TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What happened when these 6 dictators took over | Stephanie Honchell Smith
Under certain conditions, the idea of a dictator can sound appealing, like when a democracy isn’t functioning as it should due to corruption or political polarization. People may believe the solution is a "benevolent dictator"— a leader...
SciShow
Lead: The Original Artificial Sweetener
Lead is really useful when you add it to things like paint and gasoline. Problem is, it’s also poisonous. Hosted by: Hank Green
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why were there three popes at the same time? | Joëlle Rollo-Koster
For almost two millennia, the Pope has been a figure of supreme spiritual authority for Catholics around the world. But in the late 14th century, Catholics found themselves with not one, not two, but three popes. Where did this plethora...
Crash Course
Crash Course Theater and Drama Preview!
We're back! This year Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about theater and drama. Are you in drama club? Want to know about the history of theater? Maybe learn some theater history? Have a lot of fun? This is the series for you! Over the next...
Curated Video
ITALY: SISTER HELEN PREJEAN PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The nun who wrote the book 'Dead Man Walking' has, on Friday, reiterated her condemnation of the death penalty following the killing of Betty Lou, a 62-year-old grandmother in the U-S last week.
At a press conference in...
Curated Video
VOICED Bodies of 18 Italians flown home for burial
November 15, 2003
00:02 Soldiers standing by coffins
00:04 Wide of soldiers beside coffins
00:07 Priest giving blessing
00:12 Soldiers standing at attention beside the coffins
00:16 Priest giving his blessing
FILE - November 12, 2003...
Curated Video
WRAP Questions may arise over Pope''s Angelus absence
Vatican City
1. Pan across St Peter''s Square
2. Mid shot of Apostolic Palace
3. Closer shot of window of pope''s residence in Apostolic Palace (middle window is the one that the pope normally appears at)
4. Mid shot of the window
Rome,...
Curated Video
ITALY: KURDS CONTINUE PROTEST AGAINST OCALAN'S ARREST
English/Nat
Italy's prime minister says Rome will not grant political asylum to a jailed Kurdish rebel leader - - unless it is convinced he has really renounced terrorism.
Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema made the comments in a speech to...
Curated Video
Partial public transport strike halts buses and subways in capital
1. Mid of bus going to depot, sign on front of bus reading (Italian) "Out of service"
2. Wide of passengers waiting for bus outside Rome's Termini station
3. Bus arriving and crowd surrounding bus
4. Mid of passengers rushing to one...
Curated Video
Inauguration of Europe's longest tunnel
1. Pan right to exteriors of tunnel with cars going in
2. Cars moving inside tunnel
3. Panel with time and date displayed inside tunnel
4. Ground shot of inside of tunnel
5. Pan along tunnel map
6. Cars driving inside tunnel
7....
Curated Video
Nearly 4 years into his papacy, Pope criticised for being 'out of touch'
Tarquinia, Italy - March 25, 2009
1. Wide church of San Francesco in Tarquinia
2. Mid nuns entering church
3. Wide of procession entering church
4. Close of Archbishop Raymond Burke
5. Archbishop and priests
6. Close up priest kissing...
Curated Video
UPITN 25 1 79 GROMYKO MEETS ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FORLANI
Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, meet with his Italian counterpart, Arnoldo Forlani, in Rome.
1. vs exterior of the Farnesina, the Italian foreign ministry
2. vs interior Gromyko arrives at the Farnesina and is greeted by...
Curated Video
KOSOVO: W-F-P AIRPLANE CRASH - BODIES UNIDENTIFIED
English/Nat
Doctors in Pristina are still trying to identify the victims killed in the U-N plane crash on Friday.
Among the victims there were nine Italians, three Spanish, two British, one Bangladeshi, one Canadian, one German, one...
Curated Video
Italian premier not budging on school reforms despite protests
1. Exterior of Palazzo Chigi, Italian Prime Minister's office
2. Close-up of European and Italian flags
3. News conference with Italian Minister of Education Mariastella Gelmini and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
4. SOUNDBITE...
Curated Video
BOSNIA: EU REPRESENTATIVE CARL BILDT ARRIVES IN CITY OF BRCKO UPDATE
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic says she's satisfied with the decision to put the contested Bosnian city of Brcko under international administration.
The civilian official in charge of implementing peace in...
Curated Video
Students, teachers continue protests against reform bill
1. Wide of police on street
2. Mid of protesters with banner
3. Wide of protesters with flags and banners
4. Female protester wearing hat with "sino" (donkey) written on it
5. Protest flags and balloons
6. Wide shot of people marching...
Curated Video
Headlines, voxpops, sunrise
1. Wide of Coliseum
2. Wide of Campo Dei Fiori, food market vendors setting up their stands
3. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) NAME UNKNOWN, vox pop:
"I see it like this, we may need to go and vote again because it seems like we are head to head,...
Curated Video
Larijani, Solana and Prodi meet with new Iran nuclear negotiator
1. Wide exterior of Italian government building
2. Close of UN, EU, and Italian flags on building
3. Interior, Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, greeting Iranian chief negotiators, Ali Larijani and Saeed Jalili
4. Cutaway of media
5....
Curated Video
Democratic party candidate Ignazio Marino casts vote in mayoral election
1. Mid of Democratic party candidate Ignazio Marino entering polling station in Rome
2. Close of Marino smiling to the press
3. Wide of polling station
4. Mid of Marino registering documents
5. Close of Marino's passport and...
Curated Video
UPITN 4 7 79 POLITICIANS VOTE AT EUROPEAN ELECTIONS IN ROME
Italian Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti, and various other prominet politIcal figures, arrive at polling stations in Rome to vote in European elections.
1. ms man leaving polling station
2. ms candidates list on display inside the...
Curated Video
Paragliders and archaeologists share joy of Roman ruins
AP Television
Norba, Italy - April 21, 2011
1. Wide pan right of paraglider taking off
VNR - Luigi Sabatini
Norba, Italy - April 21, 2011
2. Various point of view footage of paraglider taking off
AP Television
Norba, Italy - April 21,...
Crash Course
Cities of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology
This week on Crash Course Mythology, we're getting urban. Mike Rugnetta is the man with the orange umbrella who's about to give you a free tour of mythical cities. We'll talk about a few cities that didn't exist, but we're going to focus...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler
He was a powerful king whose break with the church of Rome would forever change the course of English history. But was he a charismatic reformer who freed his subjects from a corrupt establishment or a bullying tyrant who used Parliament...
SciShow
Ancient Plagues & A New Pandemic
Hank explores the science behind the topics of the day, including a look at the current "pandemic" of concussions in professional sports and new insights into what really caused the worst plagues in human history, and what it portends...