Curated Video
The 442nd: The Most Decorated Regiment of the Second World War
Despite the racism they faced, the bravery and heroism of the Japanese American 442nd Regiment Combat Team made them one of the most decorated units in United States history.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bradford Pearson - A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
Bradford Pearson is an award-winning journalist whose work examines everything from magicians to Japanese American incarceration to his own kidnapping. He’s written for The New York Times, and Esquire, Time, and Men’s Health magazines,...
Curated Video
The Secret Balloons that Bombed America
In 1944, Imperial Japan attacked the West Coast of America with hundreds of balloon bombs flown 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. They took the lives of five Oregon school children and their teacher – and remain a threat to this day.
Curated Video
How Robert J. Oppenheimer became the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’
Robert J. Oppenheimer, born on April 22, 1904, is known as the father of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer was awarded a PhD in theoretical physics and was interested in the emerging field of quantum physics. As a scientist at the University...
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 7 Minutes
An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the Second World War, the rise of fascism, how it started, the Manhattan Project, the Soviet front, London during the Blitz, Hiroshima etc.
Curated Video
Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics
We hear a lot about famous scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, but have you ever heard of Chien-Shiung Wu and her work on the Manhattan Project?
Curated Video
Japanese American Prison Camps on U.S. Soil
In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorised the incarceration of approximately 110,000 Japanese-Americans in the American West. But was Executive Order 9066 a step too far?
Curated Video
Castle Bravo: The Largest Nuclear Explosion in US History
In 1954, the US Government conducted a series of secret nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The idyllic coral island Bikini Atoll became the epicentre of the largest nuclear test disaster in US history. The affects of radiation...
Curated Video
Tennis for Two: America's First Video Game
It was pretty basic – but also revolutionary! Find out how American physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis For Two and discover its links to the mysterious Manhattan Project.
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 10 Minutes
An extended animated video combining World War 2 in 7 Minutes and 10 More Things About WW2.
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets gather to listen to the radio in their camp. Meetings with officers. France, 1944
Clip 5 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. All cadets are in the Head of School...
Bridgeman Arts
Men leaving their families and moving into work camps. France, 1943
Clip 3 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Men getting their work cards, kissing their...
Bridgeman Arts
Band rehearsal in a big hall at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 2 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. An orchestra rehearses in a big music hall...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets plan to escape occupation and meet with their director in secret. France, 1944
Clip 7 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The director meets with his cadets, and...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets take the train to Berlin. France, 1948
Clip 8 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. 1948. The Cadets take the train to occupied...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets escaping from work camp, France, 1944
Clip 6 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Cadets prepare for escape. They eventually...
Bridgeman Arts
Musicians play for three German officers. France, 1944
Clip 4 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. April 1944. "Rue du Conservatoire" sign....
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets perform in front of a large audience. France, 1940s
Clip 9 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The cadets play a concert in a big hall.
Bridgeman Arts
World War II Modern Dressed Japanese Men Leave Meeting
JAPAN - CIRCA 1942-1944- World War II Modern Dressed Japanese Men Leave Meeting.
Bridgeman Arts
World War II Smoking US Factories
EUROPE - CIRCA 1942-1944 World War II Smoking US Factories.
Bridgeman Arts
Montage of early flight, pioneers and aircraft
Clip from Flight Fighters of the Fifties, a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
Bridgeman Arts
WWII TESTIMONY IN KASTELLORIZO ISLAND, GREECE, 1990
Kastellorizo or Megisti is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese, is the easternmost Greek island and is situated in the Levantine Sea. Afterwards, a resident narrates events and actions of the Germans, the Italians, the...
Bridgeman Arts
They Made News, Part 1 - Cameramen who filmed WW2 battles in Middle East and Iwo Jima. Montage of C20th newsreel footage.
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
Bridgeman Arts
Walter Hewel and Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich
Walter Hewel and Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich outside Berghof.