History Videos

The Story of Us - from the beginning of time to the present - is usually written by "the victors." True-to-life events, however, must include opposing points of view. This collection features stories about people, places and events which go beyond "the already known and obvious."

As 400 federal soldiers wait outside Pablo Escobars estate, "the drug lord" refuses to heed the Colombian governments surrender demand.

The Colombian police have tracked Pablo Escobar's location to his aunt's home in Medellin. His death will soon follow.

WARNING - THE BEGINNING OF THIS CLIP, FROM A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PABLO ESCOBAR AND HIS FAMILY, CONTAINS LANGUAGE NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.

When he was a drug lord, Escobar built a palatial estate in Colombia which he called Hacienda Napoles.

Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824 at the Krntnertortheater in Vienna.

Early investigations into the explosion on board Deepwater Horizon examine the blowout preventer as a possible source of failure.

In this short clip from the film, Black Hawk Down, Shugart and Gordon repeatedly request permission to help trapped Rangers during the battle of Mogad...

This video - by Jim Hilgendor - takes us on a virtual trip to Robben Island.

On the heels of his Leonore disappointment, Beethoven also struggled with his personal life.

Thomas Edison's film company recorded many significant events during the early twentieth century.

When the First Emperor of China ordered the construction of a new wall, to protect the country's borders, it was quickly built by thousands of hard-wo...

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...

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