining interviews, animation, maps, archival
photos, and historic artifacts. practice "both the ways," and attest to
the survival of Indian sacred traditions despite the adoption of
Christianity. |
|
VHS |
| V-2429 |
SEBASTIANE |
This early erotic masterpiece by one of Britain's
most innovative directors is a testament to his memory. Newly remastered
by the British Film Institute, this film tells the highly charged
homoerotic story of a beautiful young man who, though demoted, humiliated
and tortured, never loses his appeal. In Latin with English subtitles.
Neil Kennedy & Richard Warwick. left alone. Black & White/Color.
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|
VHS |
| V-3076 |
SECOND CIRCLE |
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|
VHS |
| V-6203 |
SECONDS |
A trapped middle-aged man accepts a mysterious
organization's offer of a new face and identity, but finds his new face
comes at a price. B&W. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-730 |
SECONDS |
A trapped middle-aged man accepts a mysterious
organization's offer of a new face and identity, but finds his new face
comes at a price. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1388 |
SECRET AGENT A CLASSIC FLICK WITH A NEW
KICK |
A player is recruited to pimp across Europe and
steal the secret formula for Velcro. It's Hitchcock meets Hip-Hop! An old
flick with a new kick. |
|
DVD |
| D-189 |
SECRET AGENT |
Secret agent John Drake embarks upon dangerous and
exciting assignments around the world. Cast also includes: Niall MacGinnes
and Dawn Addams. hopefuls claw their way to fame and fortune, slowly they
destroy themselves and those around them. Their lives veer out of control,
taken over by the relentless pursuit of fulfillment that's
always |
CLV |
VideoDisc |
| DVD-93 |
SECRET AGENT |
Returning home and claimed dead, a British soldier
is asked to assume another identity to hunt down a particular German agent
in Switzerland. Menu languages: English/Spanish/Chinese/Japanese.
Subtitles: Spanish/Chinese/Japanese. {B&W}. Includes an introduction
by Tony Curtis and a bonus clip of the original theatrical trailer from
Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much. |
|
DVD |
| V-5749 |
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR |
After a whirlwind one-week courtship, Celia Barrett
(Joan Bennett) marries Mark Lamphere (Michael Redgrave) and quickly learns
that her new husband is suspected of murdering his first
wife. |
|
VHS |
| V-3141 |
SECRET DAUGHTER |
Hollywood and deep into the complicated relationship
between a daughter and the mother who gave her away. (Closed
Captioned) |
[CLOSED CAPTIONED] |
VHS |
| V-2780 |
SECRET FILE HOLLYWOOD |
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|
VHS |
| V-2723 |
SECRET GARDEN, THE (CLOSED
CAPTIONED) |
This enchanting 1993 version of Frances Hodgson
Burnett's turn-of-the century classic. Brought together at a country
house, Mary (Kate Maberly), Colin (Heydon Prowse) and Dickon (Andrew
Knott) discover a locked and abandoned garden and, through their
friendship and care, bring the hidden glade back to beautiful life.
(Closed Captioned) |
|
VHS |
| V-6594 |
SECRET LIFE OF GEISHA, THE |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| V-4827 |
SECRET MISSION |
An adventure film that is ostensibly in the Soviet
antifascist tradition. It also stands as part of Romm's contribution to
Soviet cold-war films of the late Stalinist period. {B&W}. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7932 |
SECRET OF BROKEN LIGHTS: COPS-4
[2000-2002] TAPE 1: EPISODE 1: A DKELETON IN EVERY CLOSET |
Tape 1: Episode 1: "A Skeleton in Every Closet"
[2pts]: Two women are found murdered and their bodies hidden in their
closets. The only connection between the women is that they took horseback
riding lessons. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7494 |
SECRET OF INVESTIGATION--2 TAPE 1:
EPISODE 1: THE CLIENT 2 PARTS |
Tape 1: Chief investigator Shevtsova returns from
maternity leave and is assigned the case of the murdered wife of a
businessman. Although the main suspect immediately confesses, Shevtsova
wants the name of the person who hired him. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7495 |
SECRET OF INVESTIGATION--2 TAPE 2:
EPISODE 2: SATURDAY. 3PM. 2 PARTS |
Tape 2: With her husband and children away on
vacation, Shevtsova buries herself in a new case: a serial murderer is
killing women of very different types and backgrounds. But he always kills
on Saturday at 3pm. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7092 |
SECRET OF THE "BLACKBIRDS", THE |
The film is a screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's
novel, A Pocket Full of Rye. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7224 |
SECRET OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN |
The film is an historical epic about the discovery
of an immense coal deposit. Volkov sets out on an expedition seeking for
precious stones with a German scientist and two Siberians. Only he
survives to make the discovery. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7855 |
SECRET OF THE NOTBOOK |
A retired major learns that his brother has been
arrested in Moscow for misappropriation of state property. Convinced that
his brother is innocent, the major sets off for Moscow to investigate the
charges. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-8365 |
SECRET OF THE VILLA "GRETA",
THE |
A secret Masonic lodge, under orders from the CIA,
plans a military coup. A crime reporter infiltrates the lodge and
establishes the exact timetable for the coup. In writing up his article,
he becomes a political reporter. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-4471 |
SECRET OF TWO OCEANS |
The Russian ship Arktika and the French ship
Victoire disappear in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Russian
submarine Pioneer is assigned to investigate the mysterious events.
Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5845 |
SECRET OF WINE-MAKING, THE |
The central images in this allusive film are the
colors red (wind and love) and white (snow and death). The main characters
in the film are a family of wine-makers, who are alienated from everything
in the world that is not related to their obsession. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7253 |
SECRET STROLL, A |
The film is set during the Second World War, when
the Soviet intelligence service is about to send a female spy behind enemy
lines to open negotiations with a general on the German Chief of Staff.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1160 |
SECRETARY |
|
|
DVD |
| V-3484 |
SECRETARY OF THE DISTRICT
COMMITTEE |
Released in the US under the title We Will Come
Back. The film tells about the fight of Russian guerilla fighters against
the Nazis. The guerillas are led by the district party chief, Stepan
Kochet. Russian dialogue. No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| VL-48 |
SECRETS |
A group of actors present scenes depicting the
problems and activities of childhood. The children then break into groups
to discuss issues raised. is re-enacted. Finally, when the clown finds he
had only misplaced his nose, the group sees that his own emotions had been
allowed to |
|
U-Matic |
| D-529 |
SECRETS AND LIES |
44-year-old Cynthia Purley (Blethyn), has never
gotten much out of life. Unmarried and lonely, she spends her time either
toiling in a cardboard box factory or arguing with her daughter. But
Cynthia's mundane life is about to change for the better when she receives
a call from Hortense who claims to be Cynthia's older daughter, given up
for adoption at birth. SECRETS & LIES is an award-winning dramatic
comedy about roots and family. (Digital Sound/Closed
Captioned/CLV). |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-3363 |
SECRETS OF A SOUL (1925) |
This bizarre film is based on a Freudian
interpretation of dreams. It was supervised at the time by Freud's
associates- Jung and Adler. (1925-Germany). Organ Scored. Cast: Werner
Krauss, Jack Trevor and Ruth Weyher. for the screen. All were photographed
by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Company. CHAPTER 4: Three Edison Company
comedies illustrating Porter's knowledge of photography and camera
techniques. |
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VHS |
| V-7507 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 1],
EPISODE 1, PT. 1,2 - THE SOFT PAW OF DEATH [48Min. EACH EPISODE] |
Episode 1, Tape 1: The Soft Paw of Death, pt. 1,2 ;
Episodes 3,4, Tape 2.- Maria Shevtosova, a chief investigator in the
Prosecutor's Office, looks into the case of a businessman reently
acquitted of crimial chargs. H is linke to the assassination of a member
of the legislature. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7508 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 2],
EPISODE 1, PT. 3,4 - THE SOFT PAW OF DEATH |
Maria Shevtsova, a chief investigator in the
Prosecutor's Office, looks into the case of a businessman recently
acquitted of criminal charges. He is linked to the assassination of a
member of the legislature. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7509 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 3, EPISODE
2, PT. 1,2 - A TOMB FOR TWO |
When several exhumations reveal more than one body
buried in a grave, chief inspector Shevtsova decides to look into the
case. The extra bodies, however, mysteriously disappear from the morgue.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7510 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 4],
EPISODE 2, PT. 3,4 - A TOMB FOR TWO |
When several exhumations reveal more than one body
buried in a grave, chief inspector Shevtsova decides to look into the
case. The extra bodies, however, mysteriously disappear from the morgue.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7511 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 5],
EPISODE 3, 2 PARTS - ALICE PECULARITIES |
Shevtsova is assigned to investigate the
disappearance three years ago of a wealthy couple's daughter. The daughter
has suddenly demanded that her parents give up her own daughter and has
begun to haunt her husband. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7512 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 6],
EPISODE 4, 2 PARTS - A WOMAN'S TEARS |
Several seemingly unrelated cases suddenly turn out
to be interconnected: the theft of expensive equipment and clothing from a
flophouse, the murder of a prostitute, and the appearance of a man with a
disfigured hand. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7513 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 7],
EPISODE 5, 2 PARTS - SOME OTHER'S CROSS |
A young woman gives Shevtsova a cross in a church.
As Shevtsova leaves the church, another woman first tries to buy the
cross, then steals it. The following morning she is found murdered.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7514 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION [TAPE 8],
EPISODE 6, 2 PARTS - THE PRACTICANT |
An ambitious, young practicant is assigned to chief
inspector Shevtsova for training. Shevtsova gives her what appears to be
an easy first case: investigate the death by drowning of another young
woman. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7857 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION-2 TAPE 4 EPISODE
4: MARIONETTES [2PTS]. 46MIN. EACH |
Tape 4: Episode 4: Marionettes [2pts]- A television
report claims that the wife of an oil magnate has been kidnapped. When
Shevtsova speaks with him by telephone, however, he denies that she has
been kidnapped. The case becomes even more puzzling when Shevtsova watches
a video of the magnate questioniong the kidnappers and ordering their
execution. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7858 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION-2, TAPE 5:
EPISODE 5: ROLE OF THE VICTIM [2PTS] 46MIN. EACH |
Tape 5: Episode 5: Role of the Victim [2pts]- A
famous actress asks for Shevtsova's help because she is being stalked and
harassed. Several days later the actress is found dead, an apparent
suicide victim. The suicide note contains only a quote from her latest
film--"No one love you. You might as well die." RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7859 |
SECRETS OF INVESTIGATION-2, TAPE 6:
EPISODE 6: THE BLACK GOD [2PTS] 46MIN. EACH |
Tape 6: Episode 6: The Black God [2pts] - The police
detail is called to investigate the dead artist, who is wearing a black
mask. The mask, one of a series made by the artist, is the image of the
god of death. The case becomes a puzzle after two different people confess
to the crime and one of them is subsequently found dead wearing another
black mask. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-6965 |
SECRETS OF MADAME WONG, THE |
A struggle breaks out between the captain of a
Soviet freighter and a band of modern-day pirates in the Southeast Asian
seas. The pirates have occupied a deserted island, where they have store
all of the loot they have seized. RUSSIAN/No English
subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-3362 |
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED |
A young girl is seduced by her sister's fiance,
setting in motion a chain of events which explore the Sicilian code of
honor. Italian with English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-627 |
SEDUCTION OF MIMI (DUBBED IN
ENGLISH) |
A comic farce of politics and seduction about a
Sicilian laborer's escapades with the Communists and the local Mafia.
Dubbed in English. As she reacquaints her self with her husband, she finds
that he has abandoned his Old World ideals. Bond, vanquishing evil in the
forms of robots and monsters. She also |
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VHS |
| V-3228 |
SEE IT NOW |
(June 9, 1957). CBS-TV. "Automation." Edward R.
Murrow narrating. How Automation is changing American industry,
unemployment, and the way we live. |
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VHS |
| V-3224 |
SEE IT NOW |
CBS-TV net. With Edward R. Murrow. Three company
progrsms. December 23, 9151, February 24, 1952, and June 29, 1952.
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VHS |
| V-3927 |
SEE YOU IN HELL, FRIENDS (DOVIDENIA V
PEKLE, PRIATELIA) |
The exploits of pretty Rita and a host of characters
she meets become increasingly surreal. The communist censors found their
love of freedom and democracy dangerous enough to ban the film shortly
after its release. Slovak dialogue/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-260 |
SEEING RED |
Over 400 interviews with present and former American
Communists, filmmakers Reichert and Klein paint a warm, human, funny and
always engaging portrait of 50 years of American Communism from its heyday
in the 1930s through the bitter McCathy era witchhunts of the 1950s. From
folk singer Pete Seeger to former union organizer Rose Podmaka, the people
in the film speak out with "an energy and vitality that is hard to
resists." |
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VHS |
| V-5639 |
SEEK THE WIND |
Adventure film set during the Russian Civil War. At
an isolated Ural estate an old family acquaintance, now a White Guard
lieutenant, appears and announces his desire to leave the war and live a
peaceful life. The family patriarch gives his blessing for the man to
marry his daughter, but the war threatens to interrup the family's
provincial life. Russian/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-5226 |
SEEKERS OF HAPPINESS |
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VHS |
| V-3853 |
SEEKERS OF HAPPINESS |
A Jewish family is resettled to a recently formed
Jewish autonomous republic in the Soviet Far East. All members of the
family find happiness in working at a collective farm, except for the
son-in-law. In an attempt to get rich and go abroad, he looks for gold and
is arrested while trying to cross the border. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-478 |
SEEKERS, THE |
British pioneers in New Zealand jungle at the turn
of the 19th century. wars. death. terrifying supernatural experiences.
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VHS |
| V-6273 |
SEIZING 'THE SAVOY' |
A crime thriller film, at the center of which are a
Polish schoolboy and a fellow traveler on the same plane headed for a
vacation in Africa. The plane, however, is part of a major gangster
conspiracy. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| DVD-1407 |
SELENA |
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South
Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano
music into mainstream America. |
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DVD |
| V-8135 |
SELF-PAID LEAVE, A [2 PARTS] |
A young girl from Siberia comes to Moscow to visit
her beloved, whom she met while he was on assignment in her village. He is
about to leave for an assignment in Hungary and seems not to be pleased
that she has arrived. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-6264 |
SELF-PORTRAIT BY AN UNKNOWN |
The film is a social parable about a man who comes
to understand that he has lived his entire life in the wrong way and in
pursuit of the wrong things. With his remaining time alive, he tries to
start life anew. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-6505 |
SELKINCHEK |
Winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival
in 1994, this film launched international recognition the emergence of new
wave of Central Asian cinema. The film's story is simple and
straightforward, involving youthful love and betrayal, and tragic death.
[B&W]. NO DIALOGUE. NO ENGLISH CREDITS. |
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VHS |
| F-338 |
SELLING OF THE PENTAGON, THE |
A documentary film which focuses on public relations
activities of the Pentagon and questions the use of the taxpayers' dollars
to provide extensive financial support for apparent propaganda purposes.
committed a serious crime often share the same dehumanizing facilties. a
variety of processes for the making of ceramic sculptures.
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FILM |
| V-5793 |
SELMA LORD SELMA |
In 1965, during the turbulent early days of the
right-to-vote movement, a young Alabama schoolgirl is inspired by Dr.
Martin Luther King. Jr. to resist the degradation that her fellow African
Americans are suffering. Along with a white seminary student from the
north and against the ever-increasing threat of racial violence she
promoises to do what she can to help Dr. King's efforts. Wonderful World
of Disney series. |
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VHS |
| V-8350 |
SEMANA SANTA #1 |
Documentary about the traditiona Semana Santa [Holy
Week] celebration in Seville, Spain. Tape 1, [31min.], Domingo de
Ramos. |
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VHS |
| V-8352 |
SEMANA SANTA #3 |
Documentary about the traditional Semana Santa [Holy
Week] celebration in Seville, Spain. Tape 3, [30min.], Mi'ercoles Santo,
Jueves Santo. |
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VHS |
| V-8351 |
SEMANA SANTA, #2 |
Documentary about the traditional Semana Santa [Holy
Week[ celebration in Seville, Spain. Tape 2, [32min.], Lunes Santo, Martes
Santo. |
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VHS |
| V-8353 |
SEMANA SANTA, #4 |
Documentary about the traditional Semana Santa [Holy
Week] celebration in Seville, Spain. Tape 4, [41min.], Madrugada, Viernes
Santo, S'abado Santo. |
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VHS |
| V-7079 |
SEMEN DEZHNEV |
The film is a cinematic biography of the Russian
explorer Semen Dezhnev [1605-1673], who was the first man to navigate
across Siberia to the Asian coast and to discover the straits that
separate Asia from the American continent. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-6818 |
SEMESTER AT SEA MEETING WITH FIDEL CASTRO
FALL 2000 VOYAGE |
December 19, 2000 meeting of Semester at Sea
participants with Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba. The approximately five
hour meeting consists of a speech by Castro and a lengthy
question-and-answer session including statements by several Cuban
citizens, followed by performances of poetry and music. Primariy in
Spanish with English audio translation, some English with Spanish audio
translation. |
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VHS |
| V-4079 |
SENECA REFLECTIONS CELEBRATING 150 YEARS
OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS |
SENECA REFLECTIONS is a rare, personal tribute to
the remarkable women--past and present whose lives have furthered the
cause of women's rights. Included are the voices of Betty Friedan, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, Donna Shalala, Sally Roesch Wagner, Judy Wellman, Coline
Jenkins-Sahlin, Karen Staser, and others. |
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VHS |
| VL-192 |
SENIOR CITIZEN ARTISTS'
RESOURCE |
An explanation of what the SCARP program is and what
contributions it has made to Pittsburgh public education. American society
for change. Includes a question and answer period. the community resources
available to individuals for support and help. growing old. Includes
suggestions by social service authorities on |
PROGRAM(SCARP) |
U-Matic |
| V-8195 |
SENORA DE NADIE [PAL] |
A middle aged Argentine woman with a comfortable
life discovers that her husband ha sbeen having affairs for years behind
her back. She leaves him and for a time has trouble adjusting to her
newfound yet unwelcome independence. Eventually, however, she accepts her
condition and ultimately thrives as she finds new loves and a new
life. |
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VHS |
| V-5932 |
SENSE OF PLACE, A |
In the act of honoring the connection and dependency
which we have with the whole web of life lies the possibility of a deep
and abiding communion. If, as author Wendell Berry has written, "you can't
know who you are until you know where you are," then the process of
discovering and achieving a sense of place may be the most important step
in our life's journey. This program is based on interviews with five
individuals who are exploring this frontier: Kirkpatrick Sale is a
well-known author {Dwellers In The Land, Human Scale}, John and Nancy Jack
Todd are co-founders of Ocean Arks International, Paul Winterl is founder
and president of Living Muisc Records, and Jeff Bercuvitz is president of
Community Innovations, an international firm which helps communities
develop creative solutions to their social, economic and environmental
problems. |
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VHS |
| S-34 |
SENSE OF PLACE, A |
Focues upon some of the places left in the world
where cultural roots run deep, where time has been consiously slowed down
despite pressures from the outside world. Age level: Elementary through
adult. Series: Images of Man 2. Age level: Junior and senior high
school. |
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Slide Set |
| V-1879 |
SENSO |
In 1866 an Italian countess (Alida Valli) falls into
a tempestuous affair with a dashing Austrian officer (Farley Ganger). When
war and revolution break out. She becomes torn between her fervent
patriotic commitment and her emotional obsession with one of the enemy. As
battles rage about her, the Contessa pursues all her passions to the
fulles, leading with tragic inevitability to vengenance, madness and ruin.
An extravagantly romantic film evoking an historical era with compelling
immediacy. In Italian with English subtitles. inner city retail stores).
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VHS |
| VL-512 |
SENSORY DEPRIVATION, PART 1 |
A workshop to sensitize persons who work with the
elderly to the effects of sensory deprivation and to ways to overcome
problems in interaction due to sensory deprivation. methods of
re-inforcing such alternate behaviors as car pooling, bicycling and bus
riding are presented. |
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U-Matic |
| VL-513 |
SENSORY DEPRIVATION, PART 2 |
A workshop to sensitize persons who work with the
elderly to the effects of sensory deprivation and to ways to overcome
problems in interaction due to sensory deprivation. methods of
re-inforcing such alternate behaviors as car pooling, bicycling and bus
riding are presented. |
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U-Matic |
| V-7118 |
SENTENCE, THE |
A young couple attends an exhibit of paintings at a
gallery and makes some new acquaintances. The results will be tragic: the
girl is raped and her boy-friend is fatally wounded. Hid friend decides to
settle scores with the local mafia. AZERI DIALOG/RUSSIAN DUB/No English
subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-6396 |
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO GATHER
POTATOES |
A lonely boy sets off with his classmates on the
annual potato crop gathering at the beginning of the school year. During
the trip he has his first taste of freedom in experiencing real and
imaginary passions. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-3470 |
SENTIMENTAL POLICEMAN, THE |
A sentimental tale about a militiaman who discovers
a foundling in a cabbage patch. With music by Chaikovskii and songs by
Alesandr Vertinskii. Russian dialogue. No English subtitles.
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VHS |
| V-1197 |
SENTINELS OF SILENCE |
Filmed almost entirely from a helicopter, this film
presents spectacu- lar views of seven of the most important archaeological
sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Mitla, Tulum, Palenque, Chichen
Itza and Uxmal. Narrated by Orson Welles and featuring a symphonic music
score by Martiano Moreno, the film conveys a spiritual and aesthetic
impression of the lost civilizations of Ancient Mexico. project ever.
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VHS |
| V-1806 |
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL |
The year is 1950 and America is divided between
black and white. Schools, restaurants, trains and buses even drinking
fountains cannot be shared by both races. Although slavery has been
outlawed for nearly a century, segregation is legal. But white and Negro
facilities are separate and unequal and the tension has reached a breaking
point for the blacks of Clarendon County, South Carolina. When their
request for a single school bus is denied by white school officials, a
bitter, violent and courageous battle for justice and equality begins.
Cast includes: Burt Lancaster and Richard Kiley. (Closed
Captioned) |
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VHS |
| V-7773 |
SEPTEMBER VACATION |
The film is a screen adaptation of themes from
Aleksandr Vampilov's play Duck Hunt. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-3029 |
SEQUENCES-STRATEGIES FOR SHOOTING
NEWS |
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IN THE REAL WORLD |
VHS |
| V-4493 |
SERENADE |
A rising opera star's life is a turbulent as the
on-stage roles he plays in this emotion-swept musical drama based on a
James M. Cain novel and filmed almost entirely in Mexico. |
|
VHS |
| V-545 |
SERF ACTRESS, THE |
An historical musical comedy based on motifs in
Strel'nikov's operetta The Serf. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-915 |
SERF ACTRESS, THE |
An historical musical comedy based on motifs in
Strel'nikov's operatta The Serf. RUSSIAN/English
Subtitles. |
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DVD |
| V-7262 |
SERGEANT MAJOR |
A sergeant major retires from frontline service,
says farewell to his unit, and sets off for a small city in the rear to
become an instructor for cadets and future soldiers. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7795 |
SERGEANT OF THE MILITIA, #1 [3 EPISODES-
200Min.] |
The film is a screen adaptation of a novel of the
same title by I. lazutkin. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7796 |
SERGEANT OF THE MILITIA, #2 3 EPISODES -
200Min. |
The film is a screen adaptation of a novel of the
same title by I. Lazutkin. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-7770 |
SERGEANT TSYBULI'S TRIP TO THE
DACHA |
The film is a military comedy about a heroic Soviet
pilot on a mission to supply partisan troops. He is captured by the
Germans when he mistakes their campfires for a landing signal. But he
escapes and completes the journey to the partisans. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-5720 |
SERGEANT YORK |
Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism,
Tennessee-born ALvin York went on to become the most acclaimed hero of
World War I. |
|
VHS |
| V-5262 |
SERGEI EISENSTEIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
The plot of the film is a long voyage abroad, which
Eisenstein started in 1929. We see transformed episodes from films of
Eisenstein and his contemporaries, as well as rare archival shots of
Eisenstein's himself. We hear only Eisenstein's reminiscences, which are
sometimes very personal. Reflects the inner world of the great film
director during the tragic years of two Russian revolutions and the Stalin
terror. [Color & B&W]. |
|
VHS |
| V-6826 |
SERGEI EISENSTEIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
The plot of the film is a long voyage abroad, which
Eisenstein started in 1929. We see transformed episodes from films of
Eisenstein and his contemporaries, as well as rare archival shots of
Eisenstein's himself. We hear only Eisenstein's reminiscences, which are
sometimes very personal. Reflects the inner world of the great film
director during the tragic years of two Russian revolutions and the Stalin
terror. Russian/English subtitles. [Color and B&W]. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-636 |
SERGEI EISENSTEIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
The plot of the film is a long voyage abroad, which
Eisenstein started in 1929. We see transformed episodes from films of
Eisenstein and his contemporaries, as well as rare archival shots of
Eisenstein's himself. We hear only Eisenstein's reminiscences, which are
sometimes very personal. Reflects the inner world of the great film
director during the tragic years of two Russian revolutions and the Stalin
terror. Russian/English subtitles. [Color & B&W]. |
|
DVD |
| V-4509 |
SERGEI EISENSTEIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
The film is a documentary that examines the life of
filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein through the words of his autobiography and
through clips from films of the major directors of the 1920s. At the same
time, the film also experiments with editing images and sounds together in
a number of ways. Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-8561 |
SERIOUS FITNESS |
Fourteen-year-old Masha is disgusted by her
surroundings and her parents' preoccupations with everyday needs and
affairs. Instead, she dreams of a beautiful and wornderful life, which she
associates with the fitness-club across the street. RUSSIAN/English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-68 |
SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW, THE |
Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and
filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic
and the supernatural. A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to
retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human
beings back from the dead. {Letter-boxed}. |
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DVD |
| V-2876 |
SERPENT'S EGG, THE (POOR
QUALITY) |
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|
VHS |
| V-3043 |
SERPENT, THE |
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|
VHS |
| V-7664 |
SERPENT, THE |
The Open Theatre, which was originated by the
director/actor Joseph Chaikin performs this distinctive production of the
creation and fall of man in six episodes by Jean-Claude Van Itallie. "The
Serpent" is the oly cinematic record available of the work of the
now-disbanded Open Theatre and its director. This production represents,
in that respect, a hallmark of experimental theatre. The film concludes
with scenes from rehearsals and the production of the Open Theatre's
production of "Terminal." B&W. |
|
VHS |
| V-2402 |
SERPICO |
Al Pacino's classic portrayal of Frank Serpico.
"SERPICO" was based on the true story of a New York policeman who
discovers that honesty is not expected to be part of his job. He endures
scorn and mistreatment from his fellow cops while attempting to perform
his job with integrity. The film is a breathtaking suspense story and a
fascinating character study as well as a memorable statement about
government's inherent flaws. includes: Dina Merrill, Keenan Wynn and Peter
Weller. |
|
VHS |
| V-4159 |
SERVANT, THE |
A tale of hypocrisy and hatred until a corrupt
servant becomes the master. |
|
VHS |
| V-443 |
SERVANT, THE |
A psychological examination of the complex, often
ambivalent relationship between master and servant, represented in the
film by a powerful communist party official and an orchestra conductor.
Russian dialogue. No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-219 |
SET IT OFF |
Four women take the law into their own hands and try
to get some pay-back by robbing the city's biggest banks. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1807 |
SET-UP, THE |
An over-the-hill boxer thinks he can still win a
bout, despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next
fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken
money for a 'dive' from a tough gambler. |
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DVD |
| DVD-716 |
SEVEN BEAUTIES |
Seven Beauties tells the story of Pasqualino
Frafusco [Giancarlo Giannini], a small-time crook and lady-killer, who
lives in Naples with his mother and seven sisters during World War II.
English and Italian subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-594 |
SEVEN BEAUTIES (DUBBED) |
This is the story of a likeable hood with no
political convictions and fewer brains who soots his sister's pimp to save
the family honor. He is caught, tried, sent to an insane asylum,
volunteers for the Italian army and ends up in a Nazi concentration
camp. |
|
VHS |
| D-169 |
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS |
When the eldest of seven brothers in the Oregon
Territory brings home a wife, the other six sneak into town looking for
brides. UCIR. (Closed-Captioned) Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
(Closed-Captioned) |
DIGITAL SOUND |
VideoDisc |
| V-3493 |
SEVEN DAYS AFTER A MURDER |
Psychological thriller about the murder of a
general's daughter. Russian dialogue. No English subtitles. subtitles.
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VHS |
| V-5977 |
SEVEN DEADLY SINS, THE |
A light-hearted episode film that combines the
talents of top directors with the seven capital sins: Anger, Envy,
Gluttony, Lust, Laziness, Pride, and Greed. The tope directors included
are: Phillippe de Broca, Jacques Demy, Edouard Molinaro, Roger Vadim and
Sylvain Dhomme. French/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5821 |
SEVEN LITTLE SOLDIERS |
A filmic fairy tale about a lonely boy who writes to
a newspaper asking that he be sent some tin soldiers to play with. Shortly
after, seven real soldiers, each named for a day of the week, arrive in
the boy's town. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-4067 |
SEVEN MADMEN, THE LOS SIETE
LOCOS |
Erdosain, a young inventor in a precarious economic
state, is abandoned by his wife. Now alone, Erdosain falls into a
seemingly inescapable, consuming depression. Imprisoned by his misery, the
young man becomes involved with a terrorist group whose goal is to take
power by force. The leader of the gang is Alberto Lezin, "El Astologo",
who has a capricious and arbitrary vision of justice. The methods that he
proposes to put an end to corruption and venality cause him to drag his
gang identified as The Seven Madmen, toward a chaotic and apocalyptic end.
Spanish with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3833 |
SEVEN NANNIES |
Young workers from a watch factory re-educate a
difficult teen-ager. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5270 |
SEVEN OLD MEN AND ONE GIRL |
A musical comedy about a young girl who works in a
health spa and the seven men who come there to rest and work out.
Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1373 |
SEVEN SAMURAI |
A desperate village hires seven samurai to protect
it from marauders in this crown jewel of Japanese cinema. JAPANESE/English
subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| V-725 |
SEVEN SAMURAI, THE |
A small village is annually attacked by marauding
bandits; the farmers decide to hire samurai to defend them, but because of
lack of funds can only hire seven samurai. Japanese dialog with English
subtitles. a touch of the supernatural to create a genuinely unique
cinematic experience. Kurosawa successfully interweaves the narrative into
the Japanese culture of the period, discovering new insights within the
timeless themes of ambition and greed. Kurosawa propels the viewer through
a violent world perfectly suited to Shakespeare's tale of lordly pride and
sudden treachery. Japanese with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6489 |
SEVEN SCREAMS IN THE OCEAN |
The passengers on a luxury liner learn that war has
been declared and that their ship is the target of several attack
submarines. The news drastically changes the personalities of all of the
passengers. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-370 |
SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE MARILYN MONROE THE
DIAMOND COLLECTION |
A husband of seven years, alone in New York while
his family vacations, fantasizes an affair with the TV model in the
upstairs apartment. Series: Marilyn Monroe the diamond
collection. |
|
DVD |
| V-1546 |
SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE |
It's a steamy summer in New York City and this
scandalous, sexy comedy heats things up even more! A married man (Tom
Ewell), whose wife and son are away for the summer, has his fidelity put
to the test when a seductive starlet (Marilyn Monroe) moves in upstairs.
Keeping his marriage vows in the face of her flirtations proves tough when
challenged by the notorious "seven year itch." Faced with this provocative
problem, he's victim to an outrageous mating dance filled with hilarious
comedy. |
|
VHS |
| V-3125 |
SEVENTEEN MOEMENTS OF SPRING, PTS.
5,6 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence officer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3128 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING, PTS.
11,12 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence officer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3124 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING, PTS.
2,3 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence officer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3126 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING, PTS.
7,8 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence oficer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3127 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING, PTS.
9,10 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence officer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3123 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING,
PTS.1,2 |
A political thriller set in Nazi Germany during
WWII. A Soviet intelligence officer works as a high ranking official in
Berlin. Adventure, use of documentary footage, psychological analysis and
individualized portraits of German leaders made the film one of the most
successful productions under Brezhnev. Russian dialogue/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-4832 |
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING: 25 YEARS
LATER |
A two-part television documentary on the most
popular television mini-series in Soviet history, Tat'iana Lioznova's
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1972). The documentary features interviews
with most of the surviving people who participated in making the series.
Color and B&W., Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5632 |
SEVENTH BULLET, THE |
A police chief in 1920s Central Asia struggles
against an anti-Soviet gang from across the border that is enticing his
men to join them. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-3589 |
SEVENTH HEAVEN |
The tale of Chico, a Parisian sewer worker and
Diane, the beautiful but mistreated young waif he rescues from the street.
All their problems drift away as they begin a new life together. But when
WWI breaks out and Chico is called to the front, Diane is left alone. Will
her true love ever return to her? 'Silent' |
|
VHS |
| V-4295 |
SEVENTH ROUTE, THE |
A composite film that uses shot footage, found
footage, and documentary footage. A young American woman comes to her
mother's hometown with her videorecorder to compose a birthday film for
her mother. She gets caught up in a wuasi-memorial celebration of a dead
dissident writer. Ukrainian and English dialogue with Russian
voice-over/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6057 |
SEVENTH SATELLITE, THE |
A former general and professor of law at a legal
military institute is freed from prison in 1918 after he is cleared by the
Soviet government. After many trials and crises, he decides to dedicate
his life to Soviet law. Russian/No English subtitles,
[B&W]. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-321 |
SEVENTH SEAL, THE |
Presents an allegory of man's search for meaning in
life. Details events in the life of a knight returning from the Crusades
who plays a game of chess with Death while the plague ravages medieval
Europe Swedish/English subtitles. {B&W]. |
|
DVD |
| V-3608 |
SEVENTH SEAL, THE |
Set in 14th century Sweden, a knight and his squire
return from the Crusades to find Sweden ravaged by plague. The knight
confronts Death incarnate and they play a game of chess, with the knight's
life and those of his companions at stake. to superficial pursuits put the
journalist on a crash course with tragedy and forces him to examine the
values of love and selfless virtue. Italian with English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-1057 |
SEVENTH VEIL, THE |
A concert pianist loses the use of her hands in a
fire, and with it her desire to live. Through the help of her friends and
a psycho-hypnotiz- ing doctor, she regains her love for life. renewal and
the construction of an interstate highway. In the North, frustrated by an
unresponsive city administration, black Chicagoans |
|
VHS |
| V-429 |
SEVENTH VEIL, THE |
A concert pianist loses the use of her hands in a
fire, and with it her desire to live. Through the help of her friends and
a psycho-hypnotiz- ing doctor, she regains her love for life. mysterious
woman's death. |
|
VHS |
| V-5400 |
SEVER YOUNG MAN, A |
Loosely based on themes in Iurii Olesha's novel
Envy, the film became a cult classic during the 1950s. Olesha's
celebration of rationalism and utilitarianism was very charactristic of
art of the mid 1920s. {B&W}. Russian/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-4593 |
SEVERAL INTERVIEWS ON PERSONAL
MATTERS |
The heroine of the film is a successful journalist
who is engaged in helping people all over the republic. Meanwhile, the
heroine's own family life is endangered because of her frequent absences.
Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6604 |
SEVERO SARDUY [PAL] |
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|
VHS |
| V-6428 |
SEWAGE TREATMENT |
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|
VHS |
| DVD-51 |
SEX & ZEN |
An unusually high-class, soft-core tale, based on
the ancient literary classic. The Prayer Mat of Flesh. Amy Yip flaunts her
nubile charms in the face of Lawrence Ng, an easily distracted scholar.
Also features Kent Cheng and Isabella Chow. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-384 |
SEX AND THE CITY THE COMPLETE SECOND
SEASON |
Exploits of a single woman columnist and her friends
revolving around her articles on sexual mores and customs of New York
City. |
|
DVD |
| DVD-1601 |
SEX AND THE CITY [COMPLET FOURTH SEASON]
[3 DISC. SET] |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-1602 |
SEX AND THE CITY [COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON]
[2 DISC. SET] |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-1609 |
SEX AND THE CITY [COMPLETE THIRD SEASON]
[3-DISC. SET] |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-204 |
SEX AND THE CITY {FIRST SEASON} |
Exploits of a single woman columnist and her friends
revolving around her articles on sexual mores and customs of New York
City. {2 Disc. Set}. |
|
DVD |
| V-1161 |
SEX AND THE SCIENTIST |
Chronicles the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey,
America's first and foremost sexologist. Narrated by Virginia Johnson
Masters, and relying heavily on reports of professional colleagues,
research subjects, family members, and friends, Kinsey's story unfolds--
from his strict Victorian childhood to the founding and operation of the
Institute for Sex Research. |
|
VHS |
| V-2598 |
SEX DRUGS AND DEMOCRACY |
Presents a vision of a society that is diametrically
opposed to the America advocated by Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, Jerry
Falwell, and Newt Gingrich. A documentary that explores the limits of
personal freedom through an uncensored look at morality and politics.
analysis. |
|
VHS |
| S-22 |
SEX EDUCATION |
Designed to meet a variety of needs for introductory
courses in human sexuality, this set can be used with unsophisticated
students and/or as a discussion starting point. Includes sections on
philosophy for sex education, charts on sexuality and deviance, male and
female genitalia, penis size and sexual taboos. Certain portions show a
male bias toward female sexuality. |
NATIONAL SEX AND DRUG FORUM |
Slide Set |
| F-46 |
SEX LIFE OF THE POLYP |
Benchley's second film; another uproarous classic in
which Professor Benchley embarrassedly recounts the erotic behaviour of
the polyp with an illustrated lecture. photography, microphotography, and
stop action filming to show scenes of a seagull in flight, of snow
crystals forming and melting, of sand |
|
FILM |
| V-4117 |
SEX MISSION SEKSMISJA |
Two men, voluntarily hibernated, are awakened 50
years later to learn that their world doesn't exist anymore. Nuclear war
destroyed all Earth vegetation, men were exterminated and women are ruling
from the undergrounds. Facing harsh treatment from their female guards,
they will do anything to save themselves and to reestablish the male
population. Polish dialogue with English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-5435 |
SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE, THE |
Paulette arrives in NYC from Ohio hoping to become
an actress. She finds a room at Tracy's pad, and she advises Paulette to
attend a party where theatrical agent Sam Biller will be. The gathering
turns into an orgy and Paulette leaves and searches for a job. Meanwhile
she starts dating a young man Allen, and its dawns on her that Tracy is
hooking to support herself. Paulette on the other hand becomes a waitress,
but gets fired and ends up in the same boat as her friend. |
|
VHS |
| VL-484 |
SEX, DRUGS, AND AIDS |
This early AIDS film tells young people what they
need to know to avoid getting the deadly disease. raised. is re-enacted.
Finally, when the clown finds he had only misplaced his nose, the group
sees that his own emotions had been allowed to |
|
U-Matic |
| V-413 |
SEX, DRUGS, AND AIDS |
This early AIDS film tells young people what they
need to know to avoid getting the deadly disease. |
|
VHS |
| V-455 |
SEX, DRUGS, AND AIDS |
This early AIDS film tells young people what they
need to know to avoid getting the deadly disease. one of them over the
brink of madness. |
|
VHS |
| FL-160 |
SEX, DRUGS, AND AIDS |
This early AIDS film tells young people what they
need to know to avoid getting the deadly disease. of the data obtained.
techniques developed by the artists. stage, as well as commentary on what
he is trying to accomplish as the |
|
FILM |
| DVD-1168 |
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE |
|
|
DVD |
| D-128 |
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE |
Smoldering senuality and biting humor, the
surprising relationship be- tween the three title subjects is revealed in
"sex, lies, and video- tape." Graham, a long lost college friend who
drifts back into town in the lives of John, a self involved philanderer,
his angelic wife, Ann, and her saucy sister Cynthia. One by one, each is
drawn into the very personal project Graham is working on, leaving the
relationship between them forever transformed. |
(CLOSED CAPTIONED/DIGITAL SOUND) |
VideoDisc |
| V-70 |
SEXUAL HARASSMENT |
In the post Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas world all
educational institutions have to deal openly with the issue of sexual
harassment. In a clear, concise and non-doctrinaire manner, this video
(divided into five sections), educates both men and women with specific
reference to campus relations. 1. Sexual Harrasment Defined. 2. Intent vs.
Impact. 3. Dealing With Unwanted Attention. 4. Consensual Relations. 5.
Looking Forward. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1452 |
SHADOW MAGIC |
Based on a true story about a Chinese photographer
and an Englishman who arrives with "moving pictures". Liu unintentionally
defies his families traditions to help bridge the gap between Chinese
culture and the inventions and western technologis. In order to better his
standing in society, so he can marry th woman he loves, Liu must decide if
he wants to risk everything to help bring the motion picture industry to
China. CHINES; MANDARIN & ENGLISH DIALOGUE/English, French or Spanish
subtitles. |
|
DVD |
| D-565 |
SHADOW OF A DOUBT |
When Uncle Charlie comes to visit his relatives in
the sleepy town of Santa Rosa, Joseph Cotten stars as the charming Uncle
Charlie, a beguiling killer who travels from Philadelphia to California
just one step ahead of the law. But soon his unknowing niece and namesake,
"Young Charlie" (Teresa Wright), begins to suspect her uncle of being the
Merry WIdow murderer and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins. Cantonese
and Mandarin..Chinese with English subtitles. |
|
VideoDisc |
| DVD-443 |
SHADOW OF A DOUBT |
Joseph Cotten stars in this understated thriller as
beguiling murderer who charms his unsuspecting family, but soon his niece
and namesake begins to suspect her uncle is hiding some terrible
secret. |
|
DVD |
| V-4804 |
SHADOW OF CHINA |
A mysterious young tycoon fights to seize control of
Hong Kong, and to hide a past that could destroy him and the empire that
he built. |
|
VHS |
| V-2223 |
SHADOW OF CHINA |
A mysterious young tycoon, John Lone fights to seize
control of Hong Kong-and to hide a past that could destroy him and the
empire that he built. Sammi Davis and Vivian Wu star in an epic and timely
political thriller about one man's struggle to adapt to a changing world.
SONG OF CEYLON (Great Britain), 1934, 39Min., B&W, Director: Basil
|
|
VHS |
| V-7089 |
SHADOW, THE |
The film is a musical comedy baded on Evgenii
Shvarts's play, which was an adaptation of a story by Hans Christian
Anderson. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-3962 |
SHADOWLANDS |
Based on a true story, C.S. Lewis leads a
gentleman's life until he meets Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York
divorcee, who awakens him to deep emotions he has written about, but never
experienced. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-762 |
SHADOWS |
A poignant tale of adjusting to the harsh realities
of an imperfect world. |
|
DVD |
| V-2792 |
SHADOWS |
A poignant tale of adjusting to the harsh realities
of an imperfect world. |
|
VHS |
| V-5329 |
SHADOWS DISAPPEAR AT NOON, PT. 1
(EPISODES 1 & 2) |
A two-part film variant of a seven-part television
mini-series tracing the history of several families in a Siberian
settlement from the arrival of Soviet power through the 1950s. Russian/No
English subtitles. Total running time: 492Minutes. |
|
VHS |
| V-5330 |
SHADOWS DISAPPEAR AT NOON, PT. 2
(EPISODES 3 & 4) |
A two-part variant of a seven-part television
mini-series tracing the history of several families in a Siberian
settlement from the arrival of Soviet power through the 1950s. Russian/No
English subtitles. Total running time: 492Minutes. |
|
VHS |
| V-5331 |
SHADOWS DISAPPEAR AT NOON, PT. 3
(EPISODES 5 & 6) |
A two-part film variant of a seven-part television
mini-series tracing the history of several families in a Siberian
settlement from the arrival of Soviet power through the 1950s. Russian/No
English subtitles. Total running time: 492 Minutes. |
|
VHS |
| V-5332 |
SHADOWS DISAPPEAR AT NOON, PT. 4 (EPISODE
7) |
A two-part film variant of a seven-part television
mini-series tracing the history of several families in a Siberian
settlement from the arrival of Soviet power through the 1950s. Russian/No
English subtitles. Total running time: 492 Minutes. |
|
VHS |
| V-876 |
SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS |
A young man marries a sensual woman he does not
love, after the death of his true sweetheart. The new wife seeks aid from
witchcraft only to succumb to the advances of a seducing sorcerer. The
film's emotional atmosphere gradually interweaves the burdens of a tragic
past with a world of occult visions, rendering revenge and death
inevitable. In Ukranian with English subtitles. July 10 through July 17th.
The Conference closely reflected the mood of the Buddhist movement now
taking shape in the West. |
|
VHS |
| V-4220 |
SHADY GROVE OLD TIME MUSIC FROM NORTH
CAROLINA, KENTUCKY & VIRGINIA |
Presents musical performances that took place in the
last years of four highly expressive and individualistic makers of
traditional old time country music. The footage shows a personal,
reflective side of the music, as well as some more exuberant or dance
oriented pieces. There is a strong blues flavor throughout. Featuring
Kilby Snow, vocals and autoharp; Dock Boggs, vocals and banjo; Tommy
Jarell, Vocals and fiddle; Roscoe Holcomb, vocals, guitar and banjo.
Informational and biographical pamphlet included. Color &
B/W. |
|
VHS |
| V-766 |
SHAFT |
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn. Private eye John
Shaft sets out to find the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem
gangster. |
|
VHS |
| V-7864 |
SHAH'S DIAMONDS, THE |
A worker in a hard currency bar loses a lot of money
gambling and courting a new girlfriend. Together with a friend he breaks
into an apartment in Moscow and steals a treasure of diamons. The crime
ends in murder and the police investigate. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-6895 |
SHAITAN/EVIL SPIRIT |
This video is a spoof on both the occult horror film
and lurid television news broadcasts. A group of guys decides to save one
of their sisters by killing "Shaitan," the evil spirit that possesses her.
RUSSIAN/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-301 |
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL |
At the heart of the film is the story of Kerry
O'Shea, an Irish- American medical student who finds himself inextricably
involved in the war. When his buddy is short, Dr. Lenihan, Kerry's
professor, is called in, and it is then that Kerry learns of Lenihan's
secret life as leader of a group of Irish querillas. Torn between contempt
for war and his loyalty to his heritage, he soon finds himself faced with
the decision to join the fight or return to America. |
|
VHS |
| V-208 |
SHAKESPEARE AND HIS STAGE |
Provides a brief history of the English theater
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and presents different
interpretations of Hamlet. |
APPROACHES TO HAMLET |
VHS |
| V-4406 |
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE |
When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration
to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful
Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two
things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to
marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to
play the lead in Will's latest production! |
|
VHS |
| V-7668 |
SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE ACTION &
CHARACTER |
In this video-taped workshop, Tony Church explores
the interpretation of two of Shakespeare's best known speeches and ends
with a demonstration of the first speech in a reconstruction of the accent
of Shakespeare's time. |
|
VHS |
| D-608 |
SHALL WE DANCE |
A middle-aged workaholic's incredibly dull life
takes a funny turn when he signs up for a ballroom dance class. Japanese
with Yellow English subtitles. |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-3948 |
SHALL WE DANCE |
A middle-aged workaholic's incredibily dull life
takes a funny turn when he signs up for a ballroom dance class. Japanese
with Yellow English subtitles.. |
|
VHS |
| V-4285 |
SHALL WE SEND THE HERALD? |
A sequel to Chikov's highly popular comedy Don't
Play the Fool (1997), the film is an episodic roadside adventure movie. it
follows the central hero as he journeys with his insane and armed friend.
RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-3011 |
SHALLOW GRAVE |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1378 |
SHALLOW HAL |
Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates
only physically beautiful women. One day, he runs into a self-help guru
who hypnotises him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal
then meets Rosemary, a grossly obses woman who Hal sees a vision of
loveliness. Will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow
friend undoes the hypnosis and Hal sees the real Rosemary? |
|
DVD |
| V-218 |
SHALOM ISRAEL |
Renowned singer Sidor Belarsky, through song and
narration, takes us on a whirlwind tour of the nascent State of Israel.
Filmed in 1951, we travel together with the famous vocalist from the
Syrian border to the Red Sea, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan
River. Replete with favorite songs from the early years of the State, this
ode to Eretz Yisrael is filled with love. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1310 |
SHAMPOO |
No Description Available |
|
DVD |
| V-6463 |
SHAMPOO |
George promises his impatient steady, Jill, that
they'll settle down once he gets his own salon. During the next frantic 48
hours, George tries to borrow the cash he needs from Lester, a shady
businessman. But Lester doesn't know that George is sleeping with his
mistress, his shrewish wife, and his teenage daughter. |
|
VHS |
| D-191 |
SHANE VIEW ONLY IN THE MRC |
A retired gunfighter, now drifter, comes to the
assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a hired gunman. Cast also
includes: Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance. themselves and
those around them. Their lives veer out of control, taken over by the
relentless pursuit of fulfillment that's always |
|
VideoDisc |
| V-433 |
SHANE |
Ex-gunfighter becomes embroiled in the fight between
the homesteaders and the cattle ranchers. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1787 |
SHANE |
The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired
gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a
wealthy cattleman and his hired gun. |
|
DVD |
| V-5638 |
SHANGHAI |
Contemporary story about life in the "Shanghai"
section of Alma-Ata, the multi-ethnic capital of Kazakhstan. Russian/No
English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-1891 |
SHANGHAI EXPRESS |
After being jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive
Brook), Lily gains a reputation as a notorious adventuress. Things heat up
when the former lovers are reunited on a train enroute to Shanghai. They
share accommodations with a motley group of international passengers,
including a dubious merchant who unsuccessfully propositions Lily. When
the train is overtaken by Chinese rebels, Captain Harvey is held hostage
and the merchant turns out to be the rebels' leader. So Lily strikes a
tantalizing bargain in order to save the man she never stopped loving.
(Closed Captioned). Cast includes: Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner
Oland & Eugene Pallette. |
|
VHS |
| V-4456 |
SHANGHAI GESTURE, THE |
In Shanghai's slimy underworld, English financier
Sir Guy Charteris (Walter Huston) tries to close a gambling den, owned by
the devious Mother Gin Sling (Ona Munson). |
|
VHS |
| V-2762 |
SHANGHAI TRIAD |
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|
VHS |
| S-38 |
SHANNON |
A true story of the implications and effects of
ghetto life on a baby girl. Focuese on such problems as lead poisoning,
rat infestation and related health problems in the inner-city. Shows
Shannon's life in a slum tenement and after moving to a public housing
project. Age level: Junior and senior high school. |
URBAN SENSITIVITY SLIDE (SERIES) |
Slide Set |
| V-8660 |
SHANTYTOWN BLUES |
Set in the last years of the Soviet Union, the film
traces the life oa young teenager who plays the guitar, loves the Beatles,
and dreams of a different life. But he gets involved with a crowd of
black-marketeers and ends up shooting a man. RUSSIAN/English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| F-92 |
SHAPE OF FILMS TO COME, THE |
Examines the technological and artistic developments
in filmmaking presented at various exhibits at the 1967 World's Fair at
Montreal. Features various multiple screen films and a film in which the
audience votes on the development of the plot. adequately.
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|
FILM |
| V-3992 |
SHARE IT WITH THE CHILDREN (Generations
Together) |
No Description Available |
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VHS |
| V-3423 |
SHARED SET OF VALUES, A |
Designed to increase copyright awareness and
stimulate discussion among students on this important issue. Encourages
viewers to consider the consequences of illegal copying, and to re-examine
the excuses often used to justify it. 'A SHARED SET OF VALUES: COPYRIGHT
& INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY'. communism in
China. Color with b&w sequences. |
COPYRIGHT/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
VHS |
| V-7977 |
SHARING THE FRUITS OF PROGRESS |
Examines why Taiwan deserves to become a more
integral part of the world community. Illustrates the development of a
strong infrastructure that helped build Taiwan into one of the world's
strongest traders and the desire of the people and government to return
the generosity they have received. Narrator: Earl We Yan/English
language. |
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VHS |
| V-8416 |
SHARING THE TAIWAN EXPERIENCE: A BRIEF
LOOK AT THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA |
Briefly describes the industrial, economic,
political, and social history of Taiwan. |
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VHS |
| V-6756 |
SHARON OLDS |
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VHS |
| V-7454 |
SHARP SWORDS DRAWN |
The film is an adventure and spy thriller set in
Ukraine immediately after the Civil War, when in addition to Reds and
Whites there were also anarchist Blacks, nationalists, and brutal
marauders. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-1808 |
SHATTERED DREAMS |
SHATTERED DREAMS is a video which tells of the
trauma which is experienced by the families of people who are seriously
mentally ill. Shilhouetted narrators speak the words of family members
telling of their successes and failures of trying to cope and to take care
of a mentally ill relative, while dealing with the mental health system.
Dr. Diane T. March, Ph.D. and professor of Psychology at the University of
Pittsburgh and practicing psychologists, is the moderator who guides the
viewers and suggestions which will help to develop collaborative
partnerships with the families of people who are seriously mentally ill.
(Closed Captioned) |
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VHS |
| V-5918 |
SHATTERED IMAGE |
"Jessie leads a dual life, trapped in a dangerous
maze of dream and reality. In one life, she is a coldblooded assassin
preying on a prominent businessman who is smitten by her charms. In her
other life, she is a wealthy newlywed, honeymooning with her new husband.
A combination of a violent past experience and the possible unfaithfulness
of her new spouse add to the complexity of her delusions. |
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VHS |
| V-153 |
SHATTERING THE SILENCES THE CASE FOR
MINORITY FACULTY |
SHATTERING THE SILENCES is the first film to look at
campus life through the eyes of faculty of color. Eight scholars- Black,
Latino, Native American and Asian-American share their stories of life in
the academy- how they transformed and were transformed by their respective
disciplines and institutions, it demonstrates the educational benefits of
faculty diversity, it also reveals the unique challenges and pressures
faced by faculty of color. |
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VHS |
| V-5060 |
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE |
Two convicts, one white and one black, never give up
the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an
uplifting bond no prison can ever take away. |
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VHS |
| V-4758 |
SHCHORS |
The film belongs to the Soviet genre of
"revolutionary-historical epics." It recounts the exploits of Nikolai
Shchors, the legendary Red Army military leader, in the struggles to wrest
Ukraine from anarchist and White Army occupation. {B&W}. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| DVD-1488 |
SHE |
In London, dying physicist John Vincey asks his
young American nephew Leo to contiue the search for the Flame of Eternal
Life. Five hundred years ago another Vincey, also named John, actually
found the Flame, the family legend goes, and it is up to young Leo to
carry on. |
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DVD |
| F-527 |
SHE |
Left a strange legacy on his 25th birthday, Leo
Vincey was driven to seek its truth on the strange, forbidding shores of
Libya and the mysterious land ruled by Ayesha (She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed),
who had waited his arrival. Temptation nearly proved his downfall in this
faithful adaptation of Sir Rider Haggard's famous novel. |
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FILM |
| V-2643 |
SHE |
Famous story about the ageless Queen Ayesha,
(Blythe), who renews her life force periodically by walking through a
pillar of cold flame. Story and titles by Haggard. Blythe is a stirringly
mean queen. Silent film with music score |
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VHS |
| V-4662 |
SHE & HE KANOJO TO KARE |
A women resident becomes discontent with the empty
life she and her husband are leading. They encounter a street beggar who
lives in poverty with his dog and a blind orphan. The woman becomes
fascinated by the beggar's world and pursues a friendship which leads to
terrible discord and tragedy. Japanese/English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| DVD-1214 |
SHE BEAST, THE |
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DVD |
| V-4886 |
SHE DEFENDS THE MOTHERLAND |
Praskov'ia lived happily in Soviet Russia before the
Nazi invasion. The Nazies came and killed her husband and son. Prakovia
organizes a guerilla group to fight the enemy. {B&W}. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-770 |
SHE DONE HIM WRONG |
West stars as Lil, an 1890s saloon singer in the
screen version of her Broadway hit "Diamond Lily," and imparts on the
negligible plot her usual share of double entendres and racy comments.
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VHS |
| V-3928 |
SHE GTAZED HORSES ON CONCRETE (PASLA KONE
NA BETONE) (Pasla kone na betone) |
A single mother brings up her daughter in a farming
village only to see her daughter on the road to single motherhood, too.
The mother's decision to find her a husband takes the film through a
series of comic and realistic pictures of life in a small community.
Slovak dialogue/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-2821 |
SHE SHOULDA SAID NO |
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VHS |
| DVD-1802 |
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON |
An undermanned cavalry outpost makes a desperate
attempt to repel invading indians. |
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DVD |
| D-50 |
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON |
An undermanned cavalry outpost makes a desperate
attempt to repel invading Indians. |
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VideoDisc |
| DVD-259 |
SHE'S ALL THAT |
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DVD |
| V-6358 |
SHE'S AN ALIEN |
A fantastic melodrama about an unemotional, cold and
logical alien who visits Earth and experiences the passions of a modes
inventor, who falls in love with her. She leaves Earth without him once
she realizes he will not be able to survive on her home planet. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-791 |
SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT |
A voluptuous graphic designer who lives in the
black, bohemian world of Brooklyn happily juggles three lovers, one of
them played by twenty- nine-year-old Spike Lee. Rebel is also a spirited
musical comedy. Co-starring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. |
|
VHS |
| D-141 |
SHE-DEVIL |
Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr), a woeful wife who has
had her fill of a cheating husband, a scheming mistress and powdered
donuts. So when her husband Bob runs off with the gorgeous novelist, Ruth
doesn't get mad- she gets evil. On a pad of things to do, she compiles a
list of Bob's most important assets: home, family, career, and freedom and
begins to destroy them one by one. The rest of the list will require the
de- mented, satanic, wickedness of a stranger-the stranger side of Ruth,
the She-Devil. (Closed Captioned) |
DIGITAL SOUND/CC |
VideoDisc |
| V-3280 |
SHEENA - QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE EYES OF THE
IDOL & THE RIVAL QUEEN |
Swinging from the treetops in her leotard, it's
Irish McCalla, the White Goddess of Kenya, with her ape pal Chim and
Trader Bob. Two jungle adventures are included, "The Rival Queen" and
"Eyes of the Idol." |
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VHS |
| F-492 |
SHEER CRAZINESS |
Presents a brief glimpse into the motorcycle counter
culture of motorcross racing. The film follows a race from tuneup to the
checkered flag. The film captures all the color of motorcycle machismo.
and shield laws are also examined. The film concludes with a look back
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FILM |
| DVD-1773 |
SHEIK, THE THE SON OF THE SHEIK |
Lady Diana Mayo is carried into the desert by an
Arab chieftan, who takes one look at her and wants her, right then and
there. The son of a sheik is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful
girl. When he escapes, he kidnaps the girl, they fall in love, and ride
off into the sunset together. |
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DVD |
| V-1540 |
SHEIK, THE |
Rudolph Valentino portrays Ahmed, the Saharan
chieftain who tempestuously woos and wins Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres),
then rides to her rescue when she's carried off by rival tribesmen. Silent
classic. Cast includes: Agnes Ayers. Meredith is indifferent, but Georgy
is thrilled and winds up taking |
|
VHS |
| V-6452 |
SHELL, THE |
The film is a musical tragicomedy about the
fragility and defenselessness of the beautiful. RUSSIAN
DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-7998 |
SHEPHERD'S PIE & SUSHI |
As a result of her participation in the film The War
between us, a CBC production about the Japanese internment during World
War II, actress Mieko Ouchi begins to explore the history of Japanese
Canadians and discovers her own family's story. Includes clips from The
War between us. In English and Japanese with English subtitles. Color with
b&w sequences. |
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VHS |
| V-1650 |
SHERLOCK JUNIOR |
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VHS |
| V-1642 |
SHERMAN'S MARCH |
McElwee's "epic" which was originally planned as a
historical documen- tary about General Sherman's catastrophic march
through the South, ends up being about the filmmaker himself, and his
disastrous quest for love. When his girlfriend dumps him, he puts
Sherman's story aside and films his own battle for romance, which includes
help from his meddling family. The melodramatic women he meets and the
neurotic energy of McElwee makes this a very funny, uncensored film. Part
4: The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer, (85 Min.) insight on
mother-daughter relationships. |
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VHS |
| V-5613 |
SHIELD AND SWORD, #1 |
The protagonist of the film is a Soviet agent, who
during World War II works undercover in Poland and Germany. From 1940
until the end of the war, he gathers information and fulfills difficult
assignments, even "re-educating" the cousin of a major Gestapo official.
Russian/No English subtitles, B&W. |
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VHS |
| V-5614 |
SHIELD AND SWORD, #2 |
The protagonist of the film is a Soviet agent, who
during World War II works undercover in Poland and Germany. From 1940
until the end of the war, he gathers information and fulfills difficult
assigments, even "re-educating" the cousin of a major Gestapo official.
Russian/No English subtitles, B&W. |
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VHS |
| V-5615 |
SHILED AND SWORD, #3,4 |
The protagonist of the film is a Soviet agent, who
during World War II works undercover in Poland and Germany. From 1940
until the end of the war, he gathers information and fulfills difficult
assignments, even "re-educating" the cousin of a major Gestapo official.
Russian/No English subtitles, B&W. Tape #3 {73Min., Tape #4
{91Min.}. |
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VHS |
| V-913 |
SHIN HEIKI MONOGATARI |
An ex-emperor resolves to regain power in 1137.
haunted by his brother, the Shogun, and is saved by his chief vassel
through a clever disguise. Japanese dialog with English subtitles. and
considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not
ever...even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep |
|
VHS |
| V-7056 |
SHINING WORLD, THE |
The film is a fantasy base don Aleksandr Grins novel
of the same title. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-599 |
SHINING, THE |
A young boy and his parents spend the winter in a
resort hotel which is possessed by ghosts of its evil
past. |
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VHS |
| DVD-33 |
SHINING, THE |
A young boy and his parents spend the winter in a
resort hotel which is possessed by ghosts of its evil
past. |
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DVD |
| DVD-1454 |
SHINOBI NO MONO |
Nobunage Oda is trying to wipe out all ninja in his
quest to rule Japan. Momochi Sandayu, the head of ninja, then decides to
assassinate Nobunaga but the mission fails. When Momochi discovers that
his assistant, Ishikawa Goemon, is having an affair with his wife, Momochi
then makes a deal: if Goemon kills Nobunaga, he will exempt him from
punishment. Goemon accepts this mission. |
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DVD |
| V-4742 |
SHINTO FESTIVAL MUSIC |
Describes the music and theatricals of Shinto which
has remained fundamental to the Japanese lifestyle. Dr. Sidney Brown,
Professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, introduces
the rituals of Shinto and the rich tradition of Japanese mythology. The
celebrated Hayashi Ensemble led by Tanbeo Wakayama performs with driving
rhythms to accompany elaborate theatricals of mime and dance. Early music
television series. |
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VHS |
| F-976 |
SHINTO NATURE, GODS, AND MEN IN
JAPAN |
Introduces the fundamental beliefs of the Shinto
religion. Shinto's close relationship with nature, its interaction with
Buddhism, and many of its rarely seen shrines are portrayed. series
illustrate the possibility of bias in surveys and the reluctance of people
to admit ignorance. |
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FILM |
| V-4560 |
SHIPS STORM THE BASTIONS, THE |
A continuation of Romm's Admiral Ushakov, the film
tells of the founding of Russia's Black Sex Fleet. The historical and
biographical film exalts both the military leader and Great Russian
patriotism. Russian dialogue/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-2456 |
SHIRLEY TEMPLE- THE LITTLE
COLONEL |
An old-fashioned Southern colonel has disowned his
daughter for marrying a Yankee and resists all entreaties for a
reconciliation. But can't resist the charms of his granddaughter (Shirley
Temple). Starring Lionel Barrymore and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. (Closed
Captioned) |
(CLOSED CAPTIONED) |
VHS |
| V-4798 |
SHIVER |
When Dr. James Hansen finishes his new book titled
"God is Dead." his wife Claire (a devout Catholic) is haunted by
nightmares of an evil SS Officer in a concentration camp. |
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VHS |
| DVD-62 |
SHIVERS (DIRECTOR'S CUT) |
A bizarre mystery of a deadly disease that causes
its victims to perform barbarous acts of violence and perverse sexual
behavior. Life is ideal on Starliner Island. The wealthy people who reside
in this secluded oasis are surrounded by every possible luxury and
convenience. The residents couldn't be more secure until it happens!
Suddenly, a strange disease is passed from resident to resident gaining
virulence with each passing day. |
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DVD |
| V-8191 |
SHIZIJZ |
A s tory of four unemployed students' life in the
30s of Shanghai, China. It shows their confusion, misfortune, and
struggling under the social condition that held them in the state of
intersection. |
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VHS |
| V-503 |
SHOAH, PART 1 |
Presents an assemblage of witnesses to the
Holocaust, including death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries, whose
combined testimony, some thirty to forty years after the events, amounts
to a shattering human document. |
|
VHS |
| V-504 |
SHOAH, PART 2 |
Presents an assemblage of witnesses to the
Holocaust, including death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries, whose
combind testimony, some thirty to forty years after the events, amounts to
a shattering human document. |
|
VHS |
| V-505 |
SHOAH, PART 3 |
Presents an assemblage of witnesses to the
Holocaust, including death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries, whose
combined testimony, some thirty to forty years after the events, amounts
to a shattering human document. |
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VHS |
| V-506 |
SHOAH, PART 4 |
Presents an assemblage of witnesses to the
Holocaust, including death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries, whose
combined testimony, some thirty to forty years after the events, amounts
to a shattering human document. |
|
VHS |
| V-507 |
SHOAH, PART 5 |
Presents an assemblage of witnesses to the
Holocaust, including death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries, whose
combined testimony, some thirty to forty years after the events, amounts
to a shattering human document. |
|
VHS |
| V-5340 |
SHOCK |
A journalist, whose articles lead to the
imprisonment of a man for graft and slander, discovers that he has sent an
innocent man to prison, whose only crime was his war against the
underworld. The journalist gradually takes on and continues the man's
struggle. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1651 |
SHOCK CORRIDOR |
A journalist gets himself admitted to a mental
hospital to solve the murder of an inmate. |
|
DVD |
| D-651 |
SHOCK CORRIDOR |
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DISC |
| V-1419 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #1)
MECHANICAL PARADISE, THE |
The Mechanical Paradise- The period 1870-1914 was
one of the hinge points in Western culture. Its emblem, the Eiffell Tower,
symbolized the reign of the engineer, the inventor. |
|
VHS |
| V-1420 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #2) POWERS
THAT BE, THE |
Dada and Expressionism were set against the collapse
of Germany after World War I. The avant-garde's energies were about to be
used in service of real political revolutions. |
|
VHS |
| V-1421 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #3)
LANDSCAPE OF PLEASURE, THE |
The South of France and the Mediterranean became a
generator of color- filled images of well-being that permeated the work of
Monet, Cezanne and other Impressionists. |
|
VHS |
| V-1422 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #4) TROUBLE
IN UTOPIA |
The glass palaces of German architects gave way to
the functionalists. Concern for social programs, culminating in the town
plans of le Corbusier, the speculations of Buckminster Fuller and the
strange wasteland of Brasilia/Brazil. |
|
VHS |
| V-1423 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #5)
THRESHOLD OF LIBERTY, THE |
Surrealism was the last revolutionary art movement
of the 20th century, much like religion. Dali, Miro, Magritte were
striving to liberate the unconscious mind through fantasy/reality.
wasteland of Brasilia/Brazil. |
|
VHS |
| V-1424 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #6) VIEW
FROM THE EDGE, THE |
Figurative Expressionism was ruined by the realities
of the Nazi death camps whose horrors surpassed any distortions of the
human body an artist could imagine. wasteland of
Brasilia/Brazil. |
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VHS |
| V-1425 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #7) CULTURE
AS NATURE |
In the mid-20th century, symbols of modern culture
reflecting the power of mass media, advertising, radio and television,
became subjects for artists. Pop art explores on the scene. wasteland of
Brasilia/Brazil. |
|
VHS |
| V-1426 |
SHOCK OF THE NEW, THE (VOLUME #8) FUTURE
THAT WAS, THE |
We sit at the end of a cycle. The new age of
Modernism that began with this century is now the establishment, as are
its consequences. for artists. Pop art explores on the scene. wasteland of
Brasilia/Brazil. |
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VHS |
| DVD-1379 |
SHOCK WAVES |
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High
Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of
indestructible zombie storm troopers--un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable
monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The
Death Corps. No member of this hrrific SS unit was ever captured by the
allied forces--and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have
survived. |
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DVD |
| DVD-66 |
SHOCKER |
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous
crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker (Pileggi) transforms into a
terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an
uncanny connection to the murderer through bizarre dreams, can fight the
powerful demon. |
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DVD |
| V-1058 |
SHOE SHINE |
In Nazi-occupied Rome two shoeshine boys get
involved in a black market deal to buy a horse. They are caught and sent
to prison where they are separated and tricked into betraying each other.
renewal and the construction of an interstate highway. In the North,
frustrated by an unresponsive city administration, black Chicagoans
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|
VHS |
| V-4288 |
SHOE, THE |
Set in the late 1950s in a Latvian coastal town on
the Soviet Union's eastern border, the film follows three border guards
and their dog as they try to track down the female owner of a shoe found
in the sand. As the guards try to find the Cinderella-infiltrator, the
town's Latvian speaking residents stubbornly ignore the three Russian
speaking guards. Latvian and Russian dialogue/English subtitles.
B/W. |
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VHS |
| V-2431 |
SHOLAY |
Together for the first time the emotion-packed voice
of six great film stars. Dmarmendra, Amitabh Bachcha, Hema Malini, Sanjeev
Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. Meddling relatives, illnesses and
near-death draw the family close, and all are close to Mama, the one
person who can make things rights. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1014 |
SHOLAY |
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|
DVD |
| V-8777 |
SHOOT FOR THE CONTENTS |
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|
VHS |
| D-403 |
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER TIREZ SUR LE
PIANISTE |
Tells of an introverted pianist who after his wife's
suicide foregoes a promising concert career to play rinkytink piano in a
small-time dive. Thinking himself freed from the horrors of the outside
world, he finds himself face to face with them once again as his criminal
brother and the woman he loves draw him by different routes into a web of
underworld intrigue. French with English subtitles. |
|
VideoDisc |
| FL1286 |
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER TIREZ SUR LE
PIANISTE |
Charles Aznavour as a despondent former concert
pianist now tinkling the ivoires in a run-down cafe. His girlfriend wants
him to resume his career, but his thieving brothers involve him in a plot
to double-cross gangsters. In French with English subtitles. alone through
the country. Five years laters, he returns to his son. |
|
FILM |
| V-8109 |
SHOOT TO KILL DISPAREN A MATAR |
An innocent man is murdered during a routine police
round-up while his mother watches helplessly. Refusing to accept the
official version of the story that her son was a criminal she launches a
long campaign for justice. SPANISH/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| FL1126 |
SHOOT/DON'T SHOOT |
Puts audience into the role of a law enforcement
officer in six shoot or don't shoot situations. while outside police are
beseiging the room. slaves. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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|
FILM |
| V-2002 |
SHOOTING PARTY, THE |
Tells the story of a magistrate who, unable to admit
his love for a woodman's daughter, watches as she marries an estate
manager and falls into a loveless affair with the estate's owner, a
decadent count. In a fit of jealous passion, the magistrate kills the
young woman. Then, abusing his judicial authority, he prosecutes her
husband for the crime. The story, told in flashback, subtly reveals the
truth about the magistrate's guilt. In Russian with English subtitles.
haunting blend of traditional and contemporary musical forms. Terry
Thomas, Peggy Mount, Dennis Price, Shirley Eaton, Joan Hurley, Georgina
Cookson, and Joan Sims. |
|
VHS |
| V-431 |
SHOOTIST, THE |
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly
but is embroiled in one last battle. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1784 |
SHOOTIST, THE |
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly
but is embroiled in one last battle. |
|
DVD |
| V-682 |
SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE |
In a sleepy Slovak town a simple carpenter is
offered the job of aryan controller of a Jewish-owned button shop. The
relationship between the carpenter and the woman owning the button shop,
played by the great Yiddish actress Ida Kaminska, provides a moving
counterpoint to the horror of the holocaust. Slovak dialog with English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-6889 |
SHOPKEEPER AND THE POET, THE |
The film is set in a small Belorussian city during
the Nazi occupation. A woman is asked by some partisans to ransom one of
their members from a German POW camp. This experience will transform her
life and lead her to fight the fascists actively. RUSSIAN/No English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| F-958 |
SHOPPING BAG LADY, THE |
Tells how a series of experiences of a group of
typical 14 year old girls makes them more sensitive to the needs of
elderly people. the imagery hints at the presence of a sci-fi narrative,
Dream 733, is best approached as a collection of carefully assembled
collages, fragments of a surreal future that flash momentarily into view
before |
|
FILM |
| V-6591 |
SHOPPING FOR FANGS |
No Description Available |
|
VHS |
| V-7437 |
SHORE OF HOPE, A |
The film explores the conflicts that erupt, moral
and political, after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The central
characters are people who make decisions that will affect the rest of the
world. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-3132 |
SHORE, THE |
Russian writer, Vadim Nikitin, comes to Hamburg,
where hsi new novel has been published. He recalls the sping of 1945, when
he was in Germany for the first time, and reminisces over his love for a
German girl Emma. After forty years he meets his old love again. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-818 |
SHORT 2 DREAMS [LA JETEE/BIG BRASS RING/A
GUY WALKS INTO A BAR/CAFE BAR/DEPTH SOLITUDE/ |
SHORT is award-winning films from around the world
in a digitally enriched environment of sight and 2.0/5.1 channel surround
sound. LA JETTE: The themes of time and memory are intricately sewn into a
eulogy to civilization; Chris Marker,[1962, 29min,]. BIG BRASS RING:
Malcolm McDowell plays a controversial political icon who verbally spars
with a beautiful journalist; George Hickenlooper, [1997, 6min.]. A GUY
WALKS INTO A BAR: A naive wannabe actor stumbles into a real life cowboy
fantasy while driving across country; Carmen Elly,[1997, 27min.]. CAFE
BAR: In this brushstroke animation a random meeting at a cafe becomes two
people's "escape" from one another; Alison De Vere, [1974, 6min]. DEPTH
SOLITUDE: An underwater ode to isolation. EYE LIKE A STRANGE BALBOON: A
whimsical allegory on man's journey through time and space; Guy Maddin,
[1995, 5min.], also the hilarious animated follow-up Mr. Resistor, BRIDE
OF RESISTOR; the provocative documentary, VINCENT THE JUNKIE CHRONICLES: A
work-in-progress documentary takes an unblinking look at the life of an
addict. INTERACTIVE MINUS and the always popular JUNK
DRAWER |
EYE LIKE A STRANGE BALLOON |
DVD |
| V-5721 |
SHORT CUTS |
Robert Altman's funny and provocative film that
interweaves the stories of 22 characters, this is a tale that reminds that
in life there are no Short Cuts. |
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VHS |
| V-4896 |
SHORT CUTS, TAPE 1,2 |
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VHS |
| V-5180 |
SHOT IN THE KARASH PASS, THE |
A revenge-adventure film. Seeking to escape pursuit
by a powerful nobleman, a poor warrior seeks the protection of another
lord who betrays him. Russian/No English subtitles. |
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VHS |
| V-7756 |
SHOT, THE |
The film is a screen adaptation of Aleksandr
Pushkin's story of the same title. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
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VHS |
| V-860 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CHRISTABEL
PANKHURST |
This daughter follows in her mother's footsteps.
Emmeline Pankhurst's oldest daughter, Christabel, emerges as a youthful
militant leader. She declares war on the government and with other women,
fights men- with fists and stones in the streets of London. At the age of
31, she has a national reputation and is a celebrity in many circles. A
street fighter, she is later named a Dame of the British Empire in 1936.
Brothers staff. OUR FIGURES ARE SLIPPING- The figures are down and the
tempers are up as Mr. Rumbold tries to run the store. CAMPING IN- When a
rail strike "strikes," the staff of Grace Brothers camp out inside the
store. |
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VHS |
| V-861 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER OUTRAGE |
On Derby Day, June 4, 1913, Emily Wilding Davidson,
threw herself under the hoffs of the King's horse at the Derby. Her death
made her the first woman's rights martyr. Sacrificing one's life for the
cause of woman's suffrage became the ultimate symbol for the movement. The
cause welcomed other martyrs and gave them glorious funerals. This episode
also tells the story of the critical break that develops between sisters
Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst. OUR FIGURES ARE SLIPPING- The figures are
down and the tempers are up as Mr. Rumbold tries to run the store. CAMPING
IN- When a rail strike "strikes," the staff of Grace Brothers camp out
inside the store. |
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VHS |
| V-862 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER SYLVIA
PANKHURST |
In a calculated move, women win the vote as a direct
result of suffrage support or World War I. It is a resounding victory for
the women's suffrage movement in England, but for some it is a shallow
victory. Sylvia Pankhurst has been a contributing factor in the struggle,
but she has broken with her mother and sister because she opposes
England's entry into the war. Her pacifist views and her involvement with
the desperately poor in London's East End lead her to become a strong
supporter of the revolution. After writing a book on Russia and completing
a biography of her mother, Sylvia campaigns for greater freedom and
independence of all people. camp out inside the store. |
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VHS |
| V-858 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ANNIE
KEENEY |
At ten years old, Annie Kenney worked part-time in
the Lancaster mills. At age 13, she worked full-time. When the women's
movement moves to London, Annie Kenney is transformed from a millworker to
a suffrage organizer after a chance meeting with Christabel Pankhurst. Her
efforts bring the working class into the women's movement. |
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VHS |
| V-859 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER LADY CONSTANCE
LYTTON |
A member of the aristocracy, Lady Constance Lytton
spent her childhood in the luxury of Vienna, Paris, Libson and India.
After a chance meeting with suffragettes Annie and Jessie Keeney, Lady
Constance becomes convinced of the need for confrontational tactics in the
cause for suffrage. In the course of her involvment in the movement, she
encounters violent resistance from the male-dominated government. When
first imprisoned for her acts of protest, she is separated from her
friends and given special treatment in jail because of her social
position. In protest she disguises herself as a working-class woman,
further risks her fragile health in a personal effort to strike out
against the class system. She died at the age of 54. |
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VHS |
| V-857 |
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER THE PANKHURST
FAMILY |
Emmeline Pankhurst is elected to the post of
Registrar of Births and Deaths after her husband Richard Marsden
Pankhurst, a lawyer and social reformed dies. In her new capacity she
emerges as the mother of suffrage in England, stumping Britain for the war
efforts, helping is the battle cry of Emmeline and her daughters
Christabel and Sylvia. The three Pankhurst women mobilize a women's army
in an attempt to change attitudes and laws in Britain. |
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VHS |
| D-121 |
SHOW BOAT |
Musical play about the life and loves of a
Mississippi riverboat theater troupe. The famous score includes "Old Man
River," "Make Be- lieve," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." "Why Do I Love
You," and "Bill." |
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VideoDisc |
| DVD-171 |
SHOW GIRLS |
Seduction, passion and power struggles unfold as the
creators of Basic Instinct blow the lid off the seemingly glamorous world
of Las Vegas show dancing. Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) has what it
takes to make it as a Las Vegas showgirl - what she doesn't have is a way
in. To survive, she accepts the only job available; lap dancing at a seedy
club. And when she meets Cristal (Gina Gershon), Vegas' reigning showgirl,
Nomi wants everything she has including her boyfriend
(MacLachlan). |
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DVD |
| DVD-275 |
SHOW ME LOVE |
SHOW ME LOVE is the comic and heartbreaking story of
Agnes, Elin and their teenage friends growing up in the small town of
Amal. Nothing ever happens until Elin shows up at Agnes' birthday party
and Elin's life takes an unexpected turn. Stuck in the middle of two love
intrests, Elin tries to come to terms with her real self- and the courage
it takes to be different. In Swedish w/English subtitles. |
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DVD |
| VL-516 |
SHOW MUST GO ON, THE |
A step-by-step demonstration of the basic techniques
for setting up a videotape system to play and record. due to sensory
deprivation. methods of re-inforcing such alternate behaviors as car
pooling, bicycling and bus riding are presented. |
OR SET UP, OPERATION AND CARE |
U-Matic |
| DVD-1686 |
SHOW OFF, THE [81Min.] THE PLASTIC AGE
[73Min.] |
THE SHOW OFF- a braggart wreaks havoc with his
fiancee's family as they become poorer. He somehow saves the day [81Min.],
directed by Malcolm St. Clair- Silent film with music and English
subtitles. THE PLASTIC AGE- Clara Bow plays Cynthia Day, a tough girl at
Prescott College who runs with a fast crowd. Donald Keith is a sap
freshman, Hugh Carver, who falls for her, though Cynthia knows her
lifestyle is bad for him. In their senior year, Cynthia becomes more quiet
and studious, and finally regains Hugh, who never stopped loving her, when
he becomes a football hero. Silent, 73min., 1925, director: Wesley
Ruggles. |
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DVD |
| DVD-1483 |
SHREE 420 |
An innocent young man comes to Bombay and meets with
robbery and other set-backs, getting involved with gambling and fraud,
threatened with arrest under Section 420 of the Penal Code. HINDI/English
subtitles. |
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DVD |
| F-156 |
SHRINKING RAWHIDE, THE |
A love triangle in the old west. case for breach of
promise. American forces in the area. Also contains newsreel footage of
the flood which devastated Columbus, Ohio in 1913. the country village
schools, medical facilities, and agricultural |
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FILM |
| V-5828 |
SHTEMP |
A undercover militia-man, Shtemp, discovers that one
of his superiors is deeply involved with the local mafia. Fearing for his
life, he decides to flee. Russian/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-8652 |
SHUB-BABA LIUBA! |
A gas-field worker in the far north finds a huge
crystal that turns out to be an unpolished diamond. He continues to
increase his fortune. He helps his nephew, who introduces him to his
teacher. And then there's love. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-6296 |
SHUROCHKA |
The film is a screen adaptation of Aleksandr
Kuprin's short story "One By One." RUSSIAN DIALOGUE. |
|
VHS |
| V-2310 |
SHY PEOPLE |
An urbanized New York journalist and her spoiled
daughter journey to the Louisiana bayou to vist long-lost relatives in
order to produce an article for "Cosmopolitan." They find ignorance,
madness, and ancestral secrets and are forced to examine their motives,
their relationships and issues brought to light in the watery, murky,
fantastic land of the bayous. provides a blueprint for other industries.
Already highly competitive, car manufacturers who are not lean and at the
cutting edge of cross- border integration face ruin. They also have huge
opportunities because emerging nations hunger for more cars. From the
Business 2000 series. |
|
VHS |
| V-8421 |
SI DA FO JIAO MING SHAN |
The first video presents architecture and sculpture
of famous Buddhist temples in China. The second video presents Christmas
celebration in Harbin China. Narrated in Mandarin. |
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VHS |
| V-2323 |
SIBERIADE |
Spanning more than six decades of Russian history
encompassing the Bolshevik Revolution, two World Wars and the era of
modernization, SIBERIADE is Andrei Konchalovsky's passionate and ambitious
examination of the Soviet spirit, as represented in two families of
opposing ideologies: the proletariat conflicts and alliances, Konchalovsky
dramatizes the evolution of the Russian people, bound together by the
common struggle for survival and faithfulness to the motherland. Part 1:
115Min./Part 2: 91Min. Color/B&W. Russian dialogue with English
subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1393 |
SIBERIADE [3 DISC. SET] |
An epic romantic drama about three generations of
two feuding families, the rich Solomins and the poor Ustyuzhanins, of
rural Siberian village, from the time of the Russian Revolution to the
present-day exploration of hidden resources of Siberian soil. ENGLISH,
GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, DUTCH, SWEDISH, HEBREW,
ARABIC, CHINESE, JAPANESE Subtitles. |
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DVD |
| FL-988 |
SICKNESS STRIKES |
Outlines the services offered by the Allegheny
County hospitals, Woodville, Kane, and Mayview. Illustrates the financial
problems arising from chronic illness in older persons. county hospitals.
irrigation, crop storage, and marketing. |
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FILM |
| V-1200 |
SIDEBURNS WHISKERS |
A wild and woolly satire that pits a clique of young
Russian rightists called "The Pushkin Club" against an anti-establishment
rock group. While the rebellious rockers are downright vulgar, the
seemingly re- spectable "Pushkinists" represent the real danger to
society, recalling the early Nazis in their militaristic mindset and
strange attitudes. NTSC video, subtitled. |
|
VHS |
| FL-93 |
SIEGE OF LENINGRAD |
Describes the German siege of Leningrad during World
War II. Recounts the struggles against starvation and the bitter cold of
the winters from 1941 until January 1944, when the Germans were forced to
retreat. irrigation, crop storage, and marketing. |
|
FILM |
| V-7577 |
SIEGFRIED ZYGFRYD |
A selfish and cynical art connoisseur and a young
circus acrobat who dreams of a more exciting life develop a subtle
emotional relationship with homosexual overtones. Based on a short story
of Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. POLISH/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7744 |
SIGGRAPH 2001 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
VIDEO TAPE |
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VHS |
| V-6950 |
SIGN OF MISFORTUNE |
The film is set in a Belorussian village that is
occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War. When her husband is
brutally murdered by the fascists at a peaceful demonstration, Stepanida
locks herself in her but and sets fire to it. RUSSIAN/No English
Credits. |
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VHS |
| V-6730 |
SIGN OF VENUS |
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|
VHS |
| V-6660 |
SIGNALS [SUBTITLED] |
Maria Wronska is a master thief who wants to quit
the business. On her way to Gdynia on the transatlantic, Maria is rescued
from the sea by a man, Piotr, after the ship goes down, who falls in love
with her. Then, the authorities arrive to arrest her. Polish/English
subtitles. B&W. |
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VHS |
| V-3031 |
SIGNALS THROUGH THE FLAMES |
A film by Sheldon Rochlin and Maxine Harris
outlining the tumultuous history of the famous experimental grou, the
Living Theatre. |
STORY OF THE LIVING THEATRE |
VHS |
| DVD-820 |
SIGNS |
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot
crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess, the town's reverend. The
circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find
out the truth behind the crop circles. |
|
DVD |
| V-3929 |
SIGNUM LAUDIS |
Corporal Hoferik is used to carrying out orders
without questioning them. Tragedy begins to loom during World War I, when
the rules he plays by turn out to be at odds with almost everybody else's.
Slovak dialogue/No English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-7417 |
SIL'VA |
A young officer, in love with a stage singer, falls
into despair when his father decides to marry him off to his niece. The
singer, disguised as an aristocrat, is introduced to the father's circle
of friends. RUSSIAN DIALOGUE/B&W. |
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VHS |
| V-8250 |
SILENCE OF NETO, THE |
Produced entirely in Guatemala and filmed in the
colonial city of Antigua, this film tells the story a young boy's coming
of age while his country struggles to preserve democracy amidst CIA
cold-war propaganda. Through the eyes of young Neto, the viewer is given
an authentic insider's look at the diverse people of Guatemala and the
historical events in the mide-1950's that have shaped their destiny.
SPANISH/English subtitles. |
|
VHS |
| V-2814 |
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE |
killer, she must enter a terrifying race against
death. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-206 |
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE |
A young female FBI agent is sent to interview
notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, in hope of obtaining information
that will help the Bureau catch another killer.
{Letterboxed}. |
|
DVD |
| V-4543 |
SILENCE, #1 |
Sergei Vokhmintsev, a demobilized soldier returns
home after the war and begins studying at an institute. His father is
unexpectedly arrested, having been falsely informed on, and Sergei, as an
"enemy of the people," is thrown out of the party and the institute. He
travels to Kazakhstan, takes up work in construction, and meets many true
friends, all the while keeping his faith in justice. (B&W}. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. Total running time Tapes 1&2:
209Min. |
|
VHS |
| V-4544 |
SILENCE, #2 |
Sergei Vokhmintsev, a demobilized soldier returns
home after the war and begins studying at an institute. His father is
unexpectedly arrested, having been falsely informed on, and Sergei, as an
"enemy of the people," is thrown out of the party and the institute. He
travels to Kazakhstan, takes up work in construction, and meets many true
friends, all the while keeping his f aith in justice. {B&W}. Russian
dialogue/No English subtitles. Total running time: Tapes 1&2:
209Min. |
|
VHS |
| V-5159 |
SILENT REVOLUTION, THE, VOL. 1 WHAT DO
THOSE OLD FILMS MEAN? |
In this six-part series, film historian and critic
Noel Burch takes us on a spellbining journey into the early years of
filmmaking in six countries. Using beautifully transferred prints gathered
from the world's archives, Burch looks at how and why film became an art
and how it reflected and answered social needs and problems. Each silent
film segment is accompanied by a newly commissioned musical score. In the
first program, Along the Great Divide: Great Britain 1900-1912 Burch
examines early British classics. The second part, Tomorrow the World: USA
1902-1914 looks at early film in America against the background of the
immigrant masses streaming into the factories, slums and sweat-shops of
early 20th century Aemrica. 26Minutes each. B&W with Color
sequences. |
|
VHS |
| V-5160 |
SILENT REVOLUTION, THE, VOL. 2 WHAT DO
THESE OLD FILMS MEAN? |
A landmark series of six programs. Film historian
Noel Burch takes us on a sepllbinding journey into the early years of
filmmaking in six countires. Using beautifully trnasferred prints gathered
from the world's archives. Burch looks at how and why film became an art
and how it reflected and answered social needs and problems. Each silent
film segment is accompanied by a newly commissioned musical score. In the
third program, She!: Denmark 1902-1914 Noel Burch looks at the incredible
explosion of filmmaking in Denmark where mature cinema was born at a time
when French and American films were simple melodramas. The fourth program,
The Enemy Below: France 1904-1912 covers the early love affair between the
cinema and the French working class through early Pateh and Gaumont
productions, and rare films of Leonce Petter, Louis Feuilliade, and
Jacques Feyder's Crainquebille. Each program 26Minutes. B&W with Color
sequences. |
|
VHS |
| V-5161 |
SILENT REVOLUTION, THE, VOL. 3 WHAT DO
THOSE OLD FILMS MEAN? |
Historian Noel Burch takes us on a spellbinding
journey into the early years of filmmaking in six countires Using
beautifully transferred prints gathered from the world's archives, Burch
looks at how and why film became an art and how it reflected and answered
social needs and problems. Each silent film segment is accompanied by a
newly commissioned musical score. Post-Revolutionary Russia was a period
of extraordinary social and cultural experiment, and in the fifth program
of this landmark series about the early years of the cinema, Noel Burch
focuses on the sexual politics of the Soviet cinema. The program, Born
Yesterday: USSR 1926-1930 includes obscure films. In Under Two Flags:
Germany 1926-1932, Burch discusses the German silent cinema virtually
unknown today. Each program 26Minutes. B&W with Color
sequences. |
|
VHS |
| DVD-1513 |
SILK ROAD, THE AN ANCIENT WORLD OF
ADVENTURE, EPISODES 1-4 |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-1515 |
SILK ROAD, THE AN ANCIENT WORLD OF
ADVENTURE, EPISODES 9-12 |
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|
DVD |
| DVD-1514 |
SILK ROAD, THE AN ANCIENT WORLD OF
ADVENTURE, EPISODES 5-8 |
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|
DVD |
| V-2216 |
SILK ROAD, THE |
Countless men have died defending the great Silk
Road. As it cuts a jagged ribbon across 5,000 miles of Asian desert, it is
home to the rebel armies who prey on merchants transporting their goods to
the wealthy Chinese cities. Heading to one of these cities is Ahao, who is
suddenly ambushed by a ruthless rebel army regiment. Zhao is made into a
soldier & marched off to the great battle of the South. Zhao proves
himself a skilled fighter, single-handedly rescuing the captured Princess.
Alone, Zhao & the Princess make their way across a treacher- ous
desert, falling deeply in love, unaware of the dangers that lay ahead. For
his bravery Zhao has earned the wrath of China's young ruler, the Crown
Prince Li, who will mount an army to defend his honor & turn the Silk
Road into a river of blood. Chinese/English subtitled. |
|
VHS |
| V-2111 |
SILK ROAD, THE (TAPE #1) QUALITY OF
PICTURE FAIR THE GLORIES OF ANCIENT CHANG-AN |
GLORIES OF ANCIENT CHANG-AN: See the excavation of
the ancient Clay Army and its treasures, buried for almost 2,000 years.
You'll witness sculptures of China's largest tomb, climb the Great Wall,
visit a hallowed Buddhist temple and the underground murals of a legendary
princess. |
|
VHS |
| V-2121 |
SILK ROAD, THE (TAPE #11) WHERE HORSES
FLY LIKE THE WIND</ |