Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
414-286-3045
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Audio-Described Videos
ADAPTING THE HOME FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED (22:00)
AudioVisual Health Services, N.D.
Strategies for remodeling the home to increase accessibility.
Color. DV 443.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (102:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1991.
When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez and Morticia plan a celebration to wake the dead.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 2.
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (104:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1951.
During World War I, a courageous British spinster and a tough cockney team up to destroy a German riverboat.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 251.
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT: EPISODE SEVEN, PROBLEM AT SEA (53:18)
Highbridge Productions, 1991.
Poirot and his good friend Captain Hastings are enjoying a cruise to Alexandria when a prominent fellow passenger is murdered.
Color/CC/audio-described. DV 3.
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT: EPISODE TEN, THE DREAM (52:15)
Highbridge Productions, 1991.
Poirot is deeply affronted when Benedict Farley, a tyrannical pork-pie magnate, asks his advice about some deeply disturbing suicidal dreams, but then dismisses him.
Color/CC/audio-described. DV 4.
AGING AND VISION: DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE (19:50)
AFB Press, N.D.
A very personal look at 5 older people who have coped successfully with visual impairment and continue to lead active, satisfying lives.
Color. DV 173.
ABILENE TOWN (51:00)
AudioVision Canada, 1946.
Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott), the sheriff of River Bend, a naturally kind man, has to be tough to survive in his world of gamblers and saloon keepers who cater to the hard-bitten cowboys. There are also the respectable citizens of River Bend, who object to the wilder elements, and Dan is caught between them.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 408.
ALGIERS (95:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1938.
Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, "native quarter" of Algiers. A French official insists that he be captured, but sly Inspector Slimane knows he need only bide his time. The suave Pepe increasingly regards his stronghold as also his prison, especially when he meets beautiful Parisian visitor Gaby, who reminds him of the boulevards to which he dare not return...and arouses the mad jealousy of Ines, his Algerian mistress.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 446.
ALIEN (116:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1979.
The crew of a commercial spaceship makes an unscheduled landing on a barren planet, where they encounter a pulsating organism that attaches itself to one of the crew.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 193.
ALL CHILDREN LEARN DIFFERENTLY (30:00)
Learning Disabilities Association of California, 1997.
Steve Allen narrates this presentation on the remediation of learning disabilities.
Color. DV 230.
ALL IN THE FAMILY: ARCHIE GIVES BLOOD (24:00)
Nostalgia Television Network, 1972.
Archie Bunker grumbles through a visit to the Red Cross.
Color/audio-described. DV 001.
ALL IN THE FAMILY: "EDITH HAS JURY DUTY" (24:00)
Audiovision, 1975.
Archie Bunker cannot cope with wife Edith being out of the house on jury duty.
Color/audio-described. DV 440.
THE AMAZING ADVENTURE (63:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
Ernest Bliss is a rich young man with too little to do. Not realizing the depression he's in is due to boredom, Ernest consults a doctor. Sir James Aldroyd gives Ernest a prescription that he doesn't think Ernest can fill: Ernest must earn his own living for one year using none of his current wealth. Ernest bets him 50,000 English pounds that he can.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 447.
THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1956.
Joan Fisk, daughter of the American ambassador to France, is bored with entertaining the wives of visiting V.I.P.s and decides to conduct an experiment. She accepts a date with an American GI and tries to prove to her father and his friends that not all soldiers are wolves. But by the end of their first date, when wine, music and the young man's charms have swept her off her feet, she realizes that she may have won more than the bet.
Color/audio-described. DV 471.
AMELIA EARHART, THE PRICE OF COURAGE (60:00)
American Experience/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 111.
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST: DECEIT AND INDIFFERENCE (60:00)
American Experience/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Paints a troubling picture of the United States during a period beset by anti-Semitism and a government that not only delayed action, but refused asylum to many doomed Jews.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 116.
AMERICAN EMPIRE (82:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1942.
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 448.
AMISTAD (155:00)
Dreamworks/Universal Home Video, 1998.
Retells the story of the 1839 slave ship mutiny and subsequent trial.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 270.
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW: THE GUITAR PLAYER (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1964.
Audio-described episode of the popular television comedy featuring Andy Griffith as a widowed small town Southern sheriff raising a small son.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 264.
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW: THE MANHUNT (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1964.
Audio-described episode of the popular television comedy featuring Andy
Griffith as a widowed small town Southern sheriff raising a small son.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 255.
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW: THE NEW HOUSEKEEPER (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1964.
In this episode of the popular television comedy, widowed Andy's Aunt Bee arrives to help him raise Opie.
B&W/audio-described. DV 228.
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW: OPIE'S CHARITY (22:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1964.
Audio-described episode of the popular television comedy, Andy teaches Opie about giving.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 277.
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW: THE RUNAWAY KID (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1964.
In this episode of the popular TV comedy, Opie befriends and conceals a runaway boy.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 259.
THE ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (100:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
Wounded desperado (John Wayne) falls in love with a gentle Quaker maiden (Gail Russell).
B&W/audio-described. DV 284.
ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER (102:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1946.
Murdered gangster takes control of a judge's body to discredit him.
B&W/audio-described. DV 285.
ANIMAL FARM (75:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1955.
Ill-treated by a cruel farmer, the animals on Manor Farm rise up in revolt.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 286.
ANNA KARENINA (111:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1948.
To be with the man she loves, a young wife and mother risks everything: marriage, family, position, and reputation.
B&W/audio-described. DV 287.
ANNE OF AVONLEA (224:00)
Walt Disney Home Video/DVS Home Video, 1987.
As an independent young woman with high hopes and dreams, Anne gains new insights about love, friendship, and the ways of the world in this critically acclaimed sequel to Anne of Green Gables.
Color/CC/audio-described. DV 5.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (199:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, 1987.
An elderly Canadian farmer and his sister adopt a red-headed orphan girl on turn-of-the century Prince Edward Island.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 6.
ANTZ (83:00)
Dreamworks/Universal Home Video, 1998.
A small worker ant dreams of marrying a princess.
Color/animated/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 272.
APOLLO 13 (140:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1995.
During the 1970 Apollo 13 moon mission, an explosive decompression placed the 3 astronauts (Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton) in grave danger. Astronauts, engineers and NASA staff struggle to return the crew safely to Earth.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 201.
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (120:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1974.
Comic tale of a young hustler filled with drive, dreams, and a determination to be somebody.
Color/audio-described. DV 288.
ARTHUR MAKES THE TEAM/MEEK FOR A WEEK (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur and his friends all sign up to play baseball.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 222.
ARTHUR WRITES A STORYBOOK/LOCKED IN THE LIBRARY (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur tries to liven up a school writing assignment.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 213.
ARTHUR'S BABY/D.W.'S BABY (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Babies cry all the time, throw up on your clothes, and get all the attention.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 218.
ARTHUR'S CHICKEN POX (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur gets chicken pox and must miss the circus.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 219.
ARTHUR'S EYES (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur needs glasses.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 215.
ARTHUR'S FIRST SLEEPOVER (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur, Buster, and Brain sleep in a tent in the backyard.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 223.
ARTHUR'S LOST LIBRARY BOOK/D.W.'S IMAGINARY FRIEND (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur can't find the scary library book he checked out.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 214.
ARTHUR'S NEW PUPPY (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur will lose his new puppy if he doesn't get Pal to behave.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 221.
ARTHUR'S PET BUSINESS (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur gets a job as an animal-tender.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 217.
ARTHUR'S TEACHER TROUBLE/ARTHUR'S SPELLING TROUBLE (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur is chosen for the school Spell-a-thon.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 216.
ARTHUR'S TOOTH (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
Arthur is anxious to lose his first baby tooth.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 225.
AS YOU LIKE IT (96:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
A duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. The banished duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyrannical brother to contend with, so he joins those in the forest. Rosalind, now banished, disguises herself as a young man, with Celia as her servant, and follows Orlando into the forest. There, nature stirs love's fires in various rustics as well as in those from the court. Phebe, a shepherdess loved by Silvius, is herself smitten with the disguised Rosalind. Can true love find a way, and can brothers be reconciled and harmony restored?
B&W/Audio-described. DV 449.
ASSIGNMENT DISCOVERY: BLUE PLANET - SEAS OF LIFE - CORAL SEAS (60:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2003.
Oceanographers look at the waters which cover most of the surface of planet earth.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 510.
ASSIGNMENT DISCOVERY: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS: BRANCHING OUT (60:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2000
This Discovery Channel science program examines he diverse modes of propagation plants use to ensure their survival, form sending out their seeds in the wind, on the water, with jet propulsion, or in animal stomachs.
Color/audio-described. DV 385.
ASSIGNMENT DISCOVERY: THE FUTURE OF THE MILKY WAY (60:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2003
Astronomers speculate on the future of our galaxy.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 489.
AT THE WAR WITH THE ARMY (92:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1950.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis share their first star billing in this song-and-gag-filled farce. At the stateside military base where Dean is a staff sergeant, and Jerry is a mess cook, the two pals find themselves constantly in trouble with a loudmouth drill instructor, a conniving supply sergeant and a hen-pecked captain.
B&W/audio-described. DV 409.
B-29: FROZEN IN TIME (58:00)
PBS/DVS, 1998.
NOVA documentary covers the attempt to retrieve a WW2 bomber from the arctic ice.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 209.
BMX BANDITS (92:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1983.
Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.
Color/Audio-described. DV 452.
BABE (110:00)
MCA/DVS, 1995.
Delightful comedy about the little pig who wanted to be a sheepdog.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 208.
BACK TO THE FUTURE (116:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1985.
A typical American teenager of the 1980s is sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 195.
BASEBALL (1080:00)
BMG Video/DVS Home Video, 1994.
Ken Burns' award-winning documentary on America's favorite game.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 163.
BASIC INSTINCT (127:00)
Carolco/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Sharon Stone is the murderess; Michael Douglas is the police detective out to prove her guilt.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 150.
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WORLD WAR TWO'S DEADLIEST BATTLE (60:00)
American Experience/DVS Home Video, 1996.
A compelling chronicle of war that captures both the action on the front lines and the strategy behind the scenes.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 114.
BEACHES (123:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, N.D.
Two women meet as girls on a beach, remain friends through good times and bad times, broken marriages and budding careers, and face their greatest challenge--together.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 7.
BEAT THE DEVIL (91:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1954.
A hilarious caper comedy about a motley crew of conmen who cheat one another in post-World War II Africa.
B&W/audio-described. DV 289.
BECKY SHARP (85:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1935.
Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Thackeray's classic novel "Vanity Fair". Becky and Amelia are girls at school together, but Becky is from a "show biz" family, or in other words, very low class. Becky manages to insinuate herself in Amelia's family and gets to know all their friends. From this seemingly auspicious beginning, she manages to ruin her own life, becoming sick, broke, and lonely, and also ruins the lives of many other "loved ones".
B&W/Audio-described. DV 450.
BECOMING A CAN-DO KID: SELF-HELP SKILLS (15:00)
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc., N.D.
Six families with visually impaired preschool children model in their own home some very basic and important practices in parenting the visually impaired child. Blind or Visually Impaired Children Can Do! Video Series, Vol.3.
Color. DV 109.
BEETHOVEN (87:00)
MCA Universal/DVS Home Video, 1991.
Barely escaping from nefarious dog-nappers, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family--and promptly grows into 185 pounds of romping, drooling, disaster-prone St. Bernard!
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 9.
THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (126:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1945.
A down-to-earth priest and a dedicated nun clash over plans to close a Catholic grade school.
B&W/audio-described. DV 290.
BEVERLY HILLS COP (105:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1984.
Axel Foley is a brash, street-smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murder to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. Before Axel gets his man, he's up to his neck in international drug smugglers.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated R. DV 10.
BIG (104:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1988.
A 12-year-old boy, magically transformed into a 35-year-old man, lands a job at a toy company.
Color/cc/audio-described.Rated PG. DV 199.
THE BIG LIFT (120:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1950.
In 1948, the Soviet Union blockades the Allied sectors of Berlin to bring the entire city under their control. A semi-documentary about the resulting Berlin Airlift gives way to stories of two fictitious U.S. Air Force participants: Sgt. Hank Kowalski, whose hatred of Germans proves resistant to change, and Sgt. Danny McCullough, whose pursuit of an attractive German war widow gives him a crash course in the seamy side of occupied Berlin.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 451.
THE BIG TREES (89:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1952.
In the early 1900s, a self-serving timber baron joins forces with a Quaker congregation to fend off lethal claim jumpers.
Color/audio-described. DV 375.
BLACKBEARD, THE PIRATE (98:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1952.
Blackbeard embarks on a sprawling, brawling, swashbuckling adventure in search of Sir Henry Morgan's pirate treasure.
Color/audio-described. DV 291.
BLINDNESS: A FAMILY MATTER (22:38)
AFB Press, N.D.
A frank exploration of the effects of an individual's visual impairment on other members of the family, and how those family members can play a positive role in the rehabilitation process.
Color. DV 174.
BLOOD ON THE SUN (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1945.
In pre-World War II Tokyo, an American newspaper editor finds proof of Japan's warlike intentions toward the United States--but can he get it to the outside world?
Colorized/audio-described. DV 292.
BLUE HAWAII (106:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1961.
The son of a rich Hawaiian family (Elvis Presley) resigns the family business to become a tourist guide. Soon he's surrounded by pretty girls and in trouble with his mother, the law, and his girl-friend.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 235.
BOB THE BUILDER--CAN WE FIX IT? (45:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
Bob and his arsenal of friendly machines (Scoop the dump truck, Lofty the crane) have a can-do attitude in this brightly colored animated television show. This 45-minute collection contains four adventures from the series. In "Bob's Barnraising" Bob and crew must race against the weather to help Farmer Pickle. In "Muccky Muck" Bob and the gang are up to their ears in gooey mud. Bob learns instructions are a good thing in "Wendy Plays Golf," and in "Magnetic Lofty" he finds good use for his talents. Values of team building, keeping strong friendships, self-esteem, and enjoying your work come out effortlessly along the way. Grades 3-6.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 444.
BONG AND DONNELL (49:00)
University of Maryland Video Press, 2001.
Follows the lives of 2 best friends from 3rd grade through high school--two Baltimore boys, a jaunty Filipino-American who never lets his wheelchair slow him down, and the black classmate who's there for every high and low.
B&W. DV 399.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (114:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1961.
Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) takes New York.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 159.
BREAKTHROUGH (96:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1979.
Warweary German soldiers face an American tank assault in the closing days of World War II.
Color/audio-described. DV 293.
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (98:00)
DVS Home Video, 2003.
An uncomfortably unmarried thirty-something "singleton," Bridget decides to take charge of her life and chronicles her Year of Change in this comedic homage to Pride and Prejudice.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 475.
BRIGHT BEGINNINGS (27:00)
RCA/Columbia Home Video, 1991.
Braille Institute Insight Series.
How to create a brighter tomorrow for children who are visually impaired.
Color. DV 12.
BRIGHTER VISIONS (27:00)
RCA/Columbia Home Video, 1991.
The Braille Institute Insight Series.
Charlton Heston presents techniques to brighten the lives of visually impaired seniors.
Color. DV 13.
BROADCAST NEWS (132:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1987.
3 workaholic television newspeople become romantically entwined.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 237.
BROKEN BONES/HEART ATTACK (51:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
This television documentary from the Assignment Discovery series examines the relationships between broken bones and heart attacks.
Color/CC/audio-described. DV 406.
BRUCE ALMIGHTY (101:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2003.
Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a TV news reporter whose human-interest stories don't interest him anymore. His girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston) loves him despite his negative take on the world. But when Bruce is fired, he asks once again why God has decided to give him so much grief. God (Morgan Freeman), however, is tired of hearing Bruce's complaints and offers Bruce his all-encompassing job for one week to show him how tough it is to run the world.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 507.
BUILDING BLOCKS: FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING FOR YOUNG BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN (10:09)
American Foundation for the Blind, 1991.
This video in English and Spanish presents the essential components of a successful preschool program. Can be used alone or with Building Blocks, the book.
Color. DV 14.
BURNING RAGE (97:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1984.
While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.
Color/audio-described. DV 453.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (111:00)
20th Century Fox/DVS Home Video, 1969.
A blend of adventure, romance, and comedy that recounts the true story of the West's most likeable outlaws.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 165.
BYE BYE BLUES (116:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1989.
A humorous, touching story of life on the Canadian homefront during World War II.
Color/audio-described. DV 294.
CALL IT MURDER (73:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1934.
A jury foreman is tormented by his family, the public, and himself after sentencing a murderess to death.
DV 295.
THE CALL OF THE WILD (106:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1972.
Stolen from his Seattle home, Buck is abused while being trained as a sled dog during the Alaskan Gold Rush, until he finds a human he can love and trust.
Color/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 296.
CALLIE & SON (142:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1981.
Callie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, she succeeds--but her overwhelming love leads to resentment, then disaster.
Color/Audio-described. DV 454.
THE CAPTIVE HEART (98:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1946.
A Czech officer poses as a British POW to escape execution, then through correspondence falls in love with the dead man's wife.
B&W/audio-described. DV 297.
CASABLANCA (103:00)
MGM/US/DVS Home Video, 1942.
Star-crossed lover are reunited in World War II Casablanca.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 252.
THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT (50:00)
Granada Television/DVS Home Video, 1991.
Holmes risks his life when he becomes involved with a murderous Austrian baron and his fiancé.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 15.
CASPER (96:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1995.
A little ghost befriends a small girl.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 152.
CAST A DARK SHADOW (77:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1957.
A charming young man murders his rich older wife, then marries another.
B&W/audio-described. DV 298.
CHANGES: A PROGRAM ON LIVING WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY (28:00)
Fanlight Productions, N.D.
This award-winning film is about coming to terms with spinal cord injury: how it happens, its consequences, and the beginnings of rehabilitation. CINE GOLDEN EAGLE.
Color. DV 16.
CHAPLIN (145:00)
Carolco/DVS Home Video, 1993.
Academy-award nominated film biography of the Little Tramp.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 155.
CHARADE (113:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1963.
A lovely young widow is aided by a mystery man in her search for her dead husband's hidden fortune.
Color/audio-described. DV 299.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (25:00)
United Feature Syndicate, 1965.
'Tis the season to be jolly, but Charlie Brown, feeling that the Christmas message is lost among all the seasonal glitter, has the blues. Psychiatrist Lucy suggests a cure: get involved with the Christmas play!
Color/animated/cc/audio-described. DV 130.
CHICAGO (113:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG-13. DV 514.
CHILD IN THE NIGHT (105:00)
Audiovision, 1990.
A kid witnesses his father's murder, a woman psychologist and a police officer try to recover the boy's memories of the event so he can testify. But that will be not easy. Perhaps the truth is more painful than they think.
Color/audio-described. DV 441.
CHOICES (90:00)
Audiovision, 1981.
A teenager who feels alienated from his peers by a hearing handicap, attempts to fit in through high school athletics.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 482.
CHOICES/IF BLINDNESS OCCURS: LIVING WITH VISION LOSS (23:00)
The Seeing Eye, 1994.
"Living with Vision Loss" shows newly blind people, their families, friends, and medical and rehabilitation professionals that, with a positive outlook, emotional support, and professional instruction, life after sight loss can remain rich and fulfilling.
Color. DV 17.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (100:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1984.
Three ghosts (Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future) haunt miser Ebeneezer Scrooge and urge him to reform.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated "PG". DV 247.
THE CIVIL WAR (545:00)
Time/Life Video, 1989.
Ken Burns' mammoth PBS-TV series on the Civil War.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 1861.
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (144:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan, intrepid CIA consultant, in this thriller about a covert war against the Medullin drug cartel.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 161.
CLIMAX: THE LOU GEHRIG STORY (53:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1958.
After playing in an unprecedented 2,000 consecutive baseball games, legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig (Wendell Corey]) goes into an apparent slump. When it worsens, his wife Elly (Jean Hagen) insists on a check-up--and the doctors find a rare nerve disease (later named after Gehrig). This episode of the CBS dramatic anthology "Climax" movingly dramatizes the final chapters in the Hall of Fame player's career.
B&W/audio-described. DV 438.
COCOON (117:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Wisconsin's Don Ameche won an academy award for his performance as a senior citizen who tries to rescue shipwrecked space aliens off the Florida coast.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 154.
COLD JOURNEY (76:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1975.
A Cree teenager is caught in a cultural limbo between the white man's way of life at the residential school he attends in La Pas, and the Native American way of life on the tribal reserve in northern Manitoba where he spends his summers.
Color/audio-described. DV 420.
COLONEL EFFINGHAM'S RAID (72:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1945.
A satire about a retired army officer who has returned to his Georgia hometown to wage battles in a humorous newspaper column, skirmishing with cronyism and corruption. Based on the novel (RC 28537).
B&W/audio-described. DV 455.
THE COLOR PURPLE (154:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 1997.
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG-13. DV 524.
COME ON DOWN TO THE LIBRARY (15:00)
National Library Service, N.D.
Tells what volunteers can do in a Regional Library.
Color. DV 18.
COOKIN' UP PROFITS ON WALL STREET: A GUIDE TO COMMON SENSE INVESTING (55:00)
Central Pictures Home Video, 1993.
This Academy-Award-nominee and Owl-Award-winning video documents how the Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club, whose members range from 60 to 85, formed their own investment club when stockbrokers considered them "too old to bother with", and how they now average 23% return on their investments. It covers the basics of setting up an investment club, and shares the Ladies' 4 basic rules to success.
Color. DV 19.
COPING WITH DIFFICULTY/HOW ONE PAINTER SEES (60:00)
Modern Language Association, 1998.
Inspirational PBS documentary about Lloyd Burlingame, a professor of theatrical design who became blind.
Color. DV 227.
A CREDO FOR SUPPORT (5:10)
Axis Consultation & Training Ltd., 1995.
This powerful short video offers a series of suggestions for people who care for someone with a disability. Designed as a provocative catalyst to stimulate dialogue at in-Service training and orientation programs.
Color. DV 207.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC (113:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1950.
Jose Ferrer won an Academy Award for his magnificent portrayal of the 17th-century swordsman, poet, and would-be lover with the long nose.
B&W/audio-described. DV 300.
D.O.A. (84:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1949.
A dying accountant sets out after his poisoner.
B&W/audio-described. DV 303.
DANTE'S PEAK (109:00)
DVS Home Video, 2002
A long-dormant volcano erupts, threatening the residents of a small town.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 480.
DAREDEVIL (103:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, a man without fear. He's a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to see with superhuman capabilities. When the love of his life is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin and his deadly assassin, Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG-13. DV 515.
DEAD POETS SOCIETY (128:00)
Touchstone DVS Home Video, 1991.
Robin Williams portrays passionate English professor John Keating, who inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Seize the day!"
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 20.
THE DEADLY COMPANIONS (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1961.
An ex-cavalry officer escorts a funeral procession through Apache territory.
Color/audio-described. DV 301.
DEAF-BLIND - COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY: GETTING INVOLVED (90:00)
Sign Media, Inc., 1992.
A fascinating conversation with 2 Deaf-Blind individuals, Pat Cave and Janice Adams, moderated by anthropologist Theresa Smith, about their general perceptions and needs.
Color/open captioned. DV 419.
DEAF-BLIND - COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY: OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION (40:00)
Sign Media, Inc., 1992.
Features anthropologist Theresa Smith discussing a number of topics that provide a glimpse into the multi-faceted Deaf-Blind community.
Color/open captioned. DV 418.
DEATH RAGE (85:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1976.
When a New York gangster is killed on a visit to Naples, his mob sends assassin Peter Marciani to exact revenge. His target is a capo who also was fingered for the murder of Peter's brother. But getting to him means getting past a Neapolitan policeman, and the cost is high.
Color/audio-described. R-rated. DV 421.
DICK TRACY (105:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Warren Beatty as cartoon sleuth Dick Tracy easily tracks down the crooks, but has problems with women and kids.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 21.
DINNER AT THE RITZ (77:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1937.
A banker's daughter, not believing his death a suicide, sets out to trap her father's killers.
B&W/audio-described. DV 302.
DIRTY DANCING (105:00)
Vestron/DVS Home Video, 1987.
A quiet girl blooms at a summer resort in the 1960s Catskills.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 242.
DISCOVERING THE MAGIC OF READING: ELIZABETH'S STORY (20:00)
American Printing House, 1995.
A compelling account of the value of reading to young children with a visual impairment.
Color. DV 231.
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD (116:00)
DVS Home Video, 2003.
Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 476.
DO THE RIGHT THING (120:00)
40 Acres & a Mule/DVS Home Video, 1989.
Powerfully using both humor and drama, this movie by Director Spike Lee traces the course of a single summer day on a city block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 200.
DR. KILDARE'S STRANGE CASE (77:00)
Audiovision, 1940.
Young Dr. Jimmy Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 483.
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (104:00)
MGM/UA Home Video, 2001.
The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be more than presents?
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 384.
DRACULA (75:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 1931.
Count Dracula's nasty practice of drinking the blood of his victims is finally ended by a group of Stalwart Anglo-Saxons.
B&W/audio-described. Not Rated. DV 387.
DRAGONWHEEL (90:00)
Audiovision, 2002.
This is the story of Gloria, a worldly but crabby teen-boy-band manager and Sherman, a morose rural man as they escape from their lives, experience life-changing travel and, against their will, cling to one another. When they fall in love for the first time it's an impossible situation, because you can't just change your life overnight, can you?
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 484.
DRESSED TO KILL: A SHERLOCK HOLMES FILM (73:00)
Audio-vision Canada, 1946.
A stolen music box holds the clue to a plot that could bankrupt Great Britain.
B&W/audio-described. DV 304.
DRIVING MISS DAISY (99:00)
Warner/DVS Home Video, 1988.
An African-American chauffeur develops a soft spot for the demanding elderly lady he drives about.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 245.
D.W. RIDES AGAIN/ARTHUR'S COUSIN CATASTROPHE (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
D.W. wants to ditch her training wheels.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 224.
D.W. THE PICKY EATER (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
D.W. is such a picky eater, she can't go to restaurants with her family anymore.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 226.
D.W.'S BLANKIE/THE PERFECT BROTHER (56:00)
Random House/DVS, 1997.
D.W.'s security blanket is missing.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 220.
EL DORADO (126:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1967.
Producer/director Howard Hawks teams up 2 legendary stars for this post-Civil War drama. Robert Mitchum plays the alcoholic sheriff who fights greedy Texas cattlemen as he fights to tame the West with the aid of John Wayne, his old-friend-turned-gunfighter.
Color/audio-described. DV 22.
EISENHOWER: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (150:00)
WGBH/DVS Home Video, 1993.
This biography of one of the 20th century's most beloved military heroes includes archival footage of WWII as well as still photos and interviews.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 110.
EMPLOYED ABILITY: BLIND PERSONS ON THE JOB (14:19)
AFB Press, N.D.
Blind and visually impaired people from a wide variety of occupations talk about career opportunities and their experiences in the workplace.
Color. DV 171.
THE ENCOUNTER (11:15)
Nebraska DPI Division of Rehabilitative Services, 1991.
What should you keep in mind when you encounter a blind person? Common sense!
Color/animated. DV 23.
THE ENGLISH PATIENT (150:00)
Miramax/DVS, 1997.
Academy-Award-winning love story about an injured WW2 flier.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 211.
THE ENTERTAINER (100:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1960.
This film version of John Osborne's play about seedy English music halls stars Sir Laurence Olivier.
B&W/audio-described. DV 305.
ERIN BROCKOVICH (139:00)
Universal/DVS Home Video, 2001.
Julia Roberts gives an Oscar-winning performance as a spirited grassroots legal crusader.
Color/CC/Audio-described. Rated R. DV 393.
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (115:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1982.
The lives of both lonely 10-year-old Elliott and a lost little visitor from outer space are changed when they meet one October and form a friendship that knows no earthly bounds.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 197.
EVALUATIONS: LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, FORMS A-J, 1990 SERIES (120:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
Test for sign language comprehension.
Color. DV 24.
EXPLORE AND ENJOY: A GUIDE FOR THE MOBILITY IMPAIRED (11:23)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 1991.
A tour of Wisconsin's beautiful state parks, by a guide with a mobility impairment, highlights accessibility features.
Color/open-captioned. DV 25.
EYES ON THE PRIZE (600:00)
PBS/DVS Home Video, 1987.
The Emmy-Award-winning series on the American Civil Rights Movement, in 10 one-hour episodes.
B&W/CC/audio-described. DV 26.
THE FALLEN IDOL (95:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1948.
When he witnesses a murder, a young British boy cannot decide whether or not to tell.
B&W/audio-described. DV 306.
A FAREWELL TO ARMS (80:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1932.
A handsome young ambulance corpsman falls in love with a beautiful English nurse against the brutal backdrop of World War I.
B&W/audio-described. DV 307.
FATAL ATTRACTION (120:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1987.
A crackling, tension-packed thriller hinged on the triangle of a man, a wife, and a vengeful "other woman".
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 27.
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (105:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1995.
Steve Martin recreates the Spencer Tracy role in this remake of Edward Streeter's classic comic novel.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 115.
FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND (82:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1951.
Now that his daughter's safely married, Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) discovers he's about to become a grandfather.
B&W/audio-described. DV 308.
FDR: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (240:00)
WGBH/DVS Home Video, 1994.
This biography of America's longest-serving president includes archival film, home movie clips, still photographs, and interviews.
Color/B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 118.
FIELD OF DREAMS (106:00)
Universal/DVS Home Video, 1992.
"If you build it, they will come." With these words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is inspired by a voice to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield for Shoeless Joe Jackson to play one last game.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 28.
THE FIRST YEARS LAST FOREVER (28:55)
Reiner Foundation, 1997.
Rob Reiner hosts this Johnson & Johnson-funded video on early childhood development for parents.
Color. DV 206.
THE FLYING DEUCES (75:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1939.
Unlucky in love, Ollie & Stan join the French Foreign Legion and stumble from KP duty toward a firing squad as they infuriate their way up the chain of command. With the whole garrison gunning for them, they try to escape in an airplane neither can fly.
B&W/audio-described. DV 433.
FOR BETTER OR WORSE (55:00)
Direct Cinema Ltd., 1993.
This Academy-Award-nominated and Owl-Award-winning video is an alternatively funny and somber documentary that presents an intimate portrait of 5 culturally diverse couples, each married 50 years or more, and the joys and struggles of a long-term commitment.
B&W. DV 29.
FORREST GUMP (115:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Tom Hanks won an academy award for his portrayal of amiable Forrest Gump.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 156.
FRANKLIN AND THE THUNDERSTORM (24:00)
Narrative Television network, 2000.
In this episode of the Narrative Television Network's "Franklin" animated children's show, the small turtle learns that being afraid is nothing to be ashamed of.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 378.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (130:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Centers on a lesbian affair between two young women who run a railroad cafe in Whistle Stop, Alabama during the Great Depression.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 191.
THE FRONT PAGE (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1931.
This funny, fast-paced adaptation of the hit Broadway play about Chicago newsmen was nominated for 3 Academy Awards.
B&W/audio-described. DV 309.
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (25:00)
Family Home Entertainment/DVS Home Video, 1993.
A magical hat accidentally brings a snowman to life.
Color/animated/cc/audio-described. DV 143.
THE FUGITIVE (131:00)
Warner/DVS Home Video, 1993.
Pursued by the law, Dr. Richard Kimble searches for the man who murdered his wife.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 250.
THE FULL MONTY (95:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1997.
Six unemployed Brits decide they can make a small fortune by working as male strippers.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 238.
GANGS OF NEW YORK (167:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
Color/cc/audio-described. "R". DV 516.
GERONIMO AND THE APACHE RESISTANCE (60:00)
WGBH/DVS Home Video, 1988.
A dramatic tale of a legendary medicine man, his people, and their lifelong struggle to maintain ancestral lands.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 117.
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST (105:00)
Public Media Video/Wonderworks Ltd., N.D.
It is 1908 in rural Indiana, and Elnora Comstock is determined to attend high school, even though her widowed mother Kate calls her goal a "foolish dream". This beautiful evocation of a young girl's coming-of-age was adapted from Gene Stratton Porter's classic book.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 30.
GLADIATOR (155:00)
Dreamworks/DVS Home Video, 2001.
The family of a Roman general favored by Marcus Aurelius is killed, and the general sold as a slave, by the emperor's successor, Commodus. The enslaved general becomes a gladiator, and gains his revenge.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 394.
THE GODFATHER (171:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1972.
Director Francis Ford Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the rites of passage from father to son.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 31.
GOING PLACES: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY (15:00)
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc., N.D.
Six families of visually impaired children, ranging in age from 14 months to six years old, model in their own homes some very basic and important practices in parenting the visually impaired child. Blind or Visually Impaired Children Can Do! Video Series, Vol. 5.
Color. DV 32.
GOMER PYLE, USMC: CAPTAIN IRONPANTS (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
Gomer enlightens a woman officer as to his worth.
B&W/audio-described. DV 261.
GOMER PYLE, USMC: GOMER LEARNS A BULLY (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
Gomer convinces a bully of the error of his ways.
B&W/audio-described. DV 260.
GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C.: GOMER OVERCOMES THE OBSTACLE COURSE (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
An enthusiastic but inept Gomer must master the obstacle course as part of basic training.
B&W/audio-described. DV 256.
GOMER PYLE, USMC: GOMER RETURNS A WEEK'S PAY (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
Another episode of the popular 1960s comedy series about the world's most unqualified Marine recruit.
B&W/audio-described. DV 265.
GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C.: GUEST IN THE BARRACKS (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
The 1960s television comedy featuring Jim Nabors as an enthusiastic, but inept, Marine Corps recruit who must conceal the girlfriend of a fellow recruit on the base.
B&W/audio-described. DV 233.
GONE WITH THE WIND (233:00)
MGM/DVS Home Video, 1939.
Romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlett O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a Confederate blockade runner, play out their tempestuous love affair against a background of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 275.
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM! (121:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1987.
Robin Williams portrays Adrian Cronauer, a fast-talking, funny disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War, whose barrage of irreverent humor scores with GIs but flops with the top brass.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 239.
GOOD NEWS: A MUSICAL COMEDY (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
Film version of the spirited 1920s Broadway musical set on a mythical college campus during football season.
Color/audio-described. DV 311.
GOOD WILL HUNTING (126:00)
Miramax Home Entertainment/DVS Home Video, 1997.
A disaffected young genius meets his match in a psychiatrist who understands his emotional struggles.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 273.
GREAT BOOKS: "TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE" & "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" (60:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2003.
Literary critique of "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Wuthering Heights."
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 488.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: AN ANIMATED ADVENTURE (78:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1939.
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 456.
GUN CRAZY (93:00)
Audiovision, 1969.
A Texas gambler, in Mexico to collect a debt, is seduced into marriage by the nymphomaniac daughter of a wealthy ranchero. When his wife's father dies, he must defend the rancho against maurading Apaches.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 485.
THE HAIRY APE (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1944.
A free adaptation of O'Neill's play, "The Hairy Ape" symbolically portrays the despair of a man who has lost touch with the civilized world.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 457.
HAND IN HAND: IT CAN BE DONE! (68:00)
American Foundation for the Blind, 1995.
An introduction to working with students who are deaf-blind, starring many deaf-blind people and their families and teachers, full of practical suggestions and valuable insights. Informational pamphlet included.
Color/audio-described. DV 439.
HARNESSING FREEDOM (22:00)
The Seeing Eye, Inc., 1995.
Tells of the training of guide dogs and their users.
Color. DV 134.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS: Year Two (161:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
Finds young wizard Harry and his friends Ron and Hermoine facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they try to uncover a dark force that is terrorizing the school.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG. DV 518.
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE: Year One (152:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG. DV 517.
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (79:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1948.
Interrupted by an off-duty policeman during a break-in, a cool, resourceful criminal shoots the cop, setting off a manhunt across post-World War II Los Angeles.
B&W/audio-described. DV 312.
THE HEALING INFLUENCE: GUIDELINES FOR STROKE FAMILIES (55:00)
Danamar Productions, 1993.
Narrated by Patricia Neal, this Academy-Award-nominated and Owl-Award-winning video helps care givers understand stroke and its effects on both patient and family.
B&W. DV 33.
HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY (55:56)
AFB Press, N.D.
Oscar-winning documentary about the extra-ordinary lives of Ms. Keller, her teacher Annie Sullivan Macy, and her friend and companion Polly Thomson.
B&W. DV 170.
HELLO DOLLY! (146:00)
DVS/FoxVideo, 1991.
The incomparable Barbra Streisand stars as Dolly Levi, a young widowed professional matchmaker who sets out to conquer tight-fisted Yonkers merchant Horace Vandergelder (Walter Matthau). Based on Thornton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker."
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 405.
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (92:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1939.
Comedy about a big city newspaper editor, divorced from his star reporter, who tries to sabotage her remarriage by assigning her a scoop.
B&W/audio-described. DV 310.
THE HOBBIT (76:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1978.
Bilbo Baggins goes on a quest to recover a dragon's treasure with a wizard and seven dwarves.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 313.
THE HOLCROFT COVENANT (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1985.
In 1945 a fortune stolen from German coffers is left to the sons of three Nazis to raise an international Fourth Reich in the 1970s. Architect Noel Holcroft, one of the sons, knows nothing of the plot, and is to be killed after his necessary signature is obtained.
Color/audio-described. DV 458.
HOME ALONE (105:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1990.
8-year-old Kevin McCallister, left home alone by mistake, must defend the house against two bumbling burglars.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 121.
HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (84:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, 1993.
Chance, a fun-loving bulldog, Sassy, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and Shadow, a wise old golden retriever, trek across hundreds of miles in the Sierras to reach their family.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 34.
HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (89:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, 1993.
Wacky inventor Wayne Szalinski accidentally zaps his son with a particle beam, causing the toddler to grow whenever he touches electricity. Soon topping 112 feet, the baby heads for the bright, shiny lights of Las Vegas.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 35.
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (101:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, N.D.
A preoccupied inventor shrinks his kids down to 1/4-inch tall, then tosses them out in the trash, where the real adventure begins!
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 36.
HOPE FLOATS (120:00)
20th-Century Fox/DVS Home Video, 1998.
After a painful divorce, a woman returns with her daughter to her Texas hometown, where she must deal with the townspeople.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 268.
HORROR HOTEL (77:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1960.
A history professor, member of a witches' coven, provides the victims for blood sacrifices to the Devil whenever the moon is full. His latest find, a pretty co-ed interested in witchcraft, learns way more than she wanted.
B&W/audio-described. R-rated. DV 426.
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (77:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1959.
An eccentric millionaire and his bewitching wife invite 5 imperfect strangers to spend a night with them in a large, creepy old mansion. Their reward is $ 10,000. All they must do is survive until the next morning.
B&W/audio-described. DV 422.
THE HUMAN BODY (50:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2000.
An episode from the television show "Assignment: Discovery" on the Discovery Channel. Aired on "Cable in the Classroom" for grades 5-8.
Color/audio-described. DV 377.
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (135:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1989.
A new, technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). Will he attack or defect?
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 37.
I WORK WITH A GUY WHO'S DEAF AND BLIND (11:00)
Fanlight Production, N.D.
Documenting the integration of a multiply-handicapped worker at Lotus Development Corporation, Bruce Bordett's new video illustrates the adaptations that enabled Anindya's co-workers to include him in their team. An effective tool for employers, employees, and those who advocate hiring disabled workers.
Color/cc. DV 38.
THE IMPACT OF ALZHEIMER'S (12:45)
National Institute for Accessible Transportation, N.D.
Describes the impact of Alzheimer's Disease.
Color. DV 136.
IN SEARCH OF HUMAN ORIGINS (180:00)
PBS/DVS Home Video, 1994.
This Nova miniseries consists of 3 one-hour episodes: The Story of Lucy; Surviving in Africa; and The Creative Revolution.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 204.
IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER (21:00)
Aquarius Healthcare Videos, 1998.
Documentary about newly blinded adults making the transition to using their non-visual senses.
B&W. DV 274.
INDEPENDENCE DAY (145:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Powerful, mysterious aliens launch an all-out invasion of Earth.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 240.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (126:00)
Lucasfilm Ltd./DVS Home Video, 1989.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his father (Sean Connery) set out to find the mystically-empowered Holy Grail--and encounter so many spectacular pursuits and narrow escapes that this film is more than the culmination of Indy's exploits--it's "the greatest adventure in film history".
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 39.
IN HIS FATHER'S SHOES (94:00)
Audiovision, 1997.
A teen grieving over his father's death receives magical shoes from a gypsy which permit him to travel back in time and possess his father's body for brief periods of time. Through this he gains insights into the person his father was and the cause of an estrangement between his father and grandfather.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 486.
INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE (65:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1953.
A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She decides that the time has come to break off the relationship, and she makes plans to return home to her husband. But she soon realizes that she is not at all sure about what she wants to do, and she continues to agonize over her decision.
B&W/audio-described. DV 459.
INSOMNIA (118:00)
DVS Home Video, 2003.
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 481.
AN INSIDE LOOK: THE FLU (50:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1997.
Videocassette release of a television program in the "Assignment Discovery" series produced by the Discovery Channel on influenza.
Color/audio-described. DV 403.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1949.
Danny Kaye shines as a kind-hearted fool mistaken for a Russian inspector general in this delightful musical comedy based on Gogol's classic play.
Color/audio-described. DV 434.
INTO THE MAINSTREAM: A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY (27:00)
Gordon Hyatt, 1988.
A young visually impaired girl enters public school.
Color. DV 40.
INTRODUCTION TO FINGER SPELLING: PARTS 1,2,3 (120:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
An introductory course in sign.
Color. DV 41.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (120:00)
Audi Optics, Inc., 1992.
Frank Capra's masterpiece of one man's Christmas in 1940's Bedford Falls stars James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell.
B&W/audio-described. DV 42.
IT'S VERY MUCH WORTH IT (16:39)
Indiana University, 1990.
A discussion of library Services for youth with disabilities.
Color. DV 43.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (78:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1952.
Abbott & Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Color/audio-described. DV 460.
THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY (80:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1950.
Story of the African-American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947.
B&W/audio-described. DV 314.
JAMAICA INN (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1939.
A tale of an old inn on the desolate moors of Cornwall, where Mary Yellan, left alone in the world at her mother's death, takes refuge with her aunt. Her uncle, the landlord, directs a crew of smugglers, and the inn is a place of horror and mystery.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 461.
JIGSAW (73:00)
Audiovision, 1949.
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy investigates a series of murders and uncovers an anti-religious racist hate group.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 490.
THE JOE LOUIS STORY (99:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1953.
After a brief allusion to Golden Boy, this moves meticulously into the training of a great boxer, and good clips from his bouts with Primo Carnera, Max Baer (Louis in terrific, workmanlike fighting), Max Schmeling (Louis out of shape and overmatched), the champion Braddock, Schmeling again (Louis in precision), plus footage of the 1942 "Night of Stars" at the Garden, and Louis's WWII tour, ending with his final fight with Rocky Marciano (Louis out in harness).
B&W/Audio-described. DV 462.
THE JOY LUCK CLUB (139:00)
Hollywood/DVS Home Video, 1991.
The interwoven stories of four Chinese immigrant women and their daughters.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated R. DV 122.
JOY OF SIGNING: BASIC I (120:00)
Joy Enterprises, N.D.
Basic sign language techniques.
Color. DV 44.
JOY OF SIGNING: BASIC II (120:00)
Joy Enterprises, N.D.
Further basic sign language techniques.
Color. DV 45.
JOY OF SIGNING: BASIC III (120:00)
Joy Enterprises, N.D.
Still further basic sign language techniques.
Color. DV 46.
JULIUS CEASER (118:00)
Audiovision, 1970.
William Shakespeare's classic tale of betrayal of the roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title character, and all of Rome's fickleness towards the events.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 491.
JURASSIC PARK (127:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1993.
Dinosaurs cloned and raised by a genetic engineering firm terrorize visitors to a remote island off Costa Rica.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 194.
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (99:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1952.
Down on his luck World War II vet, framed in a million-dollar bank robbery, vows revenge.
B&W/audio-described. DV 315.
KANSAS PACIFIC (72:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1953.
U.S. Army engineer struggles to push forward the completion of the continental railroad, while plagued by Southern saboteurs.
Color/audio-described. DV 316.
KEEP FIT WHILE YOU SIT: AN AEROBIC WORKOUT FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED (45:00)
Twin Peaks Press, 1992.
This video, developed by Allen Myerson (disabled in a roofing accident in 1980), is designed to teach and benefit the disabled. The aerobic exercises, created by physical therapist Karol Brumit, work the arm, torso, neck and shoulders, and are designed to improve cardiovascular endurance as well as increase upper body strength. Endorsed by the American Paralysis Association.
Color. DV 47.
THE KENNEDYS: THE EARLY YEARS, 1900-1961 (120:00)
Shanachie Home Video, 1992.
This Emmy-Award-winning AMERICAN EXPERIENCE episode follows the Kennedy family from Joseph Kennedy's rise on Wall Street to JFK's presidential inauguration.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 48.
THE KENNEDYS: THE LATER YEARS, 1962-1980 (120:00)
Shanachie Home Video, 1992.
This Emmy-Award winning AMERICAN EXPERIENCE episode follows the Kennedy family from JFK's presidency and assassination to Edward Kennedy's fall at Chappaquiddick and withdrawal from the 1980 presidential race.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 49.
THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (98:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1933.
Philo Vance solves a murder at the Long Island Kennel Club dog show.
B&W/audio-described. DV 317.
A KILLING AFFAIR (101:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1986.
West Virginia, 1947: a young farm wife is kept a virtual prisoner by her sadistic, philandering husband. After he leaves for work one morning, she finds a handsome young stranger at her door. Then she finds her husband's body hanging in the smokehouse--hacked to death by an axe.
Color/audio-described. Rated R. DV 423.
THE KING AND I (133:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 1956.
The audio-described version of the 1956 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 142.
KING GIMP: A DOCUMENTARY by Susan Hannah Hadary & William A. Whitt (48:00)
University of Maryland Video Press, 1991.
The Academy Award-winning short documentary "King Gimp" follows the life of Dan Keplinger for thirteen years, from elementary school to college graduation, showing his discovery of art and the world's discovery of him.
Color. DV 398.
KIPPER:"THE RESCUE" (22:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
How will Kipper rescue the kitten in the tree? When Kipper, Tiger, Pig, and Arnold try to rescue a kitten stuck in a tree, they receive a big surprise.
Color/cc/animated/audio-described. Preschool-grade 2. DV 382.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (138:00)
Warner/DVS Home Video, 1997.
A Academy Award-winning film noir thriller set in 1950s Los Angeles.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 278.
L.A. STORY (95:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1991.
An off-the-wall Steve Martin comedy about life in Los Angeles.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 160.
THE LADY VANISHES (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1938.
In this Alfred Hitchcock thriller, an elderly British governess vanishes from a European train just before World War II.
B&W/audio-described. DV 318.
THE LAND BEFORE TIME (69:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1994.
A young brontosaurus seeks a place where dinosaurs may live in peace and safety.
Color/animated/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 184.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (91:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachgook try to rescue the daughters of the British commander from the Hurons during the French and Indian War.
B&W/audio-described. DV 319.
LAST STAND AT LITTLE BIG HORN (60:00)
The American Experience/WGBH Educational Television, 1992.
Using journals, oral accounts and Indian ledger drawings as well as archival and feature films, Native American novelist James Welch and white film maker Paul Stekler examine this watershed moment from 2 views: that of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow, and that of the white settlers pushing west. Emmy Award 1993.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 50.
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (117:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1954.
A beautiful young American falls in love with her older sister's man in postwar Paris.
Color/audio-described. DV 320.
THE LAST WINTER (104:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1990.
A small boy must accept his family's move from the farm to the city.
Color/audio-described. DV 321.
LAST WOMAN ON EARTH (71:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1960.
A natural disaster leaves only 3 survivors: 2 men and a woman. At first they cooperate to survive. But as the days turn into weeks, the mounting tensions among them threaten to boil over, in this early film by horror director Roger Corman.
B&W/audio-described. DV 410.
THE LAWLESS FRONTIER AND HELL TOWN (109:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1938.
A double bill of Vintage John Wayne westerns. In "The lawless frontier" Wayne seeks the outlaw who killed his father, with help from a grizzled miner and his lovely grand-daughter. In "Hell Town" he signs on as ramrod for a cattle drive, running into rustlers on the trail and a rigged card game at the end of it.
B&W/audio-described. DV 423.
LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT (15:00)
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc., N.D.
Six families with blind preschoolers model in their own homes some very basic and important practices in parenting the visually impaired child. Blind or Visually Impaired Children Can Do! Video Series, Vol.2.
Color. DV 51.
LEARNING DISABILITIES AND SOCIAL SKILLS (62:00)
WETA-TV, 1994.
Practical solutions for parents of excluded children.
Color. DV 229.
LET'S EAT: FEEDING A CHILD WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (16:00)
Blind Children's Center, 1994.
This video presents a variety of techniques to help families teach competent feeding skills to their young children with visual impairments.
Color. DV 52.
LEVEL ONE FINGER SPELLING: 1 & 2 (120:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
Basic finger spelling practice.
Color. DV 53.
LEVEL TWO FINGER SPELLING: PARTS 1, 2, 3, AMIGOS (120:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
Advanced finger spelling practice.
Color. DV 54.
LIAR, LIAR (87:00)
Universal/DVS Home Video, 1997.
A 5-year-old boy's birthday wish forces his attorney father to tell the truth for 24 hours.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 182.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (116:00)
Buena Vista/DVS Home Video, 2000
A Jewish man had a wonderful romance with the help of his humor, but must use the same quality to protect is son in a Nazi death camp.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 373.
LIFE WITH FATHER (119:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
A first-class adaptation of the hit Broadway play about the antics of the Day family in Victorian New York.
Color/audio-described. DV 322.
LIGHTNING! (58:00)
PBS/DVS, 1998.
NOVA episode explaining the phenomenon of lightning.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 210.
LITTLE BEAR: "WHERE LUCY WENT" (22:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
Little Bear searches for his friend Lucy. Based on the books written by Else Holmelund Minarik. Preschool-grade 2.
Animated/color/cc/audio-described. DV 383.
LITTLE BILL (24:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2000.
An episode of Nickelodeon's delightful children's television show, based on the "Little Bill" books by Bill Cosby.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 404.
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
In 1890s New York City, 9-year-old Cedric Errol is whisked from his neighborhood pals across the Atlantic to be brought up as heir to an earldom.
B&W/audio-described. DV 323.
LITTLE MEN: LIFE AT PLUMFIELD WITH JO'S BOYS (99:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1977.
Describes the life at Plumfield, the progressive boys' school established by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer, advanced theories of education mingle with the amusing escapades of her students.
Color/audio-described. DV 463.
LONESOME DOVE (360:00)
Audiovision, 1989.
Epic story about two former Texas rangers who decide to move cattle from the south to Montana. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call run into many problems on the way, and the journey doesn't end without numerous casualties. 4 volumes.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 509.
LONG JOHN SILVER'S RETURN TO TREASURE ISLAND (106:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1954.
Only two clues exist to the whereabouts of Captain Flint's fabled treasure hoard. The wily old pirate Long John Silver has one, and his former shipmate young Jim Hawkins has the other.
Color/audio-described. DV 428.
A LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
Andy Hardy goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this time.
B&W/audio-described. DV 464.
McLINTOCK! (128:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1963.
Cattle baron George Washington McLintock could tame the West-but could he tame his wife and daughter?
Color/audio-described. DV 428.
MAKING FRIENDS: SOCIAL SKILL AND PLAY (15:00)
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc., N.D.
Six families with visually impaired preschoolers model in their own homes some very basic and important practices in parenting the visually impaired preschool child. Blind or Visually Impaired Children Can Do! Video Series, Vol. 4.
Color. DV 55.
MAKING THE ADA WORK FOR YOU: AN AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT VIDEO/TRAINING SEMINAR (100:29)
American Foundation for the Blind, 1992.
An overview of the ADA, co-sponsored by the AFB and the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, which covers employment, disability definitions, government Services, public transit and accommodations, accessibility guidelines, and remedies.
Color. DV 56.
THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER (85:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1948.
Inspector Maigret pursues the murderer of a woman and her maid across postwar Paris.
Colorized/audio-described. DV 324.
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (74:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1934.
In this early Alfred Hitchcock thriller, a witness must decided between the life of his kidnapped daughter and a diplomat targeted by assassins.
B&W/audio-described. DV 325.
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (120:00)
Audio-Optics, 1992.
Otto Preminger's masterpiece on drug addiction stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker and Kim Novak.
B&W/audio-described. DV 57.
MATLOCK: THE ANGEL (48:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
Georgia attorneys Ben & Charlene Matlock try to clear their client, a young rock star in town for a concert, of suspicion in the murder of a concert promoter.
Color/audio-described. DV 164.
MATLOCK: THE HEIRESS (48:00)
Narrative Television Network, 1999.
Is someone plotting against a beautiful, fragile young heiress? Trust folksy Atlanta attorney Ben Matlock to find out!
Color/audio-described. DV 258.
MATLOCK: THE SEDUCTION (48:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
In this episode of the popular television series, Atlanta attorney Ben Matlock battles to save his wrongfully accused client.
Color/audio-described. DV 236.
MATLOCK: THE STRIPPER (48:00)
Narrative Television Network, N.D.
In this episode of the popular TV series, the father-and-daughter attorneys work to clear a young mother, who supported her little boy by dancing in a striptease bar, of involvement in a crime.
Color/audio-described. DV 257.
MATRIX (136:00)
Warner/DVS Home Video, 2001.
In an anti-utopian future, the "real" world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct, created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and now is fighting for the future of the human race.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 397.
MATRIX: RELOADED (138:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2003.
The second installment of Matrix sees Neo (Keanu Reeves) racing to beat the machines before launching a final battle that pits the last remaining unplugged humans against them. Along the way, with Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) by his side, Neo battles Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) and his clones.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 505.
MEET JOHN DOE (123:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1941.
In this Depression-era comedy from director Frank Capra, a newswoman and a naive drifter expose a fascist plot.
B&W/audio-described. DV 326.
MEET THE PARENTS (108:00)
Dreamworks/DVS Home Video, 2001.
Greg Focker will be proposing to his girlfriend Pam while they are visiting her parents. But he must ask her father first.
Color/cc/Audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 395.
MEETING THE NEED (19:00)
National Library Service, 1994.
This orientation videotape highlights the program functions of the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped.
Color/open-captioned/audio-described. DV 58.
MIDNIGHT RAMBLE: THE STORY OF THE BLACK FILM INDUSTRY (60:00)
WGBH/DVS Home Video, 1994.
Recounts the history of a remarkable film industry that produced close to 500 movies between 1910 and WWII.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 113.
THE MIGHTY DUCKS (104:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, N.D.
A hilarious comedy about a tough trial lawyer doing community Service by coaching a peewee hockey team.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 59.
MILWAUKEE PROFILE`S REPORT ON THE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND (27:00)
WMVS-TV, 1983.
A local news team looks at the Wisconsin Regional Library's operations.
Color. DV 60.
MINORITY REPORT (146:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
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.
Color/cc/audio-described. PG-13. DV 519.
THE MIRACLE OF LIFE (60:00)
Swedish Television Corporation/WGBH, 1982.
This Emmy-Award-winning episode of NOVA follows a human baby from conception to birth.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 61.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (108:00)
20th Century Fox, 1947.
The wonderful movie about Macy's hiring the real Santa for its toy department.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 169.
THE MIRACLE WORKER (107:00)
MGM/UA/DVS Home Video, 1962.
Award-winning television play tells how young Annie Sullivan came to work with deaf-blind Helen Keller.
B&W/audio-described. DV 248.
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE (14:30)
National Library Service, N.D.
An examination of the Talking Book Program of the Library of Congress.
Color. DV 62.
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (63:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1932.
After being shipwrecked on a private island, Bob (Joel McCrea) becomes the human prey of a deranged hunter, whom he must outwit to survive.
B&W/audio-described. DV 435.
MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (143:00)
Buena Vista/DVS Home Video, 1995.
A frustrated composer comes to realize that his real passion is teaching.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 187.
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (125:00)
Fox/DVS Home Video, 2000.
After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his ex-wife.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 374.
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (89:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
A wise-cracking baby photographer masquerades as a PI to impress a beautiful young woman.
B&W/audio-described. DV 327.
MY MAN GODFREY (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
A millionaire masquerades as a butler to court a beautiful young woman.
B&W/audio-described. DV 328.
MYSTERY OF THE SENSES: NOVA ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE (300:00)
PBS/DVS Home Video, 1995.
A 5-episode miniseries on 5 one-hour cassettes: Hearing; Smell; Taste; Touch; Vision.
Color/cc/audio described. DV 205.
NLS RECONDITIONING PROCEDURE FOR CASSETTE BOOK MACHINES (80:00)
Library of Congress, 1998.
Training video for talking book repairers, Library of Congress, 1998.
DV 267.
NARRATIVE TELEVISION: SAMPLER (5:41)
Nostalgia Television, 1990.
A brief look at audio-description as practiced on the Nostalgia Network.
DV 63.
THE NEW "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE A BLIND PERSON?" (16:00)
Library of Congress, 1998.
An updated version of the classic film on simple do's and don'ts in being comfortable as a friend or acquaintance to a blind person.
Color. DV 283.
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (107:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1947.
A young schoolmaster in Victorian England struggles to support his mother and sister.
B&W/audio-described. DV 329.
NICKELODEON'S LITTLE BEAR (22:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
Join Little Bear and his friends Cat, Duck, Owl, and Emily in these fun-filled episodes produced in 1996 and1997 for the Canadian Broadcasting Company's television show "Maurice Sendak's Little Bear", and retitled for broadcast in the United States.
Color/animated/audio-described. DV 381.
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1940.
A British intelligence officer rescues a scientist and his daughter from the clutches of a Nazi spy.
B&W/audio-described. DV 330.
NIKKOLINA (79:00)
Audiovision, 1979.
A 12-year-old Canadian figure skater finds herself at odds with her Greek aunt. Includes the young adult film "Reaching Out."
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 501.
NO LACK OF VISION (12:00)
Milwaukee Public Channel 25, 2004.
A short introduction to the Talking Book Service, produced in conjunction with the Wisconsin Regional Library's 2004 "Take a Talking Book" outreach campaign.
Color. DV 525.
NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE (82:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1965.
A teenager discovers being on his own isn't what he expected.
B&W/audio-described. DV 331.
NOBODY'S BURNING WHEELCHAIRS (5:00)
National Easter Seal Society, 1993.
A brief look at the Americans with Disabilities Act and the relationship between employers and employees with disabilities.
Color/open-captioned. DV 64.
NOGGIN'S "A WALK IN YOUR SHOES" (30:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
Two 12-year-old girls, Megan from New York City and Lauri from Oklahoma, switch places to find out about one another's lives in this episode of NOGGIN.
Color/cc/audio-described. Grade 5-8. DV 380.
NOT WITHOUT SIGHT (19:10)
AFB Press, N.D.
Describes the major types of visual impairment, and their causes and effects on vision, while camera simulations approximate what people with each impairment actually see.
Color. DV 176.
NOTHING SACRED (74:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1937.
A delightful comedy filled with sentiment, cynicism, humor, and an unwilling love story.
B&W/audio-described. DV 332.
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (96:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1996.
An overweight genetics professor struggles to win the heart of a lovely young instructor.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 196.
OF HUMAN BONDAGE (83:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1934.
A crippled medical student falls in love with a fickle waitress.
B&W/audio-described. DV 333.
OH, I SEE (8:33)
AFB Press, N.D.
Provides suggestions on helping students who are blind and visually impaired adapt to the mainstream classroom.
Color. DV 178.
ON GOLDEN POND (105:00)
ITC/DVS Home Video, 1981.
Henry Fonda received an academy ward for his portrayal of a crusty retired college professor reconciling with his daughter.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 157.
ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1941.
A British bomber crew is shot down over Holland during World War II.
B&W/audio-described. DV 334.
THE 1000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE (101:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1960.
In post-war Berlin, the elusive Dr. Mabuse, master of disguise and mayhem, plots to take over an industrial empire. As ruthless as he is cunning, Mabuse murders anyone who gets in his way.
B&W/audio-described. DV 432.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COMBINATION TALKING BOOK MACHINE (20:00)
National Library Service, 1990.
An operations video for the new combination playback machine, which can play both cassettes and records.
Color. DV 65.
OUR TOWN (90:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1940.
Thorton Wilder's classic play about an American small town.
B&W/audio-described. DV 335.
OUT OF LEFT FIELD (16:25)
AFB Press, N.D.
Illustrates how blind and visually impaired youths are integrated with their sighted peers in a variety of recreational and athletic activities.
Color. DV 172.
OUTPOST IN MOROCCO (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1949.
A French Foreign Legion captain falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a powerful emir. Then he discovers the emir secretly is uniting the tribes in a jihad to sweep the foreigners from their land. All that stands in the way is the lonely outpost the captain was sent to reinforce.
B&W/audio-described. DV 429.
OUTSIDE: A PROGRAM ON LIVING WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY (28:00)
Fanlight Productions, N.D.
Barry Corbet's new film concerns the life-long rehabilitation process which has enabled the people in this exuberant film to live actively despite spinal injury. Briskly paced and upbeat, it offers solutions from people who have confronted disabilities and have found their own individual paths to successful and creative lives.
Color. DV 66.
THE OVER-THE-HILL GANG RIDES AGAIN (75:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1970.
Three retired Texas Rangers reunite and ride to Waco to rescue a former comrade-in-arms, the Baltimore Kid. With the help of Waco's newspaper editor, the old-timers bring law and order to the Wild West town.
Color/audio-described. DV 430.
THE OVERLANDERS (91:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1946.
A small but courageous team of drovers herd badly needed cattle across 1500 miles of the Australian Desert to save them from the threat of Japanese invasion.
B&W/audio-described. DV 336.
PARENTHOOD (124:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1990.
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 67.
PART OF THE TEAM (19:00)
National Easter Seal Society, 1993.
Deals with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the relationship between employers and employees with disabilities.
Color/open-captioned. DV 68.
PARTNERS: LIFE WITH A SEEING EYE DOG (20:39)
The Seeing Eye, Inc., 1995.
This video presents the day-to-day routine of a guide dog pair.
Color. DV 119.
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO (84:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1949.
Excavating a bombsite, a Pimlico grocer discovers an ancient charter transferring the London district to France.
B&W/audio-described. DV 337.
PAST PERFECT (90:00)
Audiovision, 2002.
The film intercuts between two days, two years apart. The first: a flight from Vancouver to Halifax, where Charlotte and Cecil, two strangers, meet. The second: a Saturday two years later, where Charlotte and Cecil now a couple, fight, break-up and finally reunite.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 498.
PATHWAYS: EXERCISE VIDEO FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY (48:00)
Mobility Limited, 1993.
This 48-minute video offers exercises for anyone with limited mobility: seniors, people with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, or other limitations, and the temporarily limited.
Color. DV 120.
PATHWAYS TO BETTER LIVING WITH ARTHRITIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS (52:00)
Mobility Limited, 1998.
Produced for the Arthritis Foundation, this general conditioning program for the person with chronic pain has breathing techniques, stretches, strengthening exercises, an aerobics session, and a relaxation.
Color. DV 254.
PATRIOT GAMES (117:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan and his family are caught in the crossfire of a terrorist attack. Thwarting the kidnapping, Ryan becomes a local hero, but focuses the terrorists' attention on himself.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 69.
PATTERNS (86:00)
Audiovision, 1956.
A small town plant manager whose company has been swallowed up by a conglomerate, has been moved up to the executive level of the conglomerate, given a beautiful home, fancy office, and a top secretary. Soon, however, he realizes his promotion may have more to do with internal politics than ability, yet his wife urges him to succeed no matter what the cost.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 499.
PENNY SERENADE (117:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1941.
A romantic drama that depicts the heartaches and hard-won joys of love and marriage.
B&W/audio-described. DV 338.
PEOPLE WITH DIABETES CAN LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES (60:00)
Eli Lilly & Company, 1994.
Based on the results of a 10-year study, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), conducted by the National Institute of Health, this video shows how intensive treatment can help delay the onset of diabetes-related diseases of the eyes, kidneys, and nerves.
Color. DV 70.
PHENOMENON (123:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1996.
An ordinary man is transformed by extraordinary events.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 181.
THE PIANO (121:00)
Artisan/DVS Home Video, 1992.
A mute woman and her child travel to 19th-century Australia for an arranged marriage.
Color/audio-described. Rated R. DV 253.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (111:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1945.
While his portrait ages, a dissipated youth remains superficially unchanged.
B&W/audio-described. DV 339.
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (89:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1957.
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
Color/audio-described. DV 465.
PIMPERNEL SMITH (120:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1941.
Archaeologist Horatio Smith finds himself rescuing political refugees from Nazi Germany, just as his great-great-grandfather, the Scarlet Pimpernel, saved others from France's Revolutionary Tribunal.
B&W/audio-described. DV 340.
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (143:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2003.
A sweeping action-adventure story set in an era when villainous pirates scavenged the Caribbean seas. Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 506.
A PLACE WHERE I BELONG: SERVING DISABLED CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (19:00)
Greater Vancouver Library Foundation/National Library of Canada, 1986.
An examination of Service to children with disabilities.
Color/cc. DV 71.
PLAYING THE CRUCIAL ROLE IN YOUR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT (10:00)
American Printing House, 1998.
A parenting video for new parents of visually impaired youngsters.
Color. DV 232.
PLUG INTO VIDEO: A HANDBOOK 4 VIDIOTS (55:00)
JVS Media Entertainment, N.D.
Everything you've ever wanted to know about video but didn't know where to watch.
Color. DV 131.
PORT OF NEW YORK (82:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1949.
A team of customs agents fight to bring down a gang of drug smugglers.
B&W/audio-described. DV 431.
POWER, PASSION, AND MURDER (87:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1987.
A movie starlet risks her career in an illicit but irresistible romance.
Color/audio-described. DV 341.
THE PREACHER'S WIFE (124:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1997.
An angel falls in love with a minister's beautiful young wife.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 188.
PRETTY WOMAN (119:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1989.
When a successful corporate mogul (Richard Gere) meets carefree, independent Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts), their two lives are worlds apart--can a merger occur?
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 72.
PRIMARY COLORS: A NOVEL OF POLITICS (144:00)
Descriptive Video Services, 1998.
A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 388.
PRISONERS OF THE LOST UNIVERSE (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1983.
An intrepid girl newscaster and a resourceful repairman are hurled into Vonya, a bizarre alternate world bristling with unfamiliar dangers and dominated by a half-mad evil warlord. A brutally funny science fantasy.
Color/ audio-described. DV 411.
PROJECT ACTION (12:45)
National Institute for Accessible Transportation, N.D.
Introduction to the National Easter Seal Society's Project ACTION.
Color/open captioned. DV 137.
PSYCHO (108:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1960.
The old dark house and adjoining motel owned by Norman Bates are not the place for a young woman to spend a quiet evening.
B&W/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 192.
PYGMALION (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1938.
A bachelor phonetics professor falls in love with a cockney flower girl in this brilliant adaptation of Shaw's classic play.
B&W/audio-described. DV 342.
A QUIET CONVERSATION WITH JANE GOODALL (30:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
An account of Miss Goodall's work using sign language to communicate with gorillas and chimpanzees.
Color/cc. DV 73.
THE QUIET MAN (96:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1952.
Sean Thornton (John Wayne) is an American prizefighter who returns to Ireland seeking his roots and finds Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara) as well. John Ford directed this Academy Award-winning masterpiece of love and pride.
Color/audio-described. DV 436.
RACHEL, BEING FIVE (28:00)
University of Maryland Video Press, 1993.
An upbeat documentary about Rachel, a little girl with cerebral palsy who's not that different from any other child.
B&W. DV 400.
RAGE AT DAWN (88:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1955.
Terrorizing 1866 Indiana, the Reno brothers gang uses the town of Seymour as a safe haven, paying off three crooked town officials. Sent in to clean up the gang is Peterson Detective Agency operative James Barlow, who poses as an outlaw to gain the confidence of the officials and the thick-headed brothers. Complicating matters are Barlow's feelings for the Reno sister, Laura, who reluctantly keeps house for the boys out of family loyalty. Events heat up and rage surfaces as Barlow sets up the gang in a dawn train robbery.
Color/audio-described. DV 466.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (115:00)
Lucasfilm/DVS, 1981.
Archaeologist Indiana Jones battles Nazi goons to rescue the mystical Ark of the Covenant.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 234.
RAIN (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1932.
A high-spirited bargirl draws the ire of puritanical missionaries in Pago Pago.
B&W/audio-described. DV 343.
RANSOM (121:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1996.
A wealthy executive's young son is abducted.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated R. DV 185.
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF (95:00)
Audiovision, 1996.
Two hoboes strike out on a get-rich quick scheme to kidnap the overly-energetic nine year old son of a local banker. Based on the story by O. Henry.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 497.
REACHING OUT (79:00)
Audiovision, 1979.
A resident of a group home for troubled girls befriends a paraplegic teenage boy living nearby. Includes the young adult film "Nikkolina."
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 501.
RECEPTIVE SIGN LANGUAGE STORIES (129:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
Stories are told both in ASL 1-6 and Signed English 1-2.
Color. DV 74.
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BRUCE-PARTINGTON PLAYS (50:00)
Granada Television/DVS Home Video, 1989.
Who is the young man savagely murdered on the underground railway? Why is he carrying secret submarine plans? Aided by brother Mycroft, Holmes and Watson quest for the truth through fog-shrouded London.
Color/cc/audio described. DV 75.
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (120:00)
Granada Television/DVS Home Video, 1989.
After Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in strange circumstances, and Sir Henry Baskerville receives a death threat, Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 76.
THE ROCK (136:00)
Hollywood/DVS Home Video, 1996.
A vengeful general, armed with poison gas, seizes Alcatraz Island and hold San Francisco hostage.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 186.
ROMAN HOLIDAY (118:00)
Paramount/DVS Home Video, 1953.
Audio-described version of the classic black-and-white 1950 romantic comedy.
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 147.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (103:00)
DVS Home Video, 1993.
A small boy joins a major league team.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 141.
ROYAL WEDDING (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1951.
A brother-and-sister dance team find romance in London while performing during the preparations for the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Color/audio-described. DV 344.
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (53:00)
FHE/DVS Home Video, 1993.
An often-teased reindeer saves Christmas Eve by guiding Santa's sleigh through the fog.
Color/animated/cc/audio-described. DV 146.
RUNAWAY UNIVERSE (60:00)
Narrative Television Network, 2001.
Beyond the big bang, see the future of the universe--a look at interstellar cosmography.
Color/audio-described. DV 472.
RUSSELL TALKS ABOUT AIDS (5:36)
Oregon Health Sciences University/The Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States, 1991.
This video is designed to assist board members, administrators, and others in learning about AIDS and its impact on people with mental retardation.
Color. DV 77.
SALT OF THE EARTH (94:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1990.
In 1950s New Mexico, Hispanic zinc miners go on strike, fed up with brutal, unsafe working conditions. The company uses cruel tactics to break the strike, but the miners get surprising support from their wives.
B&W/audio-described. R-rated. DV 425.
THE SANTA CLAUSE (97:00)
Walt Disney/DVS Home Video, 1996.
A Christmas comedy starring Tim Allen.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 162.
SARAH'S GRADUATION (28:00)
University of Maryland Video Press, 1996.
An extraordinary documentary about a young wheelchair user shows how special the ordinary can be.
B&W. DV 402.
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (169:00)
Dreamworks/DVS Home Video, 1998.
An epic World War II adventure set during the aftermath of the Normandy invasion.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 279.
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (98:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1934.
Not even Lady Blakeney knows that her stupid husband, Sir Percy, is the famous Scarlet Pimpernel until she is rescued by him from the French revolutionary guards.
B&W/audio-described. DV 437.
SCARLET STREET (103:00)
Audiovision, 1945.
Chris Cross has a gold watch and little else when he rescues delectable Kitty from abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name with disastrous and ironic results. Based on the French novel "La Chienne."
B&W/cc/audio-described. DV 496.
THE SCENT OF A WOMAN (157:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1992.
An obnoxious blind retired military officer hires a young man to shepherd him on a last fling.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 144.
SCHINDLER'S LIST (197:00)
Amblin'/DVS Home Video, 1996.
Steven Spielberg's Academy-Award winning saga of Industrialist Oskar Schindler and the Jews he saved from the Holocaust.
B&W/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 158.
SCOOBY-DOO (86:00)
DVS Home Video, 2003.
Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery, Inc., to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his crime-solving cohorts are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip spring break hot spot. Based on the characters created by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 479.
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (112:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1948.
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers combine against him.
B&W/Audio-described. DV 467.
SCREAM (111:00)
Woods/DVS Home Video, 1995.
After a peaceful community witnesses a series of violent deaths, no one is safe.
Color/CC/audio-described. Rated R. DV 244.
SCROOGE (83:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1951.
In this version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by 4 ghosts who oblige him to recognize the errors of his behavior.
B&W/audio-described. DV 345.
THE SECOND WOMAN (93:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1951.
A small northern California town suspects that a talented architect is responsible for he death of his fiancé.
B&W/audio-described. DV 412.
THE SECRET AGENT (84:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1936.
Alfred Hitchcock's espionage drama, set in World War I Switzerland, dispatches an army intelligence officer, an adventuress, and a jolly little hitman to eliminate a dangerous German secret agent.
B&W/audio-described. DV 346.
SEE FOR YOURSELF: VISION AND OLDER ADULTS (15:00)
The Lighthouse, Inc., 1995.
A multi-media program that promotes independence for older people with impaired vision. With presenter's guidebook.
Color. DV 138.
SEEING THINGS IN A NEW WAY: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A BLIND BABY (15:00)
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc., N.D.
A family with a blind 14-month old child models in their own home some very basic and important practices in parenting the visually impaired child. Blind or Visually Impaired Children Can Do! Video Series for Parents, Vol.1.
Color. DV 78.
SERVING PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES (12:45)
National Institute for Accessible Transportation, N.D.
Information video on the rights of disabled passengers on public transit.
Color. DV 135.
THE SEVEN-MINUTE LESSON (7:04)
AFB Press, N.D.
A seven-minute introduction to the basic techniques used when acting as a sighted guide for a blind or visually impaired person.
Color. DV 175.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (122:00)
Buena vista/DVS Home Video, 2000.
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated R. DV 372.
SHAKISSHA AND FRIENDS (28:00)
University of Maryland Video Press, 1995.
Fourth graders welcome Shakissha to their class, disregarding her wheelchair.
B&W. DV 401.
SHANE (117:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1953.
A gunfighter supports the settlers against a greedy rancher in this Western classic.
Color/audio-described. DV 347.
THE SHOOTING (82:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1967.
After a mysterious "incident" leaves 2 people dead and another a fugitive, a willful young woman enlists 3 cowboys in a relentless quest for revenge.
Color/audio-described. DV 413.
SHREK (93:00)
Descriptive Video Service, 2004.
Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride.
Color/Animated/cc/audio-described. PG. DV 520.
SIGN LANGUAGE EVALUATIONS 1986 (120:00)
Arizona State School for the Deaf & Blind, 1987.
DV 79.
SIGNS (106:00)
DVS Home Video, 2003.
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess, the town's reverend. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 477.
THE SILVER CHAIR (174:00)
Public Media Video/Wonderworks Ltd. 1990.
Volume 4 in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia returns Eustace to Narnia with his new friend Jill. Many years have passed since his last visit: his friend King Caspian is old and frail, and Prince Rilian, Caspian's son, is missing. Aslan the lion charges the children to embark on a perilous journey to find Rilian and bring him home.
Color/cc/audio-described. DV 80.
SIMPLE STEPS TO A LEADSMART HOME (20:00)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1997.
How to keep your family healthy and free from lead poisoning.
Color. DV 379.
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (103:00)
MGM/DVS Home Video, 1952.
Musical about silent movies giving way to the talkies.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated G. DV 249.
SISTER ACT (100:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Whoopi Goldberg stars as a sassy, low-rent lounge singer forced to hide out from the mob in a quiet convent.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 81.
SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (107:00)
Touchstone/DVS Home Video, 1995.
Whoopi goes undercover as Sister Mary Clarence at a troubled inner-city school.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG. DV 123.
SIXTH SENSE (107:00)
Buena Vista/DVS Home Video, 2000.
A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
Color/cc/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 371.
SLIPSTREAM (103:00)
Audiovision Canada, 1989.
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself. These in turn try to hunt the two men down.
Color/audio-described. Rated PG-13. DV 468.
SNEAKERS (125:00)
MCA/DVS Home Video, 1992.
Government agents blackmail a team of renegade hackers into carrying out a covert operati
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