We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT ABOUT THE CREATION OF SCULPTURES DURING THE RENAISSANCE.
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT ABOUT THE CREATION OF SCULPTURES DURING THE RENAISSANCE.
One of Leonardo's designs was a strange-looking tank to use in war.
To get his fresco of The Last Supper just right, Leonardo spent time in the streets of Milan.
On June 30, 1905, an obscure patent-office clerk in Switzerland submits a world-changing paper. Without the brilliance of Albert Einstein and his "mir...
Robert Leckie and other U.S. Marines fight the Japanese during the Battle of Guadalcanal. It is a fearsome time for such young men.
Her accusers know that Joan of Arc is afraid of death by burning at the stake, but they condemn her to this method of execution anyway. This clip depi...
Jim Morris - high-school science teacher and coach - agreed to try out for major-league baseball when his students made a pact with him.
Nathaniel Ayers - called "the soloist" in this film - was once an extremely talented student of music.
This historic film footage, taken by the Edison Film Company, depicts the state of ruin in San Francisco, following the April 1906 earthquake and subs...
A man of contrasts who owned slaves, Thomas Jefferson declared that all men were born equal.
Thomas Paine - writer of numerous pamphlets during the American Revolution - knew how to put things in perspective.
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