This 2-DVD set features 2 1/2 hours of vintage psychology movies. Table of Contents: Disc 1 - (1) Broken Appointment (1955) - This is a well-made, touching film about a woman new to the practice of nursing who begins to understand how important a role psychology plays in here day-to-day work life. - 30 minutes (2) The Empty Life (1963) - This film is focused on the problem of "boredom." However, the film really ends up showing us a variety of psychological troubles facing Americans such as depression and anger. - 23 minutes
(3) Face in the Mirror (1940) - A psychological film for salesmen, this movie shows an introspective, self-reflective side to the art of business sales. - 26 minutes // Disc 2 - (4) Photographic Studies in Hypnosis (1940s) - This is an older silent film showing a woman getting hypnotized. - 10 minutes (5) Point of Return (1965) - This movie is about all the events leading up to a man's suicide attempt. Afterwards, a roundtable of doctors discuss the victim's actions and possible rehabilitation and psychological healing techniques that could help him. - 23 minutes (6) Unconscious Motivation (1940s) - This is a filmed unrehearsed session of hypnosis with two students who are given false memories and take psychological tests. - 39 minutes
Total Running Time: 151 Minutes
Price: $29.99
JFK: A Presidency Revealed delves unflinchingly into the presidency of John F. Kennedy, examining the political crises, social unrest, and personal intricacies that marked his administration. What makes this three-part series stand out is its willingness to admit Kennedy's faults--in particular his troubled marriage, his infidelities, his illnesses, and his sometimes-excessive use of painkillers to cope with the pain of his bad back--as well as the missteps of his presidency, providing a strikingly balanced and human portrait of this all-too-often-mythologized president. Particularly revelatory is how the inexperience that resulted in the bungled Bay of Pigs operation led, in turn, to a far more skilled and careful handing of the Cuban missile crisis, in which the world came closer to nuclear war than ever before and perhaps ever since. A wealth of film, video, photographs, and previously unreleased secret recordings provide new insights into Kennedy's political and personal life (Kennedy was, as this documentary makes clear, the first president to really use the media to achieve his goals, launching an entirely new political forum). 
