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.
In 1938, Joseph Patrick Kennedy is appointed Ambassador to Great Britain - a position for which he'd heavily lobbied. He takes his wife, and five of ...
Until the 1960s, English translations were not completely faithful to Jules Verne's famous writings. How did this happen?
See the global trailer for Jurassic World, the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise.
See the global trailer for Jurassic World, the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise.
Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly never made the Apollo 13 Mission because he was exposed to German Measles. That actually turned out...
Albert Frederick Arthur George - later known as the Duke of York - was born on the 14th of December, 1895. The date was usually a sad one for the Que...
Learn about the final minutes leading up to Krakatoa's fourth explosion.
Krakatoa's tremendous volcanic eruption causes a devastating tsunami on August 26, 1883. It also produces the loudest-ever-reported sound when the isl...
In this clip, we see Germany's much-feared rockets - the V-2/A-4 - during launch.
On the evening of March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson requested broadcast time. No one expected what he had to say.
During July of 1917, demonstrators in Petrograd (including sailors from Kronstadt) were met with fierce opposition by soldiers of the provisional gove...
The charismatic Bolshevik leader, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, helped to overthrow four hundred years of tsarist rule in Russia.
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