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OBA KOSO: NIGERIAN MUSIC AND DANCE DRAMA (DVD) 1975. 28 min. sd. color. #71930  Presents excerpts from the National Theater of Nigeria's production of Oba Koso, a folkloric Yoruba drama/musical/dance abou a wicked man who tries to overthrow a king. It features Margaret Croyden who comments on the scenes.

OBEDIENCE (VHS) 1965. 45 min. sd. b&w. #22610 Documents Stanley Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority, based on candid footage shot at Yale University. Subjects are told to administer electric shocks of increasing severity to another person. Both obedient and defiant reactions are shown, and subjects explain their actions after the experiment.

OBJECT-ORIENTED CLASS DESIGN USING THE MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASSES: SCOTT RANDALL (VHS) 1994. 50 min. sd. color. #40350 Object-orientation delivers reusability which shortens product development and allows applications to be changed quickly to react to new demands. The program addresses the importance of class libraries in object-oriented development, using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) as an example. Includes basic background details in object-oriented programming; usage of the C++ programming language; and Microsoft Windows, including OLE 2. Also includes a discussion of the architecture, features and usage details of MFC, and applications built on the application framework using real-world examples.

AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE (VHS) 1962. 28 min. sd. b&w. #20680 A dramatization of a Civil War story telling about events leading to the execution of a civilian planter, the preparations of the execution party and the planter's escape.

OEDIPUS REX (VHS) 1957. 90 min. sd. color. #29730 A landmark production of Sophocle's great tragedy, directed and filmed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie. The actors wear masks, thus performing their roles just as the Greeks did in Sophocles' time.

OF MICE AND MEN (VHS) 1981. 150 min. sd. color. #16120 An adaptation of the classic Steinbeck novel about the friendship between two southern itinerant ranch hands. Starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid.

OFF SEASON CONDITIONING PROGRAM FOR BASKETBALL (VHS) 1990. 43 min. sd. color. #22760 An off season conditioning program for basketball is presented for mental and physical readiness, challenge, and for simulation of court movement. Three phases are discussed: land conditioning, weight training and deep water conditioning.

THE OFFICIAL STORY (VHS) 1985. 112 min. sd. color. #14100 In the mid-70's, Argentina's military dictatorship carried out a brutal campaign of torture and murder against thousands of its own citizens. This is the true account of a woman who discovers that her own daughter, adopted at birth, may have been stolen from a family of "los desaparecidos" (the disappeared ones). She faces the choice of living a lie or the risk of tearing apart her own life and family. Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.

OIL AND ENERGY (VHS) 1996. 32 min. sd. color. #53590 The world demand for energy by 2020 will be 50% greater than it is today. Can we meet the demand? All energy sources will be needed but oil will dominate. Production will move into deeper waters and more remote places, which means longer pipelines. Even if reserves are found, concerns for the environment may prevent their use. Experts discuss energy technology, transportation, distribution, markets and cartels.

OIL: FLOATING TO VICTORY (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16850 The growth of Shell and BP are charted against the background of two world wars.

OIL: GOD BLESS STANDARD OIL (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16840 Oil's history of "winners and losers" started with John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil, spawning many of today's major oil companies.

OIL: OIL AND WATER (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16900 Examined are the different approaches between British and Norwegian governments in oil exploration in the North Sea.

OIL: SISTERS UNDER SIEGE (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16860 The post-war years saw major growth of the "Seven Sisters" - Esso, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco, Gulf, BP and Shell - to dominate world commerce.

OIL: THE DEVIL GAVE US OIL (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16880 Mexico borrowed heavily to develop its industry on the basis of rising oil prices, and faced bankruptcy when prices fell.

OIL: THE GLOBAL GAMBLE (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16910 Despite the present day oil glut, exploration continues throughout Norway, Africa, China and Kenya and the question arises - Are we doing enough to conserve our oil resources?

OIL: THE INDEPENDENTS (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16890 H. L. Hunt, who founded a Dallas-based oil dynasty, and T. Boone Pickens, who manipulated vast quantities of oil stock, are seen as key figures in the U.S. oil industry.

OIL: THE RISE OF OPEC (VHS) 1986. 58 min. sd. color. #16870 Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the central figure in OPEC, Muommar Kaddafi and Armand Hammer are featured in an examination of the serious balance of power manipulated through control of oil prices.

OKLAHOMA! (VHS) 1955. 145 min. sd. color. #59690 (Closed captioned.) Rodgers and Hammerstein's epic musical starring Gordon McRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert and Gloria Grahame as the sassy Ado Annie.

OLIVER (VHS) 1968. 145 min. sd. color. #60410 (Closed captioned.) Young Oliver is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-century London. Set to a heartfelt score that includes such favorites as "Consider Yourself," "Where is Love," and "As Long As He Needs Me," Oliver leads the viewer on a journey in search of love, belonging and honor among thieves.

O. M. UNGERS (VHS) 1988. 58 min. sd. color. #25290 An exploration of the architect and his work. Narrated by O. M. Ungers.

ON BEING A LIBERAL WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN: NADINE GORDIMER (VHS) 1994. 30 min. sd. color. #35860 (Closed captioned) Born and raised in South Africa, Nadine Gordimer is one of her country's most prolific writers. In her writings, she confronts the turbulent political reality of South Africa as it engulfs the people who live there. In this program with Bill Moyers, Gordimer discusses growing up as a white South African under apartheid, the causes of the tensions and violence between blacks in South Africa, and her views on the future of South Africa.

ON BEING A MAN (VHS) 1990. 58 min. sd. color. #23250 What does it mean to be a man today? How have men's roles changed in the wake of the women's movement? What has been gained? What has been lost? Join poet Robert Bly, storyteller Michael Meade and an audience of 30 Twin Cities' men in an hour of interaction, imagery and introspection.

ON OUR OWN: COMMUNITY INTEGRATION (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16770 Major gains have been made in integrating people with developmental disabilities into the community over the past ten years. However, there is still much work to be done in order for people to be fully accepted as valued members of society. This show looks at how people with developmental disabilities have been fully integrated into work and community settings.

ON OUR OWN: EMPOWERMENT - SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONING (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16700 When adolescents with developmental disabilities make the transition from the public school system to the adult community, most will need advocates to assist them, often their parents. This show explores how people can become "empowered" to help themselves or their children. A role play demonstrates the use of effective advocacy skills.

ON OUR OWN: ENTITLEMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16710 Individuals with developmental disabilities face a confusing and complex service system when they reach age twenty-one. They are entitled to participate in some programs, but not others. There are programs which they may be eligible for but which, for a variety of reasons, are not available in their community. This show explores what some of those entitlements and eligibilities are, and clarifies for parents how they can go about obtaining the maximum services available.

ON OUR OWN: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16730 This show highlights three families in various stages of the transition process. Featured are a young man who attends a day treatment program and lives at home, a second young man who lives in a group home and attends a sheltered workshop, and a young woman who lives and works independently.

ON OUR OWN: FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16760 Parents and professionals discuss the importance of using and accessing a variety of support systems. Parents speak out about the impact that a parent group has had on their lives.

ON OUR OWN: IEP - A TOOL FOR TRANSITION (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16670 Parents play a crucial role in shaping their developmentally disabled child's future through their participation in the Individualized Education Planning process. Parents and professionals discuss how the IEP process can be used to determine the skills their son or daughter will need for making a successful transition to adult life.

ON OUR OWN: PARENTS AS TRANSITIONAL SPECIALISTS (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16740 Addresses the role parents play in locating and evaluating services and programs for their adolescent who is transitioning out of the public education system. Several service options are featured to give viewers an idea of what to expect in various programs.

ON OUR OWN: TRANSITION - BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND ADJUSTMENTS (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16720 The period of adolescence brings about many changes and adjustments in behavior. For adolescents with developmental disabilities these adjustments can be even more difficult and sometimes lead to behavioral problems especially when the adolescent is making a transition to a new environment. This show explores the reasons for these behavioral changes, and techniques parents can use for handling them.

ON OUR OWN: TRANSITION - THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON ADOLESCENTS (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16690 Adolescents with developmental disabilities must deal with the same issues as non-disabled adolescents: personal identity, independence, sexuality and relationships with others. However, because of their disability, these issues are even more magnified, especially when making a transition from public school to adult life. This show features programs designed to help individuals acquire appropriate social and interpersonal skills.

ON OUR OWN: TRANSITION - THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON FAMILIES (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16680 A major period of stress on families of adolescents with developmental disabilities is when their child transitions from public school to adult services. This show looks at the emotional impact this has on families and ways they can cope with this transition period.

ON OUR OWN: TRANSITIONAL ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16750 For people with severe developmental disabilities, transitioning to adult services can present special difficulties due to lack of programs and support. Guests on this show discuss what options may be available and what parents can do to ease the transitional process.

ON OUR OWN: TRANSITIONING TO ADULT SERVICES (VHS) 1987. 30 min. sd. color. #16660 An overview of the issues faced by individuals with developmental disabilities as they transition from the public education system to adult services. Parents and professionals discuss available service options and how to go about obtaining them. An interview segment highlights a parent talking about the reality of finding services for her son.

ON OUR OWN TERMS: A DEATH OF ONE'S OWN (VHS) 2000. 90 min. sd. color. #61320 (Closed captioned.) More and more Americans are looking for opportunities to exert some measure of control over where and how they die. In this program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families, and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity. In the end, do these patients die the way they wanted? Yes...and no.

ON OUR OWN TERMS: A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARE (VHS) 2000. 90 min. sd. color. #61330 (Closed captioned.) At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. In this program, Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need.

ON OUR OWN TERMS: LIVING WITH DYING (VHS) 2000. 90 min. sd. color. #61340 (Closed captioned.) Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a strangely taboo subject in America. In this program, Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking - and talking - about dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professionals alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty, courage, and even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their loved ones.

ON SINGING ONSTAGE TAPE TWO: TECHNIQUE (VHS) 2002. 90 min. sd. color. #62670 The viewer begins instruction in the performance and audition techniques that make up the David Craig method. Here is the foundation necessary to gain the confidence and skills for the best possible presentation of a song through learning how to deal with focus, the vamp and "air."

ON THE BRINK (VHS) 1980. 29 min. sd. color. #12960 Examines child abuse through the dramatization of a situation in the fictional Tristero family, in which Ann Marie helps a friend who is an abusing parent. Points out that there are two victims in child abuse: the parent and the child.

ON THE HOMEFRONT: THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #29820 Complex family interactions and their effects on child development are explored in this new program. The video shows how different family structures (dual-income, single-parent, and reconstituted) affect children. The two dimensions of the "circumplex model" of parenting are explained. Also looks at how Baumrind and Elder each classified discipline, parental control tactics, and how birth order and age span affect sibling rivalry.

ON THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #31850 This program captures a lecture on the maximum principle by the celebrated analyst Louis Nirenberg. Nirenberg explains the method of moving planes and how the maximum principle provides a simplified approach to his method. He then uses this method to prove symmetry and monotonicity of solutions of certain boundary value problems. This lecture starts with the fundamentals and concludes with an intriguing and nontrivial problem that demonstrates the power of the maximum principle.

ON THE TRAIL OF A KILLER VIRUS (VHS) 1994. 60 min. sd. color. #52210 This program traces the discovery and identification of the deadly hantavirus strain that broke out in New Mexico in May of 1993 and soon became the focus of world concern. Join the physicians, scientists and Navajo medicine men who collaborated to find the cause of the mysterious outbreak. Shows the maximum containment lab where scientists work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ONCE UPON A TIME (VHS) 1992. 29 min. sd. color. #28620 Captures the traditions of Kenyans as they pass on their legends and wisdom in a fast-changing world. The legacy of diviners, healers, poets, story-tellers and singers is finding a home in the Church in Africa.

ONE NAMIBIA ONE NEW NATION (VHS) ca. 1990. 30 min. sd. color. #25950 This video briefly traces the struggles for independence, the election victory and independence celebration through the eyes of a seven-person team sent to Namibia from southern California.

ONE PERSON'S STRUGGLE WITH GENDER-BIASED LANGUAGE (VHS) 1994. 38 min. sd. color. #34720 Portrays one person's struggle with accepting new ways of looking at language. The "struggler" views various scenes in which gender-biased language is used, and then discusses these experiences with experts on language and diversity.

O'NEILL: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (VHS) 1976. 47 min. sd. b&w. #16190 O'Neill's skill in erecting a towering structure out of a simple story, with little action and in ordinary language, is shown in this superb production with Katherine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards, Jr. of large sections of the play.

ONLY THE BALL WAS WHITE (VHS) 1980. 30 min. sd. color/b&w. #33110 Vintage photographs, historic film clips, and colorful interviews document a bygone, bittersweet era in baseball when talented black players were denied stardom in the big leagues. Satchel Paige, Don Newcombe, and Roy Campanella share recollections of the grueling life in the Negro leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.

OPENING DOORS: PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN ITS 100th YEAR (VHS) 1995. 33 min. sd. color. #35900 Takes viewers into the lives of the Public Health nurse. The viewer travels with the Public Health nurse throughout Washington State into communities that are common to all America. From inner city Seattle to the rural community of San Juan Island, issues such as addiction support, teen pregnancy counseling and limited access to health care and social services are documented.

OPENING THE WEST (VHS) 1969. 50 min. sd. color and b &w. #24020 Videocassette release of two motion pictures by McGraw-Hill. "Years of Reconstruction" presents the turmoil of bringing the nation together after the Civil War and establishing the civil rights of the Blacks. "Westward Expansion" traces the movement of Americans to the West and the effect of the frontier on the American personality.

OPERATING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE IN THE 1990's (VHS) 1990. 50 min. sd. color. #25790 Lecture by Jim Mitchell of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Discusses the need to develop a new operating systems architecture, different from the currently successful systems. Presents requirements for success and a description of current work toward this goal.

THE OPPERMANNS (VHS) 1982. 238 min. sd. color. #16922 Mammoth West German television production based on the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger about the Oppermann family, who, beginning in the Nazi years of 1932, attempt to survive in Berlin against the forces of the Hitler regime. German dialog with English subtitles.

AN ORAL HISTORIAN'S WORK (VHS) 1987. 33 min. sd. color. #50430 Accompany Dr. Edward Ives through a series of tape-recorded interviews with woodsmen and river drivers. Watching this oral history project unfold, the viewer will learn the techniques Dr. Ives has refined in thirty years of work in the field. This tape explains and demonstrates how to complete a successful oral history project.

ORAL MOTOR SKILLS: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SPEAKING AND EATING (VHS) 1997. 82 min. sd. color. #54160 Provides information about oral-motor development in children and the relationship to the development of skills for eating and speaking. Assessment of oral-motor skills and planning clinical intervention is addressed. Medical issues related to oral-motor skill attainment, including when to refer for additional medical examination, and how factors impact therapy progress are presented. Also presented are applications for school programs.

ORANGE AND BLUE (VHS) 1962. 15 min. sd. color. #26170 An experimental film using color and music to create moods. Follows the adventures of an orange ball and a blue ball as they play in the countryside and in a junkyard.

ORDET (VHS) 1954. 126 min. sd. b&w. #16350 Carl Theodor Dreyer's version of the Kaj Munk play about the collapse of a rural family, and the miracle that restores its sustaining matron to life. Essentially a sullen, brooding essay on faith and religious secularism. Danish dialog with English subtitles.

ORFEO ED EURIDICE (VHS) 1987. 130 min. sd. color. #64940 The Glyndebourne Festival Opera production starring Dame Janet Baker. In Italian with English subtitles.

ORGANIC CLEANUP: MICROBES AND POLLUTION (VHS) 1996. 28 min. sd. color. #53570 Over 200 years of industrial activity have left the earth with a legacy of pollution and waste. This program looks at how pollution from everyday industrial production and from ecological disasters like the Exxon Valdez oil spill can be cleaned up with bacterial treatment. Demonstrates how microbes can and are being used successfully in the fight against pollution.

ORIENTEERING AND UNDERSTANDING MAPS (VHS) 1981. 13 min. sd. color. #20240 Orienteering was developed at the turn of the century to teach Swedish soldiers navigation skills. Later, civilians adapted the training exercise into a sport. The object is to locate a series of markers, or "control points," laid out over several acres or more. Armed with only a map, a compass, a keen eye and their wits, orienteering contestants match the complex map symbols with the surrounding objects as they race to navigate through unfamiliar field and forest.

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: CREATIONISM AND EVOLUTION (VHS) 1997. 22 min. sd. color. #53420 Discusses why scientists abandoned the theory of special creation and replaced it with evolution by natural selection. Explains the difference between fact and theory in science; shows how there are lively differences about details of evolution theory; shows why sciences today, from astronomy to nuclear physics, use the knowledge of evolutionary change as basic data in their on-going work.

THE ORIGINALS: ALICE WALKER (VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #19750 Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker has a deep sense of personal mission and a strong sense of self that helped her to triumph over her humble beginnings as the eighth child of a Georgia sharecropper. Her discussion touches on a variety of topics, including family violence and the position of black women in America.

THE ORIGINALS: GLORIA STEINEM (VHS) 1988. 30 min. sd. color. #19760 Prominent figure in the feminist movement and founder of `Ms.' magazine, Steinem lives by the premise that "no one thing is right for everybody." In this program, she talks about her own politicization and the state of feminism in America today.

ORIGINS: RETRACING MAN'S STEPS (VHS) 1988. 28 min. sd. color. #34220 Fossils and bones are the records of the family tree of man's ancestors. Other records of our past are found in the cave paintings at Lescaux, which show the rise of symbolic thinking; the change in larynx placement from chimp to man documents the development of speech from gestural language; and there is ample evidence from the time when bones became digging tools and weapons.

ORLANDO FURIOSO (VHS) 1990. 147 min. sd. color. #25580 The action of this opera takes place on the enchanted island of the sorceress Alcina, where the cast of characters has been brought by fate. Marilyn Horne sings the title role. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

OROFACIAL MYOLOGY: BEYOND TONGUE THRUST (VHS) 1994. 38 min. sd. color. #51670 The October 1991 ASHA sponsored video-enhanced teleseminar featuring Joseph Zimmerman and Gayle Snyder. Part one includes types and sequences; and part two covers screening, assessment and treatment.

THE ORPHAN TRAINS (VHS) 1995. 60 min. sd. color. #54900 (Closed captioned.) In 1853, thousands of homeless children prowled the streets of New York City. Shocked by their plight, a young minister, Charles Loring Brace, organized an ambitious rescue program. Over the next 75 years, his Children's Aid Society and other East Coast charities sent more than 150,000 children to 47 states­by train. In thousands of rural towns, families selected children to take home. Some were exploited and abused. But many were treated kindly and formed strong, loving bonds with their new mothers and fathers.

OTELLO (VHS) 1992. 146 min. sd. color. #13690 The Royal Opera Production starring Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa. Conducted by Georg Solti. Italian with English subtitles.

OTHELLO (BBC) (VHS) 1982. 208 min. sd. color. #9202 (Also available on DVD #67550) Shakespeare's play starring Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Pedley, Bob Hoskins, and Penelope Wilton.

OTHELLO (SUZMAN) (VHS) 1988. 187 min. sd. color. #28572 This Othello is a controversial and powerful interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy by the South African born actress Janet Suzman. It is the first time an African actor has been cast in the title role opposite a white actress as Desdemona, in a major production of the play, performed in front of a multi-racial audience in South Africa. Features John Kani as Othello.

OUR DAILY BREAD (VHS) 1934. 73 min. sd. b&w. #32010 One of the best films of the American Depression. A young couple, unable to find work in the city, take over an old farm and struggle against all odds. A courageous tribute to American optimism and an utterly compelling film.

OUR SACRED LAND (VHS) 1984. 28 min. sd. color. #16010 A look at the tumultuous history of the restriction of Sioux's rights to visit and worship on their sacred, unreserved land.

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (VHS) 1973. 5 min. sd. color. #9910 (Cassette also includes programs entitled "Earth-Sun Relationship"; "A Day in Space"; and "Universe.") Uses animation to teach the names, placement and characteristics of the planets in our solar system.

Universe 1976. 28 min. sd. color. Shows a mysterious and incredibly violent universe. Explores almost inconceivable extremes of size and time, from galaxies to subatomic particles and from cosmic events that occurred millions of years ago to microcosmic events of the present that endure only a billionth of a second.

OUR TOWN (VHS) 1940. 88 min. sd. b&w. #31990 The little town of Grovers Corners - with all its problems, large and small - comes to life in Thornton Wilder's classic adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Full of warmth and emotion, Our Town is about the spirit that's made America great. Starring William Holden, Thomas Mitchell, and Martha Scott.

OUT IN SUBURBIA: THE STORIES OF ELEVEN LESBIANS (VHS) 1988. 28 min. sd. color. #30980 This revealing documentary shatters the stereotypes held by many people unfamiliar with the gay community. Eleven women discuss their lives in local neighborhoods, covering a wide range of issues including marriage, motherhood, discrimination and female roles. This films shows that many lesbians have mainstream values and lead conventional lives.

OUT OF ASIA: NEW THEORIES ON EVOLUTION (VHS) 1997. 50 min. sd. color. #59490 The common consensus among anthropologists is that modern man emerged from Africa. This program examines new evidence that disputes this theory and alleges that simultaneous to the emergence of Homo erectus in Africa, there were also groups of Homo erectus in Australia. Was there an earlier diaspora that predates the African migration? Is there a single, linear evolution from Homo erectus to modern man, or is it possible that there were various strains and that evolution is a result of hybridization? Does Java Man, dated as living two million years ago, refute the Africa theory?

OUT OF THE DARK AGES: A TALE OF FOUR GERMAN EMPERORS: CONRAD II: THE FIRST SALIAN EMPEROR (VHS) 1996. 47 min. sd. color. #65860 The Salian dynasty came to power with the election of Conrad of Swabia after the Saxon dynasty died out in 1024. This program charts the career of the first of the Salian line, Emperor of the Romans and King of the Germans. A formidable ruler, Conrad II obtained suzerainty over the kingdom of Burgundy and reasserted German power in Italy. He also ordered the construction of the architectural centerpiece of his empire: the imperial cathedral in Speyer.

OUT OF THE DARK AGES: A TALE OF FOUR GERMAN EMPERORS: HENRY III: THE HIGH NOON OF THE SALIC EMPIRE (VHS) 1996. 47 min. sd. color. #65870 The reign of Henry III, which began in 1039, marks the zenith of Salian rule. This program presents the story of the man who formed the strongest central government in medieval German history - a government under which Romanesque culture blossomed while making the papacy a virtual vassal to imperial power. However, lay opposition to the emperor in the Holy Roman Empire and criticism of Henry's regime over its treatment of the Church were on the rise during the last years of his reign.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM ONE: NEW WORLDS (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28650 (Closed captioned.) From the vast empires of the Aztecs to the roving tribes of hunters and gatherers, the evidence of cultural evolution as a global process was irrefutable. This program charts the intellectual impact of the European "discovery" of the New World and the ways in which this discovery influenced both the emergence of anthropology and archaeology as disciplines.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM TWO: THE HEARTH (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28660 (Closed captioned.) The remains of houses at sites reveal the physical contexts of ancient family life, permitting archaeologists to reconstruct family size, composition and function. This program studies how the forms and functions of households vary from society to society, and how the infrastructure of domestic economy supports not only the family, but larger social groupings as well.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM THREE: ARTISANS AND TRADERS (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28670 (Closed captioned.) Archaeologists frequently use economic institutions as barometers of cultural complexity and evolution. This program investigates the processes (such as population growth and technological change) that promote specialization and trade, and how these relate to social and political organization. Particular attention is given to the energy sources that determine the economic patterns of ancient societies.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM FOUR: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28680 (Closed captioned.) Symbolic communication is the most important single element of human culture. Writing is an invaluable aid to archaeologists in reconstructing the past. This program demonstrates how archaeologists detect whatever form of communication remains, then interpret symbolic meanings and reconstruct symbolic behavior. Also noted are how symbolic systems change through time, taking on new functions as social contexts change.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM FIVE: POWER, PRESTIGE AND WEALTH (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28690 (Closed captioned.) How can we measure the power of a long-dead king? This program reveals the different methods used to study how rulers have gained and kept power. An evolutionary model, largely derived from the ethnographic record, defines several successive political forms: Egalitarian systems, ranked systems (chiefdoms), and stratified systems (states or civilizations).

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM SIX: REALMS (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28700 (Closed captioned.) What do rulers do? What are their relationships with their own elites, commoners and each other? How do they use force, wealth and symbols to reinforce their positions and vie for advantages? The focus of the program is the complex political arrangements of ancient civilization and the basic functions of those systems.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM SEVEN: SPIRITS GREAT AND SMALL (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28710 (Closed captioned.) In all cultures, people turn to religion for comfort, guidance and an explanation of spiritual continuities beyond life and death. Ritual behavior and sacred spaces and objects give form to religious meanings, and archaeologists are challenged to detect the significance of what they find, and even more difficult, to understand this significance and interpret it properly. This program reviews the basic functions of religion, how religion reflects and reinforces social, political and economic institutions, and how it is manipulated as such institutions evolve.

OUT OF THE PAST PROGRAM EIGHT: COLLAPSE (VHS) 1992. 60 min. sd. color. #28720 (Closed captioned.) Classic Maya culture disappeared in its heartland a millennium ago. Archaeologists working at Copan have found that the Maya left an important message for other civilizations - one that reveals the consequences of overpopulation and over-exploitation of resources. This final program introduces us to the enemy: our own quick-fix solutions for our long-range problems. The basic message is that the biggest threat to humans is what we do to ourselves. But through archaeology, we can apply lessons of the past to the present.

THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (VHS) 1976. 136 min. sd. color. #31650 A farmer becomes a one-man army to avenge the slaughter of his wife and child by Civil War renegades. With Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George.

OUTSTANDING STUDENT WORK IN INQUIRY (VHS) 1999. 45 min. sd. color. #59820 Gives classroom teachers representative examples of outstanding student work on some standards in the inquiry learning area.

THE OVERCOAT (VHS) 1959. 73 min. sd. b&w. #22510 Based on a novel written by Nikolai Gogol about a poor, degraded clerk - "the small man" of the eighteenth century.

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