World History
BBC Nation on Film: The Royal Family. This is an archive of film clips of the British royal family, including footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The site describes itself, "Meet the Royal Family and celebrate important royal occasions. Watch the King opening the Tyne Bridge in 1928. Watch our present Queen unveiling ships and new buildings in the 1980s." This is a nice primary history resource.
Some clips include:
* Levens Goes Gay - Queen's Coronation (Not quite what the title suggests...)
* The Launch - I Name This Ship Invincible
* The Launch - Building the Big 'Un (Princess Anne in action)
* Crowds welcome the Queen - Queen's visit to Stockton
- 'iolani Palace: Hawaiian Capitol Building
('Iolani Palace, 6 January 2008.)I was very fortunate to have the time to visit 'Iolani Palace during my recent visit to Honolulu, Hawaii. The tour guide who had taken me to Pearl Harbor drove through different parts of Honolulu and he dropped...
- Grace O'malley, The Pirate Queen Of Ireland
One of the most famous women in Irish history is Grace O'Malley. She is also known to history as the Pirate Queen of Ireland. She lived from around c. 1530 to c.1603. Grace was the daughter of the chief of the O'Malley clan. The O'Malleys...
- The John Hampden Society
The John Hampden Society. A society devoted to the study of 17th-century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who famous for resisting the King's illegal Ship Money tax. From the site: John Hampden was descended from an ancient Buckinghamshire family of...
- The Duke Of Argyll
The Duke of Argyll - A biography of Lord Lorne, the fourth Governor General of Canada. It is brief and to the point and it taught me a lot about a personality I previously knew nothing. From the site: When Lord Lorne's appointment was announced, there...
- Normandy In Color
Open Culture posted this amazing footage from the Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). George Stephens, a film maker during the war, made the film with other cameramen hoping to use some of the footage for a documentary. They had a hand-held camera...
World History
BBC Nation on Film: The Royal Family
BBC Nation on Film: The Royal Family. This is an archive of film clips of the British royal family, including footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The site describes itself, "Meet the Royal Family and celebrate important royal occasions. Watch the King opening the Tyne Bridge in 1928. Watch our present Queen unveiling ships and new buildings in the 1980s." This is a nice primary history resource.Some clips include:
* Levens Goes Gay - Queen's Coronation (Not quite what the title suggests...)
* The Launch - I Name This Ship Invincible
* The Launch - Building the Big 'Un (Princess Anne in action)
* Crowds welcome the Queen - Queen's visit to Stockton
- 'iolani Palace: Hawaiian Capitol Building
('Iolani Palace, 6 January 2008.)I was very fortunate to have the time to visit 'Iolani Palace during my recent visit to Honolulu, Hawaii. The tour guide who had taken me to Pearl Harbor drove through different parts of Honolulu and he dropped...
- Grace O'malley, The Pirate Queen Of Ireland
One of the most famous women in Irish history is Grace O'Malley. She is also known to history as the Pirate Queen of Ireland. She lived from around c. 1530 to c.1603. Grace was the daughter of the chief of the O'Malley clan. The O'Malleys...
- The John Hampden Society
The John Hampden Society. A society devoted to the study of 17th-century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who famous for resisting the King's illegal Ship Money tax. From the site: John Hampden was descended from an ancient Buckinghamshire family of...
- The Duke Of Argyll
The Duke of Argyll - A biography of Lord Lorne, the fourth Governor General of Canada. It is brief and to the point and it taught me a lot about a personality I previously knew nothing. From the site: When Lord Lorne's appointment was announced, there...
- Normandy In Color
Open Culture posted this amazing footage from the Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). George Stephens, a film maker during the war, made the film with other cameramen hoping to use some of the footage for a documentary. They had a hand-held camera...