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.
Attila led the Huns for eight short but dramatic years, but his sons were unable to folllow in his footsteps.
Great things were expected of Attila, even when he was young.
This clip, from the Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, depicts sections from the "Auschwitz Album," donated by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
Auschwitz became the worst Nazi death camp of all.
In April of 1942, Slovakia began handing over its Jews to the Nazi government.
THIS VIDEO CONTAINS RECREATIONS OF AN UPRISING AT AUSCHWITZ, IN OCTOBER OF 1944, FROM A FILM CALLED THE GREY ZONE. IT DEPICTS UNSETTLING EVENT...
On the 27th of March, 1977, two Boeing 747s approached each other on the same fog-shrouded runway.
Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, was no longer a young man when he returned from more than a decade of forced exile, in ea...
WARNING: SCENES IN THIS CLIP - FROM "WAR AND REMEMBRANCE" - ARE RECREATED EVENTS ABOUT THE BABI YAR MASSACRE IN UKRAINE (AMONG OTHER ATROCITIES).
In The Advocate, Colin Firth plays the role of Bartholomew Chassenee - called "Richard Courtois" in the film - a French lawyer appointed by the court ...
Englands king, Henry V, believed he had a claim to French territory.
Henry V rallied his troops before the famous battle at Agincourt, fought between England and France in 1415.
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