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.
As "The Nutcracker" tale comes to a close, expect the unexpected for Marie and The Nutcracker.
Taking part in the Civil War at such a young age is what creates Jesse's brutal outlaw status.
Operation Rolling Thunder demonstrates increased conflict with bombs and napalm dropped on Viet Cong structures.
Abagnale gets caught and sent to a reformatory school.
A military commission holds the trial of Mary Surratt and other conspirators.
Wilberforce and others who oppose slavery struggle to convince the public to outlaw slavery.
Poe may be a victim of "cooping" when he is found ill and in distress in Baltimore. He dies alone in the hospital there.
The Mandolin is a stringed, lute-like instrument associated with love.
With help from France, Americans win the war when the British surrender at Yorktown.
The island of Corregidor holds the last of the US and Filipino troops, it falls to the Japanese on May 6, 1942.
Take a virtual tour of Cortona, a town in the region of Italy known as Tuscany.
Four years after Cory Lidle plays so well for the 2002 A's team, he has a fatal plane crash.
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