2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Great Great Smoky Smoky Mountains: Mountains: Blue Blue Ridge Ridge Parkway
Parkway Parkway - Shenandoah
Shenandoah
Discover the natural wonders, breathtaking scenery, and pioneer spirit of three national park areas. From
the rich wilderness of the Great Smokies, to the scenery and folklore of the Blue Ridge Parkway, to the
gentle mountain beauty of Shenandoah.
60 min. color
Great Great Tales Tales in in Asian Asian Art
Art
Filmed on location, four beloved stories of India, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan are told through the
masterpieces of visual art and the stirring performances these tales have inspired for centuries. Included
are: "The Ramayana" from India, "Korean Masked Dance Drama," The Tale of Genji" from Japan, and
"Gita Govinda."
95 min. color
Great Great War War #1: #1: Explosion
Explosion
The Great War was the first major catastrophy of the 20th century. This segment looks at the conditions
that brought on the war and unveils how those in power engaged in a great gamble under false
assumptions with no conception of the war machine they were putting into motion.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War War War #2: #2: Stalemate
Stalemate
Most generals believed modern weaponry would make for a bloody but quick outcome on the battlefield,
and they were half right. To escape from machine gun fire and artillery, soldiers had no choice but to dig
into the ground to survive. The result on the Western Front in 1914 was a line of trenches stretching from
the Swiss Alps to the English Channel.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War #3: Total War
War
In the second year of the war, The Great War became total war. Chemical weapons were used for the
first time. London was bombed from the sky. Women poured into factories to make weapons. Children
put on uniforms and recited rhymes of hate. This episode ends in Turkey with the mass targeting of
civilians as hundreds of thousands of Armenians were deported into the desert - the first genocide of the
20th century, and a harbinger of dark things to come.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War War #4: #4: Slaughter
Slaughter
Slaughter
This episode explores the cultural world of trench warfare as it was created by the soldiers themselves.
Behind the lines they created a world as close to the civilian life they had left as they could replicate. It
was a way of restoring their sense of humanity and decency - no small achievement considering what
they faced.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War War #5: #5: Mutiny
Mutiny
By 1917, soldiers, armies, even entire countries were nearing the breaking point. For soldiers,
shellshock represented a kind of mutiny - a personal withdrawal from an intolerable reality. The strain at
home began to tell at the same time as it did at the front. Of all the mutinies of The Great War, the largest
was in Russia, where not only an army but an entire nation rebelled. That revolution would reverberate
throughout the century.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War War War #6: #6: Collapse
Collapse
At the beginning of 1918, the odds looked bad for the Allies. Revolution had knocked Russia out of the
war. The French Army had been rocked by mutiny. The Italians had been routed and the German army
was still firmly entrenched on the Western Front. At this moment, the United States entered the fray.
President Woodrow Wilson declared that America was going to war to "Make the World Safe for
Democracy."
58 min. color cc
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