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Description: An interview with the incredibly talented Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelius Escher. He talks about his school years and how he got started as an artist. He was a brilliant man, but when I first saw him in this interview, my first thought was that he looked a lot like Col. Sanders.Tags: MC Escher, Dutch, Interview, Early work, Linocut, Colonel SandersChannels: Art, History, VintagePosted By: JesseoftheNorth
6 hours 52 minutes 7 seconds ago • 69 views
Description: The Disappeared is a documentary about Argentina's dirty war against leftists between 1976 and 1983 following the ouster of Isabel Perón by Jorge Videla in a military coup. Between 10,000 and 30,000 people,... more insideTags: Argentina, Dirty War, Kidnapping, Torture, VidelaChannels: Military, History, Worldaffairs, Cinema, Documentaries, Politics, DarkPosted By: JesseoftheNorth
3 weeks 3 days ago • 343 views
Description: from travelfilmarchive on YT: A tour of New York in 1956 in color.Tags: new york, travel, archival film, documentary, 50s, 1956, history, tourismChannels: History, Documentaries, Vintage, Travel, ShortfilmsPosted By: Issykitty
3 weeks 6 days ago • 711 views
Description: A Man Without History is a Tree Without Roots.
This video and mega mix is dedicated to all pioneers of Hip Hop Culture from the East Coast to the West Coast from 1967 - 1985. We thank you for everything... more insideTags: hip hop music, rap, turntablism, bboy, graffiti, dj, mc, montageChannels: 80s, Art, Hiphop, History, Music, Viral, DancePosted By: floridastyle
1 month 1 week ago • 958 views
Description: "This film goes in detail through the untold history of The Project for the New American Century with tons of archival footage and connects it right into the present. This film exposes how every major... more insideTags: the new american century, neoconservative, conspiracy, military industrial complexChannels: Military, History, Worldaffairs, Lies, Waronterror, Fear, Controversy, ConspiracyPosted By: MrFisk
3 months 4 weeks ago • 1069 views
Description: A film from 1949 featuring an Eskimo family from Alaska. (Canadian Inuit prefer to be called 'Inuit' - Alaskan Inuit prefer being called 'Eskimos').
My father was born in 1950, and grew up in a way... more insideTags: Inuit, Alaska, Arctic, Hunting, Dog Sled, Trade, Inuktitut, FamilyChannels: History, Actionpack, Obscure, Cinema, Documentaries, Nature, VintagePosted By: Throbbin
7 months 1 week ago • 843 views
Description: This man has been safely behind bars for almost four decades, but watching this still gives me the willies.Tags: charles manson, manson, tate, labianca, psycho, nobody, answer, who are youChannels: History, Wtf, 1sttube, Dark, CultPosted By: kronosposeidon
1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 15031 views
Tags: failure, famous, celebrities, life, risk, psa, success, motivation, self pityChannels: History, Viral, Happy, FailPosted By: arvana
1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 8410 views
Description: Otherwise known as 'battleship island,' Hashima is a small island near Nagasaki. It was developed in the early 1900s to mine the coal underneath it and at its height (1959) was one of the most densely... more insideTags: hashima, battleship, island, japanChannels: Asia, History, Music, Travel, Dark, EcoPosted By: nihilo
2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 28044 views
Description: When George Bush was campaigning for the presidency, as incumbent vice-president, one of his stops was in Chicago, Illinois, on August 27, 1987. At O'Hare Airport he held a formal outdoor news conference.... more insideTags: Bush Snr, Atheist, Theoden, Sauron, wormtongue, Saruman, MorgothChannels: History, Religion, Politics, ControversyPosted By: Lann
5 months ago • 1889 views
Tags: soviet, ussr, communism, killing, genocide, marx, lenin, hitler, nazis, socialismChannels: History, Worldaffairs, Documentaries, Politics, DarkPosted By: calvados
1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 1504 views
Description: "Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest."Tags: Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, India, Britain, occupation, revolt, protestChannels: History, Religion, Worldaffairs, Cinema, Philosophy, Politics, ControversyPosted By: MrFisk
1 month 3 weeks ago • 443 views
Description: (1986) from "Back to School" Rodney Dangerfield meets his American History teacher, and they have a friendly discussion on Vietnam and the Korean conflict. ("Say it! SAY IT! AAAAGGHH!)Tags: 80s, 1986, movies, rodney dangerfield, history, vietnam, koreaChannels: 80s, History, Cinema, ComedyPosted By: firefly
1 year 5 months ago • 1231 views
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