Comments on: American History in Video http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/03/american-history-in-video/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meg Keller http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1122 Meg Keller Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:38:25 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1122 American History in Video is up for free through November 15th at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com Thanks for posting! All best, Alexander Street American History in Video is up for free through November 15th at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com

Thanks for posting!

All best,

Alexander Street

]]> By: Adam http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1121 Adam Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:34:16 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1121 This is a very cool site, not only are there transcripts, but the text is highlighted real time to match what is being spoken. Of course I searched for Hiroshima, the first footage after the bombs, which I had previously only seen still images of : http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/526406 Outside of the distruction, what's mildly disturbing is that the newsreel continues from Japan to footage of Harry S. Truman throwing out a ball at a baseball game, which a president hadn't done for 5 years. The juxtaposition somehow makes it extra eerie. This is a very cool site, not only are there transcripts, but the text is highlighted real time to match what is being spoken. Of course I searched for Hiroshima, the first footage after the bombs, which I had previously only seen still images of : http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/526406 Outside of the distruction, what’s mildly disturbing is that the newsreel continues from Japan to footage of Harry S. Truman throwing out a ball at a baseball game, which a president hadn’t done for 5 years. The juxtaposition somehow makes it extra eerie.

]]> By: John http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1120 John Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:57:25 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/03/american-history-in-video/#comment-1120 Ah, the dulcet tones of Ed Herlihy... Ah, the dulcet tones of Ed Herlihy…

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