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

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.

Oil shortages in America

Political life under the Russians in Afghanistan

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

Russian tanks roll into Afghanistan

A 1957 film about Apartheid in South Africa

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

Afghans attack a Russian convoy in the 1980s.

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

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

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

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

Black South Africans march on the streets during apartheid

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

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s

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

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

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

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

The Siege of Kabul

Shots of poor South Africans during apartheid

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

Oil shortages in America

Ethiopia in the 1950s.

A train brings armed Ethiopian villagers to Emperor Haile Selassie.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

A man interviews a white South African in favor of apartheid

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

Dior designs are highlighted at a fashion show in Toronto

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

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

Oil shortages in America

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

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

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s.

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

The Siege of Kabul

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

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s.

Soviet tanks invade Afghanistan

Haile Selassie meets with a European politician.

Water is sent to Dust Bowl states where parched livestock are dying.

Women model Dior's new line of hats in Paris, France.

Mujahideen sing a song of resistance against the Russians in 1980s

Haile Selassie watches a ceremony in Antoto, Ethiopia where men dance and drum.

Women work in factories which prepare school lunches, while their children are cared for at WPA-run nurseries.

Men and women, black workers and white, congregate at unemployment rallies in Boston Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.

Mujahideen training camps in the 1980s

Ethiopia in the 1950s.

Unemployed laborers congregate at the Capitol Building in Washington DC to protest unemployment during the Great Depression.

Shots of poor South Africans during apartheid

A sightseeing bus passes through the nuclear proving grounds of Nevada, with signs emphasizing its top secret nature.

Soviet Russian bombing devastates farms and drives villagers into exile.

Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie appears before the League of Nations to ask for help after Mussolini's invasion. Hitler's troops march through Europe. Combat footage from the Spanish civil war is shown

Emperor Haile Selassie meets Queen Elizabeth.

Mujahideen jihad against Russia in the 1980s

Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, is interviewed on a modest estate.

A weather map tracks Hurricane Sandy.

Motorcycle cops drive past excited crowds at Andrews Air Force Base, waiting to welcome home the returned hostages from the Iran Crisis.

Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie is restored and Italian prisoners of war are marched out of Libya in the aftermath of a British victory during World War 2.