(0)John Wayne
2) Rio Grande
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Cavalry unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a campaign against marauding Indians.
3) The Alamo
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1 videodisc (approximately 162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stryker (Wayne), a hard-nosed Marine sergeant prepares a company of recruits for combat in World War II's Pacific Theater. The new unit's training is soon put to the test in a full-scale battle against the Japanese on Iwo Jima. The famous flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi is depicted near the film's conclusion.
5) El Dorado
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1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sheriff fights cattlemen and empire builders as he tries to tame the West.
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Language
English
Description
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
A Confederate war veteran tracks down the Indians who killed his brother and sister-in-law and carried off their daughter.
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1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the telegraph takes over, each Pony Express rider is given two horses as a reward. Johnny Blair and Larry Adams buy a run-down stageline from Cal Drake. When they realize they've been cheated, they race Drake to Sacramento for a $25,00 government mail contract.
10) The cowboys
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, he (Wayne) is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under his tutelage; however, neither he nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
12) Blood Alley
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1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, winds up transporting an entire Chinese village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
13) McLintock!
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1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
14) Big Jake
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big Jake McCandles, is a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money -- even though paying a ransom isn't how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice.
16) McLintock!
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1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sprawling, action-packed saga with John Wayne as the head of a construction company working at the building military sites for the Navy during World War II. After suffering the loss of many men after a Japanese attack, Wayne heads to Washington and helps establish the 'C.B.s' (Construction Battalions), units of armed builders.
18) The war wagon
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Cmdr. Frank 'Spig' Wead was a pioneer aviator, renowned screenwriter (whose works included John Ford's They Were Expendable) and a man of war. The skies beckoned Spig to action; a crippling injury ultimately left him powerless to act, propelling him to discover the power of his pen. He was talented, driven, flawed, and a friend of Ford's -- and the subject of this compassionate biography"--Container.