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.
This video clip is one of the trailers for Cold Mountain, a 2003 film directed by Anthony Minghella, based on the book by Charles Frazier.
Soon after the end of World War II, another conflict threatened to erupt in Europe.
It is 1763, and after more than a century of British rule in the colonies, people in America still consider themselves British.
After Alexander the Great died, his extensive empire was fought-over by three of his generals.
One of the most dangerous parts of a shuttle mission is when Houston gives the order to "go at throttle up.
On the 1st of February, 2003, two RNAF (Royal Dutch Air Force) pilots were training on a Longbow Apache Helicopter (AH-64) out of Fort Hood, Texas. Th...
About 84,000 pieces of shuttle debris fell to Earth, but investigators needed to locate the orbiter's flight-data recorder.
This video clip, from the BBC's documentary Last Flight of Columbia, includes pre-flight interviews with crew members who died sixteen minutes before ...
This video was the only video recovered after Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
Following the loss of Columbia, NASA's investigation team recreates what must have happened.
Combat, at the time of the battle of Thermopylae, was hand-to- hand.
Beethoven worked on the Appassionata at a time when French soldiers occupied Vienna.
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