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Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden
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Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden
The History Channel marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a new groundbreaking documentary about the biggest manhunt in human history. This documentary draws on interviews and stories told in the Museum's special exhibition of the same name, and features interviews with Jan Seidler Ramirez, chief curator and executive vice president of collections, to tell the sweeping tale, linking policy, intelligence, and military decision-making as they converged on a mysterious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden 2021
Countdown to Apocalypse
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Countdown to Apocalypse
Countdown to Apocalypse 2012
Days That Shaped America
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Days That Shaped America
Historic events that forever transformed the United States.
Days That Shaped America 2018
Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery
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Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery
This special program, hosted by renowned magician Lance Burton, explores the life and magic of the great escape artist through his most prized possessions--the Chinese Water Torture Cell, the Milkcan, his straitjackets and handcuffs, and lockpicks that were "key" to his handcuff escapes--all revealed to the public for the first time. HOUDINI also unlocks secrets of the man--brash showman, fierce competitor, loyal son and husband. Interviews include his great-nephew and the last surviving member of his magic troop.
Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery 2005
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
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Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
Robin Roberts explores the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary group of African American pilots—including her father—that served in WWII, revealing how these warriors for change helped end segregation in the military and pave the way for the civil rights movement.
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage 2021
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution
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Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution
A documentary chronicling the role of Black heroism in America's Revolutionary War.
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution 2020
The Color of War
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The Color of War
A series featuring actual color footage of World War II.
The Color of War 2001
WWII in HD: The Air War
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WWII in HD: The Air War
Follows the incredible stories of three 8th Air Force airmen and Stars & Stripes reporter Andy Rooney during the bloody year leading up to D-Day against the most powerful air force in the world, the German Luftwaffe.
WWII in HD: The Air War 2010
True Caribbean Pirates
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True Caribbean Pirates
Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Ann Bonny and Black Bart Roberts. Larger than life, more dangerous than legend - pirates and buccaneers set sail for plunder. Shot in high definition - True Caribbean Pirates recreates the rise of piracy in the Caribbean and its climactic, inevitable downfall.
True Caribbean Pirates 2006
Museum Men
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Museum Men
Whether it's the famous steps of the Titanic or the legendary lunar landing of Apollo 13, there is no museum exhibit that the expert builders at Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc. can't re-create. Viewers will follow these highly skilled craftsmen as they use their expertise to meticulously rebuild history in museums across the nation. Led by Roger Barganier (co-founder, president and creative director), the team at Creative Arts Unlimited, approach each build with a determination to tell a story. Every exhibit that is produced by the Museum Men is engaging, informative, and historically accurate. No detail is overlooked, because for Creative Arts authenticity is everything. In addition to building for museums, Creative Arts also re-creates items for private collections. But whoever the recipient may be, every build poses unique challenges, including hard-to-find research, demanding schedules, and obsolete methods of construction.
Museum Men 2014
Rise & Fall: The World Trade Center
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Rise & Fall: The World Trade Center
Through a unique architectural and engineering lens, “Rise & Fall: The World Trade Center” recounts the inspiring, true story behind an American icon, and the remarkable group of people who dreamed it and made it real. No ordinary pair of buildings, the Twin Towers featured a unique structural design—and dozens of other technical breakthroughs—that made the then-tallest buildings in the world possible. But did these innovations contribute to their collapse on 9/11? With the help of harrowing first-hand testimonies, expert interviews, and never-before-seen graphics, and with the benefit of two decades of engineering hindsight, viewers will understand how the Towers rose…and why they fell.
Rise & Fall: The World Trade Center 2021
Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels
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Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels
The Hells Angels are the single most notorious motorcycle club in history. They’re also one of the most secretive organizations on the planet. Members are known to take revenge on each other for talking. Now, for the first time ever, a Hells Angels member will bare all the club’s secrets. A former angel will come clean. He’ll tell the world about everything from initiation rites to murder for hire.
Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels 2015
9/11: Four Flights
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9/11: Four Flights
American 11, United 175, American 77, and United 93 tells the riveting and emotional human stories of those aboard each doomed jetliner.
9/11: Four Flights 2021
Food Tech
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Food Tech
Food Tech was a television series on the History Channel, about the making of foods, from the farming to the processing of the food. It was hosted by Bobby Bognar. Each episode focused on the various parts of different types or styles of meals, such as Mexican food, breakfast and hotel buffets.
Food Tech 2010
9/11: The Legacy
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9/11: The Legacy
More than 72 million children woke up the morning of September 11, 2001 to what seemed like an ordinary Tuesday; by the end, eight lost their lives and more than 3,000 lost their parents. This poignant one-hour documentary shares extraordinary stories of resilience and healing from the children impacted on 9/11–their life and legacy 20 years later. The documentary encapsulates the tragic event through these now young adults who describe what they thought it meant then vs. now and how the experience altered their lives forever.
9/11: The Legacy 2021
Mysteries of the Bible
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Mysteries of the Bible
Mysteries of the Bible is an hour-long television series that was originally broadcast by A&E from March 25, 1994 until June 13, 1998 and aired reruns until 2002. The series was about biblical mysteries and was produced by FilmRoos. The Discovery Channel and BBC also released a series of the same name in 2003. National Geographic produced a series with this title in 2006.
Mysteries of the Bible 1994
MysteryQuest
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MysteryQuest
MysteryQuest is an American Paranormal television series that premiered on September 16, 2009 on the History channel. Produced by KPI Productions, the program is a spin-off of MonsterQuest. The tagline of the show is: "What if everything you believe is wrong?"
MysteryQuest 2009
9/11: The Final Minutes of Flight 93
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9/11: The Final Minutes of Flight 93
On September 11, 2001, one hijacked plane never reached its target when United 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Previously classified streams of evidence are combined to piece together what really happened in a gripping minute-by-minute account. Evidence includes secret service documents; air traffic control transmissions; phone records; voicemails; first-person testimony; and a top-secret audio recording that helps reveal details of Flight 93's crucial final moments.
9/11: The Final Minutes of Flight 93 2020
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Documentary takes a look at the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, a scroll created in 1880 BCE, and lost until 1887.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead 2006
The New Age of Terror
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The New Age of Terror
A two-part look at the evolution of terrorism and the response to it in a post-9/11 world.
The New Age of Terror 2017
How The Earth Was Made
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How The Earth Was Made
HISTORY journeys back in time to show the creation of Earth’s land masses, the birth of the first complex creatures, and devastating extinctions — before speculating on the future when all life becomes extinct..
How The Earth Was Made 2009
Found
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Found
A group of experts fan out across the nation to investigate unexplained objects found by ordinary people in their own backyards across America. They study the objects, test them, date them, and deliver real answers about the object's origins.
Found 2017
Going Medieval
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Going Medieval
In this two-hour H2 special, historian and weapons expert Mike Loades goes medieval diving deep into the world of the Middle Ages. From the 5th to the 15th centuries, Mike battles the realities vs. the myths of this extraordinary time crusading for the core of real life while delivering fun-filled facts. From living, working and fighting to how to keep a knight's armor shiny using a vigorous rub of sand, vinegar and urine, Going Medieval is an expert account of life during medieval times.
Going Medieval 2012
How Life Began
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How Life Began
Was life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living creatures. Where did it all come from and how do you go from a single-celled organism to a trillion-celled organism like man?
How Life Began 2009
Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII
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Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII
Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII 2021
Boneyard
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Boneyard
Boneyard is a television program on The History Channel that documents places called boneyards, where old and retired vehicles, ships, aircraft, and other miscellaneous items are taken apart, and rebuilt to do other tasks or scrapped. It airs on Thursdays at 9:00 PM.
Boneyard 2007
Hot Rods and Muscle Cars
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Hot Rods and Muscle Cars
Hot Rods and Muscle Cars 2018
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
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J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
He single-handedly saved the United States from bankruptcy on two occasions, but was often accused of being a monopolist. He wielded as much power as the president and turned Wall Street into his personal playground. John Pierpont Morgan had an aptitude for acquisition. He assembled one of America's largest fortunes and purchased an art collection to rival any in the world. BIOGRAPHY tells the complete, compelling story of the celebrated deal maker and money man. See rare footage of the financier in his element on Wall Street, and trace his rise to power and prominence through interviews with biographers and historians. Hear how he brokered an agreement between two competing railroads by inviting both presidents for a cruise on his yacht and refusing to let them off until they came to terms! And get a privileged look at his private life.
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street 1996
Tech Effect
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Tech Effect
The technology and people behind important historical events are spotlighted.
Tech Effect 2004
9/11: The Pentagon
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9/11: The Pentagon
On September 11, 1941, the U.S. War Department broke ground on a new headquarters that would rise to become the ultimate symbol of the American military. Sixty years after construction began, a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.
9/11: The Pentagon 2020
The Real Story of Christmas
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The Real Story of Christmas
Did you know that the quaint custom of Christmas caroling actually began with drunk and rowdy revelers threatening people door to door looking for food and liquor? Early versions of the heartwarming legend of Santa Claus described him as a horrible devil named Krampus who beat and kidnapped naughty children. In America during the 17th and 18th Centuries, celebrating Christmas was against the law! There's a lot to tell about the history of Christmas, and a lot you may not know. Along the way, meet Ebenezer Scrooge and George Bailey, The Grinch and Rudolph, and learn the true origins of our Christmas traditions. So grab some eggnog and a slice of fruitcake as HISTORY unwraps THE REAL STORY OF CHRISTMAS.
The Real Story of Christmas 2010
Battlefield Detectives
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Battlefield Detectives
Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research. It uses modern science to examine how the battles were won or lost. According to History Television, "This series approaches the perennially interesting topic of famous battles in a fresh and exhilarating way. Focusing on the battlefield itself, each programme takes an important battle telling its story and posing a puzzling central question about the battle that recent scientific research is helping to illuminate - a contemporary journey of discovery and a compelling story from the past."
Battlefield Detectives 2003
The Secret History of the Civil War
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The Secret History of the Civil War
Looking at the birth of America's first intelligence units, set in motion in by President Lincoln himself in the early days of the war; exploring a spy who broke the boundaries of gender and race.
The Secret History of the Civil War 2022
Cowboys and Outlaws
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Cowboys and Outlaws
Cowboys and Outlaws is a documentary series on The History Channel that details key figures and events in the history of the American West in the latter half of the 19th century. It uses dramatic reenactments, historian interviews and forensic evidence to highlight famous figures such as Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Tom Horn. It also covers historical events such as the first drive along the Goodnight-Loving Trail and the transformation of Abilene, Kansas from a small settlement into a major cattle town. As of February, 2010, only six episodes have aired. A DVD collection was released on January 26, 2010.
Cowboys and Outlaws 2009
Battles BC
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Battles BC
Battles BC is a 2009 documentary series looking at key battles in ancient history. The show was known for its very gritty nature, visual effects similar to the movie 300 and its highly choreographed fight scenes with various weapons.
Battles BC 2009
Can't Turn Us Around: Alabama's Foot Soldiers
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Can't Turn Us Around: Alabama's Foot Soldiers
From roughly 1955 to 1965, an organized movement fueled by Black Americans grew across the American south. The goal—an end to segregation and a guarantee of equal civil rights. And nowhere did the movement for Black equality fight its most crucial battles than in one of the most segregated states in the union—Alabama.
Can't Turn Us Around: Alabama's Foot Soldiers 2023
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The story of a courageous battle between U.S. Navy "Tin Can" ships and two of the most powerful Japanese ships in the fleet. The Tin Can sailors fought bravely to secure a victory for the U.S Navy and save MacArthur's invasion force.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors 2005
Where Did It Come From?
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Where Did It Come From?
Where Did It Come From? 2006