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 this clip from the Edison Company's historic film footage, taken immediately after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, we see enormous damage.
Historic footage, filmed by an assistant of Thomas Edison, shows the devastated waterfront at Galveston after the Great Storm of 1900.
Thomas Edison ammounced his invention of the phonograph on the 21st of November, 1877.
This clip is part two of Edward R.
On the 11th of December, 1936, King Edward VIII signed an Instrument of Abdication by which he gave up the British throne.
American papers publish what the British papers will not publish about King Edward's relationship with Wallis Simpson.
When George V dies, the royal family - and the government - are very concerned about the intentions of the Prince of Wales (now King Edward VIII).
Before the Allied troops reached their respective destinations, on Normandy's beaches, General Eisenhower charged them to do their duty.
Dickie Eklund fought Sugar Ray Leonard on the 18th of July, 1978.
Katherine Hepburn portrayed Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter," an award-winning performance from 1968.
This clip, from David Starkey's four-part series Elizabeth, focuses on the Queen's accession to the throne and her coronation at Westminster Abbey (on...
Robert Dudley (1532-1588), later the 1st Earl of Leicester, and Elizabeth I were close friends from the time Elizabeth became queen until Dudley died.
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