Film Story Briefs

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.

This clip recreates the trial of Major Henry Wirz who was the superintendent of a prisoner-of-war camp - located in Andersonville, Georgia - at which ...

From the BBC's "Planet Dinosaur," we see a clip of Majungasaurus behaving in a most extraordinary way - as a cannibal.

Majungasaurus was a fearsome dinosaur which roamed the northwestern area of Madagascar. Paleontologists believe it may have been a cannibal.

In this clip, narrated by Morgan Freeman, we see historical footage depicting tensions between black and white South Africans.  The video demonst...

Even while he was imprisoned in an impossibly small cell on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela maintained a physical-fitness regimen.

Iceland is Europe's second-largest island. It is located between the North Atlantic and the Greenland Sea.

When Margaret Thatcher's colleagues wanted to help improve her image, Laurence Olivier - the famous actor - suggested that she work with a tutor at th...

Margaret Utinsky, an American nurse whose efforts greatly aided the Cabanatuan prisoners, lost her husband to the prison camp's horrifying conditions....

Before he was executed by the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was engage to marry Maria von Wedemeyer.

Mark Twain was born in a town called Florida in the American state of Missouri.

On April 3, 1968 - while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers - MLK gave a moving speech. It was his last.

Mary, Queen of Scots married Francis, the Dauphin of France when she was 15 and he was 14.

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