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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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"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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42 - Trailer
Jackie Robinson wore number 42 on his Brooklyn Dodger uniform.  On the 15th of April, every year, Major-League baseball players all wear number 42 on their uniforms, to honor the memory of Jackie Robinson. This clip is a trailer for the film "42," commemorating the life of Jack Roosevelt Robin...
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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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Admiral Horatio Nelson - Death Aboard HMS Victory
During the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson was felled by a single shot and died on his ship.  Did the shooter target him? Check out this video clip, from The Battle of Trafalgar, to discover how experts examined that question (and assessed some of the evidence) during a recreation of events...
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