2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

American American Experience: Experience: Goin' Goin' Back Back to to TT-Town
T Town
In 1921, angry whites looted and burned Greenwood, an all-black community, to the ground in one of the
most vicious race riots the nation has ever seen. Tough, enterprising black citizens rebuilt a new
Greenwood from the ashes. By 1936, the neighborhood boasted the largest concentration of black
businesses in the United States. But Greenwood couldn't survive the progressive policies of integration
and urban renewal of the 60's. In a nostalgic celebration of old-fashioned neighborhood life, the black
residents of "T-Town" relive their community's remarkable rise and ultimate decline.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: Gold Gold Fever
Fever
This video tells the personal stories of a handful of prospectors who, in January 1898, traveled to the
Klondike in search of easy wealth, but instead came upon conmen, thieves and avalanches. The
program details the prospectors' arduous trek as they faced one dangerous obstacle after the next in their
rush to the gold country.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: Hunt Hunt For For Pancho Pancho Villa
Villa
In 1916, legendary outlaw Pancho Villa led a column of Mexican guerillas across the border into New
Mexico, leaving 17 Americans and 67 Mexicans dead in his path. This video blends together post cards
of the event and archival footage together with interviews with survivors to create a picture of violent life on
the border before World War I.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: In In the the the White White Man's Man's Image
Image
In 1875 Captain Richard Pratt escorted 72 Indian warriors suspected of murdering white settlers to Ft.
Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Once there, Pratt began an ambitious experiment which would continue
to shape the future of Native Americans for over 50 years. It involved teaching the Indians to read and
write English, and putting them in uniforms and drilling them like soldiers. Native Americans who
attended the schools help tell the story of a humanist experiment gone bad and its consequences for a
generation of Indians.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: Indians, Indians, Outlaws Outlaws and and Angie Angie Debo
This video outlines the heroic life and unique experiences of historian Angie Debo. Her research of
Oklahoma history revealed that the five civilized Indian tribes of Oklahoma were victims of a complex
swindle involving major political figures. Although Debo was threatened by these powerful forces, she
remained steadfast in her criticism of Indian policy.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American American Experience: Experience: Iron Iron Road Road
Road
Despite treacherous mountains, fierce indians, and labor shortages, the Trans-continental railroad made
its way slowly across the nation. This video presents the remarkable story of this major feat of
58 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: Last Last Stand Stand at at Little Little Big Big Horn
Horn
The Battle of Little Big Horn, that left no white survivors, is examined from two views: from that of the Sioux,
Cheyenne and Crow who had lived on the Great Plains for generations, and from that of the white settlers
who pushed west across the continent.
60 min. color/B&W cc
American American Experience: Experience: Lindburgh
Lindburgh
Few men of the 20th century led as daring or as controversial a life as Charles A. Lindburgh. This is a
revealing portrait of this reluctant hero with seldom seen footage and photographs.
60 min. color cc
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