It is a shame we can't go back in time
however
some of the most unbelievable moments of history were
caught on tape so from a woman throwing knives at her own child
To soldiers walking into a nuclear explosion
here are ten shocking historical videos
in 19134 death of Emily Davidson was caught on film
Emily Davidson was an English activist for women's suffrage
on the 4th of June 1913 she stepped in
front of the King's Own horse
she died four days after being trampled due to her injuries
it is believed that she was only trying to disturb the race
it's hard to know if she really intended to kill herself
this footage speaks for itself
in more ways than one
This is a bizarre TV advert from the 1950s
they are selling a radioactive cleansing cream
a cream that makes your face of radioactive
can you imagine if they ran a commercial like this today?
this footage captured the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia
It was the 9th of October 1934, and the Yugoslav king was on a visit to France
he died instantly after being shot
the exact moment of assassination wasn't captured
but the cameraman got within inches of the dead King to film the aftermath
In 1950s america there was a lot of hysteria surrounding socialism in
in a bizarre witchhunt anyone suspected of being a communist was demonized
I think this PSA represents the general attitude of the era
this video was called war neuroses
it was filmed in 1917
and it shows British soldiers being treated for shell shock
their symptoms include
extreme anxiety
paranoia
and loss of control of muscles
details of a treatment is unknown
but clearly this was a time when medical science wasn't that advance
this is the underwater explosion of an 8 kiloton nuclear bomb
and either they miscalculated massively,
or they were playing a real-life version of battleships
For number 3 we have the execution of Benito Mussolini
on the 27th of April 1945
mussolini was captured by communist rebels along with his mistress
and other fascist leaders the order was soon given to execute miscellany and his associates
it was a summary execution, which means they were not given a fair trial
After the execution they were hung upside down
making way for one of the second world war's most iconic images
In 1963, US president john kennedy was assassinated
while on a visit to Texas
he was shot twice. Once in the back and another in the head
I should warn beforehand
this footage is quite graphic
before death Kennedy wanted to do something radical
He wanted to shut down the CIA
and many believe he also wanted to end the Vietnam War
His assassination changed the world
This next video was from another nuclear weapons test
and I think it's the most crazy piece of footage ever
we see soldiers waiting in trenches
And when the explosion goes off
It's obvious that they are within a dangerous range of it
being used as human guinea pigs they then begin walking towards it
I imagine they all died fairly soon after