Documentary / Biography - DVD

Ancient wonders like Stonehenge, Easter Island, Machu Picchu, Chaco Canyon, Jerusalem and the Pyramids still inspire awe. When they were constructed centuries ago, the world was a mysterious and magical place. It was a world that merged new religious beliefs with the cycles of...

They were trained in specialized combat and sent on the most dangerous missions. They paved the way for some of the most dramatic German victories of World War II and introduced new tactics, strategies and even whole new ways of warfare to the world....

Everything about the job is dangerous. The mines can cave in. Poisonous gasses can leech from the rock and suffocate miners, or ignite in horrific explosions. Deep beneath the earth, coal miners risk their lives to extract the fuel that powers the industrial colossus...

When opened on October 25, 1931, the George Washington Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Today, standing as a main traffic artery between Manhattan and New Jersey, the bridge referred to by locals as the "GW", is the busiest in the...

In the eyes of a pimp, nothing is more valuable than a teenager - the younger, the better. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS: CHILD SEX TRADE reports that each year more than 300,000 kids are bought, sold, exploited and enslaved by child sex rings from California to...

On Friday, November 13, 1942 a Japanese torpedo struck the cruiser, USS JUNEAU at Guadalcanal in the Pacific. On board the ship were perhaps the most famous sailors in the Navy: the five Sullivan brothers who came to personify America's commitment to winning the...

When the legendary American commanders of World War II are listed, his name rarely comes up. But his accomplishments are second to none--he spearheaded the Navy's push across the Pacific Ocean, leading the campaigns at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and in the Gilbert and Marshall...

Su nombre pertenece al dios Azteca de la guerra. Su historia esta escrita en la sangre de la conquista. Mijico se encuentra conflictmvamente entre el viejo y nuevo mundo. De las ruinas de Teotihuacan que besan el cielo hasta el castico corazsn de la...

Brittany was born five years after the brutal rape and murder of her 9-year-old sister, Terry. Brittany struggled with the pressure to live up to her mother's perfect image of Terry. At 12, Brittany was molested, and she began taking drugs and sneaking out...

Dan, 40, lives on a stunning Hawaiian Island. He is the proud father of a beautiful baby girl Ava, and has a loving, devoted wife Sarah. He is a sensitive, insightful man who writes poetry, loves music, and works on a whale watching boat....

As a former clean-cut track star, John's life used to revolve around athletics. Now, after a leg injury ended his running career, John spends his time abusing his body with alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy and hallucinogenic drugs. He believes he is living a charmed life...

DENISE - Denise McLain was a Dollar Store Manager in Jacksonville Carolina, who had to fight for her life with two knife-wielding robbers in a store hold-up. She was stabbed dozens of times, and had her wrist slashed as they stole money and forced...

Britain's most notorious gangsters of all time were East-end duo, identical twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray. They went from rags to riches and became legends in their own time. But the two brothers' lives were tragically intertwined. Throughout the Swinging Sixties, the Kray...

When a crew of international terrorists hijack a commercial airliner and intentionally plunge it into the Pacific Ocean, passengers are forced to struggle to survive. On board is a computer micro-board that controls the National Defense satellite Nova One, capable of launching nuclear weapons...

The "red-rose" city of Petra stands as one of the most glorious and mysterious archaeological sites on earth. Created over 2,500 years ago, the ornate Petra cityscape was literally carved into the rose-colored walls of Jordan's Shara Mountains. The builders of Petra, the Nabataeans,...

The mysterious death of King Tut continues to puzzle archaeologists and scholars alike. From the moment the "Boy King's" mummy was discovered in the Valley of the Kings, rumors of foul play emerged. Recent x-ray's of King Tut's mummy show signs of a possible...

Beast of the Ukraine: Andrei Chikatilo. Andrei Chikatilo, a married man, teacher, and member of the Communist party, began a life of serial child molestation, rape, and murder in the 1970s. He picked up runaways, prostitutes, and children throughout the 1980s, killing and mutilating...

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. What began as a modest population of hunters and gatherers expanded into more than forty flourishing city-states who...

A Montana town is stunned when building contractor Larry Streeter is murdered by Teddy Ernst, a popular wheelchair-racing champ. The investigation discovers that Ernst had burglarized at least 30 homes and killed Streeter when he was looking after one of those homes.

The coming of the railroad changed virtually every aspect of society, and warfare is no exception. Linking the industrial might of nations to the battlefields, trains have played a vital role in virtually every conflict since the American Civil War. TRAINS IN WAR is...

<html>They may have collaborated on the cornflake, but the Kellogg brothers could not have been less alike. One was an eccentric crusader for health, the other a shrewd businessman. John Harvey Kellogg and his younger brother Will Keith played out one of themost dramatic...

A look at the DeCavalcante crime family, which ruled the gritty port city of Elizabeth and resembled the "The Sopranos" of TV fame. The family thrived until three of its leaders were arrested for killing former boss Johnny Boy D'Amato, but the biggest shock...

They could be violent...wicked...or downright absurd. Whether they helped to take down outlaws, save a life, or just plain amuse, these techno gizmos revolutionized the unruly frontier. This episode looks at contraptions practical--and not--devised to tame the frontier. Objects include Wild West mouse traps,...

When North Korea admitted to the world that it had restarted its nuclear weapons program, a spotlight shone on a country that for 50 years has been shielded from the eyes of the Western world. Using current events as the jumping off point and...

In the shimmering waters of Apra Harbor, on the American Island of Guam, lie the eerie wrecks of two ships from two different wars. Though they sank 30 years apart, they went down within inches of each other and today are touching in one...

An examination of John F. Kennedy's exploits as skipper of PT 109 during WWII. On the night of August 2, 1943, a Japanese destroyer rammed Lt. Kennedy's 80-foot craft, splitting it in half. Two men died as a result of the collision, and Kennedy...

They were the most powerful men in the world's most powerful empire. In their magnificent mansions, they lived lives of unmatchable hedonism and opulence. Go deep into the private lives of the mighty emperors whose names echo through the ages. Visit the remains of...

From their ancient origins in Feudal Japan to the terrifying fighters of Hollywood blockbusters, here is the story of the legendary warriors known as samurai.

Venture beyond the famous novels for a penetrating look at the difficult life of one of the most famous and acclaimed writers of all time.

General George S. Patton was a walking, talking, fighting machine whose personality was bigger and noisier than one of his Sherman tanks. He was tough. He was vain. He was brilliant. And in a world gone mad with war, he was our greatest field...

In 1812, the US and Great Britain are once again at war. American "super frigates" win a series of crushing naval victories over the British Royal Navy warships. Americans are jubilant. Frigate captains are the celebrities of their day. On June 1, 1813, Captain...

In Summer 1942, with the U.S. at war in Europe and the Pacific, few Americans knew that the war raged in their own backyard. Dozens of Hitler's U-boats had penetrated the Gulf of Mexico, sinking merchant vessels and oil tankers. Of all the U-boats...

The Battle of Monmouth took place on June 28th 1778 in rural New Jersey. It was a key moment in the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and her thirteen rebellious colonies, and was the last major battle of the Revolution in the North. The...

In the early morning of March 7, 1986, multi-millionaire Stan Cohen was shot three times in the head with his own gun as he slept in his mansion in the exclusive Coconut Grove section of Miami. His wife was downstairs sorting clothes for a...

Visit three of the grandest resorts in the country. AMERICA'S CASTLES has gained exclusive access to the finest of these extraordinary estates. Hotel del Coronado is the largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast. The resort was built in 1888 with 692...

Forged from simple raw materials, the gun is so durable it can last 100 years. It has few moving parts, but its design requires complex engineering. Its purpose is basic - and it performs it well as one of the most powerful destructive devices...

He has been called a democrat and a drunkard, a dictator and a tsar. For the better part of a decade, he has led the seemingly impossible task of dragging his enormous nation into the world's political and economic mainstream. Boris Yeltsin's political journey...

He was considered, even among gangsters, "totally evil." When his father abandoned the family, he quit school and began a life of crime to help his mother. He changed his name to Dutch Schultz from Arthur Flegenheimer while serving his first prison sentence. Here...

His sense of adventure brought him to America. His bravery made him the country's greatest naval hero. The son of a Scottish gardener, John Paul Jones went to sea at age 12 with the British navy, making his way to America after killing a...

He traveled to the moon, under the sea and to the center of the earth all without leaving his desk. His vivid imagination created some of the seminal classics of science fiction. Jules Verne was truly a man ahead of his time. The 19th...

On October 27, 1904, the mayor of New York City switched on the city's first subway car, unexpectedly took over the controls, and scared diplomats and dignitaries alike with his high-speed tour under Manhattan! Before World War I, Los Angeles had the greatest trolley...

The Marine Corps has long enjoyed a unique place in the American military not quite independent, yet with a vastly different focus than the Navy to which they are attached. In many ways, the aviation branch of the Marines holds a similar place within...

From the first tiny locomotive in 1825 to the nationwide rail network that moves countless tons of freight and millions of passengers daily, this is an enthralling ride through the history of the American railroads. The railroads took a young nation and helped it...

The politicians in Austin, Texas, the free-wheeling capital of the Lone Star State, are stunned when the city's most audacious left-wing agitator suddenly vanishes. Her disappearance triggers a statewide manhunt and an international investigation that leads to allegations of tax evasion, kidnapping, and murder.

In 1987, Peggy Hettrick was found in a field stabbed in the back and sexually mutilated. A bloody 103-foot drag trail crossed the snow. 15-year-old Timothy Masters lived in a trailer nearby, where police found knives and sexually violent drawings and writings--but no hard...

In Wisconsin, the body of a teenaged girl is discovered in the woods, and a 3-year-old boy provides police with evidence that sends his father to prison for murder. Then, investigators doggedly pursue the killer of a Maine housewife who mysteriously disappeared only to...

Many of America's richest men have roots in Scotland, and over the years, some have returned to their ancestral lands to live in the dramatic castles which dot the craggy landscape of this ancient country. AMERICANS IN SCOTLAND journeys across the Atlantic to visit...

They are among America's most lavish mansions, but no one has lived in them for years. Instead, the three properties featured in this captivating AMERICA'S CASTLES house world-class collections of rare art, books and manuscripts and are blessed with gardens of unmatchable beauty. Marvel...

From one of America's first noted interior designers to legendary poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, America's Castles visits the homes of some of our most influential artists. Henry Davis Sleeper fashioned the interiors of homes for Joan Crawford and Robert Vanderbilt, among others, and was...

From Hawaii to the Caribbean, this is a tropical tour of some of the most exotic and historic mansions in the world. Visit the magnificent Iolani Palace in Honolulu, originally built for King KalAKAua and Queen Lili'uAKAlani, who succeeded her husband and was Hawaii's...