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Miracle Landing on the Hudson
2014-06-22
Miracle Landing on the Hudson tells the dramatic true story of the frightening and ultimately triumphant emergency landing of Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Featuring intimate and emotive interviews as well as large-scale dramatic reconstructions, the film reveals details from passengers and crew, and shows that the crash itself was merely the beginning of their fight for survival.

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Surviving Wild America
2014-07-30
Australian adventurers Cas & Jonesy battle alligators, deadly snakes, fatigue and each other in search of a lost trail through Georgia's infamous Okefenokee Swamp. The fearless world-record-setting duo have conquered the South Pole and crossed the treacherous Tasman Sea in a kayak but tackling the Okefenokee brings new and unfamiliar challenges.

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Hunt For The Giant Squid
2014-04-09
For centuries, sailors have told terrible tales of ferocious underwater monsters. Now, an ultra-modern research crew hopes to catch a glimpse of the ultimate monster: the 12-metre, 200kg giant squid.

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Ultimate Tutankhamun
2014-05-09
World renowned archaeologists are taking a 21st century approach to ancient history, conducting a forensic investigation into Tutankhamen's cause of death.

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Devil's Bible
2008-09-01
At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Filled with satanic images and demonic spells, according to legend, the cursed text sprang from a doomed monk's pact with the Devil.

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The Lion Whisperer
2014-08-04
He’s been living surrounded by domesticated lions for years. Kevin Richardson lies down with them, pets them, takes care of them and travels long distances along with them.

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Nazi Temple of Doom
2014-05-01
What links Adolf Hitler, Heindrich Himmler and a priceless Celtic cauldron recently discovered at the bottom of a lake in Bavaria? In this film an investigation uncovers allegations of mafia involvement, an international fraud trial where millions of dollars are at stake and a forensic discovery that stuns the archaeological world and steers the mystery towards Himmler’s SS shrine at Wewelsburg and Hitler’s obsessive quest for the Holy Grail.

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Murder In The Family
2014-06-18
Following the gruesome murder of a Californian family in 2003, police are pretty sure the killer is Vincent Brothers – but his alibi places him over 3,000 kilometres away from the scene of the crime. Using an unusual tactic developed in Scotland in 1935, investigators turned to ‘insect analysis’ for help.

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Brothers in War
2014-03-26
Through gripping first-person accounts and digitally remastered archival footage, including the soldiers' own home movies and personal audio tapes, Brothers in War recounts the harrowing combat experiences of the men of Charlie Company - one of the last American combat infantry companies to be drafted, trained and sent to fight together in Vietnam. The two-hour special is fittingly narrated by Charlie Sheen, who rose to stardom after his 1986 performance as a Vietnam soldier in "Platoon.

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50
Elizabeth I War on Terror
2014-06-24
Elizabeth I War On Terror Summer 1586 is England’s darkest hour. A terrorist cell of Catholic extremists is planning to kill Elizabeth and install the Queen of Scots on her throne.

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49
The Quest For Gold
2014-12-21
Gold is the oldest precious metal known to man and has long been the ultimate symbol of immortality and power. Throughout history, gold's scarcity and value has driven men to journey to unknown reaches, wage wars, conquer kingdoms and sacrifice all in the quest to find and possess it.

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The Next Mega Tsunami
2014-12-27
Ten years after one of the most deadly tsunamis ever known, scientists are making a shocking discovery. Experts used to believe that the biggest killer waves were only generated in a handful of regions, but mounting evidence now suggests that more of the world’s coasts, from the Mediterranean to Australia, could be in grave danger.

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Cocaine Crackdown
2014-12-27
In Colombia and the Caribbean, American DEA special agents put the ultimate crackdown on billion-dollar drug cartels, risking their lives in the process.

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In Love With Hitler
2014-09-24
This is Adolf Hitler as we’ve never seen him before — through the eyes of his mistress, Eva Braun. From 1937 to 1944, Braun shot a series of remarkable amateur movies that take us into the inner sanctum of the Third Reich — Hitler’s chalet, the Berghof, the veritable decision center of the Nazi regime.

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Hitler the Junkie
2014-12-15
This hard-hitting and in-depth special examines the medications Hitler was taking, how much he took and how often, and whether drugs played a role in his behavior and actions.

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44
Cooking Alaska
2014-12-08
Sherri and her extreme outdoor catering company are hired to cook a gourmet meal off the grid in the wilds of Alaska for a high-end client with a taste for adventure.

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43
Drain the Bermuda Triangle
2014-12-07
In this one-hour special, National Geographic Channel explores the Bermuda Triangle's ominous reputation by draining the water from it to see what exactly lies below the surface of the mythical triangle. With the aid of data from sophisticated sonar surveys, see what the ocean floor looks like below the Bermuda Triangle.

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Area 51 The CIA's Secret Files
2014-12-01
"Area 51: X Files" utilizza documenti declassificati della CIA per presentare un documentario autorevole e attendibile. Tralasciando speculazioni e leggende metropolitane, il programma si concentra su quanto accade realmente nell'area test conosciuta nell'immaginario collettivo come Area 51.

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Sleepless in America
2014-11-30
In an unprecedented partnership, NGC along with The Public Good Projects and NIH, America’s foremost scientific authority, will draw the nation’s attention to the science of sleep — a topic fundamental to our collective well-being.

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Pearl Harbor Seconds From Disaster
2014-09-12
On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attack United States military installations in and around Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the US into World War II.

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Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape
2014-10-11
October 14th 2013 was the 70th anniversary of an event that shook the Nazi party to its core, when the Jewish prisoners at Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in Poland staged a bloody break out. Through brutally honest dramatisations and compelling first hand testimony, travel back with some of the last remaining survivors to reveal their extraordinary stories of courage, desperation and determination.

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9/11 The Miracle Survivor
2014-09-07
9/11 survivor Pasquale Buzzelli tells his amazing story of riding a blizzard of falling debris from a 22nd floor stairwell – and the science behind his bewildering survival.

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9/11 Voices From The Air
2014-09-06
9/11: Voices from the Air recalls the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 via radio transmissions between the cockpit and the control tower, and through cellphone calls between passengers and their loved ones.

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Hasselhoff vs the Berlin Wall
2014-11-09
Arguably more than any other event, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of communist rule across Eastern Europe set the scene for the 1990s — and David Hasselhoff was there to witness history in the making. With the 25th anniversary approaching, Hasselhoff vs.

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Comet Catcher: The Rosetta Landing
2014-11-12
On November the 12th, millions of miles from Earth, a spacecraft will make history by attempting to land on an icy rock nearly three-miles across, hurtling through space at 41,000 mi/hr. An international team of scientists will work around the clock to make sure the orbiter Rosetta, and lander Philae, will survive the journey to accomplish their mission.

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Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos
2014-06-29
Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos gives viewers a front-row seat as photographers reveal the hard work, perseverance, and luck involved in capturing that one-in-a-million shot.

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Wild Super Snake
2014-06-18

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9-11 And The American Dream
2014-09-11
They came from around the globe, drawn to New York in search of a new life and a better future. Ten years on, survivors and relatives of the lost talk about how they've rebuilt their lives in the shadow of 9/11.

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Secrets Of The Great Escape Revealed
2014-10-31
For nearly 70 years, the tunnel allowing 76 allied airmen to flee from a POW camp in Poland has remained undisturbed. Now a crack team of engineers and historians are out to reveal its hidden secrets.

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Alien Worlds
2014-10-29
Join us to explore the planets that are beyond our solar system.We'll also meet some scientists and understand their plans for NASA's Kepler mission.

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Mammoth Unearthed
2014-10-27
In deepest Siberia, two American scientists are on a mission, to expose the secrets of the woolly mammoth. Their search will lead them to one of the greatest mammoth finds ever uncovered.

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China's Golden Monkeys
2014-09-19
The Chinese snub-nosed monkey was one of the least documented species of its kind ... until now. Once believed extinct, renewed scientific interest in this shy creature with its strange snub of a nose has revealed that the monkey lives within a complex multileveled society, an uncommon trait among nonhuman primates. Come along for the journey around China's mountainous central and southwest regions as we investigate the mysteries behind these beautiful monkeys.

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Wild Namibia
2014-09-07
Dust and dunes, sun and sand: the parched landscapes of Namibia in southwest Africa are extreme in every way. This Terra Mater Factual Studios production tells the fascinating story of how the largest animals on our planet survive in the oldest and most inhospitable desert on earth.

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Giant Pandas
2014-09-22
The Giant Panda is one of the world's most iconic bears, but they are also critically endangered. Now the race is on to save them from extinction.

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9/10: The Final Hours
2014-09-07
9/10: The Final Hours takes us moment by moment through the day before everything changed, before the “war on terror” became a part of the world's everyday vernacular. We'll hear from those who worked inside the World Trade Center, whose snap decisions resulted in narrow misses of the attack, as well as men and women who confronted the terrorist mastermind of the operation, Mohamed Atta, during his sudden — and still unexplained —detour to Portland, Maine.

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9/11 Rescue Cops
2014-09-06
The extraordinary untold story of the heroism and sacrifice of the NYPD’s elite rescue squad - the Emergency Service Unit - on 9/11. New York City’s Emergency Service Unit (ESU) is a unique institution in law enforcement; not only is it the busiest Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in America, the ESU is also one of the top urban rescue units in the world.

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Guantanamo's Secrets
2014-02-01
Guantanamo's Secrets exclusively captures for the first time the day-to-day life of the most famous prison in the world.

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Bannockburn: The Real Bravehearts
2014-07-27
England's Kind Edward I just crushed the infamous Scottish braveheart William Wallace and claimed all of Scotland as England territory. But Wallace's death only ignited a flame within the heart of Scottish outlaw Robert the Bruce.

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Generation Astronaut
2014-07-14
GENERATION ASTRONAUT is a groundbreaking documentary special that sees ordinary men and women from across the globe competing against each other for the chance to live the dreams of a generation. Following more than 100 winners from over 60 countries as they strive to win one of 23 tickets to space aboard the Lynx shuttle in 2015, GENERATION ASTRONAUT showcases a week of intense competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under the tutelage of a judging panel including legendary astronaut, Buzz Aldrin.

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JFK: Seven Days That Made a President
2013-11-22
This feature-length documentary tells the story of seven critical moments that shaped the man who became a twentieth century icon. America’s most popular modern president was a man of great vision who inspires to this day.

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Hitler's Jurassic Monsters
2014-06-15
This is the untold story of a Nazi vision, that went far beyond the military conquest of European countries. As part of their crazed dream to create a thousand-year Reich they developed detailed blueprints for Aryan settlements and vast hunting parks for ‘Aryan’ animals.

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Hyena Coast
2014-06-08
Hyena Coast Brown hyena expert Ingrid Wiesel wants to find her favorite study animal, named Tosca, who has disappeared from her home range on Namibia’s Wild West Coast. Ingrid has spent the last 17 years studying brown hyenas–now she must journey deep into Tosca’s world to discover what exactly has forced her to leave her traditional hunting grounds.

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D-Day Sacrifice: Battle of Normandy
2014-06-03
It was the biggest air and naval fleet in history to take off for France to free Europe from Nazi Germany’s clutches. As World War II entered its fifth year of combat, and despite set-backs in Russia, the power of Germany remained so strong that the Anglo American Allies had to recruit 2 million men all ready to sacrifice their lives.

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D-Day Sacrifice: The Landing
2014-06-03
It was the biggest air and naval fleet in history to take off for France to free Europe from Nazi Germany’s clutches. As World War II entered its fifth year of combat, and despite set-backs in Russia, the power of Germany remained so strong that the Anglo American Allies had to recruit 2 million men all ready to sacrifice their lives.

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Florida Untamed: Croc Coast
2014-04-27
Crocs may have outlasted the dinosaurs, but now they face coastal development, dramatically altering their habitats.

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Florida Untamed: Gator Country
2014-04-27
Follow three juvenile gators on a fight for survival as they work to outmaneuver their abundant foe in a distressing game of life or death.

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The Jesus Mysteries
2014-04-19
Jesus Christ is one of the most famous names in the history of mankind. But Gospel writers left out crucial details about pivotal events in Christ's life - historical moments that have been adapted, embellished and rewritten over the course of hundreds of years.

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London's Zeppelin Attacks
2014-04-10
London is burning. German bombs are decimating British homes and the dead lie in heaps. But this Blitz has nothing to do with World War II. This little-known story of a terror bombing campaign on the capital took place during the First World War. For 18 months the carnage was delivered by a machine straight from the pages of science fiction. The Zeppelin, the biggest flying machine ever to have existed, delivered a deadly payload straight to the heart of a nation and, for a time, there was nothing the British could do to stop them. This new kind of terror campaign rewrote the rules of war. For the first time in history, innocent civilians were bombed in their homes in a ruthless attempt to break a nation's morale. This also aired on the following: • Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries - S2013E46 - Attack of the Zeppelins • NOVA - S41E11 - Zeppelin Terror Attack • National Geographic Documentaries - S2014E08 - London's Zeppelin Attacks

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Live From Space
2014-03-14
National Geographic Channel is taking viewers around the world—literally—in this spectacular two-hour television event broadcasting LIVE from the International Space Station (ISS) and Mission Control in Houston, Texas. Made in collaboration with NASA, we'll go into orbit with astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata as they fly at 17,500 mph nearly 250 miles above the earth's surface on the International Space Station, while astronaut Mike Massimino joins host Soledad O'Brien on the ground at Mission Control in Houston.

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Mennonite Made
2014-02-18
Mennonite builder Norman and his crew need to get a custom log home built for a client in Colorado before the winter weather stops them cold. As they race against Mother Nature, the build site in Colorado is hit with a flood of biblical proportions, sweeping away homes and lives.

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The Real Pompeii
2014-02-20
When Mount Vesuvius erupted In 79 AD, it buried the booming city of Pompeii under tons of debris, sealing the fate of more than a thousand people. But It also sealed the ancient city - preserved it, protected it, like nowhere else on earth.

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Hunting Hitler's Stolen Treasures: The Monuments Men
2014-01-17
NGC presents the true story of an unlikely World War II “band of brothers.” The unsuspecting group of scholars, academics, historians and architects headed to the front lines of the bloodiest war in history to rescue thousands of years' worth of European art and culture from Nazi-occupied Europe.

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The Flying Squad: The Real Sweeney
2014-02-05
The story of the 20-year war between armed robbers and one of the toughest police squads in the UK. With incredible archive footage and testimony from those on both

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Ten Years on Mars
2014-01-06
When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January 2004, they were expected to drive a few hundred yards and last 90 days. But scientists were wrong; the hardy robots proved to be two of the greatest explorers of the Space Age.

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