SciShow
The Nuclear Bunker Full of Cannibal Ants
There's an abandoned Soviet nuclear bunker in Poland full of cannibal ants. And weird as it sounds, it's helping us learn more about the behavior of social insects.
SciShow
How to Avoid Corpse-Flavored Water
As organisms decompose their chemical and bacterial components can leach into the surrounding ground and water. The bodies buried in cemeteries are no exception.
TED Talks
TED: When I die, recompose me | Katrina Spade
What if our bodies could help grow new life after we die, instead of being embalmed and buried or turned to ash? Join Katrina Spade as she discusses "recomposition" -- a system that uses the natural decomposition process to turn our...
TED Talks
TED: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead | Alison Killing
If you want to go out and start your own cemetery in the uK, says Alison Killing, "you kind of can." She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried -- and in this talk, the architect and TED Fellow offers an eye-opening economic and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The fascinating history of cemeteries - Keith Eggener
Spindly trees, rusted gates, crumbling stone, a solitary mourner: these things come to mind when we think of cemeteries. But not long ago, many burial grounds were lively places, with gardens and crowds of people -- and for much of human...
Great Big Story
Colma, the city of a Million Souls
Dive into the history of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living and cemeteries serve as community parks.
History Hit
The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: Sassanian empire wrap up
Where did the items found come from? Hear final thoughts about the empire in the wrap up. The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 6
British Movietone
CRIME WAVE TAXES POLICE STRENGTH
Police resources are being stretched by the rise in crime. Recently the funeral took place of Constable Nat Edgar who was murdered whilst on duty. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
British Movietone
HAIFA POLICE STATION OUTRAGE
British lives were lost when terrorists blew up the Police Station at Haifa. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
British Movietone
FUNERAL OF PALESTINE VICTIMS
The funeral has taken of the two British Sergeants who were taken as hostages and hung as a reprisal. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
Bridgeman Arts
WWI combat - ground, naval and aerial.
WWI combat - ground, naval and aerial. End of clip includes a WWII dogfight.
Curated Video
Neglecting Black Cemeteries Threatens Black History
As late as the 1950s, one estimate was that about 90% of all private cemeteries in the U.S. still practiced some form of racial restrictions.
Bridgeman Arts
Graveyard and military cemetery. France, 1950
Clip 11 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the graveyard and military cemetery on the outskirts of town.
Curated Video
Newsy's Latest Headlines
Sao Paulo cemeteries dig up graves, New Zealand begins rugby with fans in seats, Biden VP list narrows
Curated Video
Residents Fume as Flooding Destroys Gravesites
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYDenham Springs, Louisiana - 18 August 20161. Various of caskets piled in cemetery2. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Replogle/The Associated Press (transcribed below)3....
Curated Video
Dozens of virus deaths in NY funeral home
The directors at a funeral home near Elmhurst Hospital says they are handling a dozen coronavirus deaths.
Curated Video
NY funeral home handling dozens of virus deaths
The directors at a funeral home near Elmhurst Hospital says they are handling a dozen coronavirus deaths.
Curated Video
Family believe missing Kosovans alive in Serbia
Halil Hasani is convinced his four missing sons are imprisoned somewhere in Serbia, and that local authorities are not trying hard enough to find them.
Press Association
Cemetery deserted as graves are dug
Footage of Sutton New Hall Cemetery in Birmingham, which has reduced opening hours for visitors and is seeing an increase in the number of graves being dug during the coronavirus pandemic.
TED-Ed
The Fascinating History of Cemeteries
An irreverently illustrated video history of how human societies have honored their dead is both suitable and thought-provoking for high schoolers in the frame of mind to step back from the sadness of death. Scholars...