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U.S. History - 1946-1999

Within History

Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.

Black and white photo of Black and White people in a coffee shop, some sitting in chairs and others standing at a lunch counter in the background. Caption. Male as narrator. The idea of the freedom rides was radical.

Black and white photo of a crowd of young people holding signs on a city street, yelling and pointing at 2 police officers standing above them on a platform.

Group of young boys and girls standing together and looking at camera. Some of the boys are not wearing any clothes.

Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Man stands with hands clasped and lips pursed in mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. Indeed, we are becoming part of the fabric of American life.

Man stands with hands clasped and lips parted mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. Made martial arts a part of mainstream America.

Still frame of people examining produce outside a market on a busy city street. Caption. Have harbored smaller ethnic enclaves.

Faded still frame of men in wide-brimmed hats, bent over and working in a field.

Woman parts lips in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. That would allow Hispanic immigrants.

Painting of a densely populated city with waterways running between sections of the city. Caption: Throughout the '20s and '30s, Rivera painted murals

Woman opens mouth in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. It would be against the European mother country of all Hispanics.

Red and white stripes of U, S flag with overlay of the U, S Constitution. Text overlay reads, Constitutional Reform and Controversy.

Red and white stripes of U, S flag with overlay of the U, S Constitution. Text overlay reads, The Constitution in a Changing World.

Black and white photo of a crowd of Black people gathered outside a building on a tree-lined street and walking towards camera. Caption. To the state capitol in Montgomery.

Canted bird's eye view of a satellite ground station surrounded by grass. Caption. Helping expand America's ever-growing appetite.

Black and white image of people walking in a procession with some carrying flags. Caption. African Americans are about to change everything.

Closeup of stacked boxes that read, "New! Nike running shoes," in blue and red type.

Black and white photo of Bill Gates and Paul Allen standing in front of a whiteboard scribbled with notes.

Closeup of a sign that reads, "Amazon.com" with a parking lot and warehouse in the background.

Black and white photo of Thomas Edison faintly superimposed with an arc of light bulbs.

Black and white photo of a building with a sign above the first floor that reads, "International Business Machines Corp."

3 Navy ships in the ocean moving in the same direction. Caption. One of the most powerful military forces on earth.

Black and white photo of nineteen sixties White and Black protesters gathered together in a group and holding signs. Caption. And provoked support of the civil rights movement.

Black and white photo of N, B, A player, Bill Russell, blocking another basketball player. Caption. And led the team to the N, B, A championships 11 times.

A T V screen displays men walking on the moon. Caption: On the evening of July 31, 1969, the world is watching the T V.

Pixelated closeup of President Ronald Reagan speaking into microphones. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and an American flag are visible behind him. Caption. "We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars."

Man resembling M, L, K Jr. seated next to a woman holding an apple. Both are seated on bleachers. Caption. His name is Martin Luther King, Jr.

Side view of President Bill Clinton holding up a hand and waving as he makes his way through a crowd. White text in the bottom left reads, "Egyptian T, V." Caption. "But a devastating scandal erupted in January 1998."

Title text reads, "Cold War Gadgets," against a background that shows a blurry briefcase.

Map of Iraq and labeled adjoining countries, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and Kuwait. The capital, Baghdad, is also labeled on the country of Iraq.

Digital map titled "Battle of Inchon." North Korea and South Korea are labeled and shaded in red and the tip of South Korea is beige. A blue dot on the map is labeled, "Seoul."

Digital map titled "Tet Offensive." Closeup of southeast Asia with China, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam shaded in red. A yellow star appears on North Vietnam. To the west, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma are shaded in beige.

Close up on the holes of photo film that have the number nineteen printed on it. Text reads, “Amiable Strangers.”

Close up on the holes of photo film that have the number five printed on it. Text reads, “Fact or Fiction?”

President John F. Kennedy walks alongside another man in a suit. They pass by a line of police officers.

View of the moon in space.

View of a space capsule floating in the ocean in the distance.

Men in astronaut suits ushered into a spacecraft with men in lab coats checking their suits before they go in.

Engineers in white lab coats working on a spacecraft in a large laboratory.

Black and white photo of the earth viewed from space.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Civil Rights and the 1950s

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Ford Carter and the Economic Malaise

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The 1960s in America

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War in Asia

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Reagan Revolution

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Rise of Conservatism

Still image from: Crash Course World History: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War

Still image from: From Africa to the White House: Civil Rights and Desegregation (Part 3--With Teaching Artist Ann Caldwell)

Still image from: From Africa to the White House: Reconstruction and the Great Migration (Part 2--With Teaching Artist Ann Caldwell)

Black and white frame shows President Richard Nixon sitting behind a desk. Caption. Named it Checkers.

Black and white image of Douglas MacArthur speaking into microphones at a press briefing. Caption. As we hurled back the invader and decimated his forces.

President John F. Kennedy looks out from the podium during, Ich bin ein Berliner Speech, on June 26, 1963. Caption. Today in the world of freedom.

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Persian Gulf War (Part 1)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Persian Gulf War (Part 2)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Persian Gulf War (Part 3)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Persian Gulf War (Part 4)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Space Race (Part 1)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Space Race (Part 2)

Cartoon soldier with green smears on his face wears a military uniform and camouflage helmet as he holds up a rifle in one hand. Text reads, "Infantry Units: U.S. Marine, Vietnam War."

Black and white frame shows men in military uniforms standing in a group, all pointing weapons in one directions. Caption. Has to explain to somebody why.

Geographical map shows a land mass in tangerine orange dotted with cities and labeled, "South Korea." A black line separates it from a coral colored landmass to the north and blue water surrounds them both.

Black and white side view of Richard Nixon with dark hair in a suit as he talks into several microphones. Caption. You know, we won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.

Three red, black, and gold medals hang in a row. Two cross-shaped medals stand on either side of a medal with wide spokes over a flower-like circle.

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: When Camelot Came to the Seattle World's Fair

Black and white photo of hundreds of Russian soldiers marching in formation on a cobblestone street while holding their rifles erect. A large photo of Stalin and Lenin is visible at the top of a building on the street.

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Several women walk outside holding babies to their chests. Caption. Would have a better life in America.

Split screen. On left a patriotic poster is superimposed over an American flag above text that reads, "United States." On right is a patriotic poster against a red Soviet flag above text that reads, "Soviet Union." Caption. We are considered superpowers.

Senior Black woman with a gold front tooth and dark glasses smiles while looking up and away from camera. Caption. That's what we sung. Sound of chuckles.

Black and white photo of a pre-teen girl looking at camera. She wears a button down coat with her hands clasped behind her back and stands in front of a large school building. Caption. Linda Brown was a student at this segregated school.

Black and white illustration of a man, woman, and toddler seated at a dining table with food, flowers and table settings. Caption. So, from 1840, there was a campaign to outlaw abortion.

Rear view of teenage girl sitting at a control panel in a room with equipment monitoring panels, switches, lights and racks from the mid-1900s. A man wearing a hard hat stands between the control panel and equipment panels as he speaks to the girl.

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.

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."

Closeup of the moon, shadowed at the bottom. Caption. The goal, the moon.

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.

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.

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.

Cyan-toned vintage photo of a stack of papers bound together with binder rings, whose cover page reads "Landmark Maps." Next to the papers, a round diagram of the Moon.

Black-and-white frame shows a blurry in-motion abstract view.

Crowd of children waving handheld American flags gathered on a street.

Woman holding a stack of index cards shields her eyes with her hand as she looks up toward the sky. Many people in the background are doing the same.

Black and white frame of military cockpit with crew of 4 seated men. 2 men are looking through the windshield and 2 at the control panel. Caption. Props, high R, P, M.

Closeup of an index finger pointing at a photograph of 2 Chinese men in suits. Caption. Because of the case, 2 friends died, 3 friends went to jail.

Digital map of the United States and Cuba labeled and highlighted in lime green with missiles extending from Cuba. Text reads, "The Cuban Missile Crisis. October 1962, The Cold War."

Soldiers in green uniforms stand guard on both sides of a tank full of soldiers with guns drawn toward the surrounding city. Text reads, "The Fall of Saigon, April 30th, 1975. The End of the Vietnam War."

Wide shot of a military vehicle at night with a large explosion in the distant background. Caption. The war in the Persian Gulf.

Military plane flies above warships in the water below. Text reads, "The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964. The Vietnam War."

Soldiers wearing olive green uniforms stand in rows with guns raised beneath the flag of North Korea. Soldiers wearing moss green uniforms stand with their hands up. Text reads, "The Korean War. June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953."

White text on a black background dotted with stars reads, "The Space Race."

Black and white photo of a crowd of people carrying luggage from a ship in the background. Caption. 25 million people will touch our shores.

Soldiers holding up rifles hide behind a column and a tree as they approach men lined up in the background. Text reads, "The Tet Offensive, 1968."

Exterior daytime shot of the United Nations headquarters with a row of flag poles, all flying flags from different countries.

2 soldiers making their way across a field in Vietnam. Caption. They gave their all in an unpopular war.

Slide shows black text over an American flag that reads, "The Vietnam War Draft."

Black and white image of Dwight D. Eisenhower wearing a suit and glasses as he looks down and reads aloud in front of several microphones. Caption. It must be peace in their time too.

Man wearing a white helmet parachutes in a clear blue sky. Text reads, "U-2 Incident. The Cold War, May 1st, 1960."

White background with faint gray grid lines with a physics equation breaking down P, E sub G or Pressure times Gravitational Potential Energy.

Detailed photograph of the moon. Caption: In 1959 the Survey compiled a photogeologic map of the moon

Closeup of a 70s era recording device. Caption. There was an 18 1/2-minute gap on one of the Watergate tapes.

From historical footage, we see a close-up of an astronaut in a spacesuit on the Apollo 11.