Royal Opera House
Opera Shorts: Madama Chopsticks, inspired by Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Madama Chopsticks, inspired by Puccini's Madama Butterfly and created by Hannah Swanwick, Tom Quinton and Vivien Sarkany, is one of a series of animated films inspired by opera, produced in collaboration with Kingston University...
Royal Opera House
Opera Shorts: The Guest, inspired by Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Opera Shorts: The Guest, inspired by Puccini's Madama Butterfly and created by Yuet Alice Lai, Apoa Falby Clark and Isobel Lundie, is one of a series of animated films inspired by opera and produced in collaboration with Kingston...
Curated Video
NASA’s Global Tour of Precipitation in Ultra HD (4K)
Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. This video shows the most detailed and worldwide view of rain and snowfall ever created and uses satellite measurements...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment
Forced to leave, branded a security risk, held at gunpoint. It's hard to imagine this happened in the US. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were forced in internment camps. Using video...
Crash Course
World Cinema Part One
Hollywood is the place to go if you want to make movies—right? Not necessarily. A fascinating video about the history of 20th century Asian cinema discusses the reflections of Japanese culture in the works of directors Yasujiro Ozu,...
National WWII Museum
The Bomb
The spectacular explosion of the first atomic weapon is documented with dramatic video footage in a short film. Using pictures and videos of the bomb's preparation, as well as its aftermath, scholars consider the ramifications of this...
National WWII Museum
China-Burma-India Theater
How should enemy forces treat civilians during times of war? The video examines the Japanese military's treatment of Chinese civilians during Word War II. Learners gain a better understanding of lengths the Japanese military went to...