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“We must stop the terror. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you.... Now, watch this drive.” — George W. Bush, 2002.

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Pope Leo XIII was the earliest-born person recorded on film. Born in 1810, the pope was eighty-six when these clips were captured in 1896. For reference, the Pope was born the year after Lincoln and Darwin

David Attenborough and Elizabeth II notice a sundial in the shade during an outdoor stroll.

History of the United States Every Year 🇺🇸

The Last Surviving Witness of Lincoln’s Assassination, Samuel James Seymour, appeared on an episode of “I’ve Got a Secret” in 1956.

Senator John F. Kennedy reading the full Declaration of Independence, 1957.

Footage of troops landing on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. June 6, 1944.

Tom Lehrer’s song about World War III still holds up over sixty years later.

Rest in Peace to the great Tom Lehrer, who helped put the periodic table of elements to song! 🎶

Tom Lehrer’s whimsical song about the spread of a sexually transmitted infection… though using double entendres he never mentions it explicitly.

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American Civil War veterans, filmed in 1929, describe the battles of Cole Camp &amp; Wilson Creek, 1861.

Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) was the earliest-born person to have ever been recorded on film. This footage was recorded in 1898 when the Pope was 88 years old.

Dwight Eisenhower during his Farewell Address warning of the Military Industrial Complex, 1961.

Tom Lehrer singing about the development of the nuclear bomb. When he wrote this, China had just tested their first nuclear device. This song is a nice time capsule into Cold War era anxieties.

In the summer of 1946 Soviet cosmonauts fly to the Moon. Excerpt from "The Space Voyage" Soviet sci-fi film directed by Vasily Zhuravlev, 1935

American Civil War veterans, filmed in 1929, describe the battles of Cole Camp & Wilson Creek, 1861.