Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
When Germany's rigid airships were able to travel long distances, they required special recovery procedures to help them land. This video footage depi...
For most of World War II, Germany provided its citizens with newsreel updates on the wars progress. This one depicts the invasion, and fall, of Belgiu...
All the Allies wanted to capture Wernher von Braun. On the morning of April 11, 1945, the Americans found his underground production facility.
What makes a simple bar of soap a deadly weapon against COVID-19?
The Jersey Shore Takes a Historic Pounding
This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
When people could not afford to buy gas or cars, during the Great Depression, they returned to the use of horse-drawn wagons.
A massive earthquake occurred off the coast of Sumatra on the 26th of December, 2004. This map image depicts the lay of the land.
What happened in Ukraine, during 1932-33, which caused people to describe a famine in that country as Holodomor ("death by starvation)?
Dr. Johan Reinhard and his team found two mummies near the summit of Ampato (at an elevation of 19,200 feet).
What actually happened in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II?
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