Crash Course
Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theater #31
This week, we're back in Europe to learn about Realism and Naturalism. In the 19th Century, playwrights like Eugene Scribe, Alexandre de Dumas Fils, and Emile Zola remade the French theater, first with Realism, and later with Naturalism....
Curated Video
Legendary Figures: Fact or Fiction?
Dive into the intriguing world of legendary characters like Quasimodo, Robin Hood, and Merlin to uncover the truths and myths behind their stories. This video explores the historical and cultural origins of these characters, blending...
The Art Assignment
Caption this painting. | David Rathman | The Art Assignment
David Rathman’s paintings pair atmospheric landscapes with carefully selected phrases, playing with the relationship between text and image. This week, he created a painting for you to caption.
PBS
The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables! (feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of history’s most famous novels and one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history. On this special episode of It’s Lit! we explore how Les Miserable became both a national and revolutionary...
Curated Video
Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School? (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Literary critics, writers, philosophers, bloggers--all have tried to tackle where and why and how an author may strike such lightning in a bottle that their works enter the pantheon of “Classical Literature”. Why this book is required...
Curated Video
CAN 075 NAESSENS IN PARIS FOR TALKS
French biologist Gaston Naessens in Paris for talks on the testing of his drug claimed to cure leukaemia.
1. cu street nameplate 'Avenue Victor Hugo'
2. ws exterior building
3. vs Naessers and associates through corridor and into street...
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FRANCE: PRESIDENT CLINTON FLIES TO PARIS TO MEET PRESIDENT CHIRAC
Natural Sound
President Clinton flew into Paris on Saturday to meet France's President Jacques Chirac.
The visit is seen as a demonstration of a new warmth between France and the US.
President Clinton will not be staying the night in...
Curated Video
Suspects in alleged plot to assassinate Morales and VP
1. Wide exterior of Superior Court in La Paz
2. Top-shot pan suspects holding blankets over their heads to conceal identity, being escorted by police
3. Mid of person looking at newspapers
4. Various of newspaper headlines
Bolivian...
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French students block entry to over 60 high schools in France
French students are blocking the entry to over 60 high schools throughout France on what they dubbed "Black Tuesday".
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Auction of rare books and manuscripts
1. Exterior auction house
2. Interior of auction house with people looking at manuscripts
and letters
3. Man looking at Van Gogh's letter (about the sunflower)
4. Close up of Van Gogh's signature - (Vincent)
5. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Mexico: Familiares esperan cuerpos de 42 muertos
VOICED : Mexico: Familiares esperan cuerpos de 42 muertos
Curated Video
Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
Curated Video
Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
Curated Video
Police announce they have arrested senior FARC figure Victor Silva Soto
Bogota - 12 February 2013
1. Various of police escorting Victor Hugo Silva Soto, a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
2. Close-up of Soto being presented to media
3. Wide of Soto flanked by two armed...
Curated Video
Delegation meets Montesinos over bribery scandal
1. Ecuadorian delegation vehicles arriving at Callao Naval Base, where Montesinos is jailed
2. Pan of vehicles entering base
3. Delegation members speaking to reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Guerrero, Ecuadorian commission member:...
Curated Video
Indigenous candidates prepare to run against President Morales
Indigenous candidates appear likely to run in this year's Bolivian presidential elections as opposition figures seek victory over the incumbent, Evo Morales.
One indigenous politician has already announced he will take on Morales, who...
Curated Video
Celebrities begin arriving for the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 27 January 2013
1. Exterior shot of Shrine Exhibition Center
2. Wide shot of SAG red carpet
3. Med shot of large SAG statue with red carpet in background
Med shot of Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria on red...
Curated Video
Spring brings out the romance in Paris
Paris, France 18th April 2013
1. Mid of flowered trees (magnolia)
2. Wide of flowered trees in front of the Paris town hall
3. Wide pan of motorcycle transporting big plants in the top box
4. Wide of Pont Des Arts bridge on the Seine...
Curated Video
GIANT TORTOISE ISLAND A HIT WITH TOURISTS
Hundreds of giant tortoises roaming freely on an uninhabited tropical island are pulling in day-trippers and tourists in the Seychelles.
The giant reptiles have the rule of the roost on this remote island - in fact tourists even have to...
Curated Video
DomRep police on arrest of Ortiz attack suspects
Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay 30,000 US dollars for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting near the intended victim.
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT ALEMAN GRANTS PROPERTY TITLES TO POOR PEOPLE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman has fulfilled one of his campaign promises.
He has granted property titles to poor people who received small lots of land and other properties confiscated from the supporters of dictator...
Curated Video
Reax to Pope's comments on abortion
9 May 2007
1. Various of academics and theologists meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alejandro Castillo, liberation theologist:
"I think the message to the people (from Pope Benedict XVI) was symbolic, but I also think the Catholic people...
Curated Video
Vice president sworn in as president, Gutierrez leaves
1. Wide shot plane carrying Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez on tarmac at Quito airport
2. Wide shot protesters blocking runway
3. Wide shot runway
4. Travelling shot of protesters on runway
5. Soldiers, plane on runway
6. Various...
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Central square covered in flowers to attract visitors
1. Wide shot of workers laying flowers at Brussels' Grand Place
2. Medium shot of workers laying flowers
3. Various of young boy laying flowers
4. Man holding copy of window pattern
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Griet Grillairt, spokesperson...