Documentary / Biography - DVD

It's risky business as two friends gamble to see which one will have to carry out an extreme dare - bungee jumping. A wedding planner tries to pull off a surprise reunion with a special person in the bride's life whom she hasn't seen...

December 26, 1996. An unlicensed ferry, smuggling 300 Indian, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan illegals to Italy, disappears off Sicily's coast. Only 29 passengers survive, and they tell a wild tale of being forced onto a rickety ferry by a drunken captain and colliding with...

Archaeologist John Rick and "electronic whiz" Roger Vickers use the tools of modern technology to search for 750,000 pounds of gold believed to be hidden in the mountains of Ecuador.

Program #102: HOMICIDE: An autopsy reveals that an elderly woman was sexually molested and died of a broken neck during a struggle with her attacker. Homicide Det. Cheryl Lyons and her partner focus on the victim's daughter's boyfriend, a man name Sha-awa, as the...

Policing morality has always been one of the most problematic jobs in law enforcement. And in San Francisco, where morality and related laws shift constantly, it is more complicated than almost anywhere else in America. In the 1950's it was illegal to serve a...

NOAHS, the Center for New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, is led by scientists applying the latest in biomedical research to save endangered species around the world. Meet Mitchell Bush, veterinarian; Stephen O'Brien, geneticist; and David Wildt, reproductive...

Two thousand years ago, they were the most powerful men on earth, The Roman Emperors. To symbolize their power, they built enormous mansions for themselves--and these homes were the scenes for both the artistic heights and the moral depravity that characterized the Roman Empire....

The world's most terrifying weapons began as quiet experiments in innocent-looking laboratories. George C. Scott tracks the development of killing machines from test tube to battlefield.

How troops, weapons, and supplies delivered from transport planes can mean the difference between victory and defeat on the battlefield. From flying the "Hump" to the Berlin Airlift to Operation Desert Shield.

During the Gulf War, as Americans huddled around televisions to watch General Schwarzkopf's daily briefings, a star emerged. It was not the general or any of the soldiers who fought in the desert sands. It was, instead, a remarkable weapon that showed the future...

Marching to war is a thing of the past; today's armies race to the battlefield in heavily armored vehicles. Explore the evolution of modern mechanized forces.

Florida's sun-soaked sands and tropical breezes have lured travelers for over 100 years. Initially, only the very rich could afford to cometraveling down in private railroad cars to spend the winter season. Railroad baron and real estate developer Henry Flagler led the way. In...

Viewers watch as inmates at the Kentucky State Reformatory go through the parole process. Steve Robert Galloway, serving a 6-year sentence for shooting his ex-wife, surprisingly tells the board that he does not want to be paroled. Antoine Yelverton, jailed on charges stemming from...

An investigation into the conflict between cattlemen and the buffalo that threaten their business in Montana. We talk to all sides--Native Americans, politicians, environmentalists, national park officials, and pro-buffalo activist Summer Nelson, who lives in a tree house to protest buffalo killing by Montana's...

Her career got its first boost with the help of an unlikely ally Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev. But it was as the unofficial in-house reporter of the Kennedy Presidency that she earned her place in journalism history. Helen Thomas has spent most of her...

Take a thrilling journey into the deep secrets of the earth. What forces send tons of molten rock and lava flying heavenward in a volcanic eruption, or turn the very ground we stand on into rubble in the sudden fury of an earthquake? Hawaii's...

Strategic bombing was essential to the U.S. victories in Europe and Japan during World War II. But aside from ultimate success, the air wars fought in the Pacific and Atlantic shared very little. This authoritative program uses extensive expert commentary, interviews with veterans and...

Any detective will tell you that the beginning is the most important time in a criminal investigation. If there are no significant developments within the first 48 hours, the chances of solving the case are cut in half. THE FIRST 48 chronicles this critical...

There's no way a travel show can appeal to every possible visitor, but BEST OF BOTH WORLDS does a better job than most. With two hosts visiting the same place in markedly different styles, viewers get a much better sense of the range of...

Head to a remote firing range in Michigan for a one-of-a-kind duel between 18th century artillery and modern weapons.

In a case of young man shot dead in Little Haiti, Miami Detective Ervens Ford and his team learn the suspected killer is a member of a notorious gang, and when two teenagers are brutually gunned down in the Pork-N-Beans project, Sgt. Pepi Granado...

A revealing look at the lives of teenagers who come to New York City with dreams of becoming the next supermodel. Unprepared for the high-pressure world of modeling, many descend into abuse or addiction. We'll see how they're also often victimized by parents, who...

For years, people have claimed that the government has covered up proof of the existence of UFOs. For years, the government has denied the rumors as groundless. Spaceships versus weather balloons. Aliens versus mannequins. Both sides claim the other is lying or misguided; both...

Earthquakes have ripped through the planet's surface ever since it was born, and throughout history, mankind could do little to counter their seismic impact. We place today's advancements in historical context and explore the evolution of 21st-century technology--from global positioning systems and interferometric radar...

A look at the phenomenon of the drug ecstasy from its manufacture in secret Dutch labs to its sale in New York City's hottest clubs. Law enforcement officials describe how use of the drug is skyrocketing, and medical experts tell us how dangerous ecstasy...

Soon after discovering a bullet-ridden body in Overtown section of Miami, Sgt. Joe Schillaci learns the murder may spark a bloody turf war between rival heroin dealers inthe neighborhood. Schillaci realizes, to prevent further bloodshed, he must infiltrate the world of heroin dealers and...

Can a police officer stop your car without suspicion, confiscate your possessions, and sell them? He can if he's implementing new drug seizure laws. See how highway cops are turning a profit by abusing a law that was meant to protect ordinary citizens from...

In a time of lawlessness and danger, he earned his reputation and nickname as one of the greatest hunters in the nation. But it was his famed Wild West show that made Buffalo Bill Cody an American legend. BUFFALO BILL: SHOWMAN OF THE WEST...

Depending on who you ask, they are the bane of the highways or a physical manifestation of the American dream, icons of freedom and mobility that let travelers take the comforts of home on the road or "silver Twinkies." WHEEL ESTATE explores the weird...

In Memphis, Sgt. Bart Ragland must find out who shot and robbed a family man. In Tucson, Detective Bill Hanson hunts two suspects who allegedly gunned down a local high school student as he and his friends walked home from the mall.

In Cincinnati, Ohio a children's Peace Bowl football tournament is interrupted by gunfire, leaving a teenager dead. With no leads, Detectives Greg Gehring and Kurt Ballman hope a witness will come forward to lead them to a suspect. And in Dallas, Texas Detectives Robert...

In Miami, Detective Rolly Garcia investigates the murder of a 17-year-old boy beaten to death and dumped in the back seat of his car. To find his suspect, Garcia must first track down the victim's secret girlfriend, who may have been the last person...

CHARLIE SHEEN: BAD BOY ON THE EDGE takes viewers through the near 30-year career of Charlie Sheen who has made a living following his own bliss. After his very public firing from the CBS hit series Two and a Half Men, Sheen went on...

Candy Lady/Best of Friends (#50). In Memphis, TN, Sergeants Bill Ashton and Caroline Mason hunt for the killer of a beloved neighborhood "Candy Lady", shot through her closed front door. From the projects of the city to the trailer parks of the countryside, they...

<html>He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run and led some of the most stunning campaigns of the Civil War. An outstanding leader and brilliant tactician, Stonewall Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest Confederate commanders. In an exhaustive investigation, BIOGRAPHY^(r)...

The wrecks of two Coast Guard Cutters, Bedloe and Jackson, are discovered off North Carolina's Outer Banks, the notorious Graveyard of the Atlantic. The two cutters are sister ships, virtually identical, so no one, not even the living survivors, has beenable to tell which...

What would you do if you were forced to your knees to face the assassins gun at point blank? What if you received a well oiled-stained box with no return address? Could you tell if your hotel phone was bugged? Would you step between...

He had an IQ of 169, an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; graduated Magna cum Laude with a degree in Economics from Yale; and possessed uncanny musical talents. Meet Ken Uston--a 38-year-old senior vice president of the PacificStock Exchange in San...

In the 1990s, much of the outlaw culture surrounding bikers has been softened and re-appraised, but some biker gangs remain unchanged, unreformed and deadly. New York's infamous Ching-A-Lings are a classic example of all the bad stereotypes that bikers have tried to throw off...

Imagine the ultimate cheating move--so outrageous, audacious, and simple that not even the best casino detective can come close to catching the genius behind it... In this hour of a series profiling people who took Vegas for lots of cash, we meet RichardMarcus, who...

When a pair of bicycle mechanics first lifted off from a North Carolina beach, they had no idea that their invention would transform the way wars are fought. Yet within a few years, the Army came knocking on the Wright brothers' door, and a...

World renowned treasure hunter Robert Marx searched the Bermuda Triangle for 12 years for the Maravilla, a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of the Bahamas in 1656. Spurring on the quest to find the ship, was a detailed, 300-page account written...

Sexual attraction is confusing, maddening, euphoric and even dangerous. It is, like love, an intangible essence. We can examine it only through its physical symptoms--the beating pulse, the sweating palms, the rise and fall of chemicals in the brain--all part of the unexplained emotion...

They mark the joys and sorrows of life. They honor the cycles and mysteries of the natural world and preserve a connection to our past. From the Catholic Sacraments to the tattooing and scarring of some African tribes, rites and rituals have always helped...

Arched over vast playing fields, domed stadiums are engineering marvels that seem to defy nature and physics, and have transformed the face of sports in America. Houston's groundbreaking Astrodome was the "eighth wonder of the world." New Orleans's Superdome and Seattle's Kingdome improved on...

In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arab Republic of Egypt's first prime minister, had a plan to bring his poor country into the 20th century. To pull it off, he needed to harness the flow of the world's longest river--the Nile. The ambitious plan...

They were peasants throwing off the yoke of oppression and intellectuals tired of having their lives run by dictators. Pushed to the limit, they chose to fight. And their struggles would never have succeeded without the aid of the GUNS OF THE REVOLUTION. From...

They were first deployed in battle by the Nazis during their attack on the Greek island of Crete during World War II. Since then, paratroopers have become a key component of modern warfare, adding the element of surprise to attacking forces and never allowing...

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, contains some of the earliest surviving dwellings in North America. Over 1,000 years ago Native Americans built sophisticated systems of housing in the canyon. The most elaborate of the nineteen towns was Pueblo Bonito. Founded with a cluster of twenty...

In a survey of early American abodes, our journey begins in the New England with the post and beam timber frame, continues to the Southeast with the "log house", onto the "sod house" of the Great Plains, and finally ends in the Southwest with...