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.
Although there were not enough life boats aboard the Titanic, at least 473 additional people could have been saved if all the places in the lowered bo...
In this rare interview - which begins, momentarily, with a grey screen - Tolkien describes how his children reacted to his stories - and how their com...
After working at Herodium, an important archaeological site in Israel, Professor Ehud Netzer (of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem) located what he (...
In this interview with Errol Morris (of Bravo TV), Tony Mendez relates some of the background of the ARGO "exfiltration" plan he created with Hollywoo...
To the Shores of Iwo Jima depicts actual battle footage of fighting on the heavily-fortified, well-defended, Japanese-owned (Tokyo Imperial Prefecture...
The flag-raising at Mt.
It is said that "Soweto sneezed .
Ron Howard and his production company - Imagination Entertainment - have translated Dan Brown's book, Angels and Demons, into a film starring Tom Hank...
Trailer for the film, Black Hawk Down.
The story about la Bete was little-known outside France until a French-language movie (with English subtitles) was released in 2001.
When Elizabeth I left the throne of Britain, her country was a very different place than it had been when she first assumed power.
This trailer - for the film "Enemy at the Gates" - tells the story of a sniper legend stemming from one of the most horrific battles of World War II -...
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