NORTH AMERICA // Travel Video // Quebec, Toronto, Boston, New York, Washington DC, New Orleans
A travel video of our trip to North America (East Cost) - including Quebec City, Toronto, Boston, New York, Washington DC & New Orleans
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PLACES (in order)
TORONTO
Queen St West, Nuit Social, Niagara Falls, Hornblower Cruise, Momofuko, Kensington Market, Seven Lives, Dirty Bird (Chicken & Waffles), Graffiti Alley, Royal Ontario Museum, Pai, Eat Assembly, Kim's Convenience, Distillery District, Hockey Hall of Fame, St Lawrence Market, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
QUEBEC CITY
Aux Anciens Canadiens, Paillard, Chateau Frontenac, Dufferin Terrace, Old Quebec, Funiculaire, Petit Champlain, La Buche, Notredame Basillica, La Citadelle, Musee de la Civilisation, Le Chic Shack, Le Cochon Dingue, Morrin Centre
BOSTON
Veterans Day Parade, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Pushcart Pizza, Thinking Cup, Bova's Bakery, Neptune Oysters, Tatte Bakery & Cafe, MIT University, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston Chowda, Regina Pizzeria, North End Fish Market & Sushi, Improv Asylum, Massachusetts State House, Boston Common, Granary Burying Ground, Park Street Church, Old South Meeting House, Luke's Lobster, Harvard University, Mike's Pastry, Potted Potter
NEW YORK CITY
Citizens of Chelsea, Chelsea, Soho, Little Italy, Chinatown, Fried Dumpling, Shu Jiao Fu Zhou, 911 Tribute Museum, 911 Memorial, Charging Bull, WTC, Oculus, Shake Shack, Staten Island Ferry, State of Liberty, Empire Diner, Daily Provisions, Chick Fil-A, Tenement Museum, Bryant Park Winter Village, Chelsea Markets, New York Giants, NFL, Gallaghers, Midtown Manhattan, Los Tacos, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock, Central Park, Museum of Natural History, Pizza Loves Emily, Friends building, The Met, Empire State Building, Bowery Road, Chelsea Gardens Barber Shop, Katz Deli, Brooklyn Bridge, Juliana's Pizza, Highline, Thanksgiving, Strumptown Coffee, Best Bagel & Coffee, New York Public Library, Grand Central Terminal, ABC Cocina, Times Square
WASHINGTON DC
NEW ORLEANS
French Quarter, Oceana Grill, jazz music, street performers, Andrew Jackson Statue, St Louis Cathedral, 1850 House Museum, Presbytere - Louisiana State Museum, Frenchmen Sreet, Spotted Cat Music Club, Lafayette Cemetery #1, Garden District, St Charles Streetcar, Camellia Grill, Magazine Street, Bourbon Street, walking ghost tour, NOLA, Cajun Pride, swamp boat tour, alligators, Oak Valley Plantation, Preservation Hall, Cafe du Monde, Stanley Restaurant, Spitfire Cafe, voodoo walking tour
GEAR + PRODUCTION
- Panasonic Lumix G85 + Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 @ 24fps/1/50s
- Panasonic Lumix GX85 + Olympus 12mm f/2.0 (not 180 degree rule)- Final Cut Pro X (FCPX)
- GoPro 5 (some shots)
MUSIC
- Skraniic - Forever (thanks @skraniic for providing permission to use the song!)
- Jazz in Paris - Media Right Productions (royalty free music)
- Epic War Music - NCM Epic Music Ender Guney (royalty free music)
- Gabbie June - American Dream (Not Your Dope Remix) - copyright free music
- Regimented Instinct - royalty free under Creative Commons Attribution licence
- Jazz in Paris - Media Right Productions (royalty free music)
Peace Bridge Ceremony Canada And USA, 1920s - Film 91610
Amateur Home Movie 1920s.
'Dedication of Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York, August 7th, 1927. Completion of Bridge over Niagara River symbolises goodwill between the United States and Canada': Panning shot of bridge.
'A most unusual array of dignitaries from both countries are present. Vice-President and Mrs Dawes are conducted to the Speakers' stand': Party walk along.
'Mr and Mrs Frank B. Kellogg': they leave car and he escorts her.
'Secretary of War Dwight Davis and wife': they walk by. Man doffs hat to camera.
'Al Smith, Governor of New York, and wife': she is escorted by an official. Other men are wearing top hats.
'Mr and Mrs Charles M. Schwab': walk by camera. Worthies and dignitaries on dais which is covered by a canvas awning. A man wearing pinz nez spectacles.
'MacKenzie King, Premier of Canada': he speaks at a bank of microphones.
'Secretary Kellogg delivers a message from President Coolidge': he also speaks at the bank of microphones.
'Wales, as usual, is late. He meets Vice President Dawes half-way on the bridge': Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Vice President shake hands over a ribbon.
'The Prince of Wales with his brother Prince George': two princes stand and pose.
'Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and wife also appear for the formalities on the bridge': Baldwin and Prince of Wales stand in full formal wear - black tie, top hats.
'The Prince and party are conducted to the American side': Prince sits in open car and wipes his nose. Flags flying. A parade. Military marching band. Cavalry. Marching soldiers. Huge crowd. Pipe and drum band. Canadian Scottish regiment of bagpipers marches past. Union flag and Stars and stripes flying from flag poles. Baldwin speaking at rostrum and microphones. Good footage of Prince of Wales apparently nervously reading his notes and then leaning forward in his seat and biting his fingernails. The caption tells us 'the Prince is rather ill at ease and nervous over his task'. Prince speaking. Speech by Dawes. Prince gnawing on his rolled up programme. Steel manufacturer Schwab speaks. Al Smith at the microphone. Al Smith Jr. poses for camera. He holds a camera. A priest gives the benediction at the microphones. The party walk down steps. Al Smith Jnr.
Anglia News Princess Diana Items Auction & Duxford Imperial War Museum pin up Ian Blair
Anglia News 30/3/10
Northamptonshire Althorp Princess Diana Items Auction.
Cambridgeshire Duxford Imperial War Museum Wartime Hero Poster pin up Essex Brentwood veteran Ian Blair.
Suffolk Ipswich Spring Lambs.
11 Wreathlaying by polish and british veterans
Despite it took a shameful 62 years before the polish soldiers got the official recognition for their extreme bravery at Arnhem, they were always fully recognised in Arnhem itself.
Royal Couple arrives in Ottawa,Canada -William and Kate
Prince William arrives in Ottawa ,canada with her beautiful princess, june 30 2011
Duchess of Cambridge visits children's hospice, royal attend war memorial, open cycle centre
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island on Saturday, as they continue their visit to the country.
The Duchess visited Rainbow Place, a children's hospice in Hamilton.
Meanwhile, Prince William visited the Pacific Aerospace aircraft factory.
The Duke and Duchess went on to the town of Cambridge where they laid flowers at the local War Memorial and met with the son of a deceased World War I veteran.
Hundreds of Cambridge locals gathered and waved British flags to welcome the royals.
The royal couple ended their visit to Cambridge with the official opening of a new cycling velodrome before flying to Wellington on the South Island.
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Portraits Like Bombs: Eric Kennington and the Second World War
Dr Jonathan Black, Senior Research Fellow in History of Art at Kingston University, discusses the life and work of Eric Kennington. The lecture focuses on Kennington's Second World War images of infantry soldiers, tankmen, home guardsmen and generals.
Part of the Lunchtime Lectures series - a programme of free talks that takes place at the National Army Museum in London every Thursday at 12.30pm.
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America's National Parks and Forests
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Now the magnificent beauty of the national park system is available on your TV or PC. This video includes stunning videos of America's great national parks, forests and historical monuments. The videos are indexed so you can quickly see each park.
Spectacular DVD videos - You'll see the breathtaking scenery of Yosemite and Yellowstone, activities such as snowmobiling, skiing, biking, horseback riding and climbing Mt. Rainier, wildlife such as bison, elk, swan, deer, and alligators, the quiet beauty of Acadia, the grand rock formations of Utah's parks, Alaska's parks, the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Cape Cod, Mt. Rushmore, The Statute of Liberty, Crater Lake, Manassas Battlefield, the Everglades, Big Bend, Arches, Bryce Canyon, plus many other treasures.
A Special Bonus - Great World Sites - See the Great Barrier Reef, an African video safari, Disneyland, London, Venice and Hong Kong. We reveal the secret of the ancient city of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Incredible Travel Planner - See the videos, and then plan your trip. And it's educational for children.
Some of the topics and sites covered on the DVD -- This video provides an overview of America's national parks, monuments, and forests. It even includes a bonus tour of great sites around the world. Since this covers great sites in both the USA and the world you'll have to travel by plane, train, car bus and even hike or cross country ski to see some of these sites.
Yellowstone's volcanic past created its hot spring and geysers including old Faithful. It erupts roughly every 65 minutes for a couple of minutes.
On the east coast there are a number of parks or national forests you may want to explore such as Acadia National Park in Maine, or Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. These parks provide many activities such as biking, hiking, swimming and even surfing. Washington DC has many famous monuments which are part of the national park system, such as the Lincoln memorial, the Washington Monument, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and civil war battlefields such as Manassas. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides panoramic views of both Tennessee and North Carolina.
At Mt. Rushmore see the faces of four great American Presidents; Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt are chiseled into the mountainside. Some other parks covered include Big Bend, in Texas, Bryce Canyon and Arches National Park in Utah, Lake Powell, Crater Lake, Mt Lassen, Yosemite National Park with magnificent rock formations including the Half Dome and El Captain, plus the parks in Alaska, such as Denali and glaciers including Columbia Glacier near Prince William Sound.
This video also covers great sites around the world including: Banff National Park, in Canada with the stunning Lake Louise, Niagara Falls, Montreal with its canals which are preserved as historical sites by the Canadian government, St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Britain, London, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Kensington Gardens, which is next to Kensington Palace, Princess Diana 's former home, Stonehenge, the Lake District, Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dam, the Arc de Triumph, the French Alps which offer great hiking and skiing, Mount Blanc which at almost 16,000 feet is the highest peak in the Alps. Disneyland Paris with Main Street its shops and parades, Switzerland with its majestic snow covered mountains, including Zermatt a famous ski resort at the base of Matter horn, Geneva, Venice Italy with its spectacular Cathedrals, museums, canals and gondolas, St. Mark's square, the Grand Canal, Lake Como, one of the most scenic spots in Italy where you can play golf, sail or fish, Heidelberg Germnay, Baden Baden, a health resort, with mineral spas, and gambling, the famous black forest, The Alps which extend for almost 500 miles cutting through France, Switzerland, Germany Italy and Austria, an African video safari, with Mandrills, Lemurs, wildebeast, rhinoceros, Zebras, giraffes and Gorillas, the great wall of China, Hong Kong and Victoria Peak for a great view of the city, the Marble Boat at the Summer Palace a former vacation home of royal families, Giant Pandas, Sydney, Australia, unusual wildlife such as this Kangaroo and the cute Koala, the noisy Kookaburra, the Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world, South America, llamas in the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu the ancient Incas, nestled high in the peaks of South America.
Unless you are visiting for winter sites, in the northern hemisphere, the best months for vacation are late spring, summer, early fall - april may june july august september october
Colder months winter - january february march november december
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Digging for Victory: Refugees in the Pioneer Corps in WW2
This event was organised by the Kitchener Descendant Group and featured historians Clare Ungerson and Helen Fry.
Helen Fry has researched and published widely on the 10,000 Jewish refugees who fought for Britain during the war. These included 6,000 who started out in the ‘alien’ Pioneer Corps, many having enlisted from internment. Many went on to see active service in wartime and made an extraordinary contribution to the defeat of National Socialism. Their legacy remains largely unrecognised by the nation, including their vital work in denazification at the end of the war.
For more information about the Kitchener Descendant Group please visit
Winston Churchill | Wikipedia audio article
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and British imperialist, he began and ended his parliamentary career as a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but for twenty years from 1904 he was a prominent member of the Liberal Party.
Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to an aristocratic family. Joining the British Army, he saw action in British India, the Anglo–Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected an MP in 1900, initially as a Conservative, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. Asquith's Liberal government, Churchill served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary, and First Lord of the Admiralty, championing prison reform and workers' social security. During the First World War, he oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign; after it proved a disaster, he resigned from government and served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front. In 1917 he returned to government under David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, and was subsequently Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Air, then Secretary of State for the Colonies. After two years out of Parliament, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government, returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity, a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure on the UK economy.
Out of office during the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat from Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's resignation in 1940, Churchill replaced him. Churchill oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort, resulting in victory in 1945. His wartime leadership has been widely praised; however, several of his decisions have proved controversial. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition. Amid the developing Cold War with the Soviet Union, he publicly warned of an iron curtain of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. He was elected prime minister in the 1951 election. His second term was preoccupied with foreign affairs, including the Malayan Emergency, Mau Mau Uprising, Korean War and a UK-backed Iranian coup. Domestically his government emphasised house-building and developed an atomic bomb. In declining health, Churchill resigned as prime minister in 1955, although he remained an MP until 1964. Upon his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral.
Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. In more recent years however, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy.
Chaim (Henry) Rosner Holocaust interview part 2 (videotape 5 of 5)
Chaim (Henry) Rosner speaks about his experiences during the Holocaust
The Case of the White Kitten / Portrait of London / Star Boy
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest city, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the European Union by most measures.[note 1] Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.[3] London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core.[4] The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region[5] and the Greater London administrative area,[6][note 2] governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.[7]
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence.[8] It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City[9][10][11] and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement.[note 3][12][13] London has been described as a world cultural capital.[14][15][16][17] It is the world's most-visited city measured by international arrivals[18] and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.[19] London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe.[20] In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.[21]
London has a diverse range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries.[22] In March 2011, London had an official population of 8,174,100, making it the most populous municipality in the European Union,[23][24] and accounting for 12.5% of the UK population.[25] The Greater London Urban Area is the second-largest in the EU with a population of 8,278,251,[26] while the London metropolitan area is the largest in the EU with an estimated total population of between 12 million[27] and 14 million.[28] London had the largest population of any city in the world from around 1831 to 1925.[29]. The latest census reveals white Britons as minority in London for first time in modern times. [30] London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT).[31] Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate Modern, British Library, Wimbledon, and 40 West End theatres.[32] The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world and will complete 150 years of operations on 9 January 2013.[33][34]
Nan talking about Second World War in Brighton part 2/5
The second part of my chat with Nan about her life during WWII. PRESS CC BUTTON FOR SUBTITLES Full transcript and videos here:
1:00 Working for the Australian Air Force HQ at the Grand Hotel in Brighton
3:27 Life as a WAAF - measuring out five inches of water to a line painted in the bath
4:45 How my Great Grandad died of a heart attack at Perry's Printers in Ealing.
5:50 Being kitted out in Gloucester as an Ordinary Leading Aircraft Woman
7:42 Passing out parade in Morecambe
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Barack Obama | Wikipedia audio article
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Barack Hussein Obama II ( (listen); born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to be elected to the presidency and previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005–2008).
Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and a professor, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, when he ran for the U.S. Senate. He received national attention in 2004 with his March primary win, his well-received July Democratic National Convention keynote address, and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, he was nominated for president a year after his campaign began and after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton. He was elected over Republican John McCain and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, he was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
During his first two years in office, Obama signed many landmark bills into law. The main reforms were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as Obamacare, shortened as the Affordable Care Act), the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 served as economic stimulus amidst the Great Recession. After a lengthy debate over the national debt limit, he signed the Budget Control and the American Taxpayer Relief Acts. In foreign policy, he increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, reduced nuclear weapons with the United States–Russia New START treaty, and ended military involvement in the Iraq War. He ordered military involvement in Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi; Gaddafi was killed by NATO-assisted forces. He also ordered the military operations that resulted in the deaths of Osama bin Laden and suspected Yemeni Al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.
After winning re-election by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During this term, he promoted inclusiveness for LGBT Americans. His administration filed briefs that urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional (United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges); same-sex marriage was fully legalized in 2015 after the Court ruled that a same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional in Obergefell. He advocated for gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, indicating support for a ban on assault weapons, and issued wide-ranging executive actions concerning climate change and immigration. In foreign policy, he ordered military intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by ISIL after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq, continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan in 2016, promoted discussions that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement on global climate change, initiated sanctions against Russia following the invasion in Ukraine and again after Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, brokered a nuclear deal with Iran, and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba. During his term in office, America's reputation in global polling significantly improved. Evaluations of his presidency among historians and the general public place him among the upper tier of Ameri ...
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Alexander Graham Bell | Wikipedia audio article
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Alexander Graham Bell
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Although Bell was not one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society, he had a strong influence on the magazine while serving as the second president from January 7, 1898, until 1903.