Andrew McGill

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: 1991. The U.S. launches a ground and air war in the Persian Gulf. Among the troops are 40,000 American women, and not all the men like the idea. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 12-31-90):SPEC. LARRY LOUIS: I don’t know exactly how these women are going to […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, 4-17-87):PETER JENNINGS: No one, we know, is particularly fond of taking out the garbage; how about the prospect of not being able to get rid of it at all? NARRATION: In 1986, a once successful Alabama builder named Lowell […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (FACEBOOK LIVE, 2016):Man: Am I live?Man: What up, peeps?Man: We are live from Phuket walking the streets. NARRATION: Two months after the public launch of “Facebook Live” in 2016, more than 800,000 people tuned in to watch an exploding watermelon. ARCHIVAL (BUZZFEED FACEBOOK LIVE, […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (HEARING ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING, C-SPAN, 5-8-19):SENATOR RON WYDEN: Pharma executives, all of you that are here today are here because the way you’ve been doing business is unacceptable. NARRATION: Drug company executives were recently called to testify about what has led to america’s […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (CLIP FROM “2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY,” 1968):ASTRONAUT: Open the pod bay doors, Hal.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. NARRATION: If you had to pick our favorite fictional story about robots, the one where they wipe out humans keeps on delivering […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: On a summer day in August, 1979, the family of a missing teenager called a Texas investigator named William Dear with some startling information. WILLIAM C. DEAR (PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR): Dallas Egbert had disappeared from Michigan State University during the summer session. NARRATION: James Dallas […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: In collaboration with Type Investigations MARLENE JUPITER (FORMER WALL STREET SR. VICE PRESIDENT): I wanted to go to Wall Street because I was basically lower middle class at the time and I wanted a taste of the good life. NARRATION: Marlene Jupiter […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (CRITICAL PAST, 7-2-61):ANNOUNCER: Track fans gather for the 220 yard dash. HARRY EDWARDS (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY): I was a senior at San Jose State when Tommie Smith came in as a freshman. He was the greatest sprinter that I’ve ever seen. […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Over the last decade… ARCHIVAL (CBS, 1-9-07):STEVE JOBS: Iphone is like having your life in your pocket. NARRATION: …technology has reshaped how we interact with the world. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 2-4-19):NEWS REPORT: One-third of humanity uses Facebook at least once a month. If Facebook were […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. JOHN LEONARD: It’s been said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. But magicians have secrets to their tricks. ARCHIVAL (BLOOMBERG WEST, 1-12-14):ANCHOR: Self-driving cars aren’t a thing of the future, they are here. NARRATION: Following news about self-driving cars, it’s hard to […]