Dark Passages - Describes African culture including
kinship, trade, and slavery; organized in short segments useful in class
(I use the very first section)
El Centro, HT 871.D28 1995
Discovering the Music of Africa - not particularly
good film, more appropriate for World Civilization
Africa: Western Region El Centro, DT 471.A37 1993
The Africans, a triple heritage Mountain View, DT 14.A37 1986
See World Civilization also
Eastfield, ML 3760.D57
Europeans & Exploration:
Music of the Renaissance - Interesting
Mountain View, E111.F68 1992
Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World - bad
sound on this copy; interesting film, though, from A&E's "Biography"
series
Journals of Lewis & Clark - okay, narrated by
Lorne Greene, somewhat dated but workable
Richland, F 592.7 L682 1995
Thomas Jefferson - Ken Burns & PBS production,
excellent film, good opening, Declaration of Indipendence, attitude toward
slaves, and historians denying possible Sally Hemings relationship
(glad that wasn't me!); this is the definitive Jefferson video...
Brookhaven, E 332 T47 1996, pt. 1 & 2
Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier - A&E
"Biography" series, good film
Mountain View, F592.7.L48 1995
Thomas Jefferson: The Pursuit of Liberty - Good films
with comments of President Carter and George Will
Mountain View, E332.2 T48 1991
Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom - A&E
"Biography" Series; good film but quAlity of the copy was poor.
The Way West Series - good series; includes The Course
of Empire, 1845-1864 (prog. 1), the Approach of Civilization, 1865-1869
(prog. 2), War for the Black Hills, 1870-1876 (prog. 3), Ghost Dance, 1877-1893
(prog. 4)
El Centro, F591.W39 1995
I Will Fight No More Forever - Hollywood version of
Nez Perce (109 min.)
America's Westward Expansion Brookhaven, E 179.5 A49 1996
El Centro, E83.877.I9
Last Stand at Little Bighorn - PBS "American Experience"
Series; excellent film; I show the aftermath of the battle
El Centro, E83.876.L37 1992
Buffalo Soldiers - very good film; shows rare photos,
battles in Texas
El Centro, UA 31 10th B83 1992
The West - Extensive series in 8 parts, good films
El Centro, F 591.W44 1996
The Black West - dated but usable
El Centro, F 596.B52 1993
The Frontier Challenge; responses to the trans-Mississippi
West
The United States Becomes a World Power - pretty dry
but will work especially short clips; good clips from Cleveland to Spanish
American War and from Spanish American War and Open Doior through T.R.,
good on jingoism,
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice - very good biography
Brookhaven, E 185.97.B26 I32 1989
Headline Stories of the Century: A Newsreel Library of
America in the News - actually 20th century including lots of 1920s
but has the first movie ever made
Harlem in the Twenties - emphasis on art but nice
10 minute film, mostly illustrations
El Centro, F128.68.H3 H37
Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire - 1965 expose'
with a very young Walter Cronkite shows history of KKK, but 1920s clips
particularly good; there are racial slurs that may make some students uncomfortable
in parts of the film
El Centro, HS 2330 K63 K84 1965
The Jazz Age - good clips, somewhat dated but interesting
stuff here; I like the "high life" through the crash; black & white
newsreels
El Centro, E784 J32, pt. 1 & 2
Dancing, New Worlds, new forms - excellent, includes
Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Jamaican, Brazilian
Eastfield, GV 1601.D36 1993 prog. 5
Between the Wars. Radio, racism and foreign policy
Brookhaven, D720.B47 prg. 4
Golden Twenties
Eastfield, E784.G641 pt. 1 & 2
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio - Ken Burns
El Centro, TK 6548.U6 E66 1996
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues - Bessie Smith, Ma
Rainey, Ethel Waters, and more; good film
El Centro, ML 3521.W54 1989
The Twenties
Richland, E741.T93 1969b
The Ladies Sing the Blues - Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters,
Count Basie, etc.
Cedar Valley, M1630.18.L335
From these roots: a review of the Harlem Renaissance
