When this movie is made in 1956, one could circumnavigate the globe in a little less than two days. When Jules Verne wrote the story "Around the World in Eighty Days" in 1872, he predicted that ...

On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly set off on her race around the world in an attempt to beat the "record" set in Jules Verne's fictional book, "Around the World in 80 Days." People from around the ...

Sundays at 8/7c Now Through February 20 Set sail in Jules Verne’s iconic hot air ... modern adaptation of the classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days, starring David Tennant.

Traveling around the world in a hot air balloon might seem a little crazy, but that's exactly the premise of the ...

Picture the noisy collision of today’s machinery with 19th-century materials and characters ... and exact Phileas Fogg of Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) – exhibit the ...

Based on one of Jules Verne's classic stories ... does his best to win a wager by travelling the world in exactly eighty days. While on the journey, they gain new knowledge in multiple different ...

In a re-enactment of Jules Verne's literary odyssey, six pairs of celebrities race against the clock to raise money for 2009's BBC Children in Need ...