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.
The expedition which led to the awesome discovery of King Tut's tomb - in November, 1922 - was funded by George Herbert.
A late-nineteenth-century hero from Scotland, Dr.
The story of how Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is almost as interesting as the work itself.
In this clip, from a film entitled Stanley and Livingstone," Henry Morton Stanley (a Welsh-American portrayed by Spencer Tracy) meets Dr.
Dr. Robert Goddard - a genuine rocket scientist whose pioneering work still impacts space travel and today's rockets - was a visionary.
In 1951, the American government, in consultation with the National Education Association, created a film instructing young school children what to do...
Prince Albert, known to his friends and family as "Bertie," has a new title - the Duke of York - when Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon finally agrees to marry him...
Yo-Yo Ma solos with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted byKurt Masur, playing Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.
After World War II, General Dwight David Eisenhower was extremely popular.
Earth, air, water and fire - ancient Greeks believed everything was made from them.
Scientists have devised a theory about the Earth's interior.
After the earthquake shook San Francisco, the city burned for several days.
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