Bridgeman Arts
Madagascar c.1958 - plane flies over Madagascan landscape and lands.
Clip 1 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Elevated view of a market. 1950s plane takes off, flies over Madagascan mountains and lands.
Curated Video
Penguin tracking in South Africa
This juvenile African penguin is vital to ongoing research.
He is being fitted with a radio transmitter device so his precise location can be tracked at all times.
It is hoped data gathered from the penguin's movements will aid in the...
Curated Video
Study Finds Steep Decline In Some Antarctic Penguin Colonies
As ocean temperatures rise and sea ice melts, researchers say penguins are losing their main food source, krill.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Golden year for France's beekeepers
It's been an exceptional start to the season for France's beekeepers, thanks to the warm temperatures and lower levels of pollution (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Abbas describes settlement vote as aggression
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that Israeli legislation to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes is an aggression against the Palestinian people."That bill is contrary to international law,"...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Dutch 'Golden Coach' exhibition revives racism debate
A newly-restored carriage is the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Amsterdam Museum exploring the Netherlands' troubled relationship with its colonial past (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
PBS
The Pilgrims: Mayflower Compact
What was the Mayflower Compact? Watch a video that explains the purpose of coming to New England on the Mayflower and the social compact that bound the Pilgrims to the government and laws that would be created in the new land.
PBS
The Pilgrims: William Bradford
As a young boy, William Bradford was drawn to the Separatist idea that Christ could be with a person through prayer and worship. But soon after the Separatists arrived to Plymouth, the experiment in the New England had failed. Watch a...
PBS
The Pilgrims: The First Winter
After over 66 days of sailing across the Atlantic on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims met their worst enemy: winter. Watch a video that discusses the difficulties and deaths the passengers faced once they arrived to Plymouth during the winter...
Be Smart
Inside the World of Fire Ants!
Did you know that fire ant colonies are seen as small mounds on the surface of Earth but underground, tunnels can extend as far as 25 feet away? Viewers learn about the unique history of fire ants, from the pain of their sting to their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachusetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly,...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Colonial Prosperity
On today's episode, we discuss how some colonial Americans achieved prosperity in the New World.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 1: Why Study the British Colonies?
Today, 60-Second Civics begins our exploration of the colonies of British North America.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 3:where Did British Colonists Settle?
Today we learn about the impressive size of the American colonies.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 176 Seeds of Revolution
Today we discuss how Britain tried to increase its control of the colonies between 1763 and 1776.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: John Smith | Pbs World Explorers
The English explorer John Smith was crucial to the exploration of and establishment of colonies within what is now the Northeastern United States. The first permanent English colony in the New World at Jamestown owes its creation to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1754 1800: Regional Attitudes About Slavery
How and why did the Northern and Southern parts of the United States begin to develop distinctive regional attitudes about the institution of slavery? In this video, Kim discusses how the economic systems and ideas of each region evolved...