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  • 2019
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    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    7.60 2019 HD

    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...

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  • 2019
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    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    4.80 2019 HD

    On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...

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  • 2021
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    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    7.70 2021 HD

    "The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher,...

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  • 2023
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    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    10.00 2023 HD

    Cassius X puts a period of often-overlooked history into the spotlight – the period when Cassius Clay fought his way to achieving his lifelong...

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  • 2016
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    Castro's Secret Reef

    Castro's Secret Reef

    7.50 2016 HD

    Cuba's enforced isolation has resulted in the unlikeliest of marine reserves: a huge, rambling archipelago known as Jardines de la Reina, or "Gardens...

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  • 2020
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    Aboard Air Force One

    Aboard Air Force One

    1 2020 HD

    Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying...

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  • 2015
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    The Day Hitler Died

    The Day Hitler Died

    6.80 2015 HD

    The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65...

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  • 2017
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    The Last Buffalo

    The Last Buffalo

    8.00 2017 HD

    For thousands of years, the Great Plains were home to countless numbers of American bison, but in the late 1800s, the number of bison dropped from...

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  • 2020
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    Mystery of the Ice Age Giants

    Mystery of the Ice Age Giants

    6.70 2020 HD

    During the last Ice Age, millions of large animals roamed the Earth, from wooly mammoths and giant sloths to cave lions and saber-toothed cats. But...

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  • 2019
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    Memphis Belle in Color

    Memphis Belle in Color

    8.00 2019 HD

    In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a small contingent of men overseas to loosen the...

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  • 2012
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    Titanic's Final Mystery

    Titanic's Final Mystery

    7.60 2012 HD

    The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...

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  • 2009
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    The Real Story: The Amityville Horror

    The Real Story: The Amityville Horror

    1 2009 HD

    On November 13, 1974, police discovered six members of the De Feo family: father, mother and four of their five children shot dead, at 112 Ocean...

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  • 2017
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    Battle of Okinawa in Color

    Battle of Okinawa in Color

    9.00 2017 HD

    By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island...

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  • 2014
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    Shark Girl

    Shark Girl

    6.00 2014 HD

    For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by...

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  • 2014
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    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    7.00 2014 HD

    It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least...

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  • 2013
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    The Day Kennedy Died

    The Day Kennedy Died

    6.80 2013 HD

    The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who...

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  • 2017
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    Aerial Ireland

    Aerial Ireland

    7.60 2017 HD

    Take a cross-country flight over Ireland's natural wonders and ancient ruins. In this spectacular overview of the historically significant Emerald...

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  • 2015
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    SEAL Dog

    SEAL Dog

    1 2015 HD

    On the surface, they appear to be ordinary dogs, but these canines have a secret identity. They are the Pentagon's stealth warriors, with specialties...

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  • 2013
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    Samurai Headhunters

    Samurai Headhunters

    6.60 2013 HD

    A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world...

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  • 2022
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    Hudson River Wild

    Hudson River Wild

    1 2022 HD

    At first glance, the Hudson appears to be just another industrial river. Tree-lined riverbanks are interspersed between cultivated land, bridges,...

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