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2) Elizabeth
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
5) The Alamo
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Directed by D.W. Griffith, this Lincoln effort was one of the great talking films of the post-silent film era. These brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, his affair with Ann Rutledge, his courtship of Mary Todd and the Lincoln/Douglas debates. His presidency and the Civil War are followed in more detail, and the film concludes with the assassination.
7) Cleopatra
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Taylor stars as the ambitious queen of Egypt whose involvement with Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar led to her eventual downfall and suicide.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
During World War II, in the remote desert of New Mexico, the "Manhattan Project" was developing the atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves is in charge of the massive project that will produce two nuclear weapons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy". J. Robert Oppenheimer is the brilliant scientist attempting to bring the mission to fruition. What develops is the mushroom-shaped specter that changes our world forever.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story taking place in the Soviet Union in 1938. Jakob is a former teacher who lost his job due to the new Communist government. He can only watch as the world around him collapses due to raised fear and suspicion. Like many other men in his village, Jakob ends up in a Soviet prison. But he soon discovers that the freedom he so desperately seeks may be found within the four walls of his cell.
12) The basket
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1999
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen version (16x9).
Language
English
Description
A picturesque story of the landscapes through the territory of the human heart. A Pacific Northwest logging community in 1918 struggles to come to terms with the pain and prejudice of wartime America. Weaving an unlikely thread of forbidden love, racial tension, German opera lessons and a new game called basketball.
14) Julia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Born to great wealth, the firecely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting facism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, a friend of Julia's is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders.
15) Cold Mountain
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
16) Promontory
Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Mormon settlement and railroad construction meet when the railroads meet at Promontory Point, Utah.
19) 1911
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true epic to be enjoyed for generations.
20) Unconquered
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Peace-loving Chris Holden is a militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful indentured servant Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between an Indian tribe and a few brave colonists.
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