Kyra Sedgwick
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2002], ©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In every American conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of battle by writing letters home. Collecting 50,000 war letters, using the most compelling and enlightening of the missives and newly discovered home movies, this tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women on the frontlines and those who waited at home.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Women & Men and Women & Men 2 tagteam in this double feature starring an all-star cast about relationships of love, family, and trust, a the characters are forced to look at their lives and see where they're are headed.
