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2) John Adams
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
5) Living proof
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon, an oncologist and researcher who must make sacrifices in his personal life while on his quest to find a cure for breast cancer.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 66
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood, and punished for disrupting class. By the time he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offered encouragement, Brad decided to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone with Tourettes can teach...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
9) The Kennedys
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
George Washington, was a social climber, land-hungry Virginia surveyor, and military officer who often blamed others for his own errors. He gradually built a reputation as a gentleman by educating himself in the classics and sciences, entering politics, and marrying one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. The battle of Trenton changed everything with a victory both for America and Washington himself. His skill and bravery transformed Washington into...
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full frame edition.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a boy born without natural immunities, forced to grow up a prisoner in the physical and emotional confines of a germ free plastic room. A special astronaut's suit gives the boy freedom to move around. He eventually falls in love with the girl next door and must then choose between confinement and life--the freedom to love at the risk of fatal infection.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
13) Robert De Niro
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From Travis Bickle to Jake LaMotta to Vito Corleone, Robert De Niro has brought to life some of Hollywood's most iconic characters. In this comprehensive profile, discover how De Niro went from being a low-key, quiet kid from a bohemian family in Greenwich Village to one of the greatest silver screen actors of all time. A passionate method actor, he has been known to push himself to dangerous extremes to inhabit some of his most recognizable roles....
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of Galileo Galilei's life, including his scientific achievements and his defense of his controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Also includes how letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo's discoveries and his trial for heresy.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, the adventures of King Arthur and his fabled court of heroes, the Knights of the Round Table, have dominated the imagination of the western world. This special collection presents five original specials that will help separate fact from fiction.
17) David Letterman
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A former TV weatherman who once predicted hail stones 'the size of canned hams', David Letterman was a struggling stand-up comic and TV writer when guest shots on shows such as The Gong Show caught the attention of Johnny Carson. As a result, he eventually became the permanent substitute host for The Tonight Show. When Carson retired, however, Letterman lost a mano-a-mano battle for the coveted seat to Jay Leno and he left NBC, landing at CBS and...
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Their name is synonymous with the American circus. But long before there were dramatic acrobatics, exotic animals, and special effects, the Ringling Brothers circus consisted of an all-Ringling cast of two dancers, two musicians, and one singer. The Wisconsin-born Ringling brothers grew up in an era when the circus's arrival in town triggered an unofficial holiday. Five of the seven brothers, Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John, were drawn to...
20) Napoleon
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Explores the private struggles, political intrigues and bloody battles that marked Napoleon's tempestuous rise and rule.
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