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- The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
- For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.
- Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation's history.
- After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for the spaceflight.
- Chronological look at the conception, construction and destruction of the World Trade Center towers which was built as a symbol of American strength and ambition.
- A colorful portrait of Jane Fonda, actress and activist, resonating with recent American history, its dreams and its disillusions.
- History of the secret constructions in the White House premises in order to provide security to the historic building, and its occupants.
- The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
- Sir Frank Lowy, the self-made billionaire and founder of Westfield Corporation, faces a dilemma - - whether or not to sell the company he has spent his life building. Standing at a crossroads, Frank reflects for the first time on his war-torn childhood as a way to shape his perspective on this monumental decision.
- The documentary will give insight into Nat Turner's life, his role in the revolt and his death as well as detail the 1831 historical and bloody slave rebellion in Virginia. Beyond its focus on Turner, the film will also traverse the climate of the time period, tracing the circumstances that led to the violent uprising and its aftermath, a precursor to the Civil War.
- A Season with Isabella Rossellini follows the actress playfully moving forward. She redefines what life looks like as one ages.
- In the early days of film-biz Alice joined the company of pioneer Gaumont, rose in the ranks and directed more than 400 films. But the company eventually erased her from her credits, she was forgotten, even experts have to rediscover her.
- Lipstick is often a symbol of power and rebellion. Across the centuries, people of every class have called upon its ability to flatter and enhance. Today, this ancient beautification trick is more popular than ever.
- Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an unparalleled path in modern art.
- By launching its fleet against the Chinese junks in 1889, the British Empire declared one of the first wars motivated solely by economic interests. Deploring a trade balance largely in deficit with China, the United Kingdom wants to sell him its stocks of opium by force. Faced with resistance from the Qing Empire, the British went on the offensive in the name of free trade, whose pacificating virtues they were convinced of. Since this exemplary history of ambiguous relations between states, from cooperation to fierce competition, trade wars have been repeated, increasingly sophisticated but not always less bloody. The advent of the industrial revolution, liberalism and then globalization have multiplied the sources of conflict.
- 1987– 53mTV-PG6.6 (128)TV EpisodeThe history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
- This is the story of Japan's final months of World War II. When America threatens to invade, the Japanese turn their country into a fortress and unleash a terrifying new weapon, suicide bombers. With surrender not an option, the Japanese prepare for the ultimate showdown on home soil. They plan to mobilize the entire country. Civilians must be ready to fight in hand-to-hand combat.
- When Mark Kuhn decided to build a homemade tennis court, he never imagined it would become popular or take on such profound significance. The All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club started out as a family project and grew into a beloved public court for his community. But after his family experienced an unthinkable tragedy, it became a very private outlet for healing. Today, it remains a fitting memorial that still conjures many happy memories for Mark.
- 2015– 26mTV EpisodeOn his way to Portugal, then allied with the English, Emperor Napoleon stopped in Spain and aroused the anger of the patriots by deposing the king and replacing him with his brother Joseph. From 1808 to 1814, the Spaniards rose up against the French invaders, starting on May 2, 1808, when they attacked the stagecoaches in charge of exfiltrating the royal children to France. When the king of Spain, restored to his throne, commissioned Goya to paint a picture commemorating the heroic struggle of the people, the painter chose the violent confrontation of May 2, in which he expressed all the violence of the assault on the emperor's troops.
- Trey's investigation leads him to a survivor whose own family helped hide her abuse. Another survivor reveals new evidence.
- Cliff heads to the sprawling Pine Barrens of New Jersey to track down the mythical Jersey Devil-a terrifying creature with bat wings, a long tail, and a horse's head.
- The ranch reacts in dangerous ways when the team begins to dig.
- When a young treasure hunter tells Rick and Marty he is hunting for the long lost treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte, the brothers are so intrigued they send Matty Blake to assist in a dangerous dive to further the search.
- Oak Island metal detection expert, Gary Drayton joins a relative of Butch Cassidy on a treasure hunt to the legendary robber's roost and unearths a piece of outlaw treasure history.
- After personally investing in a treasure hunt off the coast of Florida, Marty Lagina and Craig Tester are thrilled when their search uncovers rare and historical artifacts. But the duo must quickly come to terms with the complicated world of treasure ownership.
- With an access tunnel to the underground cavern finally opened, and a tantalizing clue discovered, Duane's son Chad takes a risky dive into the flooded cave system -- and what he finds defies all explanation.
- As winter closes in and the digging season nears its end, Duane takes a final shot at getting into the underground cavern ... but uncovers a whole new mystery about the land he owns.
- Experts examine some of the most devastating plagues in human history, as well as the scientific advances made in combating, or at least minimising the effects of some of these diseases.
- For centuries, humanity has looked up at the Moon with a sense of wonder. But is the Moon just a rock floating in space? Or could it hold profound secrets-and perhaps even possess incredible powers? That is what we will try and find out.
- Will we ever understand the motivations that drive people to undertake the most bizarre, intricate, and dangerous crimes -- or will the mind of a master criminal remain - UnXplained?
- The Roman empire grew and prospered unprecedented by combining exemplary organization, technological advances and military skills with fortunate climate in its 'Golden Age', virtually unifying the Mediterranean world under its 'Pax Romana'. Then it even coped with a major pandemic, possible small pocks, wiping out several over its about 50 million inhabitants. Having stabilized its expanse towards Rhine and Danube, it suffered the effects of worse climate, causing major Germanic and other migrations from the east and north and weakening it as did the much worse pest pandemic, which lay demographic waste to whole cities and regions and kept reemerging all the feudal age, while political stability was shredded by rival generals engaging in coups and civil wars. Medical ignorance -even some counterproductive therapy, despite some progress, both record by physician Galen- causes some great achievements like the baths and sewer systems, to facilitate the spread of germs and diseases, especially in growing cities, most of all the capital, first in Europe to surpass a million people until Victorian London, dependent on huge food imports and unable to drain he marshes breeding malaria mosquitoes.
- The first millennium BC saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower. A milder climate and the discovery of iron enabled a revolution in productivity, literally feeding urbanization and the establishment of stronger states. The dispersed Greeks lived in city states near (natural) sea ports and championed maritime trade and colonization, like Phoenicians. Only Athens managed to become the early metropolis, until Alexander the Great's Macedonian dynasty united Greece and conquered the Persian empire, only to fall apart after his early death into several empires, wealthy Egypt being the main, new capital Alexandria as new leading metropolis. Yet Rome, one of many tiny states in central Italy, thanks to superior collaboration and organization, started unifying them and annexing territories around, like grain producer Sicily and Iberian silver mines after its triumph over rival Carthage. A volcanic cloud in Alaska possibly sealed the fate of Egypt when Cleopatra, last 'Greek pharaoh' by Caesar's hand, allied with candidate-ruler Marc Anthony and followed him in suicide after Octavian's total victory. Rome grew by raising armies of citizens, but has just switched to mercenaries, who enabled their generals to overrule the political elite, yielding civil war. Climate worsening to the north and east caused massive migrations, which even the best organized empire ultimately couldn't resist, despite turning to allied tribes to ward off the new threats.
- For thousands of years, people have believed in the existence of Satan. the embodiment of evil. Some believe he has the power to possess souls and create mayhem amongst humanity. But is Satan a myth? Or are there signs of Satan's existence--and the evil he brings into our world?
- 2019– 42mTV-PG7.0 (68)TV EpisodeThroughout history many have sought the lost Ark of the Covenant. According to the Old Testament. God himself instructed Moses to build the Ark--and it is believed that it held the power of the Almighty. But how could such a coveted religious artifact just disappear? And is it possible that the Ark could actually be found?
- Die Geschichte der Sintflut ist einer der ältesten Mythen der Welt. Da beschließt ein zorniger Gott, das gesamte Leben auf der Erde zu vernichten: durch eine Mega-Überschwemmung. Die verstörenden Bilder, die die Bibel zeichnet - im Zeitalter des Klimawandels sind sie schockierend aktuell. Hat die Geschichte, allen fantastischen Details zum Trotz, einen wahren Kern? Die Geschichte der Sintflut gehört zum Ursprungsmythos der Bibel. Gerade erst hat Gott die Welt geschaffen, da beschließt er, das Leben auf der Erde schon wieder zu vernichten. Eine furchtbare Überschwemmung soll alle Menschen mit sich reißen. Alle - außer Noah. Auf Gottes Geheiß hin baut er eine Arche. Für sich, seine Familie und ein Paar von jeder Tierart. Sie werden die Welt nach der Flut besiedeln. Lange wird die Entstehung des Mythos ins 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. datiert, auf den Beginn der Niederschrift der Genesis. Doch mit der Entdeckung und Übersetzung mesopotamischer Keilschrifttafeln tauchen viel ältere Versionen dieser Geschichte auf - im Gilgamesch-Epos und im Atrahasis-Epos. Zudem gibt es Hinweise auf diverse Fluten im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Aber können diese lokalen Katastrophen Vorlage gewesen sein für eine weltumspannende Flut, wie es im Mythos heißt? Oder handelt es sich um pure Fiktion? Die Suche führt zum Ende der letzten Eiszeit vor rund 17.000 Jahren. Der Meeresspiegel liegt damals 120 Meter tiefer als heute, gewaltige Wassermassen sind in Eis gebunden. Mit steigenden Temperaturen lösen sie sich. Je nach geologischen Gegebenheiten geht es mal schneller, mal langsamer. Wo werden die Fluten die Menschen so überrascht haben, dass sie Sintflutcharakter hatten? In Ur im heutigen Irak? Am Persischen Golf oder am Schwarzen Meer? Was erzählen uns Bohrkerne, Tropfsteine und Unterwasserexpeditionen über die Auswirkungen des damaligen Klimawandels auf den Menschen? Und nicht zuletzt über das, was uns jetzt erneut bevorsteht? Wird sich die Geschichte der Sintflut wiederholen?
- Love, murder, revenge: the preeminent literary epic of the German Middle Ages combines fantasy elements (superhero Siegfried, the dragon, the treasure) with the historic conflict of Germans, Romans and Huns clashing in central Europe.
- Sacred waters with remarkable healing powers. Ancient mystics who lived for hundreds of years. A scientific breakthrough may provide the answers to eternal life. Throughout history many have searched for the secret to everlasting life, but so far, it's eluded them. But is it possible to cheat death and live forever? What if, by re-examining ancient teachings and harnessing modern technology, we could eventually become immortal?
- Mankind has always pondered what happens after death and what we leave behind. Many wonder what power our bones may hold. Some believe bones can bring good luck or even allow us to speak with the dead. But is it possible that our bones hold some sacred power-or perhaps even our souls?
- For centuries. humanity has been fixated on Mars--the glowing red orb in the night sky. As a new era of exploration of the Red Planet begins. we are on the cusp of finally solving the Red Planet's mysteries. Ancient cataclysms are believed to have left Mars barren, but science continues to find clues that this red planet was once blue and capable of producing life. Will we finally uncover evidence of life on Mars. once we finally set foot there? And what else might we discover on this mysterious planet?
- Historians and archaeologists worked long on various theories about the extinction of most Mediterranean states and cultures around the reign of Pharaon Rameses III (+1155 BC), except his own Egypt, from the Myceneans to the Hittites and Babylonians. The few Ancienr records, mainly his, confirm a dark age of famine and invasions form unidentified 'sea people'. Yet none of the advanced disasters and wars accounts for the synchronicity. Then climatic records made it all fit, as drought resulting from temperature drop explain all storms and famine-driven migrations while sedentary states and commerce collapses in a chain, only the fertile Nile banks remaining a prosperous sanctuary for the superpower to remain standing.
- Mysterious ancient ruins fascinate us. Baffling archaeological finds challenge our past knowledge. Will we uncover their truths? Or will the ruins persist in raising more questions than answers?
- Genius is widely considered to be the ability to change the world in an incredible way: inventing new technology, deciphering the mysteries of the universe. or creating transcendent art. But where does genius come from? What is the X-factor that makes someone a genius? Is it "good genes"? A proper education? Or do geniuses tap into something much more mysterious and extraordinary?