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.
Once Dr. Macleod allowed Dr Banting to use a lab at the University of Toronto, research into the potential treatment of diabetes moved quickly forward...
This BBC clip is from a 1971 interview with J.
On February 11, 1990, Mandela was released from prison. In this clip, from a larger report on Apartheid, Mandela talks about actions to secure voting ...
Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer - whose book about her will be released after her death - discusses his subject's background ...
In this clip from "The Downing Street Years," by Fine Art Productions, Margaret Thatcher describes what it was like to be Prime Minister, living at Do...
Given where he was living, in a Siberian forced-labor camp, Ivan Denisovich had a pretty good day.
Facing work in a new location, which has no shelter and no way to keep warm at all, Ivan Denisovich - prisoner C854 - welcomes being ill.
As the zeks endure a seemingly endless march, the sounds of their feet on the snow tell us how cold it really is.
The zeks on Ivan Denisovich's team devour their lunch soup (and sop it up with stale bread saved from an earlier meal).
As the zeks construct their building, disagreements erupt over proper procedures.
It is dark before Ivan Denisovich's team can return from their work at the power station.
Receiving a package from home is a great event for a prisoner, but every single item in the parcel is inspected by a guard before the prisoner can cla...
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