that William Powell made his film debut with John Barrymore in the 1921 version of "Sherlock Holmes"?

Documentaries

        Paris 1900 (1948-French)

Director: Nicole Vedres.
Cast: Narrated by Monty Woolley and Claude Dauphin.
Description: The City of Light is explored using pre-WWI footage. Features appearances by Leon Blum, Edmond Rostand, and Buffalo Bill. Produced by Edward Kingsley and Arthur Mayer.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 76 mins.   Item #1116  $14.99
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        Power Of The Resurrection (1962)

Cast: Richard Kiley.
Description: This video chronicles the finals days of Christ's life, the Resurrection and Peter reformation.
Color/B&W: Color.  Running Time: 60 mins.   Item #1523  $14.99
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        The Ramparts We Watch (1940)

Director: Louis De Rochemont.
Cast: John Adair, John Summers, Julia Kent, Marguerite Brown, Ellen Prescott. Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis.
Description: A March of Time Feature. Focuses on a typical small American town during the years before American involvement in WWI. Produced and co-wriiten by Louis De Rochemont.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #2752  $14.99
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        The River/The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936-1937)

Director: Pare Lorentz.
Cast: Both documentaries narrated by Thomas Chalmers.
Description: Two documentaries written and directed by Pare Lorentz.
The River (1937): Details the history of the flood-prone Mississippi basin from prehistoric times to the Depression Era, and relates its importance to America.
The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936): Illustrates the devastating effect of natural disasters on the farmers in Oklahoma and Texas, who were already reeling from the Depression.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.   Item #1556  $14.99
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        The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler (1958)

Director: Westbrook van Voorhis.
Description: Contains interviews with Eva Braun and Hitler's sister as well as captured Nazi footage of Hitler.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 52 mins.   Item #1939  $14.99
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        60 Years With Bob Hope (1990)

Cast: Bob Hope.
Description: Tape contains vintage film clips, including footage from a never-released 1968 spy comedy, and a previously unseen spoof of I Love Lucy with Lucille Ball. Through film, radio, television, and touring shows for the armed forces, no other American performer achieved as much unflagging popularity as did Bob Hope.
Color/B&W: Color/B&W.  Running Time: 52 mins.   Item #5095  $14.99
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        Slapstick (1960)

Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, Ben Turpin, Stan Laurel, more.
Description: Numerous excerpts from silent comedies, primarily featuring the stars of Mack Sennett Studios. It's lowbrow humor at its irresistible best.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 76 mins.   Item #1838  $14.99
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        The Song of Ceylon (1934-British)

Director: Basil Wright.
Cast: Narrated by Lionel Wendt.
Description: Documentary concerning the day-to-day life of the people of Ceylon. Produced by John Grierson.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 40 mins.   Item #1245  $14.99
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        Stilwell Road (1945)

Cast: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Douglas MacArthur. Narrated by Ronald Reagan.
Description: Portrays WWII American fighting forces under the command of "Vinegar" Joe Stilwell on the China-Burma-India front, where they try to build a 478 mile road from Ledo, Assam, into East Burma. Produced by the U.S. Government.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 49 mins.   Item #3282  $14.99
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        This Is America (1932)

Cast: Narrated by Raymond Massey.
Description: History of America 1917 to 1932. Produced by Fredric Ullman, Jr.
ALSO: THE AMERICAN ROAD-A history of the automobile.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #2112  $14.99
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        This Nude World (1932)

Director: Michael Mindlin.
Cast: Leo Donnelly, Dr. Gaston Durville, Kienne de Mongeot, Ilka Dieball, Adolph Koch.
Description: One of the first nudist documentaries, this film was shot in naturist camps all over the world, including France, Germany, and the U.S. Produced by Michael Mindlin.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 55 mins.   Item #1641  $14.99
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      Triumph of the Will   Triumph of the Will (1935-German)

Director: Leni Riefenstahl.
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goring, Josef Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Otto Dietrich, Sepp Dietrich, Rudolf Hess, Reinhard Heydrich.
Description: Leni Riefenstahl’s legendary propaganda documentary of the Nazi Party’s 1934 Nuremberg Convention features a cast of thousands. Focusing primarily on cheering crowds, precision marching and Hitler’s climactic speech, "Triumph of the Will" has been hailed as the most powerful propaganda piece ever made. Produced and co-written by Riefenstahl.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 115 mins.   Item #1514  $14.99
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        The 27th Annual Academy Awards

Director: Bill Bennington, Grey Lockwood
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Grace Kelly, Marlon Brando, Bob Hope.
Description: Hosted by Bob Hope, the 1954 Academy Awards was presented on TV March 30, 1955. On the Waterfront received honors for best picture with Marlon Brando taking best actor and Eva Marie Saint best supporting actress for their roles in the film. Grace Kelly was named best actress in The Country Girl. Three Coins in the Fountain was named best song. Presenters include Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, and many more. Includes original commercials.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 95 mins.   Item #5093  $14.99
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        The War Game (1967-British)

Director: Peter Watkins.
Cast: Commentators Michael Aspel, Peter Graham. Interviewee Kathy Staff.
Description: A classic exercise in Cold War paranoia. This disturbing and graphic docudrama about the aftermath of a nuclear war attempted to refute the notion that a country could survive a nuclear attack. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature. Written and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, which refused to air it.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 49 mins.   Item #1940  $14.99
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        Warsaw Ghetto (1967-British)

Description: Horrible but fascinating, this documentary uses actual photographs and films taken by cameramen of the German Army and Gestapo who were assigned to record life and death in the ghetto. Shows Jews entering the Warsaw ghetto in November 1940 and reveals the subsequent horrors and deportations to the death camps.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 51 mins.   Item #2113  $14.99
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        Wild Rapture (1950-French)

Description: Contains very unusual footage of native customs and African lifestyles, such as lip splitting, bug eating, and gorilla and elephant hunting. Filmed on location in the Belgian Congo.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 68 mins.   Item #1986  $14.99
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        Wurlitzer Pipe Organ Factory Tour

Description: Here's a rare little documentary from the early 20's. A tour of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. See a mighty Wurlitzer being built. Ray Brubacher, popular east coast artist provides a musical score on a mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ.
Color/B&W: Color/B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.   Item #8881  $14.99
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