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Wasps and Witches: Women Pilots of World War II
Grades 11-Adult 2012 52 min Films Media Group
This fascina ng documentary introduces the previously untold
story of the forgo en fl iers of the Second World War: women
pilots from Britain, the United States, Russia, and Germany. These
pilots risked everything for their countries and pioneered the way
for others at a me when fl ying was the sole preroga ve of men.
Because of widespread skep cism, they had to prove their worth
and their ability to do a “man’s” job. With unique archival footage
and present-day interviews with the pilots themselves, this inspiring
Secrets Of The Dead: Bugging Hitler’s Soldiers fi lm off ers unique insight into the experiences of the thousands of
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS courageous women who have been “wri en out” of the history
What makes a person walk into a theatre or a church books.
or a classroom full of students and open fi re? What #394427DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
combina on of circumstances compels a human being to
commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any The Ghost Army
way help us understand these horrifi c events and provide
clues as to how to prevent them in the future? Grades 11-Adult 2013 68 min CC PBS
#041652DV-A14 $62.99: DVD The Ghost Army was offi cially known as the 23rd Headquarters
Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20
ba lefi eld decep ons, beginning in Normandy and ending at the
Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case Rhine River. These decep ons included an array of infl atables
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio
A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered transmissions and even playac ng to fool the enemy.
in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern #041655 DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Spain, leads to a compelling inves ga on to solve a
double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? Defi ant Requiem
And could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal
Grades 11-Adult 2013 85 min CC PBS
ex nc on?
During the oppressive days of World War II, the Nazis established a
#041653DV-A14 $62.99: DVD
unique ghe o/ concentra on camp known as Terezín to perpetuate
an elaborate scheme to deceive the world into believing that they
Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad were trea ng prisoners humanely. Defi ant Requiem is a feature-
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS length documentary fi lm which illuminates the extraordinary, untold
In 1832, 57 young men from Ireland boarded a ship story of the brave acts of resistance by the Jewish prisoners at
to America in hopes of a be er life, leaving behind an Terezín.
impoverished country. They arrived healthy and ready to #041656DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
work. Eight weeks later all 57 men were dead. Did they all
die due to a cholera pandemic as was widely believed? Or, The Aboli onists: American Experience
were some of them murdered?
#041654DV-A14 $62.99: DVD Grades 11-Adult 2013 180 min CC PBS
The aboli onists tore the na on apart in order to create a more
perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners
Secrets of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the
and Southerners, poor and wealthy--these passionate an -slavery
World ac vists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights
Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS crusade in American history. What began as a pacifi st movement
This fi lm explores the drama c and li le-known events fueled by persuasion and prayer became a fi ery and furious struggle
that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine that forever changed the na on.
during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While poli cians sought a #041636DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
solu on to the stand-off , Vasili Arkhipov, an offi cer aboard
the submarine, refused to fi re a nuclear torpedo, thus
aver ng disaster. The program combines tense drama
with eyewitness accounts and expert tes mony about a
cri cal event during the Cold War.
#041603DV-A14 $62.99: DVD
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history
Wasps and Witches: Women Pilots of World War II
Grades 11-Adult 2012 52 min Films Media Group
This fascina ng documentary introduces the previously untold
story of the forgo en fl iers of the Second World War: women
pilots from Britain, the United States, Russia, and Germany. These
pilots risked everything for their countries and pioneered the way
for others at a me when fl ying was the sole preroga ve of men.
Because of widespread skep cism, they had to prove their worth
and their ability to do a “man’s” job. With unique archival footage
and present-day interviews with the pilots themselves, this inspiring
Secrets Of The Dead: Bugging Hitler’s Soldiers fi lm off ers unique insight into the experiences of the thousands of
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS courageous women who have been “wri en out” of the history
What makes a person walk into a theatre or a church books.
or a classroom full of students and open fi re? What #394427DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
combina on of circumstances compels a human being to
commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any The Ghost Army
way help us understand these horrifi c events and provide
clues as to how to prevent them in the future? Grades 11-Adult 2013 68 min CC PBS
#041652DV-A14 $62.99: DVD The Ghost Army was offi cially known as the 23rd Headquarters
Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20
ba lefi eld decep ons, beginning in Normandy and ending at the
Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case Rhine River. These decep ons included an array of infl atables
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio
A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered transmissions and even playac ng to fool the enemy.
in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern #041655 DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Spain, leads to a compelling inves ga on to solve a
double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? Defi ant Requiem
And could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal
Grades 11-Adult 2013 85 min CC PBS
ex nc on?
During the oppressive days of World War II, the Nazis established a
#041653DV-A14 $62.99: DVD
unique ghe o/ concentra on camp known as Terezín to perpetuate
an elaborate scheme to deceive the world into believing that they
Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad were trea ng prisoners humanely. Defi ant Requiem is a feature-
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS length documentary fi lm which illuminates the extraordinary, untold
In 1832, 57 young men from Ireland boarded a ship story of the brave acts of resistance by the Jewish prisoners at
to America in hopes of a be er life, leaving behind an Terezín.
impoverished country. They arrived healthy and ready to #041656DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
work. Eight weeks later all 57 men were dead. Did they all
die due to a cholera pandemic as was widely believed? Or, The Aboli onists: American Experience
were some of them murdered?
#041654DV-A14 $62.99: DVD Grades 11-Adult 2013 180 min CC PBS
The aboli onists tore the na on apart in order to create a more
perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners
Secrets of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the
and Southerners, poor and wealthy--these passionate an -slavery
World ac vists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights
Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS crusade in American history. What began as a pacifi st movement
This fi lm explores the drama c and li le-known events fueled by persuasion and prayer became a fi ery and furious struggle
that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine that forever changed the na on.
during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While poli cians sought a #041636DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
solu on to the stand-off , Vasili Arkhipov, an offi cer aboard
the submarine, refused to fi re a nuclear torpedo, thus
aver ng disaster. The program combines tense drama
with eyewitness accounts and expert tes mony about a
cri cal event during the Cold War.
#041603DV-A14 $62.99: DVD
46 Visit www.mcintyre.ca - FREE on-line PREVIEWS!
