"War, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and challenging subject not least because it brings out the most vile and the noblest aspects of humanity. Margaret...

"An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process. It's easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that war shouldn't happen-and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only...

Promotes Brazil's wartime press as "modern" and "free." (10 minutes)

Overview of China, during the time that the U.S. and China were both Allied nations during WWII.

Poetic exposition of a child's day at a modern (progressive education-minded) summer camp.

Film which makes the case for education which will improve people's lives directly. Makes the case that people shown in the film need to be instructed in how to farm correctly and what to plant so that they may eat better.

On the problem of youth crime during World War II and the fear that America would lose a generation of children to delinquency.

European Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island

Brit. Gov't film urging parents to have their children immunized against diphtheria

Danger is your companion - post WWII safety awareness film (part 3)