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.
J.M. Barrie - whose family called him "Jamie" when he was young - wrote one of the most-beloved of all children's stories.
The battle for Iwo Jima, in 1945, claimed the lives of thousands of men on both sides of the conflict.
John Boyne's novel - "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" - is now a major motion picture. This clip presents one of its trailer.
Mary Surratt - accused of being a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - was tried before a military tribunal, instead of a j...
Basilio Vargas is 14 years old.
This clip - a trailer for "The Help" - provides a preview of the film based on the eponymous book by Kathryn Stockett.
King Tut's tomb is opened Feb 13, 1924. Patron George Herbert (5th Earl of Carnarvon), owner of "Downton Abbey" (Highclere Castle), dies before Tutank...
To feed her babies, a mother Tyrannosaurus had to find, and kill, her prey.
After his marriage to Anne Boleyn - and the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth - Henry VIII decided to look elsewhere for a wife.
Barabbas, a convicted murderer, was freed by Pilate and was no longer under a death sentence after Jesus took his place.
On March 25, 1911 - a Saturday - flames erupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. Doors were locked from the outside-in, causing many young workers ...
This footage reenacts the scene at the Trinity Test site.
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