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2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Miracle Rising: South Africa8.50 2013 HD
MIRACLE RISING: SOUTH AFRICA is the epic legacy of South Africa's political transformation that culminated in the first free and fair elections in...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Christiane Amanpour
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2011
History of the World in Two Hours
History of the World in Two Hours6.00 2011 HD
Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on old televisions is background radiation from The Big Bang? That the gold on a wedding ring comes...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Corey Burton
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2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn1 2014 HD
This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Wendy Applebaum
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2008
Life After People
Life After People6.98 2008 HD
In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Struan Rodger
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2012
The Godfather Legacy
The Godfather Legacy7.10 2012 HD
THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Peter Bart
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2012
WWII From Space
WWII From Space7.35 2012 HD
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a...
Genre: History
Cast: Corey Johnson
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2006
The Sahara: The Forgotten History of the World's Harshest Desert
The Sahara: The Forgotten History of the World's Harshest Desert1 2006 HD
At once a vast expanse of mesmerizing desolation and the crucible of human history, the Sahara Desert has been both the battlefield of empires and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Michael Carroll
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2010
Alexandria: The Greatest City
Alexandria: The Greatest City8.00 2010 HD
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Bettany Hughes
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2004
Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin
Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin1 2004 HD
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Fred Napoli
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2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
FDR: A Presidency Revealed1 2005 HD
For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pull America through the Great Depression and WWII....
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Edward Herrmann
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2024
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics1 2024 HD
Follows the 1936 Berlin Olympics when Black athlete Jesse Owens won 4 golds against the backdrop of Hitler's racist Nazi regime in Germany.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Don Cheadle
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2003
The True Story of Black Hawk Down
The True Story of Black Hawk Down6.40 2003 HD
On October 3rd, 1993, 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was a fast daylight...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: David Jeremiah
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2015
The Making of Trump
The Making of Trump4.40 2015 HD
As every day of Donald Trump's presidential campaign seemingly generates new headlines, this two-hour special examines the increasingly polarizing...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jon Seltzer
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2020
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later6.67 2020 HD
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2010
WWII in HD: The Air War
WWII in HD: The Air War8.20 2010 HD
Follows the incredible stories of three 8th Air Force airmen and Stars & Stripes reporter Andy Rooney during the bloody year leading up to D-Day...
Genre: War
Cast: Casey Affleck
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2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers6.00 2023 HD
The riveting story of the first all-Black tank battalion to fight in US military history. Under General George Patten's command, the 761st fought...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Morgan Freeman
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2007
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson10.00 2007 HD
Through interviews, visits to historical locations and vivid reenactments, this History Channel production details the life of Andrew Jackson. It...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Edward Herrmann
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1996
The Astors: High Society
The Astors: High Society1 1996 HD
The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Jacob Astor
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2013
Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe
Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe4.40 2013 HD
Is building our own starship Enterprise possible? Will we ever travel between the stars as easily as they do in Star Trek? JJ Abrams' new feature,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: J.J. Abrams
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2005
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors1 2005 HD
The story of a courageous battle between U.S. Navy "Tin Can" ships and two of the most powerful Japanese ships in the fleet. The Tin Can sailors...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: