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TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The dungeon master's riddle | Alex Rosenthal
Yet another party of adventurers has broken into your lair to slay your minions and steal your treasures. Judging by the trail of destruction, you’re up against a fighter, a rogue, and a cleric. The first two won’t be a problem for a...
Curated Video
The Thrill-Seeking Gene
Mountains, once sacred and forbidding, have become destinations of mass pilgrimage and modern reverence—but this new form of mountain worship often tames their raw power for our convenience and safety. Yet for some, the wildness and...
Makematic
Coming to the Colonies
Have you ever dreamed of moving to a new place? What might make you want to go? In this video, learn about what motivated settlers to travel to North America centuries ago.
Curated Video
Two Canadians are National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year
Two Canadians have been honoured as National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year. Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen spent 2017 travelling to the most extreme corners of Earth, sparking conversations about the state of the planet
Curated Video
The Pursuit Of Endurance
Nine international adventurers follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest legends of the golden age of polar exploration: Ernest Shackleton.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
John Gordon Speaks at Foyles Bookstore literary luncheon in 1941
CU British author, journalist and politician Vernon Bartlett / Pan to VS John Gordon, Scottish columnist and editor, gives speech, talks about Hitler and Mussolini / Note: film has nitrate deterioration
Bridgeman Arts
First Flight from London to Australia in 1919
B&W archive footage of Ross & Keith Smith who piloted, in 1919, the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days
Bridgeman Arts
First Flight from London to Australia, 1919
Ross and Keith Smith man the first flight from London to Australia, 1919
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: Spanish Colonization
In the years after Columbus's first voyage, Spanish adventurers known as conquistadores began to colonize the surrounding areas of the Caribbean and the Americas. In this video, Kim explores the social changes that Spanish colonization...