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A senior man pushing a senior woman using a wheelchair in a living room. Caption. And caregivers at home just got forgotten.

Close up of the World Trade Center towers obscured by an explosive plume of fiery smoke. Right tower gapes open near top.

Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.

Woman wearing a white blouse and black vest sits behind a desk and gestures at camera. Title card below reads, "Olga Block, Co-Founder and CEO of Basis". Caption. They wanted to get rid of me in kindergarten.

Digital rendering. Aerial view of 2 switchback staircases with white figures walking downwards on a level labeled, "sixty-ninth floor."

Closeup of a boy laying with his head next to another person and smiling with his eyes closed. Caption. Sound of crowd cheering.

Person lightly touches a hand to a newborn baby hooked up to tubes. Caption. She depends on a mechanical ventilator.

Group of teenagers getting ready in a gym locker room, some wearing bathing suits, others in shirts and shorts.

Teenage boy staring seriously at a teenage girl, speaking. Caption. What did you just say to me?

Still image from: Abel Quezada: Evocations and Experiences (Spanish)

Senior man lays down on a couch with a woman standing behind him and touching his shoulders in an indoor space. Caption. Come on, I wanna dance!

Group of young Afghan women wearing white head scarfs look down with mouths open as if to speak or sing. Caption. The Taliban regime has forbidden mixed schooling.

Still image from: After Rivelino (Spanish)

Close up of an American flag held up by a hand on each side. Projection screen, office chairs and desk in the background.

Person wearing khaki hat and shirt holding a tool. Low building and vehicle in background. Caption: this is where Thao works -- clearing land mines.

Black and white photo of Babe Ruth wearing a baseball cap and pin-striped jersey. Caption. I'm gonna hit the next pitch right past the flagpole!

Senior woman named Gloria Fawcett looks off camera with a serious expression. Caption. I noticed she wasn't crawling.

Person wearing a protective gown, mask and gloves handling materials. Caption: (narrator) Is the powdered anthrax which has contaminated

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--Part 1 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--Part 2 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--Part 3 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--Part 4 (Spanish)

Man wearing a black sweater and baseball cap looks off camera with a serious expression, hands folded in front of him. Caption. He was being abused for a long time.

Charles Lindbergh poses for camera in front of the Spirit of Saint Louis monoplane, wearing a gray jacket and dark necktie.

Still image from: Chava Flores. That's Me! (Spanish)

Woman at door of a brick building. Caption. So with the 16 Black students and 4 Black teachers, they set up what...

A group of people bow forward on their knees. Caption. Are catalysts for breeding terrorism.

Senior Native American wearing a feather headdress looks directly at camera. Caption. These were portraits like you might see of Roman emperors.

Man wearing a name badge pauses at a conference booth, using sign language to talk to another man wearing a badge. Behind the booth, a sign reads, "Tomato Chef." Caption. That's why the word Deaf is always spelled with a capital D.

Closeup of brown script on a tan background. Script reads, "July 4, 1776. United States of America.

People stand on and around a large pile of cut grass with an unmotorized vehicle next to it. Caption: In China, young Mekong is called Lancang.

Black and white photo of 2 baseball players colliding over home plate. Caption. He had the right man in Jackie Robinson.

Map shows a circuitous sailing route from Plymouth out to the Atlantic Ocean. Caption. Narrator. The ships turn back not once but two times.

Senior man stands on the lawn in front of a Victorian-style building. The sign next to him reads, "The Law Offices of Peter Miller".

Computer image compares the features of 2 war planes. The P-51C Mustang has speed and maneuverability. The FW-190 has durability and armament. Caption. But the FW-190 is more rugged and has better armament.

Sculpture of a dragon made from stone inlaid on a flat surface. Caption: It can create life, but it can also destroy it,

Black and white photo of players spread out on a baseball field. Caption. The club officially changed its name to the New York Yankees.

Low shot of a statue in a plaza. Spanish caption. Había poca riqueza y aventuras en Extremadura.

Title text reads, “Surfing,” against a yellow background.

Close up of two puffins, one with fish in its mouth. Caption: During that time, the pair spends

Closeup of a teenager's face in shadow with an orb of light behind her shoulder. Caption. Biological survival, kill or be killed.

Still image from: Folkloric Ballet of Amalia Hernández (Part 1) (Spanish)

Still image from: Folkloric Ballet of Amalia Hernández (Part 2) (Spanish)

Woman gestures towards a painting propped on an easel, children watching attentively. Caption. Where teachers used speech supported by signs.

Line drawing. Black Seminole man wearing a cloak and long hat lunges forward as a police officer pulls back on his collar. Spanish caption. Osceola murio en prision.

Still image from: Gabriel Figueroa and the Mexican Mystic (Spanish)

Black and white photo of an African American man and woman standing next to a vehicle parked on a dirt road, piled high with luggage.

Still image from: Hailmaker (Spanish)

Black and white image of nineteenth century men surrounding an unconscious Abraham Lincoln wearing white and lying in bed.

A group of Black women walking along a path outdoors in dresses, eyes looking downward. Caption. The story of black farmers in the 20th Century.

Young boy with a bowl cut looks just off camera. Caption. Why she went to the hospital; when or if she would come back.

People wearing hospital gowns and masks holding a newborn baby. Caption: Congratulations.

Still image from: In the Eyes of Graciela Iturbide (Spanish)

Small boats with people on the water at sunset. Caption: This way of life has been around for a long time.

Black and white photo shows John Pierpont Morgan walking and talking with a young man. Caption. Narrator. Morgan knew he had been beaten, but he wasn't about to give up.

Still image from: Jacobo Zabludovsky (Spanish)

Black and white frame of three men in lab coats at a laboratory table. Caption. Who had developed a vaccine that conquered poliomyelitis.

View of the moon with half of it covered in darkness

Woman with her back facing us and a man sitting next to her are on computers at a long desk. There’s a sign above the computer screens that reads, “Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology.”

Space rover floating down with a parachute flying behind it. Text reads, “Landing on Mars, JPL and the Space Age.”

Rocket flying up into space with a bright yellow flame bursting out the back. Text reads, “Mission To Mars, JPL and the Space Age.”

Bright white orb on a black background. Text reads, “Saving Galileo, JPL and the Space Age.”

Black and white frame of a space rocket lifting off with smoke billowing around it.

Black and white photo of a man posing with a small space rocket next to him. Text reads, “Frank J. Malina, The American Rocketeer, Beginnings of the Space Age.”

Black and white photo of a man walking up steps to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory building. “The Breaking Point.”

View of Mars in space. Text reads, “The Changing Face of Mars.”

White glowing orb on a black background. Text reads, “The Footsteps of Voyager.”

Black Background with text that reads, “The Pathfinders.”

Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams

View of Earth in space. Text reads, “To The Rescue.”

Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part 1)

Still image from: JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part 2)

Person wearing glasses, dark t-shirt, and mid-length hair looks slightly off camera in an indoor setting. Caption. That she was transgendered.

Painting of Merlin dressed in medieval clothing reaching his hands out to a woman holding a baby in her arms. Caption. Merlin told her it was for the boy's own safety.

4 Native American children walking around a park area. Caption. How am I going to coach these girls?

Still image from: Leonardo da Vinci for Kids

Watercolor illustration of a man with a red bandana covering the bottom half of his face. Shadowy gray background. Caption. He wore a red handkerchief.

Group of dancers lean back, arching their back, with hands in the air. Caption. And they did it, they did an excellent job.

A black and white image of Margaret Mead looking down at an indigenous Samoan man.

Still image from: María Izquierdo (Spanish)

Side angle shot of an older Mother Teresa wearing a white and blue sari holding her hands to her chin in a prayer position.

Several Zimbabweans in wheelchairs who make up the band Liyana sing into microphones and play instruments on a street, while others look on.

Interior shot of Paul Whittaker as a young man sitting at a grand piano and looking down towards his hands at the keys.

Black man stands in a dark room, light spilling in from 1 small window behind him. Caption. I tended to believe that in the face of such diversity.

Blurry frame of a shirtless bearded man straining his face with ocean waves crashing behind him. Caption. In a matter of minutes, Odysseus loses hundreds of men.

Sepia photo of teenage girl from movie, One Survivor Remembers. Caption. And it was sort of a very, very special, memorable day.

Camera of a woman sitting in the rear seat of a car looks at camera with a surprised expression. Caption. I feel I have to go back.

Still image from: Passion Drives Us

Several women walk outside holding babies to their chests. Caption. Would have a better life in America.

Black and white photo of a white building with a sign that reads L. Kaufman, Cheap Cash Store. Caption. They had all of these informal financial relationships

New York City street with cars in distance and people crossing street. Caption. Male as narrator. This is where I live.

Black and white image of a Black man and several White men standing around a film camera. Caption. Was the first Black man ever to make a movie.

Closeup of construction at the top of a skyscraper with surrounding cityscape in the distance.

Still image from: Red Heart: Geo Meneses (Spanish)

Still image from: Rina Lazo: Muralism, a Living Art (Spanish)

Closeup of the entrance to Pabellón Real in Plaza Mayor with crowds of people in the foreground. Spanish caption. Fue durante ese periodo que España alcanzó.

Flag with an image of bigfoot on a pole next to a powerline. Caption: The discovery of Bigfoot would cause us to have to say,

Black man wearing a prison uniform stands in front of a group of teenagers seated and directing their attention towards him.

Elderly man with white hair wears a tan and white checkered shirt and brown slacks while sitting in a white chair on a patio with tree trunks and green plants in the background. Spanish caption. Soy Alberto Araujo Merlano.

Aerial shot looking down a well. Title below reads, Save our History. Caption. Dug this well to secure a supply of fresh water.

Korean boy sits on the ground, hands on his knees. Caption. How did I get them? They're cigarette burns.

Digital color illustration of how the cochlear implant attaches to the inside of the human ear. Caption. The electrodes deliver a spectrum of sound impulses.

Aerial shot of Santiago, Chile. Spanish caption. Del espacio exterior y aterrizará en Santiago.

Closeup of a sandy shore surrounded by rocks. Caption. But if you made it ashore alive.

Black and white side angle shot of a young Billie Holiday singing. Next to her, a cellist and another man without an instrument. Caption lyrics. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

2 men sit in front of barres and mirrors in a ballet studio. They are turned towards each other smiling, laughing, and speaking. Caption. And best friends with Chris since he choreographed with us.

Black and white photo of a pre-teen girl looking at camera. She wears a button down coat with her hands clasped behind her back and stands in front of a large school building. Caption. Linda Brown was a student at this segregated school.

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln wearing white speaking from an outdoor podium to a crowd around him. An 1850s U, S flag is nearby. Caption. Male as narrator. In the following debates with Douglas, Lincoln came closer.

Illustration of the bench, bar, gallery seating and floor of a courtroom. Caption. The new law concerned the railroads of Louisiana.

Black and white illustration of a man, woman, and toddler seated at a dining table with food, flowers and table settings. Caption. So, from 1840, there was a campaign to outlaw abortion.

Still image from: Susana Harp, a Little Piece of Oaxaca (Spanish)

Wall with a black and white poster of Abraham Lincoln hung between a chalkboard and decorative tiles. Title bar reads, "The Address."

Still image from: The Backbone

Closeup of an index finger pointing at a photograph of 2 Chinese men in suits. Caption. Because of the case, 2 friends died, 3 friends went to jail.

Black and white photo of a girl wearing a flannel jacket, hat, and gloves, leaning against a wood railing. Caption. Got to let our children take their chances here.

Vintage labeled map of Europe. Army positioned between Portugal and France, stretching out along the border to Hungary, and up to the German Empire. Caption. He led his own army on a 3-year crusade.

Black and white frame shows a desk with a laptop and several documents. Person's hand uses a stapler to staple a stack of papers. Caption lyrics. She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes.

Color illustration of men in a small rowboat with a giant whale breaching in front of them. Caption. Soon there is the cry from the mast of, "Thar she blows!"

World globe stopped on the Atlantic Ocean, showing Africa, and a section of North and South America. Caption. But the world is very big and life very short.

Twilight shot looking down a city street with multi-story buildings. Text below reads, "The United Nations ranks Finland #1 in the world in education". Caption. For Finland being on the top in all these rankings.

Mexican man plays a harp next to a woman playing a guitar. Spanish caption. Aunque esto ya se ha sabido señores, se lo dire.

2 60s-era Mets baseball players, 1 Black and 1 White, smile at each other. Caption. The '69 Mets were the team of the common man.

Wide shot of a military vehicle at night with a large explosion in the distant background. Caption. The war in the Persian Gulf.

Side view shot of a film camera in an interior space.

Wide shot looking down a busy urban street with 4 lanes in both directions, buzzing with cars and pedestrians. Street leads to a towering modern building in the distance.

Frame shows 2 teenagers and 2 adults around a table with artistic streams of light illuminating the scene. Spanish caption. Por eso es que esta fotografía es.

Black and white photo of a group of men playing basketball, one reaches up to the basket and the other tries to block him. Caption. The Los Angeles Club of the Deaf.

Senior man looks down and away with an emotional expression. Spanish caption. Que espera. Yo, yo cuando sembraba, senora.

Native American man in a tan cowboy hat, navy suit jacket, and orange shirt looks down towards the camera. Behind him, a brightly colored wall hanging.

5 Native American people on horseback in a snowy setting. All are holding long wooden medicine sticks at their side.

People sit in folding chairs around a table covered with a Native American tablecloth. Some have crossed arms and others are looking down.

Closeup of an Afghan woman crouched near a wall, head covered with a white, gauzy hijab. Caption. I begged the Taliban to tell me where my husband was.

Black and white photo of a panel of men below a photograph of Theodor Herzl. 2 Stars of David on banners to the sides of the photo. Caption. Of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel, a State of Israel.

3 women look down at an open book with loose sheets of paper. Caption. Nikki is also voicing the role of Amanda.

Closeup of a 70s era recording device. Caption. There was an 18 1/2-minute gap on one of the Watergate tapes.

Color illustration of a group of Native American people on horseback. Caption. The most important change came with the arrival of the horse.

Black and white photo of a woman smiling down at an infant. Caption. Something was amiss with Alan?

Child with cerebral palsy using a bright blue and yellow power chair. Caption. What his son had just been able to do.

Black and white photo of a dark-haired woman wearing a white coat talking into several labeled microphones as a man in a black sport coat smiles and looks at her. Caption. In Scarlett O'Hara, novelist Margaret Mitchell had created.

Black and white image of a blonde, short-haired woman wearing a dark coat looking at a man wearing a dark sport coat who is talking to her. Caption. Davis was dissatisfied with the quality of the scripts.

Black and white image of a male car mechanic in uniform with tools in his hands sitting under a vehicle and looking into it. He is next to a female mechanic laying underneath the vehicle. Caption. And this is where women fill a very large vacuum.