History Hit
The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean: Revisiting West Berlin
What was West Berlin like just before the wall fell? When in West Berlin, how obvious was the wall at the time? The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean, Part 1
History Hit
George Orwell's 1984 with Dorian Lynskey: The re-emergence and influence of 1984
Why are people talking about George Orwell again? How much did the Spanish civil war influence and affect George Orwell as an individual and politically? George Orwell's 1984 with Dorian Lynskey, Part 1
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, 1984 - Context
Watch this video to learn about Orwell’s world and its influence on the novel ‘1984’. Big Brother and the Thought Police might seem totally fictional, but they reflect history. Explore the author’s personal history, from his experiences...
Mr. Beat
Fascism Explained
Why is it that so many people get the definition of fascism wrong? Basically, because it's a complex thing to define, and it's become a word people use to describe their enemies in order to boost their political agenda or promote their...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Surrealism | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. But what IS it? Or what WAS it? Today we delve into the history of Surrealism, as it formed in post-World War I Europe and as it has infiltrated our...
Mazz Media
World War 2
This live-action video program is about the term World War 2. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term World War 2 through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Curated Video
Historical context of fascism in America, and the 2024 presidential race
Presidential history expert Jeffrey Engel lays out the historical context of the term fascism in America as rhetoric labeling Donald Trump as having fascist characteristics has loomed. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Green deputy promises party will always tell the truth about racism
The Greens will always tell the truth about racism and migration, the party’s deputy leader has said.
In his speech at the Green Party conference in Manchester, Zack Polanski said people across the UK had rejected the “divisive hate” of...
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B/W 1945/46 close up Hermann Goering listening on headphones at war crime trials / Nuremberg / documentary
B/W 1945/46 close up Hermann Goering listening on headphones at war crime trials / Nuremberg / documentary
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B/W 1945/46 close up worried Alfred Rosenberg with headphones at war crime trials / Nuremberg / documentary
B/W 1945/46 close up worried Alfred Rosenberg with headphones at war crime trials / Nuremberg / documentary
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B/W 1946 senior man saying plea into microphone at war crimes trial / Nuremberg / newsreel
B/W 1946 senior man saying plea into microphone at war crimes trial / Nuremberg / newsreel
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B/W 1946 Rudolf Hess saying plea into microphone at war crimes trial / Nuremberg / newsreel
B/W 1946 Rudolf Hess saying plea into microphone at war crimes trial / Nuremberg / newsreel
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B/W 1946 man saying plea into microphone in courtroom at war crimes trials / Nuremberg / newsreel
B/W 1946 man saying plea into microphone in courtroom at war crimes trials / Nuremberg / newsreel
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B/W 1930s close up senior Jewish man being pushed + dragged / Nazi takeover of Germany
B/W 1930s close up senior Jewish man being pushed + dragged / Nazi takeover of Germany
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B/W 1945/46 PAN Nazi defendants sitting in courtroom with MP behind them / Nuremberg / documentary
B/W 1945/46 PAN Nazi defendants sitting in courtroom with MP behind them / Nuremberg / documentary
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B/W Oct. 16, 1946 military men hanging Nazi convicted of war crimes / Nuremberg / newsreel
B/W Oct. 16, 1946 military men hanging Nazi convicted of war crimes / Nuremberg / newsreel
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B/W 1930s close up senior Jewish man being dragged by men / Nazi takeover of Germany
B/W 1930s close up senior Jewish man being dragged by men / Nazi takeover of Germany
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mussolini Obelisk erected in Rome
Title card: "Shaft to Duce! World's biggest marble block set up as monument to Mussolini" / marble on a large hydraulic pulley and wooden scaffolding system / CU pulley / men working on pulley / obelisk monument in the Foro Mussolini...
Hearst Metrotone News
A concrete swastika sculpture explodes on the roof of Nuremberg Stadium symbolizing Germany's defeat.
A concrete swastika sculpture explodes on the roof of Nuremberg Stadium symbolizing Germany's defeat.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Blackshirts and other Fascist troops in the Piazza Venezia and Roman Colosseum
VS Blackshirts bearing standards with eagle at the top / elevation shot Fascist troops bearing standards and flags march past the Colosseum / elevation shot troops march away from camera, crowds line streets / elevation shot troops march...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes of Hitler's rise to power and Germany's preparation for war
VS workers inside metal foundry / MS profile shot of German Dictator Adolf Hitler giving Nazi salute at April 20, 1938 military parade honoring his 49th birthday / VS artillery cannons pulled by military trucks roll past crowds in stands...
Hearst Metrotone News
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader for the rising Nazi movement in Germany.
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader for the rising Nazi movement in Germany.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Italian troops march in military review in front of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in the Piazza Venezia
LS Italian Blackshirts march toward and past camera, Roman Colosseum behind them / VS of columns of Fascist troops in front of the Victor Emmanuel Monument in the Piazza Venezia / Elevation shot large crowd of people standing and...