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1) Pocahontas
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Animated biography of Pocahontas, the native American princess who saved the English settlers at Jamestown.
3) Marco Polo
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Animated biography of Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer who travelled to India, China and other many lands in the thirteenth-century.
5) Marie Curie
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Animated biography of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
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Dramatizes Edison's invention of the light bulb focusing on the character traits of perseverence, conviction and honesty that influenced his final success. The inventor's success is also attributed to his ability to make loyal friends and assistants, and to work diligently in the face of dishonest investors. As the drama unfolds, the scientific principles of heat, vaccums, carbon, glass and resistance are also demonstrated in story form. Finally,...
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Journey to Palestine of the second century B.C., where Antiochus, a Syrian-Greek king, rules over the people of Israel, confronting them with a trying test of their faith. They must bow down and accept the Greek gods or die! Some submit but not the Maccabees, a small group true to the faith of their fathers. The spirit and determination of the Maccabees lives today in the celebration of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights.
10) Joan of Arc
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Animated biography of Joan of Arc, the young woman from Lorraine who rallies France to a victory over the English invaders.