Blasts from the past

Did you know that the Library of Congress has a YouTube presence?  Wander over there and check out wonderful moments in time, such as a video clip that is at least 100 years old, showing Annie Oakley shooting:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSTSNq5dOM[/youtube]

And here, with this recreation of the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, is as graphic a reenactment of a beheading as anything you’re likely to see in a Tarantino movie:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDG_wc19aU&feature=related[/youtube]