Videos

2106. The Amish: A People of Preservation by John L. Ruth
This award-winning documentary on Amish faith and life, revised in 1996. Video has excerpts of rarely recorded Amish preaching and singing.
(54 minutes. Ruth, 1996. $19.95)

2189. The Amish, Mennonite, & Hutterite Story
Beginning with a brief overview of the history of the Christian church, this video traces the origins of the Anabaptist movement in 16th-century Europe, the persecution, the emergence of the Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite sects, and their subsequent migrations throughout Europe and North America. Story is told as depicted in a gigantic, stunning hand-painted mural entitled “Behalt,” which comes from a German word meaning to keep or to remember.
(60 minutes. Mennonite Info. Ctr., 1999. $19.95)

2144. The Battle of Brandywine
This engaging video on the Brandywine Valley, Pa., and the pivotal Revolutionary War battle traces the history leading up to the battle, from the Quaker farmsteads to the battle itself. It also puts the Battle of Brandywine in the context of the Revolutionary War.
(15 min. Pa. Hist. and Museum Comm., 1997. $12.00)

1861. Brethren Heritage Tour: Switzerland, France, Germany, the Netherlands
Video of a European tour led by Dr. Donald F. and Hedda Durnbaugh in 1995, designed for members of the Brethren Church, Church of the Brethren, Dunkard Brethren, Grace Brethren, and Old German Baptist Brethren. It features historic Anabaptist sites and the original hometowns of the first Brethren and includes contact with members of the Schwarzenau Heritage Society and Mennonites in Krefeld and Surhuisterveen.
(45 minutes. Brethren Encyclopedia, 1996. $29.00)

2118. For the Love of God: The Mennonites and Benjamin Eby
This 30-minute documentary for Canadian public television gives an overview of the Pennsylvania origins of Mennonites in Ontario and their faith today. It is especially strong on the Old Order Mennonites with rare footage taken in homes.
(30 minutes. 1998. $29.95)

1767. Our Mennonite Legacy by Jan Gleysteen
Video of a slide presentation in four parts. Approximate total time is two hours. The Anabaptist- Mennonite story is narrated here by John Ruth using Gleysteen’s slides transferred to video with music.
(video. 2 hrs. 1996. $24.95)

2515. Pilgrimage of Faith: The Journey of an Anabaptist Family
This video is a slide show, produced in 1992 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Amish Yoders in America. Produced by Virgil E. Yoder.
(45 minutes. $20.00)

2466. The Radicals
An unbelievable story of the beginning of the Anabaptists—the story of Michael and Margaretha Sattler and the beginnings of the Anabaptist movement in 16th-century Europe. Michael was a monk and Margaretha a nun. Their brief marriage was ended when Michael was burned at the stake and Margaretha was drowned in May 1527 due to a faith that stood up to the most frightening atrocities. This video will challenge your own faith!
(Gateway Films, 1989. $24.99)

2519. Shroud For a Journey: The Clayton Kratz Story
This video tells the deeply moving story of Clayton Kratz and how he disappeared in 1920 while working for the Mennonite Central Committee to deliver aid to the Russian Mennonites. Two months later, amidst the chaos and the violence of the Russian Civil War, he disappeared and was never heard of again. Eighty years later, four Mennonite men took a trip retracing the route Kratz took in 1920.
(36 minutes. Urbania Productions, 2001. $20.00)