Biographies Videos

We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.

In this scene from The Greatest Story Ever Told, we see a pivotal part of the story when Jesus commands Lazarus (who died some days before) to leave h...

As they drifted at sea, the castaways were visited by a Great White.

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP ABOUT A WORLD WAR II BATTLE COMBINES HISTORICAL FOOTAGE, FROM THE U.

Before each rugby match, the All Blacks of New Zealand perform the "Haka" - a traditional war dance of the country's Maori people.

The Han dynasty built a great wall which has resisted two thousand years of erosion in the barren desert.

This clip provides background on both Harriet Beecher Stowe and her influential book, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

This clip - from Legends, Icons and Superstars of the 20th Century - features Helen Keller.

This is a clip from Helen Keller: In Her Story.

Helen Keller first realized the meaning of words when her teacher (Annie Sullivan) spelled “water” (w-a-t-e-r) in her hand on the 5th of April, 18...

Henry Tudor never expected to become king of England.

Irish school children, in the 1960s, tell the story of St. Patrick (of St. Patrick's Day).

Hiram Rhodes Revels - the first African-American to serve in the U.

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