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, 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 Listening
[VHS 1753]      1978      Barr Films
1/2" Video       Color      1 cass., 21 min.
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[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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