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Ronald Reagan
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WGBH Educational Foundation The Iron road
Chronicles America's race to unite East and West by rail. The completion of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, marked a turning point in the settlement of the American West
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WGBH Educational Foundation The World that Moses built
Robert Moses designed and constructed the physical landscape of the New York metropolitan region, building bridges, highways, beaches, and playgrounds, low-income housing, tunnels and two Worlds Fairs
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Eleanor Roosevelt
first lady of the world
Dramatized television play with Dutch subtitles about the achievements of Eleanor Roosevelt in the period 1945-1948. The film tells the story of her acceptance of the U.N. position, her work behind the scenes, her relationship with friends and relatives, and her victory in 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film ends with original footing on ER and an after-word by her grandson Curtis Roosevelt.
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Mobile, by Alexander Calder
1898-1976
This video describes Alexander Calders life, his innovative art, and the construction of a piece of art, a huge mobile, he designed especially for the new east building of the National Gallery of Art.
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Eisenhower and the cold war
Examines the development of cold war diplomacy during the Eisenhower years, describes the American response to international crises, and defines the expanded realm of American international interest. Composed entirely of archival newsreel footage accompanied by up-to-date narration
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Lenin... the train
Maart 1917. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog rijdt een verzegelde trein met Russische emigranten, onder leiding van Vladimir J. Lenin, vanuit Zürich naar Sint-Petersburg. De triomfantelijke intocht gaat alle verwachtingen te boven.
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The Marshall Plan's European Film Unit
Bull's Eye for Farmer Pietersen, part 1. The Marshall Plan at Work Series in Holland, part 2. Your Eighty Dollars, part 3. My Trip Abroad, part 4. ERP in Action No. 4, part 5. ERP in Action No. 11, part 6. One-Two-Three, No. 4, part 7. One-Two-Three, No. 8 (incomplete), part 8
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The Nations of the Northeast
A documentary view of the first contact between Europeans and Native Americans, told from a Native American perspective. Includes a good overview of the remarkable Native American union, the Iroquois Confederacy
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WGBH Educational Foundation Demon rum
Using archival film and photographs and interviews with residents and scholars; this film examines the effect of prohibition on Detroit and the Detroit River area. Rumrunning, speakeasies, the Charleston, and bootlegging are covered. Starting with the temperence movement to the 18th amendment (1920) and its repeal in 1933, this film relates the views of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company in relation to prohibition and also chronicles the control of the bootleg market from the small-time operator...
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WGBH Educational Foundation Do you mean there are still real cowboys?
Life on the range is observed in Big Piney, Wyoming, where the romantic image is contrasted to the hard life and harder hours of reality
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Countdown to World War II
A compilation of News Reel Theatre Specials from the 1930s, including Mussolinis Decade of Progress (1932, 13 min.), Hitlers Ascent to Power (1933, 13 min.), Appeasement at Munich (1948, 11 min.), and Countdown to World War II. (1949, 22 min.) These news reels shows how the American audience was informed about the events leading to war in Europe.
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Religion in 2000 elections
Dutch broadcast about the influence of religion in the presidential elections of 2000 with interviews with political scientist J. White and historian Martin Marty about the candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush, civil religion, and the issues. Because the presentation fails to distinguish civil religion from actual religious beliefs it reaches the wrong conclusion that never did religion have such a role to play in presidential elections as now
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Modern vampires
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David Putnam
Bill Moyers and British film producer David Putnam examine why the transition between things imagined and reality is an easy one. The main question is how movies shape imagination and culture. Putnam talks about how images of America through film made him want to become part of American society
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Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger
Kissinger talks on the Reagan Start treaty in the 1980s on the reduction of nuclear arms. Interviewed by Michael Kingsley and conservative columnist William Buckley. The focus is on the consequence of the treaty for the GOP
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The building of the capitol
A combination of pictures and narration relating the story of the planning, building, and development of the capitol, Washington D.C. The video mainly deals with architecture, but also gives some historical background information on the role of the capitol in the war of 1812 (when it was burned down by the British), and the Civil War. The part about the early history of the city includes quotes by Charles Dickens, who complains that the government officials do not use their spittoons properly. The...
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De geheime wereld van Richard Nixon
In this two-part Dutch documentary the complex person of Richard Nixon is explored through interviews with close family members and some of his political colleagues. Nixon is described as a controversial figure, who is both hailed as a successful peacemaker and as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the American presidency. Part I discusses his youth, the campaign elections, his presidency and subsequent resignation after Watergate from a political and a psychological perspective. Part...
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