Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Ancient chronicles say that Chinas First Emperor swallowed up kingdoms the way a silkworm devours a mulberry leaf.
It's May 27, 1941, and the Bismarck is disabled, due to attacks by British planes (known as Swordfish). Several Royal Navy ships arrive on the scene -...
Sir Thomas More - Henry VIII's great friend and advisor - ultimately fell out of favor when he refused to recognize the King as head of the newly form...
NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF SISTINE-CHAPEL FRESCOES.
Tatanka-Iyotanka (more commonly misspelled Tatanka Yotanka [or, Yotaka]) - a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who was also known as Chief Sitting Bull -...
Nineteen years after the formation of the modern Jewish state, Israel fought a war with her neighbors.
One of the most famous crystal skulls in the world, the Skull of Doom (also known as the Mitchell-Hedges skull) remains a mystery.
Reaction to the film, Slumdog Millionaire, has been mixed in India.
Slumdog Millionaire - a story about believing in oneself and in our own destiny - takes place in India.
This rare footage depicts a snow leopard (uncia) stalking her prey - a young markhor - in the beautiful mountains of the Himalaya.
On the 14th of October, 1947, Chuck Yeager dropped from the bomb bay of a B-29.
Emmett Till wolf-whistled at Carolyn Bryant on the day he bought candy at Bryant's Grocery store in Money, Mississippi.
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