Documentary / Biography - DVD

What really happens when 30 million volts of electricity charges through your body and you survive being struck by lightning? Now, meet survivors who live to tell their tale of being hit by a force that is faster than a speeding bullet and five...

The USS Eisenhower is the pinnacle of aircraft carrier technology. The 97,000-ton steel monster boasts next-generation radar and combat capabilities and is run by 6,000 personnel. See it in action during her final trials before combat.

National Geographic examines the incredible size, speed and strength of some of the world's biggest bears the polar bear, brown bear and black bear. All native to North America, these formidable creatures can weigh more than 1,000 pounds, outrun an Olympic sprinter and take...

Up to 30 feet long, today's giant snakes are as big as they've ever been and their appetites may have never been bigger. Over 100 teeth, 300 vertebrae, 600 ribs, and 10,000 muscles work together to form nature's most elegant predator. Now, National Geographic...

Is marijuana the next big emerging industry? Despite the fact that it remains illegal under federal law and in 35 states, the new generation of "ganja-preneurs" are no longer hiding in the shadows.

Violent, secretive, and packed full of knowledge, Medieval Fight Book uncovers the real story of Europe in the Middle Ages. Using historical recreations, amazing CGI and leading historians, Medieval Fight Book reveals that medieval society was far more sophisticated and peculiar than we realized....

For the first time, the Catholic Church is allowing scientific experts and historians to openly test the veracity of the remains of reported saints. National Geographic has exclusive access to the forensic investigation. Deep in the crypt below the Cathedral of Reggio Emilia lie...

For a century National Geographic has participated in and chronicled many of the world's greatest explorations unlocking the secrets of the oceans, lifting men into the stratosphere, and mapping the very boundaries of the earth, sea, and sky. Now you can relive some of...

Mysteries of the Bible travels back in time to the Holy Land to investigate the Bible's most fascinating mysteries. Lost Cities of the Bible: National Geographic examines evidence to shed new light on cities said to have been destroyed by the hand of God....

The Mississippi River is one of the most important waterways on earth. For nearly a century man has tried to tame it. Measuring 2,300 miles from start to end, the great river requires skill and endurance to navigate in its entirety, an accomplishment few...

Are they ancient road maps or messages for visiting aliens? Lying at the foothill of Peru's Andes Mountains is the site of one of the world's greatest mysteries. Etched, as if by giants, onto its arid, moonscape plains are immense lines that stretch for...

It's a raging drug war that has turned Phoenix, Arizona into the second kidnapping capital of the world. National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling embeds with the Phoenix Police Department as they investigate the latest drug-related kidnapping, uncover a cache of $3 million worth of...

Joseph Mengele -- the escaped Nazi war criminal and SS physician known as the "Angel of Death" -- spent years doing bizarre medical experiments on twins at Auschwitz, working to determine if twins held the key to building a blonde-haired, blue-eyed master race for...

Seven times over a period of about a year, a human foot in a sneaker washed ashore in British Columbia and Washington State. Theories of serial killers, plane crashes, and tsunami victims became tabloid fodder. With all the twists and turns of a crime-scene...

National Geographic goes inside the cannabis industry with Lisa Ling, reporting from secret farms and not-so-secret grow houses of marijuana cultivators -- into a world where marijuana is not just a drug but a way of life. Learn what's behind the increased potency of...

Death: it fascinates, it frightens, and those who face it and survive often look at life in a whole different way. National Geographic's Moment of Death looks at what happens to us when we die, why dead isn't always dead, and how mind and...

Across the moors of Northern Europe, peat-cutters have unearthed hundreds of well-preserved mummies. But what was most baffling was the mummies' disturbing injuries: slit throats, decapitation, disembowelment, smashed bones and stab marks. Who were these people, mistaken for the recent dead, but preserved for...

Grab your flashlight and lace up your hiking boots for a visit to a fantastic unchartered universe-- the world of caves. Deep inside Kentucky's "Underground Everest," the world's longest cave, explore miles of passages and discover fossil remains of humans who braved the darkness...

True stories from those lost at sea. Get a riveting look at triumph and tragedy on storm-tossed seas as brave individuals offer an insider's view of one of the most hazardous occupations on Earth. Hear survivors recount harrowing escapes from the brink of death,...

According to Snake Hunter and Herpetologist Zoltan Takacs "There isn't another country in the world where snakes and humans get so close as in Vietnam" and he and Environmental Anthropologist and Cave Diver Kenny Broad are out to prove it.

Italian Cruise Ship Disaster: The Untold Stories weaves together in-depth stories from passengers and staff on board as well as Coast Guard rescuers with stunning home video and CGI to reconstruct the sinking of the Costa Concordia as it happened. Working to understand this...

Led by reigning world champion Charlie Andrews, these guys are made of "hard steel and sex appeal," weighing in at over 200lbs each. They've dedicated their lives to the sport and seeing it through to the professional arena. Leaving their families and fear behind,...

Known Universe Season 1 explores some of the most fascinating mysteries of our universe. From the search for alien life and killer asteroids to sun storms and massive volcanoes, Known Universe illuminates the latest research with computer animations and dramatic time-lapse sequences. Episodes include...

It's the ocean like you've never seen it before. Using data from scientists around the globe, combined with specially developed computer animation software, Earth's ocean waters are turned crystal clear.

The Templars were considered the pope's private army, protecting Jerusalem for more than 50 years. But their legacy came to a sudden end casting them from the heights of wealth and power to the dark corners of history. Now, on the ruins of a...

Known Universe explores some of the most fascinating mysteries of our universe. From the search for alien life and killer asteroids to sun storms and massive volcanoes, Known Universe illuminates the latest research with "you are there" computer animations and dramatic time-lapse sequences. Episodes...

Jerusalem's Old City is a tiny enclave where some of history's greatest dramas have been enacted. Busy and colorful, it is the fountainhead of three major religions, the site of many of the world's most venerated shrines, and home to 26,000 people of profoundly...

Was Abraham Lincoln dying of cancer when he was killed? National Geographic is on the front lines as scientists attempt to solve a genetic mystery-using a piece of fabric stained with the president's blood to run DNA analysis. The final year of Lincoln's life...

Ghosts Countless people claim to have seen ghosts but have they genuinely glimpsed the supernatural, or are they merely suffering from over-active imaginations? National Geographic joins scientists and paranormal detectives investigating the haunting world of phantom images, disembodied voices, and things that go bump...

With unprecedented access, National Geographic chronicles the 166 day psychological chess match between prisoner Saddam Hussein and his interrogator, FBI Agent George Piro. While Hussein was held prisoner, it was the mission of junior FBI Agent George Piro to get the notorious dictator to...

What could we do if we had evidence terrorists were close to acquiring nuclear weapons, or even making their own? How would we defend ourselves from a blast with fireballs hotter than the sun? Today, defiant nations desperately pursue them, while at home, agencies...

Campaigning for 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln arrived onto the national stage as "Honest Abe." But was he really a simple frontiersman or a brilliant strategist who manipulated his public image, using newspapers, photography and even folksy imagery to win over...

Treating fossils and footprints like crime scene evidence, Dr. Phil Manning employs crime scene technology to create a 3-D virtual world of one of the most spectacular dino stomping grounds on the globe. Episodes include In Living Color, Megasaurus, T. Rex Trauma, In the...

Europa an icy moon of Jupiter over 480 million miles away from Earth may be our best hope for finding alien life in our solar system. Scientists believe that on Europa there is a liquid ocean buried beneath its icy crust. To find out...

Would you hug a killer whale? Or feed a lion its lunch by hand? It's all in a day's work for these wildlife specialists and the creatures that count on them for their survival. You'll visit a rhinoceros sanctuary in Kenya and see how...

Go behind the scenes at Moscow's Circus School and experience the magic and wonder of the performances that delight millions. See lion tamers risk life and limb, trapeze artists glide through the air, of course, the beloved clowns who inspire imagination and fantasy. With...

This serpent will hold you spellbound! Tread softly into the jungle realm of a legendary monarch the King Cobra. Swift, strong, and surprisingly deadly, it delivers enough venom in one bite to kill a hundred people, yet it solely preys on other snakes. Its...

Scattered across the island of Sicily, beneath picturesque churches, are thousands of mummified bodies. And most mysterious of all is one of the last to be enshrined: she's known as the "sleeping beauty" Rosalia Lombardo. A child barely two years old when she died...

For over 500 million years, the jellyfish has survived in our oceans. Today, global warming and pollution may be contributing to a population explosion, as billions of these sometimes venomous creatures increasingly swarm around our beaches and shorelines. And though they have no bones,...

National Geographic takes you to the front lines of Darwin, Australia, where a serious confrontation is about to break out. On one side are the cane toads, whose venom threatens to destroy the continent lethal to both man and other animals. On the other...

Enter the realm of the monster snake! Enormous snakes hungry caimans frenzied piranhas a barefoot biologist! Jesus Rivas takes off his shoes to study giant anacondas in the swampy heart of Venezuela. He's searching for the slippery skin of the world's largest snake. Anacondas...

Take a spectacular journey. It starts right here with Jewels of the Caribbean Sea. Tour the depths of the Caribbean where, in waters famed for hidden treasures, another kind of wealth lies in abundance. From the coral reefs, across the plains, and through the...

Probably no one knows chimpanzees better than Jane Goodall. She lived with them in the African Forest for over thirty years! Come visit Jane in Tanzania and meet some amazing human like chimps; there's dignified David Graybeard, who dives into Jane's box of bananas,...

A 300 pound Komodo dragon. Pythons that can swallow an adult whole. 20-foot crocs. Is it possible that under the right conditions, they could get a whole lot bigger?

Humanly Impossible debunks the mysteries behind human acts that seem to defy the laws of nature. From a stuntman who can rest the entire weight of his body on a spear to a glass eater who chomps light bulbs, National Geographic examines extreme performers...

Across the Himalayas are stories of the yeti, or abominable snowman. Half man, half ape, the yeti is said to roam only the most remote peaks, where people rarely venture. National Geographic joins veteran explorer and climber Gerry Moffatt as he sets out to...

Kids can't get enough of dinosaurs-- especially when National Geographic takes them on site and behind the latest dinosaur discoveries to rock the world! Full of fun and learning this dinosaur bonanza joins two actual dinosaur hunts where kids can Dig for unknown dinosaurs...

Science may be on the verge of producing a limitless supply of replacement parts by regenerating damaged or aging body parts grown from our own cells. Imagine the implications if we could custom make body parts genetically indistinguishable from our own. Could it eliminate...

Animal domestication was a major prerequisite for human civilization to evolve. Join National Geographic as we explore how a dramatic shift from wild to tame happened by investigating foxes, chickens, dogs and rats. Travel to Siberia to see how the physiology of foxes changes...

Nero is accused of having "fiddled while Rome burned" and remembered for executing his mother and burning Christians alive. History has sided against him on all counts, but could there be another side to ancient Rome's notorious emperor? National Geographic reveals how Nero rebuilt...