Film Chapters

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.

Africa has a rich history and culture before European slave traders arrive and begin to capture slaves.

View the 24-hour timeline of the Banda Aceh earthquake and resulting tsunami.

Marys son John is captured in Europe and tried in a civil trial, which ends in a mistrial.

John Nash is a recognized genius while studying at Princeton and teaching at M.I.T (as C.L.E. Moore Instructor).

Columbia tries to replace cocaine money with fresh-flower crops, but Pablo's death cannot stop the cocaine trade.

The people of France begin to resent Marie Antoinette when she changes customs at Versailles to procedures she used in Vienna.

Mary's beheading does not go smoothly, taking 3 tries to behead her.

Willing to risk the consequences for refusing to swearallegiancetoEdward, Wallace begins killing English men.

Willing to risk the consequences for refusing to swearallegiancetoEdward, Wallace begins killing English men.

Under the rule of King Ruga, the Huns receive land near the Danube River (in today's Hungary).

The mission is a convoluted hornets nest. US soldiers are not ready for Somali mobs who fight back. Rescue is difficult because of poor directions, na...

Mary Ann Nichols, the Ripper's first victim, has her throat slit and abdomen cut open.

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