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2 videodiscs (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Using CGI-enhanced visuals and dramatic reenactments, The History Channel brings the key battles of the Crusades to life. See rare locations, including a vast chain of Crusader castles and get a feel of what day-to-day life was like.
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2 videodiscs (360 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 54 pages ; 22 cm).
Language
English
Description
A series of 12 lectures designed to cultivate an understanding and appreciation of the Middle Ages, looking at central themes in medieval culture, art, religion, literature, and history.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
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English
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The early Middle Ages have been dismissed as a step backwards for civilization-a barbaric time in which warfare and conquest eclipsed learning and progress. But were the Dark Ages really so bleak? Art historian Waldemar Januszczak says no, and then takes us on an artistic journey back to this much-maligned epoch to reveal the evidence. He travels the world, finding beauty and refinement where one might have expected only brutality and destruction....
5) The plague
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
(Producer) During the worst biological disaster in the history of mankind, the so-called black death released an indiscriminate fury which shook the very foundations of human order. When all was said and done, nearly one-third of Europe's population had been completely wiped out, and devastated survivors were left to contend with a world forever changed, both socially and economically.
6) Jabberwocky
Series
Criterion collection volume 903
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.
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3 videodiscs (332 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involved in an ancient war with the vampires; the vampire Selene, known as a "death dealer," fights to stop the release of the original Lycan; a Lycan slave gathers his fellow werewolves to rise up against the vampires holding them captive.
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When exiled Arab courtier Ahmad Ibn Fadlan comes across a band of Vikings, he is appalled by their way of life, but after a fortune teller warns the Northmen of a mysterious enemy, Admad is compelled to enter into battle with them.
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Underworld films volume 3
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1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, Lucian is a young Lycan who emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja, whose the daughter of Viktor, in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.
A...
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3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1120 A.D., the heir to the English throne dies when the royal ship burns at sea. The King calls on his subjects to accept his daughter Maud as ruler until her son comes of age, but the church backs his nephew Stephen. Squire Bartholomew pledges his loyalty to Maud and is thrown in jail, leaving his daughter Aliena and son Richard alone. Maud goes raises an army in France and attacks Stephen. Meanwhile, Tom Builder is destined to construct a cathedral...
12) Red Riding Hood
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Valerie is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village.
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