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Santa prepares to descend a chimney in this still from Santa Claus (1898).

Watch the First-Ever Christmas Movie—From 1898!

by HistoryNet staff12/23/202212/23/2022

Less than 3 years after motion pictures were invented, a British stage hypnotist produced the very first Christmas movie—watch it here!

Why the US Firebombed Tokyo in 1945 — and Risked War Crimes by Targeting Civilians

by Tom Huntington11/29/202211/29/2022

Did Monty and Rommel’s Differing Leadership Affect the Outcome of North Africa? Watch to Find Out!

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/9/202211/10/2022

The "Fort Worth Five," Butch Cassidy and members of his Wild Bunch gang, pose in 1900 for Fort Worth photographer John Swartz.

Was the Wild Bunch’s Kid Curry Really a Psychopath?

by Gregory Lalire9/29/20229/29/2022

How to History: How to Use HistoryNet

by HistoryNet Staff9/29/20229/29/2022

Watch Churchill’s ‘Some Chicken, Some Neck’ Speech

by HistoryNet Staff9/27/202212/15/2022

Watch the First Televised Presidential Debate: JFK vs. Nixon

by HistoryNet Staff9/26/20229/26/2022

Watch the Battle of Britain Like You’ve Never Seen It Before — in Miniature Form

by Tom Huntington9/16/20229/23/2022

Watch Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in Color and Black-and-White

by HistoryNet Staff9/9/20229/23/2022

Listen to Winston Churchill’s ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ Speech

by Michael Y. Park9/8/20229/8/2022