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Trains That Changed The World
The Great Western Railway; luxury railway travel, from the Orient Express and the 900-mile Blue Train of South Africa to the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt
Explore the effects of the Erie Canal on the Midwest and how the U.S. beer industry got started in Milwaukee.
The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt
With European competitors in ruins due to two World Wars, the region reigned supreme for nearly a century until the 1970s when economic crises, competition and further technological innovation changed everything.
Los Angeles: Stories from the City
Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States and the world, has a unique story; home to indigenous tribes, just two hundred years ago Los Angeles was a small outpost of Mexico, after it took possession of California from Spain after the Mexican War of Independence; taken by the US in the Mexican-American war of 1848, Los Angeles remained a scrappy cowtown until the discovery of oil in the 1890s.
Los Angeles: Stories from the City
The Hollywood film studios are founded by Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe who achieve their American Dream by acquiring a social status equal to the Los Angeles WASP elite.
How the Victorians Built Britain
Victorian experiments and Cathedrals of Medicine build Britain and revolutionize the medical world.
How the Victorians Built Britain
The Victorians institute a revolution in law and order, create the first modern police force and build Britain's prisons.
How the Victorians Built Britain
Britain's first Super Sewer helps to clean the capital and bring about a fresh water revolution that changes the lives of millions of Victorians.
How the Victorians Built Britain
The Victorians take on the world of exploration and adventure, bringing it home to Britain for everyone to share.
Battlefields of the World Wars
The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.
Trains That Changed The World
The Flying Scotsman built in 1923 revolutionized travel within the U.K., becoming the first train to break the 100 mph barrier and inspiring the world to use trains for high-speed transport.
Trains That Changed The World
The London Underground made it easier to travel around cities by transporting people deep underground, thereby avoiding congested streets.
Trains That Changed The World
Take a look at the first locomotives during the Industrial Revolution, such as Stephenson's Rocket in 1829.
Trains That Changed The World
The Great Western Railway; luxury railway travel, from the Orient Express and the 900-mile Blue Train of South Africa to the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt
Explore the effects of the Erie Canal on the Midwest and how the U.S. beer industry got started in Milwaukee.
The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt
With European competitors in ruins due to two World Wars, the region reigned supreme for nearly a century until the 1970s when economic crises, competition and further technological innovation changed everything.
Los Angeles: Stories from the City
Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States and the world, has a unique story; home to indigenous tribes, just two hundred years ago Los Angeles was a small outpost of Mexico, after it took possession of California from Spain after the Mexican War of Independence; taken by the US in the Mexican-American war of 1848, Los Angeles remained a scrappy cowtown until the discovery of oil in the 1890s.
Los Angeles: Stories from the City
The Hollywood film studios are founded by Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe who achieve their American Dream by acquiring a social status equal to the Los Angeles WASP elite.
Warplane Workshop
Skilled engineers and pilots return historic warplanes to the air; pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team restore a survivor of the Spitfire's rare mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get the battered Cessna Bird Dog, a Vietnam War mainstay, that she bought for £10,000 back in the sky; featuring recently rediscovered tapes of combat missions over Vietnam recorded by the pilots themselves.
Warplane Workshop
Dutch pilots fought Hitler's Luftwaffe downing hundreds of aircraft; many joined the RAF but their outdated fighter vanishes; a family of restorers is recreating the Fokker D.XXI featuring rare color footage from a Dutch pilot.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Taff Smith rescues the wreckage of a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic from Franco's fascist air force; rebuilding it requires long hours and big bills and its resurrection could spark controversy in Spain.
How the Victorians Built Britain
The role a former coal track played in the development of the national railway; Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bid to secure Bristol's future and his creation of the fastest engine in the world.
How the Victorians Built Britain
How the Victorians built the most technologically-advanced ships in the world; HMS Warrior; the luxury steamer SS Great Britain.
How the Victorians Built Britain
The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol; the Tay Bridge disaster; a new metal emerges as the bridge maker's building "block" of choice.
How the Victorians Built Britain
How the seaside mini-break was transformed from a perk of the wealthy to a British institution; how piers became entertainment hubs; electricity fuels the tourist industry.
Warbird Workshop
Engineers rebuild a two-seat Hurricane to fulfill a pilot's daughter's dream.
Warbird Workshop
After 12 years, a team rebuilds Churchill's lost seaplane, the Waterbird.
Warbird Workshop
Featuring the Sea King helicopter that saved lives from Apollo to Piper Alpha.
Warbird Workshop
Gerry Cooper restores two historic pre-war biplanes at a wartime bomber base.
Operation Foxley -- Mission: Liquidate Hitler
The detailed plan that could have led to the assassination of Adolf Hitler, and why it failed.
Real Life of a Roman Soldier
Roman legion recruits sought adventure, but in peace, defended borders or cities; Vindolanda and Lugdunum unveil their daily lives through ancient artifacts.
Real Life of a Roman Soldier
In Roman legions, camaraderie in contubernium sustained soldiers; Lyon excavations reveal their humanity and piety, hinting at hopes for retirement after 25 years.
Warplane Workshop
Skilled engineers and pilots return historic warplanes to the air; pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team restore a survivor of the Spitfire's rare mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get the battered Cessna Bird Dog, a Vietnam War mainstay, that she bought for £10,000 back in the sky; featuring recently rediscovered tapes of combat missions over Vietnam recorded by the pilots themselves.
Warplane Workshop
Dutch pilots fought Hitler's Luftwaffe downing hundreds of aircraft; many joined the RAF but their outdated fighter vanishes; a family of restorers is recreating the Fokker D.XXI featuring rare color footage from a Dutch pilot.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Taff Smith rescues the wreckage of a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic from Franco's fascist air force; rebuilding it requires long hours and big bills and its resurrection could spark controversy in Spain.
Warplane Workshop
Join a team attempting to refurbish the Waterbird, Britain's first seaplane.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
In WW2, 32 airfields in Suffolk serve as stations for US bombers; Suggs and Stephen hunt for relics of the visiting aircraft.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Digging at a stately home, the team finds evidence of the American troops’ training, including the rooms where they were billeted, unchanged since 1944.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Suggs and Stephen are back on the hunt for more relics from World War II and hope searching the site of a bomb factory won't yield anything too explosive.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Stephen and his trusted team of experts search for evidence relating to American fighters, the P-38 Lockheed Lightning and the P-51 Mustang.
Hitler's Secret Sex Life
The discovery of archives that confirm Hitler's genital deformity.
Hitler's Secret Sex Life
The psychology of Hitler as the narcissistic child who grew into a malignant psychopath.
Hitler's Secret Sex Life
Four women unfortunate enough to be lusted after by Hitler saw only one way out of the relationship.
Hitler's Secret Sex Life
Archival research reveals the squalid secrets of a sex life Hitler lied and killed to protect.
Operation Foxley -- Mission: Liquidate Hitler
The detailed plan that could have led to the assassination of Adolf Hitler, and why it failed.
How the Nazis Lost the War
In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II.
How the Nazis Lost the War
Early victories in World War II injected Hitler with a precipitous sense of over-confidence that was eventually tested and proven vulnerable.
Battlefields of the World Wars
The Allied forces who survived the gauntlet on the beaches of Normandy face the Hitler Youth as they press on further.
Battlefields of the World Wars
A massive deployment of paratroopers on June 5, 1944, provides support for the Allies in the Normandy invasion, stymieing Germany's attempt to drive them back.
Battlefields of the World Wars
The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
The Nazis' concentration camps become centers for mass killings in World War II; why does a system of concentrating populations lead to genocide?
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
The Nazi think tank "Ahnenerbe" carried out countless acts of barbarism; stored on hundreds of microfilms which are only now available, the reports from this institution reveal the gruesome secrets of science according to Hitler.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
Hitler's rise to power depended on Hjalmar Schacht, a largely forgotten figure.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
In WW2, 32 airfields in Suffolk serve as stations for US bombers; Suggs and Stephen hunt for relics of the visiting aircraft.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Digging at a stately home, the team finds evidence of the American troops’ training, including the rooms where they were billeted, unchanged since 1944.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Suggs and Stephen are back on the hunt for more relics from World War II and hope searching the site of a bomb factory won't yield anything too explosive.
WW2 Treasure Hunters
Stephen and his trusted team of experts search for evidence relating to American fighters, the P-38 Lockheed Lightning and the P-51 Mustang.
Warplane Workshop
Skilled engineers and pilots return historic warplanes to the air; pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team restore a survivor of the Spitfire's rare mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get the battered Cessna Bird Dog, a Vietnam War mainstay, that she bought for £10,000 back in the sky; featuring recently rediscovered tapes of combat missions over Vietnam recorded by the pilots themselves.
Warplane Workshop
Dutch pilots fought Hitler's Luftwaffe downing hundreds of aircraft; many joined the RAF but their outdated fighter vanishes; a family of restorers is recreating the Fokker D.XXI featuring rare color footage from a Dutch pilot.
Warplane Workshop
Pilot Taff Smith rescues the wreckage of a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic from Franco's fascist air force; rebuilding it requires long hours and big bills and its resurrection could spark controversy in Spain.
Warplane Workshop
Join a team attempting to refurbish the Waterbird, Britain's first seaplane.
Real Life of a Roman Soldier
Roman legion recruits sought adventure, but in peace, defended borders or cities; Vindolanda and Lugdunum unveil their daily lives through ancient artifacts.
Real Life of a Roman Soldier
In Roman legions, camaraderie in contubernium sustained soldiers; Lyon excavations reveal their humanity and piety, hinting at hopes for retirement after 25 years.
Battlefields of the World Wars
The Allied forces who survived the gauntlet on the beaches of Normandy face the Hitler Youth as they press on further.
Battlefields of the World Wars
A massive deployment of paratroopers on June 5, 1944, provides support for the Allies in the Normandy invasion, stymieing Germany's attempt to drive them back.
Battlefields of the World Wars
The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
The Nazis' concentration camps become centers for mass killings in World War II; why does a system of concentrating populations lead to genocide?
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
The Nazi think tank "Ahnenerbe" carried out countless acts of barbarism; stored on hundreds of microfilms which are only now available, the reports from this institution reveal the gruesome secrets of science according to Hitler.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
Hitler's rise to power depended on Hjalmar Schacht, a largely forgotten figure.