Robert Schenkkan
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the years from 1965 to 1968, LBJ struggles to fight a 'war on poverty' even as his war in Vietnam spins out of control. Besieged by political opponents, Johnson marshals all his political wiles to try to pass some of the most important social programs in U.S. history, while the country descends into chaos over the war and backlash against civil rights"--Back cover.
2) All the way
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious virus is brought to Earth by a returning satellite, an elite and dedicated squad of scientists assembles to search for the truth and stop the mutating killer before it ends life on Earth.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception.
8) The Pacific
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
6 blu-ray discs (ca. 530 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.