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  2. World War 1 in Colour - Wikipedia

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    27 August 2003. (2003-08-27) World War 1 in Colour is a six-episode television documentary series recounting the major events of World War I narrated by Kenneth Branagh. [1] The first of its six parts aired on 23 July 2003. [2] The series consists of colourised footage, with the colour of the images having been enhanced by computer-aided ...

  3. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I - Wikipedia

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    SM U-21 sinking the Linda Blanche, by Willy Stöwer. Britain Needs You At Once at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, unknown artist (restored by Adam Cuerden ) A Hannover CL.III shot down on 4 October 1918, by J. E. Gibbon (restored by Keraunoscopia )

  4. The birds and the bees - Wikipedia

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    Meaning. According to tradition, "the birds and the bees" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to fertilization.

  5. World War I - Wikipedia

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    Over 8,000,000. ... further details. World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific ...

  6. Battle of Tanga - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Tanga, sometimes also known as the Battle of the Bees, was the unsuccessful attack by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" under Major General A. E. Aitken to capture German East Africa (the mainland portion of present-day Tanzania) during the First World War in concert with the invasion Force "C" near Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

  7. John James Audubon - Wikipedia

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    John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1] He was notable for his extensive studies ...

  8. Bee-eater - Wikipedia

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    Bee-eater. The bee-eaters are a group of birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and thirty species. Most species are found in Africa and Asia, with a few in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers.

  9. Color photography - Wikipedia

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    Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors. By contrast, black-and-white or gray- monochrome photography records only a single channel of luminance (brightness) and uses media capable only of showing shades of gray. In color photography, electronic sensors or light-sensitive chemicals record ...