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.

In 1775, Francis Marion was elected to South Carolina's Provincial Congress.

Frankenstein - a student at the University of Ingolstadt (in Germany) - has worked hard for nearly two years on a major project. He has given everythi...

Frankenstein moves to the remote Orkney Islands to work on a companion for his monster. Nearing completion of his task, Victor has second thoughts and...

Aboard a ship in the Arctic, Victor Frankenstein dies. His death greatly upsets the monster. Never accepted by others, the monster threatens to end hi...

Working for his patrons, the Esterhazy family, Haydn has a room at theirpalace in Eisenstadt(in theeastern partof Austria) and atEsterhaza(innorthwest...

After Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white man, and Dr.

France celebrates "Bastille Day" every July 14th. Learn more about it with this humorous video clip from "Horrible Histories."

Passing through the frozen part of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil encounter heads which seem to be completely frozen in ice.  Gustave Dore illust...

Continuing with his theories on motion, Galileo used a horse to demonstrate that the Earth moves.

Gandhi urged a national strike after he returned to his country. The Amritsar Massacre soon followed.

Gandhi referred to South Africa as his second home, and it was there that the young lawyer decided to non-violently oppose a racially motivated law.

Gandhi once told an associate (V.

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