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

Release : 2018.01.01
Popularity : 3.039

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

Release : 2015.01.01
Popularity : 2.814

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...

Release : 2022.05.22
Popularity : 2.601

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...

Release : 2010.04.15
Popularity : 1.432

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...

Release : 2014.02.05
Popularity : 0.563

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...

Release : 2008.06.06
Popularity : 0.89

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

Release : 2012.01.14
Popularity : 0.422

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....

Release : 2013.04.01
Popularity : 0.906

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

Release : 2017.03.09
Popularity : 0.885

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,...

Release : 2013.08.28
Popularity : 0.822

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...

Release : 2019.06.07
Popularity : 0.45

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...

Release : 2013.08.01
Popularity : 0.615

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

Release : 2016.07.09
Popularity : 0.603

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

Release : 2018.04.18
Popularity : 0.58

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

Release : 2007.01.01
Popularity : 0.358

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

Release : 2007.09.02
Popularity : 0.251