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Walking Each Other Home


see title The Color Of Fear II: Walking Each Other Home

Walking With Buddha
[VHS 1220]     1993     Maryknoll World Productions
1/2" video        Color     1 cass., 28 min.
Filmed in Thailand, looks at the life of the Buddha and how his followers live their belief.

The Wall Within
[VHS 311]  1988   CBS-TV/Carousel Films
1/2" video   Color   1 cass., 49 min.
Interviews with 5 Vietnam Veterans examine some of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Focuses on veterans who have chosen to reside in the State of Washington because of the solitude that it offers.

Waltz With Bashir
[DVD 998]     2008    Sony Pictures Classics
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 90 mins.
After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the 1982 Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. The title refers to Lebanese leader Bashir Gemayel. At the end of the animated film is a very short part of the film that shows real people dead and alive. This film fuses animation and documentary. In Hebrew with English subtitles. Cast: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Middle East

The Wanderers
[VHS 207]   1979   Warner
1/2" video    Color   1 cass., 117 min.
An Italian-American teenage gang about to graduate high school, prowl the Bronx in 1963 feeling that something is slipping away from them. This is a rich fabric of comedy and tragedy, fantasy and farce that recalls every mystery and complexity of adolescence. Wonderful '60's soundtrack. Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalen. A videocassette release of 1979 motion picture. Based upon the novel by Richard Price.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

The War, #1: A Necessary War, December 1941 - December 1942
[DVD 433]      2007                  PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w     1 videodisc, 145 min
After a haunting overview of the Second World War, an epoch of killing that engulfed the world from 1939 to 1945 and cost at least 50 million lives, the inhabitants of four towns — Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota — recall their communities on the eve of the conflict. For most Americans finally beginning to recover from the Great Depression, their tranquil lives are shattered by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and America is thrust into the greatest cataclysm in history. In the Philippines, American and Filipino forces retreat onto Bataan while thousands of civilians are rounded up and imprisoned in Manila. Back home, 110,000 Japanese Americans all along the West Coast are forced by the government to abandon their homes and businesses and are relocated to inland internment camps. On the East Coast, German U-boats menace Allied shipping just offshore, sending hundreds of ships and millions of tons of materiel to the bottom of the sea. The United States seems utterly unprepared for this kind of total war. In June 1942, the Navy manages an improbable victory over the Japanese at the Battle of Midway. In August, American land forces, including Sid Phillips of Mobile, face the vaunted Japanese army for the first time at Guadalcanal, armed with bolt-action rifles and just 10 days worth of ammunition. After six long months the Americans finally prevail and, in the process, stop Japan’s expansion in the Pacific. At the end of America’s first year of war, more than 35,000 Americans in uniform have died. Before the war can end, 10 times that many will lose their lives. A Ken Burns Film. Includes special features "Making The war" featurette; commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; photo gallery; biographies; educational resources.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #2: When Things Get Tough, January 1943 - December 1943
[DVD 434]      2007                  PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color and b&w    1 videodisc, 145 min
By January 1943, Americans have been at war for more than a year. The Germans still occupy most of Western Europe, and the Allies have not yet been able to agree on a plan or a timetable to dislodge them. American troops are now ashore in North Africa and Rommel’s seasoned veterans quickly overwhelm the poorly led and ill-equipped Americans. After George Patton assumes command, the Americans pull themselves together and begin to beat back the Germans. Across the country, nearly all manufacturing is converted to the war effort. Factories run around the clock, and mass production reaches levels unimaginable a few years earlier. Along with millions of other women. In Europe, thousands of American airmen are asked to gamble their lives against preposterous odds, braving flak and German fighter planes on daylight bombing missions over enemy territory. Allied troops invade Sicily and then southern Italy, where, as they try to move towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding — twisting mountain roads, blown bridges — all under constant German fire. As 1943 comes to a close, Allied leaders draw up plans for the long-delayed invasion of the European continent. A Ken Burns Film.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #3: A Deadly Calling, November 1943-June 1944
[DVD 434]      2007                 PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w   1 videodisc, 145 min
In fall 1943 the Japanese empire still stretches 4,000 miles, and victory seems a long way off. In November, on the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa, the Marines set out to prove that any island can be taken by all-out frontal assault. Scores of cities have been transformed into booming, overcrowded “war towns,” and in Mobil, that transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence. African Americans, asked to fight a war for freedom while serving in the strictly segregated armed forces, demand equal rights, and the military reluctantly agrees to some changes. Blacks are allowed, for the first time in two centuries, to join the Marine Corps and they are trained for combat, but most are assigned to service jobs instead. Japanese-American men, originally designated as “enemy aliens,” are permitted to form a special segregated unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. In Italy, a risky landing at Anzio ends in utter failure, with the Germans gaining the high ground and thousands of Allied troops totally exposed to enemy fire and unable to advance for months. In May, Allied soldiers at Cassino and Anzio finally break through, and on June 4, they liberate Rome. A Ken Burns Film.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #4: Pride of Our Nation, June 1944-August 1944
[DVD 435]      2007                 PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w   1 videodisc, 145 min
On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — in the European Theater, a million and a half Allied troops embark on one of the greatest invasions in history: the invasion of France. It is the bloodiest day in American history since the Civil War, with nearly 2,500 Americans losing their lives. For months, the Allies must measure their progress in yards, and they suffer far greater casualties than anyone expected. In the Pacific, the long climb from island to island toward the Japanese homeland is well underway. On the island of Saipan — encountering, for the first time, Japanese civilians who, like their soldiers, seem resolved to die for their emperor rather than surrender. Back at home on doorsteps all across the country, dreaded telegrams from the War Department begin arriving at a rate inconceivable just one year earlier. In late July, Allied forces break out of the hedgerows in Normandy, and by mid-August, the Germans are in full retreat out of France. On August 25, after four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated — and the end of the war in Europe seems only a few weeks away. A Ken Burns Film. Includes commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #5: FUBAR, September 1944-December 1944
[DVD 436]       2007                PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color and b&w  1 videodisc, 145 min
By September 1944 in Europe at least, General Dwight Eisenhower’s chief of staff tells the press, “Militarily, this war is over.” But in the coming months, , a generation of young men will learn a lesson as old as war itself — that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die. Over the next three months, American soldiers are ordered into some of Germany’s most forbidding and most fiercely defended terrain. In the Pacific, General MacArthur is poised to invade the Philippines at Leyte. In October, with their food supplies dangerously low, internees at Santo Tomas camp in Manila thrill to the sight and sound of American carrier-based planes bombing Japanese ships in the nearby bay, and a few weeks later, American troops land on the island of Leyte. A Ken Burns Film.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #6: The Ghost Front, December 1944 - March 1945
[DVD 437]      2007                PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w  1 videodisc, 145 min
By December 1944, Americans have become weary of the war their young men have been fighting for three long years. In the Pacific, American progress has been slow and costly, with each island more fiercely defended than the last. In Europe, no one is prepared for the massive counterattack Hitler launches on December 16 in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxemburg and the Americans are caught up in the biggest battle on the Western Front, the Battle of the Bulge. Meanwhile, at Santo Tomas Camp in Manila, thousands of internees are now starving, desperately trying to hold onto life long enough to be liberated. At Yalta, Allied leaders agree on a plan to end the war that includes massive bombing raids aimed at German oil facilities, defense factories, roads, railways and cities. In the Pacific, Allied bombers are ready to batter Japan as well — but first, the air strip on Iwo Jima, an inhospitable volcanic island needs to be taken. In the coming months, Allied bombings will set the cities of Japan ablaze, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless. By the middle of March 1945, the end of the war in Europe seems imminent. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are crossing the Rhine and driving into the heart of Germany, while the Russians are within 50 miles of Berlin. A Ken Burns Film. Includes exclusive deleted scenes; additional interviews; educational resources.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

The War, #7: A World Without War, March 1945-September 1945
[DVD 438]      2007                PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w  1 videodisc, 145 min
In spring 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt warns them in a newsreel that although the Nazis are on the verge of collapse, the final battle with Japan could stretch on for years. In mid-April, Americans are shocked by news bulletins announcing that President Roosevelt is dead; many do not even know the name of their new president, Harry Truman. Meanwhile, in Europe, as Allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the east and west, American and British troops discover for themselves the true horrors of the Nazi’s industrialized barbarism — at Buchenwald, Ludwigslust, Dachau, Hadamar, Mauthausen and hundreds of other concentration camps. Finally, on May 8, with their country in ruins and their fuehrer dead by his own hand, the Nazis surrender. The battle on Okinawa grinds on until June. Allied leaders at Potsdam set forth the terms under which they will agree to end the war, but for most of Japan’s rulers, despite the agony their people are enduring, unconditional surrender still remains unthinkable. Then, on August 6, 1945, under orders from President Truman, an American plane drops a single atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Two days later, Russia declares war against Japan. On August 9, a second American atomic bomb destroys the city of Nagasaki, and the rulers of Japan decide at last to give up and the greatest cataclysm in history comes to an end. A Ken Burns Film.
Subjects - World War, 1939-1945 ; United States: History

War Comes To America
see title World War II Why We Fight, #7: War Comes To America

War Dance
[DVD 990]     2006     Velocity/Thinkfilm
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 107 mins
Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, a real-life story about a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Three children who have suffered horrific brutalities momentarily forget their struggles as they participate in music, song and dance at their school. Invited to compete in a prestigious music festival in their nation’s capitol, their historic journey is a stirring tale about the power of the human spirit to triumph against tremendous odds.
 Subjects – Africa ; Music

War Games: The Dead Code
[DVD 849]     2008    MGM
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 100 mins.
A computer hacker engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does he know, Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists. After certain glitches Ripley becomes paranoid and is attempting to overtake control over everything and lead civilization, once again, to the brink of Armageddon. Cast: Colm Feore, Amanda Walsh, Matt Lanter.
 Subjects – Movies and Plays

War Letters Stories Of Courage, Longing And Sacrifice
[DVD 106]     2002    PBS
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 57 min.
Based on Andrew Carroll's New York Times bestseller "War letters: extraordinary correspondence from American war." In every American conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of battle by writing letters home. Collecting 50,000 war letters, using the most compelling and enlightening of the missives and newly discovered home movies, this tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women on the frontlines and those who waited at home. (The American Experience television program) 
Subjects -- United States: History

War of the Worlds
[DVD 458]      2005      Dreamworks
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 117 min.
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn’t in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself, it’s inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota, Fanning.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
[VHS 1268]     1993     Ergo Media
1/2" video        Color     1 cass., 22 min.
Chronicles the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of the Jews during World War II with archival film footage, still photographs and the testimonies of Ghetto survivors.

Watching Sparrows
[DVD 304]      2002         Blue Earth Films
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 78 min.
Travels from desert canyons and coastal dunes to Alaskan mountainsides and Arctic tundra to hear the songs and explore the lives of 46 species of sparrows, towhees, juncos, and longspurs. Every scene features a spring-plumaged male exploding with song and a panoramic look at his dramatic habitat. Woven in are details of courtship, nesting, feeding and biological adaptation.
 Subjects -- Zoology

Watching Waders
[VHS 849]     1999    Blue Earth Films
1/2" video     Color    1 cass., 95 min.
Intimate look at birds From the South Florida Everglades and the Gulf Coast of Texas - to the freshwater wetlands of Northern Michigan and the Colorado Rockies courting, mating, nesting, and raising young, treating us to many beautiful views of some gorgeous birds. Includes spectacular views of the many and varied wetland habitats where they live.
Subjects -- Zoology

Watching Warblers
[DVD 327]      1996         Blue Earth Films
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 60 min.
Explores the lives of the 39 species of wood warblers that nest in Eastern North America. Lots of nice close-ups and singing. Also nicely presented are the habitat and nesting requirements of the various species, how the singing males react when another of the same species sings within ear shot (conclusively demonstrating why recordings of songs should not be used to attract territorial individuals), and the family lives of the breeding pairs shown.
Subjects -- Zoology

Water
[DVD 937]     2006    20th Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 117 min.
In 1938, Chuyia a child bride whose husband dies before their union is consummated is relegated to life in an ashram in Varanasi (Benares) for other "unwanted" widows. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her but can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? Cast: Sarala, Lisa Ray, John Abraham Director: Deepa Mehta. In Hindi with English subtitles.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Asia: India

We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #1: After The Mayflower
[DVD 1008]    2009    PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 77 mins.
In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation. Bonus features include: 30-minute preview film, which combines a sneak preview of the documentary films, with a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the series. Scenes from the Native Now project, including films on language, sovereignty , and enterprise. Behind the scenes footage, including Apache Dance, Wardrobe and Makeup, Cherokee language, and Nipmuc Language. (American Experience series)
Subjects – Indians of North America

We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #2: Tecumseh's Vision
[DVD 1007]    2009   PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color   1 videodisc, 86 mins.
In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent. After his death he would live on as a potent symbol of Native pride and pan Indian identity. (American Experience series)
Subjects – Indians of North America

We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #3: Trail of Tears
[DVD 1007]    2009    PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 75 mins.
Though the Cherokee embraced "civilization" and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma. (American Experience series)
Subjects – Indians of North America

We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #4: Geronimo
[DVD 1006]    2009    PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 77 mins.
As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance. (American Experience series)
Subjects – Indians of North America

We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #5: Wounded Knee
[DVD 1006]    2009    PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 79 mins.
In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future. (American Experience series)
Subjects – Indians of North America

We The People The Story Of The Constitution Of The United States
[VHS 119]     1997     Educational Distributors of America
1/2" video      Color     1 cass., 23 min.
Examines life under the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers and the struggle for ratification, the powers the Constitution gives to the federal government, states, and the people, and the Bill of Rights and amendments made to the Constitution.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Weather Man
[DVD 854]     2005    Paramount
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 102 mins.
Popular Chicago weatherman Dave Spritz has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. The harder he tries to hold on, the more he loses his grip. His painful divorce, his Pulitzer Prize-winning dad's illness, and trouble with his kids have Dave poised on the knife's edge between stability and calamity. Trying to gain control of his situation, Dave slowly comes to realize that life, much like the weather, is completely unpredictable. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Caine.
 Subjects – Movies and Plays

Weather Systems in Motion: Atmospheric Science
[VHS 351]     19--     Coronet Films
1/2" video      Color   1 cass., 14 min.
Discusses how air masses acquire their properties; the role of jet streams in cyclone formation & movement; how cyclonic air circulation produces warm & cold fronts; difference between tropical and mid-latitude cyclones.

The Wedding Singer
[DVD 459]      1998      New Line Cinema
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 97 min.
Robbie Hart is a master of ceremonies, left at the altar at his own wedding. He becomes someone who can only destroy other people’s weddings until he meets a waitress named Julia. Julia, however, is about to have a wedding of her own and may be lost forever. Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

A Well Spent Life
[VHS 117]   1971    Flower Films
1/2" video    Color   1 cass., 44 min.
Captures the blues music of Mance Lipscomb, black songster, sharecropper, and sage. Visits Lipscomb in his hometown of Navasota, Tex., where he communicates his thoughts and feelings about his past and the local life and culture.
Subjects -- Music ; African Americans

The West, #1: The People
[DVD 759]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
The original Native American inhabitants linked their creation stories to the majestic mountains, searing deserts and silent forests. To Europeans, the West was a wilderness to be conquered. Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, the Pueblo people rose up against their Spanish masters. In 1804, Lewis and Clark set off to find the fabled Northwest Passage as a young nation marches West.
Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #2: Empire Upon the Trails
[DVD 760]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
In the early 1800's, hopeful Americans began to move West. Mountain men scoured the Rockies for furs and missionaries went to "save" a race of people. Sam Houston carved out his own republic in Mexico Texas and the Mormons move West. By 1848, the American nation stretches to the Pacific coast.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #3: The Speck of the Future
 [DVD 760]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
 4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
In 1848, gold is discovered in California and a human stampede of fortune-hunters swarm into the Sierra Nevada. Wild mining camps spring up then disappear with each new strike. The once-sleepy village of San Francisco becomes an international city.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #4: Death Runs Riot
[DVD 761]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
In the 1850's, the issue of slavery comes to the West and supplies sparks that would ignite into the Civil War. Indians are dragged into "the white man's war". The Mormons massacre a wagon train of pioneers, then blame it on the Paiutes. Sam Clemens finds adventure in Nevada's mining camps and becomes Mark Twain. After the war, the Union heroes use their military tactics against the Native Americans.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #5: The Grandest Enterprise Under God
[DVD 761]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
Railroads transform the West, bringing landless European peasants and poor families whose dream was to own a farm. Cowpokes ride dusty cattle trails to Dodge and Abilene while buffalo hunters drive the a magnificent animal to the brink of extinction.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #6: Fight No More
[DVD 762]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
On the Great Plains, Sitting Bull urges his people to fight. They defeat Custer at the Little Bighorn but in effect this became the "last stand" of the Sioux as a free people. Farther West, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce finds himself helping to lead one of the most extraordinary military campaigns in American History.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #7: The Geography of Hope
[DVD 762]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
In the late 1870's, the conquest of the West was nearly complete. Native Americans are confined to reservations while homesteaders build their homes of prairie sod. The nation's greatest showman, Buffalo Bill Cody offers adoring crowds his version of a "Wild West"-heroic, glorious, romantic, and most of all, mythic.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #8: Ghost Dance
[DVD 763]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
In the late 1880's, the new industrial age, homesteading and mining take on a new pace and scale. Meanwhile, Native Americans seek refuge in a new religion, Ghost Dance that promises the return of the buffalo and the old ways. At Wounded Knee, 250 Native Americans are killed and buried in a trench. At the Oklahoma Land Rush, settlers make a mad dash to stake out a farm and a future.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

The West, #9: One Sky Above Us
[DVD 763]       1996       PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD      Color      1 videodisc, 90 min.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the World's Columbian Exposition celebrates the conquest of the West and the closing of the frontier. Los Angeles gets a new supply of water and becomes the West's most powerful city. Some Native Americans struggle to hold on to tradition while others learn the white man's ways to help their family and people.
 Subjects - United States: History ; Indians of North America

West 47th Street
[DVD 91]      2003    Lichtenstein Creative Media
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 108 min.
This documentary provides an unprecedented window on the lives of mentally ill people. It is set at Fountain House, a rehabilitation program for people with serious mental illness located in New York City's Hell's Kitchen.
Subjects - Psychology

West Side Story
[DVD 45]       1961     Mirisch/Touchstone
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 152 min.
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakaris.Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Western Tradition
[VHS 520]    1989    Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color    1 cass., 30 min. each
Pt. 5: The Rise of Greek Civilization
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.
Pt. 6: Greek Thought
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.
Available free online from Annenberg Media at: <http://learner.org/resources/series58.html>
Subjects -- Europe: Greece ; Philosophy

Whale Rider
[DVD 595]         2002       Columbia TriStar
4 3/4" DVD       Color        1 videodisc. 101 min.
The Whangara people of New Zealand believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possesses a natural leadership ability. Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Pacific Islands

What About God?
see title Evolution, #7: What About God?

What Is Chinese Opera?
[DVD 473]      1984      Insight Media
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 33 min.
This program introduces Chinese opera. It covers character roles, gestures, singing styles, musical instruments used for accompaniment, scenery, costumes, and training of opera singers and actors.
Subjects – Music ; Drama and Theater ; Asia: China

What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? #1: A Video Training Course For Nurses Of Patients From Other Cultures By Suzanne Salimbene
 [VHS 1903]    2002    Inter-Face International
1/2" video       Color    1 cass.
Part I: Under how new immigration patterns are impacting nursing care. Define culture and it’s role. Recognize how culture determines patient health care needs, expectations, and therefore responses to caregivers and the healthcare organization. Identify specific effects of culture health beliefs and practices and compliance with care.
Subjects -- Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Cultural Diversity

What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? #2: A Video Training Course For Nurses Of Patients From Other Cultures By Suzanne Salimbene
[VHS 1904]    2002    Inter-Face International
1/2" video      Color    1 cass.
Part II: Recognize and respond appropriately to culturally different attitudes toward surgery. Identify possible patient concerns about informed consent. Recognize and respond appropriately to culturally different patient behavior during and after childbirth. Recognize and respond appropriately to culturally different patient and family attitudes toward death and dying.
Subjects -- Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Cultural Diversity

What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? #3: A Video Training Course For Nurses Of Patients From Other Cultures By Suzanne Salimbene
[VHS 1905]   2002    Inter-Face International
1/2" video      Color    1 cass.
Part III: Define cultural competence in the context of the ability to provide any patient, regardless of background with care which is culturally appropriate. Lean how you can become a culturally competent nurse. Develop strategies which will improve your own relationship with culturally diverse patients. Improve your ability to communicate directly or through interpreters with limited English-speaking patients.
Subjects -- Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Cultural Diversity

What Makes the Wind Blow?
[VHS 397]      1988      Britannica
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 12 min.
Uncomplicated laboratory experiments are used to simulate air movement out-of-doors. Defines wind, explains the various causes of its movement, discusses air pressure, and shows how to read a barometer.

When Dinosaurs Ruled
see title Planet of Life, Vol. 2, pt. 3: When Dinosaurs Ruled

When Night Is Falling
[VHS 1434]     1996     Evergreen Entertainment
1/2" Video       Color     1 cass., 94 min.
The story of a teacher at a conservative religious college named Camille whose life is turned upside down when, through a chance encounter, she meets a beautiful circus performer named Petra. Walking an emotional high-wire between the familiar past and the forbidden future, Camille must choose between the love she cannot forget and the desire she cannot resist. Closed captioned.

When Propaganda Ruled: Nicolae Ceausescu, "King of Communism"
 [DVD 168]      2003      Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Life in Romania during the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu was at once tragic and absurd as the nation’s head of state erected a cult of personality that literally turned his country into a stage show. Tapping Ceausescu’s video archives and drawing on interviews with many of the talented people who made Ceausescu’s political theater come to life, this program examines the creation and application of propaganda within the context of Romanian political history during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. Ceausescu scripted an epic with himself as the star, but others wrote the inevitable denouement that brought down the curtain on him and his wife, Elena, a "scientist of world renown."
Subjects – Europe: Romania

When the Levees Broke
[DVD 365]    2006       HBO Video
4 3/4" DVD    Color      3 videodisc, 256 min.
One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country's most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane, before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
Subjects – African Americans ; United States

When Things Get Small: Not Too Serious Labs
[VHS 512]   2006    UCSDTV
1/2" Video   Color    1 cass., 30 min
An humorous approach to the serious science of nanotechnology and physicist Ivan Schuller's research into building the world’s smallest magnet. Zany graphics and low-tech special effects are used to illustrate the finer points of nanotechnology, like the quantum tunneling of electrons through thin surfaces of matter. Eventually, the journey reaches the guts of Schuller’s lab machinery, showing how scientists layer atoms to form nanodots, which might one day become the nanomagnet of Schuller’s dreams.
Subjects -- Technology ; Physics

Where The Heron Finds Its Home
[VHS 1442]      1995      Bullfrog Films
1/2" Video        Color      1 cass., 46 min.
Originally aired as an episode of The nature of things. Great blue herons have been discovered to be a remarkably sensitive indicator of the state of our wetlands--if the herons are abundant then the wetlands they inhabit form a healthy ecosystem. In the Florida Everglades, however agriculture has invaded the wetlands and siphoned off its life-giving waters, causing the population of great blue herons and other wading birds to decline by up to 90%. On Vancouver Island a colony of great blue herons failed to raise chicks for 2 years because dioxins in the effluent from a pulp mill had contaminated their feeding grounds. When the mill was cleaned up, the colony once again flourished. In healthy nesting colonies as many as 400 adults and 1,000 young can create a noisy and spectacular crowd.
Subjects - Environmental Sciences ; Zoology

Where the Spirit Lives
[VHS 68]      1990      Amazing Spirit Productions
1/2" video     Color      1 cass., 97 min.
Set in Canada, the story involves two Indian children who are kidnapped by the government and placed in state boarding schools where they are emotionally and sexually abused. After learning that their parents are not dead, they escape.

Where the Truth Lies
[DVD 875]    2005    THINKFilm
4 3/4" DVD  Color    1 videodisc, 107 min.
A female journalist tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup, years earlier, of a celebrated comedy team after the duo found a girl dead in their hotel room. Though both had airtight alibis and neither was accused, the incident put an end to their act. Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman. Directed by Atom Egoyan.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

White Heat
[DVD 235]       1931     Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD      b&w    1 videodisc, 79 min.
Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant. Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Who Killed The Electric Car
[DVD 553]      2006       Sony Pictures
4 3/4" DVD    Color        1 videodisc, 92 min.
Explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
Subjects – Technology ; Environmental Sciences

Who Plays God?: Medicine, Money And Ethics
[VHS 1094]      1996      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 120 min.
Explores a variety of life and death situations to illustrate the spectrum of highly controversial, ethical decisions made on a daily basis in modern American medicine. Five segments portray choices concerning prolonged life support, extremely premature babies, organ transplants, inaccessibility of health insurance, and the often thwarted desire to die with dignity.

Who's Going To Pay For These Donuts Anyway?
[VHS 1296]      1992      NAATA
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 58 min.
Chronicles the filmmakers personal search for her father, whom she has not seen since age three. She finds him in a half-way house for the mentally ill in Los Angeles' Skid Row. As a young man, he had been arrested by the FBI for opposing the Japanese-American internment and diagnosed as a schizophrenic.

Whose Law, Whose Order?
[DVD 86]       2002    Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 57 min.
In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School’s Charles Ogletree, panelists including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia; Professor Alan Brinkley, of Columbia University; William Webster, former director of the CIA and FBI; William Bratton, former New York City police commissioner; and others confront the contentious relationship between federal control and states’ rights in the fictional town of Mayberry. Discussion points include the constitutional limits of the federal government on gun control, the influence of federal funding on state policies, the federalization of state crimes, and the resurgence of organized militias. Series: Liberty & Limits: The Federalist Idea 200 Years Later. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Law

Why has Bodhi-Dharma left for the East?
[VHS 1368]      1996      Milestone Film & Video 
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 135 min.
In a remote monastery high up in the mountains an old master, a young monk and an orphaned boy devote themselves to their Buddhist teachings. As the master faces death, he must lead his disciples away from their past ties to the outside world and its rapidly changing values, and point them toward their quest for enlightenment. In Korean with English subtitles.

Why Man Creates
 [DVD 83]       1969   Pyramid Films
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 25 min
A series of explorations, episodes and comments on creativity by Saul Bass, a master of conceptual design, this film is one of the most highly regarded short films ever produced. Humor, satire and irony are combined with serious questions about the creative process and how it comes into play for different individuals. A fascinating cornucopia of trenchant ideas and important truths, it is stimulating and enjoyable for a very broad spectrum of ages and interests. Organized into eight major sections, the Edifice, Fooling Around, the Process, Judgment, a Parable, Digression, the Search, and the Mark. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Sociology ; Humanities ; Psychology

Why Man Creates: Man, The Measure Of All Things
[VHS 1102]      198-      Center for Humanities
1/2" video         Color     1 cass., 60 min.
Presents a survey of the creative accomplishments of man from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to contemporary America. Includes views of works of art, dramatic narrative, and excerpts from literature and music.

Why Sex?
see title Evolution, #5: Why Sex?

The Wild Bunch
[VHS 1053]      1969      Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 145 min.
The brutal story of violent men who lived during the Mexican revolution in the year 1913. Portrays a band of magnificent losers in a dying lawless West. Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Ben Johnson. Screenplay by Sam Peckinpah. Original director's cut. Closed captioned.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
[DVD 264]      2004      Pelican Media
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 83 min.
In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots that flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) that flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark Bittner . Through his own words, we learn of his life as a frustrated, homeless musician and how he came to live in the area where he decided to explore the nature around him. That leads him to discovering the parrot flock and the individual personalities of it. In a cinematic portrait, we are introduced to his colorful companions and the relationship they share as well as the realities of urban wild life that would change Bittner's life forever.
Subjects -- Zoology

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
[VHS 709]      1989      California Newsreel
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 58 min.
Through historic performances and recordings, captures the spirit of such pioneering blues women as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and others.

Wilde
[VHS 1435]     1998     Columbia Tristar Home Video
1/2" Video       Color      1 cass., 116 min.
Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature. Cast: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave. Closed captioned.

William Blake, Poet And Painter, 1757-1827
[VHS 1337]      1996      Kultur
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Draws on old maps, contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits and other archive material to present an outline of William Blake's life and to convey a picture of the social and historical background to his writing.

William Stafford, What the River Says: A Portrait Documentary
[VHS 187]      1989      Vincent Wixon & Michael Markee
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 29 min.
Blends biography, beliefs, interests, and poems of William Stafford, an American poet. Shows that his poetry and his life are a piece, the emphasis on the poems themselves. Stafford reads ten poems that show the variety of his topics and themes.

Winchester ‘73
[DVD 215]     1950    Universal
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 92 min.
In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam (Stewart) wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (McNally.) This "story of a rifle" then follows McAdams' pursuit, and the rifle as it changes hands, until a final showdown and shoot-out on a rocky mountain precipice. Cast. James Stewart, Shelley Winters. (The James Stewart Hollywood legend collection)
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
[DVD 517]       2006       Universal Pictures
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 127 min.
The film provides a fascinating historical insight into the nascent resistance movement as it was in Ireland in 1920, and conveys the profound emotional transition young men had to make to become saboteurs and killers. Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country Damien (Cillian Murphy) abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother Teddy in the IRA. As the Irish freedom fighters bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But despite the apparent victory civil war erupts and families who fought side by side find themselves pitted against one another putting their loyalties to the ultimate test. Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Europe: Ireland

Wind Over Water: Debate Over Wind Power
 [VHS 2029]     2004     Fjordlight Productions/Video Project
1/2" video        Color    1 cass., 32 min.
Wind power is currently a 5 billion dollar global industry and is growing at the rate of 40% per year. As the new millennium begins with wind energy emerging as a viable alternative to power supplied by coal and oil, America is faced with the choice to embrace new energy technologies like offshore wind, or to continue our dependency on fossil fuels. For  Cape Cod Massachusetts, the first community in America faced with the prospect of living next door to an offshore wind facility, making this decision has proven to be a challenging and fervently contested endeavor. "Does an outstanding job of analyzing the various concerns of the opposing factions. All sides are treated fairly and there is no indication of bias. An effective addition to a lesson on alternative energy. Stimulates discussion and debate on how best to meet our future energy needs."
Subjects -- Environmental Sciences ; Technology

Winged Migration = Peuple Migrateur
[DVD 97]   2003     Columbia/Sony Pictures Classics
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 89 min.
Follows bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to the other, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
Subjects -- Zoology ; Movies and Plays

Winning Customers Through Service
[VHS 1226]      1984      Advantage Media
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 18 min.
Presents customer service strategies for maintaining quality relationships with clients.

Winning Ways: How Southern Africa Averted Famine, A Cooperative Model For Drought-Prone
[VHS 1225]      1993      Maryknoll World Productions
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 25 min.
The people of southern Africa survived the long-term drought of the 1990's. Effective response to weather conditions, cooperation and the search for sustainable solutions saved lives. This is the story of a brilliant success and is a model for others living in drought-prone regions of the world.

The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith: A Bill Moyers Special
see title: Confucianism
see title: Hinduism and Buddhism
see title: Islam

The Wisdom Of History (The Great Courses)
[DVD 1086-1088]   2007    Teaching Company
4 3/4" DVD           Color    6 videodiscs, 30 mins./lecture
Lectures taught by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma providing an overview of world history.
[DVD 1086] Part 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1. Why we study history ; Lecture 2. World War I and the lessons of history ; Lecture 3. Hitler's rise and the lessons of history ; Lecture 4. World War II and the lessons of history ; Lecture 5. Is freedom a universal value? ; Lecture 6. Birth of civilization in the Middle East
[DVD 1086] Disc 2. Lecture 7. Trojan War and the Middle East ; Lecture 8. Ancient Israel and the Middle East ; Lecture 9. Ancient Greece and the Middle East ; Lecture 10. Athenian democracy and empire ; Lecture 11. Destiny of the Athenian democracy ; Lecture 12. Alexander the Great and the Middle East.
[DVD 1087] Part 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13. Roman Republic as superpower ; Lecture 14. Rome of the Caesars as superpower ; Lecture 15. Rome and the Middle East ; Lecture 16. Why the Roman Empire fell ; Lecture 17. Christianity ; Lecture 18. Islam ;
[DVD 1087] Disc 4. Lecture 19. Ottoman Empire and Turkey ; Lecture 20. Spanish Empire and Latin America ; Lecture 21. Napoleon's liberal empire ; Lecture 22. British Empire in India ; Lecture 23. Russia and empire ; Lecture 24. China and empire.
DVD 1088] Part 3: Disc 5. Lecture 25. Empire of Genghis Khan ; Lecture 26. Britain's legacy of freedom ; Lecture 27. George Washington as statesman ; Lecture 28. Thomas Jefferson as statesman ; Lecture 29. America's empire of liberty, Lewis and Clark ; Lecture 30. America and slavery
[DVD 1088] Disc 6. Abraham Lincoln as statesman ; Lecture 32. United States and empire ; Lecture 33. Franklin Roosevelt as statesman ; Lecture 34. Superpower at the crossroads ; Lecture 35. Wisdom of history and the citizen ; Lecture 36. Wisdom of history and you.
Subjects – World History

Wit
[DVD 64]     2001    HBO
4 3/4"DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 99 min.
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit. Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson. Cast: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Harold Pinter. Directed by Mike Nichols. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Witchcraft Among The Azande
[VHS 1287]      1982      Filmmakers Library
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 52 min.
Focuses on the human side of the Azande tribe of the African Sudan, and the deep conviction that all misfortunes result from witchcraft. Follows a farmer as he seeks magical relief for an ill wife by consulting oracles and by the ritual poisoning of a chicken.

The Witches Of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
[VHS 545]      1972      Azzarela Unlimited/Learning Co.
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 34 min.
A portrayal of the witchcraft trials of Salem, Mass., in 1692. Attempts to give an understanding of the political, psychological, and religious background of the trials and consequences. (The Shaping of America Series)

Without Due Process: A Documentary About America’s Concentration Camps
[DVD 577]      2001                   Erin Okamoto Protsman
4 3/4" DVD    Color and b&w      1 videodisc, 44 min.
How could more than 120,000 Japanese Americans have been incarcerated in concentration camps during World War II without due process? Like the 120,000 other Japanese Americans who lived on the West Coast during the outbreak of World War II, the close-knit Okamoto family was sent to concentration camps for over three years without due process, simply because they resembled the foreign enemy who attacked Pearl Harbor. In this powerful and haunting account of the Japanese American internment, the Okamotos generously share a dark chapter in their lives so that others will learn the lessons of history and never forget the devastation prejudice has caused these and many other American citizens.
Subjects – Asian Americans ; World War, 1939-1945

Witness
[VHS 744]      1985      Paramount
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 112 min.
When an Amish woman and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, John Book, a Philadelphia detective, comes to their aid. Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis.

Witness To Revolution The Story Of Anna Louise Strong
[DVD 204]      2005   Ostrander Productions
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 27 min.
Short documentary about the Seattle journalist, author, labor activist, and leftist radical leader, Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970) who covered the major political revolutions of the twentieth century. The daughter of a  Nebraska minister, she earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at the  University of Chicago. But it was in the Pacific Northwest, where she witnessed the 1916 Everett massacre and chronicled the 1919 Seattle General Strike, that her political vision took shape. In  Moscow she helped found the first English language newspaper, in  Spain her many visits resulted in her book, Spain in Arms; and in  China she interviewed Mao in a Yenan cave in 1946. She is buried in Beijing in a special cemetery for martyrs of the revolution. Russia, Spain and China. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1984.
Subjects -- Washington State and Seattle ; Journalism ; Women’s Studies

The Wizard Of Oz
[DVD 31]       1939     MGM
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 101 min.
Musical fantasy tale about a little Kansas girl named Dorothy who visits the magical land of Oz. Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Toto (dog). Originally released as motion picture in 1939. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Woman Entrepreneur: Do You Have What It Takes?
[VHS 1131]     1987      United Home Video 
1/2" video        Color      1 cass., 55 min.
An introduction to the basics of entrepreneurship aimed particularly at the fast growing women owned business sector. Robert Hisrich presents a checklist of traits that favor entrepreneurship, gives some basic information on starting one's own business. Concludes with interviews of women who have started and succeeded with their own business.

Women And Islam
[VHS 1062]      1993      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 26 min.
Leila Ahmed argues the case for revision of the widely-held views of the Islamic world about the role of women, using examples from history and the role played by women in the contemporary society. She explains the origin of the veil, and discusses the is sue of marriage and women's rights within marriage.

Women and Spirituality, #1: Goddess Remembered
[DVD 812]     1989     National Film Board of Canada
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 55 min.
This poetic documentary is a salute to 35 000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered, and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. Goddess Remembered features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak, and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centered societies with today's environmental crisis. They propose a return to the belief in an interconnected life system, with respect for the earth and the female, as fundamental to our survival. Goddess Remembered is the first part of a three part series which includes The Burning Times and Full Circle.
Subjects - Women’s Studies ; Religion and Mythology

Women and Spirituality, #2: The Burning Times
[DVD 813]     1990     National Film Board of Canada
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 59 min.
An in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries. In an attempt to eradicate the women-based power of midwives, wise old crones and healers, the church and state in Europe cooperated in the torture and execution of thousands of women accused of being witches. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake, and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film advances the theory that widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.
Subjects - Women’s Studies ; Religion and Mythology ; Europe

Women and Spirituality, #3: Full Circle
[DVD 814]     1993     National Film Board of Canada
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 59 min.
In this stirring documentary, authors, teachers, social activists and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world. Full Circle is the final part of the Women and Spirituality trilogy, following Goddess Remembered and The Burning Times. Drawing on the customs, rites and knowledge of the past, Full Circle envisions a sustainable future where domination is replaced with respect. At the centre of these discussions is a reverence for the Earth--a sacred circle which we must protect.
Subjects - Women’s Studies ; Religion and Mythology

Women Artists: The Other Side Of The Picture
[VHS 1378]      1999      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 54 min.
Respected artists such as Doris McCarthy, Judy Chicago, Joyce Weiland, and Jane Ash Poitras--in combination with curators, art historians, and The Guerilla Girls, the 'terrorists' of the art world--discuss the dearth (sic) of women's artwork in major galleries and examine the poignant social history of women in the fine arts--a story of suppression, marginalization, and omission.

Women In American Life
 [VHS 1066-1070]      1988     National Women's History Project
1/2" video                 Color      5 cass., 91 min.
[VHS 1066] Tape 1. 1861-1880 women’s contributions to the war, impact of emancipation, westward expansion, early Women’s Rights Movement.(16 min.)
[VHS 1067] Tape 2. 1880-1920 immigration, new work, new roles, immigrant women in America, changing lives of minority women, women win the vote, changing work roles. (17 min.)
[VHS 1068] Tape 3. 1917-1942 cultural image and economic reality, World War I, roaring 20’s, changing roles of minorities, Harlem Renaissance, The Great Depression. (18 min.)
[VHS 1069] Tape 4. 1942-1955 war work, housework, & growing discontent World War II, women in the labor force and military, early civil rights movement, feminine mystique. (15 min.)
[VHS 1070] Tape 5. 1955-1977 new attitudes force dramatic changes, changes in the traditional family, rise of working mothers, single parent families, immigration reform, civil rights movement, start of the new feminist movement. (25 min.)

Women In American Politics
[VHS 1063]      1994      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 60 min.
Bill Moyers looks at the rising number of women on the political scene and their impressions of politics. Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, Senator Carla Moseley Braun, and other female politicians talk about the challenges women candidates face. They describe their experiences, why it's important for women to participate in politics, and what women bring to governing our nation.

Women In Business: Risks, Rewards & Secrets Of Running Your Own Company
[VHS 1130]      1987      Inc. Magazine
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 70 min.
Five women who own and run companies as diverse as real estate, construction, fitness centers, and more, share their experiences, challenges and success stories.

Women NOW
[DVD 424]     1978    Make Believe
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 42 min.
Produced and directed by Ellen Cooperperson in 1978, this presentation is not only a nostalgic recreation of the early days of the feminist movement, but a must see for the next generation about why the struggle for equality must continue. Also includes the 25 minute film, "Yes Baby, She's My Sir", which explores the world of language and its impact on people's lives.
Subjects – Women’s Studies

Women Of Hope: Latinas Abriendo Camino, 12 Ground Breaking Latina Women
[VHS 1064]      1996      Bread and Roses Cultural Proj.
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 29 min.
Uses interviews, news and archival film, music and literature to show prominent Hispanic American Women who made a difference. Includes Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Miriam Colon, Antonia Hernandez, Dolores Huerta, Tania Leon, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Adrian a Ocampo, Antonia Pantoja, Helen Rodriquez-Trias, Ana Sol Gutierrez, and Nydia Velazquez.

Women Of The Earth: Australian Aborigines
[VHS 1534]      1998      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 55 min.
Examines the lives of Australian aborigines through the eyes of aboriginal women. Shows the efforts to keep traditional identity, lifestyle, and customs alive through art, dance, and storytelling and the continual struggle for land rights.
Subjects -- Pacific Islands ; Women's Studies

Women's Rights : Finding A Voice.
[VHS 1878]   2000    Films for the Humanities & Sciences
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 43 min.
This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings traces the evolution of women's rights, from Susan B. Anthony through the fight for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Following the rocky road to true equality, it examines the contributions of pivotal figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Friedan, Amelia Earhart, and Babe Didrickson."  (Series: Paths to power : an educator's guide to The Century)
Subjects -- Women’s Studies

Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (Director’s Cut)
[DVD 328]    1994      Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 225 min.
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Music

Working By Studs Terkel
[VHS 1850]     1982     Broadway Theatre Archive
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 90 min.
Musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book examines the average worker's viewpoint…showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people. Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams. Songs by James Taylor, Stephen Schwartz and others. Cast: Barry Bostwick, Rita Moreno, James Taylor. PBS television broadcast for Great Performances, Theater in America.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Labor and Trade Unions

Working Safely With Electricity
[VHS 1183-1186]      1992      Bergwall
1/2" video                 Color      4 cass., 71 min.
Pt.1: Electricity can kill -- Pt.2: The shock emergency -- Pt.3: The importance of grounding -- Pt.4: Emergency response. Provides an understanding of electricity, emphasizing how to work with it safely.

Working Women Of The World
[VHS 1977]      2000      First Run/Icarus Films
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 53 min.
Focusing on Levi Strauss & Co., "Working Women Of The World" follows the relocation of garment production from Western countries to nations such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Turkey where low wages are the rule and employee rights are nonexistent. French with English subtitles
Subjects – Women’s Studies ; Labor and Trade Unions ; Asia

Workplace Communication In Action
[VHS 1701]   2001    South-Western
1/2" video      Color   1 cass., 101 min.
Features a variety of realistic workplace scenarios and actual company interviews that challenge students to discuss and resolve real workplace situations. These cases require students to analyze, problem-solve, and apply communication concepts.
Subjects -- Business ; Communication

Workplace Etiquette Why Being Polite Counts On The Job
[DVD 835]     2009     Human Relations Media
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 24 min.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to behave in the workplace. Doing things the wrong way can result in getting fired. Doing things the right way can result in job security, salary increases and promotions. Using acted-out scenarios in common workplace settings, plus commentary from real bosses, the video shows employees conducting themselves inappropriately and then models what is appropriate. Topics include: how to dress properly; how to treat customers and fellow employees with respect; using appropriate language; respecting personal boundaries; being punctual; proper telephone manners; proper voicemail and email usage; avoiding gossip; responding appropriately to constructive criticism; and being a good listener.
Subjects - Business ; Careers and Job Hunting

The World According To Monsanto
[DVD 964]    2008    Mongrel Media
4 3/4" DVD  Color     1 videodisc, 109 min.
Monsanto Company is the world's leader in agricultural chemicals, seed and genetically modified crops, as well as being one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. This film uses hitherto unpublished documents and testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians to expose Monsanto's lack of care in protecting the environment and the health of those exposed to their products. Shows how the company promoted such products as Roundup (glyphosate), bovine growth hormone, and genetically modified plants.
Subjects – Business ; Environmental Sciences

The World Is Not Enough
[DVD 58]        1999      MGM
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 128 min.
James Bond, Agent 007 is the world's only hope against Renard, a high-tech terrorist with a most unusual and deadly characteristic: a brain-lodged bullet that renders him impervious to pain. Cast : Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau,, Robert Carlyle, Judi Dench. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

The World of Apu (Apu Trilogy, #3)
[VHS 917]     1959     Sony Pictures Classics
1/2" video      b&w      1 cass., 111 min.
It's the early 1930s, and Apu is a grown man. A dreamer and a writer like his long-dead father, Apu is working on a novel about his life. When his best friend asks him to his sister's wedding, Apu has no idea that he'll be the one going home with the bride. Poor Aparna is betrothed to an insane man and when his illness becomes apparent, the wedding is cancelled. But Aparna will be cursed unless another bridegroom is found. Apu, in a weak moment, agrees to marry Aparna in return for a job. Then the unexpected happens. Aparna and Apu fall deeply in love. But Aparna dies in childbirth, Apu leaves Calcutta, crazy with grief, and his son Kajal is left abandoned with his wife's parents. Only after a long period of total indifference to worldly responsibilities, does Apu become capable of returning to the world. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore. Directed by Satyajit Ray. In Bengali with English subtitles.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Asia: India

World Of Art, Works In Progress: Beverly Buchanan
[VHS 642]    1997   Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 30 min.
A profile of African-American artist Beverly Buchanan whose work in photography, painting and drawing, and sculpture focuses on the shack in rural Southern culture, not only as habitat but as aesthetic expression. This episode reveals Buchanan's remarkable eye, her ability to capture all the beauty of the rural South. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists ; African Americans

World Of Art, Works In Progress: Bill Viola
[VHS 643]    1997   Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video    Color   1 cass., 30 min.
Bill Viola, video artist, combines video and sound in intriguing ways, as seen in "The Greeting", a piece created for the Venice Biennale. Also includes seven other notable works. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists ; Television, Video and Film

World Of Art, Works In Progress: Hung Liu
[VHS 644]    1997   Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 30 min.
Born in China in 1948 as Mao took over the country and classically trained in Beijing in the Russian Social Realist tradition, she emigrated to the United States in 1984 and is a leading contemporary painter. We follow Liu as she paints a series of works on the Last Emperor and his court for a 1995 exhibition in New York City. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists ; Asian Americans

World Of Art, Works In Progress: June Wayne
[VHS 645]    1997   Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 30 min.
Founder of Tamarind, the most prestigious lithography studio for artists in the country, her prints exploit her interest in scientific theory, space, and atomic structure. We follow Wayne as she produces a series of prints in New York City. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists

World Of Art, Works In Progress: Lorna Simpson
[VHS 646]    1997    Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 30 min.
A photographer who explores the politics and social underpinnings of the camera eye, Simpson constantly explores the ambiguous terrain connecting words and images. In the fall of 1995, Simpson completed a group of large-scale landscapes printed on felt that are the focus of this episode. Lorna Simpson prepares her show of silk-screen blow-up photographs. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists ; Photography

World Of Art, Works In Progress: Milton Resnick
[VHS 647]    1997    Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 30 min.
One of the last living members of the New York School of Painters, also commonly referred to as the Abstract Expressionists. We watch Resnick paint five large canvases over the course of eight months. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Artists

The World of Chemistry, #1: The World of Chemistry
[VHS 830]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
The world of chemistry is introduced by providing highlights of key sequences and themes from programs in the series. The relationships of chemistry to the other sciences and to everyday life are presented.

The World of Chemistry, #2: Color
[VHS 830]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how the search for new colors in the mid-1800's indirectly led to the development of modern chemistry. While producing dyes, early industrial chemists learned about chemical reactions and the properties of molecules. Today, color is used in science for everything from swimming pool test kits to DNA mapping research.

The World of Chemistry, #3: Measurement, the Foundation of Chemistry
[VHS 831]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how accuracy and precision are fundamental to modern chemistry. The distinction between the two terms and their importance in establishing measurement standards in commerce and science are explained.

The World of Chemistry, #4: Modeling the Unseen
[VHS 831]     1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how scientific investigators explain things beyond the realm of ordinary perception. The models used by scientists often represent flights of intuition and invention. Focusing on some examples of models used in chemistry, emphasizes one classic example that explains the behavior of gases.

The World of Chemistry, #5: A Matter of State
[VHS 832]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Matter is examined in its three principal states--gases, liquids, and solids--relating the visible world to the submicroscopic world that cannot be seen. Reveals, at the molecular level, how changes in matter occur, enlarging the idea of models from the previous program.

The World of Chemistry, #6: The Atom
[VHS 832]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Progresses from the ancient to the modern view of the atom and its applications in new technology. Viewers will journey inside the atom to appreciate its architectural beauty and grasp how atomic structure determines chemical behavior.

The World of Chemistry, #7: The Periodic Table
[VHS 833]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how the development of the Periodic Table of Elements produced order from the chaos of disorganized amounts of chemical information. The power of Mendeleev's arrangements, which predicted the properties of as yet undiscovered elements, and how modern chemists have refined its arrangement and continued to refer to the Periodic Table.

The World of Chemistry, #8: Chemical Bonds
[VHS 833]      1990     The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how elements bond to form compounds by giving, taking or sharing electrons. The differences between ionic and covalent bonds are explained by the use of scientific models and examples from nature.

The World of Chemistry, #9: Molecular Architecture
[VHS 834]     1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how the shape and physical properties of a molecule are determined by the electronic structure of its elements and their bonds. How living organisms distinguish between similar molecules (isomers) is revealed.

The World of Chemistry, #10: Signals from Within
[VHS 834]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how atoms and molecules can be made to communicate, and scientists have learned how to interpret their language. Chemists' knowledge of the interaction of radiation and matter is shown as the basis for analytical methods of sensitivity and specificity. How such techniques are used in very different laboratory situations is examined.

The World of Chemistry, #11: The Mole
[VHS 835]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows one of the most significant concepts in chemistry, the mole is the foundation on which quantitative chemistry rests. Using Avogodro's law, it is possible to relate the mass of substance to the number of particles (atoms or molecules) contained in that mass. The mole allows chemists to count by weighing.

The World of Chemistry, #12: Water
[VHS 835]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
The special chemical properties of water are explored. Why is water unique? Why is water necessary? The protection and conservation of this natural resource are reviewed.

The World of Chemistry, #13: The Driving Forces
[VHS 836]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Endothermic and exothermic reactions are investigated and the role of entropy is revealed. Why do chemical reactions occur and what controls their speeds?

The World of Chemistry, #14: Molecules in Action
[VHS 836]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how observing molecules during chemical reactions helps explain the role that catalysts play in chemical transformations. It also demonstrates the state of dynamic equilibrium, which allows chemists and chemical engineers to change reaction conditions.

The World of Chemistry, #15: The Busy Electron
[VHS 837]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
The principals of electrochemical cell design are explained. How do chemical reactions produce electricity? Examples of its use include batteries, sensors and solar-powered cars.

The World of Chemistry, #16: The Proton in Chemistry
[VHS 837]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how acids and bases play an important role in our lives, but are sometimes safe and sometimes dangerous. Demonstrations explain pH and how it is measured.

The World of Chemistry, #17: The Precious Envelope
[VHS 838]      1990     The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
The chemistry of the earth's atmosphere is examined. Theories of chemical evolution, ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect are explained.

The World of Chemistry, #18: The Chemistry of the Earth
[VHS 838]     1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how forces that distribute our planet's mineral resources from the interior to the surface are investigated. Looks at the elements from the earth and specifically how one of the most common, silicon, has become a cornerstone of the modern high-tech industry.

The World of Chemistry, #19: Metals
[VHS 839]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how the important properties of metals--malleability, ductility and conductivity--are examined. The methods used to extract metals from ores and to blend metals to form alloys with "improved" physical characteristics are covered.

The World of Chemistry, #20: On the Surface
[VHS 839]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how does the surface of a substance differ from its bulk? Surfaces react with each other at the molecular level and are unique in the way in which they behave catalytically in chemical reactions. The chemistry of surfaces falls into the province of a special brand of chemistry--surface science.

The World of Chemistry, #21: Carbon
[VHS 840]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds. The versatility of carbon's molecular structure provides the enormous range of properties of its compounds.

The World of Chemistry, #22: The Age of Polymers
[VHS 840]      1990      The Annenberg/CBP Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how are polymers made and why are they different? How chemists control the molecular structure to create polymers with special properties is explored.

The World of Chemistry, #23: Proteins, Structure and Function
[VHS 841]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how proteins are large polymers built of amino acids. A fantastically huge number of different protein molecules arise from only 20 basic amino acid building blocks. The number, kind and sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain dictate the level of structure. Hair, wool, silk and enzymes are used as examples.

The World of Chemistry, #24: The Genetic Code
[VHS 841]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how does the human body manufacture complex proteins to sustain life? How are traits passed from generation to generation? The structure and role of nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are investigated.

The World of Chemistry, #25: Chemistry and the Environment
[VHS 842]     1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Shows how modern chemistry has provided marvelous benefits and products, but also challenging chemical waste problems. Examined are the tools, techniques and frustrations of dump site waste management.

The World of Chemistry, #26: Futures
[VHS 842]      1990      The Annenberg/CPB Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 30 min.
The basic principles of the series are reviewed. Interviews with leaders from academia and industry explore the frontiers of chemical research and speculate on the future impact of these investiagions.

A World Of Differences: Understanding Cross-Cultural Communication
[VHS 202]    1997    UC Berkley
1/2" video     Color    1 cass., 35 min.
UC Santa Cruz professor Dane Archer opens up the verbal and non- verbal cultural baggage we all carry in our global village. The importance of cultural self-awareness, of not making assumptions and of being ready for the unexpected are stressed as ways to lessen culture shock in international travel and communication. Examines 14 different facets -- both verbal and nonverbal -- of cross-cultural misunderstanding. In each case, the power and subtlety of cultural differences is explored and illustrated.
Subjects -- Cultural Diversity ; Communication

World Of Raptors
[VHS 848]     1997    Echo Films Production
1/2" video     Color    1 cass., 57 min.
Offers a fascinating adventure in understanding the natural world as these predators hunt, migrate, nest and fulfill their special role in the North American ecosystem. Morley Nelson demonstrates his 50 years of field techniques for finding and identifying birds that make observing them easy and enjoyable.
Subjects -- Zoology

World Trade Center
[DVD 840]    2006    Paramount
4 3/4" DVD  Color    1 videodisc, 129 mins
A dramatization of the events of World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. The unforgettable true story of the courageous rescue and survival of two Port Authority policemen who were trapped in the rubble after they volunteered to go in and help. An intimate look at the events of the day as seen through the eyes of the survivors, their families and their rescuers. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña. directed by Oliver Stone.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; United States: History

World War II
[VHS 466]   1990           Films for the Humanities
1/2" video    b&w/Color   1 cass., 33 min.
Covers World War II from the invasion of Poland, soon after dawn on September 1, 1939, to the Nuremberg war trials and the hanging of the convicted Nazi war criminals. It covers the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, the beginning of the war, the Battle of Britain with the Blitz at its height, the occupation of Paris and the evacuation of Dunkirk, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, D-Day, the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the Yalta Conference, the Dresden air raids, the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the Battle of Berlin, the surrender of the Germans, the war in the Pacific, the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, and the surrender of the Japanese.
Subjects - Word War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #1: Prelude To War
<http://www.archive.org/details/PreludeToWar>
[DVD 914]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 53 min.
Recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe. Propaganda series originally produced by Frank Capra and the United States government for the Morale Services Division between 1942-1944 which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #2: The Nazi Strike
<http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfBritain>
[DVD 914]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 42 min.
Documents the relentless advance of Germany’s mighty military machine, as Hitler’s armies terrorize their victims with blitzkrieg tactics and spread through the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #3: Divide And Conquer
<http://www.archive.org/details/DivideAndConquer>
[DVD 915]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 54 min.
Recounts the successive defeats of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France by the seemingly invincible German army as seen in dramatic footage from both sides of the battle.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #4: The Battle of Britain
<http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfBritain>
[DVD 915]     2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD    b&w     1 videodisc, 52 min.
Uses exclusive Army footage and captured Nazi film to portray the indomitable spirit of the heroic Londoners during the blitz by the Luftwaffe and to outline Adolf Hitler’s six point plan to annihilate England.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #5: The Battle of Russia
<http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfRussiaI>
[DVD 916]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 83 min.
Shows how the Nazi regime, frustrated by the tenacity of British resistance, sets its sights on the Soviet Union instead. Provides a brief summary of the attempts of foreign powers to invade Russia over the past seven hundred years. It explains why the country is such a hot prize and why no army in history ever succeeded in conquering it. Illustrates how the Red Army's method of fighting – a scorched-earth strategy and a reliance on guerilla and urban warfare -- was bound to defeat the Nazis as it had defeated every invader before them.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #6: The Battle of China
<http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfChina>
[DVD 917]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 65 min.
Explains why the Empire of Japan possessed such a strong interest in ruling the disparate lands of China. In an attempt to break the will of the Chinese people in one massive assault, Japan invades Nanking and massacres forty thousand civilians. The attack results in an opposite effect, galvanizing the Chinese resistance and unifying the separate lands into a single Chinese identity. While the Japanese take control of all Chinese ports, hoping to cut off all resources from its victim, China's allies effectuate an engineering miracle. They construct the seven hundred mile long Burma Road over the mountains of Myanmar, and set up a constant caravan of trucks to ship food and materiel to the Chinese armies, keeping them alive. Frustrated by their inability to conquer China, the Japanese turn their attention to the islands of the Pacific, and the United States.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World War II Why We Fight, #7: War Comes To America
<http://www.archive.org/details/WarComesToAmerica>
[DVD 917]    2000    Good Times Home Video Corp
4 3/4" DVD   b&w     1 videodisc, 66 min.
The early years of the war are seen from the perspective of the United States, with particular focus on the reluctance of the American people to get involved in a European or Asian conflict. As the German army rolls across Europe, Nazi organizations spring up across the United States. The film attributes the rise of such groups to Hitler's policy of softening up future targets with political sympathizers, and shows one surreal Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, where paintings of George Washington hang alongside the swastika. Eventually the American government realizes that war is inevitable and cranks up the production of weapons and drafts the largest army in its history. The film ends with the war's beginning for the United States, the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Subjects – World War, 1939-1945

World Within World
see title The Ascent of Man, #10: World Within World

Worship of Nature
see title Civilization, #11: Worship of Nature

Wounded Knee
see title: We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes, #5: Wounded Knee

The Writer’s Circle, #9: Integrating Research
[DVD 1044]    2007    DallasTeleLearning
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 30 mins.
Shows how to conduct and prepare research using MLA or APA formats. It teaches how to locate sources and integrate research findings using such means as paraphrasing and direct quotation. The DVD introduces the rules of research and explains how to integrate the ideas of others with one’s personal ideas.
Subjects – Literature, Writer's and Writing

Writers In Conversation, #4: Maya Angelou
[VHS 938]      1989      ICA Video /Roland Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 35 min.
Angelou recites poetry and reads from her work "Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas".

Writers in Conversation, #16: Allen Ginsberg With R.D. Laing
[VHS 583]      1986      ICA Video/Roland Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 50 min.
R.D. Laing and the poet Allen Ginsberg discuss Ginsberg's life and work. Ginsberg reads and sings a selection of his poems.

Writers In Conversation, #43: Margaret Atwood
[VHS 939]      1989      ICA Video /Roland Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 52 min.
Atwood discusses her novels, touching on mythology, fairy tales, dystopias in literature, autobiography as source material, and other topics.

Writers In Conversation, #71: A.S. Byatt With Iris Murdoch
[VHS 953]      1989      ICA Video /Roland Collection
1/2" video       Color      1 cass., 49 min.
Interview with A.S. Byatt.


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