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Post-World War II Recovery: Crash Course European History
At the end of World War II, the nations of Europe were a shambles. Today we'll learn about how the various countries and blocs approached the problem of rebuilding their infrastructure and helping their residents recover. You'll learn...
SciShow
Ballot Design Has a Sneaky Influence on Your Vote
In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.
Crash Course
Poor Unfortunate Theater: Crash Course Theater #48
Poor Theater and Theater of the Oppressed were two sort of concurrent movements that shared some of the same aims. Jerzy Grotowski's Poor Theater eschewed the use of lighting, props, costumes, makeup, and many of the other trappings of...
Curated Video
WRAP Questions may arise over Pope''s Angelus absence
Vatican City
1. Pan across St Peter''s Square
2. Mid shot of Apostolic Palace
3. Closer shot of window of pope''s residence in Apostolic Palace (middle window is the one that the pope normally appears at)
4. Mid shot of the window
Rome,...
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German chancellor meets Spanish PM Zapatero
1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Louis Rodriguez Zapatero arriving at news conference
2. Cutaway to journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Louis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister:
"The message which...
Curated Video
BOSNIA: REACTION TO NATO-LED ATTACK ON WAR CRIMINALS UPDATE
English/Nat
NATO-led troops seized three Bosnian Serbs and killed one other man Thursday in their first direct move against war crimes suspects.
The operation did not target the top suspect, Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic....
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NEWS FEATURE Borders tightened ahead of zone expansion
Huwniki, Poland 14 December 2007
1. Wide of two guards walking in the snow near posts marking border between Poland and Ukraine
2. Mid of two border guards
3. Pull out from snow covered field to posts
4. Wide of watch tower on Polish...
Curated Video
Reax to upcoming visit, standoff over missile shield
1. Various of Gdansk city
2. SOUNDBITEL (Polish) Peter (no last name given), Voxpop:
"I think it (nuclear shield) is a good thing to oppose Russians. Poland is not only menaced by the Islamic world, but mostly by Russians. If the...
Curated Video
Polish and Ukrainian leaders commemorate massacred civilians
1. Mid shot monument to the victims of 1943 massacre
2. Close up of tombstone
3. Mid shot President Ukraine Leonid Kuchma together with the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski
4. Wide shot of priest blessing monument, zoom in to the...
Curated Video
BELGIUM: POLISH AIRMAN CELEBRATES HIS COUNTRY'S ENTRY INTO NATO
Polish/Nat
A Polish airman has celebrated his country's entry into NATO, by running from Warsaw to the organisation's headquarters in Brussels.
The fourteen-hundred kilometre (875 mile) journey came ahead of Poland's actual ...
Curated Video
TALKING POINT Report on the impact of the youth vote in Poland's election
Warsaw - 16 October 2007
1. Wide shot of entrance gate to University of Warsaw
2. Tilt down of gate
3. Various of students walking around university grounds
4. Various of group of students outside library
5. Wide shot of campaign "21...
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The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History
The aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact had a huge impact on the countries of Eastern Europe. As the former satellite states turned away from communism and Soviet influence, some of them shifted toward...
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The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History
In eastern Europe, in the 17th century a couple of "great powers" were coming into their own. The vast empire of Russia was modernizing under Peter the Great, and the relatively tiny state of Prussia was evolving as well. Russia (and...
TED-Ed
How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis | Iseult Gillespie
In 1943, Irena Sendler and Janina Grabowska froze when they heard Gestapo pounding on the front door. Knowing she was minutes from arrest, Irena tossed Janina her most dangerous possession: a glass jar containing the names of over 2,000...
TED Talks
Jacek Utko: Can design save newspapers?
Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.
SciShow
Arctic Bison Mummy!
SciShow News explains how Wikipedia has been used to track, and even predict, outbreaks of disease all over the world, and then introduces you to the most complete naturally mummified bison ever found.
TED Talks
Melanie Nezer: The fundamental right to seek asylum
Refugee and immigrants rights attorney Melanie Nezer shares an urgently needed historical perspective on the crisis at the southern US border, showing how citizens can hold their governments accountable for protecting the vulnerable. "A...
Crash Course
Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History
While the focus has been on Western Europe so far, there has also been a lot going on in Eastern Europe, which we'll be looking at today. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, The Ottoman Empire, and Russia were all competing at the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose
Marie Sk_odowska Curie's revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do?...
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World War II: Crash Course European History
Only a couple of decades after the end of the First World War--which was supposed to be the War that Ended All Wars--another, bigger, farther-flung, more destructive, and deadlier war began. Today, you'll learn about how the war in...
TED Talks
Werner Reich: How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Werner Reich recounts his harrowing adolescence as a prisoner transported between concentration camps -- and shares how a small, kind act can inspire a lifetime of compassion. "If you ever know somebody who needs help,...
SciShow
Marie Curie Great Minds
Hank tells us the story of his favorite genius lady scientist and radioactive superhero, Marie Curie.
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Revolutions of 1848: Crash Course European History
In 1848, Europe experienced a wave of revolutions. Last week we covered some of the reform movements that presaged these uprisings. This week, we're learning about what the people wanted from the revolutions, who was involved, and how...
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18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History
European powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those...