Curated Video
Magician tries to escape from gyroscope over Times Square
1. Wide shot magician and "endurance artist" David Blaine in gyroscope
2. Close-up Blaine smiling and waving as he is being strapped in
3. Close-up man tying Blaine's special shoes that are bolted into gyroscope
4. People taking photos...
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WRAP Polls open, voters in solid Democrat state, queues outside ADDS church voting
Washington Heights, Manhattan
1. Various exteriors of polling station in PS/IS 187, a public elementary and middle school; people lining up to vote
2. Mid of voters queuing
Washington Heights, Manhattan
3. Various of voters registering...
Curated Video
Artist creates unique sculptures
February 2, 2012 - New York
1. Medium artist Lerone Wilson with works on wall
2. Medium artist with works on wall from below with pan
3.Close up detail of painting on wall
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lerone Wilson, Artist
"I am...
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Authorities say 13 people charged in schemes that netted over $15M illegal profits
1. Wide exterior Jacob Javits Federal Building, home to FBI offices
2. Medium pan as NY police and FBI agents leading out Mitchel Guttenberg, an Executive Director and Institutional Client Manager of UBS global financial firm
3. Medium...
TED Talks
Bjarke Ingels: Floating cities, the LEGO House and other architectural forms of the future
Design gives form to the future, says architect Bjarke Ingels. In this worldwide tour of his team's projects, journey to a waste-to-energy power plant (that doubles as an alpine ski slope) and the LEGO Home of the Brick in Denmark -- and...
TED Talks
Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments and other innovations that could make the city of the future work a lot like a small village of the past.
TED Talks
Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky
New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism.
TED Talks
Jill Sobule: Global warming's theme song, "Manhattan in January"
A happy song about global warming, from Jill Sobule.
TED Talks
Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building
In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of openness. Nearly 50 years later, he believes the need for this type of building is greater than...
TED-Ed
How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper | Alex Gendler
In 1978, Diane Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking discovery. After weeks of poring over the Citicorp Center's building plans, she'd stumbled on an oversight that threatened to topple the...
Crash Course
Growth, Cities, and Immigration Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the massive immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. Immigrants flocked to the US from all over the world in this time period. Millions of Europeans moved to the...
Curated Video
Learn ALL About New York City! | Geography Songs For Kids
Let's explore NYC's most famous landmarks!
Curated Video
Chatbots Development with Amazon Lex - Testing Our Chatbot
After completing all the necessary steps in building the chatbot, we will now deploy the chatbot and back to the Lex console. We will then test the chatbot for the intended tasks it is to perform.
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CompTIA A+ Certification Core 2 (220-1102) - Virtual Reality
Virtual reality enables you to experience remote or fanciful locations via computer. Augmented reality layers virtual elements onto a camera feed of the real world, making it easier to follow navigation instructions or chase fanciful...
Curated Video
CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Virtual Reality
Virtual reality enables you to experience remote or fanciful locations via computer. Augmented reality layers virtual elements onto a camera feed of the real world, making it easier to follow navigation instructions or chase fanciful...
Curated Video
Chatbots for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Build Chatbots - Chatbot Development with AWS Lex and AWS Lambda: Testing our Chatbot
After completing all the necessary steps in building the chatbot, we will now deploy the chatbot and back to the Lex console. We will then test the chatbot for the intended tasks it is to perform. This clip is from the chapter "Chatbots...
Great Big Story
Discovering ancient shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea
Join an underwater expedition uncovering ancient treasures and shipwrecks in Greece's Fourni archipelago.
Great Big Story
Meet Lorri Cramer, Manhattan's dedicated turtle rehabilitator
Discover the life of Lorri Cramer, who rehabilitates hundreds of turtles in her NYC apartment.
Curated Video
Explore The Geography & Landmarks Of New York City!
Let's learn about NYC and all its major landmarks!
Curated Video
America's Largest Private Turtle Collection: Saving Endangered Species from Extinction
This video showcases America's largest private collection of turtles, which is housed in a Manhattan apartment. With over 1000 endangered turtles rescued from around the world, this collection is a testament to the efforts of Richard...
Curated Video
The Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook, a collection of jazz standards and show tunes created by talented songwriters in early 20th century New York, provided solace and joy during difficult times in U.S. history.
Curated Video
Tammany Hall: Controlling New York Politics
It is the historic New York building that is synonymous with greed, crime and corruption, but what is the true story behind Tammany Hall?
Curated Video
Inside the Making of Oppenheimer: The Legacy of the Little Boy and Fat Man
Little Boy And Fat Man are the nicknames given to the two weapons of mass destruction that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seem ridiculous when thinking about what they were capable of doing. Little Boy was the first nuclear bomb to...
Curated Video
The Harlem Cultural Festival: Summer of Soul
The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as the Black Woodstock, was a watershed moment for Black culture in America that history almost forgot.