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From The Atlantic's Video Channel curated by Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

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You Are Here: A Whole-Sky Time-Lapse of the Galactic Center

Beautiful, deep view into the Milky Way's core

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The Only Existing Video Footage of Anne Frank

On July 22, 1941, a 12-year-old girl at Merwedeplein 37 looked on as her neighbor got married.

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The Spanish Farm on a Mission to Make Humane Foie Gras

“Everything is not about making money. Our system isn’t just a business. It’s a way of life.”

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'Men Build Boats Because They Can't Have Babies'

A moving documentary about one man’s devotion to craftsmanship in an age of advanced machinery.

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Don't Blame the Sea: Fishing After the Tsunami

A beautiful documentary about one family's determination to survive on the coast of Sri Lanka.

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A Real-Life Wonderland: Play Music in This Huge Laser-beam Forest

Marshmallow Laser Feast’s awe-inspiring musical instrument is a collective experience.

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Sri Lanka and Coconut: The Many Uses of This Beloved 'Drupe'

While traveling across Asia for their series on sustainable food, the duo fromPerennial Plate stops by a modest coconut plantation near Negombo, Sri Lanka. Here, creators Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine meet an adorable family of eight, who eagerly demonstrate the coconut’s many virtues. 

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A Jaw-dropping Google Street View Hyperlapse

This is the fastest you’ll ever go across the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Typography Porn: 100 Years of Title Design in Film

From the highly stylized introductions of the James Bond franchise to Woody Allen’s minimalist black-and-white template, opening credits in movies have a curious history.

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This Trippy Video Explains Bitcoin in Under 4 Minutes

The mysterious digital currency has spiked in value -- but what is it? 

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Latte Portraiture and the Willy Wonka of Coffee

Meet the barista whose drawings take steamed milk foam to the next level.

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This Is How You Shoot Aerial Footage of San Francisco

Teton Gravity Research, known for its extreme sports films, captures the dizzying vistas of the Bay Area in 4K HD. 

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A Whirlwind Culinary Tour of Sri Lanka, Where Coconut Reigns Supreme

Warning: This video contains graphic footage of (really) good food.

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42 McNuggets or 2.27 Cinnabons: What 2,000 Calories Looks Like

A video explores the mysterious FDA recommendation on all nutritional information labels.

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Fauna: An Adorable Blooper Reel of Penguins Slipping on Ice

Documentary filmmakers have compiled a delightful montage of outtakes from their film Spy in the Huddle.

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Trans-Mongolian Express: 7,500 km by Train from Beijing to Moscow

A perfect four-minute escape

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How 4,000 Men Hand-Deliver 175,000 Lunches Around Mumbai in 1 Day

The dabbawallas rely on a series of codes written on the sides of the boxes that function as directions. Though many of them are illiterate, they have learned to sign their names on the receipt. In fact, the delivery service is estimated to have an error rate of 1 in every 16 million transactions, and has been studied by corporations like GE for its precision and accuracy.