This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand can help students and researchers learn more about America’s space program, the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Constitutional amendment that established equal protection of the laws, the “war to end all wars,” the controversial disappearance of a labor union leader, and the life and works of one of the most acclaimed female authors of all time. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year.

60th Anniversary of the Creation of NASA July 29, 1958

Consider these titles for your classes:

• NASA Video Collection series (Item #144884)
• Space Age: NASA’s Story series (Item #60519)
• NASA Paves Way for Commercial Space Exploration (Item #56305)
• Rocket Men (Item #60504)
• Astronaut John Glenn: 50 Years After His Historic Mission in Space (Item #53401)

90th Anniversary of the Founding of the FBI, July 26, 1908

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Inside the FBI: Surviving the Street (Item #9176)
• FBI Agents—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight (Item #138549)
• Inside the FBI (Item #40770)
• Stealing J. Edgar Hoover’s Secrets (Item #142560)

150th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 14th Amendment, July 28, 1868

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The Equal Protection Clause Does Not Require States to License Same-Sex Marriages: A Debate (Item #110294)
• Created Equal: Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (Item #58629)
• The Equal Protection Clause Forbids Racial Preferences in State University Admissions: A Debate (Item #116093)
• Amendment 14: Civil Rights of Citizens (Item #8122)

World War I: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, July 28, 1914

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The Pity of War (Item #60490)
• The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire series (Item #138749)
• The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire series (Item #86567)
• A Nation Soars series (Item #129951)
• Great War Stories (Item #124900)

Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, July 30, 1975

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa? (Item #131282)
• David Brinkley’s Journal (Special Edition): Inside Jimmy Hoffa (Item #56324)
• Robert F. Kennedy Questions Jimmy Hoffa During McClellan Committee Hearings ca. 1957 (Item #38453)
• Target: Mafia—The Kennedys and the Mob (Item #42371)

200th Birthday: Emily Brontë, July 30, 1818

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The Brontë Sisters: A Concise Biography (Item #43960)
• The Brilliant Brontë Sisters (Item #93784)
• The Yorkshire of the Bronte Sisters (Item #1705)
• The Bronte Sisters (Item #3883)
• Wuthering Heights series (Item #128986)