Famous Historical Topics & Events Videos

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

NOTE: THIS CLIP OF "THE GATHERING STORM" CONTAINS RECREATED SCENES FROM CHURCHILL'S PRIVATE, PERSONAL LIFE.

Clementine Churchill learns, for the first time, that her husband experienced heavy losses in the stock market crash.

Despite the debt which the Churchills have incurred, purchasing their home called Chartwell, Churchill tells his wife he would die defending it.

"Britain's hour of weakness is Europe's hour of danger," Churchill warns the country.

With information leaked to him from the Foreign Office, Winston confronts the Commons with "facts and figures" regarding the build-up of arms in Germa...

As Clementine (whom Churchill had married in September of 1908) leaves on a four-month expedition, Winston settles-in for a period of ever-more concen...

People like Stanley Baldwin (then Prime Minister) completely disagree with Churchill's concerns about Germany, but other individuals begin to slowly c...

NOTE: THIS CLIP OF "THE GATHERING STORM" CONTAINS LANGUAGE WHICH DESCRIBES CHURCHILL'S CONCERNS ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES.

As war with Germany seems inevitable, Ralph Wigram dies (in December of 1936).

On the 26th of December, 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the American Congress.

This historical footage, from the 1930s, depicts what it was like to set-up a traveling circus.

Small towns, as well as large cities, welcomed the circus as animals and performers paraded through the streets.

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