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General Education
Program Office
826 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260

Phone: 716.645.3479

Email: gened@buffalo.edu


Films Used in UGC Courses
By Instructor, Alphabetical Listing

Arranged By Instructor: A-M and N-Z

N-Z

Dr. Alfred Price

America's First City: Teotihuacan (Mexico Heritage Films)

Genre:
Year:
Subjects:
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time:
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

America Becomes an Industrial Nation (McGraw Hill)

Genre: Educational Film
Year: 1967
Subjects: Industrial Revolution, Industrialization, Urbanization, Social Problems
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time:
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

China Since Mao (BBC)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1987
Subjects: Chinese History, Communism, Political history, Economics, Mao Tse Tung
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 22 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

Europe: State and Power (Landmark Films)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: Exploration, Expansion, US History, Colonialism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time:
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

Gulf Crisis TV Project

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1991
Subjects: Media Influence, News, Persian Gulf History, Colonialism, Gulf War
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 2 Hours
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

Islamic Science and Technology

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1983
Subjects: Islamic Influence (history, religion, astronomy, physics, medicine, engineering, social science)
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

News Parade of the Year: 1942

Genre: Documentary, News Footage
Year: 1996
Subjects: WWII, News Footage, US History, Militarization of Industry
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 10 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Alfred Price (UGC 112)

Dr. Victoria Razak

Africa Before the Europeans

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Civilizations, Ancient Civilizations, African History, Pre-Colonialism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

China and Japan, 1279-1600

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Civilizations, China History, Japan History, Ming Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Zen Buddhism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

China in Transition, 581-1279

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Civilizations, China History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

The Mongol Onslaught

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Civilizations, China History, Mongol History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

The Mongol Onslaught

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Civilizations, China History, Mongol History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

Greece and Rome, 1200 BC - AD 200

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1983
Subjects: World Civilizations, Greece History, Rome History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)
The Ancient Chinese (International Film Foundation)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1983
Subjects: World Civilizations, China History, Dynasties, Chinese Art & Culture
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Victoria Razak (UGC 111)

Dr. Clare Schen

Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)

Genre: Comedy, Historic
Year:
Subjects: Industrialization, Modernization, Labor
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 83 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen

Night and Fog (Alain Resnais)

Genre: Documentary
Year:
Subjects: WWII, The Holocaust, anti-Semitism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 31 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen
Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (ABC News)

Genre: Documentary / News
Year:
Subjects: WWII, The Atomic Bomb, War Planning
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, August, 1945 (Columbia University)

Genre: Documentary
Year:
Subjects: WWII, The Atomic Bomb, Historic Film Footage
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 16 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen

Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)

Genre: Theatre / Drama
Year:
Subjects: Shakespeare, Literature, Theatre, Medieval Europe
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 138 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen

The Return of Martin Guerre (Gérard Depardieu)

Genre: Historic Drama
Year: 1984
Subjects: Medieval France, Hundred Years War
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Clare Schen

Jonathan Stalling

Stolen Ground (Lee Mun Wah)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1993
Subjects: Asian-Americans, Racism, Prejudice, American Pluralism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 43 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Used By: Jonathan Stalling (UCG 211)
Ancestors in the Americas: Chinese in the Frontier West, An American Story (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1998
Subjects: Asian-Americans, American History, Expansionism, Immigration, Migration
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 62 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: PBS Web Site
Used By: Jonathan Stalling (UCG 211)

Rabbit in the Moon (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1999
Subjects: Asian-Americans, Japanese Americans, American History, War Relocation, Relocation Centers, World War II
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: PBS Web Site
Used By: Jonathan Stalling (UCG 211)

Flower Drum Song (Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Genre: Musical
Year: 1990
Subjects: Pluralism, Immigration, Migration, Fiction Related to US History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 133 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Jonathan Stalling (UCG 211)

Robert Waterhouse

Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway)

Genre: Theatre / Plays
Year: 1991
Subjects: Shakespeare, Literature, Theatre, Medieval Europe
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Used By: Dr. Robert Waterhouse
Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory

Genre: Historical Archive / Presentation
Year: 2000
Subjects: American History, Politics, Speech, Literature, John F Kennedy, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 96 Minutes (Total)
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info: PBS, Real Video Can Be Accessed Online
Used By: Dr. Robert Waterhouse

A Man For All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann)

Genre: Theatre / Plays
Year: 1966
Subjects: Robert Bolt, Henry VIII, Monarchy, Historic Plays, Sir Thomas More
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Used By: Dr. Robert Waterhouse

Dr. Vance Watrous

Popol Vuh: Facted Book of the Quiche Maya (University of California)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1989
Subjects: Mayans, Quiche Indians, Creation Myth, Legends
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous
China's Cosmopolitan Age (Annenberg/CPB collection)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1993
Subjects: China, T`ang Dynasty, Chinese Art & Culture
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous
The Jeweled City: The Cathedral of Chartres (BBC Education)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1998
Subjects: Cathedral of Chartres, Gothic architecture, Civilization, Medieval, World Religions
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 50 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous
Islam: There is no God but God (BBC-TV)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1978
Subjects: World Religions, Islam
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 52 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous
Lost City of Zimbabwe (Archaeological Institute of America)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1993
Subjects: Great Zimbabwe, Antiquities
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 22 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Ancient China (Princeton Films for the Humanities)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1999
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Chinese Art & Culture, China, Antiquities
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Hinduism (Lightworx)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1999
Subjects:Hinduism, India, World Religions
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 29 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Islam, Empire of Faith (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2001
Subjects: World Religions, Islam
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 163 Minutes
Availability: Koren Center, UB Libraries (DVD)
Related Info: PBS Web Site
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Galileo's Battle For the Heavens (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2002
Subjects: Philosophy, Theology, Astronomy, Italian Renaissance
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info: PBS/NOVA Web Site
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Egypt's Golden Empire (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2002
Subjects: Philosophy, Theology, Astronomy, Italian Renaissance
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 180 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info: PBS Web Site
Used By: Dr. Vance Watrous

Arranged By Instructor: A-M and N-Z

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