Black South Africans march on the streets during apartheid

Documentary explores 1970s oil crisis energy systems with clips of oil rigs, coal manufacturing, pipe lines, and gas lines

Afghan refugees live in camps and go to schools in the 1980s.

The Russians invade Afghanistan and Afghanistan begins to export natural gas to them.

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s

Shots of poor South Africans during apartheid

A cab driver drops off his fare in downtown Chicago.

Horse-drawn carriages are driven past lakes in Tokyo.

Young black boys play in a truck bed in Harlem.

A busy intersection in Tokyo is traversed by cars, buses, rickshaws and bicycles.

Crowds wave American flags and banners at Andrews Air Force Base, in anticipation of the returning Iranian Crisis hostages.

Children play on roped-off streets, supervised by WPA workers. They can rent toys from an institution that works on a library-like basis. Remedial classes are also offered.

Haile Selassie oversees the opening of a train depot in line with the new Mobilization Proclamation.

Religious figures and jewelry sellers are among the crowds gathered to see Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie.

In Kabul, Russian jets and helicopters drop heat flares for protection against rocket attacks in the 1980s

Some Soviet soldiers defect to the Mujahideen

South African apartheid in the 1950s.

Soviets attack the Mujahideen with helicopter gunships in the 1980s.

Nazis load mortars and other large artillery, firing on Warsaw in the siege of the city.

Chicago in the 1970s.

Servicemen and civilians dance to Jimmy Dorsey's band at a nightclub.

The RMS Empress of Asia docks in Yokohama, Japan, and passengers disembark.

The Mujahideen is formed in Afghanistan in the early 1980s to counter the Soviet invasion.

Oil shortages in America

Political life under the Russians in Afghanistan

Russian tanks roll into Afghanistan

A 1957 film about Apartheid in South Africa

Ethiopia's Emperor Selassie is welcomed aboard FDR's ship.

Vice President Bush, Barbara Bush and other officials shake hands with returned Iran Crisis hostages as they disembark at Andrews Air Force Base.

Drone aerial over a lonely desert highway in Arizona with Route 66 painted on the pavement and car passing underneath.

Survivors of a Soviet massacre tell the story of what happened in Afghanistan

Afghans attack a Russian convoy in the 1980s.

The British Army helps put Emperor Selassie back in power of Ethiopia, chasing out Italian forces.

Pedestrians are filmed walking down State Street in Chicago, Illinois during the day

lower class flea market în Bucharest, România under communist, Chet Huntley speaks about communism în Liberty Park

Aerial view of The Statue of Liberty

Black South Africans march on the streets during apartheid

African-American depart a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Hardeeville, South Carolina by truck.

Haile Selassie sends out tribal troops to combat Mussolini's invading forces

A medical training school in Afghanistan during the Russian fighting in the 1980s practices surgery on goats

Pedestrians of all ages are seen walking in downtown Chicago.

Adolf Hitler looks through a periscope to watch the damage done by Nazis shelling Warsaw, now a burning city.

People of all ages wave American flags and cheer during a parade down Broadway for astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom.

Panoramas of the New York City skyline include skyscrapers and famous bridges of the city.

Afghan schoolchildren are given gifts by Soviets as part of a propaganda campaign

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s

Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie travels by private car while armed villagers board a train.

Tourists drive through the Garden of the Gods en route to Pikes Peak in Colorado.

Russians and Afghan live uneasily with each other as Russia tries to change Afghanistan from the inside.

Muhammad Ali arrives at London Airport and is greeted by a large crowd, while his opponent Henry Cooper trains in the gym.

Crowds look on as Air Force One comes to a stop at Andrews Air Force Base.

Shots of poor South Africans during apartheid

The Siege of Kabul

Animated film, the Little King uses cannons to send food to the forgotten men of the great depression.

Ethiopia in the 1950s.

Crowds wave American flags and banners at Andrews Air Force Base, in anticipation of the returning Iranian Crisis hostages.

A train brings armed Ethiopian villagers to Emperor Haile Selassie.

A man speaks with a black South African politician about apartheid in 1957

Oil shortages in America

Busby Berkeley musicals bring joy to the masses during the Great Depression

Emperor Haile Selassie brings European military officials to a church in Ethiopia

Crowded cities in Pakistan are filled with refugees fleeing the war in Afghanistan in the 80's

Refugees make their way out of Afghanistan after the Russian invasion

People in Washington D.C. rush to celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden.

The home life of a black South African man and his family during apartheid

Cape Town, City Hall, street market, two black women toward, tilt up, medium

Nazi flags hang from buildings in occupied Warsaw, Poland.

The Congo River might one day provide power for the nearby region, and meanwhile mines yield copper and uranium in the Congo.

A beautiful aerial over Epupa Falls on the border of Angola and Namibia, Africa.

Young black kids enjoy a swing set in Harlem.

The Mujahideen in Afghanistan kill Soviet troops and strip them of their identity cards and possessions in the 1980s

Crowded cities in Pakistan are filled with refugees fleeing the war in Afghanistan in the 80's

The United States Air Force Cobra Dane Phased Array Radar on Shemya Island,

footage of fighting in Afghanistan in 1979.

Foot and vehicular traffic on a busy stretch of Chicago, Illinois.

Vehicular traffic drives by in downtown Chicago

Aerial view of cars, buses and pedestrians navigating a busy intersection on 42nd Street in New York City

College grads are forced to hitchhike across America in search of employment during the Great Depression.

Returned hostages from the Iran Crisis disembark at Andrews Air Force Base, and shake hands with waiting officials.

A US Navy band greets the returning Iranian Crisis hostages at Andrews Air Force Base.

The Russians invade Afghanistan and install a managers in all businesses and industry.

Jerry Falwell weighs in on Pat Robertson's presidential run.

Throngs of Ethiopian villagers depart from seeing Emperor Haile Selassie to an outdoor Muslim gathering.

Emperor Haile Selassie welcomes Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands to Ethiopia.

Couples dance at the crowded El Morocco nightclub

Heavyweight newcomer Cassius Clay defeats Gary Jawish at the intercity Golden Gloves championship held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Desmond Tutu is interviewed on Nightline about the impact of apartheid in South Africa

the Russians invade Afghanistan and install a dictator, Babrak Karmal.

A man interviews a white South African in favor of apartheid

Excellent aerial view of Ford cars driving up Pikes Peak.

Little girls in kimonos hold a tea ceremony with their dolls in Tokyo.

Dior designs are highlighted at a fashion show in Toronto

African-American members of the Civilian Conservation Corps plant crops and start building a dike in Hardeeville, South Carolina.

Russians and Afghan live uneasily with each other as Russia tries to change Afghanistan from the inside.

Returned hostages from the Iran Crisis disembark at Andrews Air Force Base, and shake hands with waiting officials.

The Mujahideen is formed in Afghanistan in the early 1980s to counter the Soviet invasion.

Oil shortages in America

Dust Bowl storms hit the farming community of Dalhart, Texas.

An African-American family celebrates a birthday.

African-American families play and wash cars together, while the narrator describes them as a new viable marketing demographic.

Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie is brought to a Ford factory.

Survivors of a Soviet massacre tell the story of what happened in Afghanistan