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 1923, a major earthquake - known as the "Great Kanto" quake - devastated Tokyo and nearby Yokohama on September 1.
Thousands of years ago, the Great Library at Alexandria was "the world's first major seat of learning." Some historians consider it "the birthpl...
This is archival footage of the actual soldiers who were rescued from the Cabanatuan death camp and the men (including Lt.
After China was united, the First Emperor sent 300,000 soldiers to the northern frontier to drive back invading nomads.
The section of Chinas ancient wall, most-often featured in pictures and film, is actually new.
Why did the First Emperor of China, and later rulers (especially the Ming Dynasty), build a great wall?
Paving the way for other activists to integrate Woolworth lunch counters, four African-Americans sat in "whites-only" seats at the Greensboro, North C...
Exactly eight months to the day, after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, 11,000 American Marines land on a Pacific island called Guadalcanal. They are about...
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP ABOUT A WORLD WAR II BATTLE COMBINES HISTORICAL FOOTAGE, FROM THE U.
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP ABOUT A WORLD WAR II BATTLE COMBINES HISTORICAL FOOTAGE, FROM THE U.S. National Archives with interviews and recreated scenes.
To reach American lines, the beach-battle survivor has to swim four miles in shark-infested waters.
Four thousand more Japanese troops secretly arrive at Guadalcanal in late August, 1942.
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