Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Maps detail the loss of Hooker's Union troops at Chancellorsville.
Outnumbered, Wallace and his men defeat Edward's forces and take over Stirling Castle, the most important fortress in Scotland.
Outnumbered, Wallace and his men defeat Edward's forces and take over Stirling Castle, the most important fortress in Scotland.
Alexander proves himself fearless and wise in India.
Lack of commitment to the war by France and the Viet Minh's knowledge of the Vietnamese countryside turns the war in Vietnam's favor.
Vikings invent the longship, which they use to sail long distances to new places.
On March 5, 1770, British Armysoldiers kill five civilian men and injure six others in Boston.
Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway," uses a "stream-of-consciousness" style to transform fiction writing.
On March 28, 1941, after years of suffering from mental illness, Virginia puts a heavy stone in her coat pocket and lets the river's current take her.
Bram Stoker creates Dracula the vampire, based on the real life cruelty of Vlad the Impaler.
Wilberforce becomes religious and combines his strong faith with his politics.
Wallace's trial takes place in London, where Edward can control the outcome of the "trial."
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