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.
In Chapter III, of Jane Eyre, Mr.
Six aircraft carriers ferried 423 Japanese planes to attack Pearl Harbor. Some of the planes were equipped with B5N2 torpedoes whose pilots flew in a ...
"Race," a film about Jesse Owens, highlights the events of 1936. One of the world's greatest-ever athletes tells us what it was like to represent his ...
Lt. Colonel James Doolittle and his “Raiders” were aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8), en route to their planned take-off location (in the Pacific Ocean...
Responding to a call from Dr. King, three white Unitarian Universalist pastors travel to Selma, Montgomery. On the 9th of March, 1965, they are brutal...
J.M. Barrie often traveled with the Llewelyn-Davies boys after their parents died.
Portrayed by Keira Knightley, in "The Imitation Game," Joan Clarke was a brilliant mathematician who worked on breaking Enigma's naval code during Wor...
Joanne Pearce-Martin is principal keyboardist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
John Adams, who was part of the Declaration-of-Independence-drafting committee, argued in favor of approving Lee's Resolution to sever the colonies' t...
John Ball, a priest who encouraged peasants to revolt in 1381, would ultimately pay for his words and deeds with his life.
On Iwo Jima's D-Day - February 19, 1945 - Basilone was a machine-gun section leader who came ashore on Red Beach 2.
When John Nash was only 19 years old, his Professor at Carnegie Institute of Technology recommended him to the Math Department at Princeton by calling...
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