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- Follows a spirited team of miners who are among the first Americans to prospect for precious metals and gems in parts of Greenland where humans never have set foot before.
- An amazing discovery has been made beneath a farm field in Northern France: a vast underground city where World War I soldiers, on both sides of the conflict, took refuge a century ago. Even more remarkable, it is one of hundreds of buried havens set up close to a 45-mile stretch of the Western Front. Follow American explorer and photographer Jeff Gusky as he documents one of these long forgotten shelters, and witness his attempts to connect the names of the American soldiers etched into the limestone walls to their living descendants.
- In DEEP SEA DETECTIVES, follow a new breed of underwater detectives who use 21st century forensics and technology to solve the mysteries behind the dark underwater graves of ships, planes and submarines.
- An in-depth dramatization of the story of the Pilgrims
- See how America developed the most destructive invention in human history - the nuclear bomb - how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Hear from historians and those who experienced the dawn of the atomic age.
- This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
- 2 hour special based on John Maclean's account of the Storm King Mountain
- The discoveries since 1984 of atypical human remains in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in south-western Siberia, near the border with China and Mongolia, puzzled a Max Plack (Leipzig, Germany) researchers Johannes Krause and (Swede) Svante Pääbo enough in 2008 to mobilize an international multidisciplinary team. They found it was an unknown branch of early humans besides sapiens (us now) and Neanderthal, which they named Denisovan after the spot. Comparison with another mysterious type in China and Mongolia yielding no match, but DNA comparison suggests a spread from Siberia to Australia and Melanesia (Oceania) with center in SE Asia.
- On September 11, 2001, 184 people lost their lives when American Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon. Today, people are surprised to hear that the Pentagon was ever a target. Few know about those who escaped, many terrifyingly close to the impact zone. This is the most complete telling of what happened at the Pentagon on a day that forever changed our world.
- A team of technicians and scientist undertake a thorough site survey of the Titanic shipwreck area to examine how the passenger ship sank.
- Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces has made international headlines announcing their location of two new pieces of the legendary ship at 12,400 ft below the Atlantic, These pieces shed new light on the World's most famous ship wreck.
- See what happens when two schools from two sides of the tracks settle their differences on one field.
- A history of the U.S. manned space program from Mercury to Apollo 17, as seen by the men of Mission Control.
- National Geographic Special The perils of working at sea: disaster and rescue stories.
- US soldiers operate covertly fighting a secret war in Laos as the pressure to withdraw form Vietnam increased
- A caring team of idividuals run a exotic animal sanctuary in Maine.
- In honor of the 70th anniversary, D-Day in HD compiles rare and newly uncovered footage from around the world. Using this footage as a backdrop, some of the last remaining survivors tell how Allied troops invaded Normandy to turn the tide of tyranny in one of the deadliest battles of World War II.
- Documents the construction of the cutting-edge Discovery Channel Telescope, based in the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, from conception to first light.
- Sinkholes: Swalled Alive takes a look at one of the most destructive natural phenomena known to man. All over the world sinkholes are causing chaos and destruction wherever they appear: swallowing up whole streets, ripping up motorways, destroying entire forests and even dragging unfortunate bystanders to their untimely deaths.
- An expedition looks into whether Titanic's hull had a construction design flaw that caused her to break apart.
- Documentary about holocaust in Lithuania and the story of Lithuanian holocaust survivors of an escape tunnel they dug.
- Recently uncovered documents from the 1860s provide strong and shocking evidence that, long before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, desperate inventors and engineers imagined steam-powered flying machines that would decide the Civil War. In the early 1860s, A Mississippi Doctor with a passion for birds and an obsession with the idea of manned flight makes a scale model of what he hopes will become the first heavier-than-air war-plane. Tethered to a locomotive, his model becomes airborne. But his requests for funding are rejected by the Virginia Legislature and the Engineering Department, leaving him no choice but to turn to the Confederate soldiers themselves to finance the building of a fleet of these flying machines. While he never raises more than a few hundred dollars before the war ends, it is impossible not to wonder - what if? Follow EXPLORER as we unravel the story of Civil War aviation and attempt to build and fly a full-scale 19th century airplane of our own.
- The 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic...a new look in 3-D.
- Theatrical special drawn from the trial excerpts presenting new theories about the famous events in Salem Village
- A sequel to our popular Failure Is Not An Option picking up after the Moon landings and ending with the shuttle Columbia disaster.
- An ancient, complex mechanical device recovered from the bottom of the Aegean sea, raises new questions about the scientific development in 1st century B.C, Greece.
- Horse whisperer, Monty Roberts takes on the challenge of rehabilitating three Iraq War veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Gradually, with patience and wisdom gained by a lifetime of adversity, Monty helps them understand the power of gentleness while instilling in them a new sense of purpose.
- An account of Dr. Robert Rines' expedition during the Summer of 1997 to find the elusive Loch Ness Monster and his attempt to counter the scepticism surrounding his famous "Flipper" and "Gargoyle Head" photographs taken in 1972 and 1975. Meanwhile, photographic experts set out to investigate the credibility of the "Surgeon's Photograph" of April 1934, the most famous picture ever taken of the Monster.
- 2005–TV EpisodeSaving Hubble - Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope. First Primates - Our most distant primate ancestors, which lived about 55 million years ago, were tree-dwellers the size of mice. Profile: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - He jumped the fence from Mexico to work as a farmhand and ended up a leading brain surgeon. Killer Microbe - A relatively benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter.
- Follow the minute-by-minute aftermath of a hypothetical dirty bomb attack in a small New England city.
- The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor included five midget submarines. Four of the submarines failed in their mission being destroyed or captured. Nova follows the investigation of a mysterious ship wreck to determine if it is the fifth submarine, if it successfully launched its torpedoes and if so did it succeed in in attacking any ships.
- 1974– 45mTV-PG8.3 (167)TV EpisodeHard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. In this show, Brian Greene takes us on a tour of this brave new theory at the frontier of physics, explaining why scientists believe it's true and showing what some of these alternate realities might be like.
- Challenging traditional wisdom Bob Ballard explores the deep Mediterranean for ancient shipwrecks believing earlier mariners were much bolder than they are given credit for.
- The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy is re-investigated using modern technology and contemporary scientific techniques. Included: ballistics experts reconstruct the shooting in a test of the "single bullet theory".
- The dedicated team at DEW Animal Kingdom in Maine prepares the exotic animal refuge for opening day.
- It's opening day at DEW Animal Kingdom in Maine, and owners Bob and Julie are at full throttle. But before the day even begins, a heartbreaking discovery sends Bob reeling.
- Bob and Julie, owners of DEW Animal Kingdom prepare for a long night as they await the birth of baby bobcats. And, tasked with enriching the lions' enclosure, staff come up with a foul-smelling solution to keep the big cats entertained.
- The wreckage of WWII-era German submarine U-166, which sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942, is examined. The U-boat was part of Operation Drumbeat, a Nazi operation that targeted East Coast cities and merchant ships.
- New England nurse Mary Phinney begins her duties in Mansion House, a hotel turned Union hospital in an occupied Southern town. Mansion House owner James Sr. struggles to preserve the family fortune as daughter Emma secretly searches for her beau.
- Emma nurses a wounded friend; Dr. Foster wrestles with his marriage and career; Mary strives to improve the lives of her patients with help from Samuel; and Silas involves Aurelia in a corrupt deal.
- Pres. Lincoln's visit sets in motion a diabolical rebel plot and offers an opportunity to free James Sr. Dr. Foster uncovers a scheme to undermine him at the expense of his patients. Aurelia recovered from her surgery makes a bold decision.