Eight Easy Pieces
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles
Eight five-minute segments of the original ABC's of Economics series have been selected to provide a motivating introduction to business for courses in French or German. One audio track offers the German version, while the other audio track provides the French version. Key word and transcript screens are available at the touch of a button with the Listening Tool software.
Contents:
It's All Part of the Economy
The Market and Markets
The Secret of Money
Insurance: Sharing the Risks
Employment: Working, Earning, Buying
Rents, Interest, Profits, Wages--Income
Selling and Marketing
Inflation: When the Prices Learn to Run.

Blickkontakte
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, No subtitles, 1994
A collection of 27 short video segments from the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in Germany. The video accompanies Kontakte: A Communicative Approach 3e., McGraw-Hill's college-level first-year German book, and the authentic selections provide an exciting complement for any first-year program in German. The wide variety of subjects appropriate to beginning levels includes:
Guten Tag und Auf Wiedersehen
Wie wird das Wetter?
Fünf Schulfächer
Christkindl
Ein futuristischer Personenzug
Arzt und Apotheke
Krawalle in Magdeburg
Wer möchte Kinder bekommen?, and many more.
Video guide and student workbook included.

Das Inserat: Vom Wettlauf um die Wohnung
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
The documentary follows the process of advertising and renting an affordable apartment in Frankfurt. Interviews with the owner of an apartment and with people who try to get the apartment reveal the difficult situation for many middle-class Germans seeking a place they can afford. Most of the larger, better-equipped apartments are simply too expensive. See also Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter for a fictionalized view of Wohnungssuche.

Deutschlandspiegel: PICS Platte I and II
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, 3 versions, 1987
This disc contains four segments per side with a broad range of topics. Three versions of each segment are presented: unsubtitled, with German subtitles of the original soundtrack, and with German subtitles of an alternate soundtrack prepared by the Goethe Institute specifically for students of German.
The segments are:
Die Höllentalbahn
Der erste Schultag
Burg Eltz
Die Insel Fehmarn
Ballett-Internat Salzau
FC St. Pauli
40 Jahre DM
Faszination Segelfliegen

Die Dame aus Amsterdam
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, No subtitles
This video program is a complete episode of the popular detective series Derrick on the West German television channel ZDF. Derrick is a police investigator who must solve two murders which seem to have no cause or meaning, but in the end do connect to the Lady from Amsterdam, die Dame aus Amsterdam. For language learners the show is a wonderful aid, since the genre of detective stories is so well-known and makes it easy to follow the plot.

Drehort: Neubrandenburg
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
In this film American viewers are offered a fascinating human perspective on daily life in post-Wende Germany. The first segment introduces us to a historic and picturesque city in the new German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Nine short portraits of various townspeople follow. The video was produced and edited specifically for the language learner with a clearly enunciated narration in between the live portions.

Ein neuer Anfang - Forsthaus Falkenau Pilotfilm
Videodisc - 2 discs, 90 min, Color, No subtitles, 1989
After becoming a widower, Martin Rombach seeks a new beginning with the profession he had once studied: forestry. His family is very skeptical, as are the townspeople of Küblach, the village in the Bavarian Forest where the Rombachs will make their home.

Frau und Beruf
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles, 1989
These video segments from the ORF in Austria illustrate aspects of the job market in Austria and Switzerland, particularly for women. Interviews with a Swiss woman who co-pilots a DC-9 and with three Austrian women (the owner of a furniture store, a carpenter, and a glazier) comprise two segments. The other two segments discuss what types of jobs and apprenticeships young men and women in Austria choose. The video has lost none of its relevance since it was produced in 1989.

Hallo bei logo 1
Videodisc - 1 of 4, 30 min Color, No subtitles, 1989
logo is a Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen news program intended for younger people. The segments use a variety of graphics and interviews to clarify difficult subjects and add interest and will appeal to language learners. Topics include many political and cultural problems to educate and entertain. While a few segments are about specific cultural events, most are still very topical and have lost none of their freshness.
Segments:
Bundestag
Wehrpflicht
Robben
Möbelmesse
Aussiedler
Wind
Schülermeisterschaften
Umweltschutz
Schülerrock
Rechnen

Hallo bei logo 2
Videodisc - 2 of 4, 30 min Color, No subtitles, 1989
Segments:
Spielwarenmesse
Schutzmobil
Asyl
Lehrerstreik 1
Lehrerstreik 2
Regieren
Müll
Abrüstung
Wahlen in Hessen
Spielen
Computermesse
Geld

Hallo bei logo 3
Videodisc - 3 of 4, 30 min Color, No subtitles, 1989

Hallo bei logo 4
Videodisc - 4 of 4, 30 min Color, No subtitles, 1989
Segments:
Schulzeit Tiefflüge
Unser Ort: Heimat für Fremde
†berraschung: Vögel
Martin Luter King-Tag
Wahl in Berlin
NPD und Ausländer
Der Kanzler und seine Mannschaft

Ich wollte immer blond sein auf der Haut
Videodisc, 30 min Color, No subtitles, 1993
Beatrice, a woman with a German mother and a Nigerian father, grew up in the former DDR in the 1960s and 1970s. In this video she tells of her life and experiences. Reading aloud from her girlhood diary helps her focus on special events and important memories. She gives the viewer quite a different perspective on Berlin before and after the Wall went down. The combination of viewpoints on the DDR and on being "anders" in Germany makes this a fascinating portrait. This video offers a culturally rich enhancement for any German studies or language class at the advanced level. Valuable up-to-date cultural and historical information is presented.

Lern Express I
Videodisc - 1 of 2, 15 min programs, Color, 1991
Programs 1-10. A fresh, upbeat, multimedia beginners' German course, Lern Express presents authentic, contemporary German language and culture aimed at teenagers and young adults. A powerful motivational tool, Lern Express features a young, exuberant, enthusiastically diverse cast. The series stresses spoken German at a natural pace and serves students a unique slice of life, language, and culture.

Lern Express II
Videodisc - 2 of 2, 15 min programs, Color, 1991
Programs 11-20. Module II, filmed 2 years after Module I, is set in the cities and countryside of Bavaria, and many of the featured youth, as well as the topics of the functional language sequences, are a bit more sophisticated.

MiniZiB I
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles, 1989
MiniZiB is a short version of the Österreichischer Rundfunk news program Zeit im Bild and is intended for a younger audience. Fourteen segments offer information on many topics in straightforward commentary spiced with views and interviews of Austrians. Graphics often accompany the subject, and the speech is generally clear and easy to understand. The Videoguide by Ann Somers Wilke provides many activities for each segment.

Mundraub
Videodisc
This interactive video program is designed for college-level second year German courses, for use either in-class or by students independently. Students view portions of a humorous short film created for German television. The video is integrated with a variety of exercises that allow students to test their understanding of the video's language and action. If the student answers a multiple choice question incorrectly, the program displays a commentary which helps the student to re-think the answer and permits the student to view again that exact portion of the film containing the correct answer. The program also permits the student to view a script of the dialogue while the video plays. Exercise formats go well beyond simple multiple choice. For example, students are also required to develop new dialogues, to identify exact text in the script from linguistically equivalent statements, and to reconstruct the storyline. Written answers can be either printed out or saved on disc for teacher review.

Nachrichten I
Videodisc, Color, No subtitles
Selections from TV News.

Rund um den Brocken
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles, 1993
The video presents a trip around the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and illustrates the current situation at the former border between East and West Germany. Towns on the west side of the mountain are fully integrated into the German economy, while communities on the east side still feel underprivileged and struggle to take part in the economy. Ecological problems are outlined as well as emphasizing the historical and recreational importance of the area.

Solche Männer braucht das Land
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, No subtitles, 1993
Mona Lisa is a popular evening talk show run by women on topics of interest to women. This segment of the series is about men who stand out because of their attitudes toward women. Of the four men whose portraits are shown, one is a father staying home to care for his four children, one is an entrepreneur determined to have at least half of his workforce be female, one is a politician who took parental leave to care for his child, and the fourth is a filmmaker who chose as the topic of one of his films abortion from a woman's point of view. The second sound-track has the audio of an interview with a pastor who has long championed women's rights.

Sport ABC: Skispringen
Videodisc, 30 min, Color, 1988
Austrian Anton Innauer, former world record holder in ski-jumping, narrates this presentation from the Österreichischer Rundfunk about the sport and how it is taught and practiced. The Austrian scenery in the background adds to the flavor of this video. The language is clear and connects extremely well to the visual images.

Teleskop: Landeskunde im ZDF
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992/1993
Teleskop has twenty-two lively segments divided into ten thematic groups, such as Freizeit, Multikulturelle Gesellschaft, Partnerschaft, and Umwelt, that will appeal to you and your students. The student workbook offers a variety of exercises for previewing, viewing, and expansion including prediction, matching, fill-ins, short answer, vocabulary, and more. Exercises are keyed to the videodisc by instant barcode access. Teleskop is the video accompaniment to Kaleidoskop, Houghton Mifflin Co.'s second-year college text, and it can be used independently in conversation classes.

Teleskop Plus
Videodisc, 60 min, Color, No subtitles, 1993
Following the pattern of Teleskop: Landeskunde im Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Teleskop Plus offers 22 more segments of video from various programs on the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in Germany. The segments are grouped in ten Themen, such as Kommunikation, das vereinigte Deutschland, Musik, Gleichberechtigung and Partnerschaft. The video segments complement the selections in Teleskop. An instructor's manual will offer information both for Teleskop and for Teleskop Plus, including hints and tips on using the segments in class, actual exercises, vocabulary lists, transcripts, barcodes for the laserdisc, and supplementary readings.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 1
Videodisc - 1 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Warum nicht Potsdam: After moving to Berlin from western Germany Dr. Markus Specht is offered a position at a Gymnasium in Potsdam, not only as a teacher, but as director of the school. He does not need too much convincing to accept the job.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 2
Videodisc - 2 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Der Schulanf&aunl;nger: Dr. Specht finds much mistrust among the students as he begins his work; they feel he simply cannot understand their needs, having come from the West. When he can help the students out of a difficult situation with the police, he wins their acceptance.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 3
Videodisc - 3 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Die neue Wohnung: Specht's students continue to make life interesting for him when they demand the resignation of an older teacher at the school. Specht's private life becomes turbulent, too, as he meets attractive women who have connections to the school.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 4
Videodisc - 4 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Ein Kündigungsgrund: Again and again Dr. Specht is confronted with problems rooted in the East German experience, which he himself has not lived. Students plan a strike against a teacher they had in the old system, and right wing radical youths set fire to a barracks for foreigners seeking asylum. Specht turns in his resignation.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 5
Videodisc - 5 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Ein paar Einbrüche: Because of the support of his students, Specht decides to withdraw his resignation, but new problems emerge: two students have been involved in separate incidents of stealing. Dr. Specht tries to clear up the problems without involving the police.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 6
Videodisc - 6 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Tanzstunde: Dr. Specht and his students continue to have confrontations with a group of right wing radicals. Specht's students want to deal with the group in their own fashion. Another problem must be acknowledged as well: one of the teachers is an alcoholic.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 7
Videodisc - 7 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Schule der Liebe: In this episode Specht's love life is again at center stage with a number of interesting complications. Besides which, one of his students invites him to her birthday party, and it turns out he is the only guest.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 8
Videodisc - 8 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Strohwiter: New characters appear in this segment as a former student of Specht's comes to Potsdam to finish his Abitur there. A new psychologist begins her work in the school as well, although Specht is somewhat suspicious of her motives.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 9
Videodisc - 9 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Nichts als Mißverständnisse: The school psychologist, Regine Holle, is able to make some positive suggestions for both teachers and students and increasingly wins the trust of all involved. Dr. Specht's father comes to visit and is completely confused by Specht's love life; indeed Specht himself is having trouble keeping everyone straight.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 10
Videodisc - 10 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Eine Herzensangelegenheit: Different situations arise that all have the potential to damage Specht's reputation, although he is not responsible for any of them. He ends up having to do a lot of explaining.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 11
Videodisc - 11 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Die Ferienreise: The tragedy of AIDS hits Specht's class, too; one of the girls has become HIV-positive because of a blood transfusion. Her method of dealing with the problem for the moment is to run away, but Specht and others go to visit her anyway.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 12
Videodisc - 12 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Die Flucht: During the confrontations with the right wing radicals earlier in the series, one of Specht's students has stolen a pistol from them. Now the police are after the student because of that pistol, and the boy flees. Dr. Specht, of course, is under suspicion of having helped him escape.

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht 13
Videodisc - 13 of 13, 47 min, Color, No subtitles, 1992
Der Rücktritt: Dr. Specht again hands in his resignation as director of the school because of the activities of his students, who have cleared up the difficulties with the police in a rather unorthodox manner. Specht will remain as a teacher at the school, and he even has a reason to celebrate: his father is getting married!