2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Life's Life's Life's Little Little Lessons: Lessons: Accepting Accepting Someone Someone Who Who Is Is Different
Different
Different
Story of Jennie - a person may be born different but that person also has special abilities that possibly
no-one else has. Everyone is special in their own way.
10 min. color
Life, Life, Times, Times, and and Wonders Wonders of of of Ancient Ancient Greece
Greece
Ancient Greek customs and daily life are revealed through computer graphics, archival film and classic
art. Toru the Acropolis in the 5th Century B.C. Stand before Delphi's Temple of Apollo where the oracle
spoke. It's all here - places and events that have fired the imaginations of people for centuries. Ancient
Greece was a civilization like no other.
70 min. color
Life, Life, Times, Times, and and Wonders Wonders of of of Rome Rome and and Pompeii
Pompeii
In this video you will see the magnificence of Rome and Pompeii as they were about 2,000 years ago.
Watch Nero's Rome ablaze and Mount Vesuvius' devastation of Pompeii recreated as it might have
happened. See the Colosseum, as it stood, with 50,000 Romans applauding the bloody gladiator
spectacles. Through copputer animation, we can see how these cities might have actually looked and
how the people really lived.
60 min. color
Life, Life, Life, Times, Times, and and Wonders Wonders Wonders of of of the the the Pyramids Pyramids and and the the Cities Cities of of of the the Pharaohs
Pharaohs
Egyptologists and video artists take the viewer back 5000 years to the awakening of Egypt - a civilization
that created colossal structures with simple tools and massive manpower. The reconstructions in this
video recapture the splendor of Egypt's ancient structures.
75 min. color
Life: Life: Eyewitness
Eyewitness
Life goes back billions of years to the bubbling cauldron of the early Earth and life's primitive beginnings.
It chronicles the developments from single-celled creatures through the age of the dinosaurs and on to
the complex variety of plants and animals that exist today.
35 min. color cc
Lifesense Lifesense (2 (2 tapes)
tapes)
This acclaimed BBC World Nature production immerses the viewer in an astonishing world of sight,
sound, and sensation. It's the world as seen by microscopic parasites that inhabit our bodies, family
pets and homes.
175 min. color cc
Lifetimes Lifetimes of of Change: Change: Development Development & & Growth
Growth
The ideas of birth, growth, change, and decay in this gentle, sensitive video make it relevant to many
areas of study, including language, social studies, art, and personal development.
18 min. color
Light Light Light Princess
Princess
On the day of her birth, a Princess is cursed with a strange problem, the gift of levity. As a result, she is
never able to take anything seriously, and can never keep her feet firmly planted on the ground. The
Princess is in constant danger of blowing away and getting lost in the clouds forever. When she reaches
17, however, a handsome Prince materializes and everything changes.
56 min. color
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