Charlie Chaplin tries to ride a penny-farthing bicycle
With one large wheel, one small wheel, and a very high seat, the penny-farthing bicycle required a bit of additional skill to mount and ride. In this behind-the-scenes footage from of the silent film...
View ArticleTwo different worlds: Wampanoag and Pilgrim women in 1620
When the Mayflower landed in November of 1620 at what’s now known as now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod, it arrived on the land belonging to the Wampanoag Nation. The lives of women in Wampanoag tribes...
View ArticleHow ballet dancer Silas Farley finds inspiration in The Met collection
“I’ve always thought that the male ballet dancer is kind of like a warrior poet,” explains choreographer and New York City Ballet alum Silas Farley in this two-minute Met Stories video from The...
View ArticleHow to be a cloud detective
If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above you: clouds! They can be long and skinny, low and rumbly, white and fluffy, or anything in between. But what do...
View ArticleWhen Time Became History: The Human Era
We can look at our present in crispy 4K, in color and sound. Three generations ago the world was just black and white. One more generation and we see the world through blurred photographs. Further back...
View ArticleWhy do we need national parks?
In 1903, US President Theodore Roosevelt took a camping trip in California’s Yosemite Valley with conservationist John Muir. Roosevelt famously loved the outdoors, but Muir had invited him for more...
View ArticleMaking traditional French butter by hand at le Beurre Bordier
The artisanal butter at Jean-Yves Bordier’s butter factory in Brittany, France is famous for its quality and hand-made origins. In this Food Insider video, Claudia Romero goes behind-the-scenes at le...
View ArticleThe Future of Food: Can we create the “perfect” farm?
When humans began to farm 10,000 years ago, it was an agricultural revolution that changed the way we live and eat. Today, we’re in the midst of another agricultural revolution, a more sustainable one...
View ArticleThe Fight for Fair Housing in Milwaukee: Vel Phillips and James Groppi
Pioneering lawmaker Vel Phillips achieved many historic firsts in her 95 years. She served on Milwaukee’s Common Council, became a judge, and was elected secretary of state, all as the first...
View ArticleThe amazing secret architecture of Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Bear-whales are hidden on the 1860-era Victorian neo-Gothic walls of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. “Yeah I just said bear whales…” “These tucked-away curious carvings gently mock...
View ArticleHow to weave pine needle baskets
With pine needles found in the forest, some thick waxed thread, needles, pliers, a paper straw, and lots of patience and practice, Marina Piro from the YouTube channel Wild She Goes weaves two pine...
View ArticleExamining Tutankhamun’s Golden Coffin
What funerary treasures were found hidden within The Tomb of Tutankhamun, the most famous of the possible 63 tombs in the Valley of the Kings? This National Geographic clip from The Lost Treasures of...
View ArticleBeing 10 in 2020, a kid-driven episode of Self-Evident: A PBS American...
Every ten-year-old kid goes through big changes, all while simultaneously learning to navigate and understand the wider world. By nature, this makes them incredibly resilient and adaptable. Their...
View ArticleHow did the Great Barrier Reef form?
Learn how the Great Barrier Reef formed off the coast of Australia, and see its beauty from above: The 600 islands, the shallow teal waters. Nat Geo Wild shares the history in this short video. 20,000...
View ArticleA day in the Secret Annex, an Anne Frank House video
From July 1942 to August 1944, young Anne Frank spent 761 days in the Secret Annex. This 2019 video from the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht (Prince’s Canal) in Amsterdam chronicles a day in the...
View ArticleThe Invention of Thanksgiving, a National Museum of the American Indian short...
“What is Thanksgiving?” In this short film from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Comanche author, essayist, and curator Paul Chaat Smith provides an answer from a different...
View ArticleWhat Color Is a Blue Whale? Our history with this mysterious ocean giant
Blue whales are the largest known animals to have ever lived on planet Earth. Measured as long as 34 meters (110 feet) and weighing as much as 172,365 kilograms (190 tons), these giant mammals have...
View ArticleThe word Indigenous, a CBC Kids News explainer
In this CBC Kids News animation, Sid and Ruby talk with Sunny about the different communities or nations that comprise Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The word Indigenous describes the first people to...
View ArticleThe mysterious purple frog of the Western Ghats
Hike into the stormy mountains of the Western Ghats to find the squeaky Indian purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), also called the purple jungle frog, a stout amphibian that spends most of its...
View ArticleDecoding the Voyager Golden Record
The Voyager Golden Records. Each of these 30 cm (12-inch) phonograph records were launched into space in 1977 during the Voyager program. On them: The sounds of rain, thunder, crickets, birds, humpback...
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