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Black and white photo. Chinese man stands in front of building with sign that reads, "Washing and Ironing." Caption. Is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.

Green-roofed paifang stands between 2 buildings on a city street. Car and pedestrians in foreground. Caption. Of many major American cities is a bit of China.

Two men sit on terrace with hands clasped and lips parted in mid-speech. City skyline in background. Caption. Beyond editing, equipment, software, and all these.

Split screen of woman speaking with black and white photo of a senior man to her right. Caption. By a really unique individual name Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet.

Split screen. Closeup of sound equipment on left. Middle-aged man in plaid shirt sitting with hands clasped on right. Title card reads, "Tom Jucarone. Partner, mixer." Caption. Well, we started in 1998.

Men wear khaki vests labor in an antiquated workshop. Caption. Henry Ford isn't just making a revolutionary car.

Man in work clothes balances on a metal beam above sprawling cityscape. Caption. There's only one place to go, up.

Woman in pioneer costume with bonnet rests head on girl snuggled up in her lap. Caption. Anyone with a 10 dollar filing fee can free claim land.

Color illustration of colonial figures standing on a dock lined with boats. Clusters of buildings fill background.

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.

Bird's eye view of Steve Jobs standing on a stage in front of a screen displaying two devices with the word "iPad" in the center.

Color illustration of 3 figures in top hats standing on a boat with a paddlewheel in the foreground.

Sepia tone close up of a sign that reads, "Wells and Fargo Company Express. Ramsay MacKay, agent."

Black and white photo of metal framed lattice structures hovering above another.

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

Black and white photo closeup of a lightbox sign that reads, "On the air."

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

A C, G, I rendering of 4 stone statues of ancient Egyptian pharaohs sitting in a row. They each have yellow and blue headdresses.

Stacked shipping containers, 1 colorfully painted with scenes in foreground. Caption. Chile is a stunning example of what can happen.

An monkey howling. Spanish Caption: [rugido] aaarg!

Blurry product label as seen through clear film. Caption: Naphthalene doesn't occur naturally in ground water.

Woman wearing an orange vest and white hard hat speaks to a man wearing an orange jacket and yellow hard hat at an outdoor construction site. She motions to a tablet in her hand next to a blueprint and 3, D model.

Computerized architectural model of a conference table, with 3,D renderings of 5 men in business suits seated in executive chairs, some with laptops and others with notepads in front of them.

Man seated at an office desk uses a keyboard and mouse while looking at 3 side-by-side computer monitors.

Closeup of a person's eyes with green computer text reflecting in their glasses.

Closeup of coffee beans with an overlayed image of 3 people working at desks in an office setting.

Bald man with glasses sits at his desk holding up a piece of paper and looks at a woman with brown hair wearing a black sport coat and blue blouse standing on the other side of his desk. Caption. Is really just good manners.

2 women standing in a kitchen; 1 holds a telephone, the other has a coffee maker. Caption. Each saw the trade as a benefit to themselves.

Woman wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants stands next to a red car with white car waiting behind it in an automobile assembly line. Her head is turned and her mouth is in a wide smile as she extends her arm to reach for something out of view.

Man wearing a white collared shirt, wearing glasses looks forward and to the side while speaking.

Woman wearing glasses and business attire sits in an office chair behind a desk, looking just off camera like she is in an interview.

Two people wearing hard hats walking on a concrete path through an infrastructure of intricate tubing and walkways. Caption: A chemical engineer figures out a way to scale that process up

Seen from above, a large cylindrical tube with a hatch in a pit surrounded by wooden supports and metal bars. Caption: model representations of sewer and river systems.

Man wearing glasses and a dark collared shirt looks forward and to the side while speaking. A suit jacket hangs on a bar behind him.

Complex robotic machinery behind a mesh grate with a person standing at a control panel outside of the grated area. Caption: We have electrical engineers that focus on computers.

Digital map with partial views of the U, S, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. The map is divided into 4 quadrants centered over a black marker identified as Spain. Other markers appear on the map, labeled as Cincinnati, Germany and Israel.

Woman wearing a dress and leggings walks through an office hallway with wood partitions and filing cabinets in the background.

Man seated behind a work desk faces camera, looking down at a Dremel tool he is holding in 1 hand. He points to the end attachment while speaking.

Closeup of a hand wearing a latex glove and reaching towards a blueprint drawing of a machine part.

Man and woman stand and talk in a manufacturing facility with equipment, machines, network of metal pipes, storage shelves, utility carts, and a fan in the foreground. The woman writes on a notepad held by a metal storage clipboard.

Man sits at a workstation and types on a keyboard while looking at 2 computer displays.

Man wearing a collared shirt and necktie holds a letter size notepad in a back-of-house restaurant setting.

Closeup of a person wearing a blue and white striped tee shirt. Person leans forward on table top and holds a pen in writing position in their left hand.

Modern transport train carrying multiple tanks moves along the tracks. Caption. Female as narrator. Logistics includes the movement of goods.

Man wearing glasses and a black jacket over an open collared shirt talks to camera like he is in an interview. To his side, a computer monitor displays application thumbnails.

Man in a collared checkered shirt looks up and to the side as he speaks in an office setting. The words, "One," in a green circle, and "Sysco" in blue lettering, appear on the wall behind him.

Man wearing a baseball cap and white collared shirt walks towards an open trunk of a truck carrying labeled boxes ready for delivery.

Man wearing a gray t-shirt talks to camera in a lab setting. Text on image reads, "For more information, visit www.owens.edu."

Still image from: Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight--Audio Recording Engineer

Still image from: Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight--Civil Engineer

Closeup of a woman in an interview-style conversation. She is standing, smiling, and looking away from the camera. The blurry background has laboratory shelves and desktops. Caption. at the University of California, San Francisco.

Closeup of a woman laughing while speaking and looking to the side in an interview-style setting. Caption. I am a structural engineer.

Two people in a science lab working on a piece of equipment from opposite sides of the table. The equipment terminates in a spout leading to a large plastic drum. Caption: to improve access to safe water

Illustration of person in hardhat and overalls. Caption: Solar Installation Companies. We are working with solar installation companies.

Four people in reflective vests and hardhats install a very large solar panel in an array of other solar panels. Caption: They're expensive. They use a lot of material.

Still image from: ChangeMakers With Niall McCann: Eunice Olumide

Man in collared shirt, tie and vest sweeps ground outside a doorway. Caption. In the past, most villages were poor.

Asian city at night with brightly illuminated neon building signs and crowds of people walking.

Hundreds of batteries of all types. Caption: Things like metal -- zinc, nickel, cobalt--

Industrial metal pinchers pick up a giant pile of discarded fishing nets. Caption: "You're gonna make electricity out of old nets? How?"

Person pulling a blue bin with "Goodwill" printed on it across a paved loading dock. Caption: How that clothing gets processed, organized, sold,

Closeup of a stout cylindrical cactus with long, sharp spines. Caption: They're drought-tolerant, don't require much water,

The exposed spine of a roof with insulation and plywood falling around it. Caption: What happens to a house when it's demolished?

Industrial forklift moving several flattened cars. A giant pile of shredded metal in the background. Caption: We mix flattened car bodies, appliances, and sheet metal

Gloved hands reaching into a large cardboard drum full of lightbulbs. Caption: that live in the area that bring them for recycling.

Long pile of thousands of old, dirty tires. Caption: First question: Where do you get all these tires from?

Curving river with unnaturally even banks winds through green fields. Caption: which is like a highway for water.

Closeup of 1 man speaking to another with a serious, narrow-eyed expression. Caption. Where you'll see how we check a bag of cans.

Mostly red cranberries coming out of a chute into a large bin. Caption: They're red, ready to come off the vine,

Closeup of a young girl smiling and pulling back the sleeve of her shirt, looking out towards her forearm. In the foreground, a microphone is held up to her face like she's being interviewed for a news story. Caption. You gotta work on your muscles.

Young girl smiles and looks off camera with a shy expression. A microphone is held up to her face like she's being interviewed for a news story. Caption. About nine. Eleven?

Group of men in an indoor space. 1 points at something off camera as another looks in that direction with a curious expression. Caption. So each one of these marks, these little triangles.

Closeup on a man's face looking slightly down. Behind him, an animatronic monster with red eyes and long teeth. Caption. They're fully operational animatronic characters.

Woman with blonde straight hair and bangs looks just off camera in a cafe setting. Caption. Everyone said she had the best cookie.

Two people pick oranges off an orange tree. Caption: Four or five hundred oranges per tree.

Little boy looks slightly up and away, speaking into a microphone held up to his face.

Woman looks slightly above camera in a factory setting. Caption. Dale will be the third generation driver.

Woman wearing a red and white jersey speaks into a microphone looking off camera like she is being interviewed for a news story. Behind her, houses are decorated with illuminated Christmas lights.

A middle-aged and a senior man speak to each other in front of camera. Behind them is a display of several trophies and plaques. Caption. Vic, it is an honor to be here. I'm excited to see the process.

Man seated in a restaurant kitchen speaks directly to camera. Behind him, people wearing aprons prepare food at an island. A partially visible title card below reads, Harold. Caption. You have to perform.

Black helicopter in a repair shop setting. Doors, windows, and panels have been removed, revealing interior parts and wiring. Caption. And take off all the parts and put it back together.

Corner of Wall Street in dim light with 2 N, Y, P, D squad cars parked at the corner while several people in suits walk by in the background. Several American flags are displayed on a building on the right. Caption. But things are different now.

Woman speaking into a microphone. Caption: so you're starting on your career pathway early.

Digital silhouettes of men and women standing against a green background with a map of the world behind them. Caption. Essential to the Team.

Wide shot of an urban street with multi-story buildings at twilight. An overlay of green text reads, "Ergonomics. Derives from the Greek words: ergon, meaning work, and nomoi, meaning natural laws."

Digital illustration of the 3 chasing arrows. Text in the center reads, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery."

Inside of industrial p0lant showing metal vats with complex metal tubing. Caption: We're liquefying the sugars out of the biomass.

Still image from: Exploring Dairy Science and the Technology of Today's Dairy Farming Industry

$Map of the western U,S, with fracking icons in Southern California, central and eastern Colorado, and eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.$

Digital illustration of a cross section of land showing a wavy pattern of soil types with a black stripe labeled Niobrara 6,800 feet below the surface.

Closeup of a large group of boys and young men standing close together outdoors. Some look downwards as others look up and to the side. Caption. Certainly the idea that you were going to fly.

A large cylindrical machine set into the floor with various equipment attached to the round openings at either end. A walkway surrounds the mass of equipment. Caption: Gas turbines earn their excellent worldwide reputation.

Flowchart visualizes a typical supply chain. An icon for raw materials leads to a processing plant which leads to a manufacturer. From there, an arrow connects from manufacturer to warehouse to shops and stores, and finally to the customer.

Industrial docks with stacks of shipping containers, cranes, and boats. Caption: We've tackled the sea as well, changing coastlines

Wide shot of a construction site with orange and white cones, stacks of building materials, and a front loader. Text below image reads, "Heavy Equipment Operator."

Woman smiling and looking down towards a laptop computer screen. She's seated at a communal desk in an office setting. Caption. To get their employees to be more satisfied.

Over the shoulder shot of a man looking at a gallery of photos on Facebook. Caption. These are great tools to use to market to people.

Over the shoulder shot of a man working on a laptop computer, projecting an image of a P, D, F. Caption. Here, we study products and brands.

Black and white frame of 2 men working on a Ford Model T assembly line, adding steering wheel and other parts.

Illustration of interlinked structures. Caption: in life sciences and nanotechnology.

Green and brown glass bottles spelling out the word "REDUCE". Caption: because the more people recycle, the more money the city saves.

Aerial view of excavators and other equipment working on both sides of a ridge of sand.

Black and white illustration of a piebald dairy cow standing in tufts of grass against a white background.

Closeup of golden french fries in bubbling cooking oil.

Bearded man in safety glasses looks at a jar of transparent liquid as he holds it up in a lab setting.

Rows of black barrels labeled, "Crude Oil." Title card reads, "Crude is a homogenous, unrefined mixture of, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil."

Portrait photographs of 3 men. Caption. They back inventors like Rob Campbell.

Black and white photograph of an early plane with a person standing next to it. Caption: That first motorized flight lasts only 12 seconds,

Graphic of a large ocean liner moving towards an iceberg. Caption: will reveal how far away the object is.

A man watching fire come out of a cylinder. Caption: Goddard thinks he finally has his fuel.

A clear glass tube with a flat object inside. On the bottom it is encased in metal with prongs so that it can plug into something. Caption: Through trial and error, he creates one small vacuum tube

Forklift with a pallet carrying bags of Tidy Cat in a warehouse full of similar pallets. Caption: Soon he's exporting Kitty Litter all around the world.

Black and white photograph of a rocket-like object on its side in an industrial area. Caption: Sputnik heads for the launchpad,

Person with a complex arrangement of wires and electronics partially assembled. Caption: Next, Ralph constructs an actual game box,

Two people getting into the passenger and driver side of a black vehicle. Caption: (narrator) He's built a hybrid gas/electric vehicle

Map of the United States with locations highlighted on the east and west coasts as well as the area directly between. Caption: It's a primitive forerunner to the Internet.

Two people in lab coats. Caption: His electrode is doing exactly the job it's supposed to.

Collage with black and white illustration of a twelfth century Chinese man holding out a scrap of paper. A red lantern on a pole overhead. Red prohibited symbol covers image of 2 gold bars.

Woman wearing a speckled red shirt smiles with her mouth open mid-speech, sitting in front of a desk. Caption. Which would be the type designer.

Bright glowing sphere against a blue sky. Caption: Ultraviolet technology is useful for some environmental issues,

Jan E Matzeliger standing next to the image of him on the Black Heritage 29 cent USA stamp.

Woman wearing a suit looks downward with mouth pursed as she sits at a desk in an office setting. Title card reads, "Charlene Li, Founder of organization, Altimeter Group." Caption. What are they telling you on a day-to-day basis?

Northern hemisphere of Earth as seen from space. Caption: There is no doubt the world is changing.

Blurred image of 2 men standing in an bus stop enclosure with signs posted behind them. Marketing word and phrase overlays on the image with a title card that reads, "Marketing."

Closeup of a man's hands as he holds 3 green and yellow speckled fruits of varying sizes. Caption. You have to give people knowledge.

Man operates front loader at a construction site. Caption. Backhoe chugging and whirring.

Overhead view of a a large assembly line with tan boxes being moved along conveyor belts. Several people with white hard hats and uniforms are working in various stations. Caption. For the milk they were producing on their farms.

Statue of a man extending 1 arm backward as he does a wheelie on a motorcycle up an incline. Behind him are 2 large buildings connected by an enclosed bridge, with a Harley Davidson Motorcycles' sign on a tower above it.

Large wooden ship with 3 masts is painted black and docked on a sunny day with calm waters. People walk along the dock in the background.

Black and white photo of woman wearing a scarf over her head and tattered sari.

Person looking at a slide in a microscope. Caption: And this is a biochemistry lab.

Two people walking next to rows of industrial tanks with piping and gauges. Caption: planning the scale-up of a new product.

Person holding a tool and working on something with wires. Caption: This is the first prototype of a project called BodyScape,

A person's hand reaches over 2 large, metals rings toward a small rectangular metal object sitting on a black pedestal in the middle of a machine. The machine is lit up in blue, green, and pink.

Rocket flying above Earth's atmosphere. Caption: and a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen upper stage.

2 women wearing hoop skirt dresses and sun hats walk along a pathway next to a stream. Caption. Now, these people are dressed in period costumes.

Still image from: Robotics: Challenges for the Future

Person riding a motorcycle. Spanish captions.

Tool emitting bright light cutting circles into wood. Caption: (narrator) Tools, including this laser cutter and wood router,

Blurry black and white still of a man in a long trench coat with 1 arm raised.

Young men sit at rows of desks in a school setting. Some lean forward and write in notebooks.

Person adjusting objects on a table next to a mechanical object with legs. Caption: (Rus) My goal is to make robots more capable, more autonomous--

Closeup of the midsection of a person in a yellow windbreaker with a blue lanyard. 1 arm reaches out to insert a ticket into a machine.

Person standing at the top of a wind turbine. Caption: to see if they can handle 300-foot heights.

Buses and taxis drive on a city street lined with trees and buildings. Caption. It is the foundation of the world's infrastructure.

Woman in a suit and glasses turns to the side as she parts her lips as she speaks and holds out 1 hand. Green and burgundy plants fill background.

Mechanical equipment with a glowing beam of blue and magenta light. Caption: I was excited, being able to build my own lasers,

A photo of a small harbour.

Black and white photo of a complex machine. Caption: In the end, the assembly line changed the world.

Black and white still of a man standing next to a machine with 2 large rollers. Caption. During this time.

Black and white image of a man in a fedora standing next to a machine erupting with steam. Spanish caption. Uno de los inventos más importantes.

Woman with gray hair wearing a green shirt talking. White text on bottom of screen reads, "Barbara Ketcham Wheaton. Culinary historian, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University." Caption. Due to political disruption in Asia.

Man with white hair and a beard wearing a red shirt and navy jacket talks while standing on the deck of a wooden ship. Several brown ropes and open ocean are in the background. Caption. By the early fifteen hundreds, there were shops that sold coffee.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 1921)

Young man and woman sit facing camera. Young man gestures with his hands as he speaks. Red circle in the background reads, "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids."

Man in glasses gestures with his hands and wide eyes. He sits opposite a woman in glasses who turns toward him and smiles. Illustration of bookshelves as the backdrop.

Woman in glasses looks directly at camera with her hands clasped in her lap. She sits in an armchair with crowded bookshelves in the background.

White building with modern lines, many windows, and a sign that reads, "Delta Company. A Matsco Company." The sky is cloudy, the trees are bare, and a person with a green hoodie rides a unicycle in front.

Black and white photo of 4 men sitting in a car with the top down. 2 wear flat caps and another is in uniform.

Man bends forward to work on an early model car. He is dressed in a vest and pants from the early 1900s. A large garage door is open to a grassy field and trees in the background.

Bird's eye view of a white mid-century car with chrome details.

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: Glasses

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: Pants

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Clock

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Fishing Rod

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Light Bulb

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Microwave

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Phone

Still image from: The Great List of Everything: The Stamp

Carved wooden levers. Caption: I want a fully operational Gutenberg-style one.

Blurry film still of men wearing black suits and hats with badges on their jackets. They stand in a line holding rifles as they face shadowy figures in foreground.

2 early model cars drive down a dirt road lined with trees.

Teenage boy looking at camera, speaking. So did that mean that there were fewer jobs?

Suspended hoist running along tall beam lifting logs. Caption. How do you cut down trees? You need some saws.

Black and white photo of a factory worker standing next to a classic car. Caption. The Model A was the first car built at the Rouge.

A race car about to go into a turn. Caption: That means that car won't turn.

Illustration of two cars bumper to bumper. Caption: is pushing the air out of the way for both cars.

Pit crew station filled with tires at a racetrack. Caption: Friction is necessary for breaks and tires to work.

Race car on a track. Caption: Front downforce gives you front grip,

That affects how much grip each tire has.

Side view of an engine. Caption: a NASCAR engine uses hydrocarbon molecules for fuel.

Close up view of a tire. Caption: (Diandra) Higher temperatures mean molecules are moving faster.

Two race cars barreling around a corner. Caption: Dover has 24 degrees of banking

The word "Technologie" spelled out in computer chips and cables. Spanish captions.

Digitally altered photo collage of young Elon Musk smiling as he sits at a desk with a black desktop computer. On a desk behind him is an older, bigger white desktop computer.

Elon Musk looks seriously at the camera while he sits on a chair in front of huge metal pieces of a spaceship in a warehouse.

Man wearing a collared shirt and dark blazer speaks towards camera, standing in a busy outdoor marketplace in a plaza. Caption. They want to produce, buy, and sell things.

Closeup of an Indian woman wearing a gold head scarf and gold jewelry. She is smiling and looking off to her left. Caption. I might have rice for 1 meal, but not another.

Chinese woman wearing a white blazer and oval glasses sits in a modern lobby. She's looking just off camera like she is in an interview. Caption. Sun Yan Yan as narrator. We provide a kind of platform-like facility.