Sometimes nothing helps us look forward than taking a look back at the things that make us great.
An American G.I. tends to the wounds of a young German soldier while waiting for the arrival of a medic in 1944.
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Buzz Aldrin snaps a photo of Neil Armstrong as he tears up after walking on the moon in 1969.
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Charlie Chaplin learns the manual alphabet from Hellen Keller in 1919.
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Undeterred by recent bombings, London residents visit what's left of a library during World War II.
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