Rebel XT can it shoot video and B/W photos

I am a begginer at this and I just recently got the Rebel XT. I have gone through the manual and maybe I am a bit slow in the head but I could not find anything on shooting video. Does this camera have that option?

I did find something on B/W photo's and again I was unsure of how or what to do. Is there a setting that will let you shoot B/W?

Thanks

You can't shoot video with any Canon DSLR camera. You can shoot b/w by going to Parameters in the menu. I'd read that owner's manual again with your camera at your side.

However most people prefer to shoot in colour and then convert to b&w later on.

Canon or any DSLR.

No video, but does have B/W capability. The camera contains 4 B/W filters (yellow, red, green, orange (?)). I'm not sure of the 4th one. It also lets you shoot in tones (sepia, purple, green). These are mainly beneficial if you shoot in JPG format. All of this is set up in the camera menus. It's fairly simple, but does require a few button presses to get everything set up. And then you need a few button presses again if you want to go back to color. The manual explains how to set this up.

If you shoot in RAW, then you may want to try the RAW editor that comes with ZoomBrowser (on the software CD). This is the only editor I can find (so far) which mimics the internal camera settings for B/W. So, if you shoot in RAW, it doesn't matter how you shoot the picture. You can use the RAW editor, flip the switch for B/W and quickly see what your image will look like with the varying filters. It has been really handy for me. Although, I now just use Raw Shooter Essentials (RSE from Pixmantec - http://www.pixmantec.c​om) for RAW shots.