An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large buildings are visible, including a domed building. The location is unconfirmed.
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to tak...
A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to ...
A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...
Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...
Climb aboard the illustrious Bernina Express for a festive ride through spectacular Alpine landscape...
Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...
With a divine answer to a humble prayer at age 14, Joseph Smith began to fulfill his inspired missio...
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotogr...
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...
Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Wood...
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel a...
In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...
Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...
One of the most controversial figures in U.S. history, Jesse James has captured the imagination of t...
An actuality film from Oct 1899 of the Colstream Guards departing on the troop ship Gascon for the B...
Inaugurated in 1986 by François Mitterrand, a link between the Louvre and Pompidou, Orsay houses the...
They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of ...
Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its em...
In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolle...
The history of the potato through the ages—with a focus on European history and a twinkle in its eye