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Beech trees in Holosiiv park, Kyiv, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
English : Beech trees in Holosiiv park, Kyiv, Ukraine
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 Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945. Change image |
English : Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945.
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English : Mammoth wasp (Megascolia maculata), Lower Dniester National Nature Park, Odesa obl., Ukraine
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Black-headed gulls in Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
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 An F-15EX Eagle II from the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies in formation during an aerial refueling operation above the skies of Northern California, USA. May 14 2021. Change image |
English : An F-15EX Eagle II from the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies in formation during an aerial refueling operation above the skies of Northern California, USA. May 14 2021.
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Driving tips for US Air Force members in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Choose a new media file |
English : Driving tips for US Air Force members in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
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 Bunker 23 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Bunker 23 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Demonstration against mandatory vaccinations and the "sanitary pass" in Belfort, France, August 14th, 2021. Choose a new media file |
English : Demonstration against mandatory vaccinations and the "sanitary pass" in Belfort, France, August 14th, 2021.
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 Interior of Armenia Pavilion in VDNKh Park (former Agricultural Exhibition Ground) in Moscow, Russia Change image |
English : Interior of Armenia Pavilion in VDNKh Park (former Agricultural Exhibition Ground) in Moscow, Russia
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United States soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Swaziland Choose a new media file |
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Excerpt of a 1923 American documentary film showing the ascension of a monk in a net at Moni Varlaam in Meteora. Choose a new media file |
English : Excerpt of a 1923 American documentary film showing the ascension of a monk in a net at Moni Varlaam in Meteora.
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English : Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla), Velykyi Luh National Nature Park, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
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 Issued 100 years ago: 50 Pfennig "Notgeld" banknote (emergency money) of Berlin, district Tiergarten (1921). The reverse shows the first German steamboat, the "Prinzessin Charlotte von Preußen", around 1830. However the date 1830 is mistaken, as the "Charlotte von Preußen" was already dismantled in 1824. Change image |
English : Issued 100 years ago: 50 Pfennig "Notgeld" banknote (emergency money) of Berlin, district Tiergarten (1921).
The reverse shows the first German steamboat, the "Prinzessin Charlotte von Preußen", around 1830. However the date 1830 is mistaken, as the "Charlotte von Preußen" was already dismantled in 1824. |
Sappho is a 1921 German silent film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki. Choose a new media file |
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 Vaka 'A Hina, a sculpture by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine in Christchurch, New Zealand. Change image |
English : Vaka 'A Hina, a sculpture by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Mikhail Glinka's Barcarole in G major, from Four Musical Essays (1847) Choose a new media file |
English : Mikhail Glinka's Barcarole in G major, from Four Musical Essays (1847)
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 Boy reading a book in Dar ul-Ihsan Mosque, Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Change image |
U.S. president George W. Bush addresses the nation after the attacks on September 11, 2001. Choose a new media file |
English : U.S. president George W. Bush addresses the nation after the attacks on September 11, 2001.
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 Mount Hoverla (2,061 m or 6,762 ft) in Carpathian National Nature Park is the highest mountain in Ukraine. Change image |
English : Mount Hoverla (2,061 m or 6,762 ft) in Carpathian National Nature Park is the highest mountain in Ukraine.
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Haunted Spooks is a 1920 silent American comedy film produced by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd. Choose a new media file |
English : Haunted Spooks is a 1920 silent American comedy film produced by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd.
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American silent film The Ace of Hearts (1921). Choose a new media file |
English : American silent film The Ace of Hearts (1921).
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 The old Jewish cemetery near Heinsheim, Bad Rappenau, Germany. Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins today with the sunset. Change image |
English : The old Jewish cemetery near Heinsheim, Bad Rappenau, Germany. Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins today with the sunset.
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When the Clouds Roll By is a 1919 silent American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Douglas Fairbanks. Choose a new media file |
English : When the Clouds Roll By is a 1919 silent American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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Black-winged stilts in Tylihul Estuary, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
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Wikitongues video in Yiddish, narrated in Brooklyn, NYC. The project has recorded hundreds of languages worldwide, aims to sustain and promote all the languages in the world. (subtitles available) Choose a new media file |
English : Wikitongues video in Yiddish, narrated in Brooklyn, NYC. The project has recorded hundreds of languages worldwide, aims to sustain and promote all the languages in the world. (subtitles available)
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Skateboarding contests have existed since the 1970s. This Dutch short film depicts a skateboarding contest in 1980. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, skateboarding debuted as an olympic sport. Choose a new media file |
English : Skateboarding contests have existed since the 1970s. This Dutch short film depicts a skateboarding contest in 1980. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, skateboarding debuted as an olympic sport.
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Barrel roll over Pirkkala airport. Choose a new media file |
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English : Tower of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral and dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mont Carmel in Valletta, Malta
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Coney Island at Night, a short silent film from 1905, by director and cameraman Edwin S. Porter. Early films were usually shot in daylight, but Porter perfected a technique for recording at night. The film features a slow pan of Luna Park and Dreamland, amusement parks at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Choose a new media file |
English : Coney Island at Night, a short silent film from 1905, by director and cameraman Edwin S. Porter. Early films were usually shot in daylight, but Porter perfected a technique for recording at night. The film features a slow pan of Luna Park and Dreamland, amusement parks at Coney Island in Brooklyn.
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 Venus of Willendorf, 3D Choose a new media file |
English : Venus of Willendorf, 3D
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Now or Never is a 1921 silent short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. Choose a new media file |
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 Zea mays 'Ottofile giallo Tortonese' , seeds. Change image |
English : Zea mays 'Ottofile giallo Tortonese' , seeds.
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This video shows how vaccination with an mRNA vaccine works. Choose a new media file |
English : This video shows how vaccination with an mRNA vaccine works.
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 A JR East 205-600 series 4-car EMU on the Nikko Line. Change image |
English : A JR East 205-600 series 4-car EMU on the Nikko Line.
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 View of Hohenbeilstein castle (on top) and of the Unteres Schloss (below) in Beilstein, Germany. The Unteres Schloss is a listed villa built from 1906 to 1908 in historicist style. Change image |
English : View of Hohenbeilstein castle (on top) and of the Unteres Schloss (below) in Beilstein, Germany. The Unteres Schloss is a listed villa built from 1906 to 1908 in historicist style.
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Drone footage of Port of Gothenburg in Sweden in the evening Choose a new media file |
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 Piece of chocolate cake, sprinkled with cocoa powder, on a white plate decorated with chocolate sauce. Change image |
English : Piece of chocolate cake, sprinkled with cocoa powder, on a white plate decorated with chocolate sauce.
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"Oh! Susanna" performed by United States Navy Band Choose a new media file |
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English : Wrocław, Młyński Bridge (Northern) over the River Oder, built in 1885, before the sunrise.
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Järva-Jaani, Estonia, July 2021 Choose a new media file |
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