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.
In The Chronicles of Narnia, C.
When C.S. ("Jack") Lewis was nine years old, he lost his mother to cancer.
Unknown to President Kennedy, or any of his advisors, four Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines (of the Sixty-ninth Submarine Brigade) have left their base...
Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr.
Karl van Beethoven, Ludwig's brother, died in 1815.
Children who try to help their families by finding things to sell in abandoned mines - or just exploring them without supervision - face many hidden d...
Charles Darwin was 73 years old when he died on the 19th of April, 1882.
On the 24th of July, 1974, the United States Supreme Court issued an order that President Richard Nixon had to surrender all White House tape recordin...
Leonardo da Vinci, often referred to as the main figure of the Renaissance, was born in 1452, just outside the village of Vinci (in Italy).
In 1973, Margaret Thatcher agreed to be interviewed by Valerie Singleton.
This clip is part two of Valerie Singleton's 1973 television interview with Margaret Thatcher.
By June of 1944, Germany had already occupied France for a number of years.
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