Curated Video
Mary Carson Breckinbridge
Mary Carson, born into the wealthy Breckinridge family in 1881, changed the face of US midwifery. This is her story.
Religion for Breakfast
Intro to Indigenous Religions
Any world religion textbook will include Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But how many include indigenous religions? What even are indigenous religions and how do we study them?
Curated Video
Madam Queenie: New York's Notorious Crime Boss
America has always been captivated by crime and the sharp-dressed, trigger happy men who dominate the underworld. But one story remains criminally neglected, that of gambling kingpin Stephanie St. Clair, aka Madame Queenie - the Robin...
Curated Video
Marie van Brittan Brown: Creating CCTV in Queens
How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.
Next Animation Studio
Amazon chooses location for its new headquarters
After 14 months of deliberation, Amazon announced that New York and Virginia are their final choice for the location of their new offices.
Next Animation Studio
Windstalk concept clean energy project
The windstalk is a concept design by New York design firm Atelier DNA as a possible clean energy generation project for Abu Dhabi's Masdar City. The proposed windstalk farm would consists of more than one thousand 180-foot-tall carbon...
Curated Video
Negotiating the Surrender of New Netherland
How two wives saved New Amsterdam from total destruction by English invaders through the power of negotiation.
Next Animation Studio
NYPD starts new drone program
The NYPD launched its Unmanned Aircraft System program consisting of 14 drones and a group of licensed officials.
History Hit
Maps That Made America: New Amesterdam
What did the British do when they took over what is now New York City? How did wall street get its name? Maps That Made America, Part 3
Kult America
Finding My Lost Polish Family
Growing up in America I always identified myself as “Half Polish”, this was a normal part of my identity as my Great Grandmother sent packages containing my childhood clothing to relatives in Poland. When she passed away the contact...
Curated Video
The Windshield Wiper: A Female Innovation
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper - an invention that happened by a stroke of fate!
Easy Languages
Easy German: Talking to Germans in New York
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Curated Video
Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained
Vincent van Gogh was a largely self-taught artist who didn’t pick up a paintbrush until he was 30 years old. Just seven years later, he would be dead. It was really his last four years where he developed the style we would come to know...
Curated Video
Democracy
We’re often taught that it was the ancient Greeks who invented our democracy. What they forget to mention is the group of Native Americans who helped showed us the way.
The March of Time
1937: NEW YORK CITY: XWS (POV Boat) Lower Manhattan w/ Upper New York Bay FG. HA WS Street bordering park, double-decker bus FG. STREET SCENE: People in coats, hats walking sidewalk, crossing street.
MOT 1937: NEW YORK CITY: XWS (POV Boat) Lower Manhattan w/ Upper New York Bay FG. HA WS Street bordering park, double-decker bus FG. STREET SCENE: People in coats, hats walking sidewalk, crossing street.
Makematic
Abstract Expressionism
By showing people that art can be used to express what we feel, rather than what we see, Abstract Expressionism changed how we define what art is.
Curated Video
The Fire that Sparked a Workplace Revolution
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Tragedy took the lives of 146 workers – and exposed a shocking lack of workplace health and safety laws in New York State.
Curated Video
New York: The City That Never Sleeps
Let's take a look at the Big Apple, New York City. It is the most exciting city in the world, filled with restaurants, bars, museums, shopping destinations, and iconic sites.
Curated Video
What Makes A State A State?
At first there were 13 – now there are 50! But what gives each US state the power to control its own laws and when does federal law take over?
Curated Video
The Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was short-lived, but the role that it played in helping America to become an independent democracy can never be forgotten.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Middle Atlantic Region - New York
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of New York.
Curated Video
The Origin of Earth Day Explained
On April 22, 1970, the US went climate crazy – as 20 million Americans took part in the very first Earth Day.