The four minute mile, in athletics, is the running of a mile (1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes. It was once thought by some to be impossible but has now been achieved by many male athletes, and... continue reading

posted by michie 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 5,901 views

(Audio-only) Riots occurred over multiple days following Dr. King's assassination, in 60 U.S. cities, but not in Indianapolis. "Spurning his advisors' recommendation to forego the speech, Robert Kennedy... continue reading

posted by bamdrew 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 6,787 views

This 15 minute film shows the civil defense preparations (and instructions) for nuclear war in the US.

A full-length documentary regarding the attack on the USS Liberty by Israel, with interviews from those involved on both sides. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

A bio of Jackie Robinson breaking the race barrier in baseball. His bravery transcended the sport. One of the real heroes.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,338 views

From Mikheil Chiaureli's Padeniye Berlina / Fall of Berlin (1949) Part of the Stalin Film genre, The Fall of Berlin is regarded as the ultimate glorification of the Soviet dictator on celluloid, pretty... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 5,664 views • 6:58

Edumacation used for indoctrination into the hive-1960's and 70's drug propaganda perhaps even whackier than Reefer Madness, served up in U.S. schools to unsuspecting kiddies, now our leaders, lawyers,educators,... continue reading

posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 2,436 views

Outraged by the Vietnam War and racism in America, the organization waged a low-level war against the U.S. government through much of the 1970s, bombing the Capitol building, breaking Timothy Leary out... continue reading

posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 356 views

The 1936 Olympic Games are also known as the Nazi Olympics or the Hitler Olympics. There was a lot of controversy leading up to these games since they were being held in Berlin. The Night of Broken Glass,... continue reading

posted by HistNerd 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 8,238 views

Taped in March 1964, these are reportedly his first public comments since his brother's assassination.

posted by winkler1 1 decade 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,826 views

Howard Hunt, Richard Nixon, and Edward Bernays (creator of public relations, controlling the "mass mind") help out the United Fruit Company by convincing America the Guatemalan government is Communist.... continue reading

posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,321 views

Old news reels are great, I love them.

posted by NickyP 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,136 views

Rare full color film of National Socialist propaganda. Lots of smiling faces, new cars, urban renewal...ahh...wasnt the promise of National Socialism wonderful? Odd that there is not any mention of ethnic... continue reading

posted by EntertainmentMajor 1 decade 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 2,957 views

Phone conversation on Oct. 22, 1962 between John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jack asks Ike's opinion on the cuban missle crisis.

posted by joedirt 1 decade 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 2,200 views

Stocks had their worst day of trading since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Tuesday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 400 points on a worldwide tide of concern that the U.S. and... continue reading

posted by mlx 1 decade 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,010 views • 5:06

The real thing - much scarier than Forest Whitaker in 'The Last King of Scotland' (although Forest is superb and deserves an Oscar!): In 1971, the small African nation of Uganda was taken over by self-styled... continue reading

posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 3,761 views