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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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4th Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58 - First Movement
On the 17th of December, 1808, an announcement appeared in a Vienna newspaper.  It told the public that Ludwig van Beethoven would give a concert, at the Theater an der Wien, in five days.  It said, among other things:  "All the pieces are of his own composition, entirely new, and not...
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4th Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58 - Last Movement
Although Beethoven had performed his 4th Piano Concerto privately, in 1807, the public did not hear it until the 22nd of December, 1808. On that night they also heard four hours of new music in a cold concert hall (the heating system had failed to work properly).    Perhaps because of...
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A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens
To help provide for his growing family, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol over a period of three weeks in 1843.  Creating the characters of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, Dickens also made famous the descriptive word "Humbug!"  His tale of transformation ...
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A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-day
About 2,000 African-Americans were among the Allied troops who stormed Normandy's beaches on D-Day.  Many more came ashore later.  They were given little credit at the time and faced ongoing discrimination when they returned home.  An Emmy-nominated documentary about their participati...
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A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy
The "WHITE HOUSE TOUR," with Mrs. Kennedy, was pre-recorded by CBS-TV on black-and-white videotape (not film).  Attracting an enormous audience, the program originally aired on the 14th of  February, 1962.At the time, most Americans had black-and-white televisions.  Mrs. Kennedy wore ...
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Accession of Elizabeth I
During November, 1558, Queen Mary (the eldest child of Henry VIII) acknowledged her half-sister, Princess Elizabeth, as her heir.  On the 17th of that same month, Mary died.  History tells us that Elizabeth learned the news of her accession at Hatfield House.  The scene is recreated i...
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Acoustic Perfection - Amphitheater at Epidaurus
Twenty-five hundred years ago, ancient Greeks built an arena which still produces stunning, unamplified sound. If, for example, a matchstick is dropped in the center of the original stage, people sitting in the top row (fifty-five tiers high) can hear it. (Move the video clip forward to 4:45 to watc...
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Adlai Stevenson - Evidence of Soviet Missiles in Cuba
In a famous exchange at the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson (the American Ambassador) confronts Ambassador Zorin (and his Soviet colleagues) with evidence of a missile buildup in Cuba.  On the 25th of October, 1962, the diplomatic approach, between the two countries, hardens.In one of the most ...
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