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c2010., Distributed by New Video, : History : Distributed by New Video Call No: DVD 973 AMERICA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of America history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin Powell, Donald Trump, John Legend, Melissa Etheridge, Brian Williams and more"--Container.
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2009., WGBH Boston Video Call No: LIfe Science Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Nova investigates a provocative new theory that suggests the extinction of more than 34 types of large prehistoric mega-creatures, such as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth, was caused not by climate change or the arrival of the first human hunters, but by the massive breakup of a comet over the Great Lakes region at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,900 years ago." WGBH/Nova website.
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-- Generals of the Civil War2011., General, PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
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c2012., PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This film explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.
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-- D-day.[2004], PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This video explores the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France, focusing on the Allies array of weapons and transport vehicles that were designed to overcome the Nazi's defenses on D-Day. Also included is a look at the innovators who designed them.
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2007., General, WGBH Boston Video Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The draught of 1931 brought financial and emotional ruin to thousands of families in the Southern Plains. Dust Bowl was America's worst ecological disaster.