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Kurt Vonnegut's Account of the US Troops Pushing into Germany | WWII in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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- Kurt Vonnegut's Account of the US Troops Pushing into Germany | WWII in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Days after D-Day, the depleted Allies look for reinforcements to complete their final push into Germany across two formidable barriers: the dense forest of Ardennes, and a defensive belt of minefields tank traps and bunkers on the German border, known as the ‘Siegfried Line’. Among them was a college student-turned-GI by the name of Kurt Vonnegut.
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- Baby Piglet Struggles to Find Her Meal Time Place 🐷 Wild Tales from the Farm | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Baby piglets leave a scent on their mother’s teat–a kind of ‘reserved’ sign that warns other piglets off. But Bertie is the runt of the litter and she’s missed her seat at the table–it’s time for a little hustle.
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- Powerful Predators, Toxic Creatures & Animal Fights | Smithsonian Livestream
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- 4 years ago
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- Join us as we explore powerful predator families, highly toxic creatures, African predators in action, crazy animal fights, and more! What are some of your favorite animal predators?
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- Roger the Ram is Ready for his First Mating Season 🐏 Wild Tales from the Farm | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- It’s ‘tupping’ season for sheep on this British farm, and the resident stud is getting ready. A block of yellow wax on his chest will leave a mark on whomever he mates with, so the farmer can tell which ewe is pregnant.
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- Top Videos of Our Amazing Earth 🌏 Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- From epic animal migrations to landscape-turned-luxury, this collection of video clips shows off just how amazing Earth is.
0:00 Intro to 'Top Videos Of Our Amazing Earth'
0:30 The Great White Shark is a powerhouse
3:12 Big predator bite force test
7:10 Giant Eagle Rays launch to stand out
10:01 Mustangs battle on open plains
11:27 Brave Ducklings take leap of faith
15:25 Arctic Foxes reunite in a blizzard
17:51 Catching Africa's deadliest snake
21:26 Scientists reveal first black hole photo
24:21 This structure is older than Stonehenge
27:47 Is this mega-tomb the largest of its kind?
31:24 This defunct quarry is now a luxury hotel
33:50 A modern marvel
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- Wild Mares Wait for Warm Weather to Give Birth in This Royal Forest 🐴 Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Proclaimed a royal forest by King William the Conqueror, New Forest National Park in Southern England, is home to wild mares. Each winter they band together to survive the icy cold. This year, many of them are expecting spring foals–with chances of early warm weather slim, the foals will be born in the depths of winter’s cold.
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- Summer of 1943: The Nazis Became Fixated on Kursk | World War II in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- In the summer of 1943, the Soviet city of Kursk became the most important target in the war. The Germans were desperate to recapture it to stabilize their front, while the Russians went to extraordinary lengths to repel them.
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- Rare Training Film Shows Nazi Guide to Destroying Soviet Tanks | WWII in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- In 1943, the Ferdinand Panzer gave Nazi Germany the advantage over the USSR’s T34 tanks–but the Soviets had the numbers. In response, the Wehrmacht put out training films to prepare their men for battle.
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- The Ancient Greeks Became Fascinated w/ Ancient Egypt 🏛️ | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Ancient Greeks were endlessly fascinated by Egyptian culture, and especially the Egyptian Gods whom they saw as versions of their own. So much so that they ended up adopting Egyptian culture and customs as their own.
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- Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt 🐈⬛ | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Archaelogists uncover what appear to be cat mummies–a common practice around the Ptolemaic period. But an x-ray scan reveals a surprise: the mummies are just bandages. So what happened?
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- Ancient Secrets, Mummies & Lost Empires | Smithsonian Livestream
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- 4 years ago
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- Join us as we explore mind-blowing Ancient Egyptian revelations, shocking Ancient secrets, mega-tombs, and more! What is your favorite Ancient Empire?
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- Exciting Find: Headless Bronze Statue Connected to Saqarra Pyramid 🔍 | Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Archaeologists digging in the Saqqara region of Egypt uncover a magnificent bronze statue missing its head–but who was it meant to be? Computer analysis provides an exciting answer.
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- Fascinating Structure Inside Ancient Tomb: "False Door" to the Underworld 🚪 Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Archaeologists uncover an exciting find: a tomb that predates most of the others in the area by around 2,000 years. Inside, is a series of perfectly preserved inscriptions on a panel known as a ‘false door’.
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- ‘Magic Servants’ Found Packed into Ancient Egyptian Tombs ⚱️ | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- To the ancient Egyptian elite, the afterworld was an idealized version of the living world, complete with lush fields. But fields need workers–which is why their tombs were packed with magical servant figurines, known as ‘Shabtis’.
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- X-Ray of an Ancient Mummy Reveals Details of Noblewoman's Life 💀 | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- X-rays of the mummy of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman reveal an assortment of health issues: from curvature of the spine, known as scoliosis, to other deformities that could be the result of polio.
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- Part of Manhattan Was Once Known as ‘Death Avenue’ 🌆 Searching for Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- A freight train in the middle of Manhattan? With cowboys riding ahead of it to warn away pedestrians? It’s true–but you have to go all the way back to 1846 for the origins of this ‘Only in New York’ story.
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- Tourists Aren’t Allowed in This Part of the Statue of Liberty 🗽 Searching for Secrets | Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Why is no one allowed on the viewing platform of the Statue of Liberty’s famous torch? For the answer, you have to travel all the way back to 1916–and an explosion so violent it registered on the Richter scale.
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- Vervet Monkeys Feel the Same Way About Cats as We Do 😼 Amazing Animal Friends | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- It’s well documented that stroking a cat helps reduce human stress levels–but apparently, it has the same effect on a troop of vervet monkeys, who have adopted a couple of local strays.
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- INTENSE: A Wolverine Mom Takes on a Pack of Wolves 🐺 | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- A wolverine mother will stop at nothing to protect her kits–including taking on a roaming pack of wolves. To fend them off, she’ll have to live up to her reputation as the most aggressive carnivore on the planet.
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- Attacking a Male, Mother Wolverine Mistakes Mate for Intruder 💥 Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A hyper alert female wolverine mistakes a visiting male for a threat, and attacks him in a bid to protect her newborn kits. But the male is no threat to her–in fact, he’s the father.
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- Gulo Gulo Means Glutton 🍴 This Wolverine Lives Up To Her Latin Name | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Freya the wolverine is on the cusp of motherhood, and must gather enough food ahead of a long and punishing winter. Just 300 wolverines are left in her native Finland, thanks to habitat loss and human persecution.
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- Soledad O'Brien Interviews a Doula on the Frontlines of Mississippi's Infant Mortality Crisis
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Studies show that mothers with doulas tend to have shorter labor, fewer premature births, and a decreased likelihood of C-Sections. Kashuna Watts is a doula on the frontlines of Mississippi’s infant mortality crisis. She's part of a movement that advocates on behalf of black maternal health and fights racism in the health care system.
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- Heartbreaking: This Expectant Mother’s Tragic Story is Not Uncommon in Mississippi | Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Rakiya Ward was an expectant mother, 26 weeks pregnant, in Mississippi–the state where maternal health outcomes are bad, and infant mortality is the worst in the nation.
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- 7 Adorable Monkey Playtime Moments 🐒 Monkey Island | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- These monkeys are after one thing only: fun! Here are some adorable playtime moments from Monkey Island.
0:00 - Intro to Adorable Monkey Playtime
0:39 - Teenage Macaques Find a Reluctant Playmate
2:01 - Macaques Turn Playtime into Pool Time
3:42 - 4-Week-Old Macaques Test the Boundaries
4:49 - Play Fighting is Essential for Development
7:46 - Male Macaques Let Down Their Guards and Play
9:11 - Ruins Make For a Perfect Wrestling Ring
10:08 - Macaques Have Fun at the Market
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- A Vervet Monkey Befriends Some Hostile Dogs 🐒 Amazing Animal Friends | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- A vervet monkey wins over a group of hostile rescue dogs with his exemplary grooming. Soon, old hostilities are forgotten in return for a round-the-clock tick-and-flea removal service.
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- An Orphan Kangaroo Joey is Found on a Golf Course ⛳ Amazing Animal Friends | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Buggy and Wally are best friends, two orphan joeys who bonded at an animal rescue shelter. What makes these two little fellas different, however, is that one is a kangaroo and the other is a wombat.
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- This Monster Tamping Machine? A Locomotive’s Best Friend 🚂 Impossible Repairs | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- Each time a train thunders by, its momentum pushes the tracks out of alignment, endangering the trains. The solution: a powerful tamping machine to repack the ballast–the rocks that keep the track in place.
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- Unexplained: Ancient Burial Practices ⚰️ Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- From Ancient Egyptian mega-tombs to a pyramid with an unexpected occupant, here are 10 ancient burial practices that have raised questions.
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- This Man is Fighting to Keep His Community from Being Uprooted | Disrupt & Dismantle | Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- For Lavonne Pledger, the demolition order on his home by the city of Norfolk is a harbinger of bigger changes: the uprooting of an entire community that had lived here for generations.
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- Inhabitants of Tidewater Gardens Faced Years of Neglect & Demolition Orders | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- The decision to demolish the affordable housing of Tidewater Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia will leave many of its inhabitants in limbo. This is on the back of years of neglect and poor upkeep of the units. One tenant contemplates what the future holds for her and her family.
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- A Train’s Pantograph Pulls in Enough Electricity for 200 Houses 🔌 Impossible Repairs | Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Vectron locomotives travel at a top speed of 99 miles per hour, drawing power from the cables above through a Pantograph: a 15 foot-high mechanism that pulls in 25,000 volts of electricity–enough to power 200 houses.
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- Why the ‘Stonehenge of Atlit Yam’ was Held in Such High Regard ✨ Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A 9,000 year old human settlement, discovered off the coast of the Mediterranean, with its very own ‘Stonehenge.’ The structure clearly had religious significance–but did it also have a practical function?
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- Stonehenge-like Structures Have Been Found All Over the World 🪨 Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- In Western Europe alone, there are 50,000 of them, with Stonehenge being the most famous. But ancient stone structures aren’t restricted to one continent–they’ve been discovered all over the globe.
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- 7 Daring Animal Migrations | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- From one million wildebeest crossing croc-infested waters to a manatee’s journey to warmer waters, here’s a closer look at 7 daring animal migrations.
0:00 Intro to 7 Daring Animal Migrations | Smithsonian Channel
1:00 1 million wildebeest cross these croc-infested rivers
2:51 The largest mammal migration in the world
4:19 The pragmatic way African buffalos organize their herds
7:06 Thousands of monarch butterflies take flight
11:03 A manatee embarks on an inland journey to warmer waters
14:05 Yellowstone bison are built for winter survival
18:00 Why birds flock to this South African nature reserve
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- This Ancient Greek Tomb Was Packed w/ Treasure 👑 Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
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- 4 years ago
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- In 2015, a husband-and-wife team made a staggering discovery in an abandoned Greek olive grove: an ancient tomb filled with the kind of treasure that archaeologists only dream of.
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- This Train Ride Runs Along Vietnam's Beautiful Countryside 🗻 Mighty Trains | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Reunification Express slices its way north across some of Vietnam’s most arresting coastal plains. But in some parts, where the mountains jut out all the way to sea, a treacherous alpine pass is the only way forward.
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- Drink in the New Zealand Scenery Aboard the Coastal Express 🍇 Mighty Trains | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Marlborough region of South Island is wine country–but also renowned for its stunning views. For the best of both, passengers enjoy a glass of New Zealand white, seated on the Coastal Express’ observatory car.
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- This Train Runs Through New Zealand Earthquake Country 😳 Mighty Trains | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- New Zealand’s South Island lies on one of the world’s most seismically active regions with over 15,000 earthquakes a year. Undeterred, the Coastal Pacific train runs through the country’s idyllic Pacific coast with carefree abandon.
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- Powerful Predator Families 🦁 Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From crocodiles to cheetahs, these species featured on “Africa's Predator Zones” turn hunting into a family affair.
0:00 - Intro to Powerful Predator Families
0:43 - Saba hunts with cubs while males patrol area
6:35 - A lion joins his family for a hunt
12:46 - Crocodiles fight for a meal in the trenches
15:34 - A mother safely keeps her cubs away from the pride
18:31 - A cheetah uses high marsh grasses as a nursery
19:51 - Cheetah cubs join their mother at work
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- The Manubalista Was Rome’s Secret Weapon in Ancient Britain 🇬🇧 Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In the hands of experienced Roman soldiers, the Manubalista was deadly: easy to move, quick to reload, and capable of launching a 7-inch, 70 mph armor-piercing projectile with terrifying accuracy.
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- This Roman Weapon of Mass Destruction is 2000 Years Old 🏹 Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In 2015, archaeologists in Burnswark, Scotland uncovered a 200 year-old precision bolt that could only have been fired from a special piece of tactical artillery–the fabled Roman weapon of war, the Manubalista.
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- Was The Griffin Warrior’s Treasure Looted from Other Cultures? 🤔 Secrets | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- 3500 years ago, the ‘Griffin Warrior’ was laid to rest in a tomb packed with treasure. But did this treasure belong to the civilization that buried him–or was it taken from another, earlier civilization?
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- Title
- How The Meaning of Thanksgiving Changes to Match the Times | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Throughout US history, Thanksgiving has represented the needs and gratitudes of different communities. From its symbolism as a unifier during the Civil Rights era, to its role in the history and struggle of the Wampanoag people.
Across generations, the meaning of Thanksgiving has changed to match the mood of a diverse American nation: from World Wars, to the Civil Rights era, to the present-day struggles of the indigenous Wampanoag.
In a bid to raise awareness of their history and historic struggles, the indigenous Wampanoag draw on a holiday which they, more than most, helped inspire: Thanksgiving.
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- The Tragic Truth Behind Wampanoag, Squanto, & the Thanksgiving Story | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- For many, Thanksgiving evokes happy memories. For the Wampanoags, who sheltered European settlers and inspired the holiday, there is sadness as well: a deadly plague that began in 1616, brought in by Europeans, laid waste to their community.
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- Mother Took on Air Polluters in her Local Neighborhood 💨 Disrupt & Dismantle | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- When it comes to big business, Temeckia Derrough isn’t someone who backs down. She’s inspiring other people to fight back against polluting businesses–such as the ones that operate in her community of Joppa, Texas.
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- Shocking Amount of Toxic Waste Dumped in this Community 🤢 Disrupt & Dismantle | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- One day, trucks showed up at Marsha Jackson’s house in Dallas, Texas and began to dump asphalt shingles in her backyard. Three years later, the mound becomes a mountain–and it’s making Marsha and her family sick.
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- The Only Cop in Chicago Who Isn’t a Union Member 😲 Disrupt & Dismantle | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Julius Givens, a Chicago police officer, explains the reasons he decided to leave the all-powerful Police Union. And why he did so in the summer of 2020, at the height of tensions between police and protestors.
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- Innocent Social Worker Caught in Wrongful Police Raid | Disrupt & Dismantle | Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Anjanette Young recounts the fateful night when the police knocked down her door and left her handcuffed–naked–in her living room. It turned out they had raided the wrong house.
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- A Lion and a Tiger at a Rescue Facility Become Firm Friends 🦁🐯 Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Lions and tigers don’t often come into contact in the wild–their natural habitats don’t overlap. But at the Noah’s Ark sanctuary, rescue lioness Liberty is intrigued by her neighbor: a 16-year old Bengali male tiger.
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- 10 Incredible Moments in Music History 🎶 Smithsonian Channel
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From the place where Elvis recorded his first song to the lost lyrics of “This Land Is Your Land”, here are 10 incredible moments in music history.
0:00 - Intro to 10 Incredible Moments in Music History
0:27 - Elvis Recorded His First Song Here
2:37 - Elevating Forgotten Histories Through Folk Music
5:13 - Where to Sell Your Soul for the Delta Blues
7:36 - The Musical Soul of Louisiana
10:45 - Music as Protest
24:19 - How Rhiannon Giddins Found Her Groove w/ a Banjo
25:27 - Did Louisiana Invent Saturday Night?
28:54 - The Positive Musical Philosophy of Our Native Daughters
30:03 - Lost Lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land"
33:06 - Prince's Iconic Purple Rain Guitar
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