TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Alex Gendler: Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?
What drives someone to kill in cold blood? What goes through the murderer's mind? And what kind of a society breeds such people? Over 150 years ago Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky took these questions up in what would become one of the...
Weird History
Witnessing A Pirate Execution
By the 17th and 18th centuries, however, piracy threatened European empire-building, so to curb such behavior, Britain punished the marauders and put them on display. Unlike what you may see in the best pirate movies, the life of a...
Weird History
Life In The Stocks
Many a curious renaissance fair or historical park visitor has probably wondered: “What was it like to be in the stocks?” A lot of people picture having their head and neck restrained for a few minutes and being pelted by old tomatoes,...
Weird History
The Stanford Prison Experiment
In 1971, professor Philip Zimbardo put together one of the most intriguing and famous psychology experiments ever: the Stanford Prison Experiment, designed to study the effects of incarceration on prisoners and guards. Using an...
Weird History
Facts About The Stanford Prison Experiment
In 1971, professor Philip Zimbardo put together one of the most intriguing and famous psychology experiments ever: the Stanford Prison Experiment, designed to study the effects of incarceration on prisoners and guards. Using an...
Weird History
How Exactly Did Australia Become a Penal Colony?
Providing a brief history of Australia is hardly possible, especially when you consider the nation's long and fraught history with Britain. Australia started as a penal colony - a place for lawbreakers to reside outside the confines of...
British Movietone
THE LAST OF EUROPE'S
After being arrested Heinrich Himmler committed suicide by taking cyanide. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...
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NAZI SABOTAGE GANG GRABBED BY G-MEN -
The FBI in America have rounded up German spies who were intent on sabotage. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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VIETNAM PROTEST
Demonstrations against the war in Vietnam have reached an all-time high. From California, young men facing call-up, invoke powerful police action to break up their mass protest. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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ATOM SPIES
Morton Sobell leaves New York's Federal Court; an electronics expert, he's accused with Julius Rosenberg, electrical engineer, of conspiring to give Russia vital secrets of the Atom Bomb. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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RECEPTION FOR THE MALL HEROES
An informal reception at Buckingham Palace for the seven men whose bravery in the Mall last March saved Princess Anne from a kidnap attempt. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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MICHIGAN PRISON MUTINY
While the rebellion lasts at the Southern Michigan Prison, the riot was one one of the worst ever recorded. 180 prisoners held eleven guards as hostages. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HOLD - UP!
Cleveland, Ohio, where the police rushed a bank. The manager and 14 others were held as hostages by a gunman. Smoke-bombs were hurled into the building and, presently, the gunman panicked and freed the hostages. Then, cornered by the...
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CANAL ZONE LATEST
Pictures from the Canal Zone - a troopship passing by, while troops held a memorial service for the King. Troops were still arriving in the Zone - some aboard the ""Vengeance"", the carrier herself being on the way to the Far East. Soon...
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RUSSIAN TRIUMPH - AND THE PRICE -
Captured German film shows the retreat to the Crimea. They evacuate the Taman peninsular blowing up the railway line as they go. Russian film shows the ""ravine of death"" on the outskirts of Taganrog, where thousands of civilians were...
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BERLIN TO-DAY
The devastating effect of the Allied bombing can be seen in the ruins of Berlin. Life in the city carries on and Berliners have tried to bring back some of the pre-war gaiety. British and American troops mingle with the locals at such...
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ROUEN - DIEPPE AND ONWARDS -
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The Canadians received a...
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FRANCE - THE DAYS OF FULFILLMENT -
The Maquis, the French Resistance, have been playing a full part in the liberation of France. In Chartres they were in action alongside the Americans in freeing that city. The Allies continue to take many German prisoners, 50,000 from...
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AIR FURY BLASTS THE HUNS -
Lancaster bombers have recently struck a U-boat pens in Brest, this was when the Americans were occupying all of Brittany except Brest. Allied air power continues to blast the Hun as he retreats across France. Disclaimer: British...
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Republicans Favour Prohibition Repeal
Great jubilation is evinced by ""wets"" among party at victory in Chicago Convention voting. ® Sub.1. Another ""wet stalwart is Mr Franklin Roosevelt candidate of the rival Democratic party. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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MRS MACLEAN -
Mrs MacLean, wife of the missing diplomat has herself disappeared with her children. In Lausanne, police checked a telegram, saying that she would be away longer than expected, but decided that is had not been sent by her. Disclaimer:...
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Russia:
Famous communists face charge of plot to murder Stalin. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and...
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RUSSIAN TRIUMPH - AND THE PRICE -
Captured German film shows the retreat to the Crimea. They evacuate the Taman peninsular blowing up the railway line as they go. Russian film shows the ""ravine of death"" on the outskirts of Taganrog, where thousands of civilians were...