Europe
NO EASY WALK: ETHIOPIAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins with the Ethiopian
victory over the Italians in 1896 at the Battle of Andowa,
which confirmed Ethiopian independence to the European powers
and paved the way for Emperor Menelik's modernization program.
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...ALL OUR LIVESWorld History Women's Studies Political Science Labor Studies Europe Directed by Women
Examines the lives of several women who actively participated
in the social revolution during the Spanish Civil War, women
who are as dynamic in their 80s as they were in their youth. All
are members of the anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the CNT, the
main representative of the working class movement in Spain in
1936.
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THE THIRD GENERATIONEurope Jewish Studies Middle Eastern Studies Peace & Conflict Children & Young Adult
Focusing on the activities of the German-Israeli Youth Exchange Program, this video
shows three generations of Germans and Israelis who, confronted with the historical
legacy of the Holocaust, are actively involved in building new personal relationships while
trying to come to terms with ambivalent, often negative, attitudes about one another.
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RETURN TO THE WARSAW GHETTO
On April 19, 1993, thousands of Jews from all over the world gathered in Warsaw to
observe the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, one of the few truly heroic
events for Jews during World War II.
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DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A moving memoir of the Spanish Civil War by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade,
this film includes historical background on the Depression, archival footage of Civil War
battles, and footage shot in Franco's Spain of the mid-1970s.
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THE HISTORY BOOK (Series)Animation Europe World History Children & Young Adult
Beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing to the present
day, this series of nine animated films surveys the development
of society throughout the ages from a grassroots perspective,
showing history as it has been lived and experienced by common
people.
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BIEDERMEIER: A WAY OF LIFE IN AUSTRIA, 1815-1848
This video traces the major social, cultural, technological and political developments that
took place in Austria between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of
1848, a period of relative peace and stability when the middle classes prospered and the
arts and other social developments flourished. Dramatic re-enactments of historical events
are blended with period graphics and music to provide an informative profile of a crucial
period in European history.
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CHILDREN OF SUMMERHILL, THEEducation Europe Children & Young Adult
This video tells the story of the famous school, founded in England in 1921 by A.S. Neill,
which achieved worldwide fame through the publication of his book Summerhill.
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DARIO FO AND FRANCA RAME: A NOBEL FOR TWOEurope Literature Performing Arts Directed by Women
Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and
playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater
presentations.
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HINDESIGHT
This video tells the story of John Hinde, a British photographer who pioneered in color
photography in the Thirties, emigrated to Ireland in the Fifties with a traveling circus and
later established one of the world's largest postcard empires.
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STEFAN LORANT: MAN IN PICTURESCinema Studies Europe Media Studies Photography
This video chronicles the career of the Budapest-born Stefan Lorant (1901-1997), one of
the twentieth century's most influential photo editors and a pioneer in photojournalism.
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THE HAPPINESS OF STILL LIFEWorld History Europe Art History Short Films Directed by Women
After the Napoleonic wars and the revolutionary fervor of the late 18th century,
Europeans were eager to retreat from the tumultuous arena of history to the uneventful
calm of private life.
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LE PETOMANE: FIN-DE-SIÈCLE FARTISTE
Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century
Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall,
mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his
remarkable talent.
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QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIMEMusic Europe Directed by Women
This video features a performance of French composer Olivier Messiaen's famous quartet
by The Houston Symphony Chamber Players under the direction of Christoph
Eschenbach (piano), accompanied by Eric Halen (violin), Desmond Hoebig (cello) and
David Peck (clarinet).
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SHAKESPEAREUrban Studies Short Films Performing Arts Literature Latino Studies Europe Education
A high school teacher and one of his students don Elizabethan garb and travel back in time
to London in 1609 to have lunch with William Shakespeare at the Mermaid Tavern.
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