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.
Within seconds after Ronald Reagan became America's 40th President, the remaining embassy hostages were freed after 444 days of captivity in Iran. ...
When Iran nationalized its oil, Britain and its Anglo-Iranian Oil Company were no longer in charge of processing oil and getting it shipped to "the fr...
By 1951, when Mohammad Mossadeq (Mosaddegh) was Prime Minister of Iran, people in the West were worried that Iran would actually nationalize its vast ...
On the 23rd of November, 1990, the leader of the Labour Party - Neil Kinnock - brought a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons.
In this clip from "The Downing Street Years," by Fine Art Productions, Margaret Thatcher describes what it was like to be Prime Minister, living at Do...
This clip, from the documentary Ivan the Terrible, is part of the series The Most Evil Men in History.
This clip, from the documentary Ivan the Terrible, is part of the series The Most Evil Men in History.
In this clip, from Sergei Eisenstein's film about Ivan the Terrible, we see the young Tsar leading his new army to Kazan.
This clip, from Sergei Eisenstein's film Ivan Grozny (Ivan the Terrible), is the closing scene of Part 1.
Although Ivan the Terrible had a very difficult childhood, he settled into his life much better after he selected Anastasia Romanovna as his bride.
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP CONTAINS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT CRUELTIES DURING THE REIGN OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
Because Ivan IV (also known as Ivan Grozny - Russian for Ivan the Terrible) was one of his heroes, Joseph Stalin commissioned film maker Sergei Eisens...
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