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X-Files
[VHS 126] 1998 Twentieth Century
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 122 min.
When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas Texas, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana
Scully are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid
doctor, Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus
which may be exterrestrial in origin -- and could destroy all life on earth. Cast: David
Duchovny, Gillian, Anderson.
Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays
X-Men
[DVD 911] 2000 20th Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 104 min.
Two mutants come to a private academy for mutants whose resident superhero team
must oppose a powerful mutant terrorist organization. Cast: Patrick Stewart,
Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen,
Subjects – Movies and Plays
X-Men United
[DVD 912] 2003 20th Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 133 min.
the second film of this Marvel comics franchise ups the ante on Professor Xavier
and the superhero mutants from the first film, pitting them against a
mutant-hating scientist who's determined to wipe out the mutant race by tricking
Xavier into abusing his telepathic powers. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brian Cox,
Halle Berry.
Subjects – Movies and Plays
Year 2000 Problem Excerpts
[VHS 1859] 1998
Center for Strategic & International Studies
1/2" video Color
1 cass., 84 min.
A panel of economists, business leaders, and government figures try to project the scope
and severity of the Y2K problem. Most feel there will be an impact on society and
business, the only question is how much can be done to alleviate it in the remaining time.
25 minute condensation [of tape 1], followed by 59 minute condensation [of tape 2].
Subjects -- Professional Development Collection ; Economics
Yesterday
[DVD 320] 2004 HBO Films
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 95 min.
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband
in denial and a young daughter to tend to, Yesterday’s one goal is to live
long enough to see her child go to school. Set against the awesome, harsh
landscapes of South Africa. Cast: Kenneth Khambula, Leleti Khumalo
Subjects – Movies and Plays, Diseases: Aids/HIV ; Africa
Yesterday Is Now : The War 55 Years After Japan's Surrender
[VHS 1709] 2002 Moving Images
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 96 min.
Yesterday is now explores the divisions in today's Japanese society as it struggles with
the question of how to consider the war and Japan's responsibility for the crimes it
committed during its occupation of neighboring Asian countries between 1895 and 1945.
These crimes include slave labor, sexual slavery, the use of humans in biological warfare
experiments, and the massacres of civilians.
Subjects -- Asia: Japan ; World War, 1939-1945
Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice For Strength Beginners
Practice With Rodney Yee
[VHS 1618] 1990
Living Arts
1/2" video Color
1 cass., 75 min.
In the first 10 minutes of this 75-minute video, expert yoga teacher Rodney Yee performs a
truly stunning flow series that will motivate you and leave your muscles itching to work.
The lesson begins with variations of sun salutations and poses such as the dog pose,
triangle pose, and others. In the second, more intense sequence, Yee leads the bridge,
shoulder stand, warrior, and balancing poses, his narration soothing and his technique
inspiring. Very difficult poses, such as the crane pose and pendulum pose, comprise the
end of the set.
Subjects -- Sports, Recreation and Fitness
Yonder Come Day
[VHS 787] 1975
CRM Films
1/2" video Color
1 cass., 26 min.
A documentary about 72-year-old Bessie Jones and her efforts to pass along to new
generations the rich heritage of Black slave songs and culture. The music, games, songs,
and traditions of an earlier time reveal the roots of Black music, the role played in the
time of slavery, and its significance today.
You Are the Game: Sexual Harassment On Campus
[VHS 63] 1985
Indiana University
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 60 min.
Discusses what sexual harassment is and how to deal with it. Includes dramatizations of
incidents of sexual harassment of women college students by their male teachers.
You, Me and Dupree
[DVD 837] 2006 Universal Studios
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 110 mins
Newlyweds Carl and Molly are just beginning their life together when Carl's
oldest friend, the down-and-out bachelor Randy Dupree, crashes on the couch.
Cast: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon.
Subjects – Movies and Plays
Young And Innocent
[VHS 1085] 1993
Madacy Music Group
1/2" video B&W 1 cass., 82 min.
A fugitive on the run and a young girl who is convinced of his innocence form the basis of
this early Hitchcock thriller. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. Cast: Nova
Philbeam, Derrick De Marney. The Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Young At Heart
[VHS 928] 1987
New Dimension Films
1/2" video Color
1 cass., 29 min.
Story of Louis Gothelf and Reva Shwayder who meet when they are in their eighties and come
to live together and eventually get married. Both feel that an interest in activities such
as painting which they share, and gardening and fishing which they don't have kept them
vital and interesting people.
You're Hired
[VHS 84] 1986
North Seattle Community College
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 29 min.
Instructional film designed for ESL students on to how improve their communication skills
when applying for a job, taking phone messages for job interviews, and going to a job
interview. Includes practice sections and tips from employment specialists.
You're Not Communicating: Preventing Communication
Breakdown
[VHS 908] 1989
Barr Films
1/2" video Color
1 cass., 23 min.
Through five humorous vignettes, presents the five keys to effective communication.
You're Not Listening
[VHS 1753] 1978 Barr Films
1/2" Video Color
1 cass., 21 min.
Also available as:
[MP 438] 1978
Barr Films
16mm film Color
1 reel, 21 min.
Provides a humorous series of vignettes that show some typical poor listening habits and
illustrates 7 techniques for building good listening skills. Emphasizes that the
responsibility for learning how to listen rests with the listener.
Subjects -- Business ; Communication
Your Immune System
[VHS 132] 2002
Cambridge Educational
1/2" Video Color
1 cass., 28 min.
Clearly and concisely maps out the complicated human immune system, explaining both how it
keeps the body healthy and what happens to the body if it malfunctions--or, even worse, if
it shuts down completely.
Subjects - Anatomy and Physiology
Zodiac
[DVD 843] 2007 Paramount
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 157 mins
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and
cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly
fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer,
becoming obsessed with the case. An cartoonist becomes an amateur detective
obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer. Based on Robert Graysmith's book,
the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper
people. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Law
Zoot Suit
[DVD 902] 1991 MCA Home
Video
4 3/4" DVD Color
1 cass., 104 min.
Dramatization of the events surrounding the zoot suit riots in Los Angeles in the 1940s
and the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial in which the police tried to frame a group of Mexican
Americans. Cast: Daniel Valdez, Tyne Daly, Charles Aldman, Edward James Olmos. Based on a
play by Luis Valdez.
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