The Front Line

Training film for supermarket checkers. Sponsored by Reader's Digest and Super Market Institute.

Guitar Method for the Beginning Electric or Acoustic Guitarist

Hal Leonard designed this course for students who are just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar. Subjects covered include: the parts of the guitar, tuning, chords, strumming, picking, improvisation, tablature, and standard notation. Close-ups, music notation, diagrams reinforce Hal's lessons.

Hands On Drumming! Volume 1, Number 4

Using a player's-eye-view camera, Paulo Mattioli teaches hand-drummers djembe techniques, tones, and notation. Players are introduced to two Guinean rhythms: tiriba (a rhythm of welcome) and mindiani (a rhythm for the dance of the virgins).

Ieri è Oggi

Functional Karate by Takayuki Kubota

A legend in the martial arts and law-enforcement communities, Takayuki Kubota demonstrates his self-defense system for armed and unarmed attacks in this instructional video.

Kolrosing with Judy Ritger: Reviving a Lost Art

Kolrosing (coal-rose-ing), originally from Scandinavia, is the delightful art form of creating exquisite fine line decoration in wood. From spoons to furniture - beautiful geometric, floral, and animal images come alive using only a single incised cut from a knife. Kolrosing is very accessible to the beginner, yet it offers a lifetime of creative expression for experienced carvers and woodworkers. With Excellent close-ups, Judy clearly demonstrates • Design Principles • Drawing your Design • Transferring Patterns • Carving the Design • Decorating a Spoon • Sanding and Oiling • Working in you Lap • Tools and Materials • Design Sources • Gallery of Fine Kolrosing

Top Slots - Spotting the Best

Tips and tricks on how to win on 80's and 90's slot machines!

Aqua Babes

This short subject shows Lissa Bengston teaching a group of three- and four-year-olds how to swim in a pool. Miss Bengston, a member of the Royal Academy of Physical Education, Stockholm, Sweden, believes that at this age, children have no fear of the water and, therefore, can be taught to use their natural abilities to swim.

Martha Stewart Cooking: Favorite Family Dinners

Bring the tradition of dining together back to your family table with this instructional video course led by consummate hostess (and notorious CEO) Martha Stewart. Offering tips for making delicious and nutritious meals without spending hours in the kitchen, Martha walks you through a menu of chicken, beef, fish and pasta dishes -- even offering a few vegetarian options -- that will have your family satisfied and asking for seconds.

Learn to In-Line Skate

This video will teach you Debbie's unique Merrill Magic Program, an informative, motivational and entertaining way to learn in-line skating. You'll learn skills and drills to trick your body into a safe, fun and exhilarating skating experience. Debbie's dynamic technique will take your mind off your fears, freeing your body to skate effortlessly, easily and safely. In one hour, you can teach yourself to skate to look and feel great at any age. Debbie's skating technique cultivates personal empowerment, strength, stamina, balance, coordination, weight loss and control. See how quickly your skating will become a part of your fitness and fun! Join 27 Million people enjoying America's fastest free moving exercise.

Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 1: Oatmeal Porridge

How to make porridge using a haybox.

Blue Planet Easy Fishkeeping

Fish make wonderful pets. With the right care, they have been known to live for 20 to 30 years! But don't make the mistake of thinking goldfish can take care of themselves. Although they are fairly hardy and can adapt to most conditions, they are completely dependent on your skills as a pet keeper. If you take a little time to watch this video and learn the simple basics, your new friends will reward you by living long and happy lives

Guide to Golf Style and Etiquette

It's Rodney at his hilarious and raunchy best as he gets no respect playing a round of golf with a stuffy, serious-minded couple and his blonde and buxom date. With non-stop jokes, Rodney hilariously breaks every rule of etiquette of "the gentleman's game."

Learn to Dance Like a Princess!

An instructional DVD featuring five dances from the movie BARBIE IN THE 12 DANCING PRINCESSES.

Strikes and Spares

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.

Electrostatics

ERPI Films was one of the largest producers of educational films in the 1930's. They were a division of Western Electric, the manufacturing and supply division of the Bell System.

The Clean Club

Talking germs and objects teach kids the importance of proper hygiene.

The Lord of the Libraries: The Return of the Book

The Lord of the Libraries: The Return of the Book is a tale of an epic journey of discovery to the KU Libraries. A young freshman hobbit, Frodo, makes a frightening discovery as he settles into his new dorm room. He has inherited a box of college things from his Uncle Bilbo containing a library book that is overdue...long overdue. Fearing an enormous late fine or worse, Frodo and his friend Sam seek the council of Gandalf, who summons Mount Oread's greatest warriors to safeguard the book back to Watson Library. Follow along with this action packed adventure as the fellowship fights off Bookwraiths, and learn a little bit about the Library in the process.

Understanding the Nikon Speedlight: SB-900, SB-800, SB-600

Confused after reading the manual? You are not alone. This DVD simplifies the Nikon Creative Lighting System so you can take the photos you want. The Nikon SB Speedlight can be the most powerful accessory in your bag, but a basic understanding of the Speedlight controls is essential. This training DVD takes you, step by step, through the operation of each Speedlight. This DVD picks up where your manual leaves off, helping you to integrate flash photography into your image-making arsenal. Your host, Tim Mantoani, demonstrates these versitile flash units in a series of real-world examples. Whether you own one Speedlight or a hundred, Tim's methodical approach will help you create the best photograph possible. Tim has been a professional photographer for more than twenty years. Having shot everything from professional athletes and celebrities to fashion and products, his work has appeared in numerous national ad campaigns and on the covers of many international magazines.

Fundamentals

The all-new mountainbike how-to video from the creators of the unparalleled Earthed video and world-renowned Dirt magazine. Produced and directed by Alex Rankin Filmed all around the world, Fundamentals features inside info and unveils the secrets behind how the pros ride so fast, with expert advice and tips from the fastest riders on the planet including Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie, Greg Minnaar and Eric Carter among many others. It will enable you to grasp and improve on the fundamentals of riding, be it on an aggressive XC loop, DH race track or anything in between. Fundamentals also teaches you how to set up your bike to squeeze the best out of it, from suspension to brakes, gears, cranks and more with the two of the finest mountain bike mechanics out there. Backed up with a killer soundtrack and footage from international races and the trails, Fundamentals is for all mountain bike riders from beginner to expert.

Seduced and Abandoned

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.

Listen to Me Marlon

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.

John Candy: I Like Me

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

Wormwood

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

Directed by John Ford

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

Gilbert

The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.

42 Up

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

National Gallery

A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of the employees and the experiences of the Gallery's visitors. The film portrays the role of the curators and conservators; the education, scientific, and conservation departments; and the audience of all kinds of people who come to experience it.

My Mom Jayne

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.

Love, Marilyn

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.

Above Majestic

A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.

35 Up

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

The Class of ‘92

A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). The film covers the period 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United's European Cup triumph.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

Downloaded

A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.