Curated Video
History-steeped Volgograd prepares to host World Cup games
The World Cup match between England and Tunisia will take place on Monday in Volgograd, a host city steeped in history. Residents and visitors hope that football fans in the city by the Volga River will remain respectful of its painful...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world - Craig Zimmer
In ancient Greece, violent internal conflict between border neighbors and war with foreign invaders was a way of life, and Greeks were considered premier warriors. Sparta, specifically, had an army of the most feared warriors in the...
Hip Hughes History
The Foreign Policy Dance Review U.S. Foreign Policy Review
HipHughes dances some American foreign policy, covering nine major policy shifts. Designed for students but enjoyable for all. By turning each step into a dance move, you will not only be moved to groove and jive but the clear...
History Hit
Africa and War
The first shot fired by British forces in the First World War was fired by an African soldier in Africa. Historian David Olusoga presents three 1418 Now art commissions that will highlight the often overlooked role played by African...
History Hit
Africa And War: African porters and carriers
The third art piece is a multimedia performance, aims to tell the story of the over a million African porters and carriers who served British, French, and German forces during the first world war. Also, learn the importance of each of...
Curated Video
Tens of thousands join mass dance to mark 60th anniversary of war's end
SHOTLIST (including transcript):- AP Television Pyongyang, 28 July 2013 1. Various shots of people dancing in stadium Tens of thousands of young Koreans marked the 60th anniversary of the truce that ended the Korean War with a mass dance...
Jack Rackam
How the Dance Floor Changed Feudalism Forever | The Life & Times of Louis XIV
Feudalism was dying. In the age of globe-spanning colonial empires, commercial printing, and the scientific revolution, the idea of a state held together by a myriad of personal arrangements between ruler and nobility was beginning to...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Trail of Tears
In this video, Rainy Fields, an enrolled citizen of the Muskogee Creek Nation, discusses the history of how the United States forcibly removed indigenous peoples from their lands, focusing on the Trail of Tears and the impact it had on...
Curated Video
Into Africa and Wole Soyinka: Crash Course Theater #49
It's difficult to talk about African theater thanks to colonialism. Pre-colonial Africa was home to many spoken languages, and not nearly as many written languages. The chain of oral tradition was broken by colonial policies, and so many...
IT'S HISTORY
DANSE MACABRE - dancing plague of 1518
Let’s get this party started! Today we are going to talk about the mysterious dancing plague of 1518. » JOIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE HISTORY KNOWLEDGE! Write us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ITSHISTORYfb Follow us on Twitter:...
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George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, James Cameron and more walk the Oscar red carpet
Associated Press Television Los Angeles, 7 March 2010 1. Wide shot of arrivals line 2. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and Actor Peter Sarsgaard pose for photographers 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Sarsgaard/Actor and Maggie Gyllenhaal/Actor,...
Curated Video
BOSNIA: THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN PRE ELECTION RALLIES
Serbo-Croat/Nat Political players in Bosnia have been campaigning for support in the countdown to polling day. Bosnians will choose a new parliament and president in national elections on Saturday. Thousands of voters took part in...
Curated Video
Museum features history of U.S. spy technology
Washington D.C., United States - 19 July, 2002 1. Wide shot performers abseiling (rappelling) down the wall of the museum 2. Man calls out countdown 3. Abseilers pull aside ribbon to reveal "Now Open" sign 4. Various performers abseiling...
Royal Opera House
Darcey Bussell on how to dance The Sleeping Beauty's Lilac Fairy (The Royal Ballet)
Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty is notoriously one of the most challenging ballets to perform. Find out more: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-sleeping-beauty-by-marius-petipa The production holds a particularly special place in...
Jabzy
Ukraine's First War against Russia | Cossacks, Khmelnytsky Uprising, Zaporozhia #ProjectUkraine
Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 01:15 - Khmelnytsky Uprising
Curated Video
Swordsmiths keeping Sudanese traditions alive
LEADIN: Swords play an important role in daily life in eastern Sudan - but not for fighting. Traditional swordsmiths create hand crafted blades in the same fashion as their ancestors to be worn for celebrations and rituals. STORYLINE: In...
Curated Video
Rise of ultra-conservative Islam blamed for attacks
LEADIN: A rise in ultra-conservative Islam in Taiz is creating divisions and fear among its residents. An influential imam has issued fatwas against those involved with certain cultural events. And they claim this has led to targeted...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW REBIRTH ACCOMPANIED BY POVERTY AND GANG WARFARE
Russian/Eng/Nat The Russian capital, Moscow, is preparing to celebrate its 850th anniversary - at a time when the former heart of the Soviet empire is going through a period of profound change. The city, founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky...
Curated Video
WRAP Rebels celebrate retaking city; deputy FM sot, rebel spox
Ajdabiya 1. Wide of rebel shooting anti-aircraft gun mounted on back of pick up truck into the sky 2. Rebels celebrating in square, cars honking horns driving around roundabout 3. Rebel shooting machine gun from inside car 4. Close up of...
Curated Video
WRAP Celebrations in Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Musharraf bite; Karachi
AP Television Gujrat 1. Wide of PPP (Pakistan People's Party) party office and people shooting in air AUDIO Gunfire 2. Various of people shooting in the air 3. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Mohammed Arshad, security guard: "We are firing to...
Curated Video
The style of Catherine the Great and imperial Russia
AP Television 3 April 2013 - Moscow, Russia 1. Mid of portraits of Catherine the Great (left) and Maria Federovna (right) 2. Close-up and pan upwards of portrait of Catherine the Great. 3. Wide of dress of Maria Federovna, the wife of...
Curated Video
Turkey allows mass at 10th-century Armenian cathedral
1. Wide of ferry approaching port of Van, on Akdamar Island 2. Ferry laden with passengers approaching dock 3. Wide of port seen from ferry with the 10th century Akdamar church in distance 4. Armenian Christian pilgrims arriving on shore...
Curated Video
Iraqis go to the polls in Baghdad, Basra, Baqouba, Najaf
Baghdad 1. Crowds of people arriving at polling station 2. Long queue of people waiting to vote, man being searched 3. People crowded into corridor inside polling station 4. People registering 5. Old woman casting vote 6. People...
National Film Board of Canada
Red Path
This short documentary tells the story of Tony Chachai, a young Indigenous man in search of his identity. Moved by the desire to reconnect with his Atikamekw roots, he delivers a touching testimony on the journey that brought him closer...