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D-Day and the Dambusters
Special • 2020
How the legendary "Dambuster" bomber squadron of WWII fooled Nazi Germany.
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Battle of Midway: The True Story
Special • 2019
Archival footage captures the history of America's first victory in the Pacific during World War II.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2016
Season 7 • Episode 1
Passengers and crew escape a jet that skid off the runway before catching fire.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2019
Season 13 • Episode 1
When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2018
Season 10 • Episode 4
A Boeing 737 erupts in flames, putting 165 debarking passengers and crew in jeopardy.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2015
Season 6 • Episode 3
Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2023
Season 20 • Episode 10
Former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle.
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Air Disasters
Series • 2023
Season 18 • Episode 13
A cockpit window on British Airways Flight blows out, partially ejecting and injuring the captain.
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Mighty Cruise Ships
Series • 2017
Season 2 • Episode 2
The Royal Clipper is the largest sailing cruise ship in the world, with masts nearly 200 feet high.
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Mighty Cruise Ships
Series • 2019
Season 3 • Episode 1
The crew of the Koningsdam face sailing through the narrow Norwegian fjords.
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Mighty Cruise Ships
Series • 2019
Season 3 • Episode 2
Gefjon joins a Viking longship crew through three cities.
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A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes
Reality Series• 2023
Aerial Adventures
Reality Series• 2010
Aerial America
Docuseries• 2018
Aerial Cities
Docuseries• 2021
Aerial Greece
Series• 2011
Air Disasters
Docuseries• 2019
Amazing Dogs
Docuseries• 2017
America in Color
Series• 2019
America’s Hidden Stories
Series• 2020
An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates
Reality Series• 2018
Animals Decoded
Documentary• 2020
Battle of Little Bighorn
Documentary• 2019
Battle of Midway: The True Story
Movie• 2017
Battle of Okinawa in Color
Series• 2001
Big Cat Country
Documentary• 2020
Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier
Docuseries• 2018
Carriers at War
Documentary• 2023
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Reality Series• 2017
Combat Ships
Docuseries• 2017
Deadly Australians
Movie• 2017
Diana and the Paparazzi
Reality Series• 2018
Disasters at Sea
Docuseries• 2019
Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs
Docuseries• 2018
Elizabeth
Reality Series• 2024
Extreme Airport Africa
Docuseries• 2021
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
Reality Series• 2017
First Ladies Revealed
Docuseries• 2023
Genghis Khan’s Mongolia
Reality Series• 2022
Great Lakes Untamed
Docuseries• 2016
Hell Below
Series• 2021
How Did They Build That?
Docuseries• 2019
Hunt for Eagle 56
Reality Series• 2020
Ice Airport Alaska
Reality Series• 2021
Impossible Repairs
Series• 2021
Inside the Tower of London
Docuseries• 2021
Legends of the Pharaohs
Documentary• 2022
Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly
Reality Series• 2014
Mighty Cruise Ships
Reality Series• 2012
Mighty Planes
Reality Series• 2016
Mighty Trains
Reality Series• 2015
Million Dollar American Princesses
Series• 2019
Mystic Britain
Docuseries• 2023
On the Fly: Adventures at Altitude
Series• 2018
Orangutan Jungle School
Miniseries• 2017
Over Australia
Documentary• 2022
Picturing the Obamas
Reality Series• 2015
Polar Bear Town
Movie• 2017
Princess Diana’s ‘Wicked’ Stepmother
Docuseries• 2017
Private Lives of the Monarchs
Docuseries• 2019
Private Lives of the Windsors
Documentary• 2022
Project Artemis: Back to the Moon
Series• 2016
Sacred Sites
Docuseries• 2021
Searching for Secrets
Series• 2013
Secrets
Documentary• 2015
Siege of Masada
Series• 2019
Spy Wars
Miniseries• 2021
Stormborn
Series• 2020
Supersenses
Reality Series• 2021
Ten Steps to Disaster
Documentary• 2022
The Color of Care
Miniseries• 2019
The Commons
Reality Series• 2020
The Curious Life and Death of…
Series• 2018
The Pacific War in Color
Docuseries• 2017
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
Docuseries• 2009
The Real Story
Docuseries• 2021
Tomb Hunters
Documentary• 2019
Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o
Miniseries• 2021
Wild Tales From the Farm
Docuseries• 2020
World War II: Race to Victory
Series• 2021
WWII Battles in Color
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