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Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills recalls winning the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics in one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Mills, an Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, was the second American Indian to win an Olympic gold medal and the first American to win the 10,000 meter dash. His triumphs over hypoglycemia and suicidal thoughts inspire him to help others overcome their own hurdles in life.

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“Wings of an Eagle” appeared first on Witnify.

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Watch rare footage of the last 27 prisoners leaving Alcatraz on March 21, 1963, the day the notorious federal penitentiary was closed for good due to major structural problems, which became a burdensome financial strain.

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On March 7, 1965, a group of around 600 marchers left Selma, Alabama, on a march to Alabama’s capital, Montgomery, as part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. Shortly after leaving Selma, the unarmed marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by state troopers with tear gas and billy clubs. The day became known as “Bloody Sunday”. In this video, Selma resident and civil rights activist Betty Miles recalls how she and other activists prepared for the march, as well as what happened on Bloody Sunday.

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Betty Miles Remembers Bloody Sunday In Selma appeared first on Witnify.

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On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, completing three orbits in just under five hours. Glenn orbited the earth as part of the Mercury Seven, who were a group of military test pilots selected by NASA in 1959 to become the first astronauts. Glenn went on to resign from NASA and in 1974 was elected to the Senate from his home state of Ohio, where he served until 1999. This video shows live footage from Glenn’s historic mission, including some radio transmissions between Glenn and mission control.

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Betty Friedan was an American writer and activist, best known for initiating the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century with the release of her book The Feminine Mystique in 1963. In 1966, Friedan founded and was elected to be the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In this video from 1964, Friedan talks about the masculine mystique and how men rejecting this mystique is the crucial other half of the feminist revolution.

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Betty Friedan On The Masculine Mystique appeared first on Witnify.

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The Stasi were the official state security service of East Germany established in 1950. It is considered to be one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies of all time. The Stasi were headquartered in East Berlin, and they were responsible for spying on the population. In this video, both Stasi victims and agents speak about their experiences.

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The Orangeburg massacre took place on February 8, 1968, when a group of about 150 protestors from South Carolina State University had gathered to protest racial segregation at the local bowling alley. South Carolina Highway Patrol Officers responded to the scene and opened fire on protestors, killing three and wounding another twenty-eight. The three protestors who passed were Samuel Hammond, Henry Smith and Delano Middleton. The nine officers brought up on charges following the shooting were all acquitted. In this video, survivors of the Orangeburg Massacre describe the incident.

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On January 30, 1969, The Beatles gave their final live performance from the rooftop of Apple Records in London, England. The concert was a surprise and lasted 42 minutes. The concert was recorded for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be, and the Beatles played nine takes of five songs. In this video, one of the police officers sent to shut down the concert remembers getting to witness the concert, saying: “And despite my instructions to arrest The Beatles along with my colleagues, no one was ever going to do that because to have done so would have ended perhaps what would become the greatest concert that ever happened”.

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The Beatles Give Their Final Live Performance appeared first on Witnify.

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Andrew Loog Oldham became the manager of The Rolling Stones in 1963 when he was only nineteen years old. He produced all of The Stones’s albums from 1963 to 1967 and is credited with promoting an image for The Rolling Stones to contrast that of The Beatles. Oldham’s relationship with The Rolling Stones became strained due to his drug use and the band’s legal problems, and he stopped managing the band in 1967. In this video, Oldham discusses the story of him “locking” Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to write music.

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Lieutenant Colonel D R Butler was a helicopter pilot with the 229th Aviation Battalion in Vietnam. In this video, Butler discusses why he wanted to become a pilot and the lessons he learned in Vietnam that helped shape his life once he returned home.

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Vietnam Vet: “You Learn To Appreciate One Word – Now” appeared first on Witnify.