History
4) The Universe
Publisher
The History® Channel
Language
English
Description
It's time for a new look at a very old universe. In its mysteries, we are finding the secrets of our past and the key to our future. This is a history of how we know what we do about space. Fifty years have flown by since man first ventured into space.
9) Alone
Publisher
HISTORY
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This season on ALONE, participants will face the most punishing environment yet: The Arctic. Canada’s Great Slave Lake—the deepest lake in North America—is where season 6’s survivalists will endure frigid conditions & a slew of dangerous wild life, like a thriving bear population, territorial moose, wolves, muskox and the stealthy porcupine. No camera crew. No gimmicks. Last one standing wins.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In less than a century, the world went from dirt tracks to highways, from propeller planes to space travel, from sailboats to supertankers. And in the process, we have created a glut of traffic on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways--traffic that must be controlled, managed, and regulated. We'll see how it's done.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In antiquity, a hollow reed served as an underwater link to oxygen. As in days of old, humans still need self-contained breathing equipment for a variety of reasons--food-gathering, commercial, recreational, military, and scientific. Dive with the best as we test scuba diving's past, and look to a future of mechanical gills.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Everyday 3-million passengers board the 10,000 aircraft flying at any given moment. Go behind the scenes at international airports to see the inner workings that make commercial air travel possible--from ground control in air traffic towers, the plane's cargo holds and high-tech security, and back to earth at customs.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Espionage has been used for at least the last 4,000 years. And where there are spies, you find gadgets! We focus on the last 100 years of cloak and dagger technology--from early code-breaking computers to satellite reconnaissance--and take a look at the James Bond-type gadgets of the Cold War.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When design flaws fell projects, the cost is often exacted in lives as we see in this look at engineering disasters. Why did the Tower of Pisa begin to lean by as much as 17 feet; what caused the first nuclear accident in 1961 in Idaho.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The task was monumental: Build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon--all in seven years! When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world. We'll reveal how this engineering wonder of the world was conceived and built.
18) The Candy Man
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Something's fishy when the guys administer the "slap test" to emergency drinking water rations from 1953. Then some classic Italian canned food from a legendary chef has a surprising shelf life. And, they visit an infamous Irish bar where they meet a dancing girl and sample a 63-year-old bottle.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Icons of the open road, trucks form the backbone of the construction and transportation industries. The facility to handle nearly any load and the ability to deliver goods almost anywhere make trucks integral to modern life. From 18th-century steam-powered carriages to tomorrow's computerized trucks, it's a long haul you'll enjoy!