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McGraw-Hill Films The years of reconstruction, 1865-1877
Shows the economic, social, and political problems which faced the freed Negro, and discusses how resentment and bitterness from both Negroes and whites frustrated attempts to reach a reasonable peace. - Describes the aftermath of the Civil War, how the economy in the South changed and how the position of African-Americans improved but very slowly
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Project 7 Films The American people in World War II
Describes how the United States Government mobilized the American people and their resources to prosecute World War II and shows how the war affected the quality of American life on the home front. - During World War II, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted America to remain neutral. However, he did urge the American people to avoid neutrality of thought. Hitler made it increasingly difficult for America to remain neutral. This film contains much original footage and follows the slow but...
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McGraw-Hill Films The colonial economy
Portrays how colonists devised realistic solutions to their problems of labor, transportation, capital and currency. - In order to build a viable and prosperous colony, the Americans needed to find capital, labor, and modes of transportation. Each region developed differently, with plantations in the South, whaling, shipbuilding and industry in the North, and wheat and cattle growing in the middle colonies. The mother country needed the raw materials, but guarded its industrial secrets, causing tension...
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McGraw-Hill Films The colonial way of life
Various races and national groups settled the colonies in America. Ways of life in the several regions served to emphasize differences in cultural and religious beliefs. However, as trade, communication, education and idea exchange increased, differences that existed among the colonists gradually became less important than the things they had in common
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McGraw-Hill Films Immigration
After the Civil War , there was a great demand for new settlers to cultivate the vast plains of America. This film discusses the main immigration periods and the characteristics of each phase. It addresses the many and various aspects related to American immigrant history
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Project 7 Films The New Deal
Explains that the New Deal marked a fundamental change in government in the United States, and brought an end to the laissez-faire philosophy. Analyzes the New Deal as a response to the problem of the depression, and shows that while it was a basic change, it was not a revolution
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McGraw-Hill Films The rise of the industrial giant
As the United States is entering it's second century, industry is growing. However, with new wealth come new problems: growing resentment gainst monopolies and protests against the accumulation of wealth in the hands of few. This documentary discusses these developments.
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McGraw-Hill Films Trusts and trust busters
This video is a compilation of photographs, pictures, cartoons, and narration. It describes the industrial giants such as Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie, as well as the "Trust Busters" who tried to put an end to these giants' reign. The video discusses anti-trust acts, exposé literature such as Upton Sinclairs The Jungle and Jacob Riis "How the Other Half Lives". The battle between the unions and the free trade advocates, as well as Theodore Roosevelt's intervention in this matter are portrayed...
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Humphrey Bogart
Een groepje mensen vaart vanuit Italië naar Afrika op zoek naar uranium. Tijdens de overtocht is de spanning te snijden, maar dan lijden ze schipbreuk. Met een documentaire over de acteur James Stewart
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Papillon
Een in 1931 tot levenslange dwangarbeid in Frans Guyana veroordeelde Parijzenaar weet na 13 jaar allerlei ontberingen te hebben doorstaan naar Venezuela te vluchten
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The stranger
Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where Meinike is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson's only clue is Kindler's fascination with antique clocks; but though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.
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When trumpets fade
a first-class ticket through hell
Een Amerikaanse soldaat die als enige een veldslag heeft overleefd, krijgt tijdens de slag om het Hurtgenbos in de Tweede Wereldoorlog de opdracht om een brug te versterken
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Bowfinger
Komedie waarin een mislukte Hollywood producer zijn nieuwste budgetfilm opneemt met een Hollywood-superster, alleen zonder dat deze het weet
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Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett
live at Christmas
Kertprogramma van de Engelse zangeres met als gasten: José Cura, Guy Barker, Sibongile Khumalo
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Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
Overzicht van de belangrijkste Amerikaanse filmmusicals uit de jaren '40
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Light keeps me company
An exploration of the life and work of cinematographer Sven Nykvist, told largely by Nykvist himself. The film includes numerous clips from films Nykvist photographed or directed and interviews with his colleagues, including Ingmar Bergman, Sir Richard Attenborough, Liv Ullman, Stellan Skarsgård, Woody Allen, Bibi Andersson, Vilmos Zsigmond and many others
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