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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...

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Cast: Stephen Bogaert

Follows the action at Johannesburg’s two biggest international airports, as well as urban helicopter crews flying life-or-death medivac...

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

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Cast: Jim Conrad

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

Take a journey back in time and immerse yourself in a 150-year-old battle that nearly split our nation in two. This three-part series explores famous...

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Cast: Dennis Haysbert

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

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

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Cast: Jay Ellis

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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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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Bill Pullman introduces and narrates this four-part documentary on the world's first national park, Yellowstone.

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Cast: Bill Pullman

Mighty Planes explores the art and science of aviation, on planes that soar to faraway places on astounding missions. From preparation, loading and...

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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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Ride along with the NTSB and its inter-agency partners as they work together towards determining the probable cause of aircraft accidents. These NTSB...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sam Fontana

Journey to Zambia's Luangwa Valley, a landscape abundant with prey. In the spectacular wilderness, two neighboring lion prides lay claim to prime...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sam Davies

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeff Wilburn

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

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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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Author and medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris uses science, tests, and demonstrations to shed new light on famous deaths, ranging from drug...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lindsey Fitzharris