Raymond Massey
Language
English
Description
In this historical drama, Jeb Stuart, the famed Southern cavalryman arrives at West Point, where he befriends George Armstrong Custer. Both compete for the attention of "Kit Carson" Halliday. As a punishment for fighting with fellow classmates, both men are sent to an outpost in Kansas where they must battle the abolitionist John Brown. This experience causes them to examine their personal feelings about slavery.
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A sea captain is locked in battle in 1840s Key West with lawyer Steve Tolliver for the affections of a beautiful ship owner. Tolliver attempts to prosecute the captain for the murder of a girl who was allegedly on board.
7) Dallas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Blayde Hollister, ex-Confederate from Georgia, has waged his own war to settle past injustices. Now he's a wanted man. And he can feel the law closing in on him.
8) East of Eden
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop...
10) Carson City
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When stagecoaches delivering gold out of Carson City keep getting held up, the mine's owner decides to bring a railroad line into town. But the town's residents, swayed by a rival mine owner, will stop at nothing to keep the line away.
15) Things to come
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After a 25 year war destroys civilization, a group of scientific supermen set out to build a new one in this science fiction film. Decades later, their progress is threatened by a reactionary who urges the masses to rise up in protest.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The story of how King David brought sorrow to his land when he fell in love with a married woman and arranged her husband's murder, which brings down the wrath of God. David must rediscover his faith in God to save those around him and himself.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Battle cry (1954, 148 min.): Americans answer the nation's call to war in this salute to young Marines who went to war and the women they left behind.
Battle of the Bulge (1965, 170 min.): Five months after D-Day, most American soldiers think the German army is broken. The Germans think otherwise. To buy time for their invincible new jets, they launch a furious offensive.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas.
19) 49th parallel
Series
Criterion collection volume 376
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
As the voice-over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazis, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if Corporal Hirth and his six crew members can reach it, they can be repatriated to Germany with no fuss. But their trek across Canada becomes a fierce struggle...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Six P-40 fighters come shrieking out of the sun, guns blazing. They're outnumbered and outgunned by the 18 enemy Zeros below them. But they won't be outfought. Scott is an inexperienced 'textbook pilot' who asks to fly with the all-volunteer, battle-seasoned Flying Tigers headed by Gen. Claire Chennault. Fighting to keep the critical Burma Road supply line open, Scott becomes an ace. He comes to realize what many flyers know: up in the heavens, he...