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L. RON HUBBARD: AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTOLOGY (VHS) 1966, re-released in 1991. 58 min. sd. color. #28630 A 1966 interview with L. Ron Hubbard which deals directly with the problems that most often trouble people. Provides solutions for establishing better relationships with others and understanding mind, body and spirit.

LA BOHEME (VHS) 1982. 115 min. sd. color. #12920 A videorecording of the performance of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on Feb. 16, 1982.

LA CELESTINA (VHS) 1980. 120 min. sd. color. #Archives Performance by the Spanish Theatre Repertory Company of the production which premiered February 16, 1980. In Spanish.

LA CIUDAD Y LOS PERROS (THE CITY AND THE DOGS) (VHS) 1985. 135 min. sd. color. #17630 Four angry cadets, who have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the Military Academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder. Spanish with English subtitles.

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (VHS) 1991. 150 min. sd. color. #50150 The international cast (Langridge, Putnam) won raves from the Sunday Times as "A theatrical realization more thrilling than any other I can recall" for Mozart's opera-seria based on a tale from ancient Rome. Italian with English subtitles.

LA GARE DANS LE MUSEE (VHS) 1987. 18 min. sd. color. #40160 With images of Paris past and present, and of the spectacular Musee d'Orsay, the video unveils the happy result of an urgent need for new museum space combined with the nostalgic desire to restore a cherished monument. In French.

LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL (VHS) 1999. 45 min. sd. color. #60180 Originally conceived as the second part of an unfinished trilogy of dramatic shorts entitled Tales of Little People, Djibril Diop Mambety moves beyond merely documenting Africa's centuries of victimization towards envisioning the continent's recovery. Mambety uses the simple tale of a crippled, yet resilient little girl fighting for her economic independence against an unjust marketplace as a metaphor for Africa's struggle to survive in an increasingly globalized economy. In Wolof with English subtitles.

LA PLAZA DEL DIAMANTE (VHS) 1981. 112 min. sd. color. #57470 Based on the novel by Merce Rodoreda, this film features two opposing characters - the woman, docile and sensitive, and the man, domineering yet childish - who are forced to mature when their lives are shattered by a tragic, cruel and violent civil war. In Spanish.

LA STRADA (VHS) 1954. 107 min. b&w. #15630 A simple-minded waif falls in love with a circus strong-man in this acclaimed Fellini masterwork. In Italian with English subtitles.

LA TRAVIATA (VHS) 1984. 105 min. sd. color. #15180 The story of a beautiful courtesan dying of consumption and her love for a poor nobleman. Based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera. In Italian with English subtitles.

LAND (AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY) (DVD) 2004. 57 min. sd. color. #70140 Explores the conflicts over land use in Woodford County, Kentucky, from the perspectives of five participants: a developer, a farmer turned developer, a reluctant farmer activist, and two anti-growth activists. Presents the attempt of one commmunity in the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky to reconcile the conflicting notions of progress, preservation, individual and community rights, and the American way.

THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN (VHS) 1982. 60 min. sd. color. #51520 Explores the Mississippi Delta and the social, cultural and emotional background of American blues. Alan Lomax interviews artists such as Lonnie Pitchford, who plays a homemade one-stringed electric guitar, and singing legend Sam Chatmon, among others.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: APPROACHES FOR URBAN EDUCATORS (VHS) 2000. 32 min. sd. color. #63640 Focusing on language and instructional needs of inner-city children, this video discusses patterns, shows how to trace developmental needs, describes markers that help identify language delay, considers different types of linguistic expression, and addresses constraints on language development.

THE LANDSCAPES OF FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH (VHS) 1989. 29 min. sd. color. #32140 Magnificent, dramatic, sweeping, poetic, powerful: all of these describe Church's paintings. We see his fine works tracing his career as a leading 19th century landscape painter of the Hudson River School.

LASCAUX REVISITED (VHS) 1995. 35 min. sd. color. #53860 The images of these extraordinary paintings are the only ones filmed since the cave was closed in 1963, due to environmental impact caused by air pollution and tourism. Special animation shows how children discovered this most famous of prehistoric caves while playing.

LAST CHANCE FOR EDEN (DVD) 2002. 88 min. sd. color with b&w. #68800 Presents interviews with a culturally diverse group on issues of racism and sexism.

THE LAST DROP: IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF WATER? (VHS) 1997. 50 min. sd. color. #62470 Water shortages contribute to many regional conflicts worldwide. Only two-and-a-half percent is fresh, and it is therefore a precious commodity. This documentary illustrates how the worsening problem of global water shortage leads to regional political and social conflicts, destruction of economies, and famine. Beginning in the Middle East, we see how diversion of water to Israel at the expense of Palestinian villages has exacerbated that conflict. In Namibia, in South Africa, cultures are dying and people are starving, as hydro-cops monitor water use and abuse by residents. Experts predict that countries along the Rhine may find themselves in the same dry situation, if water diversion from the river continues at current rates. Throughout the program, experts, those involved in water preservation, and those affected by water shortages examine the situation and suggest solutions.

THE LAST 75 YEARS: GIANTS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS (VHS) 1991. 39 min. sd. color. #27370 Cathleen S. Morawetz's talk focuses on four major leaders whose contributions to applied mathematics in the first forty years of the MAA are very well known: G.I. Taylor and T.V. Karman who worked with an applied mathematical approach mostly in fluid dynamics and von Neumann and Wiener whose great mathematical span also encompassed some of the best mathematics of the time. The choice of these four was based in part on their prowess, but also in part on the recollections of the speaker.

LAST OF THE MOHICANS (VHS) 1977. 97 min. sd. color. #25660 The classic novel by James Fenmore Cooper about the scout Hawkeye and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas, comes to life in this film. Starring Steve Forrest and Ned Romero.

LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1915-1995 (VHS) 2003. 26 min. sd. color. #66690 With the recent release of the film "Frida," which chronicles the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, audiences all over the world are finally discovering what until now was the knowledge of only a few: Latin America has produced some of the most innovative, exciting and relevant artists in the contemporary art world. Commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum in 1995 to accompany their extensive and superb exhibit of the same name, this program features the work of Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral, Mexico's Maria Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo, Colombia's Fanny Sanin, Chile's Soledad Salame, Venezuela's Elba Damast and Cuba's Maria Campos Pons.

LE BOUCHER (VHS) 1969. 90 min. sd. color. #30170 In a provincial French town, a sophisticated schoolmistress (Stephane Audran) avoids attachments but strikes up a congenial friendship with the charmingly passionate local butcher (Jean Yanne), a veteran of Indochina. As a serial killer spreads terror throughout the countryside, the effort of these two people to come back from their emotional islands to some kind of mutual understanding and reality builds from oblique tenderness and humor to shattering tragedy. Written and directed by Claude Chabrol. In French with English subtitles.

LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN) (VHS) 1958. 97 min. sd. color. #15690 A comedy-ballet in five acts performed by the Comedie Francaise. A memorable performance by Louis Seigner as the nouveau-riche M. Jourdain is matched by that of director Jean Meyer as the cunning valet Covielle. In his quest for gentility, M. Jourdain is exposed to the subjective whims of a series of mercenary instructors, a parade of human folly that gives a remarkably talented group of actors every chance to exploit the full reign of Moliere's brilliant satire.

LE CHANDAIL (VHS) 1980. 10 min. sd. color. #60190 An animated version of a short story by Quebec author Roch Carrier, set in the rural Quebec of his boyhood. Carrier recalls his passion for playing hockey, which he shared with the other boys of his community. A funny, poignant story about the painful incident of having his favorite Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater mistakenly replaced by a sweater worn by the archrival team. In French, no subtitles.

LEADERSHIP: STYLE OR CIRCUMSTANCE? (VHS) 1975. 30 min. sd. color. #15400 Identifies and differentiates two diverse types of leaders: the relationship-oriented leader and the task-oriented leader. Shows how each type of leader can work effectively depending on the job situation.

LEARNING CHINESE FOR BUSINESS (VHS) 1997. 90 min. sd. color. #57822 This 2-volume course introduces spoken Mandarin Chinese for business and casual use in 8 lessons. Each tape is 45 minutes long and covers basic greetings and introductions, grammar and number usage, and everyday situations such as using the telephone, making appointments, and applying for a job. In English and Mandarin Chinese.

LEARNING IN AMERICA #1: THE EDUCATION RACE (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21870 (Closed captioned) When it comes to preparing today's children for tomorrow's work force, many of our schools are failing. By contrast, high school students in other countries, notably Japan, graduate with significantly more sophisticated math and science skills and are thus better prepared for employment in high-tech industries. This program examines these differences and other related differences.

LEARNING IN AMERICA #2: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21880 (Closed captioned) With problems such as poverty, parental illiteracy, lack of nutrition and language barriers, many children are destined to fail before they take their first test. Successful learning approaches and alternative programs in Chicago are examined, demonstrating significant improvements in the learning experience for students at risk.

LEARNING IN AMERICA #3: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21860 (Closed captioned) This program explores the issues surrounding curricula in the classroom. The on-going issue of textbook reform is examined, as is the role of technology in the classroom. Some schools incorporating technology in education are demonstrating that the key to overcoming the obstacles of money, training and fear, is leadership and vision.

LEARNING IN AMERICA #4: WANTED- A MILLION TEACHERS (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21890 (Closed captioned) The number of those entering teaching has declined in recent years, just as the need for more and better teachers has increased. This program looks at the crisis in teaching today and explores some innovative programs that are significantly restructuring and improving the teaching profession. Alternative certification, teaching interventions, team teaching, revitalization efforts, and teacher empowerment programs are just a few examples of programs schools are successfully using to attract and keep talented teachers, increase productivity and morale, and improve the quality of American teachers.

LEARNING IN AMERICA #5: PAYING THE FREIGHT (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #21850 (Closed captioned) Although virtually everyone is in agreement that U. S. schools need reform, there is little consensus on the specifics. Do we need to spend more on education, or simply spend our money more effectively? This program deals with these and other questions relating to our children's future.

LEARNING IN AMERICA: SCHOOLS THAT WORK (VHS) 1990. 120 min. sd. color. #26150 (Closed captioned) Explores the ways in which four schools have overcome a national educational malaise. The educators and parents joined together to create innovative approaches to curriculum and structure that appear to be working.

LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE: DOING WHAT COMES NATURALLY (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #33960. Distinguishing human language from animal communication, this program explores the stages of language acquisition. It investigates how children learn a language and contrasts the social learning and nativist theories of language acquisition. It also compares how hearing children and deaf children acquire language.

THE LECTURES OF ROBERT BEVERLY HALE (VHS) 1985. color/b&w. A series of ten lectures by the late Robert Beverly Hale on figure drawing and artistic anatomy, intended for figure and portrait artists. Hale demonstrates the basic structure, proportions, anatomical details, function and renderings of the human figure, by way of the human skeleton and step-by-step drawings. Hale is considered the foremost teacher of artistic anatomy in America.

Lecture 1: Rib Cage (78 min.) #58870

Lecture 2: Pelvis (81 min.) #58880

Lecture 3: Leg (74 min.) #58890

Lecture 4: Foot (72 min.) #58900

Lecture 5: Shoulder Girdle I (77 min.) #58910

Lecture 6: Shoulder Girdle II (68 min.) #58920

Lecture 7: Arm (76 min.) #58930

Lecture 8: Hand (80 min.) #58940

Lecture 9: Head (80 min. #58950

Lecture 10: Head and Features (97 min.) #58960

LEGACY PROGRAM 1: IRAQ: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58510 After thousands of years as a hunter/gatherer, man built the first cities 5,000 years ago on the banks of the Euphrates in Southern Iraq. Civilization as we know it began. City life soon transformed the human race. The recent Gulf War was only the latest in a series of conflicts to befall this region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Saddam Hussein is but one of a long tradition of absolute rulers, from Assyria to Babylonia to the present, whose policies have brought disaster on what was once the first "Garden of Eden."

LEGACY PROGRAM 2: INDIA: THE EMPIRE OF THE SPIRIT (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58520 Ancient India is with us today in the living tradition of the Hindu religion, the basis of Indian culture. The traditions that are honored by millions of Hindus in the present were born in the Indus Valley 5,000 years ago. India has kept true to its ancient tradition of non-violence and spiritual search, even as it has become part of the modern world.

LEGACY PROGRAM 3: CHINA: THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58530 For over 2,000 years China has been sustained by ideas virtually unchanged since the Bronze Age - Confucianism, reverence for ancestors and harmony. Despite decades of Communist rule, these ideas are still alive and shaping China's present. Many breakthroughs on which the "modern world" is based were discovered in China long before the West became aware of them, including gunpowder, iron-casting, and printing. When introduced to Europe, these things changed Western Civilization forever.

LEGACY PROGRAM 4: EGYPT: THE HABIT OF CIVILIZATION (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58540 Pharaonic Egypt, the longest lasting of the ancient civilizations, created the state institutions on which nations are still built - bureaucratic government, organized religion and international trade. Its pharaohs ruled from 3100 BC until Alexander's time. Its pyramids are lasting monuments to a state which endured for over three millennia. Ancient traditions come together in the Moslem culture that is the Middle East today.

LEGACY PROGRAM 5: CENTRAL AMERICA: THE BURDEN OF TIME (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58550 Isolated from the rest of the world, the Aztecs, Maya and Inca created sophisticated civilizations that in many ways paralleled ancient Mediterranean empires. God-like kings and a noble ruling class dominated splendid cities of temples and pyramids. Extensive trade was practiced between cities. The arrival of the Conquistadores caused near obliteration of their culture, but parts of it survive today in the mountains of Central America.

LEGACY PROGRAM 6: INDIA: THE BARBARIAN WEST (VHS) 1991. 57 min. sd. color. #58560 Civilization arose in Asia, but it was the West which would create the first world culture. This program traces the origins of Western culture through Greece and Rome and how it dominated, not only through its own genius, but by borrowing from the legacies of the original five old world civilizations. As the world enters a new millennium, the West must learn the value of other cultures and to coexist with them to create a new future.

LEGACY OF LAW (VHS) 1985. 12 min. sd. color. #12410 An introduction to the services and collections of the Law Library, established by the Congress in 1832 as a separate department of the Library of Congress. The Law Library has grown to become the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of foreign, international and comparative law.

LEGACY OF ROME (VHS) 1968. 53 min. sd. color. #23402 Looks at the world of ancient Rome and the achievements of Roman civilization during the periods of the Republic and the Empire.

THE LEGACY OF THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE (VHS) 1990. 9 min. sd. color. #50770 The Kensington Runestone is but one piece of evidence found in Minnesota which suggests that early Norskmen were in the interior of the North American continent in the mid 1300's.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 1: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC LAW 94-142: THE WRONGS CONGRESS REQUIRED SCHOOLS TO RIGHT (VHS) 1989. 49 min. sd. color. #24480 Congress has ordered substantial change in special education regarding exclusion of students with severe handicaps, appropriateness of programming, interruptions in service through discipline or summer vacation, evaluation, individualization, least restrictive environment, related services, parental involvement, record access and impartial hearings. Many judicial decisions reveal that schools do not yet understand the scope of change required by federal law.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 2: THE SUPREME COURT CASES ON PUBLIC LAW 94-142 (VHS) 1989. 62 min. sd. color. #24490 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled six times on special education law in cases which define the term "appropriate," examine related services such as sign language interpreters, consider school health services and draw the line between medicine and education, review the role Congress intended parents to play in special education, consider IEP requirements, determine when a school must reimburse parents for their expenses, place limits on expulsion of dangerous students, and decide state education agency financial responsibility.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 3: HOW TO DEVELOP AN IEP THAT WORKS (VHS) 1989. 53 min. sd. color. #24500 Using a procedure proven by 12 years of experience, Mr. Martin reviews the steps that must be taken for parents and school personnel to plan and construct an IEP that truly "tailors" the special education offering to meet that one child's "unique needs." The process involves identifying unique needs, reviewing last year's performance, insuring appropriate parental involvement at the IEP meeting, writing the plan, and involving parents in monitoring progress.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 4: RELATED SERVICES (VHS) 1989. 62 min. sd. color. #24510 Most impartial hearing requests involve related services: special transportation, medical diagnostic tests, psychological services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and recreation and leisure therapy. Reed Martin examines the court decisions, giving answers to questions such as how much physical therapy is enough and how to balance related services with the least restrictive environment requirement.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 5: SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES: SEPARATING MEDICINE FROM EDUCATION (VHS) 1989. 62 min. sd. color. #24520 Explains the Congressional requirements that govern school health services, legal issues in providing services to students with communicable diseases, the Supreme Court decision in Tatro and the questions raised by later interpretations.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 6: LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (VHS) 1989. 54 min. sd. color. #24530 Explores the scope of the requirement for integration of students with disabilities with non-handicapped students to the maximum extent appropriate. It details the leading cases on LRE, indicating what must precede a removal from regular education, when services must be provided in an integrated setting, what is the full continuum of services that must be available to insure that the least restrictive placement is chosen, and how communicable diseases are to be taken into account.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 7: EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR (VHS) 1989. 33 min. sd. color. # 24540 Discusses the criteria courts have formulated to determine if schools need to extend educational services beyond the regular school term. Reviews the essential points to consider in planning for ESY, including notice to parents, evaluation of regression and recoupment, development of the summer program, and possible reimbursement to parents for services when the school decides not to provide any.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 8: DISCIPLINE OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS (VHS) 1989. 38 min. sd. color. #24550 Shows the development of discipline requirements through the courts and how the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on expulsion affects schools.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 9: WHAT COURTS ARE REQUIRING IN THE IEP (VHS) 1989. 78 min. sd. color. #24560 Reviews the constitutional basis for the IEP plan and discusses areas in which courts have recently struck down IEP's, including involvement of appropriate personnel, covering all required elements at the meeting, providing for related services, discussing methodology, insuring appropriate evaluation, and planning for graduation. Reed Martin concludes the discussion by answering several commonly asked questions.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 10: MOST COMMON PROCEDURAL MISTAKES WHICH SCHOOLS MAKE (VHS) 1989. 38 min. sd. color. #24570 Reed Martin reviews mistakes which courts are finding in the ways schools provide evaluation (What is evaluated? When? By whom?), independent evaluation (When must a school reimburse a parent?), written notice to parents (What goes into the notice?), and record access and confidentiality (Can parents see the psychologist's records and protocols?), and explains how to avoid those mistakes.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 11: HOW TO PREPARE FOR A HEARING (VHS) 1989. 68 min. sd. color. #24580 Both parties to a hearing are losers if the experience merely makes things worse. Reed Martin explains how both parents and school personnel should prepare for a hearing in a way likely to show the other side the strength of their case and lead to a satisfactory settlement before the hearing . Mr. Martin explains the system that has always been successful for him, including what files to obtain, what to look for in them, how to prepare their presentation, the role of a pre-hearing conference, and the post-hearing brief.

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TAPE 12: SECTION 504: EXPANDING SCHOOLS' DUTIES TO HANDICAPPED STUDENTS (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #24590 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a separate statute affecting special education services; it has different standards and a different enforcement mechanism. Reed Martin addresses eligibility criteria, procedures which differ from the requirements of the EHA, and remedies which exceed the EHA and make claims for compensatory education more likely. He discusses enforcement by the Office for Civil Rights, which has broad powers to investigate complaints and order compliance, even to the point of withholding federal funds.

LEGAL RESEARCH MADE EASY: A ROADMAP THROUGH THE LAW LIBRARY MAZE (VHS) 1990. 150 min. sd. color. #25530 Legal research expert Robert Berring shows you how to use a law library efficiently to find the answers you need. He explains all the basic legal research tools, including how to find and understand: federal, state and local statutes; court cases; government agency regulation; law review articles; legal encyclopedias; and Shepard's case updates.

LEGENDS OF JAZZ DRUMMING PART ONE: 1920-1950 (VHS) 1996. 63 min. sd. color/b&w. #64660 Traces the history of jazz drumming in America from its earliest, pre-1920 roots to the advent of the be-bop revolution in the mid-1940's and beyond. Included in this retrospective are rare film clips and still photographs of early pioneers such as Baby Dodds and Paul Barbarin, percussion legends Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough and Sid Catlett, as well as innovators such as Jo Jones and Kenny Clarke.

LEGENDS OF JAZZ DRUMMING PART TWO: 1950-1970 (VHS) 73 min. sd. color/b&w. #64670 Focuses on the most exciting period in the evolution of jazz percussion. The years 1950 to 1970 brought forth the cool jazz of Shelly Manne and Joe Morello, the hard-bop of Art Blakey and Philly Joe Jones as well as the astounding inventions of Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. Host Louie Bellson - along with enlightening commentary from Jack DeJohnette and Roy Haynes - helps illuminate this turbulent and very significant time in the history of jazz drumming. Featured are rare clips and photographs of all those who made significant contributions to drumming during this fertile period.

L'ELISIR D'AMORE (VHS) 1981. 132 min. sd. color. #50100 Shows Pavarotti at his most playful, refreshing and vocally secure. To watch him prance around the stage, stealing scenes shamelessly, is a real delight, and Judith Blegen's sweet but knowing Adina adds to the fun. Italian with English subtitles.

THE LEMON GROVE INCIDENT (DVD) 1985. 58 min. sd. color/b&w. #71730 Based on actual historical events this docudrama blends archival photos, dramatic reenactments and interviews with former students to portray the efforts of the Mexican-American community in Lemon Grove, California to challenge local school segregation practices and racial discrimination in Depression-era America.

LEO TOLSTOY (VHS) 1984. 103 min. sd. color. #30860 Traces the turbulent life of one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, Leo Tolstoy. Follow his life from childhood through his stormy marriage and up to his death. This film is vital for all who are interested in gaining a true insight into the driving forces behind Tolstoy's magnificent body of work.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 1: MUSICAL PHONOLOGY (VHS) 1992. 104 min. sd. color. #50340 Explores the origins and development of music and language, with a performance of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 2: MUSICAL SYNTAX (VHS) 1992. 95 min. sd. color. #50350 Compares the structures of music and speech, and discusses the multiple transformations of which both are capable, with examples from Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 3: MUSICAL SEMANTICS (VHS) 1992. 142 min. sd. color. #50360 Demonstrates the various layers of meaning in Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, op. 68.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 4: DELIGHTS AND DANGERS OF AMBIGUITY (VHS) 1992. 142 min. sd. color. #50370 Explorations of new tonal fields by composers of the Romantic era. Musical illustrations include Berlioz's Romeo Alone and The Ball at the Capulets from Romeo and Juliet, Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and Debussy's Prelude ' l'apre's-midi d'un faune.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 5: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CRISIS (VHS) 1992. 133 min. sd. color. #50380 Presents Arnold Schoenberg's movement toward atonality and Gustav Mahler's anticipation of the crisis in twentieth-century music. Includes performances of Ives' The Unanswered Question, Ravel's Feria from Rapsodie Espagnole and Mahler's Symphony No. 9.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD; THE UNANSWERED QUESTION VOLUME 6: THE POETRY OF EARTH (VHS) 1992. 177 min. sd. color. #50390 Examines how Igor Stravinsky kept tonality viable while experimenting freely with dissonance. Includes a complete performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS (SERIES OF TEN VIDEOTAPES)

Tape One: What Does Music Mean? (60 min.); What is Orchestration? (59 min.) #32780

Tape Two: What Makes Music Symphonic? (59 min.); What is Classical Music? (59 min.) #32790

Tape Three: Humor In Music (59 min.); What is a Melody? (53 min.) #32800

Tape Four: What is a Concerto? (59 min.); What is American Music? (59 min.) #32810

Tape Five: Who is Gustav Mahler? (53 min.); Folk Music in the Concert Hall (53 min.); Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky (54 min.) #32820

Tape Six: Jazz in the Concert Hall (53 min.); A Tribute to Sibelius (53 min.); A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich (53 min.) #32830

Tape Seven: What is Impressionism? (56 min.); The Latin American Spirit (54 min.); A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time (50 min.) #32840

Tape Eight: What is Sonata Form? (53 min.); The Sound of an Orchestra (54 min.); What is a Mode? (53 min.) #32850

Tape Nine: Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals (55 min.); Quiz Concert: How Musical Are You? (51 min.) #32860

Tape Ten: Berlioz Takes a Trip (52 min.); Two Ballet Birds (52 min.); Fidelio: A Celebration of Life (51 min.) #32870

LES FRANCOPHONES DU BOUT DU MOND (FRANCOPHONES FROM AROUND THE WORLD) (DVD) 2000. 28 min. sd. color. #72370 Filmed in Madagascar, Mauritius, Cambodia, Japan, and Louisiana, this program looks at how French has been adopted and adapted in many corners of the world where it is not the official language. In French. No subtitles.

LES MISERABLES (VHS) 1975. 228 min. sd. color. #23152 A vivid, compelling film dramatization of Hugo's great novel, which provides students with an excellent historical and social portrait of France at mid-19th century, as well as an insightful treatment of one of the greatest of all novels, one which is part of the basic cultural vocabulary. In French.

LES TROYENS (VHS) 1983. 253 min. sd. color. #50232 Berlioz' epic retelling of the fall of Troy and Dido's ill-fated love for Aeneas. Peter Wexler's vivid sets, costumes and visual effects all add to the musical and theatrical brilliance of this performance starring Pl�cido Domingo, Tatiano Troyanos and Jessye Norman, and conducted by James Levine. In French with English subtitles.

LESSONS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE: FRAMING (VHS) 1978. 10 min. sd. color. #61500 Demonstrates how the choice of framing can define relationships, tell a story, convey emotion, and create or release tension. Also explains how to convey information about off-screen space.

LESSONS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE: LENSES AND PERSPECTIVE (VHS) 1978. 9 min. sd. color. #61510 Illustrates through several demonstrations that the position of the viewer (or the camera) is the governing factor in the perception of spacial relationships in the third dimension.

LESSONS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE: ORIENTATION OF THE CAMERA (VHS) 1979. 11 min. sd. color. #61520 Explores the concept of how we orient ourselves in space by a combination of what we see and other physiological cues.

LESSONS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE: SHOT SIZES AND FRAMING FAULTS (VHS) 1978. 9 min. sd. color. #61530 Explains the basic shot types of the film and video vocabulary, from wide shot to big closeup, and the most effective use of each. Although designed for film and video makers, this video may be helpful to graphic artists and photographers as well.

LESSONS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE: THE THIRD DIMENSION (VHS) 1978. 7 min. sd. color. #61540 Explains how visual cues define spacial relationships, or fool the eye. Includes startling optical illusions.

LET US TEACH GUESSING (VHS) 1966. 61 min. sd. color. #30960 "Teaching is not a method, it is not a system. Teaching is not a science - it is an art." With these words, George Polya reveals his approach to teaching mathematics. Polya leads an undergraduate class to discover the number of parts into which 3-space is divided by five arbitrary planes.

LETA STETTER HOLLINGWORTH: PIONEER WOMAN OF PSYCHOLOGY (VHS) 1990. 13 min. sd. color. #25830 The tape gives a biographical account of Hollingworth's life as well as discussing her major contributions to research on the psychology of women and the development of educational programs for the gifted and talented. Useful tool in such classes as Introductory Psychology, Psychology of Women, and History of Psychology.

LETREROS DE LA CAPITAL: LEARNING VOCABULARY FROM MEXICO CITY STREET SIGNS (VHS) 1995. 18 min. sd. color. #52040 Shot completely in Mexico City, this video presents an approach to vocabulary development based on first recognizing cognates, then looking at the context, and finally doing some educated guessing. In Spanish and English.

LET'S GET REAL (VHS) 2003. 72 min. sd. color. #67270 Examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying in middle schools, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. Students who have been the targets of bullying, as well as students who do the bullying, describe their experiences and how they make them feel.

LET'S TALK: FIRST STEPS TO CONVERSATION (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #19640 Teaches important communication skills that adults sometimes overlook when talking with young children. Shows how to engage young children and help them to feel comfortable and interested in talking. Also shows preschool teachers and speech-language pathologists working with young children with a wide range of language skills.

LETTERS FROM AMERICA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF O. E. ROLVAAG (VHS) 1989. 29 min. sd. color. #52990 Describes the experiences of a late 19th century Norwegian immigrant who became a scholar and noted author. His works, particularly "Giants in the Earth," examine diversity, ethnicity, and traditions.

LETTERS FROM ALOU (VHS) 1990. 100 min. sd. color. #56640 Alou is an African immigrant in Spain whose unflagging optimism is unaffected by all the instances of exploitation and discrimination that characterize his new home. In Spanish, French and Senegalese with English subtitles.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 1: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARIES (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54810 (Closed captioned.) In 1763, American colonists are happily British. They live in a hierarchical world of gentlemen and commoners and are proud to be subjects of King George III. With the end of the French and Indian War, America has become a land of opportunity, and the future founding fathers all powerful, ambitious men, are posed to take advantage of it. In the midst of this tranquillity, the British impose a seemingly routine tax - the Stamp Act. It creates a firestorm throughout the colonies as Americans see their liberties and their power threatened. Benjamin Franklin finds himself in the center of controversy as relations between England and America begin to unravel.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 2: BLOWS MUST DECIDE (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54820 (Closed captioned.) By the fall of 1774, British troops occupy Boston. Thirteen colonies, which until now have had little in common with one another, take faltering steps to unite in reaction to this aggression. But even after shots are fired at Lexington, there is great disagreement about what to do next. A best-selling pamphlet, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, helps turn the tide toward independence. It further questions the very nature of monarchy, stating that it is the right of men to govern themselves. On July 2, 1776, independence is debated. Two days later, Congress ratifies the Declaration of Independence. A fight for independence is being transformed into a political revolution.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 3: THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54830 (Closed captioned.) Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, an immense British force drops anchor in New York harbor, pitting the largest professional army in the world against George Washington's army of untrained volunteers. Washington, the perfect gentleman, wants to conduct the war in proper 18th-century style. Instead, after an early string of defeats, he realizes that to keep the Revolution alive, he must avoid fighting at all costs and keep his army on the run. On the day after Christmas, 1776, with just days of enlistment left for many recruits, a desperate Washington leads his Continentals quietly across the half-frozen Delaware River, surprising a garrison of Hessian soldiers at Trenton. Washington becomes a hero and the American Revolution goes on.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 4: OH FATAL AMBITION! (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54840 (Closed captioned.) All of Europe is intensely interested in the outcome of the American Revolution. But no country is watching events more closely than France, long Britain's rival in Europe and the New World. Congress, hoping to take advantage of this rivalry, dispatches Benjamin Franklin to Versailles in late 1776 to request financial and military support. Though Franklin charms the French, Louis XVI is reluctant to back the young republic without proof it can win. British General John Burgoyne takes his army down the Hudson River in an ill-fated campaign to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies. His defeat at Saratoga is the incentive France needs to supply arms and men to the revolution in America. A world war begins.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 5: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54850 (Closed captioned.) How do Americans, fighting in the name of liberty, justify the institution of slavery? The British army hopes to exploit the contradictions posed by slavery in the south, an area they assume is mostly loyal to the crown. This episode details this British miscalculation, shows how their attempt to win the hearts and minds of the south fails, and describes the entrance of France into the Revolution. The miraculous convergence of Washington's army and the French fleet at Yorktown traps a weary British army led by Lord Cornwallis. Two years later, The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending eight long years of fighting. The Revolutionary War is over.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME 6: ARE WE TO BE A NATION? (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color. #54860 (Closed captioned.) Peace brings with it a new set of challenges: the country is bankrupt and the states find themselves squabbling with one another over many issues. There is no national army, no common currency and no strong government. The new Constitution is fiercely debated, setting the terms of American politics to come, as Americans weigh the power of the federal government versus the power of the states and individuals. The revolutionary idea that power should flow upward from the people instead of downward from a king, heralds the birth of modern politics.

THE LIBRARY IN CRISIS (VHS) 2003. 46 min. sd. color. #65120 This documentary traces the history of civilization through the phenomenon of the library. From ancient China, India, Islam, the Graeco Roman world, the viewer sees how the library radiated knowledge and spiritual values, and facilitated the cross-fertilization of ideas from one culture to another. Now this venerable institution is under siege from a variety of sources: the internet, digital technology, copyright law, and globalization.

THE LIBRARY OF NUTRITION AND CANCER VOLUME 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO DIET, NUTRITION AND CANCER (VHS) 1995. 44 min. sd. color. #53950 This video uses real people, supermarkets, lab scenes, and animation to show what cancer is and how cancer cells spread; how nutrients work to prevent and reverse the progress of cancer; and how to use nutritional guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid to reduce the risk of cancer.

THE LIBRARY OF NUTRITION AND CANCER VOLUME 2: PHYTOCHEMICALS (VHS) 1997. 15 min. sd. color. #53960 Identifies good food sources for many common phytochemicals, and gives practical tips for handling and preparing foods to preserve their phytochemical content.

LICENSE TO KILL (VHS) 1985. 28 min. sd. color. #12530 Presents both sides of the debate on capital punishment through interviews with jurists, lawyers, civil rights advocates, crime victims and condemned criminals.

LICENSED TO KILL (VHS) 1997. 53 min. sd. color. #59110 Takes a riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked 20 years ago by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. The film examines the social, political and cultural environments of these men and asks whether society had given them a "license to kill" homosexuals.

LIFE AND DEBT (VHS) 2001. 86 min. sd. color. #64330 Focuses on the small island nation of Jamaica that has had 25 years of "help" from the World Bank and IMF. Intended to bring Third World nations such as Jamaica into the fold of free market economies, "restructuring" policies have crippled these countries' efforts toward self-reliant development while enriching the lenders. Told from the point of view of Jamaican workers and farmers, as well as government and policy officials, who see the reality of globalization from the gound up.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (VHS) 1980. 65 min. sd. color. #30210 In this valuable history of working women, five former "Rosies" movingly recall their experiences during World War II when women gained entry into major industrial plants for the first time. Their testimony is interwoven with rare archival recruiting films, posters and music of the period.

LIFE IN THE SOIL (VHS) 30 min. sd. color. #35990 Portrays healthy soil as being a complex, living medium. It depicts in living color what life is like in the soil at the microscopic level. The film's message is clear: To understand the rationale for sustainable agriculture, one must grasp the critical importance of soil. Soil is a living, fragile medium that must be protected and nurtured to ensure its long-term productivity and stability.

LIFE ON EARTH (VHS) 1986. 232 min. sd. color. #16092 These two videotapes offer 13 episodes of the acclaimed nature series written and hosted by zoologist/naturalist David Attenborough, surveying life forms and environments from all over the world. Breathtaking wildlife photography highlights this series which explores the development of life from prehistoric to modern times. Includes an introductory on-screen chapter index. 1) The Infinite Variety; 2) Building Bodies; 3) The First Forests; 4) The Swarming Hordes; 5) Conquest of the Waters; 6) Invasion of the Land; 7) Victors of the Dry Land; 8) Lords of the Air; 9) The Rise of the Mammals; 10) Theme and Variations; 11) The Hunters and the Hunted; 12) Life in the Trees; and 13) The Compulsive Communicators.

LIFE RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL (DVD) 2004. 95 min./60 min. sd. color. #70060 (Includes both the original 95-minute and the shorter 60-minute versions of the film, and 77 minutes of additional interviews broken up into separate sections on plants, animals and humans.) Presents a thorough examination of the issues surrounding the genetic manipulation of plants, animals and human beings.

LIFE SPACE CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS 1 � 3 (VHS) 1996. Prog. 1, 60 min.; Prog. 2, 80 min.; Prog. 3, 60 min. sd. color. #52923 A documentary/training video series providing successful strategies and skills for working with student behavioral problems. Shows at risk and troubled students in actual crisis situations and demonstrates how to help them.

LIFE'S FIRST FEELINGS (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #59430 (Closed captioned.) NOVA explores babies' emotional responses, clues about developing personality traits and how parents help with socialization.

LIFETIME COMMITMENT: A PORTRAIT OF KAREN THOMPSON (VHS) 1993. 33 min. sd. color. #33200 This documentary chronicles the evolution of Karen Thompson's fight to obtain legal guardianship of her lover Sharon Kowalski who was permanently disabled in an automobile crash. It is a story of homophobia, and the need to secure rights for disabled people and lesbian and gay couples.

LIGAMENTOUS INJURIES OF THE ANKLE (VHS) 1985. 23 min. sd. color. #11500 One of the most common injuries encountered in athletics is acute sprain of the ankle. UCLA's athletic trainer, Ducky Drake, demonstrates his method of taping the ankle to prevent injury and to protect the sprained ankle. Describes the anatomy and biomechanics of the ankle joint. Shows the bony architecture and the ligamentous structures about the ankle. Also analyzes the pathomechanics and the pathology of the ankle sprain.

LIGHTING THE 7TH FIRE (DVD) 1999. 48 min. sd. color. #70530 This video skillfully weaves together the issue of spearfishing treaty rights in Wisconsin and the Ojibway prophecy of the Seventh Fire. Profiles some of the people trying to bring back the tradition of spearfishing, and vividly documents contemporary racism against Native peoples in the U.S.

LI'L ABNER (VHS) 1959. 114 min. sd. color. #60370 (Closed captioned.) A colorful and fast-paced romp based on the hit Broadway version of Al Capp's cartoon strip. This musical comedy features Julie Newmar, Stella Stevens and Robert Strauss.

L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (VHS) 1984. 148 min. sd. color. #13830 This opera tells the amoral story of the Roman Emperor Nero's love affair with the scheming and seductive Poppea, with evil triumphing over good, while the allegorical figures from the Prologue - Fortune, Virtue and Love - look on.

LINKING FOR LEARNING: A NEW COURSE FOR EDUCATION (VHS) 1990. 26 min. sd. color. #22880 A comprehensive look at the status of distance education in public schools, including its impact on teachers. Follows "Power On! New Tools For Teaching and Learning" and "The Promise of New Educational Technology" which have been used to inform educators about the state of educational technology.

THE LION'S DEN (VHS) 1992. 80 min. sd. color. #50990 A document of the trials that confront Matthew Longden, a teacher fresh out of college, in his new job teaching 14 year olds at the Alperton School in London. This program offers valuable insight into the psychological warfare which is a significant component of the educational process.

THE LIONS OF CAPITALISM: GREAT AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES (VHS) 1977. 55 min. sd. b&w. & color. #16340 Chronicles the achievements of the great capitalists: J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and Ray Kroc. Brings history to life with rare archival footage and historical photos.

LISTENING: A KEY TO PROBLEM SOLVING (VHS) 1979. 22 min. sd. color. #7670 For management development and supervisory training programs in the areas of interpersonal communication, management-employee relations, team building, management development, supervisory techniques, motivation and human behavior and human relations.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: A CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30270 On July 7, 1992, the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Bill Moyers interviews Governor Bill Clinton about his views on the problems facing the country and about his forthcoming presidential campaign.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: AMERICA, WHAT WENT WRONG? PART ONE (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30240 Based on a series of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele who spent two years interviewing workers in nearly 50 cities from 16 states and Mexico, as well as government officials and corporate managers, and assembled more than 100,000 pages of documents. The result is a powerful examination of the forces that have contributed to the dismantling of the American economy.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: AMERICA, WHAT WENT WRONG? PART TWO (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30250 Continues the discussion with Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele about their findings of a study of the dismantling of the American economy. Along with Bartlett and Steele, studio guests include Barbara Ehrenreich, author Fear of Falling; Susan Lee, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute; and Ed Rubenstein, economic analyst at the National Review.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30300 Examines the crisis in America's court system. In many parts of the country, money for already burdened, backlogged courts is being reduced. Meanwhile, public defenders and legal aid attorneys are in short supply, leaving the poor without adequate and timely representation. Moyers and a panel of judges discuss some possible remedies.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: CAN WE GOVERN, PART ONE (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30280 Examines both the disenchantment of American voters as they consider their choices in this election year and the frustration of members of Congress as they try to work within the system.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: CAN WE GOVERN, PART TWO (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30290 Explores the uses and abuses of political language and how the democratic conversation has been frustrated and trivialized by the new jargon of politics. Five incumbent politicians talk with Bill Moyers about restoring the conversation of democracy.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: CHARISMA, PERSONALITY AND POWER (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30580 Bill Moyers interviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson about the 1992 campaign progress. And Abraham Zaleznik, psychoanalyst, Steven Pieczenik, psychiatrist, and Fernando Moreno, editor of El Diario discuss how these elements - charisma and personality - affect politics and elections.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: CURING THE ECONOMY (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30260 Focuses on what we can do to repair the U.S. economy. In response to previous episodes of Listening to America, Andrew Galef, Chairman of MagneTek, Inc., Los Angeles, discusses why his company closed factories in the U.S. and moved manufacturing operations to Mexico. Responding are Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele, the writers and reporters of a recent series of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the dismantling of the American economy. In the second half of this program, Bill Moyers and four panelists discuss potential solutions to the problems facing our economy.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: FAMILIES MATTER (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30350 Examines why America has become an unfriendly culture for families and children, and explores ways to rebuild a web of support for families. The discussion includes some of the practical steps needed to create a more hospitable social climate for families.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: FUTURE TALK (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30370 Examines the politics of the environment and how choices Americans make now will determine whether we can create and sustain a quality of life that will not jeopardize our children's future. Moyers and a panel of distinguished guests discuss population and energy policies, the depletion of natural resources, and the relations between the developing and developed nations.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: GETTING OUT THE VOTE (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30560 Bill Moyers and Kathleen Hall Jamieson discuss campaign '92 issues. Also presents interviews with Father Andrew Greely, author, and Michael Frante (rap musician) concerning voting among minorities, youth, and the general apathy of voters.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: IN SEARCH OF A COMMON DESTINY (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30320 Focuses on America's agenda in light of the recent rioting in Los Angeles and other American cities following the Rodney King verdict. Guests include Robert Woodson, president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Washington D.C.; Michael Cross, social worker and director of the Male Responsibility Program for the Detroit Urban League; Sister Souljah, rapper, organizer and lecturer; and Charles Hamilton, Wallace Sayre professor of Government at Columbia University and a member of the Committee on the Status of Black Americans.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30400 This program visits Chicago where citizen groups have joined with government officials to preserve manufacturing jobs, revitalize parks and prevent crime. Members of the National Commission on State and Local Public Service provide a national perspective.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: POLITICS, PEOPLE, AND POLLUTION (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30360 Explores the delicate balance between corporate productivity and environmental responsibility. Moyers looks behind the growing number of corporate 'green' ads and asks: What is image? He talks with industry representatives and grassroots environmentalists about corporate America's willingness to protect the public's health and safety.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: REAGAN, DEMOCRATS; UP FOR GRABS (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30550 Bill Moyers interviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson about the ongoing '92 campaign. Doug Bailey, publisher of "The Hotline," examines '92 campaign issues as represented by the media, and Peggy Noonan, former speech writer for Reagan and Bush, critiques the '92 candidates and their platforms.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: SO VIOLENT A NATION (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30310 Focuses on Dallas, TX to examine how violence is affecting American life.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: THE GOOD SOCIETY, PART I (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30330 Part I looks at Atlanta, GA. In spite of its divisions within the city, Atlanta is a place where people are coming together to work for a better community. Former President Jimmy Carter, Mayor Maynard Jackson, civic leaders and community activists are interviewed.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: THE GOOD SOCIETY, PART II (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30340 Focuses on L.A. - a city struggling to make a better society - and tells the stories of people who have long recognized the need for cooperative action to benefit the community as a whole. Interviewed are individuals in schools, churches, and grassroots organizations who put forth their ideas in support of building community in economically devastated urban areas.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: THE MONEY TRAIL (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30570 Bill Moyers investigates the influence of special interest groups and financial contributors on the political election process and politics in general.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: THE POLITICS OF TREES (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30520 Explores the many sides involved in the nation's forest controversy. Bill Moyers interviews people from the government, environmentalists, logging companies and loggers in the upper Northwest.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30540 Kathleen Hall Jamieson joins Bill Moyers in examining the '92 political rhetoric concerning religion and family values.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: UNEQUAL EDUCATION (VHS) 1992. 55 min. sd. color. #30530 Bill Moyers interviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson about the '92 campaign progress. Topics center on the American educational system and comparisons are made of parental choice and the proposed voucher system.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: WHAT PRICE THE DRUG WAR (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30410 Examines the cost of the drug epidemic to all Americans and discusses alternatives to our present national policy. Looks at America's drug policy on the local and international fronts and at the difficulty addicts have in obtaining treatment.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: WHO OWNS OUR GOVERNMENT (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30380 Examines the effect of political contributions on public policy. Shows how campaign contributions to key committee members of Congress helped cause the savings and loan debacle; how a loophole in the campaign finance law is permitting large cash contributions to undermine the public financing of presidential campaigns; and how special interest money from the $700 billion health care industry is preventing health care reform.

LISTENING TO AMERICA: WOMEN IN POLITICS (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #30390 Looks at the rising number of women on the political scene and at their impressions of politics. Harriet Woods, president of the National Women's Political Caucus and Jane Danowitz, executive director of the Women's Campaign Fund talk about the challenges candidates face.

LITERARY VISIONS (VHS) 1992. 30 min. each program. sd. color. #40270 Program Five: Plot and Structure In Short Fiction A dramatization of Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel" exemplifies the relationship of plot, structure and conflict. Program Six: Telling Their Tales: Character in Short Fiction Techniques of characterization and the importance of point of view become clear in a dramatization of Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing."

LITERARY VISIONS (VHS) 1992. 30 min. each program. sd. color. #40280 Program 9: Suggested Meanings: Symbolism and Allegory in Short Fiction Symbolism is prominent in a dramatization of D. H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealer's Daughter," while myth predominates in the work of Native American writer N. Scott Momaday, who is interviewed. Program 10: The Sum of Its Parts: Theme in Short Fiction Multiple themes are uncovered in "Everyday Use," a dramatization of Alice Walker's short story.

LITERATURE CIRCLES (VHS) 1990. 29 min. sd. color. #23310 What does a literature-based reading program look like? How is it organized? What is the teacher's role? Examines these and other important questions whole language teachers have. Instructional strategies such as Text Sets, Say Something, Readers Theater, Webbing, and Extensions are shown. Viewers will gain an understanding of the rationale underlying a process approach to the teaching of reading, and will learn what they can do to support and maintain a quality literature-based reading program in their classroom.

LITERATURE, LITERACY AND LEARNING (VHS) 1989. 22 min. sd. color. #24760 Presents new and revitalized approaches to language arts - whole language, integrated language arts, literature-based curriculum - and presents the key principles and characteristics that are common to each approach. Narrated by Dr. Dorothy Strickland.

LITTLE BIG MAN (VHS) 1970. 147 min. sd. color. #31660 Based on Thomas Berger's picaresque novel, this is the story of 121-year-old Jack Crabb and his quixotic life as gunslinger, charlatan, Indian, ally to George Custer and the only survivor of Little Big Horn.

LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL: 50 YEARS LATER (DVD) 2007. 70 min. sd. color/b&w. #72010 (Captioned) In 1957, Little Rock Central became a symbol of the struggles and hopes of the Civil Rights Movement. An eye-opening look at racial equality, education, and class at the high school today.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (VHS) 1986. 96 min. sd. color. #60380 (Closed captioned.) This story first flowered in a low-budget 1960 Roger Corman movie, resprouted as a smash 1980 off-Broadway musical and now comes full circle in this 1986 movie musical adaptation of the stage hit with a score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Directed by Frank Oz and starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin.

LIVE AND REMEMBER (VHS) 1987. 29 min. sd. color. #22500 Captures the hardships and contradictions that Dakota Sioux Indians face as they struggle to preserve their heritage in modern America. This documentary tells its story through interviews with members of the tribe and footage of their scenic yet often squalid reservations.

LIVE FLESH (VHS) 1997. 101 min. sd. color. #57430 Set in Madrid, Pedro Almodovar's seductive, subversive comedy stars Liberto Rabal as Victor, a pizza delivery man obsessed with Elena (Francesca Neri), a beautiful Italian junkie. When his aggressive courting is mistaken for rape, cops David and Sancho show up at the scene. Victor's gun accidentally goes off and David is shot and paralyzed. Four years later David is a wheelchair-bound basketball star, now married to Elena. When Victor is released from prison, their destinies begin to cross again. But nothing is what it seems, and only when Victor turns the world upside down do we see the true picture. In Spanish with English subtitles.

LIVE FROM THE MET HIGHLIGHTS (VHS) 1986. 70 min. sd. color. #19930 Highlights from the Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala including: Act I, Scene 2 of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera"; Act I of Verdi's "Don Carlo"; Act I of Puccini's "La Boheme"; Act II of Wagner's Tannhauser"; and Act II of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." With English subtitles.

LIVE OR DIE (VHS) 1978. 29 min. sd. color. #51150 Through the autopsy findings of two unrelated individuals, a pathologist reconstructs the lifestyles which led to their premature deaths. Points out that each individual is responsible for his or her own health and well-being.

LIVE SHORT FILMS BY LARRY JORDAN (VHS) 1978. ca. 20 min. sd. color. #21220 Included on this tape are three live short films by Larry Jordan entitled "Visions of a City," "Magenta Geryon," and "Cornell, 1965."

THE LIVELY ART OF PICTURE BOOKS (VHS) 1964. 57 min. sd. color. #6380 A discussion of the creation of picture books for children through interviews with three picture-book artists--Robert McCloskey, Maurice Sendak and Barbara Cooney--showing the different ways in which these artists perceive the same thing. Presents animated versions of picture books which won Caldecott Medals--The Snowy Day and Time of Wonder.

THE LIVING BODY: A NEW LIFE (VHS) 1985. 26 min. sd. color. #16160 This program looks at the events that lead from the fertilized cell to a human baby. Using film of living fetuses in the womb, it explains how the familiar human shape is sculpted out of the basic cell mass, what controls the timing of the various stages of fetal development and what life is like for a fetus.

LIVING IN AFRICA PART 2: THE SURVIVAL AGE - TANZANIA (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #60830 Tanzania illustrates some of the problems of development and the environmental crisis. The economists featured are critical of Western ideas about progress. The film reflects on the failure of both socialism and capitalism in this country and explains the need to overcome the legacy of colonialism.

LIVING IN AFRICA PART 3: THIS VIRUS THAT HAS NO CURE - ZAMBIA (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #60840 Worldwide there are over 17 million people infected with the AIDS virus and an estimated ten million live in Africa. The problem is placing a serious strain on the Zambian health system. The film explores ways in which the community is uniting to fight back, caring for sufferers and educating about prevention.

LIVING IN AFRICA PART 4: THE RICHES OF THE ELEPHANTS - ZIMBABWE (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #60850 The Campfire project is a highly successful program for both wildlife conservation and social development. The local community is allowed to sell safaris or hunting rights on public land reserves. The profit is used for development projects such as fences, schools, and individual households.

LIVING IN AFRICA PART 5: A LAND OF IMMENSE RICHES - MOZAMBIQUE (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #60860 Once devastated by war, Mozambique now offers positive models for bio-diversity, community conservation and eco-tourism. Shows members of the local community who are working with the conservation authorities to educate people about sustainable harvesting and many other ways of protecting the environment.

LIVING PHILOSOPHICALLY (VHS) 1988. Each program 30 min. sd. color. #51690 Moderator Jeffrey Mishlove interviews four speakers on the self as it relates to society, the universe, religion and thought. Programs include: Spirituality and the Intellect with Jacob Needleman; Self and Universe with Arthur M. Young; The Primordial Tradition with Huston Smith; and Self and Society with Jane Rubin.

LIVING TREASURES OF JAPAN (VHS) 1980. 60 min. sd. color. #26900 National Geographic presents a tribute to the artists who preserve the richness and beauty of ancient Japanese traditions.

LIVING UNDER THE CLOUD: CHERNOBYL TODAY (VHS) 1993. 59 min. sd. color. #63840 Reveals the ongoing devastating impact of Chernobyl on health and the environment, filmed eight years after the nuclear accident. Dr. Vladimir Chernousenko, dying from the exposure he received as scientific director of the clean-up team, has devoted his life to telling the truth of what happened at Chernobyl. He tells of the former U.S.S.R.'s inadequate attempts to deal with the situation. Videotaped recordings provided by Dr. Chernousenko show the inhumane suicide missions that many young soldiers, miners, and medical workers were sent to perform to rid the plant of radioactive debris. All who entered the 30 kilometer 'dead zone' are either dead or dying from radiation sickness. The effects of the 1986 disaster will be with the world for generations as radioactive particles carried across boundaries by wind and water, flora and fauna continue to contaminate the water, soil, food chain, and gene pool.

LOHENGRIN (METROPOLITAN OPERA) (VHS) 198v. 220 min. sd. color. #20172 The Met's production of the Wagnerian favorite garnered high praise. Stars Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, and Peter Hoffman. Subtitled.

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS 1994: CAMPAIGNS (PRODUCT CATEGORY) (VHS) 1994. 45 min. sd. color. #34730 Compares the different ways that countries around the world advertise and market the same products.

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS 1994: COPYWRITING (TECHNIQUE CATEGORY)(VHS) 1994. 45 min. sd. color. #34740 Allows the animators, cinematographers etc. to display the best of their respective crafts.

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS 1994: CORPORATE (PRODUCT CATEGORY) (VHS) 1994. 45 min. sd. color. #34750 Compares the different ways that countries around the world advertise and market the same products.

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS 1994: MEDIA PROMOTION (PRODUCT CATEGORY) (VHS) 1994. 45 min. sd. color. #34760 Compares the different ways that countries around the world advertise and market the same products.

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS 1994: PUBLIC SERVICE PARTS 1 & 2 (PRODUCT CATEGORY) (VHS) 1994. 45 min. sd. color. #34772 Compares the different ways that countries around the world advertise and market the same products.

LONG-TERM CARE DEBATE: CHOICES FOR REFORM (VHS) 1993. 22 min. sd. color. #32000 In anticipation of President Clinton�s national healthcare reform effort, nine national experts representing divergent viewpoints debate the future of long-term care. This program helps to open discussion about the kind of long-term care system we would like to see.

THE LONG VALLEY: A STUDY OF BEREAVEMENT (VHS) 1978. 50 min. sd. color. #11590 Although bereavement is a fact of life, discussing it is avoided and bereaved people are often ignored or shunned. Dr. Colin Parkes, a social psychiatrist, is filmed as he talks to a group of people about the natural processes of grief. The film emphasizes that these are normal reactions to loss and must not be suppressed if we are to successfully re-integrate into life and living.

THE LONG WALK HOME (DVD) 98 min. sd. color. #66480 (Closed captioned.) Whoopi Goldberg is Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman, who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson. When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms. Together, in a difficult world of black versus white, they manage to discover a common ground. Also starring Sissy Spacek and Dwight Schultz.

THE LONG WAY HOME (VHS) 1998. 116 min. sd. color. #64090 This documentary traces intimate stories of courage in the harrowing years between the end of World War II and the formation of the state of Israel. Includes archival footage, original broadcasts and personal testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust.

LOOKING AT YOUNG CHILDREN (VHS) 1988. 17 min. sd. color. #30090 Discusses the importance of observing young children in preschool settings and emphasizes the need for objectivity. Describes ways observers get and organize information. Shows examples of observation errors and emphasizes skills needed for accurate observation. Designed to train teachers, caregivers, and others who care for young children to obtain valid information about children. Includes stop-points for learning activities or group discussion.

LOOKING FOR LANGSTON (VHS) 1989. 45 min. sd. color. #33190 A look at the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, and black gay sexuality featuring the poetry of Essex Hemphill mixed with a blues/jazz soundtrack.

LOOKING FOR RICHARD (VHS) 1996. 112 min. sd. color. #55850 (Closed captioned.) Shakespeare's gripping drama of power, lust and betrayal becomes accessible to a broader audience in this film. The camera follows the cast and crew throughout rehearsals, eavesdropping on the behind-the-scenes process that goes into creating characters and mounting a production.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 1: AIN'T GOIN' AWAY (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8290 Covers the use of alcohol in the past and present.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 2: ALCOHOL AND THE BODY (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8300 Discusses the physical implications of alcohol use.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 3: PICKING UP THE TAB (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8310 A dramatization which shows the cost of drinking.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 4: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8320 A dramatization showing the symptoms of alcoholism.

LOOSENING THE GRIP, PROGRAM 5: CAUSES OF ALCOHOLISM (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8330 Guests Edith Gomberg, Mark Keller and Marc Schuckit discuss the many causes of alcoholism.

LOOSENING THE GRIP, PROGRAM 6: THE FIRST STEP (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8340 A dramatization illustrating intervention.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 7: THE END, THE BEGINNING (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #8350 Dramatizes the treatment of the individual and group counseling.

LOOSENING THE GRIP, PROGRAM 8: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #20750 Guests LeClair Bissel, M.D., and Bob, a member of A.A. discuss additional treatment modalities.

LOOSENING THE GRIP, PROGRAM 9: A FAMILY MATTER (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #20760 A dramatization of the effects of alcoholism on a family.

LOOSENING THE GRIP PROGRAM 10: SPECIAL TREATMENT (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #20770 Discusses the special populations that alcohol affects.

LOOSENING THE GRIP, PROGRAM 11: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #20780 Discusses the primary steps of prevention of alcoholism, such as alternatives to boredom.

L'ORFEO (VHS) 1978. 101 min. sd. color. #32980 Monteverdi's reworking of the most popular of all Greek myths, that of Orpheus and Euridice. Performed by the Monteverdi Ensemble of the Zurich Opera House. Subtitled.

LOS HIJOS DE SANCHEZ (VHS) 1985. 90 min. sd. color. #14080 Based on the novel by Oscar Lewis, this is the true story about the struggle of a father to keep his family together and of the aspirations of this family in the midst of poverty, hostility and little hope. Spanish dialogue.

LOS OLVIDADOS (VHS) 1950. 81 min. sd. b&w. #13140 Luis Bunuel's story of an unhappy youngster, rejected by his mother and a victim of poverty, who is controlled by a brutal, almost psychotic youngster who leads him into various crimes-including murder-and his eventual doom. In Spanish with English subtitles.

LOS SURES (VHS) 1983. 58 min. sd. color. #14790 Insightful documentary about one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods, the primarily Hispanic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, known as "Los Sures". The film closely examines the lives of five Puerto Rican residents of Los Sures - their dreams, their frustrations, their conflicts, their daily routines and what it takes to make a life there.

LOSING IT (VHS) 2000. 90 min. sd. color. #65310 This cross-cultural documentary, filmed on four continents, explores the lives of people who are living with physical disability, revealing their aspirations and realities. Through her insightful and sensitive interviews and an evocative visual style, director Sharon Greytak weaves a story of resilience, vulnerability and the everyday struggle to carve out a sense of purpose and worth.

LOST IN THE STARS (DVD) 1974. 97 min. sd. color. #66990 Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister, searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shanty towns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. But Kumalo's unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail facing a capital murder charge. Courage, dignity and sacrifice fall prey to the whirlwind of racist hypocrisy and hollow justice in Absalom's trial. Absalom's reunion and reconciliation with his father, his jailhouse marriage to his pregnant sweetheart, and his heroic determination to tell the truth set the stage for a tragic climax. Starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques, and Clifton Davis.

LOST WAX BRONZE CASTING (VHS) 1992. 103 min. sd. color. #32230 Demonstrates the step-by-step technique of wax bronze casting.

LOUISE ERDRICH AND MICHAEL DORRIS (VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #21900 Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris are a husband-wife team who collaborate on novels. As native Americans, their writings reflect the family, community and lifestyles of their heritage. They introduce the concept of "ironic humor" which enables Indians to live under oppression. They also focus on the native American's ability to live on the land without bringing it to the brink of ecological disaster.

LOUISE NEVELSON IN PROCESS (VHS) 1977. 30 min. sd. color. #23450 Louise Nevelson was in her seventies before art critics recognized her contribution to sculpture in America. Nevelson creates two new sculptures on-camera, providing a rare opportunity for viewers to share in the unfolding of her unique sculptural process.

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (VHS) 1984. 120 min. sd. color. #15010 The king of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them. At the end, news comes of the death of the King of France and the ladies depart, refusing to marry until their suitor's have undergone a year's probation - hence the play's title.

LOVINS ON THE SOFT PATH (VHS) 1982. 36 min. sd. color. #8370 A husband and wife team of energy consultants outline their analysis of the energy problem, stressing the declining use of hard non-renewable fuels, combined with an increasing use of renewable soft fuels such as sun, wind and water power. Using animation and charts the presentation of complicated information is done in a readily understandable fashion.

LRE: A POLICY OF INCLUSION (VHS) 23 min. sd. color. #27700 Don Shelby hosts this program stressing the successes of young children involved in inclusion processes in Minnesota. White Earth, Osakis, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, and Moorhead are some cities of focus. The Least Restrictive Environment concept is applied with an inclusion philosophy. Benefits and issues of inclusion are discussed from a family, teacher, and administrative viewpoint.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (VHS) 1986. 145 min. sd. color. #64930 The Australian Opera House production starring Joan Sutherland; conductor, Richard Bonynge. Subtitled in English.

LUISA VALENZUELA (VHS) 1993. 33 min. sd. color. #65690 In this program, Valenzuela talks about her life as a writer and analyzes several of her works within the context of four basic influences - history, politics, sex, and feminism. She discusses literary censorship under a repressive military regime, and compares ideas present in the writings of Fuentes, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Ocampo, and Orozco with those in several of her own works, including We Must Smile, The Lizard�s Tail, and Environmental Bar. In Spanish.

LUTHER (DVD) 1974. 111 min. sd. color. #67070 John Osborne's story of Martin Luther and his eventual condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation. Starring Stacy Keach, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee, Robert Stephens, Leonard Rossiter, and Julian Glover.

THE LUTTRELL PSALTER: EVERYDAY LIFE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND (VHS) 1994. 22 min. sd. color. #53970 Posterity owes to Sir Geoffrey Luttrell an inestimable debt for having commissioned the psalter that bears his name, for its illustrations provide an unmatched illustrated guide to life in England in the early 13th century. Learn why and how extraordinary books like this psalter were made, how they were written, and what they were written upon.

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