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Index of EyeWitness Accounts - From the Ancient World through the 20th Century
Photo Of The Week - A freeze frame of time.
SnapShots - Photographic Gateways to History: World War I, America in the 20s, the Great Depression.
Voices of the 20th Century - sounds from the past.
History in Motion - film clips from the past.

Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.

  Spotlight On:
The Puritan Experience in America. . .
At Thanksgiving we commemorate the Pilgrim's celebration of their first year in America. Our spotlight on history shines on some other aspects of the Puritan experience.

MayflowerAboard the Mayflower, 1620
"...the ship was thoroughly shaken, and her upper works made very leaky." The Pilgrims brave the dangers of the sea to make a new home.

The Price of Adultery in Puritan Massachusetts, 1641
"The woman proved very penitent..." Eighteen-year-old Mary Latham pays the ultimate penalty for violating the moral laws of her Puritan community.

Slaem Witch TrialsThe Salem Witch Trials, 1692
"They accused her of having familiarity with the Devil. . ." The Puritans of Salem Village hunt for witches within their midst.


  Photo of the Week:
Poetic stagecoach robber, 1883.
For 9 years "Black Bart" made his living by robbing stage coaches in northern California leaving a poem as his calling card. His undoing came from a laundry mark

Including:
U-Boat Attack, 1917
Captured German footage of one of its submarines in action during World War I.

The Hindenburg Explodes, 1937
The great German airship bursts into flames as it attempts to land at Lakehurst, NJ.

The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor, 1941
Captured Japanese footage taken from their aircraft during the attack.

Many More >>>

  It Happened This Month:
March to the SeaGeneral Sherman begins his "March to the Sea," 1864.
"Oh God, the time of trial has come!" A Southern woman describes her encounter with Sherman's Army.

The Bloody Battle of Tarawa, 1943
"No sooner had we hit the water than the Jap machine guns really opened up on us." The U.S. Marines attack the Japanese on a tiny Pacific atoll in one of World War II's costliest battles.

Hungarian RevolutionThe Hungarian Revolution, 1956
"I have been the witness today of one of the great events of history." The citizens of Budapest attempt to break the chains of Soviet occupation.


Including:
Iwo Jima, 1945
The first wave attacks the beach in one of WWII's costliest battles.

Theodore Roosevelt 1912
The "Bull Moose" candidate speaks during his unsuccessful campaign for President.

Charles Lindbergh, 1927
The "Lone Eagle" speaks after his historic flight

Many More >>>

  Notable Quote:
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

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Death of Billy the Kid, 1881 Columbus Discovers America, 1492 The Black Death, 1348 Images of War The Forced Suicide of Field Marshall Rommel The Assassination of Julius Caesar Washington Crosses the Delaware, 1776 Gas Attack, 1916 Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906