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.
Burial mounds, in Britain, play a role in Beowulfs death.
This is the trailer of Beowulf, a film which changes the original story in several ways, including: Beowulf is a flawed human being instead of an unto...
On the 16th of April, 1945, the Soviet Army begins its final assault of World War II.
Three impregnable anti-aircraft towers direct their heavy guns at the approaching Soviet men.
30 years ago, the German people ended the life of the Berlin Wall.
This clip is another segment of the BBC's Breakfast News, broadcast on the morning of November 10, 1989.
In 1954, a young Leonard Bernstein makes his first television appearance as he explains (and illustrates) why Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was so revolu...
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
Although Leonard Bernstein became a famous musician, composer and conductor, he had a very difficult childhood.
As King, George VI has no power to enact policies.
As Bertie grows closer to his father - King George V - his brother David (the Prince of Wales) grows farther apart.
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