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Heroes of the Somme | Documentary

October 31, 2022
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This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Original archives from the Western Front are used to uncover the stories of seven men who were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prized military medal. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…

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Urban Explorers Enter Abandoned WWII Archives Facility in England, Find Trove of Rusted Wartime Artifacts

August 27, 2022
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Explorers of abandoned urban spaces have located what was once used as an archives store in WWII—and they delved inside to reveal its contents. The vloggers behind the YouTube channel “Urbanexboi” came across the abandoned facility while investigation an oil depot in Bristol, UK. The adventure seekers say they were shocked to find that the archives…

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PHOTOS: Urban Explorers Enter Abandoned WWII Archives Facility in England, Find Trove of Rusted Wartime Artifacts

August 27, 2022
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Explorers of abandoned urban spaces have located what was once used as an archives store in WWII—and they delved inside to reveal its contents. The vloggers behind the YouTube channel “Urbanexboi” came across the abandoned facility while investigation an oil depot in Bristol, UK. The adventure seekers say they were shocked to find that the archives…

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Library and Archives Canada Purges Website Content It Deems ‘Offensive’

March 7, 2022
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Canada’s chief archivist has ordered the purge of content deemed “offensive” on thousands of national archives webpages, according to internal documents obtained via Access to Information request by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Much of the content on the Library and Archives Canada website reflects the time at which it was written,” wrote chief archivist Leslie Weir in…

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Unsealed Soviet Archives Reveal Cover-Ups at Chernobyl Plant Before Disaster

April 29, 2021
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KYIV—The Soviet Union knew the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dangerous and covered up emergencies there before the 1986 disaster, the Ukrainian authorities said as they released documents to mark the 35th anniversary of the accident on Monday. After a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the plant, located in what was then Soviet…

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