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Veterans of the world's most memorable conflicts tell never-before-heard stories of rescues, sniper attacks, ambushes, and hand-to-hand combat. Legendary battles are re-created shot by shot. Coupled with eyewitness reports from military experts and soldiers from World War II to Iraq, these blow-by-blow re-creations of history's bloodiest confrontations take viewers to the front lines. From Iwo Jima to the Tet Offensive to the Siege of Baghdad.
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History travels thousands of years back in time with a fresh investigation of the most infamous and devastating catastrophes in the Bible. From the epic floods in the time of Noah, the fire and brimstone that beset Sodom and Gomorrah, and the calamitous Ten Plagues of Egypt, Biblical Disasters explores these legendary tragedies to illuminate their essential humanity and to compare them with the cataclysmic natural disasters of more recent times.
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"Witness some of the most celebrated dogfights in modern history as the pilots strap back in and recall their memories of these historic engagements including Guadalcanal, North Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, and more. The original pilots themselves narrate these battles, illuminating the capabilities and histories of these magnificent craft, the enemies they faced, and the realities of life as a fighter pilot."--Container.
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Sure, we all make mistakes, but when you're at the leading edge of human ingenuity and engineering ambition, one slip, one tiny error, can have almost unimaginable consequences. With over 14 hours of on-the-scene footage, powerful reenactments, expert analysis and graphic reconstructions, this fantastically popular show is the ultimate pre- and post-mortem on the most notorious engineering disasters of the past 40 years.
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"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin,...
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Breathtaking in scope and scale, The Bible features powerful performances, exotic locales and dazzling visual effects that breathe spectacular life into the dramatic tales of faith and courage from Genesis through Revelation. This historic television event is sure to entertain and inspire the whole family!
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They are the pioneers of America, some of the nation's most recognizable faces, the men responsible for the creation of the United States. Presents in-depth portraits of the country's most prominent statesmen, including the secrets they shared and the legacies they left behind. Includes 8 documentaries.
16) Viking explorers
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The exploration of startling new evidence that casts light on the incredible journey across the North Atlantic. The remarkable possibility that the Vikings came to America's shores some 500 years before Columbus.
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In October 1942, Esther Stermer, the matriarch of a Jewish family in the Ukraine, leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing story of survival living in near total darkness in two cold, damp caves is one like no other ever told.
18) Barbarians II
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The savage story of four of history's most fearsome tribes: the Saxons, The Franks, the Vandals, and the Lombards, who cut a swath of destruction through the heart of the Roman world for the better part of a millennium.
20) Alamo
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Drawing upon rare archival materials, eyewitness battle accounts, and stirring reenactments, the video takes us inside the Alamo itself, were we relive the devastating battle and examine its lasting legacy.
