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.

Vivian Leigh, who played the role of Scarlet O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind," was married, for a time, to the famous actor Laurence Olivier. In this c...

Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of "Gone with the Wind" - produced by David O.

On the 12th of April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. See his launch and his recovered space capsule.

Bill Cotgrove was a World War I veteran who was very close to his horse during the war.

President Roosevelt dies on the 12th of April, 1945, at his Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.

Anyone tuning in late to Mercury Theatre on the Air - the night of October 30, 1938 - would have missed the episode's introduction.

When Hitler decided to take-over Poland, he sent his military forces into that country in 1939.

This BBC documentary, evidencing life and death in the Warsaw Ghetto, first broadcast as a memorial to the people who lived there.

During the late summer/early fall of 1944, residents of Warsaw - on their own - resisted the Nazi occupation of their city.

As Hitler's troops systematically destroyed Warsaw, it was becoming clear that Stalin also wanted the Poles crushed.

Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.

On their own, the Polish people mounted the best resistance they could muster against Hitler's forces during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

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