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Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stephen Bogaert

Take off on a thrilling flight across America. This epic series offers rare glimpses of our nation's most treasured landmarks, all seen from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Conrad

Join host Adam Mastrelli as he brings us face-to-face with the puzzling treasures of remarkable relics that are full of secrets, written in stone,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adam Mastrelli

From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Liev Schreiber

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Hell Below is an event-based series charting the stealth game of sub sea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the...

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Little-known events that played a large role in determining the outcome of World War II are revealed in this documentary series.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Allan Corduner

The very first submarine, which legend claims lurked beneath New York Harbor during the American Revolutionary War. The small ships that rescued...

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Enter a world of mummies, witches, zombies, and shamans as we explore Britain's mysterious sites and mystic past.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary-Ann Ochota

Encounter the Pearl Harbor attacks, the L.A. riots, the Son of Sam murders and Patty Hearst's kidnapping the way they unfolded on TVs and radios...

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Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation's most iconic stories.

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From the exquisite brown bears and aquatic salamanders of Predjama Castle, to the Neuschwanstein Castle that inspired the fictional fortresses of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Josh Goodman

Nowhere is the full range of nature's force more apparent than during a volcanic eruption. Join us on daring odysseys to the fiery hearts of these...

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They are the high-flying pride of the U.S. military, one-of-a-kind warriors that, over the decades, collectively revolutionized aerial warfare....

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Discover the true stories involving very real people, places and events -- some known to the public, others hidden from it -- that went on to inspire...

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From the Legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood to the recent events of the Russian Revolution, history is full of fascinating and evocative unsolved...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Struan Rodger

An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.

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Hosted by actor Tom Cavanagh, Stories from the Vaults is a series of 30-minute shows featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the Smithsonian...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Cavanagh

Witness iconic assaults, intense battles, and intimate moments of the Pacific War, in color.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeff Wilburn

Sprawling estates and magnificent castles dot Britain's landscape, passed down from one aristocratic heir or heiress to the next. But life in a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Julie Montagu