Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
Clementine Churchill learns, for the first time, that her husband experienced heavy losses in the stock market crash.
Despite the debt which the Churchills have incurred, purchasing their home called Chartwell, Churchill tells his wife he would die defending it.
"Britain's hour of weakness is Europe's hour of danger," Churchill warns the country.
With information leaked to him from the Foreign Office, Winston confronts the Commons with "facts and figures" regarding the build-up of arms in Germa...
As Clementine (whom Churchill had married in September of 1908) leaves on a four-month expedition, Winston settles-in for a period of ever-more concen...
People like Stanley Baldwin (then Prime Minister) completely disagree with Churchill's concerns about Germany, but other individuals begin to slowly c...
NOTE: THIS CLIP OF "THE GATHERING STORM" CONTAINS LANGUAGE WHICH DESCRIBES CHURCHILL'S CONCERNS ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES.
As war with Germany seems inevitable, Ralph Wigram dies (in December of 1936).
WARNING: THIS CLIP INCLUDES AN EXECUTION SCENE WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
President Kennedy summoned his most trusted advisors to evaluate America's options.
The Roman Colosseum was an engineering feat for its day.
Combat, at the time of the battle of Thermopylae, was hand-to- hand.
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