Walter Cronkite
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Travel back in time with Benjamin Franklin's teenage reporters as they confront the real and physical dangers of the American Revolution. Trapped in opposite sides of the war - James an American colonist and Sarah a young English reporter are forced to choose between friendship and allegiance to their countries. All while they try to look after mischievous Henri, a French boy whose comical escapades constantly lead to trouble. Journey through history...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Weller covered World War II across Europe, Africa, and Asia. At war's end, correspondents were forbidden to enter Nagasaki and Hiroshima, but Weller, presenting himself as a U.S. colonel, set out to explore the devastation. As Nagasaki's first outside observer, he witnessed the bomb's effects. He interviewed doctors trying to cure those dying mysteriously from "Disease X." He sent his forbidden dispatches back to MacArthur's...
Publisher
Two Cats Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
"Salutes the men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting the United States. Through moving personal stories of sacrifice and hard work, this program profiles the camaraderie and pride shared among those in the Army. It illustrates the important lives of those who have seen combat as well as those who work behind the scenes from clerks to translators to mechanics. Interviews include veteran and former Senator Bob Dole; basketball star and...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, c2001
Description
Explores the experiences of American soldiers during the Korean War, presenting film footage from the war and interviewing veterans, including Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. "Brad" Smith, General Raymond G. Davis, U.S. Senator John S. Warner, Representative Charles Rangel, former senator and astronaut John Glenn, baseball player Ted Williams, and musician Willie Nelson.
15) 4 little girls
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's...
17) Network
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
Author
Publisher
Zenith
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II -and they were legion -Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the horizon, Jimmy Stewart, at the height of his fame after Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and his Oscar-winning...