Crop Dusting promo film for Southern plantation owners; two harshly stereotyped sharecroppers shuffle around in racist caricatures

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series explores the dual role the average U.S. Army soldier plays in Korea. As a soldier, he is constantly alert to the threat of aggression from the Communists in the north. As a representative of democracy, he is a bulwark against the internal conditions that could rob a friendly people of their strength and determination. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration...

1980s Medical Procedures

A book conversation about the lives and dreams of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in the 1920s and the current day.

"Encourages women to own their anger and use it as a tool for positive change"--

The custom of female circumcision faces growing opposition in Africa. This program presents multiple perspectives on the issue, interviewing health care personnel, professional circumcisers, women who have undergone the ritual, and men who are against it. Examining medical and emotional problems that follow genital mutilation, the video also features signs of positive change, including a Nigerian drama troupe that stages anti-circumcision productions...

A literary lion and a diehard political activist, Wole Soyinka has spent a long lifetime speaking truth to power. Part tribute and part retrospective, this program examines the Nigerian Nobel Laureate's actions and achievements through archival footage and insightful interviews. Commentary is provided by Soyinka; his sons Makin and Olaokun Soyinka; his friend Yemi Ogunbiyi; Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer; Maya Jaggi, cultural journalist and critic;...

The girls of the old brigade. Women in late 1880s attire transforms into modern 20s dress

Beer drinkers have sit-down strike when price of beer goes up to ten cents.