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(0)Dalton Trumbo
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English
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The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers
An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that's as timely as ever....
3) Spartacus
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1 videodisc (196 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
4) Hawaii
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1 videodisc (approximately 161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a New England farm boy who has decided that the Lord has commanded him to go to Hawaii in order to Christianize its inhabitants.
5) Papillon
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1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thrilling adventure of an escape from a French Guiana prison.
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Who killed President Kennedy? Mixing narrative sements with newsreel footage, the story of a group of powerful men who plot the assassination. First they must recruit and train a shooter, then frame Lee Harvey Oswald.
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A princess rebels against her royal obligations and explores Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love.
8) Exodus
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1 videodisc (approximately 208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson, who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive.
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