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2) Marie Curie
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English
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The animated story 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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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.
7) Galileo
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English
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Galileo was the extraordinary astronomer and inventor who, at the risk of his reputation and freedom, rediscovered that the Earth travels around the sun. For refusing to support a false view of the universe, he spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
8) Joan of Arc
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English
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Tells the story of Joan of Arc who leads the battle to protect the French city of Orleans from the English invaders and is later kidnapped and burned at the stake by the English.