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  • 2018
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    Cave Crocs of Gabon

    Cave Crocs of Gabon

    8.00 2018 HD

    A caving expedition recently discovered a community of dwarf crocodiles living in the Abanda Caves, Gabon. The crocs are living in pitch darkness,...

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  • 2019
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    Viking Warrior Women

    Viking Warrior Women

    7.40 2019 HD

    Drama-led documentary following the life of Signe, an orphaned Chief's daughter, who, driven by revenge, becomes an explorer and trader in the lands...

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  • 2017
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    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

    10.00 2017 HD

    Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's delivered messages of...

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  • 2013
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    Leopard Fight Club

    Leopard Fight Club

    7.50 2013 HD

    Witness a remarkable coming-of-age story as we track a young leopard's journey from rookie to royalty in South Africa's lethal Big Five landscape....

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  • 2013
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    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History

    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History

    1 2013 HD

    Engineer Jem Stansfield investigates how the crash test dummy has become an icon for safety. For 65 years he has been crashed, smashed and impaled,...

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  • 2022
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    The Real Top Gun

    The Real Top Gun

    4.30 2022 HD

    The 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" continues the adventures of the ace fighter pilot made famous by Tom Cruise. But how true to life is the fictional...

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  • 2012
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    Black Wings

    Black Wings

    9.00 2012 HD

    For early aviators, conquering the forces of gravity was a daunting challenge. But black aviators had an additional challenge - conquering the forces...

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  • 2015
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    Fall of Japan: In Color

    Fall of Japan: In Color

    6.80 2015 HD

    William Courtenay's color film of the pacific campaign and Japan's downfall.

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  • 2013
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    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

    5.80 2013 HD

    With more than 27 years of service, the space shuttle Discovery has clocked more time in space than any other shuttle. She has flown more than 148...

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  • 2008
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    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    1 2008 HD

    Here's the full true story of "Bloody Omaha". Thousands of soldiers were killed as soon as they stepped onto the beach, or even into the water as...

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  • 2018
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    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey

    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey

    7.00 2018 HD

    Is it possible that Ice Age people succeeded in crossing the frozen Atlantic Ocean to North America, thousands of years before the Vikings and...

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  • 2010
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    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef

    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef

    1 2010 HD

    Down Under, just a few nights after the November full moon - when water temperature and tides are just right - one of nature's most extraordinary...

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  • 2014
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    When Lions Attack

    When Lions Attack

    1 2014 HD

    The dry season in northern Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park is as deadly as any predator. The rains stop, the temperatures rise, and the water...

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  • 2013
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    Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz

    Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz

    6.00 2013 HD

    The actor, Warwick Davis, presents the story of the Owicz family and their ordeal during WWII. From a successful musical act to being tortuously...

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  • 2016
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    Incredible Insects

    Incredible Insects

    6.30 2016 HD

    Incredible Insects A captivating world of creepy crawlies exists all around us. And they are the biggest group of animals in the world, outnumbering...

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  • 2007
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    America's Treasures

    America's Treasures

    1 2007 HD

    From the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to Dorothy's ruby slippers, the National Museum of American History houses...

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  • 2007
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    The Leeper Mail Bomb

    The Leeper Mail Bomb

    1 2007 HD

    A man in Leeper, Pennsylvania receives a package that he suspects is a bomb; enter America's oldest law enforcement service, the Postal Inspection...

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  • 2020
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    Nomads

    Nomads

    1 2020 HD

    This nature documentary follows some of the world’s most charismatic animals as they travel to Mexico across the span of a year. Using access...

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  • 2014
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    America's Secret D-Day Disaster

    America's Secret D-Day Disaster

    1 2014 HD

    6 weeks before D-Day, British, American, and Canadian soldiers took part in a dangerous rehearsal for the Normandy invasion which claimed more...

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  • 2012
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    Creatures of the Lagoon

    Creatures of the Lagoon

    1 2012 HD

    Immerse yourself in a world of mud dwellers, algae-eaters and expert predators all fighting for survival in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

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