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Watch dramatic footage of violent volcano eruptions that caused immense damage, including the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991, one of the largest eruptions of the 20th century.
7.2
Rock icon Sting opens his brain to researchers to study how our gray matter uses music to shape the human experience and define our life stages.
5.7
Meet the Father of Our Country in a whole new way as historians analyze George Washington's voluminous correspondence. Setting out his contacts and letters in the modern framework of a Facebook profile gives Washington's busy and productive career a new transparency.
Engaging conversations with aviation people, by aviation people. Explore topics that captivate pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike.
3.6
With the rise in superhero media, this film relives the reign of the vigilante over the last eight decades through its biography of Batman.
Things are heating up down under! The world’s smallest penguins are looking for love on Australia’s biggest island, but cars, cats, and camera-wielding humans are killing the mood. Will these little penguins persevere and find mates or spend the breeding season alone?
The aviation community comes together for two things: Airplanes and Coffee. Follow Russ and John as they hold monthly fly-ins.
Perfection lies between food and beverage.
This series looks at unique aircraft and the amazing stories behind them.
The USA is home to the largest and most influential economy in human history, but why? What allowed America to pull ahead of its global peers? Was it resources, free markets or the American Spirit? Or was it just being in the right place at the right time? What happens when that time ends?
West Texas is an unlikely Mecca for Warbirds. Ezell Aviation has made a name in the industry by keeping these legendary planes flying.
Innovators sacrifice themselves for science, turning failures into breakthroughs that change humanity forever.
Engaging conversations with aviation people, by aviation people. Explore topics that captivate pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike.
The US and China are in fierce competition. Others are catching up. How can we survive—and even thrive—in a globalized world?
Comparing the best airplanes from all over the world. Each episode takes a look at the top five in a specific category.
From crop dusting to offshore ferrying, Chelsea looks behind the stick to explore the many pilot jobs—and what drives each Throttle Jockey.
6.4
Just prior to the end of World War II, the German military secretly undertook a massive push to design miracle weapons - colossal tanks, the world's first guided missiles, and high-speed jets that could attack New York. Now, nearly 60 years later, a team of experts examines the original blueprints to determine if these so-called "Wunderwaffen," or "wonder weapons," could have changed the outcome of the war. One of Adolf Hitler's most top secret bombs: The Fritz X grandfather of the modern smart bomb. Prototype testing revealed that the success rate with this radio-guided bomb was over 80 times higher than with conventional free-falling bombs of the time. In every documented case the destructive power of the Fritz X proved so strong that it would completely rip through any battleship it hit. It would never explode while still inside the ship, but on exiting or in the water.
6.2
During World War II, Allied operatives went on secret missions to kill Adolph Hitler and his top officers, including Erwin Rommel. Allied Special Forces launched daring wartime missions to capture or kill Nazi generals where they were stationed on the front lines of war. National Geographic Channel captures the real-time drama felt as the Special Forces commanded these dangerous and complicated missions to exotic locations.
Dan and Christy talk to the movers and shakers of aviation while at EAA AirVenture.
Host Derek Muller uncovers the mind-blowing secrets of spider vision! Discover how advanced color vision in jumping spiders has evolved in so many unique ways, and explore the wide spectrum of colors in their hidden world. You won't believe what these tiny creatures can see!
Wonder what it’s like to move like the world’s greatest athletes? This series explores the science behind incredible feats of athleticism.
In the second World War, a new generation of planes and daredevil pilots take aerial combat to deadly new heights.
In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.
