Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu December 2003

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Geography

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

Across the sea of grass 1991

Trace the journey of Lewis and Clark and other early pioneers of the land beyond the Mississippi who made their way across the plains that were home to buffalo, grizzly bear, pocket gophers, pronghorn antelope, and tribes of Mandan, Sioux and Pawnie. See how thousands of these determined settlers turned these wild lands into wheat fields. And understand why the destruction of the vast buffalo herds had such an impact on the Indian population who depended on them.

MEDIA 2-4201

The Africans. Program 1, The nature of a continent [videorecording] / 1986

Geography's influence on history is the topic of this episode which explores the roles that water, desert, and equitorial climate have played in developing African culture and civilization.

MEDIA 2-1164

Alaska the last frontier? 1996

This program shows the difficulties of balancing the needs of indigenous peoples and the wilderness with economic development and modern life in the state of Alaska.

MEDIA 2-5756

The Approach of civilization 1995

Chronicles the four-year period following the Civil War--an extraordinarily transformative and disruptive era on the Great Plains, marked by two great climaxes: the triumph, in 1868, of Red Cloud and Crazy Horse over the U.S. Army on the Bozeman Trail, and the joining, in 1869, of the two ends of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point in Utah.

MEDIA. 2-2766 2-4055

Boy of Botswana (Motion picture) 1970

Illustrates the effects of geography and climate on Botswana's economy and on the lifestyle of the people. Discusses the power of traditions in African tribal society.

MEDIA 3-58

Cabeza de Vaca 1993

A survivor of a Spanish expedition shipwrecked off the coast of Florida in 1527 roams across the American continent for eight years in search of his Spanish comrades. He is captured by the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe, but learns their culture and eventually becomes a healer and leader. His journey ends when he again encounters the Spanish conquistadores as they pillage and enslave the Indians.

DANA 412

The Central city 1982

Depicts the characteristics of central city and the central business district. Compares Los Angeles, California and Manchester, England.

MEDIA 2-1856

Changing Berlin : changing Europe 1996

Many of the issues that Germany and eastern Europe now confront are seen in microcosm in Berlin. Film examines the history of the city of Berlin, including the social, economic and political changes which have resulted since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

MEDIA 2-5760

China: the awakening giant (Motion picture) 1967

Describes the varied physical geography of China and the development of industry and agriculture under Communist government. Discusses changes which are taking place in education and in other areas of cultural tradition.

MEDIA 3-31

The Columbian exchange 1991

Examines the interchange of horses, cattle, corn, potatoes, and sugar cane between the old world and the new, and the lasting impact of this interchange on the people of both worlds.

MEDIA 2-1809

The Columbus controversy challenging how history is written 1991

Examines the debate over how the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas should be commemorated. Queries whether Columbus could have "discovered" the Americas since they were already inhabited, asks if his behavior was that of a her or a conquerer, and delves into his "real" motives and those of the Spaniards who financed his mission.

DANA 835

Columbus man and myth 1989

An investigation into what is actually known about Christopher Columbus, his family, education, experiences and relationships, as contrasted with fictions and half-truths which make up the mythical Columbus.

DANA MEDIA 834 2-5146

Columbus the first voyage 1989

"The ships, the crews, the meaning of navigation, the first landings in the New World."--Container.

MEDIA 2-5147

Confronting the wilderness 1991

Move North along the eastern seaboard of North America to examine the harsh, rocky land around Hudson Bay and trace the history of French and British entrepreneurs who ventured there to hunt and trap. Trace the settlement of the St. Lawrence River and learn how French fur traders and Ojibway, Algonquin, Huron, Ottawa and other Indians collaborated in a prosperous business partnership until an outbreak of smallpox decimated thousands of Native Americans.

MEDIA 2-4199

Conquering the swamps 1991

Follow the earliest explorations of what constitutes modern day Florida. Learn how Spanish conquistadors seeking gold and slaves and other men hunting herons and alligators eventually led to the destruction of the subtropical wilderness. Discover how native inhabitants of this region, such as Calusa and Timucua Indians, lived and prospered on the land. See how man's exploitation of Florida, from the expeditions of Hernando de Soto to today's tourist and retirement meccas, have forever altererd this fragile environment.

MEDIA 2-4200

Conquistadors 2001

[Pt. 1.] The fall of the Aztecs -- [pt. 2.] The conquest of the Incas -- [pt. 3.] The search for El Dorado -- [pt. 4.] All the world is humanFour part series on the discovery of the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors and the subsequent fall of the Aztec and Inca empires.

MEDIA. . 2-4037a cassette 1 2-4038a cassette 2 2-4039a cassette 3 2-4040a cassette 4

The Days of our years 199?

A documentary written from the perspective of France that covers major world events of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Highlights include rare footage of 1900's Paris, attempts at air, sea and polar exploration, rare footage of artists including Renoir, Picasso, Shaw, Rodin, Sartre, Matisse and Colette. Includes the Paris Expositions of 1900 and 1937, films of World War I and World War II, the women's suffrage movement, and major figures in the world of art, sports, religion and government.

MEDIA 2-2834

Destination Cameroon 1993

"In 1962, the first Peace Corps Volunteers went to Cameroon to work with host country counterparts in the areas of agriculture and education. Since then, Volunteer project areas have expanded to include work in agriculture, health care, community and small business development, agroforestry, health and nutrition"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 621 2-3016

Destination Honduras 1992

"Peace Corps Volunteers in Honduras currently work in the fields of agriculture, education, health, natural resources, rural development, and small business development"--Containers.

DANA. MEDIA 616 2-3017

Destination Kyrgyzstan 1996

"The people of the Kyrgyz Republic, commonly called Kyrgyzstan, first invited Peace Corps Volunteers to their country in 1993, less than two years after declaring their independence from the former Soviet Union. Since then, Peace Corps has placed teachers in secondary schools and institutes of higher education, where they teach English as a foreign language"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 619 2-3018

Destination Lesotho 1994

Peace Corps' focus in Lesotho has always been on education, with Volunteers working at the secondary level and as resource teachers. Each year, education Volunteers reach more than 9,000 Basotho students who are learning math, science, English, agriculture, home economics, and vocational skills"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 789 2-3019

Destination Lithuania 1994

"In Lithuania, Peace Corps Volunteers are working with the Ministry of Education to increase access to English language instruction by providing Volunteer English teachers who work with their secondary school colleagues to enhance English language teaching skills"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 617 2-3020

Destination Nepal 1991?

Presents the land and people of Nepal, focusing on their history, geography, economy, and culture, as understood by the Peace Corps representatives there.

MEDIA DANA 2-3137 711

Destination Nepal 1991?

Presents the land and people of Nepal, focusing on their history, geography, economy, and culture, as understood by the Peace Corps representatives there.

DANA 711

Destination Paraguay 1995

"In 1967, the first Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay worked with their host country counterparts as agricultural extension agents from its early focus on agriculture, the program has expanded to include projects in small business development, rural health, education, and natural resources"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 624 2-3022

Destination Poland 1991

"The first group of Peace Corps Volunteers were invited to Poland to help the country meet its critical need for English teachers. The second group of Peace Corps Volunteers, sworn in on December 19, 1990, were invited to assist newly elected local ministries in setting up offices and programs"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 620 2-3023

Destination Senegal 1991

"Since the arrival of the first fifteen Peace Corps Volunteers in Dakar in 1963, the Peace Corps program in Senegal has grown considerably with Volunteers now serving throughout most regions of the country in a wide range of projects"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 623 2-3024

Destination Sri Lanka 1992

"Peace Corps Volunteers have been working with the people of Sri Lanka since 1962, when the first 39 Volunteers arrived on the island. Initial Peace Corps efforts were directed at secondary education and teacher training; later projects focused on agricultural extension and rural community development"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 618 2-3025

Destination the Marshall Islands 1996

"The first group of Peace Corps Volunteers were invited to the Marshall Islands in 1966 when the Marshalls were administered by the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Initial Peace Corps programs covered many of the fields in which Volunteers traditionally have worked around the world: education, small business and agriculture"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 615 2-3021

The Developing city 1982

Examines the growth of a town into a city ; the center city, housing, suburbia and exurbia ; relocating business, industry and people, and the relationship between jobs, housing and transportation. Compares the growth of Manchester, England with that of Los Angeles, California.

MEDIA 2-1855

Empire upon the trails 1996

In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West but hopeful Americans moved onward toward "Manifest Destiny," as they determined to make the West their own. Mountain men, such as Joe Meek, found more adventure than profit as they searched for furs. Missionaries such as Narcissa Whitman traveled West along with others who tried their luck on the Oregon Trail while in Mexican Texas, Sam Houston carved out his own independent republic.

DANA. MEDIA. 1264 2-3220 2-4231

Encountering others. 2, They surveyed the world [videorecording] = A la rencontre de l'autre. 2, Les arpenteurs du monde 2001

During the 10th century, people routinely journeyed from one end of the huge Arab empire to the other--and even into non-Islamic lands far into the north and east. This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph's orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search of new markets, and an explorer charting the seas. Some of the era's most memorable personalities --mathematician al-Khuwarizmi, the chronicler Abul Hasan Ali al Mas'udi, the cartographer Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Hawqal -- are profiled.

MEDIA 2-5511

The first and last frontier 1991

Tour the natural splendors of Alaska, a land settled by indigenous people thousands of years before Russians and Europeans arrived in pursuit of sea otter, walrus and bowhead whales. Explore the worlds of the Inuit and Tlingit tribes that lived with the vast populations of cariou, brown bear, and seals. And understand why Akaska may be the final opportunity to strike a balance between the development of natural resources and the preservation of our natural heritage.

MEDIA 2-4204

The Geography of hope 1996

By the 1870s the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. In one decade, with Native Americans effectively confined to reservations, some four-and-a-half million new settlers would arrive to stake their claim to the future. Pap Singleton, an ex-slave from Tennessee, became the era's "Black Moses," leading his people to the free soil of Kansas. A frail New York politician, Teddy Roosevelt, transformed himself into a rugged North Dakota rancher, and eventually, president of the United States. And as Americans tried to "tame" the West, the nation's greatest showman, Buffalo Bill Cody, instead offered adoring crowds his enthusiastic version of a "Wild West"--heroic, glorious, romantic, and most of all, mythic.

DANA. MEDIA. 1269 2-3225 2-4236

Geography of the body (Motion picture)

Using the imagist-symbolist technique, this film evokes the terrors and splendors of the human body as an undiscovered, mysterious continent.

MEDIA 1-11

Ghost dance 1995

The fourth and final episode of the series "The way west." Chronicles the oppression of the Native American tribes that occurred in the wake of the Battle of the Little Big Horn; the surrender and last days of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull; the rise of the heartbreaking Ghost Dance religion; and the last terrible massacre at Wounded Knee.

MEDIA. 2-2768 2-4057

Global firms in the industrializing East 1996

Examines how Singapore has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse along the Pacific Rim. Analyses in particular the banking, electronic, telecommunication and semiconductor industries in Singapore.

MEDIA 2-5754

Global tourism 1996

Examines the experiences of tourists who visit Hawaii, Malaysia and Borneo and the tourism industry in each of those locations.

MEDIA 2-5755

Grass a nation's battle for life 1992

A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains, through snow and ice, to reach pasture for their flocks. These three people were the first Westerners to cross the Zardeh Kuh Pass and the first to make this migration with the tribes.

MEDIA 7-88

The great American state quiz 1997

Have fun while learning about America while viewing some of the country's most spectacular sights, and test your knowledge.

DANA 1114

Imagining new worlds 1996

Examines contrasting ways of viewing the city of Cancun, Mexico and Mayan ruins as seen through the eyes of tourists, Mayan descendants, and business investors.

MEDIA 2-5752

Into the rising sun 1999

v. 1. The barrier of fear -- v. 2. Beyond the Cape of Storms -- v. 3. The passage to India -- v. 4. A liar's taleWhile Christopher Columbus charted a route West from Europe, there was another set of adventurers whose exploits were at least as influential. Part history, part travelogue, 'Into The Rising Sun' is the story of those men: Portuguese explorers who charted the course east to India, mapping the coastline of Africa and establishing the beginning of a world economy.

DANA. . DANA 1396 cassette 1 1396 cassette 2 1396 cassette 3 1396 cassette 4

Kings of the jungle the story of Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas 1992

In 1943 the Boas brothers journeyed into the unexplored region of the southern Amazon. Their mission was to build a web of airstrips, connected by roads, to open up the jungle. Later they spent 30 years trying to defend the native people's rights and to save their land.

MEDIA 2-2233

Land without bread Las Hurdes 198?

Presents Buñuel's "study of human geography." Documents the poverty and neglect of the peasants living in the Las Hurdes region of Spain. Over and over, Buñuel shows us a problem. Next, he shows us how the people or the government attempt to solve this problem, but how they only make matters worse.

DANA. MEDIA 468 2-6206

Lewis & Clark the journey of the Corps of Discovery 1997

Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

MEDIA. . 2-4248 cassette 1 2-4249 cassette 2 2-4250 cassette 3 2-4251 cassette 4

Living on the edge 1991

Beginning with the first Spanish explorers searching for gold, journey through the harsh terrain of the American Southwest and learn how plants, animals and early pioneers, from priests to miners, adapted to the desert. Understand the relationships that Native Amerian Papago and Pima tribes had with the arid land. And see how irrigation brought water to the region and forever changed its natural history.

MEDIA 2-4203

The making of the English landscape an exploration by W.G. Hoskins 1972

This epic of the English countryside, presented chronologically from pre-Roman to modern times, focuses on man's modifications of the environment as seen in England's hamlets, villges, and towns, past and present.

MEDIA D-143

A Migrant's heart 1996

An English actor who's parents came from India and then migrated to East Africa and finally England returns to visit New Delhi, India, to seek his roots, and to work through ethnic identity problems which can result when one is caught between two worlds.

MEDIA 2-5759

The Origins of disease 1992

Examines how genes, historical development, and the environment can facilitate the apparition of diseases. Analyses mainly the Hemorrhagic fever, the Karpal Tunnel Syndrome, and stress disorders.

MEDIA 2-2862

Our American landscape 1997

Enjoy the natural beauty of America while learning fascinating information and little know facts about each state. Visit the highest mountains, the lowest deserts and the biggest swamplands on this whirlwind, state-by-state trip across America.

DANA 1116

Out of this world the Apollo moon landings 1993

Newly restored footage beamed to earth from the surface of the moon documents the story of the six Apollo moon landings which took place between 1969 and 1972.

DANA 1230

A Peace Corps mosaic 1996

Cassette 1. Destination: Sri Lanka -- Destination: Honduras -- Destination: Poland -- Destination: Lethos -- Destination: Kyrgyzstan -- cassette 2. Destination: Cameroon - Destination: Lithuania -- Destination: Nepal -- Destination: Paraguay -- Destination: SenegalA visit to each destination includes interviews with Peace Corps volunteers and local people. Promotes the study of geography and demonstrates the value of volunteer service to diverse cultures.

DANA. MEDIA. 612 cassette 1 612 cassette 2 2-3013 cassette 1 2-3014 cassette 2

The People 1996

To the original Native American inhabitants, the West has been a land of myth. To the Europeans... the West was a "wilderness" to be conquered. Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, the Pueblo people of the Southwest rose up against their European masters and drove the Spanish from their lands. Then, with America's purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1804, Lewis and Clark set off to find the fabled Northwest Passage.

DANA. MEDIA. 1272 2-3219 2-4230

The Piccards to the ends of the earth 1996

A Swiss family becomes the first to voyage into the earth's stratosphere in a hot air balloon and then descend to the bottom of the sea in a bathyscaph. Includes rare expedition footage and first-hand accounts of the explorations of physicist August Piccard and his son Jacques.

MEDIA 2-4268

Population transition in Italy 1996

Italy is now the first country in the history of mankind in which the number of people 60 years and older is greater than the number aged 20 or less. This film examines the factors which contribute to the very low fertility rates in Italy.

MEDIA 2-5757

Pyramid 1988

Explores the geography, history, archaeology, mythology and religions of the ancient Egyptians through a combination of live footage and animation.

DANA. DANA 659 659

Reflections on a global screen 1996

Globalization of the media: Does it lead to homogenized culture or encourage the spread of diverse cultures? Examines the social impact of television programming which is broadcast simultaneously and instantaneously around the world and examines the future of communication technology.

MEDIA 2-5753

Richard Byrd alone in Antarctica 1996

Documents the first man to fly over both the North and South Poles, then in the winter of 1934he became the first man to survive an Arctic winter entirely alone.

MEDIA 2-4270

Russia's fracturing federation 1996

Prog. 7. Facing ethnic and environmental diversity: Dagestan, Russia's southern challenge. Vologda, Russia's farming in flux.--Prog. 8. Central and remote economic development: Saint Petersburg, Russia's window on the West. Bratsk, the legacy of central planningDagestan, Russia's Southern Challenge examines the question of independence in the ethnically mixed Republic of Dagestan. Vologda, Russia's Farming in Flux investigates the uncertainties of a harsh climate, poor infra-structure and the challenges of privatization on Russian farms. St. Petersburg, Russia's Window on the West examines the impact of the shift to a market economy on real estate values in the city. Bratsk, the Legacy of Central Planning investigates the difficulties of industrial production in Bratsk, Siberia.

MEDIA 2-343

Searching for paradise 1991

Delve into the history of California and its incredibly rich and diverse ecosystem that is isolated by desert and towering mountains. From its earliest settlers, the Chumash Indians, to the recent mass migration of population to the Pacific Rim of North America, trace the rush to the "Golden State" and learn how the search for solutions to environmental problems in California exemplifies the progress and struggle of today's environmental movement.

MEDIA 2-4205

The Speck of the future 1996

A history of the California gold rush which started in 1848, when a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the streambed of the American River in California and discovered gold. Wild mining camps sprung up with each new strike while overnight San Francisco turned into an international city.

DANA. MEDIA. 1265 2-3221 2-4232

To touch the world the Peace Corps experience 1996

Program that introduces individuals to Peace Corps Voluntarism by presenting different locations and projects undertaken by current Peace Corp volunteers.

MEDIA DANA 2-3015 622

The War for the Black Hills 1995

The third episode of the series "The way west." Follows the dramatic sequence of events that led up to the battle of the Little Big Horn in June of 1876. Financial pressures spurred the United States to invade the Lakotas' sacred Black Hills in search of gold. That treaty violation, together with the systematic extermination of the buffalo, sparked outrage among the Lakota and Cheyenne. The stage was set for a cataclysmic showdown between the United States Army and the tribes of the Northern Plains.

MEDIA. 2-2767 2-4056

Water is for fighting over 1996

Along the parched California Nevada border, groups with compelling yet competing interests claim the water of the Truckee River Basin. Film examines the lives and livelihood of these people for whom the Truckee River water is so important.

MEDIA 2-5758

The Western tradition 1989

Program 25. The Renaissance and the Age of discovery -- Program 26. The Renaissance and the new worldThese programs discuss the Renaissance spirit as it appeared in the works of artists, scholars, and writers of the period. The lecture includes also an overview of the great European explorers.

DANA. MEDIA 776 2-3152

Westward, the course of empire takes its way 1995

The first episode of the series "The way west." Chronicles the colorful and frantic opening decades of expansion, from the 1840's down through the Civil War. The pioneer movement and then the Gold Rush transformed the destiny of the continent and turned the world of Native Americans upside down. The ever-quickening pace of expansion led to a series of bloody confrontations between Native Americans and whites, culminating in the Minnesota Uprising of 1862, and, two years later, the massacre at Sand Creek.

MEDIA. 2-2765 2-4054

The World of the dragon 1996

Film examines China with particular emphasis on Shanghai, as it opens itself to economic and social influences from the West and from other Asian nations.

MEDIA 2-5761

The Writing on the screen 1991

Discusses different types of maps and their uses, including meteorological maps, risk analysis maps of earthquake-prone areas, maps detailing the spread of diseases, and the National Geographic Society's "Endangered earth" map, citing areas most at risk from ozone depletion, desertification and pollution.

MEDIA 2-2609