AMISH COUNTRY VIDEOS
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“AMISH VALUES & VIRTUES...PLAIN & SIMPLE”
Faith, Persistence, Self-Responsibility, Charity, Honesty, Friendship; these are the “Values and Virtues” held dearly and practiced by the Amish. Researchers say the Amish are the happiest group in America. Has our fast-paced, technologically advanced, Information Age left many of us unfulfilled and unhappy? Do the ways of the Amish offer insights and examples for our contemporary society?
The Amish choose to live without cars, computers, TV's, or electricity. And yet they embody the harmony and contentment that many of us seek. Learn how the Amish simplify their lives and as a result spend more time with family and friends. Experience how the Amish instill the work ethic in their children. How an Amish funeral eliminates stress and anxiety instead of increasing it. Delight in hearing an Amish sister quartet sing their favorite Christian songs and watch an Amish family working at home and in their workshop.
The Amish illustrate a way of life that is outwardly simple, yet inwardly rich. By witnessing their simple tenets of voluntary simplicity you too will learn what it's like to live “Plain and Simple”.
“Amish Values and Virtues” features intimate footage of Amish life never captured on video before! VHS/60 MINUTES $19.95
“AN AMISH COUNTRY ADVENTURE”..Exploring The BackRoads of Ohio's Amish County
This video is for those who want more of what Ohio's Amish County, gateway to America’s largest Amish Community, has to offer. You’ll be swept past majestic views atop forested hills which rival New England into valley farm lands unequaled in their profusion of country visionary delights. We will help you explore vast farm lands and countryside rich in wildlife, farm animals, livestock and fields of whispering wheat.
Witness an nine minute segment from “An Amish Barn Raising”. Spectacular footage shows segments of the complete construction, start to finish. A rare event captured on video.
Come and explore the back roads to Berlin, Charm, Killbuck, Millersburg, Mt. Hope, Walnut Creek and Winesburg. You’ll be taken into two Amish Farms of both new world and old world order. You’ll also have a peek into the areas most unique shops, B&B’s & Inns.
This video will make you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time to a lifestyle of yesteryear still cherished and revered by the Amish community. VHS/ 85 Minutes. $19.95
“AN AMISH BARN RAISING”
A rare opportunity to witness this amazing feat of construction and brotherly love. It's hard to put into words the thrill of watching several hundred Amishmen working side-by-side with their friends and neighbors, accomplishing in a day what would normally take a week. It takes a special kind of team work and skill to assemble one of these barns in only nine hours; a type of skill that has been handed down through the generations for hundreds of years. You’ll love watching the Amish children delight in both work and play during this day when so many friends and neighbors have the rare opportunity to gather and spend the entire day together. A fascinating video the whole family will enjoy watching over and over again. 55 minutes. $19.95
“A TRAIN RIDE THRU AMISH COUNTRY”
will take you on a journey by train, car, horse drawn buggy and sleigh through central Ohio's tri-county area, home of the worlds largest Amish community. On this video you will experience some of the most beautiful footage ever taken of Ohio’s Amish countryside.
Buggy ride over gently rolling hills and broad vast farm lands. Pass by neatly painted barns next to their stately yet simple farmhouses. Hop aboard Ohio’s oldest authentic locomotive, and ride the rails past several farmsteads as Amish farmers and their families till their fields, bring in the cows and haul their produce to market. You’ll step back in time as you: visit an Amish blacksmith shop and watch over his shoulder as he shoes a horse; visit an Amish toy maker’s shop; visit Sugarcreek’s horse auction where Amish farmers buy their horses; and witness a historic Amish housemoving! Delight in seeing Amish boys and girls play baseball and other games, walking home from school and frolicking in their pastoral playgrounds. The narration provides you with special insight into Amish lifestyles.
VHS / 60 Minutes Only $19.95
“Amanda’s Amish Kitchen” Video Cookbook" Featuring Amanda Troyer
Explore the delicious world of authentic Amish cooking revealed on this fantastic one-of-a-kind video. Not everyday recipes but virtually gourmet Amish specialties like Pan Fried Chicken, Amish Style Dressing and Mashed Potatoes. Also Yum-a-Setti Casserole, Poor Man’s Steak and Broccoli & Cauliflower Salad plus a unique variety of other Amish specialties. Fabulous desserts are also featured including Amanda’s mouth watering Strawberry Shortcake, Date Nut Pudding and Amish Oatmeal Cake. Altogether you’ll watch Amanda Troyer, one of Holmes County’s finest Amish style cooks, and her daughter Wanda whip up a dozen of her families favorite recipes. You’ll learn many of Amanda’s cooking secrets so you too will be able to create these delicious as well as beautiful dishes. VHS 90 Minutes. $19.95
AMISH CHILDREN
Anyone who ever visits Amish Country always comes away with unforgettable memories of the Amish children. This delightful video captures a slice of their world. So much different is their world, a life without TV, radio, video games, computers and telephones. Where a major part of their education includes farm skills for the boys and kitchen and family duties for the girls. This video will show you samples of what it must be like to be an Amish child growing up in the country or on a farm. With extra-odinary video vignettes and unforgettable photo-graphs you'll see moments of children watching and helping with a barn raising; Amish boys and girls playing at school and at home; helping with farming choirs, singing to entertain guests; plus much more.
Explore this quiet corner of Americana somewhere between Currier & Ives and Norman Rockwell as we take you off the beaten path to the land of windmills and buggies. This video continues on where "Amish Values & Virtues" and "Reflections of Amish Life" leave off as you learn how the Amish teach their children about honesty, humbleness, respect, self responsi-bility, faith and charity. 35 minutes Color VHS ©2000. $12.95
"REFLECTIONS OF AMISH LIFE"
You’ll be inspired by this close up look into the Amish way of life. You will discover all there is to know about the Amish from their early beginnings, their home life, their religious values, and their simple habits and lifestyles.
“Reflections of Amish Life” offers hundreds of spontaneous scenes coupled with authoritative narration by Amish, Mennonite and English historians. It also introduces the viewer to the riddles and complexities of the Amish faith and culture and what inspired one man to spend years of study and sacrifice to join the Amish faith and then leave twelve years later.
Along the way, you’ll meet a large group of Amish quilters as they piece together one of their beautiful quilts, many of which have a religious significance and as such are an important part of Amish life.
This video captures all four seasons filled with all the beauty and charm of Amish farmsteads and country back roads. Witness the tranquil beauty of Amish country in the wintertime and delight in watching as Amish children play in the snow and tend to the baby animals the family raises for income.
“Reflections of Amish Life” includes informative narration on additional topics of interest such as child rearing, courtship, religious holidays, ordination and much more!
You'll discover why millions of tourists from around the world are visiting this special part of the country. It's just like stepping back in time to a much simpler less hurried existence. A "must see" for viewers of all ages who are fascinated by Amish Life.
VHS 65 Minutes $19.95
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