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1898 - Victorian Street Traffic on the Champs-Élysées, Paris (speed corrected w/ added sound)

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Very old film of street traffic on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France around the year 1898. Set to a natural rate and added in sound for ambiance. Rare look at 19th century street traffic before automobiles started to dominate in the 20th century. Film t
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Breakdancing from 1898! - A Street Arab | Silent American Actuality

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From the streets of New York comes the new dance move: Breakdancing! Although, it's not the 1980's, it's 1898! According to the Edison Catalog this film "shows one of New York's street gamins going through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handspring
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How Los Angeles Got Water

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In 1898, the mayor of Los Angeles, Fred Eaton, came up with an audacious plan to drive up the value of local real estate. He would secretly divert the water from an entire river valley in the north to the city. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Southern California ht
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A Breathtaking 110-Mile Alaskan Railroad Built In Two Years

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Built during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898, the Yukon and White Pass Railway is a stunning sight. Given its speedy, two-year construction, this narrow gauge railroad, with its sky-high beams, is quite the marvel. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Man-Made Marvels ht
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ColourisedThe 1890's ~ Amazing Rare Footage of Cities Around the World AI Restoration

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The start of motion pictures, late 1890's. Rare film of cities, towns and countries. High-quality remastered prints from the Lumiere archives and EYE Film Museum. Clips listed in order below. Music Tracks: "Dream Walking" & "What Must Be" by Dhruva Al
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This man built his office inside an elevator

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The Baa Skyscraper, in Zln, Czechia, is a landmark of architecture. And the office of Jan Antonn Baa... is an elevator. [Correction: Jan Antonn Baa's birth year is 1898; the graphic is a typo.]Thanks to the museum staff for fact-checking and translation!C
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First footage of deep-sea anglerfish pair

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Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/exclusive-i-ve-never-seen-anything-it-video-mating-deep-sea-anglerfish-stuns-biologists CREDITS producer Sarah Crespi story by Katie Langin video footage Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen Rebikoff-Niggeler Fou
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1891 Inventor of Basketball Tells His Story: Radio Broadcast in 1939

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James Naismith (November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939) was aCanadian-born Presbyterian minister who is best known for inventing the game of basketball at a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA in 1891. This interview of him is from a radio program called "We the
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Earliest born human from 1700's ever seen on film?

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Perhaps the earliest born human in history we will ever see on film. This lady was born in the 1700s (film is from 1905, she is already over 100 in it)."Grandmother Despina". This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers
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What antlers can teach us about cancer and regrowing limbs

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Antlers are some of the fastest-growing bone in the animal kingdom: Deer, moose, elk, and reindeer sprout up to half a meter of new bone growth in a month prior to the mating season. Now, researchers studying their genomes have discovered how. Genes that
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Solar Eclipse (1900) - the first moving image of an astronomical phenomenon | BFI

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The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed on 28 May, 1900 by a famous magician, Nevil Maskelyne, while on an expedition by The British Astronomical Association to North Carolina. In 1898 he travelled to India to photograph an eclipse. He succeeded but the
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First World War tech: Zeppelins

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First World War tech: Zeppelins When a German aristocrat Brigadier General Ferdinand Zeppelin retired from the army in 1891, he devoted himself to the study of aeronautics. His proposals to the government for a lighter-than-air flying machine were rejecte
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Should Puerto Rico Become The 51st State?

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There are 3.5 million U.S. citizens currently facing one of the worst financial crises in this country - and they're all in Puerto Rico. The U.S. government has an almost 120-year-long relationship with Puerto Rico – which is a territory, not the 51st sta
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Einstein's grades

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Come and take a look at Einstein's report card from his final school year and his time studying at ETH university in Switzerland. We will learn interesting facts about his life, his teachers and the state of physics at the time. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro1:
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What is the First Engine Ever?

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How does water, fire, steam, and metalworking ignite a revolution? Here we explore exactly how the first steam engine, The Newcomen Atmospheric Engine works, and why it was revolutionary! This video series is the winning project of the Europeana STEM chal
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The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions

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YES, THIS IS A REUPLOAD. The original was age-restricted and demonetized. To support the channel directly, you can buy Snatoms: https://ve42.co/snatoms1 https://ve42.co/amzn or support on Patreon: https://ve42.co/pFritz Haber is the scientist who arguably
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History Brought To Life With Breathtaking Colorizations

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Hi everyone and nice to see you back. The following video is brought to you in collaboration with Jecinci Colorizations. Jecinci is an architect and 3D artist from Romania with a passion for colorizing black and white photos from history. Few years back h
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SpaceXs New Rocket Fuel Could Help Us Finally Launch Humans to Mars

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From the International Space Station to Mars SpaceX is developing a new kind of rocket propellant that could push the limits of space travel further than ever before. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/El
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How do Steam Engines Work?

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We make steam every morning while preparing our morning coffee. But how can it be used to move this massive machine? In this episode, we explore how engineers designed steam engines to turn fire, water, and steam into tremendous amounts of force.This vide
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How We Learned That Water Isn't An Element

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Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth. Get started for free, and hurry the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.For thousands of years, water was thought to be an element. That is, until some of the greatest chemists i

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