Video
Catalog - History
Lapeer East Library
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Program descriptions reprinted courtesy of Cable
in the Classroom Magazine.
HISTORY,
AMERICAN
TITLE/DESCRIPTION |
Time |
Expires |
Ch. |
|
| 2001
: A Year for History - This
two-part program reviews the events of 2001 that historians believe will
enter the history books. |
1
hr |
Feb.
'04 |
HIST
|
|
American
Classics - This This 4-part program chronicles the
people, places, and things that symbolize American values and culture. |
|
American Presidents: Life
Portraits - This series looks
at the personal stories of the 41 men who have served as president of the U.S.
Programming focuses on the life of a different president each week, traveling to childhood
homes, gravesites, and other significant places. The series also features interviews
with biographers and historians and examines the papers and personal correspondence of
each president. Support Material |
|
Chester A. Arthur |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Calvin Coolidge |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Millard Fillmore |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Warren G. Harding |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
William Harrison |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
John F. Kennedy |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
James Polk |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
William Howard Taft |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Zachary Taylor |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Harry S. Truman |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Martin Van Buren |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
Woodrow Wilson |
|
FREE |
C-SPAN |
|
| Biography - This Emmy
Award-winning series profiles political leaders, artists, and other famous figures. Support Material |
|
Henry Ford: Tin Lizzie Tycoon
- This episode profiles one of the greatest innovators and
industrialists of the 20th century, who introduced the Model T and
revolutionized manufacturing by developing mass-production techniques. |
1 hr |
Nov. '06 |
A&E |
|
Lewis & Clark:
Explorers of the New Frontier - This episode profiles the two Army officers
who, at the request of Thomas Jefferson, led an 8,000-mile expedition to the
Pacific Ocean in 1804. |
1 hr |
Feb. '06 |
A&E |
|
Susan
B. Anthony: Rebel for the Cause -
This episode profiles the
early feminist who crusaded for equal pay for equal work and women's
suffrage, helping to found America's first civil-rights movement. |
1 hr |
Mar. '07 |
A&E |
|
| Civil War Combat -
This series examines specific battles of the American Civil War in detail. |
|
The
Bloody Lane at Antietam - This episode looks at the single
bloodiest day in American military history, a battle with no victor that
led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which
ultimately doomed the Confederate cause. Part 2 of 4 |
1 hr. |
Jan. '06 |
HIST |
|
The
Wheat Field At Gettysburg - Concentrates of the second day of The
Battle of Gettysburg, during which a relatively unimportant area became the
scene of heated conflict. |
1 hr. |
Jan. '06 |
HIST |
|
| Save Our History Support Material |
|
The
Underground Railroad - Hosted
by actor Alfre Woodard, this two-part program uses slaves' engraving ,
songs, and diary entries to chronicle the story of America's first
civil-rights movement and profiles some of the Underground Railroad,
including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Support Material
|
1 hr |
Feb. '07 |
HIST
|
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