Hip Hughes History
The Roanoke Colony: US History Review
American Horror Story fans delight; a look at the founding of the Roanoke Colony in 1584 and it's disappearance by 1590. Leave ur comment below of what you think happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke Island.
Hip Hughes History
The House of Burgesses Explained
A short lecture on the origins and importance of the House of Burgesses. Perfect for Social Studies students, lifelong learners and the cray cray on the internets.
Weird History
7 Theories About the Mysterious Vanishing Of Roanoke Colony
The disappearance of the Roanoke colony remains one of the oldest unsolved mysteries in the United States. It all began back in 1587, when Sir Walter Raleigh financed the attempts of John White to establish a British colony on Roanoke...
Step Back History
The Mystery of the Lost Roanoke Colony
Roanoke's disappearance has been a mystery as long as there has been an America, and the failure of the colony was one of the major setbacks to British colonization of North America. Join Matt from the channel Conjecture as we explore...
British Movietone
WEMBLEY - ENGLAND V SCOTLAND
A hundred thousand soccer fans - many of them Scotsmen with high hopes of victory. High spirits too, as Eric Caldow and Jimmy Armfield tossed up. Blue shirted Scotland kicked off, and very soon were demonstrating something of the real...
Curated Video
USA: TEAM INVESTIGATING GULF WAR SYNDROME TO BE REORGANISED
English/Nat
The U-S Department of Defence has announced a reorganisation of its team which investigates the so-called Gulf War Syndrome.
The department is boosting both the team's budget and staffing level to help it investigate...
Curated Video
Military leaders brief US president on hurricane response
1. Zoom into US President George W Bush listening to briefing
2. Pan of room
3. Mid shot of briefing
4. UPSOUND: (English) Major General John White (speaking off camera):
"The main thought would be for the national plan we'll have a...
Curated Video
USA: SENATE HEARING ABOUT CHEMICAL EXPOSURE IN PERSIAN GULF WAR
English/Nat
At a Senate hearing in Washington on Thursday, the U-S deputy Defence Secretary, John White, predicted more revelations about chemical exposures to Persian Gulf War veterans.
The Senate Armed Services Committee started its...
Curated Video
An exultant Maersk Alabama crew has returned to rejoicing families in America and the ship's captain awaits his own hero's reception in the states after a five-day ordeal as a captive of Somali pirates.
HEADLINE: Homecoming all around for crew fighting pirates
CAPTION: An exultant Maersk Alabama crew has returned to rejoicing families in America and the ship's captain awaits his own hero's reception in the states after a five-day ordeal...
Curated Video
USA: PRESIDENTIAL PANEL INVESTIGATION INTO GULF WAR SYNDROME
English/Nat
Stress is the most likely source of a host of ailments reported among veterans of the Persian Gulf War, members of a U-S presidential panel said Wednesday.
The panel wants the Pentagon and other government agencies to...
Curated Video
WRAP Memorial service for slain UN peacekeeper, reaction
Port-Au-Prince
1. Wide shot United Nations (UN) compound
2. Various UN troops at attention
3. UN troops carrying flag covered coffin
4. Coffin covered by UN and Canadian flags
5. Claude Boucher, Canadian Ambassador to Haiti addressing...
Curated Video
UN peacekeeper from Canada killed in Haiti
1. Wide of UN armoured vehicle and officers at roadside checkpoint in Cite Soleil, traffic passing
2. Mid view of UN officer speaking to driver at checkpoint, searching car
3. Wide view of road where Mark Bourque was murdered in Cite...
Curated Video
USA-Military Operation In Bosnia/Haris Silajdzic
Bosnia's Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic left Washington late Friday (1/12) saying he was pleased the US Congress dropped its opposition to sending tropps to Bosnia. Silajdzic's departure ended three days of high-level meetings, the last...
Curated Video
USA: CLINTON PLEDGES TO CONTINUE SEEKING CAUSE OF GULF WAR ILLNESS
English/Nat
U-S veterans' groups say they're pleased with the work of President Clinton's Gulf War illnesses panel.
The commission delivered a report Tuesday that finds the cause of the ailments still a mystery -- and sharply...
Other
In Search Of: Lost Colony of Roanoke
Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, this video discusses the establishment of a colony on Roanoke Island, its struggles, and what may have happened to the colonists. Originally broadcast on October 25, 1979, so it does not cover more current...
Other
That Was History: The Lost Roanoke Colony
Summarizes the history of the Roanoke Colony and the theories about what may have happened to the colonists. [2:59]
HipHughes History
You Tube: The House of Burgesses Explained
Watch a video that gives a brief history of the lost colony of Roanoke and Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the New World. The charter of the Virginia Colony was the basis of the House of Burgesses. [5:27]