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Mighty Trains
S1, EP4 "White Pass And Yukon Route"The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S4, EP4 "Diamond Princess"Japan's largest cruise ship brings East and West together on a cruise featuring cherry.
Aerial Australia
S1, EP2 "The Extreme Center"The hot, dry Extreme Center of Australia is home to landscapes like nowhere else on Earth, fearsome apex predators, a town built by opals, and Uluru, the cultural and spiritual heart of a nation.
Air Disasters
S11, EP9 "Deadly Discussions"A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.
Air Disasters
S20, EP15 "Mountain Impact"Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.
Air Disasters
S13, EP9 "Soccer Tragedy"A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.
Air Disasters
S13, EP7 "Runway Runoff"A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
Air Disasters
S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP2 "Shockwaves"Months after the Pearl Harbor attack, shock waves reverberate in every corner of the Pacific; Americans deploy to stem the enemy's advance; after culture clashes, Allied forces later bond over efforts to thwart Japan's move to control New Guinea.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP3 "Island Hopping"In 1943, the United States engages in a new series of island-hopping invasions; the first stop is the Tarawa Atoll, where troops embark upon the largest amphibious invasion ever staged in the Pacific to fight one of the costliest battles of the war.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP4 "The Enemy Underground"By the summer of 1944, the United States is gaining the upper hand in the Pacific War with better training, troop numbers and supply lines; it aims for the heart of Japan's inner defense ring, engaging in a naval battle for Saipan in the Marianas.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP5 "Striking Distance"Allied forces move to take the valuable islands of Tinian and Guam that threaten American air operations; meanwhile, Gen. Curtis LeMay is tasked with planning and executing a fire bombing campaign against Japan.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP6 "Fire From the Sky"Allies slug it out on the island of Peleliu in a campaign to pave the way for Gen. MacArthur's return to the Philippines; footage shows troops enduring the muddy muck in the Philippines; Japan unveils a devastating new tactic, the kamikaze.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP7 "No Surrender"By the spring of 1945, the United States begins to take back the Philippines; on Borneo, the Australians invade Labuan; when the United States invades Okinawa, Japan makes a strong stand and launches the biggest kamikaze attacks of the war.
The Pacific War in Color
S1, EP8 "From the Ashes"President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito surrenders, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives to oversee the country's occupation; mortal enemies must now become partners in Japan's rebirth.
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