Geography Videos

Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.

The law of the steppes allowed people to take what they wished - but that insured fighting between tribes.

Large drawings or images on the ground have existed for thousands of years.

On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Andrew (Sandy) Irvine were attempting to reach the summit of Mt.

Did George Mallory and Sandy Irvine reach the top of Mt. Everest before they disappeared? Seven decades after their attempt, Conrad Anker finds Mallor...

George Washington, known as "the father" of America, was born on the 22nd of February, 1732, in the British-owned colony of Virginia.

This is a German newsreel - UFA Ton Woche No.

Historical footage of the German invasion of Poland, in 1939, released by the U.

World War II began when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.

This British Newsreel - for the week of May 15, 1940 - tries to put an optimistic spin on events of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and its effo...

What is life like in the Gobi Desert?

In July of 1940, Hitler's goal was to intimidate Britain. Britain's goal was to resist Hitler and to eliminate Germany's bombers which were flying ov...

The January 1945 raid on the Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp, conducted by Filipino and American forces, remains one of the most spectacular rescue mi...

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