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Have Fun With History: Fort Ticonderoga
This strategic fort played a role in both the French and Indian war and the American Revolutionary War. A walkthrough and history of the fort and the commanders who used it under French, British, then American rule.
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Have Fun With History: Kentucky Pioneer
This film follows pioneer families along wilderness roads to Kentucky. Shows their schools, recreation and everyday tasks, such as weaving, soap-making, cooking, carpentry and candle-making. [11:00]
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Have Fun With History: Fantastic Yellowstone
Traces the history of the national park idea from its origins at Yellowstone National Park to the conservation ethic of today's park system.
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Have Fun With History: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
This archival color footage of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is joined with the voice of President John F. Kennedy expressing his concern over the buildup of the Russian space program during the cold war.
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Have Fun With History: Tahtonka!
An account of the Plains Indians and their buffalo culture, beginning with the pre-horse period up until the Ghost Dance movement and the tragic episode of Wounded Knee.
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Have Fun With History: Our Texas Heritage
Our Texas Heritage begins in 1519 and continues into the 20th century, covering major topics and of course, the Alamo. [17:00]
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Have Fun With History: Airships
From the 1930s, highlights training facilities for lighter-than-air aircraft in the U.S. Air Service. [21:00]
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Have Fun With History: Howard Hughes Plane Crash
News footage of the event where Howard Hughes crashed his experimental plane into a house, almost totally demolishing the house.
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Have Fun With History: Nazi Defeat
Newsreel marking the end of the war in Europe as Germany succumbs to the allied invasion. [2:00]
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Have Fun With History: Colonial America
American colonial life existed just shy of 180 years before the United States of America emerged as a nation independent of British rule. These formative years are reflected in the FREE videos below.
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Have Fun With History: Model T Ford/assembly Line
Henry Ford's Model-T was produced for over 19 years. It birthed the modern industrial assembly-line process, and in 1927, the 15 millionth and final Model -T rolled off the assembly-line. [6:54]
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Have Fun With History: What Is Money?
A five-dollar bill is followed as it goes from pocket to purchase, to the bank, and more. Learn how money is used.
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Have Fun With History: Revolutionary War Soldier
Farmers and shopkeepers were transformed into soldiers as the shot heard 'round the world thrust them into the revolutionary war. [1:00]
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Have Fun With History: New Horizons
Efficient farming, bubble cars riding on massive interstate highways, and more are a few of the visions of 1960s America as displayed in the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. [23:00]
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Have Fun With History: Puritan Family of Early New England
Similar to Early Settlers of New England, this film highlights daily life in a very early New England colonial village. It includes scenes of hunting, fishing, cooking, farming, and more. [10:00]
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Have Fun With History: Early Settlers of New England Salem
Although very short, this film gives a good clue as to what everyday life was like in Massachusetts in an early colonial settlement. It includes scenes of hunting, fishing, cooking, farming, brick-making and more.
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Have Fun With History: Flatboatmen of the Frontier
Presents a phase of flatboatmen agricultural economy in the early nineteenth century. Portrays Ohio Valley farmers as they fell trees, prepare the lumber, and build a flatboat to carry their produce down the river to market.
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Have Fun With History: Out of This World
A tour of the GM Pavillion at the 1964 World's Fair, complete with scenes of underwater farms, sets the tone to show off new Fridgidaire appliances. [13:00]
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Have Fun With History: Firing a Revolutionary War Musket
A short demonstration and explanation of the firing of a poplular, French-built musket used doing the American Revolution.
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Have Fun With History: Jamestown Settlement
A short, animated presentation of the ship landing and the building of Jamestown - the first permanent English settlement in North America.