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Some of the most innovative and mindboggling cars are not on the streets--they are helping the military pound the pavement and cross terrain around the world.
42) The Circus
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The Circus brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town; its stars were among the most famous people in the country and multitudes gathered to see the improbable and the impossible, the exotic, and the spectacular.
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From the oral tradition of Ancient Greece, to a paperback grabbed at the airport, nothing captures the imagination of children and adults alike more than a great adventure story, and no genre of literature was more tailor-made for film adaptation. Tales of swashbuckling heroes in far-off lands have continued to inspire the most visionary directors in cinema.
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Learn how to craft a refined, clean, and light Shaker-inspired hall table out of gorgeous cherry using mostly hand tools. From the elegant tapered legs, to the undercut beveled edge along the top, Tom McLaughlin shows you how this table offers a chance to get back to basics with extraordinary results. Techniques include using a hand plane, skimming, creating basic mortise and tenons, and chiseling pocket holes.
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In this episode, we learn how and why America and later Russia fell out of the race, and the British-designed Concorde emerged victorious. Despite being the most luxurious airliner in the world, the supersonic dream ultimately died.
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American Masters volume 0
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This documentary explores the complex issue of reparations in the United States using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and the critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.
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HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft, celebrating the joy of music and the creation of handcrafted instruments. Featuring accordion maker Marc Savoy and the Savoy family, bow maker Susan Lipkins, luthier Doug Naselroad and the Appalachian Artisan Center Culture of Recovery Program, and artist Richard Jolley, whose monumental glass and steel sculpture inspired a violin concerto.
48) Creating Christ
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Did Roman Emperors create Christianity? Discovered archaeological evidence now links the first Christians with ruling elites of Rome. A conspiracy to end the great conflict between Jews and Rome changed the course of history. This secret revealed here!
49) Crisis on Campus
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A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the catastrophic war in Gaza, the outrage deeply divided American campuses and in some places devolved into hate-filled rhetoric and arrests. FRONTLINE and Retro Report have been following the escalating turmoil since the war began — talking to people on all sides of the divide, investigating how universities have responded,...
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The Weibert family of Montana may be closer than ever to solving the last great mystery of the Battle of the Little Bighorn--what became of the valuable cache of weapons taken from Custer's fallen soldiers after the battle.
51) D-Day in HD
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Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle also known as D-Day, began on June 6, 1944, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. For the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe, this two-part series tells the story of D-Day in HD. Rare footage is rendered in High Definition, then combined with interviews from the...
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"Part One: The Inferno (1216-1308)" explores the turbulent background of medieval Florence from 1216 to Dante's birth in 1265, and chronicles Dante’s childhood, education and early career as a poet and politician -- culminating in his exile in 1302, and his decision to write The Divine Comedy -- plunging from there into the mysterious world of the poem itself, and Dante’s descent into the inferno.
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FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. With the presidential race for 2024 underway, veteran political filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine the House Jan. 6 committee’s evidence, the historic charges against Trump and the threat to democracy.
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Monuments, stadiums, roads, water systems, harbors. The builders of Rome invented the modern city. What technical inventions and what genius of construction did they use to achieve this? This program follows a team of archaeologists as they use technology to recreate this largest city in antiquity. It researches their construction techniques and measuring instruments and shows how they addressed such challenges as housing, water supply, transportation,...
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In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the US. This documentary charts that history and explores the lessons from this time period that can be applied today.
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The Dogon is an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali in West Africa. This documentary highlights this group's religious and oral traditions, both of which they are well known for. Their religious traditions include a sophisticated cosmology, a tradition of mask making, and unique architecture. Their rich oral tradition has preserved their history and traditional knowledge of the cosmos and their place within it.
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The giant stone heads of Easter Island have inspired theories for centuries. Now, new research reveals intriguing evidence of the origins and inspirations of the ancient Rapanui people who created the iconic monoliths.
58) Eat Your Catfish
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Paralyzed by late-stage ALS and reliant on round-the-clock care, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point of view, this documentary delivers a brutally frank and darkly humorous portrait of a family grappling with the daily demands of disability and in-home caretaking.
59) Edge of War
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Having failed to stop Kim Il Sung's forces on land, Gen. Douglas MacArthur devised an amphibious assault at Inchon. But Gen. MacArthur needed information, so he dispatched naval officer Lt. Eugene Clark to gather precious intelligence on troops and tides. Lt. Clark recruited local operatives who wanted the invaders stopped. With Lt. Clark's critical intelligence, Gen. MacArthur and the U.N. invasion swung into action hoping to crush the North Koreans....
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Elizabeth II is born a minor princess in the second rank of the royal family and grows up away from the limelight. Elizabeth I is the only child of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn but, as a girl, she is an immediate disappointment. After Henry executes her mother, the young Elizabeth is cast into the wilderness. However, for both Elizabeth's an extraordinary sequence of events will catapult them both onto the throne and their journey through...