Feather painting
Painting on feathers was a 19th-century seafaring tradition. They were painted on the long voyages to give to family as a keepsake.
London
London is a unique film work about a unique city written and directed by architect Patrick Keiller. It concerns a series of journeys made by an unseen narrator and his companion Robinson to discover the spirit of London during the period immediately before and after the 1992 General Election. There is a wealth of detail pertaining to literature, history, architecture and a variety of locales and a highly original style with ironic wit.
London Necropolis railway station
The London Necropolis railway station was a special railway station constructed by the London Necropolis Company for funeral trains, specifically to serve their Brookwood Cemetery. The station opened on 13 November 1854 just outside London's Waterloo station. Three-carriage trains took coffins and mourners from the station directly to platforms within the cemetery.
Serengeti’s great migration
The largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet and one of the most breathtaking events in the animal kingdom, Serengeti's great migration involves millions of ungulates, most notably wildebeest, as they follow an annual circular route around the Serengeti ecosystem in an endless quest for fresh pastures and water.
Mata Hari
Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I.
Year Without a Summer
Missing rings are rare in oak and elm trees - the only recorded instance of a missing ring in oak trees occurred in the year 1816, also known as the Year Without a Summer.
Toynbee tiles
The Toynbee tiles are messages of mysterious origin found embedded in asphalt in about two dozen major cities in the United States and three South American capitals. Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered.
Nissan Tama Electric Vehicle
After WWII, oil was very scarce, but electricity was plentiful. For this reason, there was a period when the government promoted the manufacture of electric vehicles. With this encouragement, the "Tama" was introduced and earned a high reputation: in performance tests it succeeded in bettering its catalog specifications with a cruising range of 96.3km and a top speed of 35.2km/h. It was used as a taxi and in similar roles until 1950.
Ice houses
Ice houses originally invented in Persia were buildings used to store ice throughout the year, prior to the invention of the refrigerator. The most common designs involved underground chambers, usually man-made, which were built close to natural sources of winter ice such as freshwater lakes.
Barbara Hutton
Barbara Hutton was an American socialite dubbed by the media as the "Poor Little Rich Girl" because of her troubled life.