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-- Great war[2004], General, Shanachie Entertainment Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at the first great conflagration of world powers in the twentieth century from 1914 to 1918 when a complicated patchwork of royal families, alliances and treaties dragged Europe, and finally the United States, into World War I. Loaded with rare footage of all the significant events of war including movie stars selling Liberty Bonds, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the horrific slaughter in the trenches of the main battlefields.
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[2007], General, Shanachie Entertainment Group ; Distributed by Cineflix International Call No: DVD Edition: Full screen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses an extensive array of archival material, including letters, diary entries, newspaper accounts, secret memos, and expert interviews combined with rare archival film and photographs. Among the revelations told for the first time is the role of a strong Jewish wing of Mussolini's fascist movement and how that wing was sold out when Il Duce climbed into bed with Nazi Germany. A two-part program that follows the birth of fascism after World War I to its full flowering in the mid-1930s. By 1936, Mussolini was riding high with many foreign admirers. Then the collapse of fascism brought on by ill-advised military adventures.
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-- Life in the 30's.c2003., Shanachie Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A documentary film portraying life in America during the 1930's. Includes scenes showing social and economic trends, and the events and personalities that attracted the attention of the average person.