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English
Description
Lucy Pevenise, along with her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister, Susan, are in London during the initial bombing raids of WW II. Like many families, their parents decide to send them to the country for safer keeping. Peter, the oldest, is told to watch over the children and make sure they stay safe. This simple request will test Peter's ability to protect his siblings, especially after Lucy discovers an amazing secret. The children...
2) Red River
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
3) Elf
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
Language
English
Description
War of the worlds: Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself...
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Roo meets up with a feared Heffalump, he quickly learns an important lesson : they are nothing like what he's been told, and he has much more to gain by befriending Lumpy than fearing him. They strike up a friendship as they spend the day together.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When only child, Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora decide to book an cruise and skip Christmas altogether. Their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fianc̈еee, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever.
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the work of author Catherine Cookson, this story is about an independent, 19th century British woman who runs a textile mill. She must clear one of her workers accused of a crime committed by a nobleman.
10) Hairspray
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robin Good is a successful fund raiser but when a nasty Prince starts stealing hams Robin's merry men conclude that robbery is quicker and decide to give it a try. Robin must get over his hurt and save the day.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Princess Mia has just graduated college. She is soon going to take over as Queen of Genovia from her grandmother, Queen Clarisse. However, Mia learns that she must marry in 30 days or forfeit the crown of Genovia to another rightful heir, Nicholas Devereaux. His uncle, Vicount Mabrey is really the one who wants Nicholas to be King. Not trusting Nicholas, Mia picks a decent guy who's sweet and charming and likeable, but can she go through with the...
13) Barnyard
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Despite the disapproval of his father, Ben, a young cow named Otis loves to have fun at his farm's wild late-night hoe-downs. When Ben dies defending the barnyard from marauding coyotes, Otis is chosen as the farms new leader. For Otis, responsibility sits uneasily on his head and he fears he may not be able to protect his friends from the coyotes.
Language
English
Formats
Description
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
16) War horse
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
17) Harvey
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a good-natured fellow whose constant companion is a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. His sister is determined to marry her daughter off and decides to commit her brother to a mental hospital to get him out of the way. Due to a mix-up the sister is committed instead, and it is up to the kindly brother and his imaginary friend to straighten things out!
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
You will receive the health and weight-loss benefits of walking up to three miles outside - from your own living room. Consists of three walking-based workouts with increased intensity, focused on engaging both the lower and upper body.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has...
20) Minority report
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who sets him up.
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