MeFoto launches the MeVIDEO tripod on Kickstarter
The creators of the compact and durable MeFoto tripods are now venturing into video tripods with this MeVIDEO tripod. It's compact, foldable, and features an elegant design with a video head for ultra-smooth movements. You can pledge to get one for as little as $349.
Chris Pape documentary in the Freedom Tunnel
I've posted this on just about every iteration of Doobybrain since the beginning. Always good to revisit this. :)
How the US National Archives digitizes documents and records
There's an interesting part of this video that shows Adolf Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, and her personal videos from being alongside Hitler. The US National Archives has digitized a good portion of them.
The 1940 United States Census is now completely digitized
The New York Public Library took the Bureau of Census' 1940 census and digitized the entire microfilm for public access. The data here gives a slice of what America was like during WWII.
You can see and search all of this data right here.
PS: The US National Archives' YouTube channel is fantastic.