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1) The cowboys
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither Andersen nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne, a tough Marine sergeant, takes recruits and makes them Marines. He does it with discipline and authority ... and with his fists when he has to. The men begin to understand when they see him in action and he earns their respect. Film follows a group of Marines from boot camp to the Battle of Iwo Jima. Film contains recreation of the scene on top of Mount Suribachi, the peak immortalized by the famous photograph of the American flag being...
4) True grit
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
5) Dakota
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brawling western saga with John Wayne battling land grabbers in the Dakota territory.
7) Rio bravo
Series
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
8) Big Jake
Language
English
Description
Big Jake McCandles, is a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money-- even though paying a ransom isn't how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. Based on an Ernest K. Gann bestseller.
10) Hondo
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hondo Lane is a despatch rider for the cavalry who encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. Vittorio captures Hondo and to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In...
12) 3 godfathers
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fugitive bank robbers care for the newborn of the woman they just buried, knowing it ruins any chance of escape. Director John Ford's western retelling of the Biblical Three Wise Men tale remains a scenic and thematic masterpiece.
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (206 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fighting seabees: A tough civilian construction man and a navy officer organize a work force to repair installations close to Japanese lines in World War II. The story of the formation of the U.S. Navy's construction corps. Wake of the Red Witch: Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
15) Fort Apache
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster.
16) The Green Berets
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. Based on an Ernest K. Gann bestseller.
18) McLintock!
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him.
20) The searchers
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
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