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1 videodisc (approximately 343 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presented in docudrama format, Seven wonders of the industrial world examines seven of the most important feats of civil engineering of the 19th and early 20th centuries: the SS Great Eastern; the Brooklyn Bridge, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, the Transcontinental Railway, the London sewer system, the Panama Canal, and Hoover Dam.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 425 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Set amidst the social upheaval of post- war 1950s London, Jericho unravels headline-grabbing mysteries. His diligent team includes faithful friend and colleague Detective Sergeant Clive Harvey and the ambitious young Detective Constable John Caldicott, whose warm relationship with his fiancée starkly contrasts Jericho's lonely nighttime vigils"--Container.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy, Hornblower is assigned to the HMS Renown which is sailing to the West Indies to subdue a pirate fleet. Her brutal captain is rapidly going insane forcing Hornblower to take action that threatens not only his naval career but his life as well.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 100 min. each) : sound, color ; c 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grace Kelly is a huge movie star with the promise of a glittering career when she marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Six years later, with her marriage in serious difficulty, Alfred Hitchcock offers her the chance to return to Hollywood to play the role of Marnie in his next film. But France is also threatening to annex Monaco, the tiny principality where she became the Princess. Grace is torn and forced to choose between the creative flame...
7) Wimbledon
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aging male tennis star has one last shot, and two weeks, to win the greatest tennis tournament and the heart of an upcoming women's tennis star.
8) King Lear
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Produced by Granada Television in their Manchester studios for transmission by the then fledgling Channel Four, this video production of King Lear is the timeless tale of avarice and lust for power in which a foolish king descends into madness after he divides his vast kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, unleashing a conspiracy of greed and cruelty and bringing tragic consequences for all.