On October 4, 1957, the Space Age dawned with the red hue of the Communist flag when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite. Sputnik I stunned the world and spurred a surge in science... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 2,199 views

From YT: Sen. Joseph McCarthy accuses Edward R. Murrow of defending "traitors" and of associating with a "terrorist organization."

posted by NetRunner 1 decade 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,799 views

Documentary on Erwin Rommel. For those of you who don't know; he was a German Field Marshall who won the respect and adoration of both the Germans and the allies during World War 2.

posted by rasch187 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,333 views

This is part of the documentary Night and Fog by the great director Alain Resnais. It was made only ten years after the war had ended and the camps were liberated. The narration is pretty honest and raw... continue reading

posted by MrConrads 1 decade 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 8,211 views

The story of the secret, decades long clean up operation at Chernobyl. A fascinating and truly scary story.

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 6,128 views • 1:32:58

The School of Ambience uses music and imagery while reciting Wilfred Owen's poem "Anthem For Doomed Youth." Vintage WWI footage is combined with modern imagery from France and Belgium. Wilfred Owen was... continue reading

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 5 years 10 months ago • 1,788 views

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Savio

posted by Fedquip 1 decade 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 4,096 views

This is the classic full-length documentary about Hitler, from his early days of rising to power through the Holocaust and the end of World War II. My Memorial Day tribute to the veterans who fought and... continue reading

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 5,898 views

Very cool animation showing how the civil war progressed. Notice the amazing amount of dead.

posted by eric3579 1 decade 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 14,616 views • 4:24

Winner of the Cannes 2006 online competition, is a short history of the nuclear age as told by a child. Nuclear war is the deadliest video game ever. It's not game over yet.

posted by Constitutional_Patriot 1 decade 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 3,570 views

Part of the series "Pandora's Box" put out by Adam Curtis in 1992. Some of the information in this six-part series later showed up in "The Century of the Self". via Wikipedia: Focusing on the men... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,460 views

The date looks like late 50's or early 60's. "You are about to emerge from your ordeal more than just alive; physically prepared to work pitch in with your neighbor to work for restoration of your neighborhood--restorat... continue reading

posted by oxdottir 1 decade 5 years 12 months ago • 1,772 views

It sounds incredible but Adolf Hitler's megalomania knew no limits: from the very outbreak of war, his strategists were forging plans to attack the U.S.A. The most daring of these plans involved squadrons... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 6 years ago • 3,638 views

Archive footage and extracts from Goebbels' voluminous diaries combine to provide a vivid insight into the mind of Hitler's propaganda minister.

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 6 years 3 weeks ago • 2,666 views

In 1966, Oliver Sacks began working as a consulting neurologist at Beth Abraham Hospital (now Beth Abraham Health Services), a chronic care facility in the Bronx. It was here that he first encountered... continue reading

posted by spoco2 1 decade 6 years 2 months ago • 13,042 views

I would consider this required viewing for every American. This is not Alex Jones or tinfoil hat stuff - this is the documented history of the evil and suffering that the American government, through the... continue reading

posted by hoju 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 4,591 views

Roman Catholic President John F Kennedy speech at the Houston Ministers in 1960 this speech was on the religious issue and seperation from Church & State. This speech angered the Pope and the Vatican.... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 5 months ago • 1,988 views

A Special History of Saudia Arabia, its troubled relationship with America, and the challenges confronting a nation where tradition and modernity are in violent collision. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,488 views