Famous Historical Topics & Events Videos

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

As Allied forces began their invasion of Germany, a Universal News camerman was embedded with the troops.

WARNING NOTICE: THIS VIDEO RECREATES WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AFRICANS WERE KIDNAPPED FROM THEIR HOMES AND FORCED INTO SLAVERY.

Trailer of the film, Amazing Grace, which tells the story of one man's determination to overturn an unjust law.

Amelia Earhart tells us what it was like to be the first female to fly across the Atlantic. She took-off five years to the day after Lindbergh's trans...

This clip, from a Discovery-Channel documentary on Amelia Earhart, contains historic footage of Earhart's last flight.

Did you know ... America's Civil War started where it ended - in the backyard of Wilmer McLean. Take a look at this piece of American (and Virginian) ...

When the war in the North was fought to a stalemate, Sir Henry Clinton thought his troops could defeat the rebellion in the American South.  Pe...

On the 14th of August, 1945 (August 15th, in Tokyo), Emperor Hirohito told the Japanese people (by radio) that the war was over.

This replica of the Amistad was built at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.

The U.S. National Park Service has produced a video tour of the Andersonville Prison.

This animation - created by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - demonstrates what happened on October 11, 2006 when Cory Lidle and his f...

When an earthquake happens, seismic waves instantly radiate from the epicenter.

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