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A-Bombs Over Nevada
A series of nuclear bomb tests conducted outside Las Vegas in the 1950s and early '60s.
The Day the Bomb Dropped
Personal accounts of the atomic attack on Hiroshima in 1945; the comprehensive story of the bombing of Hiroshima, from those who built it, dropped it, and survived it.
Atomic Age Declassified
S1, EP1 "Born With the Bomb"Recently declassified U.S. government documents reveal hidden secrets about the nuclear arms race.
Atomic Age Declassified
S1, EP2 "Spies in Space"An inside look at the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a top-secret military spy station developed during the Cold War.
Atomic Age Declassified
S1, EP3 "Filming the Bomb"During the Cold War, the U.S. government partners with Hollywood to create films for scientific research, military training and propaganda.
Air Disasters
S13, EP4 "Borderline Tactics"When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantánamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.
Air Disasters
S16, EP9 "Seconds From Touchdown"Facing a cascade of failures and a fire on board, a turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.
Air Disasters
S4, EP6 "Grand Canyon"United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.
How Did They Build That?
S5, EP2 "Earthquakes & Exoskeletons"Milwaukee commissions Calatrava to design a museum with 90-ton wings that take flight. Oslo tears down its national ski jump and rebuilds it for the World Championships. And in LA, a 235 foot tower is wrapped in steel bands to w.
Air Crash Investigation
S25, EP5 "Powerless Plunge"Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.
Air Disasters
S4, EP7 "Catastrophe at O'Hare"On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft banks to the left and crashes into an open field, killing all 271 people on board.
Air Disasters
S18, EP14 "A Wounded Bird"A blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight breaks off; the imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting.
Air Disasters
S19, EP1 "Deadly Exchange"When a commuter flight crashes mysteriously just a mile from a Missouri runway, investigators turn their attention to the final seconds in the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S7, EP3 "Fire Fight"A mechanical problem aboard an Air Canada plane turns into an all-out emergency six miles in the air.
Air Disasters
S6, EP6 "Hanging by a Thread"The roof of an Aloha Airlines 737 tears off the plane at 24,000 feet in the sky.