Tuesday, January 24, 2012

New Streaming Video Titles

New titles have been added to the following Films On Demand streaming video collections. Click here to login to Films Media Group. Here are some samples. 

Humanities & Social Sciences Collection [183 New Titles]


Race and Intelligence: Science's Last Taboo
Subject: Anthropology, Education, Psychology, Sociology
© 2009
124 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44865
A smattering of self-styled experts believe they can assign IQ levels to the world's racial groups. Even if their data were beyond reproach, what does that say about IQ testing? Is it objective or soc ...
Frankenstein
Subject: Anthropology, English & Language Arts
© 1997
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=45464
Frankenstein: the doctor who created life! Was the famed character invented in the mind of novelist Mary Shelley, or was Dr. Frankenstein based in reality, as some argue? This episode of Ancient Myste ...
Midwives: A Global Perspective on Childbirth
Subject: Anthropology, Geography, Sociology
© 2010
60 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=43933
Through interviews with midwives from 23 countries, this program explores the influence of culture, law, and religion on pregnancy and childbirth. Childbirth practices vary around the world: Will the ...

Business & Economics Collection [6 New Titles]

Inside the Mind of Google
Subject: Business Technology, Management
© 2009
56 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=47278
It's the clearest window into our modern world, the most popular search engine in existence, and the foundation of an economic juggernaut, eponymously named. This CNBC Original documentary goes inside ...
Greening of Pension Funds
Subject: Economics, Ethics & Business Law, Finance, Accounting & Taxation, Marketing
© 2010
29 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44641
Attitudes about ethical investing are evolving slowly, but activity in the long-term market is a sign of positive change. In this program Hazel Henderson and Bryan Martel, CEO of the Environmental Cap ...
Empires of Industry: Brewed in America
Subject: Management
© 1997
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=42651
Before there was the United States of America, there were colonists brewing beer. Empires of Industry: Brewed in America traces the history of the commercial brewing industry in America, from the 19th ...
Science & Mathematics Collection [18 New Titles]

I Hear with My Eyes
Subject: Biology
© 2011
24 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=47373
Julie loves the glorious colors associated with the sound of a rooster crowing, while Mandi remembers phone numbers by their hues. Until John read a newspaper article about synesthesia in later life, ...
Race and Intelligence: Science's Last Taboo
Subject: Biology
© 2009
124 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44865
A smattering of self-styled experts believe they can assign IQ levels to the world's racial groups. Even if their data were beyond reproach, what does that say about IQ testing? Is it objective or soc ...
The Botany of Desire, with Michael Pollan
Subject: Biology
© 2008
120 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44375
Featuring author, journalist, activist, and professor Michael Pollan, and based on his best-selling book, this program takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the pl ...
Health & Medicine Collection [25 New Titles]
Joint Reaction: Hip Replacement Technology Gone Awry
Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Health Care & Treatment
© 2011
45 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=47257
Ron was an active 76-year-old when he underwent articular surface replacement, or ASR, for one of his hips. Soon after his surgery a lump the size of a grapefruit developed on the side of his leg. Fiv ...
Bio-Terrorism: Information for the Health Care Professional
Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Health Care & Treatment, Health Careers
© 2004
25 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=43847
In an increasingly dangerous age, nurses and other health care personnel are vital figures in defending against a terrorist attack, especially one involving biological weapons. Incorporating key proto ...
Hepatitis C
Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Health Care & Treatment, Health Careers
© 2008
50 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=43849
The most common blood-borne infection in the United States, hepatitis C is also one of the most frequent causes of chronic liver disease. Nurses encounter patients infected with HCV in a variety of he ...


Archival Films & Newsreels Collection [314 New Titles]

The Big Picture: "Overseas Information" and "Education and Dependent Schools"
Subject:
© 2007
30 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44952
This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series explores how Army radio stations and newspapers keep soldiers informed, how soldiers can further their education overseas by attending ...
The Big Picture: Army Medicine
Subject:
© 2008
30 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44953
In this classic episode of The Big Picture, the U.S. Army’s television series, the show focuses on Army medicine, which has played an important role in times of conflict since the Revolutionary War. T ...
The Big Picture: Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
Subject:
© 2007
7 Minutes
Title URL: http://digital.films.com/portalplaylists.aspx?aid=740&xtid=44950
This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series explains the advantages of joining the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or ROTC. This video from the National Archives and Recor ...


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