When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
This is a clip from Helen Keller: In Her Story.
Helen Keller first realized the meaning of words when her teacher (Annie Sullivan) spelled “water” (w-a-t-e-r) in her hand on the 5th of April, 18...
Landing in New Jersey, following a thunderstorm, one of Germany's airships - the Hindenburg - exploded on May 6, 1937.
When Germany's rigid airships were able to travel long distances, they required special recovery procedures to help them land. This video footage depi...
Hiram Rhodes Revels - the first African-American to serve in the U.
On Sept 1, 1939, Hitler began his terror in Europe.
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES GRAPHIC SCENES OF WAR.
All the Allies wanted to capture Wernher von Braun. On the morning of April 11, 1945, the Americans found his underground production facility.
Scientists working for Hitler's Third Reich continued to work, after the war, but for the United States. Historians believe that the U.S. rocket progr...
In one of his last public appearances, Hitler meets with members of the Hitler Youth who were defending Berlin against the Red Armys advance.
In addition to his love of flying, Howard Hughes was an aviation innovator.
Howard Hughes invested huge sums of his own money (in addition to funds provided by the federal government) as he designed, developed, built and perso...
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