Historic Vids

When Jim Henson passed away on May 16, 1990, Disney drew a picture of Mickey Mouse (Disney) consoling Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson Studios) and sent it to the mourners at Henson's studios.

Cave painting of an ancient backshot in Algeria (dated around 7-2000 BCE).

Psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich declared the existence of a universal healing and revitalizing force, called orgone, and created devices, such as this booth, to capture and administer it. He was fined and eventually jailed in 1957, known there by some as "flying saucer guy" and the "Sex Box man".

A young Barack Obama spending time on the beach with his grandfather, 1963.

Moments before happiness, 1955.

Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders opening up a new restaurant near Fort Campbell in Nashville, 1966.

In 2006, Spotify was just rough sketches: playlists, user logins, and search features. By 2008, it launched with a freemium model, redefining music streaming. Now, with 500M+ users and 100M+ tracks, it’s changed how we listen forever.

A joke book from 1940

And they all loved it

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

-William Faulkner

Proud mother, Mrs. Cleveland Owens, hears of son Jesse's Olympic triumphs in Berlin, 1936.

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Adolf Hitler poses in lederhosen, circa 1927. He had this photo hidden from the public because, in his opinion, it undermined his dignity.

900 year old Crusader sword found off Israel's northern coast in October 2021. The iron sword is just under 4 ft. long and is presumed to have belonged to a Crusader sailing to the Holy Land in approximately the year 1100.

A mother and her daughter at a Budapest market in 1987, and the same pair at a Budapest market in 2020.

Daguerreotype of a man wearing tinted glasses and holding a cat, c. 1850.

On August 21, 1986, a huge burst of carbon dioxide erupted from Lake Nyos in Cameroon, suffocating over 1,700 people and 3,500 animals in the surrounding areas. The deadly cloud of gas caused widespread fatalities as it displaced oxygen in the air.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

– George Santayana

A little girl rescued from Masnieres with a British soldier at Gouzeaucourt, 22 November 1917.

There were about 180 towers in Bologna in the 12th century. The tallest, 97 meters high, still stands.

Al Capone, famously known as America's most infamous gangster, paradoxically ran a charity that provided three hot meals daily to thousands of unemployed individuals, asking no questions in return.

Christmas toys in the 1960s

In 1977, Ben Cohen was a struggling potter & Jerry Greenfield was getting rejected by medical schools.

The pair decided to open a bagel shop, but the cost of bagel machines was too high.

As a result, they enrolled in a $5 ice cream making course instead. A year later, they created Ben & Jerry's