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Have Fun With History: The Cumberland Gap
This film explores the geography and history of the Cumberland Gap and covers its role in opening the West to settlement and its time during the Civil War.
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Have Fun With History: This Is My Railroad Part 1
Made when the Railroad was the king of transportation, it showcases operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with many images of the territory that it serves. With excellent footage of snow management and removal operations in the...
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Have Fun With History: American Pioneer
This film covers the pioneer and frontier expansion into the west.
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Have Fun With History: The Spruce Goose H4
This short newsreel clip shows the Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules in production. Eventually, the H-4 would be coined the "Spruce Goose" being made of wood and resin. It is the largest airplane ever built.
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Have Fun With History: Thanksgiving Holiday
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in the Plymouth Colony in 1621. Since then, it was celebrated in various ways and on different days. Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as a Day of Thanksgiving.
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Have Fun With History: Fort Ticonderoga
This strategic fort played a role in both the French and Indian war and the American Revolutionary War. A walkthrough and history of the fort and the commanders who used it under French, British, then American rule.
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Have Fun With History: Kentucky Pioneer
This film follows pioneer families along wilderness roads to Kentucky. Shows their schools, recreation and everyday tasks, such as weaving, soap-making, cooking, carpentry and candle-making. [11:00]
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Have Fun With History: Fantastic Yellowstone
Traces the history of the national park idea from its origins at Yellowstone National Park to the conservation ethic of today's park system.
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Have Fun With History: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
This archival color footage of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is joined with the voice of President John F. Kennedy expressing his concern over the buildup of the Russian space program during the cold war.
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Have Fun With History: Tahtonka!
An account of the Plains Indians and their buffalo culture, beginning with the pre-horse period up until the Ghost Dance movement and the tragic episode of Wounded Knee.
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Have Fun With History: Our Texas Heritage
Our Texas Heritage begins in 1519 and continues into the 20th century, covering major topics and of course, the Alamo. [17:00]
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Have Fun With History: Airships
From the 1930s, highlights training facilities for lighter-than-air aircraft in the U.S. Air Service. [21:00]
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Have Fun With History: Howard Hughes Plane Crash
News footage of the event where Howard Hughes crashed his experimental plane into a house, almost totally demolishing the house.
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Have Fun With History: Nazi Defeat
Newsreel marking the end of the war in Europe as Germany succumbs to the allied invasion. [2:00]
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Have Fun With History: Colonial America
American colonial life existed just shy of 180 years before the United States of America emerged as a nation independent of British rule. These formative years are reflected in the FREE videos below.
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Have Fun With History: American History Subjects: People Timeline
Wonderful resource for students and teachers of history provides videos for important and famous people throughout history, including presidents, activists and reformers, inventors and athletes, arranged chronologically by century.
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Have Fun With History: Model T Ford/assembly Line
Henry Ford's Model-T was produced for over 19 years. It birthed the modern industrial assembly-line process, and in 1927, the 15 millionth and final Model -T rolled off the assembly-line. [6:54]
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Have Fun With History: What Is Money?
A five-dollar bill is followed as it goes from pocket to purchase, to the bank, and more. Learn how money is used.
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Have Fun With History: Booker T. Washington
A biography of Booker T. Washington presented through an art montage with accompanying audio. Includes links to related information. [17:14]
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Have Fun With History: Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
A short video about Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin showing how the early machine worked. Includes links to related sites. [2:33]
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Have Fun With History: Cuban Missile Crisis
A newsreel from 1962 detailing the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War. Link to the Cold War Museum in included. [5:53]
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Have Fun With History: Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison, one of history's great inventors, is profiled in this video along with his invention of the light bulb. Includes links to other sites about Edison. [1:34]
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Have Fun With History: Alexander Graham Bell
A 30-minute history video from 1947 about the life of Alexander Graham Bell, his devotion to the deaf community, and his invention of the telephone.
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Have Fun With History: Revolutionary War Soldier
Farmers and shopkeepers were transformed into soldiers as the shot heard 'round the world thrust them into the revolutionary war. [1:00]