SciShow
Why the Hardest Rocks Can Be Easy to Break
So, rocks are hard. But the scale we use to rank them, the Mohs scale, is only really good at quantifying that for one kind of hardness, and topaz is a perfect stone to talk about to explain that. And you can check it out in our SciShow...
TED Talks
TED: How poop turns into forests | Ludmila Rattis
Did you know the world's largest tropical forest is partly formed by seeds emerging from poop? Ecologist Ludmila Rattis reveals the surprisingly fruitful benefits of letting nature take care of its own business, sharing how the digestive...
PBS
When Lizards Took Over the World
Lizards are incredibly widespread and diverse but it took them a long time to get to where they are now. Because they used to face some pretty stiff competition from a group of lizard look-alikes.
SciShow
6 of the Coolest New Species Discovered in the Last Year
Check out Ms. Spider Hat and five other new species scientists have discovered and classified in the last year!
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...
PBS
Inequities In Care, Misinformation Fuel Covid Deaths Among Poor, Indigenous Brazilians
All across Brazil, slums — known as Favelas — have long been places of
crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They
are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death
toll just passed...
Curated Video
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
Curated Video
Pacification programme turns shanty towns into prime real estate
January 8, 2013
1. Wide top shot of Vidigal favela with sea in background
2. Pan from ocean to Vidigal favela
3. Wide of homes on hill in Vidigal
4. Wide of cars driving along Vidigal's main road
5. People getting out of car on main...
Curated Video
Mexico Central Bank pres tours to Brazil to present IMF candidacy
1. Wide of Brazilian finance ministry
2. Close-up of sign reading (Portuguese) "Finance Ministry"
3. Medium of Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens arriving at ministry
4. Cutaway of cameraman
5. Wide of news conference
6....
Curated Video
BRAZIL: ELDERLY TAKE PART IN CARNIVAL FUN
Portuguese/Nat
As carnival fever continues to grip Brazil, a group of senior citizens have proved that you are never too old to party.
Each year the group sambas through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, showing the youngsters how it's...
Curated Video
WRAP Venezuelan President gives news conference ADDS at site of future oil refinery
Recife
1. Wide of press at Recife Air Baset
2. Pan of Venezuelan Government plane taxiing
3. Close up of "Venezuela" written on plane
4. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez walking off plane
5. Chavez walking towards press
6. SOUNDBITE:...
Curated Video
Police clash with protesters angered by cost of staging sporting events
1. Wide of protesters on ground, tear gas in air, zoom into protester being carried away
2. Travelling shot of riot police advancing towards protesters and firing tear gas
3. Wide of protesters running away from tear gas, zoom into riot...
Curated Video
BRAZIL: RIO: ANNUAL "LAST SUPPER MASS" HELD IN CATHEDRAL
Natural Sound
Twelve homeless people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had their feet washed and kissed by the city's Archbishop as part of their Easter celebrations.
The annual ceremony is a re-enactment of the Last Supper which Christ held...
Curated Video
Brazilian and US astronauts comment ahead of space mission
1. Wide media centre at the Star City
2. Close up statue of cosmonaut
3. Mid shot astronauts walking into media conference
4. Cutaway photographers
5. Mid shot Vinogradov, Williams and Pontes
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Brazilian Astronaut...
Curated Video
Fifty thousand Beatles fans take to the streets dressed as the Fab Four
AP Entertainment
Rio de Janeiro - 11 Feb 2013
1. Pan of crowd at Sgt. Pepper block party in Flamengo Park
2. Percussionists playing at block party
3. Pan from band playing in front of red Sgt. Pepper double decker bus to crowd
4. Mid of...
Curated Video
Oil industry executives meet for 17th world congress
1. Wide shot of guests entering the venue for the opening ceremony
2. Wide of guests entering
3. Mid shot of Ali Rodriguez Araque, president of Venezuela's national oil company (PDVSA)
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ali Rodriguez Araque,...
Curated Video
Highlights from the Coven show at Brazil fashion week
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 12 January 2011
1. Pan of people awaiting Coven presentation
2. Mid of people awaiting presentation
3. Various of catwalk show
4. Pre...
Curated Video
Inmates at women's prison take part in annual music festival
1. Wide exterior of Talavera Bruce penitentiary
2. Wide of name of prison on prison wall reading (portuguese) "Penitentiary Talavera Bruce"
3. Wide of hallway inside prison
4. Mid through bars of participants getting ready
5. Mid of...
Curated Video
Brazil fans gather ahead of tough Group G clash with Ivory Coast
1. Brazil football fans outside restaurant at Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton singing " Brazil has come here to win "
2. Tilt up of fan playing drum
3. Close-up of tambourine being played
4. Brazil fans singing and playing music
5....
Curated Video
SYND 27 8 80 ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT VIDELA VISITS PRESIDENT FIGUEIREDO
Relations between Brazil and Argentina took another turn for the better when General Jorge Videla, Argentinian President, visited Brazil for 5 days. He was met at the airport by Brazilian President Joao Figueiredo. This led to the...
Curated Video
Preparations ahead of the Confederations Cup Final
1. Wide of outdoor market in downtown Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian flags hanging from the shops
2. Pan from left to right of hats in yellow and green, the colours of the Brazilian flag
3. Mid of yellow and green horns
4. Wide of a...
Curated Video
Turtle oracle Cabecao predicts France will beat Germany in World Cup quarterfinal
Cabecao, the Brazilian fortune-telling turtle, on Thursday showed a predilection for French fish, suggesting France would beat Germany in tomorrow's quarter-final World Cup match.
That would mean France would play either Brazil or...
Curated Video
BRAZIL: RIO: CIMEIRA SUMMIT: PINOCHET
Spanish/Nat
Chilean President Eduardo Frei has insisted the Chilean government will use all political
and legal means to continue to press for the release of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.
His comments came after a private meeting...
Curated Video
Same sex couples protest Moscow's anti-gay policies at Russian embassies across the region
Protesters gathered in several countries around the world on Sunday in solidarity with Russia's embattled gay community.
The kissing demonstrations, called "To Russia With Love," occurred in 50 cities, according to local media...