2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Civil Civil Civil War War Journal Journal Two Two #2: #2: Gen. Gen. Joshua Joshua Joshua L. L. Chamberlain/Lincoln Chamberlain/Lincoln & & Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Former professor Chamberlain was wounded six times as a Union general and accepted the surrender
of Confederate Troops at Appomattox. Although a Union victory, Gettysburg resulted in astronomical
casualties for both sides. Four months later, President Lincoln eloquently stated his grief in his
monumental Gettysburg Address.
100 min. color
Civi Civil Civi l War Journal Two #3: Battle of Fredricksburg/Battlefield Medicine
Despite delays and red tape, General Burnside marches the Union army into an engagement with Robert
E. Lee near Fredricksburg. More destruction was done by typhoid and dysentery than by bullets. The
primitive medical knowledge of the era is still shocking today.
100 min. color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal Two Two #4: #4: Frederick Frederick Douglas/Reporting Douglas/Reporting the the War War
War
After escaping slavery, Douglas established an influential abolitionist newspaper and played a key role in
the North's victory. Press coverage of the Civil War was excruciatingly detailed, shattering the nation's
romantic notion about war.
100 min. color
Ci Civil Ci vil War War Journal Journal Two Two #5: #5: Battle Battle of Chattanooga/Women at War
A daring maneuver by a Union general out to prove himself stunned Confederate General Braxton Bragg
in the "Battle Above the Clouds". Whether sheltering Confederate spies, braving battlefield bullets to feed
hungry troops or simply defying deadly diseases to nurse men back to health, women took on new roles
in the " War Between the States."
100 min color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal Two Two #6: #6: Nathan Nathan Nathan Bedford Bedford Forrest/Battle Forrest/Battle of of Franklin Franklin & & Nashville
Nashville
Using his own money, Nathan Forrest waged a campaign of destructive raids behind Northern lines.
General John Hood concocted a bold plan to lure Sherman out of Atlanta. The hellish battles of Franklin
and Nashville followed. Regiments of the North and South modeled themselves after the Zouaves, the
flamboyant soldiers of the French Army.
100 min. color
Civilisation Civilisation #1: #1: The The The Frozen Frozen World
World
A look at the six centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire.
50 min. color
Civilisation Civilisation #2: #2: The The The Great Great Great Thaw
Thaw
The sudden reawakening of European civilization in the 12th century is traced from its first manifestation
at the Abbey of Cluny to its high point, the building of Chartres Cathedral.
50 min. color
Civilisation Civilisation #3: #3: Romance Ro
Ro mance and Reality Reality
We journey from a castle in the Loire to the hill towns of Tuscany and Umbria to the cathedral baptistry at
Pisa where we explore the aspirations and achievements of the later Middle Ages in France and Italy.
50 min. color
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