History Channel - Prehistoric Monsters Revealed [docupedia]

Through advanced computer graphics, location shooting and expert interviews, we will present detailed illustrations of what these ancient monsters looked like, where and how they lived, and how they died. We'll see how most species were wiped out during one of the five major extinctions in Earth's history...when the chemistry of the entire planet was altered by impacts from a comet, an asteroid, and eruptions of super volcanoes. We'll also learn how palaeontologists discovered these creatures, and how they make sense of the record they left behind.

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History channel - modern marvels ~Howard Hughes

An in-depth look at the technology conceived or developed by America's first billionaire. A passionate aviator, Howard Hughes built and flew planes that broke speed records, and developed war machines, spy aircraft, and commercial airliners. Despite the impressive heights reached by his technological empire, his health and mental well-being were fragile. During his last years, he wasn't seen publicly or photographed, rarely left the hotel suites he occupied, and was terrified of germs. But when Hughes died in 1976, he left a huge legacy in aviation and technology. When we board an airliner, view TV via satellite, or marvel at America's military might, we might do well to remember the risk-taker who flew faster than his peers and was at heart an aviator obsessively dedicated to both the art and science of flight.

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History channel - modern marvels ~the telephone

From Alexander Graham Bell's crude creation, to today's high-speed wireless networks, we'll look into the past, present and future of the telephone. We'll visit the AT&T archives to see how the very first telephone boxes wired together with telegraph cables have evolved into vast wireless networks. Enter into the inner workings of Los Angeles County's 911 emergency dispatch center, as well as explore advancements made by Lucent/Bell Labs in phone-embedded GPS technology. With telephone privacy issues making headlines, witness a demonstration of how easy it can be for someone to illegally tap your phone. We'll also look at a technology developed by NASA-Ames that might one day allow people to converse by merely thinking what they want to say.

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history channel - the salt

t's the only rock we eat, and we need it to live. History has shown that those who have salt rule the world--and today, this versatile substance has 14,000 known uses. Travel to a salt mine 1,800 feet below Lake Erie where workers blast salt from a massive deposit spanning four states, to an evaporation facility near San Francisco where machines harvest salt from the briny ocean. Visit a Florida restaurant that offers 40 different varieties of salt...and journey to New York to explore salt's surprising number one application: de-icing snowy winter roads. See how a high-tech desalination plant removes salt from ocean water, producing 25 million gallons of drinkable water every day. And if it's speed you're after, look no further than a natural drag strip in Utah made of pure salt.

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Running Time: 45 minutes

Genre:Science & Technology

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History Channel - Secrets Of The Aegean Apocalypse

A clay tablet baked by apocalyptic fires; strange
stone fortresses built hundreds of miles above sea level; hieroglyphs
that tell of a terrifying invasion. Are these the clues that will
unravel the mystery behind the greatest cataclysm of the ancient world?

Travel back to 1200 BC, the era of the Great Pyramids and the world’s
first written languages - and witness an ancient Armageddon, where
nearly every known civilisation was destroyed.
What could have caused it? Plague? Pestilence? Natural Disaster?
The wrath of avenging gods? The theories were many, but nearly every
scenario now includes one mysterious and massively destructive factor
- a force only the Egyptians would survive long enough to name: The Sea People…

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History channel- Modern Marvels - secrets of oil

Rubber, Plastic, Nylon, Aerosols, Resins, Solvents, and Lubricants--none can exist without oil. If we stopped driving our cars tomorrow, America would still need five million barrels of oil a day. Visit Vulcan Materials, where oil tanks are emptied into massive double-barrel mixers to make asphalt and then continue to the Rolls Royce Aerospace Facility where complex jet fuels are blended. Travel back to the 1870's to see how an unemployed whale oil salesman turned a greasy oil-drilling by-product into a household staple: Vaseline. Finally discover how cutting-edge recycling techniques can breathe new life into used motor oil, and where a number of renewable fuels and technologies take aim at oil sovereignty.

Rating: TVPG

Running Time: 45 minutes

Genre:Science & Technology

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history channel - The Lincoln Assassination

Tom Berenger narrates this special American Heritage presentation that unravels the myths and misconceptions surrounding the death of Abraham Lincoln.

He is perhaps the most beloved man in American history his name is synonymous with honesty and righteousness. But in his own lifetime, Abraham Lincoln was hated by so many that an envelope in his desk marked "Assassination" was stuffed with 100 threatening letters.

What drove the handsome actor John Wilkes Booth to kill Lincoln, and how did he go about it? Was the Confederate government behind him? Was he motivated by a personal vendetta? The questions that have haunted the American people for 130 years are finally answered in THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION. Enlisting the help of forensic experts and modern historians, this engrossing program unravels the myths and misconceptions to bring you the definitive examination of Lincoln's death, the tragedy that shocked and enraged America.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: History

Rating: TV-PG

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He is perhaps the most beloved man in American history his name is synonymous with honesty and righteousness. But in his own lifetime, Abraham Lincoln was hated by so many that an envelope in his desk marked "Assassination" was stuffed with 100 threatening letters.

What drove the handsome actor John Wilkes Booth to kill Lincoln, and how did he go about it? Was the Confederate government behind him? Was he motivated by a personal vendetta? The questions that have haunted the American people for 130 years are finally answered in THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION. Enlisting the help of forensic experts and modern historians, this engrossing program unravels the myths and misconceptions to bring you the definitive examination of Lincoln's death, the tragedy that shocked and enraged America.

modern marvels - bunkers

nkers - and bunker buster bombs - received plenty of attention during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and this episode of Modern Marvels provides a good summary and background into bunker construction, as well as the bunker mentality, past and present. It also provides some valuable insight into the ways bunkers have changed the way we fight wars over time. The documentary opens with a look at "Project Greek Island," the massive bunker complex hidden away beneath the first-class Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Built in the late 1950s, this massive underground structure was designed to serve as an emergency relocation center for all the members of Congress. The most amazing thing about this bunker is the fact that its construction remained a complete secret, even to all the men and women who enjoyed the comforts of the resort during that construction, under the cover of a new west wing and golf course. Amazingly, the Greenbrier's secret was not revealed until 1992, when the Washington Post spilled the beans in a treasonous article, leading to the site's almost immediate decommission. As this documentary shows, the only safe bunkers in today's day and age are those no one knows about. This includes the famous bunker located beneath Cheyenne Mountain, which we also get to take a look at courtesy of this program.

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Hitler's Britain

n the summer of 1940, history hung in the balance. Hitler's armies had conquered Poland, Norway, Holland and Belgium in quick succession. Next, the Nazi blitzkrieg overwhelmed France and the British Army were forced to retreat from Dunkirk.

Now Adolf Hitler stood, just as Napoleon had stood, more than one hundred years before and looked across the English Channel to the one fighting obstacle that stood between him and world domination: a tiny island. Great Britain. The preliminaries were over. It was time for the main event.

It´s a chilling picture and throws up one of the most intriguing questions of our time. What would the Nazis have done if they had conquered Britain? And how would the British have reacted? Would they have been brave and resisted their tyranny, as thousands did in Occupied Europe? Or would we have quietly towed the line for fear of the terrible consequences for our families?

Hitlers Britain is the story of what the Nazis planned to do to Britain after they invaded in 1941. It will also tell for the first time on television, the remarkable story of the British Resistance movement. This two part series shows in the most vivid way possible the horrifying reality of what would have happened to Britain if it had become an outpost of Hitler�s odious 1000-year Reich.

In telling this story, Hitlers Britain shows fascinating archive including a stunning German propaganda film called `The Invasion of England´ shot in Belgium in 1940. It also includes film showing Britain´s `stay behind´ soldiers being trained to cut throats and throw sticky bombs. Our cameras will explore Churchills secret wartime citadel near Bath, join Resistance fighters as they uncover their underground bunkers and penetrate the warren of tunnels in Wiltshire from where Churchill planned his last ditch effort to resist Hitler.

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The Universe - complete season 1

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in this epic exploration of the Universe and its mysteries. It's a very old universe. Yet just 50 years since man first ventured into outer space, the heavens are yielding their greatest secrets. Robotic rovers give us eyes on the red rock of Mars--NASA probes slam into comets at hyper speed--deep-space telescopes capture violent images of the birth of stars and their collapse into black holes. All have significantly changed the way we see ourselves. We wonder, is there anywhere else out there that that can support life? Using cutting-edge computer graphics, this series brings the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres. Episodes examine how discoveries were made and the scientists and explorers who dared to venture into the uncharted territory of the universe.

Secrets of the Sun

It is a fireball in the sky, a bubbling, boiling, kinetic sphere of white hot plasma, exploding and erupting. Its size is almost unimaginable--one million Earths would fit within its boundaries. In this violence is born almost all the energy that makes existence on Earth possible, yet, its full mysteries are only now beginning to be understood. From Sun spots to solar eclipses, solar flares to solar storms, the birth of the sun to its potential death, discover the science and history behind this celestial object that makes life on Earth exist.

Mars: The Red Planet

It has been fifty years since man first ventured into space, but the greatest secrets are yet to be revealed. Mars is the planet in our solar system most similar to Earth despite otherworldly features such as the largest volcano in the Solar System. Rumors of life on Mars may be substantiated as NASA orbiters and rovers discover new evidence of frozen water just beneath the rusty soil. Did alien life exist there? As Earth reels with the effects of global warming, Mars becomes the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be like on Mars, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to Our Planet

The Earth has become a dangerous place to live in the Universe. It's only a matter of time before a cosmic force will annihilate the planet. At this very moment, NASA's top brass and other scientists are arming themselves with the latest technology to pre-empt an apocalyptic attack. And the enemy won't be terrorists launching nuclear weapons, but something possibly more deadly. This UNIVERSE episode - End of the Earth will investigate the bizarre, unexplained and terrifying End of Earth scenarios. Scientists from around the world race against the clock to develop technology to detect and defend our planet from apocalyptic demons. The prime suspects: asteroids, comets, gamma ray bursts, the sun and the Big Rip - a mysterious phenomenon called "dark energy" may eventually rip apart everything in the Universe.

Jupiter: The Giant Planet

Jupiter poses many questions about our solar system. It is a powerful planet of gas whose flowing colors and spots are beautiful, but contain violent storms and jet streams. A mini solar system of over sixty moons rotate around Jupiter--a half billion miles from earth. Could one of these moons contain life under its icy crust?

The Moon

The moon has comforted man for thousands of years. It's been everything from a god to a compass, and the only cosmic body human beings have ever visited. NASA is planning to build a permanent outpost there. Discover how the moon came to be--if you don't already know, you will be astounded.

Spaceship Earth

Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was created and discover what creatures hold clues to how life began. What evil forces threaten the demise of Earth? Complex and controversial, this is the scientific detective story of all time. Cutting-edge graphics are used along with the stories of scientists and explorers who dare to venture into the uncharted territory of the cosmos.

The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus

Scorched by their proximity to the sun, Mercury and Venus are hostile worlds; one gouged with craters from cosmic collisions and the other a vortex of sulfur, carbon dioxide and acid rain. Prime examples of planets gone awry, do they serve as a warning for ominous scenarios that might someday threaten Earth? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be on other planets and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

Saturn: Lord of the Rings

Are the rings of Saturn a real celestial phenomenon or merely a cosmic Illusion? Technology allows the experts to get closer to the furthest planet visible to the naked eye. Old questions are answered and new ones arise. Does Saturn hold the key to Earth's weather and will one of its moons supply us with all the oil we'll ever need? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be like on other planets and to imagine what kinds of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

Alien Galaxies

To know our place in the universe take a look far, far away to the realm of Alien Galaxies. Our galaxy is one of hundreds of billions in the universe. The Milky Way consists of more than a billion stars, our sun being only one of them. Take a view of the universe through the Hubble Space telescope and go back almost all the way to the Big Bang. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

Life and Death of a Star

Ignited by the power of the atom, burning with light, heat and wrath, stars are anything but peaceful. They collide, devour each other, and explode in enormous supernovas--the biggest explosions in the Universe. Using cutting-edge computer graphics, never-before-seen satellite images, and interviews with the world's leading astronomers, take a front row seat to the most amazing light show in the cosmos.

The Outer Planets

New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system. Uranus is a toxic combination of hydrogen, helium and methane. Scientists speculate that the planet was knocked on its side after colliding with another body. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is cold and barren, but some scientists speculate that liquid water might exist under Triton's icy surface. If this is proven true, Triton could be the home to one of the biggest discoveries of all time. Cold and inhospitable, Pluto completes one orbit around the solar system every 248 years. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe

Take a tour of the cosmic hot zones--black holes, galaxy mergers, gamma ray bursts and magnetars. Super massive black holes can literally "lasso" the Earth out of the solar system. A clash between two galaxies can result in a barbaric ritual called "galactic cannibalism" in which the dominant galaxy's super massive black hole literally eats the weaker one. Magnetars are a cosmic magnetic force so strong it could wipe out data on every credit card on the planet. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

Search for ET

In a galaxy filled with a billion stars, in a universe filled with a hundred billion galaxies--are we alone? SETI--the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence--is a privately funded project using radio telescopes and optical telescopes to scan the stars for signals. NASA is planning missions to Mars, Jupiter's sixth moon, Europa, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to look for primitive, microbial life in ice concentrations. Whether we discover primitive or intelligent life, how will that knowledge impact humankind's view of itself? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

Beyond the Big Bang

The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the universe whose primary assertion is that the universe has expanded into its current state from a primordial condition of enormous density and temperature. The term is also used in a narrower sense to describe the fundamental "fireball" that erupted at or close to an initial timepoint in the history of our observed spacetime. Discover more about it in this Big Bang episode.

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The next nostradamus

Two men sharing startling visions of the future possess distinctly different backgrounds: Michel de Nostradamus was a French apothecary and healer in the 16th century; he would become the most famous seer in history. His 21st century counterpart is Dr. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a renowned political scientist who teaches game theory at New York University and Stanford. While Nostradamus looked to the stars and mysticism to divine his apocalyptic revelations, Dr. Bueno de Mesquita relies on the most omnipotent tool ever designed by man to predict future events: the computer. This special explores not only the commonalities of these men's visions about World War III, famine and the coming of the Anti-Christ, but it also traces the evolution from mysticism to hard math, and determines whether science has always existed in prophecy, manifesting itself in different forms through the ages

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The lost book of nostradamus

An investigation into the 400-year-old Prophecy of the Roman Popes, unearthed at the end of last century and thought by some to be the lost book of philosopher Nostradamus.

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The Universe - Deadly Comets and Meteors

Right now cosmic forces prowl the universe and threaten man's very existence. They're asteroids and comets, athey've left their imprint on planet Earth, literally. Initially helping to build planets through violent collisions, during this fiery bombardment period they may have even seeded Earth with water and the building blocks for life. Since the turbulent formation of the solar system, these space rocks have continued to impact Earth. Some have been so violent that they've led to mass extinctions, including one that wiped out the dinosaur. New theories suggest that asteroid and comet dust harbor deadly viruses that may have triggered some of our worst pandemics. The possibility of future collisions remains a legitimate threat yet despite their dangers, asteroids and comets may hold vital natural resources, which could actually preserve mankind
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The universe - Living in Space

When mankind eventually leaves the cradle of Earth and ventures forth into the uncharted territories of the cosmos, where, and what form, will our new homes take? Will they be cities under glass, entrenched in distant alien soils? Will they be gleaming metropolises hanging in orbit above our heads, or in the lonely void of space? Will they be hollowed out asteroids, strip-mined for the valuables they hoard? How will we grow food? What will the new era of spacesuits be like? The rovers that carry us around? Will robonauts, advanced robotic machines, perform the most dangerous tasks for us? How will we live... in space?

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mega disasters - Asteroid Apocalypse

 What if the same fate that befell the dinosaurs were to strike again today?
Stunning computer graphics and actual footage combine to create convincing pictures of the risks faced by U.S. cities.
MEGA DISASTERS explores the worst of what could happen.
Explore the potential affect of a real interstellar collision in LA.



It has happened before, and it could happen again. What makes storms, earthquakes and other events into natural disaster is not how they occur, but where they strike. MEGA DISASTERS asks the what ifs? no one ever wants to face. A masterful blend of actual footage, computer graphics and interviews with leading scientists and public safety experts explores the outer limits of what could happen if everything went wrong.

Many scientists believe that a "killer asteroid" wiped out the dinosaurs and 70 percent of all living things 160-million years ago. How likely is it that a similar event can occur again? ASTEROID APOCALYPSE answers the question in an unforgettable way, showing how such an impact on the West Coast could wreak destruction and chaos that could cripple the nation. But we?ll also see what could be done to mitigate the effects of such a calamity.

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History hackers

Meet Nikola Tesla, the unsung genius behind the most miraculous advances of the Age of Electricity, and Hacker-extraordinaire Bre Pettis who will break the history of electricity down to its nuts and bolts. Bre will show you how to build your own versions of Tesla's greatest inventions and takes you on a journey from New York City's ultra modern power plants, to one of the world's most advanced satellite research labs, and then onward into the future of energy...unlimited wireless power

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Journey to 10000 BC

10,000 B.C. was a time of cataclysmic change on Earth. Extreme climactic fluctuations hurled the planet into a minor ice age; megafauna like the saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth were suddenly becoming extinct; and early humans began to inhabit North America. Cold and hungry, their fragile communities undertook perilous hunting expeditions. The slaughter of a single mammoth, weighing nearly ten tons, could be the difference between survival and death.

JOURNEY TO 10,000 B.C. brings this unique and thrilling period to life, and investigates the geologic and climate changes that scientists are just beginning to understand. In a major forensic investigation, HISTORY visits early human archaeological sites to uncover fossilized bones, ancient dwellings, and stone weapons, and uses state-of-the-art CGI to recreate the treacherous mammoth hunts and the devastating impact of a comet colliding with Earth.

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