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.
Just west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Irelands southern coast, Lusitania was about fourteen miles offshore.
The Lusitania set sail from New York City in the spring of 1915, despite a warning from the German government which threatened to sink non-military sh...
Captain Turner had planned to go down with his ship, but he was knocked unconscious.
At 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time, on the 7th of May 1945, Captain Schwieger ordered a G-type torpedo to be loaded into a forward tube.
As Lusitania reached the southern part of the Irish Cannel, the British admiralty issued a warning that submarine activity in the area had successfull...
This 1918 animation, by the famous cartoonist Winsor McCay (1867-1934), depicts the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania, a ship of the Cunard Line.
Lusitania had set speed records during her transatlantic crossings.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was Vice President during the Kennedy Administration.
Navy guns bombard the beaches of Leyte, and carrier-based planes bomb the island defenses, as General MacArthur makes good on his promise to the Filip...
Macbeth was a real king of the Scots who ruled in the 11th century.
Part 2 of the animated version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Part 3 of the animated version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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