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Breaking Ranks within the Women's Movement
When president-elect Woodrow Wilson arrives in Washington, for his inauguration, he wonders where the crowds are.  He is advised they are elsewhere - watching the suffragists' parade:At the railway station a few blocks away, president-elect Wilson and the presidential party arrived to little fa...
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Emperor Penguins - Parents and Babies in Antarctica
Emperor Penguins (the "stars" of the popular film March of the Penguins) are amazing birds.  They live in unbelievably cold weather, where an Antarctic wind chill can sink as low as -76° F (-60° C).  They cannot fly, are very tall (45 inches/115 cm), weigh up to 88 pounds (40 kg), ...
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Slumdog Millionaire - Reaction to Film by People of Dharavi
Reaction to the film, Slumdog Millionaire, has been mixed in India.  This clip features actual residents of Dharavi who voice their opinions about the film and its potential to impact their lives.   
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"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?"
In this clip, from a film entitled Stanley and Livingstone," Henry Morton Stanley (a Welsh-American portrayed by Spencer Tracy) meets Dr. David Livingstone (portrayed by Sir Cedric Hardwicke).  Livingstone, a Scot who'd not made contact with other Europeans for many years, was a physician-expl...
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"Negro Pilots" - Tuskegee Experiment
This government-produced documentary - entitled "Negro Pilots" - introduces the American public to the first graduates of the Tuskegee Institute's military-flight-training program.  Lt. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., is among the early cadets. The pilots trained on P-40s, then went to Italy a...
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"Putting Out Fire" - David Bowie
David Bowie sang this song - "Putting Out Fire" - for the 1982 remake of "Cat People."  It was subsequently used by Quentin Tarantino in one of his films.  
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"Red Tails" - Trailer
"Red Tails" is a LucasFilm movie inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen and their days of combat action:  Terrence Howard portrays a character based on Lt. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.   Cuba Gooding, Jr., portrays a character based on Major George "Spanky" Roberts; David Oyel...
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"We Shall Overcome" - Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson sings "We Shall Overcome" during her European Tour of 1971.  In failing health, when she gave this rendition, she died the following year. The lyrics of the song, by Charles Tindley (1900), are reportedly set to the music of a spiritual entitled "No More Auction Block for Me" (...
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"We Shall Overcome" - MLK Speech
"We Shall Overcome" became the rally cry of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.  From singing the song at funerals of murdered civil-rights workers (such as James Chaney) to serving as the theme of a speech (by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), "we shall overcome" set the tone of the struggle ...
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"Wings for This Man"
In an effort to get the American public used to African-American pilots flying U.S. military planes, the U.S. government had this film created.  It is narrated by Ronald Reagan and was released in 1945.  At the time, Reagan was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force and was working for the ...
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