Multimedia (History)

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History Channel: Great Speeches RealAudio excerpts and transcripts from a range of famous speeches categorized by topic. http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/ The Whole World Was Watching Audio recordings and transcripts about civil rights, United States politics, Vietnam, and women's rights. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/1968/ History Buff Historical reference of press coverage from the 16th to the 20th century. Includes newspaper articles, audio files, and video clips, and related resources. http://www.historybuff.com/ Selected Speeches of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy Requires Real Player. http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklib/speeches.htm History in Film World History class through popular films that deal with historical subjects. Complete units with plot summaries, outlines, vocabulary and discussion questions and pictures from popular films covering Rome to Vietnam. http://www.historyinfilm.com/ Pro-Culture Editions, Inc. Multimedia publishing company specializing in interactive reading on CD-ROM. Subjects are non-fiction: History, Art & Music. http://www.proculture.com/ History and Politics Out Loud A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials created for scholars, teachers, and students. http://www.hpol.org/ Webcorp's Audio Archive Includes Nixon, MLK, and Liddy. http://www.webcorp.com/test/audioarchive.htm Picture History An on-line archive of images and film footage illuminating more than 200 years of American history. http://www.picturehistory.com/ Lost and Found Sound National Public Radio series features sound recordings from famous people and ordinary people that capture the history of the late-19th and 20th centuries. http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/ Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Ends in Political Authority Multimedia study on the death of "father figure" dictators from Hitler to Ceaucesceu; anthropologists and artists explore the process of closure political regimes in 20th century. http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/DOF/ Talking History Program based at the University at Albany provides weekly broadcast/internet radio program that touches on all areas of history. http://www.talkinghistory.org/ World History Picutures Web directory of pictures categorized by cultures. http://www.historylink101.com/historical_pictures.htm Great Moments in Multimedia History A chronology that explores the origins and evolution of the components that comprise modern-day multimedia. http://home.earthlink.net/~atomic_rom/moments.htm America's Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election. Collection contains Political speeches by American leaders during World War I and the presidential election of 1920. Speakers include: Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/nfhome.html The History Channel Club Official club for this network has videos, audio feeds, store, and membership information. http://visitors.thehistorychannelclub.com Online Speech Bank Links to internet sites with full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, and interviews. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm The Nation's Forum The America's Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920, collection contains Political speeches by American leaders during World War I and the presidential election of 1920. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhome.html

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