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.
Following a series of disasters in Europe - such as a colder climate, impacting crops, leading to insufficient food - a strange disease began to kill ...
On September 1, 1941, German Jews received the police directive that all Jews above the age of six to wear a yellow star.
This is the trailer for "The King's Speech.
The King's Speech - starring Colin Firth as King George VI - tells the story of how the Duke of York (known to his family as "Bertie") overcame a spee...
When she became Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative government implemented radical policies to help Britain improve its economic po...
Her accusers know that Joan of Arc is afraid of death by burning at the stake, but they condemn her to this method of execution anyway. This clip depi...
Disregarding personal peril, Germans - like Dietrich Bonhoeffer - resisted Hitler.
WARNING: THIS FILM CONTAINS NEWSREEL CLIPS OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
The poem of Robert Dwyer Joyce - The Wind that Shakes the Barley - has been set to hauntingly beautiful music.
During the Irish Civil War, brothers formerly united in their desire for a free-Ireland are split apart by a major disagreement.
Before the Doolittle Raiders flew to Tokyo, it seemed that Japan would win the war.
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