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Daniel Nicoletta worked at Harvey Milk's camera store on Castro Street in the 70's. Today the location is a design store. Nicoletta talks about his experience working with Milk and being involved with filming the movie "Milk" by Gus Van Sant in 2008.Daniel Nicoletta worked at Harvey Milk's camera store on Castro Street in the 70's.... more
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In the heart of the black community,and among some of the oldest neighborhoods in The City of West Palm Beach, at the intersection of Tamarind Avenue and 25th Street, sits a 1 1/2 acre lot containing the remains of some 674 unidentified men, women, and children; victims of The Great Okeechobee Hurricane. They were migrant farmers and laborers of western Palm Beach County. Mostly black people, they were segregated even in death and were interred without coffins, as wood was reserved for whites only.
Florida author Zora Neale Hurston described the mass burial in her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God: "... Don't let me ketch none uh y'all dumpin' white folks, and don't be wastin' no boxes on colored," a guard in the book says. "They's too hard tuh git ahold of right now."
In life, they helped turn a South Florida swamp into a booming tropical mecca. In death, they were pitched into a trench, and left to be ignored for three-quarters of a century, neglected and nearly forgotten. A sewer-treatment plant and slaughter house were built adjacent to the site and a road was paved over a section of the grave.
80 years later, community leaders since have come together and worked to have the site beautified and registered as a National Historic Landmark, insuring the site and the dignity of those who died in Florida's most deadly hurricane is preserved.
The September 16, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane is the second most deadly storm in United States history. In total, the hurricane killed at least 4,078 people and caused around $100 million ($1 billion 2006 US dollars) in damages over the course of its path.
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After spending more than a year in a country that seemed to be frozen in a Soviet “time warp,” a young man experiences a new way of life in a place he was always taught to hate. As he returns 10 years later, he explores the time that Lee Harvey Oswald spent in the same place 45 years earlier and realizes the similarities of his experience finding love and alienation in Minsk.After spending more than a year in a country that seemed to be frozen in a Soviet... more
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A short historical documentary about a ghost story originating from my home town of Larkhall. The Lady was brought in to the country by a wealthy member of local aristocracy. She vanished some time later and it is believed that her ghost haunts the Millheugh area of the village. A short historical documentary about a ghost story originating from my home town of... more
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After the breakup of the Soviet Union, all of the Soviet sculptures in Lithuania were dismantled and laid to waste in backyards all over the country. A place called Gruto Parkas (often referred to as "Stalinworld" by the West) has become their new home. The park aims to preserve Soviet History by remembering the past and looking forward to a better future. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, all of the Soviet sculptures in Lithuania were... more
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Medicine as it was practiced during the American Civil War. Surgeons from the North and the South obtained their medical degree by attending only a series of lectures.Medicine as it was practiced during the American Civil War. Surgeons from the North... more
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The secrets and forgotten history of Utah.. explored by a handful of serious artists.
The land you see is more common than you realized; it has been featured in numerous car commercials and films - such as Independence Day, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and The Hulk. What you may not know is it's a 13 mile stretch of pure salt. Look it up yourself.. city: Wendover, park: Bonneville Salt Flats.
About this clip: "GPS Expo"
The first annual of GPS Expo! Temperature: 115 degrees. The art is ultra fun and super cool.The secrets and forgotten history of Utah.. explored by a handful of serious artists.... more
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El Malpais (the badlands) is a land of mystery in New Mexico. A man discovered gold dust, took what he could carry and left the rest. Unfortunately he never could find the treasure again and ever since people have been hunting for the remaining gold.El Malpais (the badlands) is a land of mystery in New Mexico. A man discovered gold... more
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Judson Hemperley is a veteran of World War II. But he didn't go to fight... he went to heal. As a medic, he saved many lives including the prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp Dachau.Judson Hemperley is a veteran of World War II. But he didn't go to fight... he went... more
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Where did Candy Kitchen, New Mexico get its name? See the video and find out how moon shine was involved.Where did Candy Kitchen, New Mexico get its name? See the video and find out how... more
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Remember those cartoons where they'd pull a plug at the bottom of a lake and watch it drain like a bathtub? Well it happened here at Lake Peigneur, Louisiana in 1980, when an exploratory oil-field drill accidentally pierced the ceiling of a salt mine below the lake's waters. The result - a swirling vortex of doom, sucking down land, trees, barges and nearly people. Today, 28 years later, this once apocalyptic scene is now the site of mysterious bubbling, that has been raising the eyebrows of residents and drawing attention to what could be a sleeping giant . . .Remember those cartoons where they'd pull a plug at the bottom of a lake and watch it... more
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Back in the 1930's, this was the hotbed of American Jazz that gave birth to Charlie Parker. Today, it has become a desolate playground of museums and occassional shows.Back in the 1930's, this was the hotbed of American Jazz that gave birth to Charlie... more
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Southdale Shopping Center, Edina, MN
In 1956, the Southdale Shopping Center became the first fully enclosed mall in the United States. The first teenage mall rats soon followed. The mall, though given a face lift, still stands today. Southdale Shopping Center, Edina, MN
In 1956, the Southdale Shopping Center became... more
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1401 Wilson Boulevard, Rosslyn, VA
It was here, in an underground parking garage, that Deep Throat, the famed secret informant who is now acknowledged to be Deputy Director of the FBI William Mark Felt, Sr.,would meet with Washington POst reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Deep Throat's leaked information led to the unraveling of President Nixon due to the Watergate Scandal. 1401 Wilson Boulevard, Rosslyn, VA
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The Dingo American Bar and Restaurant, 10 rue Delambre in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France
The Dingo Bar was one of the few drinking establishments of its time that was open all night. It became the favorite haunt of the many English-speaking artists and writers who gathered in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s.
As recorded by Ernest Hemingway in his book A Moveable Feast, he first met F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Dingo Bar in late April 1925, two weeks after the publication of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.The Dingo American Bar and Restaurant, 10 rue Delambre in the Montparnasse Quarter of... more
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Otis Redding wrote "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" while staying in a houseboat on Waldo Pier in Sausalito, CA. He had come off his famed performance at the Monterey Pop Festival just days earlier in June 1967. Otis Redding wrote "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" while staying in a houseboat on... more
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Menlo Park, CA
In January 1996, Stanford University PhD students and friends Larry Page and Sergey Brin started a research project that spawned the Google empire. The company incorporated as Google, Inc. in 1998,operating out of a friend's garage in Menlo Park. Don't believe that? Google it. Menlo Park, CA
In January 1996, Stanford University PhD students and friends Larry... more
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