Clips
Clips are segments of video created by any user of the database. Users select which section of video to isolate, and can then annotate and save that selection as a playable clip. Clips can be added to playlists or saved separately in My Clips. Clips can be used to highlight personal favorites, comment on a particular technique or design element, or fine-tune a specific scene for study.
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   Footage of Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong's Moon Walk on July 20, 1969
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Fire At Cape Canaveral/ Mir Space Station | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | 00:01:45 | |
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Timothy Leary Speaking at the 1967 Be-in
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Summer of Love | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | Timothy Leary gives his now-famous advice, "turn on, tune in, and drop out," in San Francisco in 1967. | 00:00:15 |
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Peter Berg and the Digger Movement
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Summer of Love | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | Great footage of Haight Ashbury happenings, footage of and an interview with key Digger Peter Berg, and explanation of Digger philosophy. | 00:07:10 |
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On March 21, 1965, Thousands of Civil Rights Activists Begin a March from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL.
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The Long Walk to Freedom | Becka Rosenberg | After outbreaks of violence and legal struggles earlier in the month, the Selma march, which lasted five days and covered 54 miles of highway, was a testament to the courage and devotion of American civil rights activists. | 00:03:48 |
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On January 1, 1959, Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista Is Overthrown by Supporters of Fidel Castro.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 29, April 10, 1958 | Becka Rosenberg | Fidel Castro, shown in this clip from 1958 preparing his forces, led a successful revolution in Cuba, overthrowing dictator Fulgencio Batista and installing a new socialist government. | 00:02:38 |
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On November 7, 1944, Franklin Roosevelt Is Elected to a Fourth Term as U.S. President.
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United News, Release 128, 1944 | Becka Rosenberg | Though he would die in office in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt was the only person in history to be elected to four terms as President. | 00:03:14 |
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On February 1, 1960, Four Black Students Stage a Sit-In at a Whites Only Lunch Counter in Greensboro, NC.
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The States: California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire and West Virginia | Becka Rosenberg | The Greensboro sit-ins, which continued for almost a week, sparked similar non-violent protests against segregation all over the American South. The lunch counter at which the original sit-in took place is now preserved at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. | 00:01:54 |
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The Move from Soldier Portraits to Battlefield Photography in the Civil War
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Reporting the War | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | This clip discusses and shows the change from artistic renderings of battlefield activity and portraiture in the Civil War to realistic captures of the devastation and impact of real battle. | 00:02:40 |
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Nazi War Crimes Trial Opens at Nuremberg, 1945
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United News, Release 184, 1945 | Becka Rosenberg | The trial of high-ranking Nazi officials begins at Nuremberg. Pleas are entered, and presiding judge Robert H. Jackson makes a statement. | 00:06:11 |
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U.S. and Soviet Occupation of Germany Following World War II
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Aftermath | Becka Rosenberg | This clip describes the increasingly adversarial relationship between U.S. and Soviet forces occupying Germany following World War II. It traces the roots of the Cold War and contains a section on the Berlin Air Lift. (Further discussion of postwar occupation in the rest of the video.) | 00:06:30 |
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Kennedy - Nixon: Meet Your Candidates, 1960
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Universal Newsreels, Release 85, October 20, 1960 | wslagle@astreetpress.com | This is a special public service newsreel to profile 1960 presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon for the American public, prior to the elections. | 00:06:11 |
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Joseph McCarthy Discusses McCarthyism and His Symbolic Value to the American People, 1952
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Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) (Sept. 1952) | Becka Rosenberg | Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) describes his victory in the Wisconsin primary as symbolic, and explains what he thinks he stands for in the minds of American voters. He explains the coining of the term "McCarthyism" by Owen Lattimore. | 00:03:00 |
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The Verdict Is Delivered At The Trial of Jack Ruby, 1964
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Universal Newsreels, Release 22, March 16, 1964 | wslagle@astreetpress.com | Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in a unanimous vote by jury members on March 14, 1964. One of the world's most-followed court cases of the era had officially drawn to a close. | 00:01:51 |
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Atom Bomb Test on Bikini Atoll, 1946
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United News, Release 209, 1946 | Becka Rosenberg | The test of the atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, set up to demonstrate the effects of the bomb on Navy ships and to aid in planning a future fleet in case of nuclear war, was the first demonstration of U.S. nuclear might following World War II. | 00:02:49 |
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On April 17, 1964, Shea Stadium Opens in New York.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 32, April 20, 1964 | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | This newsreel clip provides the grand tour of brand-new William A. Shea Municipal Stadium in the borough of Queens. Shea Stadium remained home to the New York Mets until 2008. (The Mets debutted in their new stadium, Citi Field, in April 2009.) (Anniversary: Shea Stadium open on April 17, 1964.) | 00:01:11 |
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On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson Sings "My Country Tis of Thee" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let opera singer Marian Anderson perform in their Constitution Hall, the largest segregated venue in Washington DC, because she was black, she gave an Easter Sunday concert at the Lincoln Memorial for 75,000 people. This clip shows her singing and the vast crowd that came to hear her. | 00:01:28 |
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On April 13, 1958, Van Cliburn Wins the Tchaikovsky Competition.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 33, April 24, 1958 | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | A 23-year-old Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr., known as Van Cliburn, became the first American to win the quadrennial Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, considered one of the most difficult and most prestigious musical competitions. | 00:01:37 |
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Motion Pictures Production Code
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Universal Newsreels, Release 11, February 4, 1960 | pcole@alexanderstreet.com | Eric Johnston explains the code | 00:01:16 |
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Hybrid Automobiles
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United News, Release 195, 1946 | pcole@alexanderstreet.com | 00:01:51 | |
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1942 US Government Newsreel on Japanese-American Internment
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United News, Release 9, 1942 | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | 00:01:36 | |
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Manipulation of Civil War photography
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Frassanito: Battlefield Photography Then & Now | Shana Wagger, Alexander Street Press | Frassanito's investigation and explanation of manipulated death scenes during the Civil War | 00:11:35 |
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