DVDs
To borrow one of these films, ask for it using its DVD VIDEO number at the Education, Music and Media desk on Bracken Library's lower level.
The Pilgrims by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 12484Publication Date: 2015This PBS special details the hardships that the original Pilgrims to America faced, in particular how to maintain their faith and freedom inside of a new country.
Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 1626Publication Date: 2005A film about the Pequot War of 1637, which set the stage for the domination of Native Peoples by European settlers. Mystic Voices tells the story of this tragedy and presents viewpoints of historians and Native descendants.
Colonial House by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 1020Publication Date: 2004Contemporary Americans and Britons spend five months on an isolated stretch of the Maine coast recreating the life of American colonists in the year 1628. The modern colonists struggle to create a functioning and profitable colony using only the tools and technology of that era.
Witches' Curse by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 12397Publication Date: 2008Describes the work of psychologist Linnda Caporael who has searched for a rational explanation for the symptoms of bewitchment exhibited by colonists of Salem, Massachusetts.
The Crucible by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 9203Publication Date: 1996A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, they are accused of witchcraft. Soon the village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
The Scarlet Letter by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 1855Publication Date: 1979Condemned by her fellow Puritans for having a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet "A" for life. After intense questioning, she refuses to reveal the identity of the father, a well-respected minister who cannot muster the courage to admit his actions.
We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 5898Publication Date: 2009Documents almost four hundred years of Native American history by examining pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. Reveals how Native American leaders resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture.
America: Discovery to Revolution by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 2912Publication Date: 2000A six-part series that chronicles the role of European explorers and settlers in North America from the late fifteenth century through the period of the American Revolution.
500 Nations by Call Number: DVD VIDEO 3494Publication Date: 1995Features an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by European contact.
