Great Big Story
Rediscovering the glass armonica, the forgotten sound of history
Explore the enchanting world of the glass armonica, an 18th-century invention by Benjamin Franklin, and its unique music.
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Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author of groundbreaking novels like “Esperanza Rising" and "Echo," Pam Muñoz Ryan has made literature more representative by expertly mining her own rich Mexican American heritage.
Great Big Story
Rediscovering the Glass Armonica, The Forgotten Sound of History
Explore the enchanting world of the glass armonica, an 18th-century invention by Benjamin Franklin, and its unique music.
Extra English Practice
Learning English - How To Use Adverbs Of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency tell how often we do something. We often use then with the simple present tense.
Extra English Practice
Basic Grammar - The Verb To Have
English vocabulary lesson explaining the difference between the words lend and borrow. Skit about borrowing items for a beach trip.
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MS Man playing with mouth harmonica / Corsept, Loire Atlantique, France
MS Man playing with mouth harmonica / Corsept, Loire Atlantique, France
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Performance - Dick Poet Lourie on sax performs
Performance - Dick Poet Lourie on sax performs with Anthony Big A Sherrod on guitar outside the Delta Furniture Company. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues. Performance - Dick Poet Lourie on sax performs on April 15, 2013...
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College student playing harmonica and her friends listening
A college student playing harmonica and her friends listening.
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Performance - close up of guitar of Dick Poet
Performance - close up of guitar of Dick Poet Lourie on sax performs with Anthony Big A Sherrod on guitar outside the Delta Furniture Company. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues. Performance - close up of guitar of Dick...
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Performance - mid shot of Dick 'Poet' Lourie on
Performance - mid shot of Dick 'Poet' Lourie on sax performs with Anthony 'Big A' Sherrod on guitar outside the Delta Furniture Company. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi...
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College student playing harmonica and his friends listening
A college student playing harmonica and his friends listening to him.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at the social life in a mining camp after the day's work is done
Title card: "Editor's Note: These pictures show life in one of the gold mining camps in California after the day's work is done -- a cross section of Pathe News' plan to relieve unemployment by having men seek a living from the soil" /...
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Comedian Jack Benny plays violin with harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler during a USO show.
Comedian Jack Benny plays violin with harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler during a USO show.
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Solo guitar and harmonicist performance: Woody Mann, Great Britain
Solo guitar and harmonicist performance: Woody Mann, Great Britain
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Performance - Mid shot of Blues Artist Richard
Performance - Mid shot of Blues Artist Richard Pryor performs outside the Rock & Blues Museum. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Footage by Getty Images) Performance - Mid shot...
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Performance - mid shot of Anthony "Big A" Sherrod
Performance - mid shot of Anthony 'Big A' Sherrod performing outside the Delta Furniture Company. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Footage by Getty Images). Performance - mid...
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Performance - mid shot of James "Chicken" Dooris
Performance - mid shot of James 'Chicken' Dooris performs with Unseen Eye at Ground Zero Blues Club. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Footage by Getty Images) Performance -...
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Performance - mid shot of Blues artist Tada Ikemas
Performance - mid shot of Blues artist Tada Ikemasu performs outside the Club Vegas Blues Lounge. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Footage by Getty Images). Performance - mid...
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Performance - close up of Big George Brock perform
Performance - close up of Big George Brock performs outside Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art. Juke Joint Festival Celebrates Mississippi Blues on April 15, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Footage by Getty Images) Performance - close up...
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Performance - mid shot of Josh 'The Reverend'
Performance - mid shot of Josh 'The Reverend' Peyton of Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band performs with his wife Breezy Peyton on washboard and Aaron Persinger on drums outside Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art. Josh 'The Reverend' Peyton of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USAF band gives concert in Seoul during visit to South Korea
Two shots of US Air Force band playing on stage / two shots of South Korean crowd watching, listening / two high overhead shots of stage and crowd / closer shot of crowd applauding / band playing with accordion player featured / band...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Hongkongers sing protest song at vigil mourning the Queen
A Hong Konger who played a harmonica to a crowd outside the British consulate during Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday has been arrested for sedition, police and local media said Tuesday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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China - Face music
Cui Wenping (Tsui Wenping) loves music. Like most people he can
whistle and he also plays a couple of musical instruments. But
Mr Cui is a virtuoso on only one of them - his face!
Most children have at one time or another noticed that...
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Scouts of France part 2 - boys prepare and eat dinner outdoors, write letters, sew socks, etc 1940s
Clip from short film promoting boy scouts in France, 1940s.