Alfred Hitchcock
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps at the end of World War II, they found unspeakable horrors that still haunt the world's conscience. In 1945, British and American film crews accompanying the troops liberating the camps captured these atrocities firsthand. The resulting film directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock but never finished, was discovered by Frontline in 1984 in the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Sixty...
4) Psycho
Language
English
Description
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
5) Sabotage
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sabotage: A saboteur who owns a small London cinema is bent on destroying the city. When he caused the death of his wife's young brother, she vows revenge.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Also known as East of Shanghai, is the splendid seafaring comedy from legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's early years in the British film industry. Fred Hill and his wife Emily lead a boring existence in the London suburbs. When the Hills come into an inheritance from a wealthy uncle, Fred quits his mundane job and they embark on a world cruise to get a taste of the high life. But all does not go as planned as the couple's voyage becomes fraught...
7) The 39 steps
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Richard Hannay is on vacation in London when he meets a mysterious woman who tells him of a spy ring which she is trying to crack. She doesn't know the identity of the masterspy, but does know a few revealing details. She is murdered before Hannay can learn anything more. His own life now in danger, Hannay sets out to solve a mystery."--Container.
8) Saboteur
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barry Kane is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding...
Series
Criterion collection volume 643
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Besides affirming Hitchcock's genius, it gave the brilliant Peter...
10) The birds
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
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1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A calculating and charming killer hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, who begins to suspect her uncle may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
Series
Criterion collection volume 885
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Language
None
Description
"With his third feature film, The Lodger: a Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the...