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.
It is November 19, 1863, and President Lincoln has a very difficult job. He must deliver an address at the Gettysburg battlefield. He speaks words whi...
Working on their creation, in the Hammond Lab, Jurassic World scientists use the DNA of Giganotosaurus to create Indominus Rex.
G.K. Chesterton was a significant influence on C.
This is a trailer for the film, Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.
What is life like in the Gobi Desert?
While researching her book, Making of a Masterpiece, Sally Tippett Rains discovered an old scrapbook created by Margaret Mitchell's aunt.
In 1937, a film called "In Old Chicago" was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
On the evening of October 8, 1871 a spark set Chicago ablaze. Learn what made it such an at risk city.
In this scene from The Greatest Story Ever Told, we see a pivotal part of the story when Jesus commands Lazarus (who died some days before) to leave h...
While the Great Fire of 1871 was terrorizing people in Chicago, a town located 250 miles to the north - Peshtigo, Wisconsin - was also burning.
Chicago was a city with many wooden structures when a massive fire started on October 8, 1871.
London was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666, which began - in Pudding Lane - on September 2.
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