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.
Hear an original Wright Brothers' engine and learn how the world changed on Dec 17, 1903.
Using a combination of recreations, expert analysis and animations, this video sets the scene of the famous Battle of Thermopylae.
On the 7th of July, 1946, Howard Hughes took his new XF-11 for a test flight in the skies above Los Angeles.
Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa.
Eva Cassidy died of melanoma-related bone cancer in 1996, at a time when very few people knew about her extraordinary talent.
At the age of 27, Yuri Gagarin became known around the world after he was the first person to fly in space.
Star of the 1942 film Die groe Liebe ("The Great Love"), in which she sings "Davon geht die Welt nicht unter" ('That is not the end of the world'), Za...
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS SEGMENTS DEALING WITH SLAVERY AND THE CRUELTIES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.
WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS SEGMENTS DEALING WITH SLAVERY AND THE CRUELTIES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.
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