---
title: The Guardian uses Video.js in feature article
description: The Guardian's interactive Snowden NSA surveillance article showcases innovative Video.js implementation with scroll-triggered playback, custom white-on-gray theming, and controlless players that respond to page navigation instead of traditional user input.
canonical: https://videojs.org/blog/the-guardian-uses-video-js-in-feature-article
tags:
  - gallery
authors: [matthew-mcclure]
---


It&rsquo;s always nice to find Video.js in the wild, but this [article from The Guradian](http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded) is an especially cool use case. Most of the players don&rsquo;t use controls at all, but rather play/pause based on the user scrolling the page. The ones that do use controls are styled with a white on light gray theme that matches the rest of the page really well.

**The article begins with a full-width video that includes controls.**

![Big Player](https://66.media.tumblr.com/14295587c4d822fd6db3a57be2b555cd/tumblr_inline_mvr6sfqy3m1qzxjzy.png)

**Most of the videos are short dialogs that are triggered based on scrolling to a certain point in the page. These have no controls other than an external play/pause button.**

![No Controls](https://65.media.tumblr.com/b45334a76c06433a43a13cbc375fd14b/tumblr_inline_mvr6tukViN1qzxjzy.png)

**Smaller player with controls.**

![Small Player](https://67.media.tumblr.com/b7f7111f67442c0afbee754793cc5a0f/tumblr_inline_mvlmf2N5AG1qzxjzy.png)
