2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Great Great Great War War #7: #7: Hatred Hatred & & Hunger Hunger
Hunger
When the news of the war's end reached the trenches, the lucky ones who had survived came out to
celebrate. Yet while millions celebrated, for many it was a time tinged with sadness. The Great War had
been the worst disaster in history. Nine million soldiers were killed with millions more wounded in spirit
and body. Large parts of France, Belgium, and Russia lay devastated. Four empires had collapsed. The
old leaders and much of the old world was gone, and the struggle for a new one was just beginning.
58 min. color cc
Great Great War War War #8: #8: War War Without Without End
End
Broken hopes, broken families, broken lives, the world at the end of the Great War was full of all three.
The final episode explores the aftermath of the war and the failed peace. For the "lost generation" the war
would be without end.
58 min. color cc
Great Great White White Hope
Hope
James Earl Jones delivers an unforgettable performance as the first Black heavyweight champion of the
world, based on the life of early - 1900's boxing legend Jack Johnson.
103 min. color
Greater Greater Greater Sand Sand Sand Hill Hill Hill Crane Crane
Crane
The Greater Sand Hill Crane may well hold the secrets to saving the endangered Whooping Crane. This
video shows the life cycle of the crane and rare footage of a newly hatched chick in the wild. A human
"foster parent" teaches a crane born in captivity to live in the wild.
30 min. color
Greatest Greatest Generation
Generation
They were the men and women who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World
War: individuals who paved a path through hardship and struggle and went on to build the nation we
know today. Duty. Honor. Courage. Sacrifice. These common values united a generation that came of
age during years of uncertainty.
50 min. color cc
Greece
Greece
Visit classic, cosmopolitan Athens, visit the Greek Islands of Crete, or Rhodes or soak up the clear bright
sun of this Mediterranean mecca for tourists.
30 min. color
Greed Greed (oversized (oversized - three three tapes tapes & & Teacher's Teacher's Teacher's and and Student's Student's Guides) Guides)
Guides)
Segment 1 covers the basic economic concepts including incentives, scarcity, competition, and
comparative advantage. Segment 2 extends the basic principle concepts of economic theory into the
domain of rules. Segment 3 covers the questions, "What makes a nation wealthy?" and "What
determines the distribution of income?"
42 min. color
Green Green Mile
Mile
Miracles happen in unexpected places, even in the death-row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.
There John Coffey, a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers, brings a sense of spirit and
humanity to his guards and fellow inmates.
189 min. color cc
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