2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Mexico Mexico #3: #3: A A A Story Story of of Courage Courage & & Conquest
Conquest
Conquest
As hard as the struggle for freedom from Spain was, the first decades of autonomy were perhaps even
more difficult. Part three chronicles the waves of fighting that rocked the fledgling nation, from the "Pastry
War" with France to the Mexican-American War.
50 min. color
Mexico Mexico #4: #4: A A A Story Story of of Courage Courage & & Conquest
Conquest
By the end of the 19th century, Mexico was exhausted from years of fighting. But the battles were not over.
After thirty years of iron-fisted rule, the nation rose up against the dictator Porfirio Diaz. Before the dust
finally settled, new legends were made and Mexico was tramsformed yet again.
50 min. color
Michael Michael Michael Jordan Jordan Off Off Court
Court
This is the unauthorized story of how a fierce competitive nature and desire to be the best propelled
Jordan to off-court stardom. It analyzes the one-man conglomerate known as "Michael Incorporated." As
sports hero, movie star and extraordinary pitchman for numerous products, this grandson of a tobacco
sharecropper annually funnels $10 billion into the United States' economy.
40 min. color
Michael Michael Palin's Palin's Pole Pole to to Pole Pole #1
#1
He's off! Just 23,000 miles to go! In a mad dash across the frozen plains by snow scooter, Palin heads
for the northernmost points of Europe where he skinny-dips in Finland with a member of Parliament,
pans for gold with Laplanders, and interviews Santa Claus at the Arctic Circle. Stops in Leningrad and
Turkey are also featured.
100 min. color
Michael Michael Palin's Palin's Pole Pole to to Pole Pole #2 #2
#2
In this episode, Palin gets a heavy-weight rubdown from a 350 lb. Massage therapist while visiting
Turkey, then keeps his cool at an all day wedding Greece with 3,000 other guests. Then its on to Africa
and the Equator aboard a luxury cruiser and desert train.
100 min. color
Michael Michael Michael Palin's Palin's Pole Pole to to Pole Pole #3
#3
Torn and tattered from his trek through Africa, Palin bursts into the safety and splendor of Kenya. He
pushes onward into the wilds of the Dark Continent with stops at the spot where Stanley met Livingstone
and Lake Tanganyika aboard the "African Queen."
100 min. color
Michael Michael Palin's Palin's Pole Pole to to Pole Pole #4
#4
After a fierce whitewater ride down the Zambisi River, Palin is closing in on Cape Town, where the only
ship for Antarctica is preparing to make its once a year journey. He has just enough time to ride aboard a
legendary locomotive and visit the deepest mine in the world before making a beeline for the ship. After
23,000 miles through hell and high water, he finds that there's not a single space left on the ship. If Palin
is going to make it there is only one thing left to do…
100 min. color
Michelangelo: Michelangelo: Michelangelo: Artist Artist & & Man
Man
As an artist, he was unmatched, yet in a world where art flourished only with patronage, Michelangelo
was caught between the conflicting powers and whims of the Medici family in Florence and the Papacy in
Rome. Unlike many artists of his time, his genius was recognized, but at what cost to his personal life?
50 min. color
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