Catalog Search Results
Series
Language
English
Description
Ulysses S. Grant took command of the entire Union army in March of 1864. He told his commander George Meade, "Lee's army will be your objective. Wherever Lee goes, there will you go also?" Soon enough General Lee found out what he was up against, a Union general who did not retreat. Grant kept pushing toward Richmond and in June the two armies met near the Confederate capital. This program includes reenactments of what happened at one of the bloodiest...
Series
Language
English
Description
This program catalogues 2002's winners of the gold, silver, and bronze Clio Awards. Entries include Pepsi's "Beckham," Visa's "Dining Out," Blockbuster's "Carl and Ray-Kung Fu," Budweiser's "Mr. Pro Wrestling Wardrobe Designer," Nike's "Freestyle," Toyota Corolla's "School," AT&T's "I'm Okay," Neutrogena Skincare's "Glasses," Audi A3's "Babysitter," Sylvania Lighting's "Old Man," Heineken USA's "Birth of a Sign," Sealy Mattress's "Boy," Volkswagen...
Series
Language
English
Description
This program honors the best of the Clio gold and silver winners for the year 2003. Entries include IKEA's "Lamp," Nike Shox NZ's "Streaker," Coca-Cola's "Supersub," Wrangler's "Cafe," BMW of North America's "Hostage," Verizon Wireless' "Ferret," Whiskas' "Bungee," Peugeot 206's "The Sculptor," Hewlett-Packard's "Digital Crime Fighting," Masterpack's "Watch," Labatt Breweries/Bud Light's "Ulterior Emotions," Renault's "Road," Prensa Libre's "Stadium,"...
Series
Language
English
Description
Their names were linked to the two most powerful men during the Civil War. Their lives were both controversial and often times misunderstood, yet never before in American history were there two first ladies. This is the story of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President of the United States, and Varina Davis, wife of the President of the Confederate States of America. Although they were two women from rival governments, they led parallel lives, struggling...
Pub. Date
[2005], c1998
Language
English
Description
This program concentrates on the final two of the Four P's: place, also known as distribution, and promotion. Part one covers distribution channels; horizontal and vertical channel conflict; and the use of corporate systems, administered systems, and contractual systems, such as franchises, to alleviate channel conflict. In part two, a pair of clones and other experts explain the objectives of promotion-to provide information, increase demand, stabilize...
6) Media Power
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Language
English
Description
This program explores the characteristics that define a desirable audience, the history of audience ratings, and the ways in which audiences are assessed. Because the mass media is supported largely by selling time and space to marketers, it has evolved into the main delivery vehicle for advertising, in which the company offering a product or service is the true consumer and the attention of the viewer is the product that is being bought. With billions...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
By December 1944, Americans had grown weary of the war: the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams bearing bad news seemed endless. In episode 6, The Ghost Front, Ken Burns explores the unpredictable and unnerving months toward the near-end to the war. In the Pacific, American progress had been slow and costly, while in Europe, no one was prepared for the massive counterattack Hitler launches in the Ardennes forest of Belgium...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2004
Language
English
Description
In the history of warfare, armed men on horseback were at a devastating advantage in the art of killing and fear was their primary weapon. Hordes of warriors could strike around, within, and behind the infantry with lightning speed. It was the cavalry charge that struck fear in the enemy when riders sat stirrup to stirrup, facing cannon fire, the sound of thunder building on the earth. History remembers the charge of the Light Brigade and Custer's...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Once every four years, when the United States turns its attention to choosing a leader, a small snowy state in the northeastern corner of the country becomes the political center of the nation. This historical documentary travels to Laconia, New Hampshire, for the 1969 presidential primary, where the men who want to be president - Richard Nixon, Michigan's Governor George Romney, and Senator Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota - start the campaign with...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Language
English
Description
The American Civil War began and ended in the South. Its fertile fields provided the backdrop for many of the wars epic battles. Alongside the legions of Southern patriots and their Union opponents was a unique band of men committed to documenting the conflict in Dixie. Despite being hobbled by lack of supplies, the threat of enemy fire and campaigns spanning hundreds of miles, these men labored in virtual obscurity to chronicle the war. This is the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
With the 1860 election of anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln, thirteen states from the South secede and form the Confederate States of America. Union military leaders, along with Lincoln himself, realize that ending the rebellion rests on controlling the Mississippi River. In February 1862, Union forces, led by an obscure general named Ulysses S. Grant, establish a foothold in southern Tennessee near a simple log structure known as "Shiloh Church."...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2011
Language
English
Description
It might seem contradictory, but decisions about how to end a company are just as important as the dreams that give birth to it. There may even be reasons that make a pre-planned exit strategy mandatory, such as the specific needs of investors. This video explores various end-game scenarios for business owners, helping to clarify long-term goals for anyone on the verge of creating a company while detailing the possibilities and challenges that each...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
The U.S. drone program has killed terrorists and weakened Al Qaeda. But critics of the drone program argue that the short-term gains do not outweigh the long-term consequences-among them, radicalization of countless numbers outraged over civilian deaths. Is the U.S. drone program helping in the fight against terrorism, or hurting it?
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2004
Language
English
Description
Time was running out for the Germans to push the Allies back into the sea. Every day the British, Canadians, and Americans were strengthening their positions on the French coast with the arrival of thousands of men and shiploads of equipment. Despite fuel and ammunition shortages and constant attacks from enemy fighter bombers, the German defenders of Normandy held their ground. This may have been partly because of their superior weapons, but more...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], c1999
Language
English
Description
This program features top television ads from the Clio Hall of Fame ranging from the late 1950s through the early '80s, including classic commercials such as Carling Black Label's "Hey Mabel," Timex's "Watch on Propeller," Volkswagen's "Snowplow," Cracker Jack's "Card Game," Salada Tea's "Motorcycles," American Tourister's "Gorilla," Alka-Seltzer's "Spicy Meatball," Coca-Cola's "Buy the World a Coke," Life Cereal's "Mikey," Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010], c2005
Language
English
Description
On a vast battlefield that was 98 percent ocean, over 1,600,000 men, both Allied and Japanese, died over four years of fighting, for pieces of real estate sometimes not bigger than Central Park. Pacific D-Days, amphibious assaults, island by island, were the weapons chosen by the U.S. to cross the Pacific to Japan. The term D-Day is used in the planning of every operation whose date is not yet known. There were nearly 100 D-days throughout the Pacific...
18) The Ghost Army
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
On the front Lines of World War II, illusion was their ultimate weapon. During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GI's undertook a bizarre mission: create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the Nazi German Army as their audience. The U.S. 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable rubber tanks, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy again and again, often right along the...
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Language
English
Description
The polar bear is treading on thin ice. As its frozen habitat melts away, the iconic white bear has become the standard bearer of the environmental movement. This program explores the polar bear's global appeal as a brand through the work of photographer Norbert Rosing, whose captivating images have been used by both a lobby against oil exploration and a producer of crude oil; Sarah Robertson, the filmmaker behind the cinematic documentary Arctic...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request