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THE VALUE OF ANIMAL RESEARCH IN THE BETTERMENT OF HEALTH (VHS) 1984. 17 min. sd. color. #11070 Examines the ethical methods used for medical research on animals. Explains that every major medical advance is attributed to medical experimentation using animals.

VALUES IN CONFLICT: LESSONS FROM THE NANCY CRUZAN STORY (VHS) 1993. 50 min. sd. color. #31980 Videotaped presentation of a community lecture at Moorhead State University by Christy Cruzan White, director of the Nancy Cruzan Foundation, a Foundation dedicated to providing support and assistance to families facing difficult medical decisions. Christyıs sister, Nancy, was left in a vegetative state following a car accident. Nationally known, Christy Cruzan speaks about her familyıs experience in an effort to educate people about issues relating to medical treatment decision-making.

VASSILY KANDINSKY (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #21290 A native of Russia, he taught at the Bauhaus, and became a leader of the abstract impressionist movement in Paris. Kandinsky's emotional use of color and forms pulsates through the film, shot during a major retrospective at the Paris Centre de Pompidou.

VENICE: QUEEN OF THE ADRIATIC (VHS) 1992. 30 min. sd. color. #32650 Venice rises from the sea on 119 small islands, separated by the 160 canals that dominate Venetian life. Its jeweled Basilica, a blend of Byzantine splendor and Western imagination, was built in 829 to honor St. Mark. Close by is the pink marble Palace of the Doges, the Sansovino Library, the towering Campanile, the Landmark Clock, all around a square - the Piazza San Marco - that has been called "the most beautiful room in Europe." The churches and palaces, gondolas and canals, public buildings and private villas, art museums and piazzas have steadily declined into a gorgeous decay.

VERMILLION EDITIONS: RIGHT TO PRINT (VHS) 1984. 55 min. sd. color. #21280 As one of the country's most distinguished print studios, Vermillion Editions attracts artists from all over the U. S. to Minnesota to work with master printer Steven Andersen. This program opens with a brief overview of modern American printmaking and then goes behind the scenes into the studios to show artists making highly complex prints on paper.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 1: SKELETAL SYSTEM OVERVIEW & BONES OF THE THORAX (VHS) 1997. 25 min. sd. color. #54650 Includes anatomical position for basic reference, the skeleton, and parts of interest.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 2: RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED MUSCLES (VHS) 1997. 19 min. sd. color. #54660 Includes muscles associated with thorax; muscles associated with neck region; muscles associated with anterior abdominal wall.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 3: UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (VHS) 1997. 22 min. sd. color. #54670 Includes upper respiratory pathways, lower respiratory pathways, and the lungs.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 4: LARYNX (VHS) 1997. 16 min. sd. color. #54680 The pharynx and larynx including skeletal muscles and motor and sensory nerves are shown.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 5: ORAL CAVITY AND FACIAL MUSCLES (VHS) 1997. 23 min. sd. color. #54690 Skeletal muscles, motor and sensory nerves of the face, facial artery and vein, teeth, gums, tongue, hard palate, soft palate and uvula, and palatine tonsils are shown.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 6: BRAIN AND ASSOCIATED PARTS (VHS) 1997. 21 min. sd. color. #54700 The brainstem and cerebrum, including gyri, sulci, lobes, major Brodmann's areas, meninges, and cranial nerves of interest in speech and language are shown.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 7: BONES OF THE SKULL AND FACE (VHS) 1997. 20 min. sd. color. #54710 Skull bones, cranial cavity, skull cap, and hard palate (maxillary and palatine bones) are shown.

VIDEO ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TAPE 8: THE AUDITORY MECHANISM (VHS) 1997. 42 min. sd. color. #54720 Structures of the outer, middle and inner ear are shown.

VIDEO AND LEARNING (VHS) 1989. 29 min. sd. color. #20040 The VCR to date has been thought of almost exclusively as an entertainment medium. This program states that video - along with reading, learning from another person, and learning through experience - will become a major method of learning.

VIDEO ART: WET PAINT (VHS) 1987. 20 min. sd. color. #21300 Four video art pieces by Jules Engel, the noted California video artist and animator: "Wet Paint", "Accident", "Shapes and Gestures" and "Train Landscapes." Engel's imagery bespeaks of Klee, Kandinsky and Mondrian, yet is animated - paintings dancing, transforming in time as if choreographed by Graham or Cunningham. Music by Steve Goldman, Stan Levine and Carl Stone.

THE VIDEO ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY TAPE 4: THE HEAD AND NECK, PART 1 (VHS) 1996. 160 min. sd. color. #66300 This tape consists of five sections: support and movement of the head; the facial skeleton and the base of the cranium; the nasal cavity and its surroundings; the oral cavity and its surroundings; and the larynx and its surroundings. 

VIDEO BIRTH LIBRARY: BIRTH 9: EVELYN AND LARRY (VHS) 1991. 11 min. sd. color. #26890 Evie is 35 and single. She is having her first baby. Her boyfriend Larry is with her during labor. The pregnancy has been complicated at the end by non-reactive non-stress tests and an ultrasound showing a grade III placenta, so the decision is made to induce labor when Evie is at 41+ weeks. There are fetal heart rate declarations during labor, and meconium is present, but with careful monitoring and good medical care, Evie nevertheless delivers a healthy baby vaginally. This is an excellent realistic example of technology being used effectively in the face of complications.

VIDEO, CD-ROM AND THE WEB VIDEOCONFERENCE (VHS) 1997. 120 min. sd. color. #53450 Closed captioned. Features directors of public and academic libraries that have successfully incorporated new media into library collections and services. The conference provides a discussion of the central issues and concepts involved in building electronic media collections and access, as well as guidance in planning for future developments.

VIDEO DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL BALLET (VHS) 198v. 270 min. sd. color. #20152 Presents over 800 variations in International Russian, French and Cecchetti styles demonstrated by Merrill Ashley, Denise Jackson, Kevin McKenzie and George Parkinson.

VIDEO GUIDE TO AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (VHS) 1997. 20 min. sd. color. #57770 Agarose gel electrophoresis is a standard method used to purify and separate fragments of DNA. DNA fragments of different sizes are separated from each other due to different migrational velocities in agarose gel under the influence of an electric field.

VIDEO GUIDE TO DNA BIOTECHNOLOGY VOLUMES 1 AND 2 (VHS) 1997. 84 min. sd. color. #57760 This two-volume video provides a complete understanding of each aspect of DNA biotechnology. Volume 1 includes: introduction, structure of chromosomes; DNA structure and replication; transcription; and translation. Volume 2 includes: introduction to plasmids; plasmid preparation; restriction and modifying enzymes; DNA hybridization; screening of bacterial colonies; agarose gel electrophoresis; southern blot; DNA mutation; DNA sequencing; and bacteriophage infection.

VIDEO GUIDE TO IMMUNO BIOTECHNOLOGY (VHS) 1997. 33 min. sd. color. #57750 Provides basic knowledge of the immune system and the principles of the common immune biotechniques used in research and industry.

VIDEO LETTER FROM JAPAN II: SUBURBAN TOKYO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (VHS) 1988. 28 min. sd. color. #27830 Examines the lives of Japanese high school students as they make decisions about their future.

THE VIDEO MCLUHAN SERIES (VHS) 1996. 250 min. sd. color and b&w. Written and narrated by Tom Wolfe, this series presents the most complete video record of communications theorist Marshall McLuhan. Using footage from the 1950's to the late 1970's, this series traces the development of McLuhan's thinking and takes the viewer through McLuhan's rise to prominence on the world stage. McLuhan discusses and argues his themes in the classroom, on the lecture circuit, on TV talk shows and newsmagazine programs.

Tape 6: York Univ. Lecture 1979 (31 min.) #53770

THE VIDEO NEWS RELEASE (VHS) 1995. 22 min. sd. color. #64030 Companies sometimes produce their own press releases on video and provide them to television stations as if they were news spots. Video news releases look like television news stories but actually promote a product, service, or idea. Featuring the commentary of television news experts, this video investigates the video news release advertising tactic.

VIDEO TECH PART 1: SUCCESSFUL CAMERA WORK FOR VIDEO (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #59280 Explains the main functions of the camcorder, aspects of framing and image composition, the relationship between subject and camera movement, and simple tracking and jib movements.

VIDEO TECH PART 2: SUCCESSFUL LIGHTING FOR VIDEO (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #59300 Explains how to control sunlight, artificial light, and professional lighting instruments for maximum video effect.

VIDEO TECH PART 3: SUCCESSFUL SOUND FOR VIDEO (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #59310 Presents an explanation of the different types of microphones and when to use each, when certain types of sound are appropriate, the use of audio mixers on location and in postproduction, recording levels, distortion, multitracking, mixing, music recording, and sound effects.

VIDEO TECH PART 4: SUCCESSFUL EDITING FOR VIDEO (VHS) 1996. 30 min. sd. color. #59290 Takes a look at the creative skills needed by a video editor, and at some of the practical aspects of postproduction, using both linear videotape and nonlinear digital techniques.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 1: THE ROOTS OF WAR (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color.#14800 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 2) A short history of the century during which France dominated Vietnam under the colonial tradition leading up to the rise of Ho Chi Minh. In the last days of WW II, the tiny country was the scene of chaos, great-power rivalries and a power vacuum. Ho, flanked by U.S. officers, declared independence in Hanoi, but the British helped the French regain control of Saigon--effectively dividing the country.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 2: THE FIRST VIETNAM WAR (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14800 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 1) The Viet Minh led by Ho tried to oust the French from the rest of the peninsula. The U.S. viewed this together with the "loss of China" and the Korean War as parts of the Cold War. They escalated aid to the French, while growing increasingly impatient with them. The French influence ended with their defeat at Dien Bien Phu and with the 1954 Geneva conference which resulted in a cease-fire and temporary division of the country.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 3: AMERICA'S MANDARIN 1954-1963 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14810 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 4) Dividing the country caused Catholics and pro-French northerners to flee to the South where Ngo Dinh Diem had become President with U.S. support in the form of monetary aid and a few military advisors. In 1960, the National Liberation Front appeared as an effort to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. With Kennedy as U.S. President, the number of U.S. advisors escalated. In 1963, Diem was overthrown by the Right, rather than the Left.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY EPISODE 4: LBJ GOES TO WAR 1964-65 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14810 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 3) After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Lyndon Johnson inherited "revolving door" coups in Saigon as none of Diem's successors were able to control the South. Increasingly, the FLN guerrillas controlled the countryside as the South Vietnam army disintegrated. The Tonkin Gulf incident precipitated raids on the North and the Marines landed at Danang. Secretly, Johnson approved open-ended deployment of U.S. troops.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 5: AMERICA TAKES CHARGE 1965-67 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14820 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 6) How did the Viet Minh and FLN respond to the big American buildup? We see their response, and an American soldier's view of war with a most-often unseen enemy. The buzz words of the war: "search and destroy, body count, pacification," are demonstrated with Operation Cedar Falls as an example of a major military operation of the period.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 6: AMERICA'S ENEMY 1954-67 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14820 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 5) This is a view of the war as experienced by the followers of Ho Chi Minh and described by their opponents - U.S. soldiers and POW's. See the effects of Hanoi's growing socialization of the North and the results of U.S. bombing, guerrilla and conventional warfare. The Americans analyze the fighting qualities and behavior of their enemy.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 7: TET, 1968 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14830 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 8) One of the big turning points in the war came when the Americans thought they were winning, while actually stalemate existed. On the Tet holiday attacks came in areas the U.S. thought to be secure, including Saigon. The defeats caused second thoughts in Washington that eventually resulted in Johnson's decision to call a partial bombing halt and to not run for re-election. Peace talks began, while the war continued.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 8: VIETNAMIZING THE WAR 1969-73 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14830 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 7) The U.S. began disinvolving itself from the war by training the South Vietnamese army to fight the battles. The withdrawal of U.S. troops resulted in hardship for the South Vietnamese as the flow of goods and dollars diminished. In the 1972 spring offensive and battle for Quang Tri nearly all of the casualties were Vietnamese.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 9: NO NEUTRAL GROUND: CAMBODIA AND LAOS (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14840 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 10) The fate of two of Vietnam's weaker neighbors was also decided as the South disintegrated. The U.S. extension of the war into Laos and Cambodia to stop attacks and supplies from across those borders hurt the object of the attack. Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia was overthrown and he joined the Khmer's Rouge.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 10: PEACE IS AT HAND (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14840 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 9) From 1968 to 1973, Nixon and Henry Kissinger worked to end the war, preferably with a victory through increased bombing, but to end it any way necessary. Vietnamization increased and U.S. ground troops were withdrawn except for some advisors to the South Vietnamese army. Prisoners of war were exchanged, and the spirit of detente with Russia and China helped lead to "peace."

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 11: HOMEFRONT, USA (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14850 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 12) The years of heavy U.S. involvement in Vietnam (1965-73) changed America. From the view of a sizable portion of the public the country was involved in a war that was not necessary. The country polarized between hawks and doves. To what extent were the opposing sides playing to the media? War was certainly no longer a unanimous endeavor.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 12: THE END OF THE TUNNEL 1973-75 (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14850 (Mounted on cassette with Episode 11) With the North Vietnamese spring offensive of 1975, the South Vietnamese army collapsed, falling back to Saigon and culminating with the memorable exodus of the remaining Americans, by helicopter from the roof of the embassy. For the first time, American soldiers returned home to ignominy rather than admiration. To further challenge the public faith, Watergate destroyed the respect of many for the Presidency itself.

VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY: EPISODE 13: LEGACIES (VHS) 1983. 60 min. sd. color. #14860 In many respects Vietnam remains the "war that will not go away." Veteran's issues include delayed stress syndrome and the effects of Agent Orange. The military may never regain its WWII popularity. The boat people demonstrate that a portion of the Vietnamese were so unable to relate to the victors that they would risk their lives to escape. There is also the destructive effects of the thirty year war on the once beautiful land itself.

VIKINGS! (VHS) 1980. Each program 30 min. sd. color. A look at the long-lost world of history and romantic legend of the Vikings, the fierce Scandinavian seamen who first arrived in the new world a thousand years ago.

Program Ten: Here King Harold is Killed #23990 Examines 1066 - the end of the Viking Age.

VINCENT (VHS) 1989. 99 min. sd. color. #32480 Combines the imagery of Van Gogh's prolific output and newly shot footage recreating his environments. The narration reflects his own thoughts from letters to his brother Theo.

VINCENT & THEO (VHS) 1991. 140 min. sd. color. #32750 Director Robert Altman paints a provocative picture of the tragic life of artist Vincent Van Gogh and his obsessively dedicated brother Theo.

VIRIDIANA (VHS) 1961. 90 min. sd. b&w. #14240 Luis Bunuel's ironic, biting drama of a young girl about to take her holy vows, but the suicide of her beloved uncle causes her to forsake the church and return to his farm. A horde of beggars and derelicts return her well-intended charity with a nightmare of meanness and greed. Spanish with English subtitles.

VIRUSES (VHS) 1997. 34 min. sd. color. #55200 This program examines how viruses, though incapable of living outside living cells, have developed refined strategies for reconfiguring the host organism into one that serves exclusively as a virus breeder. Sophisticated computer graphics and microscopy allow viewers to watch as these resourceful parasites seek out, damage, or kill the invaded host.

VISION AND THE EFFECTIVE PRINCIPAL (VHS) 1987. 40 min. sd. color. #16650 This program is designed to develop and revitalize constructive leadership skills. The program consists of a handbook, leader guide and a 40 minute videotape. These procedures will give new ideas, fresh approaches, and test proficiency in executing leadership skills.

THE VISION OF THE BLIND (VHS) 1989. 46 min. sd. color. #32210 New psychological insights are giving researchers a clearer understanding of how the brain of a blind person adapts to provide a unique vision of the unseen environment. Scientists believe that even when a person cannot see, the visual cortex actively processes input from the four remaining senses. This new understanding, together with advanced teaching techniques and electronic aids, are helping the blind become more active in the world. Shows both special and mainstreamed schools where young children gain the confidence and skills to lead fulfilling lives. It introduces several blind artists who have found ways to express their image of the unseen world.

VISIONS OF LITERACY: EARLY CHILDHOOD (VHS) 1990. 30 min. sd. color. #25910 In two inner-city classrooms children are invited to use what they know to discuss literature, conduct inquiry projects, and engage in reading and writing activities which allow them to make personal connections with literacy. Demonstrated on the videotape are how teachers might organize for instruction through such instructional strategies as Uninterrupted Reading and Writing, Literature Study and Theme Cycles.

VITAMIN BASICS (VHS) 1995. 22 min. sd. color. #50810 (Closed captioned) Explains what vitamins are, how they work, and whether they are helpful in preventing disease and slowing the aging process.

VITESSE ET TGV NORD (VHS) 1990. 29 min. sd. color. #52900 Establishes the French TGV as the leader in high-speed rail transport. TGV nord et interconnexion enumerates the important stages involved in the ultimate goal of uniting Europe by rail. Le serpent bleu is a prize-winning short about the evolution of the TGV. (In French, no subtitles.)

VOICE ASSESSMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY (VHS) 1997. 700 min. sd. color. #54603 This video series presents state of the art information about voice production. It addresses the nature and assessment of acoustic, perceptual, aerodynamic and physiologic aspects of voice as they apply to voice improvement and management.

VOICE OF AMERICA PROGRAMS (VHS) 1989. 40 min. sd. color. #22440 The discussion includes Voice of America programs, particularly VOA involvement in China.

VOICE PRODUCTION: THE VIBRATING LARYNX (VHS) 1960. 42 min. sd. b&w. #27490 Illustrates the physiological aspects of voice production.

VOICES AND VISIONS: ELIZABETH BISHOP (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18120 (Second VHS copy available # 55250) (Closed captioned.) Documentary footage heightens the magical realism of Elizabeth Bishop's poems and explores her preoccupation with perception and the boundaries of consciousness. Brazilian and North American images and artifacts convey her acute visual sense and penetrating, idiosyncratic attention to poetic detail.

VOICES AND VISIONS: EMILY DICKINSON (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18130 (Second VHS copy available # 55270) (Closed captioned.) Although she spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson's poems present a Shakespearean range of experience. This program dispels the belief that Dickinson was unworldly and naive, and describes a passionate woman who knew her powers and chose a reclusive life to foster them.

VOICES AND VISIONS: EZRA POUND (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color #18140 (Second VHS copy available # 55340) (Closed captioned.) Ezra Pound appears as the most controversial of modern American poets. The program follows his search for poetic knowledge from America to Venice, and then to London, where he set up a one-man literary center from 1908-1918 and became a leader in the Modernist movement. Relatives, friends and critics reveal his obsession with economic and political ideas while in Italy during World War II.

VOICES AND VISIONS: HART CRANE (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18150 (Second VHS copy available # 55260) (Closed captioned.) Powerful images of contemporary machinery and the Brooklyn Bridge reflect Hart Crane's preoccupation with technology and its human impact. Dramatizations of his life in the Caribbean, New York and Ohio reveal his optimistic belief that it is possible to unify history and autobiography within a myth of America.

VOICES AND VISIONS: LANGSTON HUGHES (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18160 (Second VHS copy available # 55300) (Closed captioned.) On-location footage in Senegal, France, Kansas and Harlem chronicles the life and work of Langston Hughes, who achieved distinction in poetry, fiction and drama. Performances of this poet's lyrics reveal their inspiration in the music he loved - jazz, the blues, and gospel. Contemporary writers explore Hughes' broad and varied influence on their work.

VOICES AND VISIONS: MARIANNE MOORE (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18170 (Second VHS copy available # 55320) (Closed captioned.) Poets and critics praise and explain the "wild decorum" of Marianne Moore's unique style. Presentations of her poetry show the use of idiosyncratic poetic forms and her penchant for weaving quotations into her work. The program gives special emphasis to her extraordinary powers of observation, whether of animals or artifacts, places or paintings.

VOICES AND VISIONS: ROBERT FROST (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18180 (Second VHS copy available # 55290) (Closed captioned.) Through his lyric poems and dramatic narratives, Robert Frost asserts that nature is the clearest window into the human personality. Interviews with the poet conducted over a 15-year period as well as dramatized versions of some of his poems present insights into his work.

VOICES AND VISIONS: ROBERT LOWELL (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18190 (Second VHS copy available # 55310) (Closed captioned.) Scenes from Italy, Amsterdam, Tennessee, Maine, Boston, and New York illuminate the work of this historian-poet. Footage of Lowell in his apartment, on anti-war protest marches, and tramping around Boston are intercut with interviews that discuss his use of autobiography as a subject matter for poetry.

VOICES AND VISIONS: SYLVIA PLATH (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18200 (Second VHS copy available # 55330) (Closed captioned.) Archival footage of 1950s pop culture chronicles Sylvia Plath's historical environment. Other footage depicts scenes of her physical environments - Massachusetts, New York, Smith College, London, and the Devon countryside. Critics discuss the complex nature of the relationship between the poet's troubled life and her brilliant work.

VOICES AND VISIONS: T.S. ELIOT (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18210 (Second VHS copy available # 55280) (Closed captioned.) Footage from St. Louis, Boston, London and France traces T.S. Eliot's rise to eminence as the most influential poet of his generation. The program follows Eliot's career from the bold originality of "Prufrock" to the probing meditative style of "Four Quartets".

VOICES AND VISIONS: WALLACE STEVENS (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18220 (Second VHS copy available # 55350) (Closed captioned.) Archival footage of Hartford, Connecticut of Wallace Stevens' time sets the stage for the dual life he pursued as a successful insurance executive and modern poet. Presentations of various works reveal his sense of imagination not as an escape from reality, but as a journey to a new reality - a new order for modern man.

VOICES AND VISIONS: WALT WHITMAN (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18230 (Second VHS copy available # 55360) (Closed captioned.) Whitman was the first major poet to create an American vision and style. Readings of his poems convey their exuberance, poignancy and power. The program reveals the eclectic sources of Whitman's poetry, including Emerson, the King James Bible, opera and political oratory.

VOICES AND VISIONS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #18240 (Second VHS copy available # 55370) (Closed captioned.) Presents William Carlos Williams as a complex figure whose work transformed American poetry. Presentations of his work demonstrate his innovative use of common objects and experiences as topics for poems and his formal experiments with the cadences of actual American speech. Featured also are the connections between Williams' poetry and visual art.

VOICES OF LUPUS (VHS) 1992. 28 min. sd. color. #30810 This inspiring program uses strong, positive role models to show how women afflicted with lupus can help themselves through peer group support and better communication with their physicians and families. This autoimmune disease affects more than a half million women from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Interviews with patients and physicians demonstrate positive strategies that can help people with lupus, their families, and their physicians to cope better with this painful, unpredictable illness.

VOICING THE LEGACY (VHS) 1996. 35 min. sd. color/b&w. #53930 Communicates the concerns around aging and the experiences of ageism encountered by older lesbians. Coming out, invisibility within the lesbian community, concerns about health and finances, the need to establish support systems, relationships, the benefits of inter-generational connections, and the power of aging are a sampling of the ideas explored in this collection of testimonials and stories by eleven lesbians aged 50 and over.

VOLLEYBALL THE RIGHT WAY (VHS) 1986. 17 min. sd. color. #18090 Presents rules for both coaches and referees. Includes recent rule changes.

VOLPONE (BEN JONSON) (VHS) 1939. 80 min. sd. b&w. #21320 The classic 18th century satire about a greedy old man and his shameless, swindling servant is adeptly brought to the screen. Starring Harry Baur and Louis Jouvet. In French with English subtitles.

VOLTAIRE: CANDIDE (VHS) 1978. 112 min. sd. color. #23140 A wonderful introduction to the brilliant mind and sharp tongue of Voltaire, this program offers the principal adventures of the young man raised to believe that this is the best of all possible worlds. In French.

VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS IN MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS (VHS) 1990. 65 min. sd. color. #31770 Vaughan F. R. Jones addresses the International Congress of Mathematics in Kyoto, Japan August 1990.

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