ASC Video Collection

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The Time-Warner Video Collection

The following films were donated by Time Warner to CSACL. You can click here to be connected to the Time Warner home page.

500 Nations (eight part box set) - History and Culture of Native Americans
NASA (five part box set) - Documentary about NASA, both the history and a look at the current programs.
North and South (six part box set) - Docudrama about the Civil War. Patrick Swayze stars.
Roots (six part box set) - Historical drama, from a African - American perspective, about slavery and the civil war. Maya Angelou, Lloyd Bridges.
Roots: The next generation (seven part box set) - Sequel to Roots. Henry Fonda, James Earl Jones.
Advise and Consent-Directed by Otto Preminger, starring Henry Fonda. 139 minutes.
Africa Screams and Jack & the Beanstalk, Abbott and Costello. 79 and 78 minutes.
All the President's Men - Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman. 139 minutes.
Amadeus, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce. 158 minutes.
America America - Stathis Gallelis. Directed by Elia Kazan. 168 minutes.
Andromeda Strain, The - 210 minutes.
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy - Companion documentary to JFK. 90 minutes.
Being There- Written by Jerzy Kozinsky, starring Peter Sellers and Shirley Maclaine. 130 minutes.
Big Red One, The- Written and Directed by Sam Fuller.114 minutes.
Big Wednesday-Starring Jan-Michael Vincent.120 minutes.
Bird - Forest Whitaker. Directed by Clint Eastwood
Blade Runner: The Director's Cut - Harrison Ford. 117 minutes.
Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder. 93 minutes.
Bonfire of the Vanities, The-Starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith. 126 minutes.
Bonnie and Clyde-Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway. 112 minutes.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon -Doris Day, Gordon Macrae. 100 minutes.
Calamity Jane-Doris Day, Howard Keel. 101 minutes.
Candidate, The-Robert Redford. 110 minutes.
Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. 103 minutes.
Cheyenne Autumn- Directed by John Ford. 155 minutes.
Cheyenne: The Iron Trail-Clint Walker, Dennis Hopper. 49 minutes.
Cheyenne: White Warrior-Clint Walker, Michael Landon. 50 minutes.
Chisum-John Wayne, Directed by John Ford. 111 minutes
Cobb - missing (17-7-96)
Color Purple, The-Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg.154 minutes.
Cool Hand Luke-Paul Newman. 127 minutes.
Countdown-James Caan, Robert Duvall. Directed by Robert Altman. 102 minutes.
Dances with Wolves-Kevin Kostner. 181 minutes.
Dave-Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver. 110 minutes.
Dead Man Walking - Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn. 122 minutes.
Death of a Salesman-Dustin Hoffman. 135 minutes.
Deliverance-Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds. Directed by John Boorman. 109 minutes
Die Hard - Bruce Willis. 131 minutes.
Distinguished Gentleman, The-Eddie Murphy. 112 minutes.
Driving Miss Daisy-Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy. 99 minutes.
East of Eden - James Dean. 117 minutes.
Emigrants, The-Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann. 151 minutes.
FBI Story, The-James Stewart. 149 minutes.
Field of Dreams - Kevin Costner. 106 minutes.
Firm, The - Tom Cruise. 154 minutes.
Forever James Dean-Documentary. 69 minutes.
Fugitive, The - Harrison Ford.131 minutes.
Full Metal Jacket-Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 117 minutes.
Giant-Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean. 202 minutes.
Godfather, The-Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robrt Duvall, Diane Keaton. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Good Morning, Vietnam - Robin Williams. 121 minutes.
Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey - Sigourney Weaver. 129 minutes.
Great Santini, The-Robert Duvall. 116 minutes.
Green Berets, The - John Wayne. 142 minutes.
Groundhog day-Bill Murray, Andie Macdowell. 101 minutes.
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The-Alan Arkin. 123 minutes
Heartbreak Ridge-Clint Eastwood. 130 minutes.
Heaven and Earth-Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Oliver Stone. 142 minutes.
In Country-Bruce Willis. Directed by Norman Jewison.116 minutes.
Independence Day-Kathleen Quinlan. 110 minutes.
Into the Homeland-Powers Boothe. 120 minutes.
JFK- Kevin Costner. 189 minutes.
Jim Thorpe: All American - Burt Lancaster. 107 minutes.
Jungle Book, Disney's - 111 minutes.
Killing Fields, The-Sam Waterson, Dr. Haing S. Ngor. 142 Minutes.
Lean on Me- Morgan Freeman. 109 minutes.
Malcolm X - Denzel Washington, Directed by Spike Lee. 201 minutes.
Man from Malpaso, The - Documentary about Clint Eastwood. 58 minutes.
Man with the Golden Arm, The - Frank Sinatra. 119 minutes.
Mean Streets-Robert Deniro, Harvey Keitel, directed by Martin Scorsese.112 minutes.
Memphis Belle - Mathew Modine. 107 minutes.
Mississippi Masala, Denzel Washington. 118 minutes.
Mister Roberts - Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon. 120 minutes.
Murder in the First-Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater. 123 minutes.
Net, The - Sandra Bullock. 114 minutes.
New Adventures of Zorro, The - 30 minutes.
New Age, The - missing (17-7-96)
New Jack City-Wesley Snipes, Ice-T. 101 minutes.
Once Upon a Time in America- Robert De Niro. 226 minutes.
Outer Limits: The Inheritors - Robert Duvall. 96 minutes.
Outlaw Josey Wales, The- Clint Eastwood. 136 minutes
Pelican Brief, The - Denzel Washington, Susan Sarandon. 100 minutes.
Personal Best -Mariel Hemingway. 128 minutes.
Pete'sDragon, Disney's - Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney. 128 minutes.
Portnoy's Complaint-Richard Benjamin. 101 minutes.
Predator - Arnold Schwarzenegger. 107 minutes.
Private Conversations on the Set of "Death of a Salesman" - missing (17-7-96)
Rebel Without a Cause - James Dean. 111 minutes.
Revolution - Al Pacino. 125 minutes.
Right Stuff, The - Scott Glen, Fred Ward. 193 minutes.
Roots: The Gift - Avery Brooks. 94 minutes.
Running on Empty - Christine Lahti. 117 minutes.
Sergeant Rutledge - Directed by John Ford. 112 minutes
Short Cuts - Tim Robbins, Tily Tomlin, Robert Downey, Jr., and Winona Ryder, 188 minutes.
Sinatra: The Music was Just the Beginning - Documentary. 238 minutes.
South Central - Glenn Plummer. 99 minutes.
Spirit of St. Louis, The - James Stewart. 135 minutes.
Springfield Rifle - Gary Cooper. 93 minutes.
Stagecoach - John Wayne. Directed by John Ford. 120 minutes.
Stand and Deliver - Edward James Olmos. 99 minutes.
Streetcar Named Desire, A - Mrlon Brando, Vivean Leigh. 125 minutes.
Summer of '42 - Jennifer O'Neill. 104 minutes.
Sunrise at Campobello - Ralph Bellamy - 144 minutes
Swing Shift - Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell - 100 minutes
Texas Maquerade - William Boyd, Jimmy Rogers. 61 minutes.
Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman. 131 minutes.
Up the Down Staircase - Sandy Dennis - 123 minutes.
Up the Sand Box - Barbera Streisand - 98 minutes.
Wargames - Matthew Broderick. 114 minutes.
White Hunter, Black Heart - Clint Eastwood - 112 minutes.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton - 131 minutes.
Witness - Harrison Ford. 112 minutes.
Wyatt Earp - Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, and Gene Hackman - 191 minutes.
War of the Worlds, The - H.G. Well's novel. 85 minutes.

Documentaries

The American Experience: Episode I: Westward, The Course of Empire Takes Its Way(90 minutes), Episode II: The Approach of Civilazation(90 minutes), Episode III: The War for the Black Hills(90 minutes), Episode IV: The Ghost Dance
ABC News: ESL Video Library Sampler
Black Men, Mean Streets
CLIO Awards: Modern and Old Commercials from the U.S. and England/Rock of Ages: History of Rock/Export of U.S. T.V. Programs
Civil War, The (9 part box set)
Coca-Cola Commercials, Old and New
Ladies First: Women in Music Videos - video and book.
Legends of the American West: Cowboys and Indians
Childrens Television Workshop: The Electric Company, Ghostwriter Arc 7/ Over A Barrel, Cairo Trip, CTW Presentation Tape, BANFF Presentation Reel, EFL Variety Show Presentation Tape.
Entrepreneurs, The: An American Adventure. Hosted by Robert Mitchum. 50 minutes.
First Ladies: 60 minutes
FDR: 40 minutes (2 copies)
Greatest Adventure, The: About the moon landing. Narrated by Orson Welles. 54 minutes.
Geronimo and the Apache Resistance: 60 Minutes
Improving University Instruction for Language Minority Students: Strategies from Project LEAP: Dr. Janet Tricamo and Dr. Ann Snow
Inside the White House - Hosted by former President and Mrs. Bush. 50 minutes.
Just this Once
LIFE in Camelot: The Kennedy Years: Documentary by LIFE magazine. 55 minutes.
Making Connections:Reading Through Technology
Native American Indians: 60 minutes
Richard M. Nixon: His Life and Times: ABC News documentary, 60 minutes.
Richard M. Nixon: The Speeches Collection: 55 minutes
Ronald Reagan: An American President: America's Real-Life Drama: Love, Laughter, Triumph and Tragedy. 1 hour.
The Salzburg Experience:15 minutes
The Star: American Cinema hosted by John Litco.
The Wild West: Volume 1: Cowboys/settlers - Volume 2: Gunfighters/Townspeople - Volume 3:Indians/Soldiers - Volume 4:Dreamers and wayfarers/Soldiers - Volume 5: Searchers/ Mythmakers (all videos each 90 minutes)

EFL Videos

Electronic Dialogues (20-30 minutes each)

These are short discussions with leading TESL/TEFL professionals under programs organized and funded by the United States Information Agency . They are listed alphabetically by speaker.

Curriculum Evaluation - Jerry Bellon
Metacognition - Anna Chamot and J. Michael O'Malley
Teaching Large Classes - Joann Crandall & Susan Bailey
Role of Grammar in Communicative Language Teaching - Robert J. Di Pietro
Test Construction - Fred Davidson
Training Secondary School Teachers of English- Dr. David Eskey
Reading Skills Workshop- Jean Zukowski Faust
Testing - Robert Di Pierto, Leslie Palmer, Anne Newton
Ethnography of Communications - Donald Freeman
Motivation in Teaching a Foreign Language - Wallace E. Lambert
Language Teaching - Steven Krashen
The Role of Current Linguistic Theories in the Teaching of Literary Criticism- J. Hills Miller

Worldnet Satellite Television Broadcasts (60 minutes each)

Worldnet is the satellite television broadcast system of the United States Information Agency.

Student Centered Teaching (TESOL) - Grace Burkart & B. Bowman
Classroom Centered Teacher Education - Jill Burton, Peter Mickan and J.D. Brown
Recent Trends in Language Education - Anna Uhl Chamot and Jackie Tanner
Content Based Language Instruction - Joann Crandall
The Teaching of English for Specific Purposes - Joann Crandall and Ron Schwartz
Teaching English as a Second Language - John Fanselow
Teacher Learning and Developement - Donald Freeman and Karen Johnson
TESOL Conference - Dianne Larson-Freeman and Marianne Celce Murcic
English Teaching - William Grabe
The Teaching of Listening Skills - Joan Morley
English Teaching Standards - Denise McKeon and Terry O'Donnell
Milan and Rome - Jean McConochie and Richard Orem
New Techniques on Language Learning - Frank Otto
Using Video in the ESL Classroom - Alison Rice
Content Based Education - George Spanos and Elizabeth Varela
The Greening of English - Susan Stempleski
Professionalism in English Teaching - Shirley Wright

Other ESL Videos

TESOL Promotional Video
Country Music Comes Home - 29 minutes
Drop Everything and Read
ELTB Segment Test - 35 minutes
ECA English Teaching Reel No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 -(Video segments for classroom use)
Writing Workshop - A Process Approach - Dr. Ilona Leki - 60 minutes
Listening Comprehension - 30 minutes
Materials Development for University Level Students of English - 25 minutes
Teaching English in Large Classes - B. Ellen Mathews
Joan Morley - Teletesol Workshop - A Communication Sylabus Design for Pronunciation-100 minutes
Proficiency Rating - An Introduction - 18 minutes
TESOL Show #1, #2, and #3 - 60 minutes each

Teacher to Teacher Video Series

Part 1: Speak up/Speak Out Strataegies for Developing Oral Fluency
Part 2: Teaching Reading Two Ways-The Tired and the True
Part 3: From Real Life: Using Student Experience in Reading and Writing
Part 4: Chapter One/ Page One-Beginning Reading for Adults
Part 5: Listen, Ask and Answer- Enhancing Aural Ability and Oral Facility
Part 6: Actively Interactive: Teaching Comprehension Strategies
Part 7: Sound, Form and Fluency: Refining Oral Skills
Part 8: The ABCs of ESL - Developing Literacy
Part 9: Taking Charge: Techniques for Developing Self-Directed Readers