Curated Video
The Korean War, the beginning 1950
After the 2nd world war, Korea was split in two! Russian controlled communist becomes North Korea and USA controlled South Korea, North Korea attacked South Korea to unify the country but USA protected with all its might to save...
ProTeachersVideo
KS4 History for Pupils: Cuban Missile Crisis - Film Archive
This programme features eleven extracts from various film archive sources on the Cuban Missile Crisis, covering three themes: The Crisis Builds, Kennedy in Action and Winners or Losers. All the extracts are selected by Ben Walsh. There...
AllTime 10s
10 Times The World Almost Ended By Accident
Humanity is a clumsy species. How else can you explain all the times we've almost fumbled our way into extinction. From nuclear false alarms to poisoned crops, here are 10 Times The World Almost Ended By Accident.
One Minute History
The Holodomor - One Minute History_4k
Behind the Iron Curtain, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic confronts one of history’s most horrific famines. Beginning in 1932, grain production in Ukraine is confiscated by the Soviet Union. The seizure has two goals; one, selling...
Weird History
What Life in the Soviet Union Was Like
Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a communist state from 1922 to 1991 and was a big rival of the US from WWII to the end of the '80s. But what...
Ancient Lights Media
Russia: The Rise of the Soviet Union 1923-1953
This clip looks at Russian history during the period of 1923 -1953.
Schooling Online
Destroying Drama: Arthur Miller, The Crucible - Context
Watch this video to learn about Miller’s world and its influence on the play The Crucible. Discover 1950s America and the widespread fear of communism, which grew into the Red Scare and McCarthyism. We’ll unpack the Cold War, the...
Weird History
Chernobyl-Everything That Went Wrong
It’s hard for those of us in the modern era to grasp the true horror of the Chernobyl disaster. Even a deep dive into the Chernobyl meltdown timeline can only reveal so much about the very real, visceral consequences of the event....
Ancient Lights Media
The Geography and Culture of Ukraine
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Ukraine.
Vlogbrothers
What Caused the War? Ukraine and Russia in Historical Context
In which John explores historical and political context to understand what caused the Russian government's invasion of Ukraine| and how we arrived at this awful now.
Professor Dave Explains
Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
Bridgeman Arts
Explosion of the Chagan nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15, 1965
HD footage shows the explosion of the Chagan nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15, 1965. Filmed on 35mm. Chagan was the first and largest of the 124 detonations in the Nuclear Explosions for the National...
Bridgeman Arts
Explosion of RDS-37, the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, November 22nd 1955
RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on November 22, 1955 at the Semipalatinsk test site. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live...
Bridgeman Arts
Shock waves and destruction from Soviet nuclear bomb testing, 1950s
HD colour footage of shock waves from nuclear bomb testing. Montage. Filmed on 35mm. 1950s
Bridgeman Arts
Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 heavy-bomber at the Semipalatinsk test site, with the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb. USSR, 1955
HD footage of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 heavy-bomber plane (NATO reporting name: Badger) at the Semipalatinsk test site, with the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb. Soviet Kazakhstan, 1955. Filmed on 35mm.
Bridgeman Arts
Trees fall from the shock wave of a Soviet nuclear test at the Totskoye test site, USSR, 1954
Trees falling from the shock wave of a nuclear explosion at the Soviet nuclear test site, the Totskoye range (Orenburg Region). 1954. Filmed on 35mm.
Bridgeman Arts
Aftermath of nuclear bomb test, USSR 1954
Shots of destruction after a nuclear explosion, 1954. Filmed on 35mm. HD.
Bridgeman Arts
Explosion of RDS-37, the Soviet Union's first two-stage H-bomb, first tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, November 22nd 1955 (2K resolution)
2K resolution footage of RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on November 22, 1955 at the Semipalatinsk test site. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6...
Bridgeman Arts
MAY DAY IN MOSCOW USSR, 1978
May 1 is a worker's day celebrated with marches and events around the world. In Moscow, the capital of Russia during the USSR, a major military parade was held for May Day, honoring the working class. In the film, we see the city that is...
Bridgeman Arts
Travel across Europe
San Fermin celebration in the streets and the bull ring of Pamplona. Edinburgh and the surrounding areas. Copenhagen harbor and street scenes. Leningrado journey through the main tourist site. Moscow.
Bridgeman Arts
SUBBOTNIK DAYS IN MOSCOW, USSR, 1978
Late April in Moscow and as the snow subsides, pieces of ice float on the Moskva River. A child with a wooden stick in his hand crushes a piece of ice, passers-by walk and parts of the road crack as the road has experienced a slump. A...
Bridgeman Arts
Atomic bomb test, (named RDS-2 or Joe 2), Semipalatinsk test site, USSR, 24 September 1951
HD colour footage shows the formation of an explosion cloud. Explosion power 38 kilotons. 24th September 1951. The nuclear device, codenamed RDS-2, and nicknamed by the US as Joe 2, was tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, also known...