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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Lombard Street, San Francisco (1:54 min)

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The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco (2:19 min)

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The History of Valentine's Day (3:31 min)

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine (5 min)

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Sunday, February 21, 2021

The Chinese Zodiac (4:22 min)

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

The Panama Canal - opened August 15, 1914 (2:26 min)

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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Foucault Pendulum (invented by Leon Foucault: 18 Sep 1819 – 11 Feb 1868) - (6:33 min)

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Friday, September 13, 2019

The Harvest Moon - September (3 min)

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Apollo 11 Moon Landing - July, 1969 (5 min)

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"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." - Virginia Woolf

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."  - Virginia Woolf

Table of Contents

65. The Panama Canal -

opened August 15, 1914 (2 min)


64. Foucault Pendulum (invented

by Leon Foucault: 18 Sep 1819

– 11 Feb 1868)


63. The Harvest Moon - September

(3 min)


62. Apollo 11 Moon Landing - July,

1969 (5 min)


61. Loch Ness Monster - Surgeon’s

Photo -December 6, 1933 (4 min)


60. Earth Day - April 22 (4 min)


59. Wuppertal - Oldest Suspension

Tram - March (3 min)


58. California Labor History -

Labor Day - September (15 min)


57. Vasco da Gama - July, 1497

(3.5 min)


56. The Great Wall of China (3.5 min)


55. Martin Luther King’s Birthday -

January 15 (6 min)


54. 10 Recently Extinct Animals

(12 min)


53. The Moai of Easter Island

(4.5 min)


52. Total Solar Eclipse -

August 21, 2017 (6 min)


51. The Star-Spangled Banner -

Two Verses (3.5 min)


50. The Wright Brothers -

Footage (7 min; no narration)


49. The Wright Brothers - Animation

(2.5 min; with narration)


48. The Transcontinental

Railroad ( 7 min)


47. April 17, 1906

San Francisco Earthquake

(3 min)


46. Japanese Tea Garden (2 min)


45. 12 Facts About the Titanic (7 min)


44. California Gold Rush (4 min)


43. Golden Gate Bridge (4 min)


42. Coit Tower (3 min)


41. Watergate Scandal (3 min)


40. Alcatraz - A Brief History (9 min)


39. The Titanic Sank on April 14, 1912 -

footage (2 min)


38. The Titanic Sank on April 14,

1912 - still images (5 min)


37. CGI of Titanic Sinking (3 min)


36. Year of the Monkey (2 min)


35. Year of the Goat / Sheep (2 min)


34. Year of the Horse (2 min)


33. Year of the Snake (2 min)


32. Year of the Dragon (2 min)


31. Year of the Rabbit (2 min)


30. Year of the Tiger (2 min)


29. Year of the Ox (2 min)


28. Year of the Rat (2 min)


27. Year of the Pig (2 min)


26. Year of the Dog (2 min)


25. Year of the Rooster (2 min)


24. U.S. Blizzard -

January, 2015 (5 min)


23. Star-Spangled Banner Became

National Anthem - March 3, 1931

(3 min)


22. Hoover Dam Dedicated -

September 17, 1930 (5 min)


21. Moon Landing -

July, 1969 (2 min)


20. San Francisco Earthquake -

April 18, 1906 (7 min; silent)


19. Federal Troops & Little Rock

Integration - September 24, 1957

(6 min)


18. Cesar Chavez's Birthday -

March 31, 1927 (4 min)


17. Nelson Mandela Released from

Prison on February 11, 1990 (3 min)


16. Greensboro Lunch Counter Protest

in February, 1960 (6 min)


15. King Tut Discovered in November,

1922 (5.5 min)


14. Ellis Island Opened on

January 1, 1892 (3 min)


13. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) -

October - November (5 min)


12. Christopher Columbus -

October (3 min)


11. 9/11 WTC Memorial Dedication -

September 11 , 2011 (4 min)


10. James Dean Death -

September 30 , 1955 (3 min)


9. Mayflower & 1st Thanksgiving -

November (5 min)


8. 9/11 Attack - September 11 ,

2001 (3 min)


7. Galveston's Hurricane -

September 8 , 1900 (2 min)


6. London Fire - September 2 ,

1666 (3 min)


5. March on Washington -

August 28 , 1963 (3 min)


4. Vesuvius & Pompeii -

August 24 , 79 AD (3 min)


3. 19th Amendment Ratified -

August 18 , 1920 (5 min)


2. Tacoma Bridge -

November 7 , 1940 (1 min)


1. Hindenburg -

May 7 , 1937 (5 min)


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