Legends and Legendary People Videos

Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."

This trailer - for the film "Enemy at the Gates" - tells the story of a sniper legend stemming from one of the most horrific battles of World War II -...

J.M. Barrie - whose family called him "Jamie" when he was young - wrote one of the most-beloved of all children's stories.

After his marriage to Anne Boleyn - and the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth - Henry VIII decided to look elsewhere for a wife.

For centuries, people wondered whether Troy was a real place and if the Trojan War had actually been fought.

Modern technology and ancient writings help scholars to search for the truth about Troy.

Typhoid Fever - a life-threatening disease caused by bacteria, not by a virus - still impacts about 21.5 million people every year.

"Ultra" was the cover-name given to the actual intelligence, obtained from decoding Germany's military messages at Bletchley Park, which was secretly ...

Historians argue whether the Stalingrad duel between Vasily Zaitsev and Major Koenig ever really happened.

The shipbuilding skills of the Vikings were amazing.

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