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100 Years, 100 Events

100 Years, 100 Events

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This collection of documentaries delves into the worldliest and most consequential events of the 20th Century. It is extremely rare that a series of this magnitude can offer such a unique clarity of events with credible insider accounts. This collection documents the significance of wars, politics, tragedies, achievements, influences, events and people.

Black and white film still. Throngs of men in uniform hold up signs in Russian. Caption. In March 1917, the czar was forced to resign."
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 1
49 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white film still. Closeup of 3 barrels extending from a large tank. Caption. The Balkan area was the fuse on Europe's gunpowder barrel.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 2
1 hours 6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white image of a small airplane flying above a blurry landscape. Caption. Narrator. The flight along the coast went smoothly.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 3
1 hours 22 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white image with bird's eye view of figures in white milling about a field. Caption. In India, the Crown could not maintain its respect.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 4
1 hours 31 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Colorized image of men in army green fatigues and helmets milling about on the beach. Equipment and supply bags are piled around and jeeps in background. Caption. D-day, the beginning of the end.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 5
1 hours 47 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mount Everest covered in patches of snow with fluffy clouds and blue sky in background. Caption. The 29th of May, the day of reaching the top."
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 6
1 hours 22 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of the moon, shadowed at the bottom. Caption. The goal, the moon.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 7
1 hours 39 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Film still of man in suit walking with a large briefcase. People in background follow with film cameras and other people crowding frame. Caption. That Nixon had to release the tapes.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 8
1 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial film still of people crowding a dark street, some holding banners. Tall buildings at right and streetlights in background illuminate scene. Caption. Narrator. The revolution proceeded peacefully.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 9
1 hours 22 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3 men in military fatigues and blue helmets standing in front of a rope that separates them from throngs of people in background. Caption. Narrator. Pictures from the camp shocked the world.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 10
1 hours 24 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12