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DVDs in the Library
The Congress by Burns, Ken; et. al.Explores the history and promise of the country's most important and least understood institutions. The film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress.
Call Number: DVD Collection 328.73 B87c, 2002
ISBN: 0780640608
Publication Date: 2002
Huey Long by Burns, Ken, et. al."No modern politician has captured the American imagination as has the Kingfish--Huey Long. Two years in the making, Ken Burns' documentary traces Long's spectacular career from the 1920s when he burst out of Louisiana's red clay hills to smash the state's power structure under the banner "Every Man a king" -- Publisher's website.
ISBN: 1415702403
Publication Date: 2004
Men & women of distinction Dale Bumpers by Dumas, Ernest, 1937-; Brocchus, Christie; Adornetto, Carole.The programs profile Dale Leon Bumpers, who served two terms as governor of Arkansas from 1971-1975 and 24 years in the U.S. Senate from 1975-1999. Veteran journalist Ernie Dumas interviews Bumpers about his life and political career in three episodes.
Notes
"Men and Women of Distinction is underwritten by The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas."--Container.
A video collection that provides streaming videos of live and recorded live hearings conducted by committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and by bicameral Congressional and other commissions in which members of the House participate.