National Archives Experience - 1 views
Museum unveils 'hidden gem' in Depression-era photos by Sekaer - CNN.com - 0 views
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"During the Great Depression, the United States government sent Danish-born photographer Peter Sekaer on a mission through America's back roads to chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans as they struggled through one of the most challenging periods in U.S. history. Now, for the first time, Sekaer's telling odyssey through America is available to the public after years in obscurity. The 87 vintage gelatin silver prints are in an Atlanta High Museum exhibit called "Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer," which will be on view from now until January 9, 2011."
World War Two History Article: Normandy Landings Failure Letter - 1 views
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" A small insight into the pressure Esienhower was under in the final days prior to the landing might best be summarised by the contents of a second shorter speech that Eisenhower had written in advance, should the landings have failed. Long after the successful landings on D-Day and the BBC broadcast of Eisenhower's brief speech concerning them, this never-used second speech was found in a shirt pocket by an aide. It read: 'Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.'"
Welcome to the Frontpage - 1 views
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"If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book about the Pacific War and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, we decided to depict the key naval and land battles using animation technology."
Pictures of the Revolutionary War - 0 views
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"The selected pictures listed below are among the audiovisual holdings of the National Archives that relate to the American Revolution. They are photographic copies of works of art. The dates and mediums of the originals and the names of the artists are given wherever it has been possible to determine them."
Witness to War - 1 views
Digital Docs in a Box - 1 views
Welcome to PrimaryAccess - 0 views
BBC - Podcasts - Witness - 0 views
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