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Daniel Elsberg, Les Gelb, and James Goodale discuss the publication of the Pentagon Papers

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This April 5, 1951, Universal Newsreel reports on the death penalty for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

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• 34,008 views

Vince Vaise gave a tour of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, and talked about the reasons for declaring war on the British.

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Senator McCarthy delivered the speech at a Lincoln Day dinner hosted by the Ohio County Republican Women's Club on February 9, 1950, at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia. In his s…

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• 28,980 views

High school government teachers Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen talked about the Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics Exam. They discussed the content and structure of t…

• 56 minutes
• 28,593 views

Historian John Ferling describes the events leading up to America’s declaration of independence from Britain in July 1776.

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• 27,834 views

This 1958 U.S. Army “Big Picture” film documents the events in Europe after the end of World War II that led to the Cold War and the formation of NATO.

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• 21,781 views

The Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum added narration to archival film, photographs and audio recordings to tell the story of FDR during World …

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Margaret Brennan talked about Senator Joseph McCarthy's (R-WI) "Enemies from Within" speech and the impact it had on his political career. She discussed the historical background leading up …

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• 20,732 views

Representative John Lewis and President Barack Obama speak at the 50th anniversary of 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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• 20,428 views

Vince Houghton talked about Soviet spies who infiltrated U.S. atomic bomb research and how this may have led to the development of the Soviet atomic bomb. He also discussed the overreach and…

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• 20,335 views

Margaret Brennan talked about Senator Joseph McCarthy’s (R-WI) Senate committee hearing investigating communists in government.

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• 19,587 views

Reagan 1988 SOTU: "I urge the Senate to move quickly and decisively in confirming Judge Anthony Kennedy to the highest Court in the land and to also confirm 27 nominees now waiting to fill …

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This Longines Chronoscope interview from December 1951 focuses on the issue of McCarthyism and the threat of communism in the United States. Arthur Garfield Hays was co-founder and general c…

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• 18,880 views

A look at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History's exhibit on the Spanish American war, inlcuding the causes of the war.

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• 18,746 views

Peter Hanson Michael talked about John Hanson, who served as President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and argued that John Hanson was the first president of the United Sta…

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• 17,818 views

Professor Margaret MacMillan discussed the evolution of public opinion in the United States during World War I and its eventual decision to enter the war in 1917.

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• 17,513 views

An archival film summarizes Germany's preparations for war leading up to its invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939. It proved to be the act of aggression that touched off World War II in…

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• 17,213 views

National Park Service Park Ranger Matthew Ifill told the story of the Declaration of Independence and explained the purpose of the document.

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• 16,634 views

National WWI Museum and Memorial Senior Curator Doran Cart explained the significance of the posters of World War I.

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• 15,048 views