Instructional Video4:43
Curated Video

The Lost Generation

3rd - 8th
A video entitled "The Lost Generation" which explores writers of the Lost Generation and the works they produced during the 1920s.
Instructional Video1:38
Curated Video

Reception and Legacy of The Great Gatsby

9th - Higher Ed
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby" captured the optimism of the 1920s and foreshadowed the personal and societal doom that would follow with the market crash and the author's decline. Despite the novel's initial failure,...
Instructional Video4:15
Curated Video

Materialism and the American Dream in The Great Gatsby

9th - Higher Ed
The green light and the looming eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg are two of the most iconic images in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby." The green light is a multifaceted symbol representing Gatsby's love for Daisy, the elusive...
Instructional Video2:06
Curated Video

Time, Geography, and Morality in The Great Gatsby

9th - Higher Ed
Jay Gatsby's quest to reclaim his past relationship with Daisy Buchanan is an ever-present theme in The Great Gatsby. The many mentions of time throughout the novel emphasize Gatsby's desire to reset the clock on their relationship....
Instructional Video3:27
Curated Video

Use of Poetry and Color Themes in The Great Gatsby

9th - Higher Ed
"The Great Gatsby," is a short novel that is rich in language, F. Scott Fitzgerald aimed to create a work that not only captured the essence of the Jazz Age but also transcended it through poetic beauty and intricate patterns. Drawing...
Instructional Video2:47
Curated Video

The Great Gatsby: Characters, Plot, and Setting

9th - Higher Ed
"The Great Gatsby" is narrated by Nick Carraway, and observer to the story of Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic millionaire chasing the American Dream in the hopes of reclaiming his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, despite the societal divide and her...
Instructional Video3:26
Curated Video

Who Was F. Scott Fitzgerald?

9th - Higher Ed
F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, emerged from modest beginnings to become a defining literary figure of the 20th century. Despite facing financial struggles and societal prejudice due to his Irish-American...
Instructional Video1:43
Curated Video

Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

9th - Higher Ed
The Great Gatsby is, at it's core, a novel about the American Dream. It takes place during the 1920s, a period that epitomized America's pursuit of freedom and prosperity but also revealed the fragility of that dream. This video...
Instructional Video2:51
Encyclopaedia Britannica

What Pop Culture Got Wrong: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn about what movies and books have gotten wrong about F. Scott Fitzgerald's life.
Instructional Video1:54
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Who Was? F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Overview of the life and career of American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
News Clip2:42
Curated Video

Some 200 paintings acquired by the Steins go on display

Higher Ed
October 5, 2011

1. Wide exterior of the Grand Palais with advert for exhibition entitled: "Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso... The Stein Fa
mily"
2. Close-up
of poster
3. Wide of queue of...
News Clip2:51
Curated Video

WRAP Preview of Picasso major auction in London

Higher Ed
1. Tilt down Christie's banner

2. People outside Chris
tie's
3. Doorman outside
Christie's
4. Wide of vi
ewing room
5. Man looking at Picasso's "Boufo
n et Jeune Acrobate"
6. Wide
of...
News Clip1:22
Curated Video

SYND 27-3-74 GREAT GATSY INSPIRED FASHION SHOW

Higher Ed
In anticipation of the release of the feature film of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby' starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, fashion designers launch lines that hark back to the 1920s and the days of the flapper...
News Clip2:36
Curated Video

Director Baz Luhrmann shows art work at Hong Kong art fair

Higher Ed
AP Television

Hong Kong, 26 May
2010
1. Various shots of director Baz Luhrmann and artist Vincent Fantauzzo's
art work
2. Various shots of director Baz Luhrmann and artist Vincent Fantau
zzo at art...
News Clip7:12
News Clip6:47
Curated Video

Art review of 2011

Higher Ed
AP Television

Hong Kong - May 25,
2011
1. Mid of artwork of heads...
News Clip3:25
Curated Video

The opening of the 64th Cannes film festival

Higher Ed
AP Entertainment

Cannes, 11 May
2011
1. Tilt down to red ca
rpet steps
2.
Wide shot crowd
3. Various of
Aishwarya Rai posing
4.
Wide shot Djimon Hounsou
>5. Medium shot Djimon...
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

First edition of the F Scott Fitzgerald classic to go up for auction

Higher Ed
1. Mid of book being opened

2. Mid of endpaper with inscription transcribed by Malcolm Cowley from F.Scott Fitzgerald's own
copy
3. SOUNDBITE: (English): Richard Austin, head of Sotheby's books...
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

First edition of the F Scott Fitzgerald classic to go up for auction

Higher Ed
1. Mid of book being opened

2. Mid of endpaper with inscription transcribed by Malcolm Cowley from F.Scott Fitzgerald's own
copy
3. SOUNDBITE: (English): Richard Austin, head of Sotheby's books...
News Clip4:04
Curated Video

'Midnight in Paris' opens film festival, jury led by De Niro

Higher Ed
AP Entertainment

Cannes, 11 May
2011
1. Tilt down to red ca
rpet steps
2.
Wide shot crowd
3. Various of
Aishwarya Rai posing
4.
Wide shot Djimon Hounsou
>5. Medium shot Djimon Hounsou
6....
News Clip2:57
Curated Video

Auction of contents of Plaza Hotel

Higher Ed
1. Wide shot Christie's auction house entry hall decorated with items from the Plaza Hotel

2. Mid shot pan workers uniforms on luggage carts, pan to bellhop un
iform
3. Cl
ose up...
News Clip4:37
Curated Video

Plan to scan every book ever published

Higher Ed
AP Television

Richmond, California, US - July 21,
2011
1. Wide of truck reversing into warehous
e of books
2. Various of workers unloading donated
boxes of books
3. Mid of...
News Clip3:48
Curated Video

Pitt and Jolie attend the premiere of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

Higher Ed
Entertainment US Jolie Pitt

Pitt and Jolie attend the premiere of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Bu
tton'
AP
Television
Los Angeles, 0
8 December 2008
1. Wide exterior of 'The Curious Case...