MinutePhysics
Ye Olde Debunking
Have you ever wondered where "Ye Olde" spelling comes from? Today we unravel this thorny linguistic issue.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme? | Arika Okrent
Spelling reformers have been advocating for changes to make English spelling more intuitive and less irregular. One example of its messiness: take the “g-h” sound from “enough,” the “o” sound from “women” and the “t-i” sound from...
PBS
These Fossils Were Supposed To Be Impossible
Hidden in rocks once thought too old to contain complex life we may have found the animal kingdom’s oldest known predator.
SciShow
Did We Find Longitude Thanks To A...Clock?
The equator is a clear and accurate line around Earth that makes measuring latitude a precise science, but when it came to figuring out how to do that with longitude, British sailors were at a loss. Until they devised a competition....
SciShow
Why There's a Straight Line Through Scotland
If you take a look at a map of Scotland, you'll notice an eerily straight line running through the highlands, this is the Great Glen Fault the product of half a billion years of time and geology.
Crash Course
Synge, Wilde, Shaw, and the Irish Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #36
The Irish Renaissance in the early 20th century included a wealth of new plays written both in Ireland, and by Irish ex-patriots elsewhere. W.B. Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory, and J.M. Synge were creating a new national theater of Ireland...
Curated Video
WRAP HK, Beijing, London, Frankfurt markets rally after falls, s'bite
London, UK - 18 March 2008
1. Wide of skyscrapers in London's financial district
2. Wide of BGC Partners trading floor
3. Various of dealers on trading floor
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Wheeldon, BGC Partners:
"I think the Fed will cut...
Curated Video
WRAP London, Frankfurt, Paris open lower ADDS Brown on economy
AP Television
London, UK
1. Various of workers arriving for work in the financial district
London Stock Exchange
2. Close up of monitors showing opening of London Stock exchange
AP Television
London, UK
3. Wide of street, Bank of...
Curated Video
Bollywood legend carries Olympic torch in London
The king of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, was cheered on by Londoners Thursday as he carried the Olympic Torch in the British capital.
The 69-year-old Bollywood megastar jogged a distance of 300 metres - although he walked...
Curated Video
Blondes Exhibition
PLEASE NOTE: Images must be credited as follows: 'By Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London'
1. Various Photographs
2. SOT Joanna Pitman, Author, 'On Blondes': "Really it was a theme set by Aphrodite as the blonde signifying a...
Curated Video
UK: LONDON: KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN VISIT
English/Nat
King Abdullah of Jordan began his first visit to Britain since succeeding to the throne after the death of his father from cancer in February.
The King, accompanied by his wife, Queen Rania, had lunch with the Lord Mayor of...
Curated Video
Curtain call and after party arrivals following premiere of 'Viva Forever'
SHOTLIST (including transcript):-
AP Entertainment
London, 11 December 2012
1. Wide of curtain call
2. Mid of crowd
3. Wide of curtain call with Spice Girls taking to stage and addressing crowd
4. Wide of Spice Girls posing for photos...
Curated Video
Electric bikes in the UK
1. Director of Sakura Battery Company Dan Hornby (right of picture) and Harley Davidson motorbike owner come out of store.
2. Various close ups of Harley Davidson and a Sakura Mustang electric bike.
3. Harley and Sakura Mustang head...
Curated Video
Buyers clamour for Princess Margaret's jewels at auction
London, 13 June 2006 - AP Television
1. Pan up from bidders to wide of auction hall
2. Telephone bidders framed between paintings of Margaret
3. People bidding for lots
4. Still of Margaret wearing Poltimore Tiara on wedding day...
Curated Video
Commuters reax to poison find
1. Various of people getting onto London Underground Tube train
2. People packed on tube as it drives away
3. Various interiors of packed carriage
4. People on platform
5. Tube sign reading "Bank"
6. People on escalator
7. Various...
Curated Video
The ground breaking hip hop band arrive in London
1. Clip Outkast - "Mrs Jackson"
2. Sot - Andre (OuKast) - on the secret behind their music - "Experiment, you know... looking for a certain sound, not really having plans on how it's going to sound... fiddling though different things...
Curated Video
Gritty Manchester band release second album
APTN Material
London, 20th August 2003
1. Elbow photo op
2. Pan of Elbow photo op
3. C/A press
4. Wide Elbow signing autographs
5. CU Elbow signing autographs
6. MS Guy Garvey signing autograph
7. Side shot Elbow signing autographs
V2...
Curated Video
Excerpts presser by Blair and Barzani
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
"Those who don't regret civilian deaths are the people engaged in acts of terrorism deliberately killing civilians. That is not the Iraqi security forces, nor the multinational...
Curated Video
BOSNIA: REACTION TO NATO-LED ATTACK ON WAR CRIMINALS UPDATE
English/Nat
NATO-led troops seized three Bosnian Serbs and killed one other man Thursday in their first direct move against war crimes suspects.
The operation did not target the top suspect, Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic....
Curated Video
UK: Pavlova: Plans to repatriate ashes have fallen through
English/Nat
Plans to repatriate the ashes of one of Russia's most revered figures - the ballerina Anna Pavlova - have fallen through at the last minute.
For the past 70 years, her remains have been stored at a crematorium in London,...
Curated Video
UK: PRINCESS DIANA ATTENDS LONDON FASHION SHOW
English/Nat
Princess Diana attended a fashion show in London as a controversial interview with her was shown on British TV.
The charity event, which had been planned for months, was held only a short distance from the home of her...
Curated Video
TIBET: CALL TO BOYCOTT TOURISM
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Tibet is China's poorest province, still heavily dependent on the central government in Beijing for most of its revenue.
Tourism has been a crucial source of cash for the remote, mountainous region.
But some human...
Curated Video
Exhibition celebrates the life of scientist Stephen Hawking
AP Television
London, UK, January 19, 2012
1. Various of exhibit showing photograph of Stephen Hawking in his office in front of a board showing his astronomical calculations
2. Wide of exhibit displaying trophies and objects from his...
Curated Video
UK - Javier Solana meets John Major
NATO Secretary-General, Javier Solana, talked in London on Tuesday (04/03) with British government leaders about the Alliance's plans for eastward expansion, and Russia's resolute opposition to the move.
He was at Number Ten Downing...