History Channel (Television network)
61) Lost worlds
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Ancient cities are now accurately and beautifully rebuilt, using all new research and CGI. Places and events explored include the battle at Stirling Bridge, Romania's real life Dracula, the Biblical Jerusalem, lost city of Atlantis, and more.
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Delves into the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected people, how the American public worked together to get through the massive hardships, and how the economy recovered with World War II. Examine the changes that swept the shaken nation during the first year - from the landslide victory of FDR in 1932 to Dust Bowl farmers. Americans sought release from the hard times wherever they could find it - from marathon dancing to going to the movies....
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Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on your television is actually background radiation from The Big Bang? This CGI-driven special will tell the 14 billion year history of our world in two hours. It's an epic story that will give surprising connections to our daily lives. From the formation of the earth and the emergence of life, to the advance of man and the growth of civilization, it's a rapid-fire view of our unforgettable story.
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Welcome to Earth: Population 0. If humans vanish from the face of the earth, what happens to the world we leave behind? Another amazing glimpse of what that might look like. Expert engineers, biologists, geologists and archeologists create scenarios while CGI effects present haunting views of our planet's future. What will happen to our iconic structures? What creatures will take our place?
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After Columbus discovered America came the men to make a conquest. From all corners of the world, explorers reached the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all - a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown land and its peoples. Led by legendary cities of gold and...
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Disc 1. "Explores the technology, culture, religion, wars, and peace that unified the world's most important ancient civilization for over 3,000 years. Find out how the River Nile served as the superhighway of its day for the most successful civilization in history. Learn about the river in relation to climate change, trading, irrigation management, hydraulic engineering, building the first boats, and navigation. Explore the role of war and the military,...
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The film features a compilation of two fascinating HISTORY specials: Bonnie and Clyde: The Story of Love and Death; learn how the young lovers found each other in the slums of Dallas and led a notorious gang on a murderous crime spree covering five states. Man, Moment, Machine: Hunting Bonnie and Clyde; which details their ruthless journey to become one of the most romanticized criminals of all time.
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Discover how continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the animals live where they do. Based on recent findings by renowned scientists and filmed on location across the globe, the riveting visuals and groundbreaking special effects will transport you on a informative journey through time and deliver you back to the birth of Planet Earth.
75) War in the Gulf
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The confrontation in the Persian Gulf which resulted from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait pitted the largest and most hardened Arab Army against a coalition of forces led by the United States.
76) 100 years of WWI
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WWI introduced game-changing weapons of mass destruction: armored tanks, chemical weapons, submarines, and the aerial bombardments of cities. Using experts, eyewitness testimony, and riveting archival re-creations, explores the deadly mix of weapons that defined modern warfare and shocked the world. See how these weapons were developed and witness the devastation they left behind.
77) September 11th
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This stunningly comprehensive presentation of definitive documentaries brings sharp focus to the momentous, incomprehensible events surrounding our national tragedy. Ten years later, History pays tribute to the many heroes who laid down their lives with this exhaustive and exhausting collection of documentaries, including the award-winning "102 Minutes That Changed America."
78) UFOs and aliens
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"From unidentified flying objects and other worldly underwater vessels to alien life forms and the UFO hunters who seek to prove their existence, explore some of the most puzzling paranormal incidents and the most credible evidence..."--Container.
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Disc 1: First, go with Don beneath Tokyo's busy streets to see the latest technology that will save the city from the many natural disasters ready to strike. Then, join Eric on a hair-raising trip into Berlin's dark recent past, where beneath the streets, sealed and forgotten, are thousands of bunkers, not to mention cavernous areas that inspired the Nazis to venture beneath the surface. Last, deep in the heart of the jungles of Belize the Maya carved...