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HISTORY 10 & 11

HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD

CODE NO. TITLE

I – THE AGE OF REVOLUTION: Ideas and Politics, 1650-1800

A. The Scientific Revolution: Natural laws and the Natural World

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF

MODERN SCIENCE [Electronic Resource] / Wilbur Applebaum. Explains how the pursuit of natural philosophy from about 1500 to 1700 created the

foundation of modern science. Discusses how the profound changes in the study of the

natural world in this period were made possible by social and cultural changes occurring

Western Europe. Details the ideas and practices of key figures, the concepts they

overcame, and the nature of the institutions within which they worked.

Access is available via CUNY+ located at the BCC Library homepage

located at: http://bcc-libweb.bcc.cuny.edu/index.html

B. The Enlightenment: Natural Laws and Civil Society

V1945 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: THE DYNAMICS OF

CHANGE: “Natural Laws” Newton, Locke, Rousseau

DVD133.2 JOHN LOCKE Chronicles the life and work of John Locke, 17

th century English philosopher and

Political theorist. Locke’s political philosophy laid the philosophical foundation for the

Development of Democracy in the west and is considered as one of the architects of the

Modern world. (21 minutes) c2004

V3028 CITIZEN LOCKE This program gives the viewer a look at Locke, the man and thinker, clarifying his

Principal views. (52 minutes) c1995

DVD193 NEWTON’S DARK SECRETS With vivid docudrama scenes, Nova recreates the unique climate of late 17th-century

England, where a newfound fascination with science and mathematics coexisted with

extreme views on religious doctrine. Unknown to most, Newton shared both obsessions.

(56 minutes) c2005, 2006

http://bcc-libweb.bcc.cuny.edu/index.html


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The Enlightenment: Natural Laws and Civil Society

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: THE DYNAMICS OF

CHANGE: “Natural Laws” Newton, Locke, Rousseau

CONTINUED

DVD2 ME AND ISAAC NEWTON Reveals the motivations of some of the most distinguished scientists of our time, Isaac

Newton and others. (110 minutes) c2001

DVD670 GALILEO This program vividly recreates Galileo’s life and work which brought him to the attention

Of the Inquisition and then forced to work his last years under house arrest.

(50 minutes) c2001

V3027 L’ANCIEN REGIME This program shows Versailles and its political purposes in the years before the French

Revolution. After the death of Louis XIV, new political concepts were prevalent: the

Ideals of Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau, and the satires of Beaumarchais.

(52 minutes) c1994

C. The American Revolution and Natural Rights

V2525.4 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (World History, Lesson 30) (26 minutes) c1997

V1977.14 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (The Western Tradition)(30 minutes)

c1989

V2524.2 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (Early American History,

Lesson 13) (26 minutes) c1997

V2873 BILL OF RIGHTS - (30 minutes) c1999

V2151.7 LIVING CONSTITUTION (American History – Birth of a Nation) (16 minutes) c1985

V3228 WE THE PEOPLE…THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND YOU –

(24 minutes) c2001

V2524.3 FRENCH AND AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS (Early American

History, Lesson 19) – (26 minutes) c1997


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D. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: THE CONCEPT OF

CITIZENSHIP

V1977.15 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (The Western Tradition) (30 minutes)

c1989

V2844 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION – (39 minutes) c1989

V3027 L’ANCIEN REGIME (La Revolution Francaise Series) – (52 minutes)

c1994

V2845 THE NAPOLEONIC ERA – (39 minutes) c1995

V2994.1-2 NAPOLEON: SOLDIER, EMPEROR, LOVER, STATESMAN –

(240 minutes) c2000

V2017 IMPERIALISM –(44 minutes) c1989

E. LATIN AMERICA: REVOLUTIONS FROM ABAOVE AND

BELOW

V1412 SIMON BOLIVAR, THE GREAT LIBERATOR Discusses the life of Simon Bolivar and his role in the freedom of South American

Colonies. (58 minutes) c1984, 1993

II. INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE BIRTH OF

MODERN SOCIETIES

A. Why Great Britain? The First Industrial Society

DVD760 MAN AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – (20 minutes) c1987

DVD717 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – (38 minutes) c1985

V2926 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – (25 minutes) c2000

V2309 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: WORKING LIVES – (20 minutes)

c1992

V1977.16 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (The Western Tradition) –

(30 minutes) c1989

V2524.4 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (Early American History, Lesson 23) (26 minutes) c1997

V2465.4 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATIONS (United States

History) (26 minutes) c1997


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III. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN EARLY INDUSTRIAL

SOCIETIES

A. Justifying Capitalism: Economic Liberalism

DVD133.3 ADAM SMITH Details Smith’s life and traces the impact of The wealth of nations as Europe began

the arduous transition from mercantilism to the laissez-faire philosophy of the Physiocrats.

Quotes from The wealth of nations are woven into the narrative, including the famous

passage describing how an "invisible hand" guides individuals towards the common good.

(19 minutes) c2004

III. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN EARLY INDUSTRIAL

SOCIETIES CONTINUED

B. Alternative Models: Socialist Critique of Capitalism

DVD688 MARXISM: THE THEORY THAT SPLIT THE WORLD (26 minutes)

c1970

V3006 MODERN PHILOSOPHY: MARXIST PHILOSOPHY (46 minutes)

c1997

V3007 KARL MARX AND MARXISM (52 minutes) c1993

Owens, Robert . A New View of Society and other Writings. BCC Library

Call No. AC1 .E8 no. 799

IV. NATIONALISM ACROSS THE GLOBE

A. Realpolitik and the Unification of Germany: Building the Nation-

State

V2417 THE MAKING OF THE GERMAN NATION (95 minutes) c1985

B.Nationhood Tested, Citizens Defined: The American Civil War

V1244.1 1861-THE CAUSE: AT THE CROSSROADS OF OUR BEING (The

Civil War) (100 minutes) c1989

V1244.9 1865-THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: VICTORY,

ASSASSINATION & REBIRTH (The Civil War) (70 minutes) c1989

V2465.3 UNITED STATES HISTORY Series: The Causes of the Civil War Industrial North; agricultural South and the cotton belt; plantation slavery; Black

resistance to slavery; Nat Turner’s Rebellion; ascent of the Republican Party; free

Blacks and the abolition movement; Underground Railroad; sectional polarization;

the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850; popular sovereignty; the

Dred Scott case; Abraham Lincoln; secession of southern states. (35 minutes) c1996


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B.Nationhood Tested, Citizens Defined: The American Civil War

DVD288.1 THE SUPREME COURT: ONE NATION UNDER LAW (60 minutes) c2007

DVD776 FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN LIFE A documentary on the personal and public life of orator, emancipator, and statesman Frederick

Douglass as told in his own words. Using flashbacks, re-creates critical

events that shaped his life. Covers his years as a slave; his escape; his relationships with William

Garrison, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman; his newspaper;

and his family life. (30 minutes) c1985

V1599.1 LINCOLN, A FILM BY KUNHARDT PRODUCTIONS (Series)

LINCOLN: THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT -(1860-1862) (56 minutes) c1992

Plessy v. Ferguson: A Brief History with Documents.

Bronx CC - Stacks - KF223.P56 P58 1997

C. La Reforma: The Failure of Nation Building in Mexico

U.S. – MEXICAN WAR: 1846-1849 (SERIES) – 60 min. ea. c1998

V2745.1 NEIGHBORS AND STRANGERS

V2745.2 THE WAR FOR THE BORDERLANDS

V2745.3 THE HOUR OF SACRIFICE

V2745.4 THE BATTLE FOR MEXICO CITY This documentary tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half

of its national territory to the United States. Although the war lasted only two years,

its outcome not only transformed the boundaries of these neighboring countries, but it

also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of each nation.

D. The Meiji Restoration: Japanese Identity and the Challenge of

Modernization

V1960.2 MEIJI: ASIA’S RESPONSE TO THE WEST

(The Pacific Century, a 10 Part Series) The Pacific Century is the story of how, from the 19th century onward, modern

nations have emerged from the rich and varied cultures and societies of

Pacific Asia. ... This video provides students with an understanding of the

historical and geographic context of the development of Japan.

(60 minutes) c1992

IV. THE NEW IMPERIALISM

A. The Indian Subcontinent: British Imperialism, Formal Empire,

And the Origins of Uneven Development.

V2017 IMPERIALISM Examines the connections between historical events and the literary figures and works

of the era. Includes authors such as: Whitman, Browning, Dickens, Dickinson, Tennyson,

Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Twain, Shaw and Hugo. (44 minutes) c1989


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IV. THE NEW IMPERIALISM

A. The Indian Subcontinent: British Imperialism, Formal Empire,

And the Origins of Uneven Development.

V750 THE LEGACY OF IMPERIALISM Professors of history at Bronx Community College discuss European imperialism

over the past 500 years, with special emphasis on the late 19th century. They explain

"dollar diplomacy," the "open door policy," "neo-colonialism," and "economic

imperialism," and discuss the effects of imperialism, both positive and negative,

on the conquerors and the conquered. (40 minutes) c1986

B. China: Informal Empire and the Collapse of Chinese Sovereignty

C. The Scramble for Africa

V1199.4 TOOLS OF EXPLOITATION (The Africans, A Triple Heritage) Examines the complexities of a continent influenced by its indigenous roots, Islam, and

European Christianity. Includes history of Egyptian pharaohs, matriarchal social systems,

the slave trade; and the contemporary political crises of post-colonialism, famine, and

apartheid. (60 minutes) c1986

V1029.6 THE BIBLE AND THE GUN / THIS MAGNIFICENT AFRICAN

CAKE (Africa, program 5- 6) Gives a history of Africa from many locations showing life as it is today plus archive film

and dramatized reconstructions. Looks at the succession of Europeans which came to

Africa: explorers, missionaries, empire-builders. The 1880’s then saw a 30-year

"scramble for Africa" when nearly the entire continent became subject to European

colonial rule. (114 minutes) c1986

V1029.4 CARAVANS OF GOLD / THE KINGS AND THE CITIES Gives a history of Africa from many locations showing life as it is today plus archive film

and dramatized reconstructions. Traces the medieval gold trade from Africa to India,

China and Italy. Then, to explore the ways in which African kingdoms functioned,

Davidson visits Kano in Nigeria, where a king still holds court in his 15th century

palace, and ancient rituals continue to command the respect of the people.

(114 minutes) c1984

D. Annexation and Influence: The United States Becomes

a World Power

V2836 CRUCIBLE OF THE EMPIRE: THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR examines the colorful characters and historic events surrounding this 100-year-old war

and its relevance through the 20th century. Using reenactments, interviews with noted

authors and popular historians, and more than a dozen newly arranged popular songs

from the period, Crucible of empire looks at the influence of race, economics, new

technologies and the news media on America’s decision to go to war"(117 minutes)

c1999


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Annexation and Influence: The United States Becomes

a World Power

V3008 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: A CONFLICT IN PROGRESS This program examines the conduct of the war, from Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough

Riders, to the defeatist attitude of Spanish commander Admiral Cerveras, to Cuban

General Gomez and his decision to side with the Americans. (Destiny of Empires) –

(52 minutes) c1998

VI. The Evolution of Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Society

A. The Struggle for Equality, Citizenship, Race, Gender and Class

V2674.1-2 THE STORY OF ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

& SUSAN B. ANTHONY: NOT FOR OURSELEVES ALONE “The dramatic, little-known story of one of the most compelling friendships in

American history. Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony were born into a world

ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the

better the lives of a majority of American citizens. Their personal relationship was

often turbulent but they never wavered in their shared belief that equality was the

Birthright of every woman, and for more than half a century led the fight to make

that dream a reality.” 2 videocassettes (3 hours, 30 minutes.) c1999

V1210 IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American activist who protested

lynchings, unfair treatment of Afro-American soldiers, and other examples of racism and

injustice toward Afro-Americans around the turn of the century. (53 minutes) c1989

DVD10.1 DARWIN’S DANGEROUS IDEA (EVOLUTION SERIES) "Evolution" offers a groundbreaking and definitive view of the extraordinary impact the

evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world around us, beginning

with Darwin’s revolutionary theory. (120 minutes) c2001

V3062 THE ORGIN OF SPECIES: CREATIONISM

AND EVOLUTION. (25 minutes) c1998

VI. The Evolution of Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Society

A. The Struggle for Equality, Citizenship, Race, Gender and

Class Continued

V1900 THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED: DARWIN’S

REVOLUTION Discusses how Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and evolution

caused scholars and thinkers to dismantle gradually the Biblical theory

of creation and shows how Darwin’s theories were expropriated by the Nazis,

American Social Darwinists, and Bolsheviks and used by them to justify

and build up major, modern, political systems. (52 minutes) c1985?


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VII. WORLD WAR I AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

A. The End of the “Balance of Power.”

V2781 WORLD WAR I: CAUSE AND EFFECT In this informative program, you’ll learn about the tumultuous events that led to

World War I, the nations that were drawn into the conflict, the Russian Revolution

and the rise of communism, how the submarine and airplane altered the nature of

combat and how the peace treaty virtually assured a second world war.

This tells the complete story of the first modern war. (60 minutes) c199?

V2254.1 THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I (35 minutes) c1984

B. Industrial Warfare, Mass Destruction and the

Collapse of Empires

C. The Post-War World: Nationalism Challenges to the Empire

PILLAR OF FIRE: A TELEVISION HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S

REBIRTH (A SEVEN PART SERIES)

DVD260.1 EPISODE 1. THE JEW RETURNS- THE ARAB AWAKENS:

1895-1920

EPISODE 2. THE DREAM: 1914-1929

EPISODE 3. THE RISE AND FALL OF GERMAN JEWS: 1919-1937

V1773 SUN-YAT SEN AND THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE

REVOLUTION (14 min.) c1993

V2138 W.E.B. DUBOIS, A BIOGRAPHY IN FOUR VOICES Four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the

sociologist and author W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work.

They chronicle Du Bois’ role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first

Pan-African Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the black cultural renaissance,

and author of a series of landmark sociological studies. Anathematized during

the McCarthy years, Du Bois immigrated to Ghana, the first independent African

state, where he died. (116 minutes.) c1995

DVD729.6 GANDHI Contains footage of Gandhi’s Salt March to the sea, his famous London address, and

candid interviews. (40 minutes) c1990

V3279 FREEDOM NOW: COLONIAL RULE IS OVERTHROWN IN

INDIA AND AFRICA, 1947 In 1947, 160 years of British rule came to an end as India became the world’s

largest democracy, inspiring the fight for freedom on another continent. This film

talks with the people who witnessed and participated in the struggle for independence

in India and Africa. While Mohandas Gandhi showed the world how the masses

could successfully defy their imperial masters, his example spurred others on:

European empires in Africa and Asia began to crumble, and in short order, Ghana,

Kenya, Algeria, Mozambique, and dozens more would win their freedom.

(56 minutes) c1998


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VIII. Mass Politics, Mass Societies, and the Expansion of State

Power

A. Communist Dictatorship: The Soviet Union

DVD729.4 LENIN This leader who led the Bolshevik Revolution and founder of the Communist Party and

First head of the Soviet State. (40 minutes) c1990

V2406 THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: OCTOBER 1917

A documentary on the events of the October Revolution from the defeat of the Czarist

armies and famine in Russia, to the overthrow of Nicholas and the assumption of

power by the Communists. (55 minutes) c1998.

V1499.1 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION, Part 1 An overview of more than 700 years of Russian history beginning with the conquests of

military hero Alexander Nevski in 1240. (60 minutes) c1992

V2005 STALIN Stalin’s rise from obscure revolutionary to feared leader of Russia is documented

in vivid detail in this epic. (173 minutes) c1993

DVD145 STALIN, THE RED GOD Studies the deification of Joseph Stalin through interviews, reenactments, and

Soviet film and television footage. (52 minutes) c1999

A. Fascist Dictatorships: Italy and Germany

DV729.2 MUSSOLINI Womanizer, casualty of war, to Fascist leader and victim at the hands of his

own people. (50 minutes) c1990

DVD729.3 CHURCHILL From his days as a WWI P.O.W. to Prime Minister of Great Britain who rallied

The British to victory in WWII and became a symbol of courage around the world.

(40 minutes) c1990

DVD729.5 HITLER (55 minutes) c1990

FAMOUS TRIALS: AN ELECTRONIC RESOURCE

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Nuremberg Laws


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C. Capitalism in Crisis: The United States & the

Great Depression

V2465.9 THE GREAT DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL Causes of the Great Depression; the stock market crash; hard times across America;

the New Deal; the Dust Bowl; a culture of sight and sound; the New Deal under fire;

the Second New Deal; the Wagner Labor Act and the growth of unions; the birth of

the modern welfare state. (35 minutes) c1996

THE GREAT DEPRESSION (SERIES) This 7-part series on the Great Depression uses newsreels, archival photographs

and footage, Hollywood films, and eyewitness accounts to re-create the time,

from the end of the Roaring Twenties to the outbreak of the Second World War,

when economic forces, political change, and social turmoil transformed the nation.

(57 minutes each) c1993

V2491.1 A JOB AT FORD’S [automobile workers, etc.]

V2491.2 THE ROAD TO ROCK BOTTOM [farmers, veterans, etc.]

V2491.3 NEW DEAL, NEW YORK [Roosevelt, LaGuardia, etc.]

V2491.4 WE HAVE A PLAN [Upton Sinclair, Social Security, etc.]

V2491.5 MEAN THINGS HAPPENING [unions, etc.]

V2491.6. TO BE A SOMEDOY [civil rights, etc.]

V2491.7 ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY [defense industries, etc.]

D. Authoritarianism in Asia: Militarism and the Japanese

Empire

THE PACIFIC CENTURY (SERIES)

V1960.1 THE TWO COASTS OF CHINA: ASIA AND THE CHALLENGE OF

THE WEST (60 minutes)

V1960.2 MEIJI: ASIA’S RESPONSE TO THE WEST

V1960.3 FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN

V1960.4 WRITERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES

The Pacific Century is the story of how, from the 19th century onward,

modern nations have emerged from the rich and varied cultures and societies

of Pacific Asia. this introductory area studies course provides students with an

understanding of the historical and geographic context of the development of Northeast

Asia (China, Japan, Korea) c1992


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IX. WORLD WAR II

A. Nazi Aggression and the failure of Appeasement

V2874 WORLD WAR II: CAUSE AND EFFECT Real newsreel footage details the complete story of the most destructive war in

history. In this informative program, you will learn about: the rise and fall of Adolph

Hitler and Nazi Germany ; the decisive battles in Europe, Asia and North Africa;

Pearl Harbor and the War in the Pacific; the decision to use the Atomic Bomb on

Japan; Post-War Europe and the beginning of the Cold War. (32 minutes) c2000

V2254.2 CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II Focuses on the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and on the terms of the peace

settlement that ended World War I to show how these events encouraged the

growth of fascism. Also deals with the worldwide depression in the 1930s and

the relationship of Hitler’s rise to power and the growth of militarism in Japan

and Italy to economic conditions. (47 minutes) c1984

A. WORLD WAR II: Survival or Extermination

DVD257 MEMORY OF THE CAMPS Presents archival motion picture footage taken by British and American photographers

documenting the conditions Allied troops found when they liberated Nazi concentration

camps. Includes scenes of the gas chambers, medical experimentation labs, crematoria,

and starving survivors and the dead in Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald,

and other camps. (60 minutes) c2005

B. Internationalism Renewed: Peace, Reconstruction, and

Human Rights

V1718.1-2 THE HISTORY & FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS Starting with the League of Nations to the founding of the UN, this narrative explains

the functions and activities of the UN yesterday and today. (30 minutes each)

X. THE COLD WAR, 1945-1991

A. The “Superpowers” and the Division of Europe

DVD332.1 BERLIN: JOURNEY OF A CITY BERLIN: JOURNEY OF A CITY tells the story of the Allied occupation of Berlin from

1945 to 1994, in the city which was the epicenter of the Cold War. (58 min.) --

KRISTALLNACHT On November 9, 1938 the Nazis ordered the destruction of over

1100 synagogues and other Jewish places of worship. Includes historic footage and

interviews (58 min.) -- COMMON GROUND explores the differences between cultures

leading to understanding and common ground. (30 min.) c2005


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A. The “Superpowers” and the Division of Europe

DVD160 DEADLY MISTAKES? Provides a series of short films looking at events and related U.S. policy mistakes from

the past and the 21st century. Disc 2 contains six extended interviews. Events and issues

covered include Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam war, Cold War, U.S. interventions in the

Third World, nuclear weapons, invasion of Iraq and the war in Columbia. (405 minutes)

c2005

DVD97 RUSH TO WAR – BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE A historical documentary examining the issues surrounding September 11th and

American foreign policy. Three weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center and

the Pentagon, the director and a small crew drove from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

and New York interviewing a cross-section of Americans in the aftermath of the events.

Among issues explored are the Cold War and CIA interventions around the world from

the 1950s through 1970s, America’s involvement with Afghan resistance against the

Soviet Union in the 1980s, and the history of the United States’ two wars with Iraq with

particular emphasis on the current administration’s policies and actions in the war on

terror and its consequences for global security in the 21st century. (61 minutes) c2004

V3274.3 BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE COLD WAR BEGINS Tracks the building tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the

1940s through the early 60s as the hope for peace becomes a "cold" war of competing

ideologies. (60 minutes) c1998

DVD755 ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR (A Conversation in History) (40

minutes) c1986

DVD757 THE ROOTS OF THE COLD WAR – 28 min. c1984

B. Fighting the Cold War: Global Confrontations

V1901.3 THE COLD WAR Discusses the tension during the 70 year period when the Soviet threat dominated

the agenda of the American government. Traces the evolution in super-power relations

from nuclear confrontation to arms control and includes scenes from the Cuban missile

crisis and the summitry of six American presidents. Interviews young people from

Eastern Europe. (31 minutes) c1993

V2934 THE BAY OF PIGS Combines film footage and interviews with Americans and Cubans in exploring this

complex episode in history and the long-term effects it has had on our two countries.

(57 minutes) c1997

V1194 CRISIS, MISSILES IN CUBA Documentary depicting the tensions, decision making and diplomatic maneuvering

of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (28 minutes) c1987


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B.Fighting the Cold War: Global Confrontations

V2715 ORDINARY AMERICANS: THE VIETNAM WAR Provides an historical overview of the Vietnam war personalized by accounts of

participants. Contrasts the actions of politicians with the experiences of ordinary

citizens. Shows how the war was waged on two fronts: in the fields and jungles of

Vietnam and on the college campuses and streets of the U.S. and describes the

war’s financial and human costs. (35 minutes) c1997

V2156 VIETNAM, NORTH KOREA, CUBA: ENDING COLD WAR

FOREIGN POLICY Program presents three case studies of American foreign policy in the post

Cold War era. Looks at U. S. relations with Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba and

asks whether the United States benefits most from engagement or isolation.

(29 minutes) c1995

C. The Crisis of Communism and the Collapse of the

Soviet Union

V3421.1 THUNDER FROM THE RIGHT, THE ENDS OF THE

SPECTRUM: THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT IN THE

1960’S This program provides a fascinating, contemporaneous evaluation of the

American political scene in the 1960’s. Includes segments on the civil rights

movement, Vietnam and the persistent fear of communism. (60 minutes) c1960, 2002

V3274.1 RED FLAG: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA Films and interviews with eyewitnesses and others are used to show the history of

Communism in Russia. People remember the storming of the Winter Palace, Lenin,

Bolsheviks, civil war, mass literacy campaigns, Lenin’s death, Soviets’ "five-year plan",

collectivization, kulaks, "show trials", and Stalin’s purges. (56 minutes) c1998

V3274.6 PEOPLE POWER, THE END OF SOVIET STYLE COMMUNISM The collapse of the Communist system in Eastern Europe. (60 minutes) c1998

V2626 COMMUNISM An examination of the rise and fall of communism, from the Russian Revolution of

1917 to the demise of Soviet communism in 1991, and the world’s second communist

giant, Mao’s China. (48 minutes) c1996

V1901.4 THE FALL OF SOVIET COMMUNISM Young people involved in the Soviet republics’ struggle for independence give

eyewitness accounts of the fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of new, independent

nations. (33 minutes) c1993

XI. The End of Empire in Asia and the Middle East

A. The Indian Subcontinent: The End of Empire and the

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V2068 TWENTIETH CENTURY NATIONALISM – 40 min. c1993

DVD729.6 GANDHI (Heroes & Tyrants of the 20th

Century) – 40 min. c1990

B. East Asian Roads to Capitalism

V1135 TRAGEDY AT TIANANMEN SQUARE: THE UNTOLD STORY Various news reporters give firsthand accounts of the massacre of student protesters in

Tiananmen Square. (48 minutes). c1989

C. The Middle East: Dynasties, Nationalists, and Religious Radicals

V3051.1 & .2 THE 50 YEARS WAR: ISRAEL AND THE ARABS pt. 1. Land divided, 1947-56 -- pt. 2. The six day war, 1967 -- pt. 3.

Palestinian exiles, 1970-82 -- pt. 4. Peacemaking, 1970-79 -- pt. 5. Banging heads,

1987-91 -- pt. 6. Land divided, 1992-98.

Begins with the 1947 UN decision to partition Palestine and continues to current day (1998). The

film includes interviews and news clips of heads of state and other military and intelligence

leaders. Traces the history of Palestinian Liberation Organization.

V2908 THE MIDDLE EAST: HISTORY AND CULTURE – 23 min, c1993

V1508 SADDAM HUSSEIN: DEFYING THE WORLD – 35 min. c1990

V1970 THE ISLAMIC MIND (A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers) – 28 min. c1990

V2364.1-.2 THE GULF WAR (Frontline) – 232 min. c1996

V3011.1-.2 ISLAM, EMPIRE OF FAITH - 180 min. c2000

XII. Liberation and Dependency in Africa and Latin America

A. Independent Africa: Dictators and Democrats, Capitalists and

Socialists.

V1029.7 THE RISE OF NATIONALISM: THE LEGACY (Africa Series)

- 114 min. c1984

V2068 TWENTIETH CENTURY NATIONALISM – 40 min. c1993

V1863 NELSON MANDELA: THE MAN – c1994

V2803 EVA PERON: THE TRUE STORY Drama based on the life of Eva Perón, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife

of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures

in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33. (114 min, c1996)

DVD737.1-2 CAZADORES de UTOPIAS (HUNTERS OF PARADISE) Documentary of the political and military situation in Argentina during the 1970’s.

(150 min) c1995


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V1996.1 & 2 PORTRAIT OF CASTRO’S CUBA Fidel Castro has delivered to his people the education and health care he promised,

but the communist bloc that has backed him is crumbling. Will the Revolution outlast

the revolutionary? No. (45 min each, c1991)

XIII. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LEGACY

A. Twentieth Century Science: From Physics of Uncertainty to

The Human Genome.

DVD743 FREUD: THE HIDDEN NATURE OF MAN Dramatizes Freud’s background, his personal struggles, and his revolutionary theories;

the power of the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, dream analysis, and the human

personality composed of ego, superego and id. (29 minutes). c1970

B. Global Struggles for Human Rights

V2009 THE ROAD TO BROWN (Segregation – Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education) – 58 min. c1990

V1016 MARTIN LUTHER KING “I HAVE A DREAM” (22 min, c1988)

DVD285 UNBORN IN THE USA: INSIDE THE WAR ON ABORTION This documentary takes us inside the ’pro-life’ movement, chronicling

its current efforts to prevent abortion and to criminalize the procedure by overturning the Supreme

Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. In addition to rare archival footage, the film features frank

interviews with dozens of pro-life activists, artists and journalists. (110 minutes) c2006

DVD767 ROE v. WADE: THE DEBATE CONTINUES Outlines the history of the abortion issue in the United States, including its connections

with the birth control controversies and the women’s movement, and describes how public

policies vary in other nations.

B.Global Struggles for Human Rights

EYES ON THE PRIZE: AMERICA’S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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DVD251.1 AWAKENINGS, 1954-1956 ; FIGHTING BACK, 1957-1962

DVD251.2 AIN’T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS, 1960-1961; NO EASY WALK,

1961-1963

DVD251.3 MISSSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA?, 1962-1964 ; BRIDGE TO

FREEDOM, 1965

DVD251.4 THE TIME HAS COME, 1964-1966; TWO SOCIETIES, 1965-1968

DVD251.5 POWER! 1966-1968 ; THE PROMISED LAND, 1967-1968

DVD251.6 AIN’T GONNA SHUFFLE NO MORE, 1964-1972;

A NATION OF LAW? 1968-1971

DVD251.7 THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, 1974-1980; BACK TO THE

MOVEMENT, 1979- 1905

DVD274 STATE OF FEAR – THE TRUTH ABOUT TERRORISM The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s official report chronicles the

atrocities of both sides during the twenty year war between Abimael Guzman’s

revolutionary "Shining path" Indian guerrilla movement and the establishment

governments. The Commission presents an alternate lens through which citizens of

Peru can evaluate the inequalities their Indian people sought to address and the inevitable

ravages modern terrorism brings to everyone. (94 minutes) c2005

DVD287 LIVES INTERRUPTED Includes four individual programs, 30-min. ea. Program 4: Torture - Ezat Mossallanejad

was tortured repeatedly for speaking out against human rights violations in his native Iran.

(30 minutes). c2001

V2952. 2 HUMAN RIGHTS HEROES Excerpts from the film "At the edge of conflict," features Chief Wai-Wai of the

Waiapi people, who fought for and won land rights for indigenous people in the

Amazon jungle of Brazil. Profiles Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu,

an advocate for indigenous and women’s rights. Examines the contributions of

journalist Roy Gutman and documentary filmmaker Ademir Kenovic, who have

chronicled the war in the former Yugoslavia. Presents a memorial to Veronica Guerin,

a journalist killed while covering the war in Ireland. Presents profiles of Richard N’Sanzabagoma,

a Rwandan human rights activist and Geoffrey Canada, who defends the rights of children in

Harlem, N.Y. Concludes with a converstion with Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

(26 minutes) c1997

DVD451 VIVA LA CAUSA: THE STORY OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND A GREAT

MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – 39mins. c2008

A. Economic Integration and Demographic Challenges

DVD65 BILL MOYERS REPORTS: TRADING DEMOCRACY While the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement are still being argued ...

corporate investors are using the obscure NAFTA provision to challenge laws


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designed to protect the public health, environmental regulations and even jury verdicts.

This program details system of private justice that is enabling companies to obtain what they

have failed to achieve publicly in America’s legislatures or courts. (57 minutes) c2002

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