History (Television network)
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
With his lightining-quick hands and feet, steely body, and vast knowledge of martial arts, Bruce Lee was a one-of-a-kind powerhouse. He took on and out the bad guys with gusto. His astonishing skills brought him fame and movie roles. Learn the whole story from his birth in San Francisco to his mysterious death - some say the result of a curse - at the age of 32, just three weeks before the opening of his only U.S. film, "Enter the dragon." Along the...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer uproots a large stone covered with mysterious runes. Now known as the Kensington Rune Stone, it details a journey of land acquisition and murder-- in the year 1362. Thought by some to be a hoax, new evidence suggests it could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure-- the Holy Grail. See how symbols on the Rune Stone...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A look at the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy, and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages. With the encroaching historical and ruthless downfall of the Templar Order, season two focuses on power, redemption, revenge, betrayal, family, and an epic war between church and state. Hamill joins the cast as Talus, a battle-hardened Knight Templar veteran who is tasked with preparing the next generation...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Get an up-close look at a reproduction of a trireme, or ancient Mediterranean warship. See the reproduction of the gigantic cargo ship Syracusia capturing the vessels' original grandeur. Witness a demonstration of the Archimedean screw, a machine designed in the third century B.C. to pump water out of a ship's hold, and watch as another one of Archimedes' discoveries, the principle of buoyancy, is put to the test. In England, investigate the Antikytheara...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When American forces at Pearl Harbor were caught by surprise on the morning of December 7, 1941, nearly every soldier, sailor, and marine at the doomed base rallied to resist the attack. By visiting the sites where they made their desperate last stands and reliving every aspect of the onslaught by the Imperial Japanese Navy, viewers can pay homage to the U.S. servicemen whose courage, valor, and sacrifice have long been overshadowed by the devastating...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Throughout history, the forces of evolution and genetic mutation have endowed humans with astonishing new abilities and features. It's a process that continues to this day, and nowhere is it more evident than in the fascinating world of Stan Lee's Superhumans. Co-hosted by Stan Lee, the legendary creator of the X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Hulk, the series scours the globe for the real-life counterparts of Lee's characters: people with unique genetic...
47) Space threats
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From star collisions to mass extinction crashes, gravity is moving everything around in often high-impact events; Imagine a tornado so powerful, it can form a plante or winds sweeping across a planet much like our won, but blowing at 6,000 miles per hour; It's a world in which a single spark or a tiny micrometeoroid can turn a routine mission into a lethal nightmare, while the most dangerous aspects of space travel; They helped build planets through...
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: Doomsday 2012: the End of Days: Doomsday is foretold in the Mayan calendar, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching and an Internet-based prophetic softward program. December 21, 20012 will be the End of Days. Mayan doomsday prophecy: The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers. Thier calendar is more accurate than our own. They tracked stars and planets and assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made the 2012 doomsday prophecy...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the Revolution through the California Gold Rush, it tells the visceral, immersive narrative of the American frontier through the eyes of the most iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness. A prequel to the first award-winning miniseries, this four-part docuseries features dramatized portrayals of Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Lewis & Clark, Davy Crocket and others.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: How the earth was made. Examines the origin and geological evolution of the earth, focusing on the various cataclysmic transformations that occurred through time.
Disc 2 : A global warning? The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occurring phenomenon, or the result of human activity?
Disc 3 : Life after people. What will the world be like when mankind is extinct?...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Provides a concise biographical recounting of the military life of Manfred Richthofen, commonly referred to as the Red Baron. Examines the aircraft and military tactics employed by both English and German pilots during the aerial dogfights of WWI. A number of the baron's most daring and harrowing missions, including the period known as Bloody April, are recreated using actors, visual effects and interviews with historical scholars.
53) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.