Kirk Wolfinger
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A fascinating feature-length documentary, 'Titanic at 100' will take viewers on a journey to the bottom of the North Atlantic where they will investigate the remains of the most famous ship in history. Produced in conjunction with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and RMS Titanic, Inc., this special provides the most authoritative look at the shipwreck, and is timed to the 100th anniversary of the sinking.
4) Last B-24
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Dive to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea in search of the Tulsamerican, a B-24 bomber that crashed off the coast of Croatia during World War II. The Croatian Navy and some of the world's leading underwater archaeologists work to investigate the wreckage. Join the team of archaeologist and forensics experts as they search for the crew and identify their remains.
5) The bomb
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This is the story of the most powerful and destructive device ever invented. With newly restored footage, go behind the scenes of the first atomic bomb, revealing how it was developed and how it changed the planet. Examine the choices society has made since 1945, and continues to make, to live with an invention that could destroy the planet.
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Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off the coast of New Orleans. U-166 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful German U-boat operation that...
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Takes viewers behind the scenes on a journey with the astronauts and engineers charged with saving the famous Hubble Space Telescope. After nearly 20 years in space, and after capturing hundreds of thousands of spectacular images, the Hubble Space Telescope was dying. Stubborn scientists and the general public alike refused to abandon the telescope, and the mission was revived.
10) To the moon
Formats
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Explore little-known facts, rare footage, and interviews with NASA scientists, engineers, geologists and astronauts who made walking on the moon a reality.
11) Fire wars
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Nova goes on the fire line with a team of elite Hotshots to fight one of the worst fire seasons ever in the American west.
12) Stargazing
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400 years of the telescope [DVD QB 63 STA pt.1]: "The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion...
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