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.
The abandoned Inca settlement of Machu Picchu is set against the backdrop of stunningly beautiful scenery.
The island of Madagascar - and its exotic wild life - became part of popular culture when a series of movies were made about this unique place.
Sir David Attenborough explains how part of Africa and India was split-off, to exist on its own as the island of Madagascar, and introduces us to some...
Madagascar is home to various species which exist nowhere else on Earth.
Ferdinand Magellan (a Portuguese sea captain sailing for Spain) had an important goal when he left the town of Seville on the 10th of August, 1519: Fi...
Sailing in caravels, which are very uncomfortable, Magellan and his men encounter bad weather. Then they see "St. Elmo's Fire." Maybe something good...
Weeping for joy, Magellan realizes he's found a fabled passage when his ships sailed into the Pacific (from the Atlantic).
Magellan and his entire crew are devastated by hunger, thirst and foreboding. Their food and water is contaminated. The men are reduced to eating ra...
After Magellan dies, his remnant crew returns to Spain, completing the world's first circumnavigation. Extremely ill, the men do not realize their car...
This clip recreates the trial of Major Henry Wirz who was the superintendent of a prisoner-of-war camp - located in Andersonville, Georgia - at which ...
From the BBC's "Planet Dinosaur," we see a clip of Majungasaurus behaving in a most extraordinary way - as a cannibal.
In June of 1924, George Mallory and Andrew ("Sandy") Irvine (two British mountaineers) hoped to reach the top of Mt.
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