Crash Course
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature
In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to...
Wonderscape
Understanding Second Person Point of View in Literature
Explore the unique and uncommonly used second person point of view in literature. Learn when and why this perspective is employed, despite its infrequent occurrence in academic essays. Discover examples of second person writing from...
Curated Video
Gary Soto
Gary Soto, a Mexican-American author and poet, captures the essence of youth and Chicano experiences in his stories, blending humor and the magic of everyday life.
Curated Video
A2 English Listening Practice - Reading and Books
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for lower-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of reading and books. The subtitles are included at the bottom of...
Weird History
Ernest Hemingway Was The Worst KGB Spy Ever
There are countless debates out there surrounding Ernest Hemingway, including whether or not he’s the greatest American novelist of all-time, as well as about the themes of misogyny in his writing (and his life). But, there’s another,...
PBS
Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Here’s the problem with tackling Ernest Hemingway—Ernest Hemingway himself. While the iconic author is mostly known for his feats of literary prowess, from The Sun Also Rises to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to countless short stories—perhaps...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Five Americans win Nobel Prizes in chemistry, medicine, physiology, and literature
Title: "Nobel Prizes Presented in Sweden -- Five Americans Honored" superimposed over Nobel prize ceremony / high angle Nobel Prize winners in tuxedos walk two by two down aisle at ceremony / low angle German Max Born, Nobel Prize winner...
Curated Video
SPAIN: PAMPLONA: SCUFFLES BREAK OUT AT FIESTA OF SAN FERMIN
Natural Sound
Scuffles have broken out during the opening of the fiesta of San Fermin in Spain after Basque militants unfurled a huge banner from the armed Basque separatist group ETA.
Thousands of bullfighting fans and tourists had...
Getty Images
MS Shot of Floridita exterior with Bustling crowded sidewalks / Havana, Cuba
MS Shot of Floridita exterior with Bustling crowded sidewalks / Havana, Cuba
Curated Video
Ceremony marks 60th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
60 years after famed American writer Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature, his grandsons travelled to Cuba to take a look at the medal for the first time.
The medal is on display at Hemingway's former house in the small...
Curated Video
Some 200 paintings acquired by the Steins go on display
October 5, 2011
1. Wide exterior of the Grand Palais with advert for exhibition entitled: "Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso... The Stein Family"
2. Close-up of poster
3. Wide of queue of visitors outside of the Grand Palais
4. Mid of people...
Curated Video
Ceremony marks 60th anniversary of Hemingway's 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
60 years after famed American writer Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature, his grandsons travelled to Cuba to take a look at the medal for the first time.
The medal is on display at Hemingway's former house in the small...
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT1-ARTHUR MILLER IN CUBA
Span/Eng/Nat
American writers ARTHUR MILLER, WILLIAM STYRON, and Colombian literary great GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ found Cuban President Fidel Castro likes his dinner engagements to last as long as his legendary speeches when their supper...
Bloomberg
Taste-Testing Hennessy's New Bourbon-Like Cognac
Oct. 31 -- Bloomberg Pursuits' Kate Krader hosts Hennessy's Jordan Bushell and The Liquor Cabinet's Maxwell Britten for a live tasting and cocktail session with Hennessy Master Blender's Selection No.1. The limited edition spirit, "an...
Curated Video
USA: NEW YORK: HEMINGWAY MANUSCRIPTS AUCTIONED
Natural Sound
Previously unheard of manuscripts and letters belonging to American novelist Ernest Hemingway have been auctioned in New York.
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" sold for nearly 220-thousand U-S dollars - a record...
Curated Video
CUBA: PILGRIMAGE TO COBRE
Spanish/Nat
Devotion to Cuba's patron saint has stood firm through all the momentous events that have visited the island.
Every year, hundreds have made the pilgrimage to Cobre, in the eastern half of the island, to pray to the Virgin...
Curated Video
Fans of Hemingway to meet in Havana next month for a conference
San Francisco de Paula, Havana, Cuba, May 26, 2009
1. Wide shot exterior "Finca Vigia"(Hemingway house)
2. Zoom out from open doorway to front of home
3. Close up bell hanging outside door
4. Pan right interior living room
5. Zoom in...
Curated Video
Art review of 2011
AP Television
Hong Kong - May 25, 2011
1. Mid of artwork of heads nodding, "Fermentation of Nose", 2011, by Heri Dono
2. Various of 2 paintings of Chairman Mao by Andy Warhol, Mao, 1973
3. Various of visitors to the Hong Kong Art...
Curated Video
Paul Newman and friends raise money for childrens' charity
Clips from live stage reading of 'The World of Nick Adams'
Please Courtesy Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camps and Allstate Insurance
1. Clip from 'The World of Nick Adams' stage reading with Matt Damon and Paul Newman
2. Clip...
Curated Video
Freelance LA TV producer publicises Cuba visit in defiance of US policy
1. Mid of activist Mytchell Mora showing Cuban merchandise he has bought to take back to the US
2. Close up of Che Guevara postcard
3. Mora showing Che beret and a shirt with "CUBA" written across the chest, the one he wore as he...
Curated Video
CUBA: US AND CUBAN INTELLECTUALS/WRITERS
Eng/Spanish/Nat
American writers Arthur Miller, William Styron and Colombian literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez discussed everything from World War II to the battle over 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez during a dinner with Fidel Castro that...
Curated Video
Hotel where Hemingway wrote burns to the ground
AP Television
Bimini - 14 January 2006
1. Wide shot of hotel entrance with smoke exiting window
2. Zoom in from hotel entrance to burnt window
3. Tilt down from hotel entrance sign to burnt debris
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Natasha Rolle,...
Curated Video
The opening of the 64th Cannes film festival
AP Entertainment
Cannes, 11 May 2011
1. Tilt down to red carpet steps
2. Wide shot crowd
3. Various of Aishwarya Rai posing
4. Wide shot Djimon Hounsou
5. Medium shot Djimon Hounsou
6. Various of shot Emir Kusturica arriving
7. Cutaway...
Curated Video
International seminar on writer as his house is briefly opened
Finca Vigia, just outside Havana - 24 May 2005
1. Wide shot exterior Ernest Hemingway's home just outside Havana with classic cars
2. Exterior Finca Vigia
3. Zoom-in to construction sign
4. Medium shot scaffolding outside house
5....