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- Title:
- Alaska <videorecording> : the last frontier? / a BBC production for the Open
University in association with the Annenberg/CPB Project at the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
- Distribution:
- So. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1996.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- This program shows the difficulties of balancing the needs of indigenous peoples and the
wilderness with economic development and modern life in the state of Alaska.
- Notes:
- Funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB Project.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Blueprints for excellence <videorecording> : clinical practice guidelines /
National League for Nursing ; produced in cooperation with the Agency for Health Care
Policy & Research.
- Distribution:
- <New York, N.Y.> : The National, c1994.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (36 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Introduces clinical guidelines and shows how those developed by the Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) offer standards of care and performance measures for a
variety of common ailments. The video tells the story behind the development of these
guidelines and interviews national experts who were involved throughout the process.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Book banning, censorship, challenging of books and literature in the school and public
library systems videorecording> / WBFS-TV ; producer, Bernie Diaz.
- Distribution:
- 1993.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Recorded 9-29-93; broadcast 10-4-93 and 10-6-93, on WBFS-TV.
- Summary:
- In this debate, Ralf Stores feels that freedom of speech and of the press are not
absolute, and that there is a liberal imbalance in the kind of materials that are on
library shelves. Laurence Miller points out that books which serve the needs of some part
of the community should be on the shelves. In response to where should the line be drawn,
Laurence Miller states that it is essential that the collection development policy of
libraries should be established within a generally agreed upon framework which provides
for "protected expression", such as Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, etc., and that
this policy be endorsed by a library's governing authority.
- Notes:
- Title spoken by the moderator.
- Broadcast as a segment of the television program Focus on south Florida.
- "Show no. 93-47."
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The Haitian crisis <videorecording> : options for U.S. foreign policy / Florida
International University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television
project.
- Distribution:
- <1993>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 1-7-1993.
- Summary:
- A discussion of the current situation in Haiti and its effect on South Florida.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 362.
- With FIU athletics ; Russia at the crossroads ; Post Hurricane Andrew, tax and legal
issues.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew <videorecording> / Florida International
University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television Project.
- Distribution:
- <1993>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 1-7-1993.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 366.
- With FIU baseball 93 ; U.S. trade and commercial policy : implications for miami ; Who's
afraid? : childhood anxiety and phobias.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- U.S. trade and commercial policy <videorecording> : implications for Miami /
Florida International University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access
Television Project.
- Distribution:
- <1993>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 2-4-1993.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 365.
- With FIU baseball 93 ; Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew ; Who's afraid? : childhood
anxiety and phobias.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The Clinton presidency <videorecording> / Florida International University in
cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television project.
- Distribution:
- <1992>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 11-4-1992.
- Summary:
- A discussion of what the Clinton presidency will mean for South Florida in particular.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 352.
- With U.S. foreign policy in Latin America ; The post Hurricane Andrew job market.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The Post Hurricane Andrew job market <videorecording> / Florida International
University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television project.
- Distribution:
- <1992>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 11-5-1992.
- Summary:
- A discussion of Hurricane Andrew's effect on the south Dade economy.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 355.
- With The Clinton presidency ; Basketball preview ; U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- U.S. foreign policy in Latin America <videorecording> / Florida International
University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television project.
- Distribution:
- <1992>
- Description:
- on 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 11-4-1992.
- Summary:
- Discusses probable trends in U.S. foreign and trade policy with Latin America under the
Clinton Administration.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 354.
- With The Clinton presidency ; Basketball preview ; The post Hurricane Andrew job market.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Florida's budget crunch & Dade's legislative session <videorecording> /
Florida International University in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Television
Access project.
- Distribution:
- <1991>
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- The topic of this panel discussion is Dade County's budget agenda for the 1991 Florida
legislative session.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Show no. 301.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Closing the generation gap <videorecording> / Florida International University in
cooperation with the Dade County Cable Access Television project.
- Distribution:
- <1990>
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Taped 7-2-1990.
- Summary:
- A panel discussion of the results of a four day summer institute, or conference,
sponsored by the Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, at Florida
International University and attended by 25 senior citizens and 55 high school students.
The purpose of the institute was to examine political and social issues that affect both
their generations.
- Notes:
- Title on cassette label: Bridging the generation gap.
- Broadcast on the television program FIU in view.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The World is watching <videorecording> / produced by Investigative Productions,
Inc.
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1988.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Explores the ways that print and broadcast media coverage of the conflict in Nicaragua
affects the public's perceptions and policy development in the United States and other
countries.
- Notes:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The Four corners <videorecording> : a national sacrifice area? / Earth Image
Films.
- Distribution:
- Oley, Pa. : Bullfrog Films, 1983.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide (24 p. ; 29 cm.)
- Summary:
- Discusses the social, environmental and cultural impact of energy development in the
four corners area of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture.
- FOCUS documentary award 1983; 1983 student Academy Award, Best Doocumentary; Houston
International Film Festival, 1983, Silver Medal. "Academy Award winning
documentary." -- container.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- American foreign policy. Eisenhower and the cold war < <videorecording>> /
produced for Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation by Creative Communications,
Inc.
- Distribution:
- Chicago, Ill. : EBEC, c1981.
- Description:
- on side A of 1 videodisc (17 min.) : sd., b&w + 1 guide.
- Summary:
- Examines the development of cold war diplomacy during the Eisenhower years, describes
the American response to international crises, and defines the expanded realm of American
international interest. Composed entirely of archival newsreel footage accompanied by
up-to-date narration.
- Notes:
- Intended audience: Senior high school students through adults.
- With: Kennedy and confrontation.
- Technical note:
- Full feature format (CAV)
-
- Title:
- Prescriptions for profit <videorecording> / produced for the Documentary
Consortium by WGBH-Boston ; written and produced by Elizabeth Arledge.
- Distribution:
- Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video <distributor>, 1989.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Goes behind the labels and hype to consider the economic, social and ethical questions
that arise when big business is mixed with human suffering and a large dose of
advertising. The development, approval and marketing of a new drug can take from 7 to 10
years and cost up to $125 million. To insure adequate monetary return, drug companies have
turned to marketing techniques that include celebrity endorsement and promotion that
sometimes avoid mention of dangerous side effects.
- Notes:
- A segment from the television program: Frontline.
- Title:
- World Summit for Social Development <<videorecording>> : social issues of
global importance / Golden Dome Productions ; senior producer, Michael W. Doyle.
- Distribution:
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Highlights the efforts of the participants at the World Summit for Social Development,
held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Summit attempted to address the problem of world poverty
and proposed ways to eradicate it.
-
- Title:
- Race to save the planet. It needs political decisions <videorecording> / WGBH,
Science Unit.
- Distribution:
- Santa Barbara, CA : Intellimation, 1989.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary:
- Explores the power of politics in protecting the environment. Tells how three nations in
varying stages of economic development, Zimbabwe, Thailand, and Sweden, offer three
different strategies for conserving the environmental future.
- Intended audience:
- College students and adults.
- Notes:
- Cataloged from contributor's data.
- An Annenberg/CPB project.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Originally shown on PBS.
- Issued as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in.
-
- Title:
- AHCPR clinical practice guidelines <videorecording> : good medicine or a bitter
pill? / J. Jarrett Clinton ... <et al.>
- Distribution:
- Secaucus, N.J. : Network for Continuing Medical Education, c1994.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (48 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Series note:
- NCME ; no. 659
- Contents:
- Pt. 1 Introduction -- pt. 2. Guideline development -- pt. 3. Utilizing AHCPR guidelines
-- pt. 4. Guidelines & health care reform -- pt. 5. Malpractice issues -- pt. 6.
Concluding remarks.
- Summary:
- The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, created in 1989, facilitated the
development of clinical practice guidelines in various areas of medicine. In this program,
a panel of experts moderated by Dr. Barbara S. Schneidman and including Drs. J. Jarrett
Clinton and Melvin Gerald of the AHCPR, and Dr. Sanford Leikin, discuss issues relating to
the implementation of these guidelines.
- Notes:
- "Released April 16, 1994."
-
- Title:
- Manos a la Obra <videorecording> : the story of Operation Bootstrap / Centro de
Estudios Puertorriquenos, City University of New York ; producers and directors, Pedro A.
Rivera and Susan Zeig.
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 1983.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. + 1 brochure.
- Summary:
- A documentary on Puerto Rico's "Operation Bootstrap," an economic development
plan undertaken in the 1950s which was to attract U.S. capital and serve as a model for
the Americas. Using newsreels, archival photographs, and excerpts from government
propaganda films, examines the background and many problematic issues posed by the plan.
- Notes:
- Title from data sheet.
- Intended audience: Secondary through college students and adults.
- Issued as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in.
- Issued also in Spanish.
- Issued also as motion picture.
-
- Title:
- Adventures in the China trade <videorecording> / Industry and Trade
Administration, Dept. of Commerce.
- Distribution:
- Washington : The Administration : Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1981.
- Description:
- 1 videorecording (28 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary:
- Describes what it is like for American companies trying to do business in China, and
offers a glimpse of its commercial life. Discusses China's economic development plans,
where there are opportunities for American business, the problems associated with this
market, and how the Commerce Dept. can help.
- Notes:
- Title from data sheet.
- Intended audience: Business people.
- Issued as cassette (U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in.) or reel (1 in. or 2
in.)
- Issued also as motion picture.
-
- Title:
- Emerging powers <videorecording> / a presentation of Wall Street Journal Video.
- Distribution:
- <New York> : <Distributed by New Video Group>, c1996.
- Description:
- 4 videocassettes (57 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Contents:
- <no.1.> China / writer, Mary Ann Rotondi ; correspondent, Deborah Wang --
<no.2> India / writer, John Mernit ; correspondent, Anita Radnam -- <no.3>
Mexico / director, Leslie Clark ; correspondent, Rossana Fuentes -- <no.4> Brazil /
director, David Royle ; correspondent, Pedro Bial.
- Summary:
- Presents a guide to the fast growing markets of Asia and Latin America. Discusses the
impressive growth potential and the equally impressive risk factors associated with doing
business in these developing areas.
- Notes:
- "NVG-9411-9414."
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The gendered family and the development of a sense of justice <videorecording> /
presented by Susan Moller Okin.
- Distribution:
- Minneapolis, MN : National Council on Family Relations, 1993.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Moller discusses the importance of family in forming a sense of justice in a child and
especially the role a mother's philosophy has in developing a sense of justice. Describes
how a family's moral center affects the development of a child and how public policy can
affect the family core values and a family's sense of itself.
- Notes:
- Plenary speech presented November 14, 1993 in Baltimore, Md. at the 1993 annual
conference of the National Council on Family Relations.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Inside the global economy <videorecording> : with Nariman Behraveshi / Educational
Film Center.
- Distribution:
- S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB Project, c1994.
- Description:
- 13 videocassettes (ca. 780 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 2 case studies + guide.
- Contents:
- Prog. 1. Trade, an introduction -- prog. 2. Protectionism -- prog. 3. Trade policy --
prog. 4. Trade liberalization and regional trade blocks -- prog. 5. Labor and capital
mobility -- prog. 6. Multinational corporations -- prog. 7. Fixed vs. floating exchange --
prog. 8. Managing currencies and policy coordination -- prog. 9. Exchange rates, capital
flight and hyperinflation -- prog. 10. Developing countries -- prog. 11. Economics in
transition -- prog. 12. Environment -- prog. 13. The evolving world economy.
- Summary:
- Discusses the trend towards increased international economic integration and economic
interdependence. Includes case studies from around the world and panel discussions by
economic experts.
- Notes:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Prime minister and environmentalist, Gro Harlem Brundtland <videorecording> / a
production of Public Affairs Television.
- Distribution:
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences <distributor>, c1994.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- "In 1981, Gro Harlem Brundtland became the first woman to be elected Prime Minister
of Norway... A Harvard educated physician by profession, Brundtland has also been a
prominent environmentalist throughout her political career. In this program with Bill
Moyers, she speaks to the sense of environmental urgency facing policymakers today and
introduces the concept of 'sustainable development.' Brundtland also talks about the
increasingly important role of women in politics."
- Notes:
- FFH 4904
- Additional title on cover: The Moyers collection.
- Technical note:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Energy research & development : shaping tomorrow's choices <videorecording> /
Man, Energy, and the Environment Project.
- Distribution:
- <S.l. : s.n.>, 1991.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col., 1/2 in.
- Series note:
- Man, energy and the environment : the balance of survival.
- Notes:
- Taped off-air from a teleconference at Midwest University Energy Consortium and Argonne
National Laboratory on April 10, 1991.
- Off-air licensing rights through Adult Learning Satellite Service.
- Produced by New Vision Communications ; sponsored by The Jefferson Energy Foundation.
-
- Title:
- The role of the indigenous peoples in the future of sustainable development
<videorecording> / presented by Cal Poly.
- Distribution:
- San Luis Obispo, Calif. : California Polytechnic State University, 1991.
- Description:
- 2 videocassettes (pt.1 83 min., pt.2 62 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Event:
- Recorded at The Second International Videoconference on Natural Resources Management in
the Americas, October 17, 1991.
- Summary:
- A satellite conference from Washington and California with panel discussions and
illustrated examples. Discusses indigenous peoples rights and the awareness of cultural
differences in developing technology and industry. The key topics cover land tenure,
organization, technology, intellectual property rights, and market access.
- Notes:
- VHS format.
-
- Title:
- The American seminar III: Community, technical and junior colleges, key partners in
economic development for the 21st century <videorecording> / American Association of
Community and Junior Colleges.
- Distribution:
- <S.l. : s.n.>, c1987.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- Tape of the nationwide interactive video teleconference on the issue of economic
development and its ramifications on the workforce.
-
- Title:
- Power struggle <videorecording> / produced by Public Policy Productions for WNET ;
producer: by Roger E. Weisberg.
- Distribution:
- Oley, Pa. : Bullfrog Films, c1986.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide (14 pg. ; 22 cm.)
- Contents:
- Pt.1 Energy supply (34 min.) -- pt.2. Energy efficiency (22 min.).
- Summary:
- Explores the struggle over ways to produce the energy needed to supply power for the
United States. Shows ways energy is currently being produced and describes new
technologies, including solar, wind, and water power, geothermal energy, biomass, and
co-generation. Tells advantages and disadvantages of each type of energy production,
including possible effects on the environment. Shows nuclear power plants, experimental
solar and wind farms, a geothermal steam complex, and other examples of energy production.
Describes ways in which cars, appliances, and buildings can be made more energy-efficient.
-
- Title:
- Road to interdependence. <<videorecording>> / United States Dept. of State.
- Distribution:
- Washington : The Department : Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1980.
- Description:
- 1 videorecording (30 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary:
- Outlines the development of American foreign policy from World War II to the mid-1970s.
Discusses the onset of the nuclear age and the cold war, the establishment of a global
network of alliances, economic assistance to Europe and the developing nations, the Cuban
missile crisis, and American involvement in Vietnam. Examines the development of American
relations with China, the Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
- Notes:
- Title from data sheet. (fact sheet 433)
- Previously released as motion picture in 1976.
- Issued as cassette (U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in.) or reel (1 in. or 2
in.)
- Support materials and programs available in Florida from Dept. of Education, FITS
Library, ITV&R Section, dubbed with permission.
- Library loan and rights through perpetuity.
- LR has VHS format.
-
- Title:
- Youth to maturity <<videorecording>> / United States Dept. of State.
- Distribution:
- Washington : The Department : Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1980.
- Description:
- 1 videorecording (30 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary:
- Traces the development of United States foreign relations from the doctrine of Manifest
Destiny to the participation of the United States in the Hague conference of the early
twentieth century. Shows how United States policy reflected America's growth from the
status of a small and weak nation to its position as a world industrial power.
- Notes:
- Title from data sheet. (Fact sheet 433)
- Previously released as motion picture in 1972.
- Issued as cassette (U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in.) or reel (1 in. or 2
in.)
- Support materials and programs available in Florida from Dept. of Education, FITS
Library, ITV&R Section, dubbed permission.
- LR has VHS format.
- Title:
- Summit diplomacy : Eisenhower and the Russians. <videorecording.>
- Distribution:
- New York, N.Y. : Chelsea House, c1975.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette, (10 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
- Credits:
- Editorial director, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Editor, Fred Israel, Editorial
supervisor, James E. Watts, Jr., Film editor, Eugene Finley, Archives director, John
Pontius.
- Summary:
- Portrays the spiraling cold war during the Eisenhower administration. Includes the
President-elect's visit to Korea; defense policy statements by Dulles; H-bomb development;
Asian strategies and the SEATO pact; the Big Four Summit in Geneva, 1955; the Suez,
Hungarian, and Middle East crises; Eisenhower's 1959 conference with Krushchev at Camp
David; and the East-West confrontation at the United Nations, 1960.
- Notes:
- Data from fact sheet no.489. "Production date, 1975"
- Support materials and programs available in Florida from Dept. of Education, FITS
Library, ITV&R Section, dubbed with permission.
- Library loan and rights (broadcast and dubbing) through perpetuity.
-
- Title:
- Threatened paradise <videorecording.>
- Distribution:
- Miami, Fla. : WPBT, Channel 2, 1975.
- Description:
- 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary:
- "This program presents the problem facing Florida's leaders today as they encourage
growth and development without endangering natural resources or spoiling the ecological
'paradise' which has been a contributing factor to the state's growth. The need for
planning commercial and housing developments with attention to the total effect on the
state's well being is strongly emphasized." fact sheet.
- Notes:
- Program available in Florida from Dept. of Education, FITS Library, ITV&R Section,
dubbed with permission. DOE source: WPBT, Channel 2.
- Fact sheet #214 to accompany.
-
- Title:
- SUMMIT DIPLOMACY, EISENHOWER AND THE RUSSIANS <videorecording>
- Distribution:
- <S.l.> : FITS, 1990
- Description:
- 9 min. : Color ; Videocassette
- Summary:
- Spiraling cold war antagonisms during the Eisenhower administration. The
president-elect's visit to Korea. Defense policy statements by Dulles. H-bomb development.
Asian strategies and the SEATO pact. Big Four Summit in Geneva, 1955. Suez, Hungarian, and
the Middle East crises. Eisenhower's 1959 conference with Khrushchev at Camp David.
East-West confrontation at the UN, 1960.
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