Historic Barn Etchings Tell Tale of Hard-Working Children
Since Canadian Confederation, it was the policy of the Canadian government to provide education to Aboriginal peoples through a system of church-run Residential Schools. The idea was that by...
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Hollywood by Helicopter, 1958
“This movie is going to be pretty obvious.” That’s not the best way to get the viewer’s attention. And the rest of the script, read by Bob Crane, is not much better: “Hey Kitty, look … Kitty, you...
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Neil Armstrong’s Parents Appear on the Classic American TV Show “I’ve Got a...
“I’ve Got a Secret” was an American game show aired by CBS. By asking a series of questions, a panel had to determine the secret of contestants. On September 17, 1962, Stephen Koenig Armstrong and...
View ArticleThe Normandy Invasion Captured on 16 mm Kodachrome Film (1944)
The Normandy Invasion, otherwise known as “Operation Overlord,” was launched by the Allies on June 6, 1944. On that day — D-Day — American, British and Canadian troops landed on five separate...
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British Actors Read Poignant Poetry from World War I
The First World War (1914-1918) changed Britain to a degree that was unthinkable in 1914. Pre-war certainties and values such as honor, fatherland and progress disintegrated on the battlefields and...
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Color Footage of Winston Churchill’s Funeral in 1965
On January 24 1965, Sir Winston Churchill, the man who led Britain through the dark hours of the Second World War, died aged 90 at his London home. By decree of Queen Elizabeth II, his body lay in...
View ArticleFascinating Kodachrome Footage of “Victory over Japan Day” in Honolulu, 1945
When Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945 in Berlin (footage here), the Second World War may have been over for Europe, but the war on the Pacific...
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An Animated History of Physics Introduces the Discoveries of Galileo, Newton,...
How can you present scientific ideas to an audience of all ages — scientists and non-scientists alike — so that these ideas will stick in people’s minds? Since 2012, BBC Two has been trying to answer...
View ArticleRare Recording of Controversialist, Journalist and American Literary & Social...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpGzpqU-b04 Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was a famous American journalist, essayist, critic of American life and culture, and a scholar of American English. An expert...
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Alice Herz-Sommer, the Oldest Holocaust Survivor (Thanks to the Power of...
On Sunday, 23 February 2014, Alice Herz-Sommer, thought to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died in London. She has been an inspiration to many people as the story of her life is shown in the...
View ArticleRome Reborn – An Amazing Digital Model of Ancient Rome
What did ancient Rome look like in A.D. 320? Rome Reborn is an international initiative to answer this question and create a 3D digital model of the Eternal City at a time when Rome's population had...
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The Anatomical Drawings of Renaissance Man, Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, the archetype of the Renaissance Man, received some formal training in the anatomy of the human body. He regularly dissected human corpses and made very detailed drawings of...
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Five Historical Misconceptions Debunked
Viking helmets had horns, Napoleon was quite short and Lady Godiva rode through Coventry naked. Most of us accept these tales as facts because they've been told for many generations. But C.G.P. Grey...
View ArticleFrank W. Buckles, The Last U.S. Veteran of World War I
Frank Woodruff Buckles was born on February 1st, 1901. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the U.S. Army by convincing recruiting officers that he was, in fact, 21. In this short film, Buckles recalls...
View ArticleTrotsky, Russian Revolutionary, Makes Debut Performance Before Microphone (1932)
Many moons ago, we featured a speech by Leon Trotsky given in his Mexican exile in 1937. Turns out recordings of his television addresses go back even further. The short clip above was recorded in...
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