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David Bowie - Let's Dance

Difficulty: Beginner

United Kingdom

"Let's Dance" is the title track from David Bowie's 1983 eponymous album. The music video shows Bowie playing with his band (including the late, great guitar player Stevie Ray Vaughan) while impassively watching an Aboriginal couple struggling against metaphors of Western cultural imperialism. Bowie described this video as a very simple and direct statement against racism and oppression.

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Chevy Chase - talks about his acting life - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

Jimmy Carter interviews Chevy Chase as they talk together about his role as Clark Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies. Carter guesses that Chase has spent at least two years of his life playing Clark and that he must share some qualities with him.

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Eddie Murphy - Metro

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

In this interview from 1997, the multi-talented American actor and stand-up comedian Eddie Murphy talks about his new film “Metro”. This time he’s playing a serious role of expert hostage negotiator giving us a glimpse of the more dramatic side of his repertoire. Enjoy!

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Fast & Furious 5 - Opening Night in Cologne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

If you thought the characters playing the German avant-garde artists in the Cohn Brothers' film The Big Lebowski spoke goofy English, just get a load of this interviewer's bloopers! This is the second part of the interview with some of the actors at the premiere of the action movie Fast & Furious 5 in Cologne, Germany. Mach schnell!

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Diego Garcia - You Were Never There

Difficulty: Beginner

United Kingdom

At age 14 Diego Garcia started playing guitar and writing songs. In his song "You Were Never There" he sings about a bygone relationship.

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Wild Dolphin Foundation - Wild Dolphins, Waianae, 5/04 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

United Kingdom

Wild dolphins playing with a plastic bag and a camerawoman. A video by the Wild Dolphin Foundation.

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Emmy The Great - First Love

Difficulty: Intermediate

United Kingdom

After a dozen singles, here is Emmy the Great ’s first album, ‘First Love’. Enjoy this melancholic song, a mixture of folk, americana and country, by this young British artist playing acoustic guitar chords.

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The US East Coast - The southern states - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

Oceanographer Jesse McNinch gets excited when the big storms roll in. He loves being near the ocean, so his job taking samples and gathering data along the coast is perfect for him. Further north, we pass the city of Norfolk and arrive on the eastern shore of Virginia.

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Caption 78 [en]: So, uh... I started playing guitar, started singing,
Caption 78 [en]: So, uh... I started playing guitar, started singing,

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Top Notch TV 1 - Unit 2 - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

USA

Four work colleagues all have very different ideas for what they should do together on the weekend. Fortunately, with the help of a friendly waitress with strong opinions, they finally settle on a plan that appeals to almost everyone.

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Caption 2 [en]: [There's a great movie playing at the Glenwood.]
Caption 2 [en]: [There's a great movie playing at the Glenwood.]

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Sigrid - The Met Cloisters Museum

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sigrid talks about The Cloisters, a unique museum of medieval European art in New York City.

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Caption 26 [en]: playing softly in the background,
Caption 26 [en]: playing softly in the background,

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Three Weeks, Three Kids - Full Movie - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

It dawns on Jennifer that her dad’s injury isn’t as bad as had been made out, and her mom has some serious explaining to do. Will and Jennifer bid each other goodbye as Jennifer’s childminding duties come to an abrupt end.

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Caption 3 [en]: Now he's playing football?
Caption 3 [en]: Now he's playing football?

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Falling For Christmas - Full Movie - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

Arriving back at the clinic, Claire finds that Julian is asleep, still recovering from his back injury. Claire relaxes by the fire, and her mom arrives from an evening out with Lou. The next morning, Claire’s back out on the ice, enjoying skating with Chamonix and Luke.

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Caption 42 [en]: I guess after a while I just stopped thinking about playing.
Caption 42 [en]: I guess after a while I just stopped thinking about playing.

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Spinning Jenny - Christmas All Over Again by Tom Petty

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

Spinning Jenny is a band from Ohio that is made up of three sisters. Here, they give a performance of "Christmas All Over Again" by Tom Petty for a charity event.

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Caption 4 [en]: Today we're gonna be playing one of our most favorite [sic] Christmas songs.
Caption 4 [en]: Today we're gonna be playing one of our most favorite [sic] Christmas songs.

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Adventures with Kate - Pond Hockey

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

In Grand Lake, not far from the Rocky Mountains National Park, it has become a tradition for people to get together and play ice hockey on the frozen lake in the middle of winter. Kate introduces us to some of her friends there and also to a very American snack, the s’more!

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Caption 64 [en]: You're not playing?
Caption 64 [en]: You're not playing?

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America's National Parks - Olympic - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

USA

The king salmon swim upstream to spawn and complete their lifecycle, also providing a meal for a dipper. On the hillside, it’s the elks’ breeding season, and a black bear fattens up on berries before winter closes in across this magnificently diverse landscape.

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Caption 22 [en]: playing out in isolated currents and cascades, from sea to summit.
Caption 22 [en]: playing out in isolated currents and cascades, from sea to summit.

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