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Postwar hopes, cold war fears
The 1950s were a decade of prosperity and optimism, but also of fear and anxiety. The Iron Curtain, the fall of China and the Korean War, generated a deep suspicion of leftist opinions, leading to the Red Scare. Bill Moyers explains that the pressure to conform was strong in this period and ironically divided America.
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The old curiosity shop
Nellie en haar grootvader vluchten voor hun schuldeiser, de gierige Quilp
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The Democratic process
This program discusses the importance of voting, and examines the democratic process and citizenship. Through discussions and interviews, students will understand why in U.S. society every vote counts.
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Paul van den Boom Across the Atlantic
Documentary by Paul van den Boom, about transatlantic immigration from the Netherlands to Canada after WWII. This video contains several fascinating interviews with Dutch immigrants of three generations, who elucidate their main motives for immigration and their experiences en route. Furthermore, this DVD gives the watcher a unique insight in the adventures of Dutch immigrants during departure, voyage and arrival, with supporting scenes taken from the famous Dutch Polygoon Journaal
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American political parties
power and principle, the Democrats
The Democrats 1960-1992. Showing much original campaign and news footage Ben J. Wattenberg of the American Enterprise Institute describes the history of American Democrats and the development of liberalism
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Our town Zeeland
Promotional film about the town Zeeland, Michigan, made by the local chamber of commerce. Starting with typical scenes from everyday life (church service and mission ministry, coffee drinking retirees, schools), it briefly tells the story of immigration and settlement in Michigan. Reports on successful corporations, both big and small, are interspersed with information why this town is so prosperous, why it has such a high work ethic, and why it is still a dry town.
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The nuclear balance of terror
Pt.1: The first part of this program covers such topics as: which congressional leaders must a president consult before deciding on a course of action? Is our intelligence gathering mechanism adequate for verification? To what extent can a democratic government withhold information from the public when the world destruction is only fifteen minutes away?. Pt.2: The second part of this program discusses the steps a president must take to prepare for an arms control summit with the Soviets. Once he...
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The vision of Stephen Crane
This film highlights the last ten years of the nineteenth century and Stephen Crane's short life (1871-1900) and accomplishments . Crane's goal was to focus on all realistic aspects of life as opposed to the ever happy endings of the popular romance novels. Crane was perhaps best known for his creed man is responsible for personal honesty. Crane's novel Maggie, A Girl of the Streets: A Story of New York, has been marked as the beginning of modern American fiction. This film is narrated and illustrated...
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Focus on 1960-1964
the Kennedy years
International tensions mount with the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall and the civil war in Vietnam. America enters the space race and the drive for civil rights begins
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Harry Hopkins
Lord Root of the manor
Walter Cronkite tells the story of the life of a remarkable position of a private citizen as the "second most powerful man in the country." After his education in Iowa, he came to New York and started a civil service career, leading to his supervision over the WPA in the Depression Years. In early 1940 FDR asked him to assist him to run his foreign policy from the White House. Hopkins was FDR's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin and guided the lend-lease program. He is remembered as a loyal and...
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Absolutely fabulous
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Sara Lightfoot
Interview with writer/teacher Sara Lightfoot about the educational system in America and the problems its faces such as racism, drugs and violence. Is it still a good system? Are there still good teachers? Lightfoot focuses on those aspects that are positive in her work and teaching methods.
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We the people election profile series
Interviews with four presidents to record and preserve their views on the office of the presidency and the interaction of the president with the other branches of government, with the people and with the media. The programs include much original news footage. Interview with President Carter about several aspects of his presidency, such as human rights. Carter also discusses the power of the presidency, and the relation of the presidency to the constitution. The video includes a lot of news footage.
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King
from Montgomery to Memphis
Through newsreel and television coverage, the history of the civil rights movement, 1955-1968, is shown. It presents the public life and character of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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Earthsea
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Without fear or shame
1920-1937
Hour two focuses on the years of the Harlem Renaissance. Female blues singers bring their southern sounds north and a flourishing African-American arts scene in New York City creates widespread interest in black culture. When community leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois see the possibility of employing art in the struggle for racial justice, conflicts emerge over just what that art should express. Some African Americans argue that art must present blacks in the best possible light. Young writers like Langston...
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Bob the butler
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Jack London
a life of adventure
Jack London, born and raised in poverty, spent his life struggling to survive. Reading and writing became his ways to escape the mental aguish of poverty. He was most fascinated by adventure stories. He went on to lead an adventurous life himself and described his experiences in his work. London would later be regarded as America's main author of adventure stories
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