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.
What was it like for ten-year-old children (and those even younger) to work as miners?
The rifle featured in this video clip, from the National Firearms Museum, is a Girandoni System Austrian Repeating Air Rifle.
Meyer Lansky, according to people who knew him, built his "business" on his word.
When he was arrested for illegal gambling, Meyer Lansky did not want to testify against his friends.
This clip is from The Agony and the Ecstasy, a 1965 film about the Italian artist Michelangelo and his incredible:sculptures (such as the Moses, David...
Working on Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams had to jump approximately ten stories from the rig to save his life.
Not a main tourist destination, Molokai is famous for the work of a Belgian priest, Father Damien de Veuster, who cared for patientswith Leprosy.
This image depicts the back-cover of a recent edition of Mrs. Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's most-famous novels.
In the 12th century, the King of England was vexed by Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Orson Welles' radio play, "Mutiny on the Bounty," debuted in 1939.
Believed to be a superpower of ancient Greece, Mycenae was home to King Agamemnon.
A dog plays an important role in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan." But this dog, called "Nana," has to be tolerant (beyond measure). So ... how did Barrie f...
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