Click here for the full video page and educator materials. Transcript in Spanish ARCHIVAL (MSNBC, 8-18-16): NEWS ANCHOR: If it’s Thursday, old conspiracy theories gain new steam. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 3-4-17):NEWS ANCHOR: President Trump tweeting another conspiracy theory… ARCHIVAL (CNN, 3-4-17): NEWS ANCHOR: Baseless allegation that former President Obama wiretapped him during a 2016 campaign. NARRATION: […]
Andrew McGill
Transcript: Lobotomy: A Dangerous Fad’s Lingering Effect on Mental Illness Treatment
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (CLIP FROM THE MOVIE “FRANCES,” 1982):I will perform trans orbital lobotomy on ten patients within an hour. NARRATION: In the 1930s, a new brain surgery like the one portrayed here in the movie Frances, was brought to the United States – the lobotomy. ARCHIVAL […]
Transcript: Forever Prison
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Over the years I’ve been reporting on Guantanamo, I’ve seen the prison camp evolve. Once crammed full of suspected terrorists in orange jumpsuits, parts of the camp are now empty. ARUN RATH (CORRESPONDENT): Just right here by the side of the road, this is where […]
Transcript: Rachel Carson’s Warning on D.D.T. Ignited an Environmental Movement
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: April 3, 1963 ARCHIVAL (CBS REPORTS, THE SILENT SPRING OF RACHEL CARSON, 4-3-63):ANNOUNCER: This is one of the nation’s bestsellers. Up to now, 500,000 copies have been sold, and ‘Silent Spring’ has been called the most controversial book of the year. NARRATION: […]
Transcript: Could You Patent the Sun?
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: April 12, 1955 ARCHIVAL: (MYFOOTAGE.COM, 1962):NEWSREEL: An historic victory over a dread disease… NARRATION: When Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. ARCHIVAL (MGM, 04-12-55):NEWSREEL: The Salk vaccine against crippling polio has proved to be a sensational success. NARRATION: He famously opposed the […]
Transcript: Activating a Generation
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: July 13, 1985 ARCHIVAL (ABC, WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, 7-12-85): PETER JENNINGS: The idea is fairly simple. Entertainment for millions. Millions of dollars for the starving in Africa. ARCHIVAL (MTV, 7-13-85 and 7-14-85): MTV PROMOTIONAL CLIP: This is what they mean by once […]
Transcript: Princess Diana Brought Attention to Land Mines, but Their Danger Lingers
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: December 3, 1969 ARCHIVAL (CBS, 12-3-69):NEWS ANCHOR: In the north, B52 bombers wiped out acres of dense jungle in an effort to destroy enemy artillery. ARCHIVAL (ABC, 8-13-68): NEWS ANCHOR: And the giant bombers’ giant footprints are all over the landscape. NARRATION: […]
Transcript: The Populist Politician and California’s Property Tax Revolt
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: June 6, 1978 ARCHIVAL (NBC, 6-16-78): WOMAN: People have to pay all these taxes, they don’t get nothing for it. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 6-16-78): MAN: I feel like screaming. ARCHIVAL (CBS 5-30-78): WOMAN: It’s kinda like a Boston Tea Party, that we’re saying […]
Transcript: How ‘Zero Tolerance’ Blurred the Lines Between Schools and Criminal Justice
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: April 7, 2016 ARCHIVAL (ABC, 4-7-16): NEWS REPORT: A school officer throwing a middle-school student to the ground. ARCHIVAL (WUSA 10-27-15):NEWS REPORT: Cell phone video shows the deputy grabbing the student around the neck. ARCHIVAL (WJZ BALTIMORE, 3-1-16): NEWS REPORT: A school […]
Transcript: Fair Housing
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: Has the government done enough to stop housing discrimination? In the 1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement, Congress banned discrimination in voting and employment. But when it came to housing, congress resisted, even though government policies had helped create […]
