2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Furia Furia Salvaje
Salvaje
Jorge Reynoso and Alejandro Alcardez star in this violent story of "el corrido de Juan Pastor."
92 min. color
Futbolito: Futbolito: A A A Journey Journey Through Through Central Central America
America
this is a video chronicle of 5 North American athletes who traveled through Guatemala and Nicaragua
waging peace with a popular new foot game known as footbag, or "Hackey Sack." An inspiring example of
the role young people can play as emissaries in the quest for world peace.
28 min. color/B&W
Future Future is is Information: Information: Careers Careers in in in Library Library and and Information Information Science
Science
Narrated by Raymond Burr, he speaks about the importance of the librarian's role in society.
18 min. color
Future Future of of Investing: Investing: America's America's Financial Financial Experts Experts Look Look Ahead
Ahead
This "executive briefing" from some of the great minds on Wall Street offers insight into today's complex,
high-tech global investment environment. From on-line advisors to interactive virtual brokerages, this
program presents state of the art market expertise.
60 min. color
Futures Futures 2: 2: Animal Animal Care Care & & Fitness Fitness Fitness & & Physical Physical Performance
Performance
In segment one, students are shown how math is used to develop more high tech and efficient ways to
care for animals. From treating family pets to saving endangered species, students see vital links
between math and the real world. Fitness & Physical Performance introduces students to the fascinating
worlds of athletic and dance trainers, nutritionist and sprots medicine specialists, and the athletes who
depend on them to reach their peak performance.
30 min. color cc
Futures Futures 2: 2: Future Future Habitats Habitats & & Advanced Advanced Advanced Transportation
Transportation
Future Habitats shows students how math is used to shape our vision of the future. Jaime Escalente
and Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy review the concept of scale, while professionals and engineers
explain their roles in designing lunar landing stations, asteroid colonies, Mars outposts and other
possibilities. Advanced Transportation intorduces absolute value and other mathematical principles that
help designers and visonaries develop cars, trains and other transportation systems for the future.
30 min. color cc
Futures Futures 2: 2: Graphic Graphic Design Design & & Industrial Industrial Industrial Design
Design
Graphic Design shows students how this profession offers practical applications of math in the forms of
advertising, entertainment and communication. Site visits are made to USA Today, MTV, and other
workplaces to see this fast paced career in action. In Industrial Design students see how math is used
to ensure that products of all kinds look and function a certain way. "Visual futurist" Syd Mead
demonstrates how math is used to design everything from everyday products to "virtual reality" computer
programs and hardware.
30 min. color cc
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