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- 42 Ways to Kill Hitler
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History
Adolf Hitler is perhaps the most feared and despised man of the 20th century. Not surprisingly, there were over 40 documented attempts on Hitler’s l...
- Alcatraz: Defying the Rock
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History
The worst of the worst, the toughest of the tough: kidnappers, bank robbers, murderers, all called ‘The Rock’ home. Watch the story of the incre...
- Alcatraz: Living Hell
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History
Alcatraz was the country’s first maximum security penitentiary, holding infamous gangsters and cons like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, “The Birdma...
- America's Hangar
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History
The entire history of aviation is captured under one massive roof at The Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. This Hangar contains a mind-boggling ...
- America's Treasures
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History
America’s Treasures is inspired by the National Museum of American History’s special exhibit of 150 of the most unique objects in the Smithsonianâ...
- Arlington: A Call to Honor
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History
All graveyards tell stories, but few can talk to the living like Arlington. It’s here that America buries its war dead, from the Revolutionary War t...
- Beneath Alcatraz
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History
June 11, 1962... Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. In the still of the night three prisoners – Frank Lee Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin – d...
- Bombs, Bullets & Fraud
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History
America’s oldest law enforcement agency operates at the cutting edge of electronic crime fighting. The Postal Inspection Service’s best known triu...
- Chasing History Home
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History
Chasing History Home gives viewers an insider’s look into the homes of legendary Americans. Each episode delivers the compelling stories of thes...
- Children of Waco
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History
Waco, Texas, 1993. The fire that ended the infamous 51-day siege, held between the ‘Branch Davidians’ and the US government, killed at least 74 pe...
- China Rising
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History
From the glamorous Shanghai of the 1920’s to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party in the north and to the bloody dramas of the Cultural Revo...
- Conquistadors
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History
Conquistadors tells the tale of the fateful years when the Spanish Empire overwhelmed two of the greatest civilisations the world has known: the Aztec...
- Emperor of the Seas
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History
In 1405, 87 years before Christopher Columbus landed in America, a Muslim eunuch, Admiral Zheng He, led a fleet of 30,000 sailors on a voyage half way...
- Extreme Treasures
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History
In the first of this fascinating two part series we take you to see 'a young woman seated at the virginals', the first work of Johannes Vermeer to be ...
- Flight 175: As the World Watched
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History
The first plane that hit the World Trade Centre on September 11 could have been an accident, but when Flight 175 hit the second tower it became clear ...
- Heavens' Gate: The Definitive Story
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History
On March 26, 1997, 39 members of the Heavens' Gate cult were found dead in a San Diego mansion, all wearing the same bizarre uniform of black running ...
- Hidden Armor, Found Treasures
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History
Imagine discovering a Civil War sword, an American Revolution musket, or a medieval battle-ax that is now … priceless. It happens every day, and...
- Hidden Worlds: Underground Rome
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History
Rome, the Eternal City. Tourists flock to her spectacular monuments, but what they see is only the tip of the iceberg... Beneath this bustling metropo...
- Into the Rising Sun
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History
While Christopher Columbus charted a route West from Europe, there was another set of adventurers whose exploits were at least as influential. Part hi...
- JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
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History
An explosive new biography that reveals the real John F. Kennedy: a president who was prepared to risk his political career and, at the height of th...
- Journey into the Unknown - William Bradford and the Pilgrim Fathers
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History
For most Americans, the journey of the Mayflower symbolizes the birth of their nation and to this day, the Pilgrim Fathers are a glorified symbol of A...
- Legendary Coins from the Smithsonian
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History
Get an inside peak at rarely seen coins, bills, medals, and other numismatic treasures in the Smithsonian\'s legendary collection, including the Smith...
- Men Who Brought the Dawn
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History
Much has been written about the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the use of atomic bombs and the effect of the attack on civilian life ...
- Picturing the President: George Washington
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History
At a time of absolute monarchs, the creation of a painting of a revolutionary hero and new kind of democratic leader had special meaning. Gilbert Stua...
- Picturing the Presidents
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History
The leaders of all the countries are immortalized in portraits, official and unofficial. Speaking to us across the centuries, artists’ and cartoonis...
