Here are sounds of RAF (royal air force) planes used in the 1940 Battle of Britian and that Era. Clips include: the Hurricane, Spitfire, Lightning and more. I threw in 1 German Messerschmitt 109 for contrast.

Professional gun sound effects including 44 pistol, 9 mm, AK47, M16, submachine guns, grenades and mortar. Authentic recordings by VRSonic at marine base.

Sound clips from the life of colorful Minnesota reform party Governor Jesse Ventura, a former WWF wrestler, movie & TV actor. Before his life in the public eye Jesse was a Navy Seal and vietnam war veteran. HOOYAH!

The term Great Patriotic War is used in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union to describe their portion of the Second World War. The Nazi invasion of the USSR in June 1941 heralded the beginning of the most titanic battle in the history of humanity. Here are some of the Great Patriotic War Soviet Songs.

These recordings are all genuine and made from the cockpit of the airplane in trouble. Be warned, these are of graphic nature.

The Civil War was a military conflict between "The Union" and "The Confederacy" from 1861 to 1865. The war took more than 600,000 lives, destroyed property valued at $5 billion, brought freedom to slaves.

The 50's saw President Truman authorizing continuing development of the H bomb, Duck and Cover, and the birth of Suburbia. The spotlights shone bright on James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley.

Historical 911 calls recordings.Sometimes reality make us quit dreaming and see that we live in such a wild world...

Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American President Tuesday January 20 2009. In his speech he called for a new era of responsibiliy and for the nation to have the courage to aim high in it's collective ambitions. The crowd was 2 million strong and the whole world was listening!

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was the oldest president in history. He was 77 when he left office. He was the only president to be wounded and survive an assassination attempt. His politics was full of optimism and trust in the qualities of the American people. Listen to these clips.

Audio clips of Al Gore, a former vice president of the United States and known as an outstanding environmental activist. He just won a Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Harvard Professor Dr. Timothy Leary, the LSD guru and sixties counter-culture icon opened minds for a living. So tune in to the words of this brilliant author, philosopher and revolutionary. RIP Tim.

In the 30's, The dust bowl & great depression were cause for great suffering. Aviators & serviceman we're heroes. FM radio and TV broadcasts we're being tested. Towards the end of the decade, the Germans invaded Poland as war in Europe loomed ahead.

H. Ross Perot is a billionaire businessman from Texas best known as a 3rd party candidate who ran for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. His no nonense approach woke people up and helped bring reform issues to a national debate.

The 1920s represented the era of greatest output in the US movie market. The early silent movies were often accompanied by live piano or organ music and provided enormous entertainment value to audiences everywhere.

Despite its arguably noble intentions, the war in Vietnam would prove the greatest challenge to American democratic idealism since the Civil War. As evidence of numerous documentaries, books and films about the war, listen to these recordings.

In 1966 the US Supreme Court found that police officers need to provide suspects with their Miranda rights in order to safeguard a persons right not to self incriminate. Any suspect who is in police custody must be informed of his rights prior to any police questioning. For more info see the U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v Arizona 1966.

The Iraq War (March 20, 2003 to present), sometimes known as the Second Gulf War, is an ongoing war that began with the U.S.- led invasion of Iraq in 2003.