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.
The Enigma Machine, which Germany used extensively during World War II, has a list of instructions on its inside cover. Have a look, with an English t...
Star of "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky Thompson becomes "the virtual dictator" of Atlantic City by protecting people engaged in the business of Prohibition...
Erich Maria Remarque's book was published in English with the title "All Quiet on the Western Front." It remains a popular story about the horrors of ...
His story featured in "The Pacific," Eugene Sledge describes the harrowing battle of Okinawa. Finally ending in June of 1945, it is one of the most co...
Acting on behalf of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and nephew of Catherine of Aragon, Eustace Chapuys sent many letters to Charles describing the K...
Crew members aboard Deepwater Horizon are stunned when their vessel is rocked by a sudden blowout, causing a massive explosion and fire aboard the oil...
In June of 2004, Dr.
This is the story of Faust, based on the dramatic poem by Goethe and adapted for the screen - in 1926 - by F.W. Murnau and his team.
Professor Wiles has won the Abel Prize for solving Fermat's Last Theorem. How long did it take to solve it? How did he do it?
The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to freely express themselves.
The railway carriage in which Germany surrendered to France, at the end of World War I, had been housed in a French museum.
Francis Gary Powers, flying military aircraft for his country, was a "Top Gun" by 1955.
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