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American History: Breadline Great Depression

When the New York Stock Exchange crashed on October 24th, 1929, the impact was felt by millions of Americans. This is the story of how America went from a land of plenty (and plenty of get rich quick schemes) to soaring unemployment and breadlines, virtually overnight.

American History: MLK

An insightful interview with Martin Luther King about his personal experience of racial abuse and advocacy of non-violence.

American History: RFK

Live news broadcasts offer a searing look at the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy on June 5, 1968, tragically mirroring the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on Nov 22, 1963.

Earth Science: Changing Landscapes

A fascinating look at the changing landscape of earth, from natural erosion to the impact of climate change.

Earth Science: Cost of Coffee

Explore the environmental and economic impact of a single cup of coffee. From the deforestation of Kenya to the volatile commodities market, there's a lot more to coffee than you might realize.

Earth Science: Deforestation

A disturbing yet important look at how severe economic pressure has led South America to cut down rainforests in order to create grazing ground for cattle. It’s a short term solution that will have a devastating long term effect—not only reducing the soil's productivity to 10 or 20 years, but after that, leaving it a wasteland.

Earth Science: Islands of the South Atlantic

Colonies of Rockhopper Penguins and King Cormorants live side by side for mutual protection on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Marauding Skuas and Falcons seek out easy prey but are often driven back by the aggressive penguins. It really is a fight for survival on these bleak, yet fascinating islands.

Literature: Maya Angelou

This short feature focuses on Dr. Maya Angelou, a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom.

Literature: Science Fiction

Journey through the evolution of the science fiction genre from H.G. Wells' ideas of time travel and space invasions to Arthur C. Clarke's concept of brain caps. This video explores the work and literary style of authors influenced by real advances in science and politics and inspired by their imaginations.

Literature: Travel Writing

A look at what motivates travel writers and the way they report their experiences.

Literature: War Poetry

A look at the works of the First World War poets, and the effect their poetry had on twentieth century attitudes to war.

Mathematics - Archimedes Death Ray

An experimental recreation one of the many inventions of Archimedes, the alleged death ray of mirrors. Using a shield of hexagonal mirrors to focus the sun’s rays is it possible to set a boat aflame?

Mathematics: India's First Empires - The invention of Zero

Who invented the number zero? Journey to an ancient temple in India to examine the first record of this curious symbol that revolutionized modern mathematics and formed the basis of our present numbering system.

News Content: BBC News

Over the last 75 years the BBC has earned a worldwide reputation for the authority, accuracy and impartiality of its news and current affairs coverage.

BBC News is the biggest broadcasting news-gatherer in the world. With over 2,000 journalists working in 42 international news bureaux, our archive is enormous — and it's getting bigger. Television News is responsible for more than 18,000 hours of programming every year, which equates to an average of almost 50 hours of output every day. BBC World Service reaches a global audience of more than 150 million listeners with bulletins in more than 40 languages every day.

The breadth and depth of BBC news coverage is unrivalled, with subject specialists who can throw a spotlight on people and stories which are not widely known.

Here you will find in-depth coverage of every significant event, personality and era from the past 75 years.

News Content: CBS News

BBC Motion Gallery is proud to be the exclusive global representative for the remarkable content of CBS News.

Through its international news teams, CBS News has covered events of the last 50 years and is a comprehensive, if not legendary, historic record with over 700,000 hours of content.

Amongst its treasures are: more than four handred reels of tape shot in the four days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; the anti-war movement in the U.S. and the fall of Saigon; the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s; presidential campaigns and political conventions; the U.S. space program, its successes and failures, including the first man to land on the moon and the Challenger explosion; the Oklahoma City bombing; and, more recently, the events of September 11th.

The collection comprises more than two million videotapes and sixty six million feet of film, including outtakes and other footage never used in on-air reports.

Psychology: Fight or Flight

An interesting look at how how fear triggers brain activity and the effect it has on the lungs, heart & muscles. You’ll also gain insight into the fight or flight response.

Psychology: Human Mind Impressions

Do certain facial features instill feelings of mistrust? In this experiment, researchers attempt to find out.

Psychology: PTSD and Coping

An insightful examination of the stigma surrounding depression, current treatments and new technologies.

Psychology: Sobriety Begins at Home

An exploration of the impact on teenagers when they grow up in a household where parents drink.

Psychology: Stress

An in-depth look at the stress ordinary people face and how it is related to hormones like cortisol.

Science: Aging

External signs of aging go hand in hand with many more hidden processes in the human body. Here we see how the brain copes with a decline in vision and focus, and takes a close look at the inner workings of the eye.

Our skin, the human body’s largest organ, presents a visible sign of the aging process, and here you can see how and why it degenerates. Lastly, we look at how hearing is affected by age. Close inspection of the ear reveals the complex and minute amplifying system that is constantly regenerated, but loses its precision and sensitivity from the time we are just ten years old.

Science: First Steps

Learn how newborn babies develop from a bundle of nerves and reflexes to a walking, talking child. Discover how children adapt to a social world and what effect this has on triplets, and witness an experiment to see how reasoning—and even lying—develops in children.

Science: Rain Experiment

Ready for a really interesting experiment? When it rains, what is the best way to stay dry if you don't have an umbrella? Do you run, jog or walk? What other factors are involved? (Hint: The weight of the raindrops and the angle from which they fall all play a part.) After a series of experiments the results are in.

Science: The Mind

The human brain is an organ of miraculous complexity, packed with neurons, synapses and neurotransmitters and powered by chemical and electrical activity. In this short video, you’ll see a brain as it’s scanned for electrical activity, and you’ll actually see a thought in process!

Science: Tumor Trouble

A look at how cancerous cells form and spread in the body. Focusing on tumors and the influence genetics can have on the development of cancer, we see how tough it can be to establish a lifestyle that protects us from the disease in its various forms.

Sociology: Latino Barber Promotes Literacy

Clip telling the story of Ruben Martinez, literacy champion amongst the Latino community in California.

Sociology: Prejudice

A white grandmother's prejudice against her granddaughter's black husband.

Sociology: Rudeness

In this module, we explore the questions, are people more rude today than they were 20 years ago? And are people even aware they might be behaving rudely?

Travel: Escape to New York

A stunning visual tour of the many sights of New York. Bustling streets, shimmering neon, fashion and food all come together in this melting pot. From its breathtaking skyscrapers to the inspiring Statue Of Liberty, there truly is no place like New York—the city that never sleeps.

World History: Great Pyramid of Giza

An amazing look at the skills and engineering techniques used to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza.

World History: Industrial Revolution

How demand for fabrics and other goods triggered the start of the industrial revolution.

World History: Mesopotamia

How the overlapping cultures and man's ingenuity gave birth to civilisation in Mesopotamia.

World History: The Mongol Dynasty

How the last Great Khan united all of China under a single Mongol Dynasty.

World History: The Turin Shroud

The Shroud of Turin, thought by many to be the burial cloth of Christ. When first photographed, the shroudrevealed a negative image of a bearded figure strongly resembling traditional ideas of Christ’s appearance. Recent technological tests have added to the mystery of the shroud’s origins, with the latest theories suggesting it might even be an example of ancient photography, centuries before photography was invented.

World History: The Vietnam War

A wide-ranging look at the Vietnam War, covering all the years of the conflict.