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.
Thomas Edison's film company recorded many significant events during the early twentieth century.
THIS VIDEO CLIP CONTAINS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE "SELECTION PROCESS" WHICH TOOK PLACE AT NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO.
New York City was clear and beautiful on the morning of September 11, 2001.
When American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, even reporters inside the building werent sure what was happening.
As news broadcasts aired the disaster at the World Trade Center's North Tower, another plane - United Flight 175 - struck the South Tower.
In 2001, Gedeon and Jules Naudet were filming a documentary about a young New York City firefighter from Engine 7, Ladder 1.
Four separate airplanes were hijacked on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Soon after the North Tower was damaged, another group of hijackers smashed a second plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
On the 24th of April, 1916, Ernest Shackleton realized his shipthe Endurancewas so badly stuck in ice that he had to take other measures to protect hi...
On the 1st of July, 1916, WWI fighting in France intensifies as the deadly Battle of the Somme begins.
On September 11, one stunning event happened after another.
Trying to catch-up to the Soviets lead in space-and-rocket science, the American government created NASA (in 1958).
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