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.
When the war in the North was fought to a stalemate, Sir Henry Clinton thought his troops could defeat the rebellion in the American South. Pe...
WARNING: THIS CLIP RECREATES A KIDNAPPING SCENE AND SHOWS HOW AFRICANS WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES AND SOLD AS SLAVES.
This replica of the Amistad was built at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
To protect themselves from raiding nomadic tribes, people in ancient China built walls around their homes, around their towns and around their country...
See (and hear) an ancient instrument, called the harp guitar, as it is used to play Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella.
The U.S. National Park Service has produced a video tour of the Andersonville Prison.
How did Beowulf, a story based on Scandinavian characters, become Britain's national epic?
How did Anglo-Saxons live, once they settled in Britain?
Anglo-Saxons came to Britain from other countries on the European continent.
Beowulf, an epic tale written in the Anglo-Saxon dialect, is a story about life in the Dark Ages.
This animated video depicts the three space telescopes which send back amazing pictures to Earth.
This animation - created by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - demonstrates what happened on October 11, 2006 when Cory Lidle and his f...
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