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How Did They Build That?
S3, EP8 "Subways & Sightlines"A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
Air Disasters
S4, EP11 "Subtle Incapacitation"The 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism.
Air Disasters
S1, EP9 "Fatal Distraction"Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them.
Air Disasters
S4, EP4 "Pushed to the Limit"SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude.
Air Disasters
S17, EP7 "Tree Strike Terror"After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters
S20, EP23 "Lethal Choices"Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
Air Disasters
S8, EP7 "Concorde: Up in Flames"On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing all of the 109 people on board and 4 on the ground.
Air Disasters
S5, EP6 "Into the Eye of the Storm"On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail.
D-Day WWII Battles in Color: Kursk
"D-Day WWII Battles in Color: Kursk"D-Day 80th Anniversary; newly colorized combat footage and home movies tell the story of the greatest tank battle of WWII, between the Nazis' mighty Tigers and Russia's T-34s.
D-Day WWII Battles in Color: The Bulge
"D-Day WWII Battles in Color: The Bulge"D-Day 80th Anniversary; colorized footage of the Battle of the Bulge captures the brutality of America's biggest, bloodiest conflict of World War II.
D-Day WWII Battles in Color: Berlin
"D-Day WWII Battles in Color: Berlin"D-Day 80th Anniversary; colorized newsreel and propaganda footage of the Soviet's assault on Berlin provides a unique, vivid look at the final weeks of World War II.
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