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.
Desmond fails to reclaim Evelyn from the convent after going to England and getting back on his feet.
Occurring soon after the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst financial failure in U.S. history.
King Kong was released during the Great Depression - a desperate time with high job loss, people losing their homes and little available food.
Jewish people inside the ghetto resist the Nazis as the ghetto burns to the ground.
Few homes or buildings remain in Galveston after the hurricane.
The residents of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, produce products used throughout the world.
Before John Wilkes Booth plans an assassination, he plans a kidnapping of President Lincoln.
Dickie's winning career loses to crack cocaine.
After his parole from prison, Leopold spends the remainder of his life teaching and helping others in Puerto Rico.
Loeb's cellmate kills him and is later acquitted at trial.
T-Rex is an extinct, North American meat-eating dinosaur first found in 1902 by Barnum Brown.
In 1933, Dillinger meets and starts a relationship with 25-year-old Billie Frechette.
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