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Viking Longships

Combat Ships

S2, EP1 "Viking Longships"

The story of one of the world's most effective war machines: the Viking longship, seeing how its design evolved from swift war canoe to versatile and feared ship that would change the course of history.

Combat Ships

S1, EP9 "Wooden Warships"

A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.

Combat Ships

S2, EP4 "Destroyers and Cruisers"

The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.

Combat Ships

S1, EP7 "Rescue Ships"

A look at some of the rescue ships of the past 200 years of wartime and the brave men and women who risked their lives to save others.

Combat Ships

S3, EP1 "Game Changers"

A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.

Combat Ships

S1, EP3 "D-Day"

A chronological look at the events of the 1944 D-Day landings, and the vessels that made the invasion possible, with an insight into personal stories and engineering wonders.

Combat Ships

S4, EP5 "Mutiny"

A look at how technological advances over the centuries have transformed maritime warfare.

Combat Ships

S2, EP2 "Stealth"

Vessels that operate in secret, unseen by their enemies, from secret missions that helped win World War II to modern stealth ships using strange shapes and technology to avoid spying ears and eyes.

Air Disasters

S23, EP4 "Landing Hazards"

Martinair 495 crashes on a rain-soaked runway in Portugal, showing how weather can doom a landing; American 1572 hits a storm and loses both engines amid a tower shutdown.

Air Disasters

S14, EP4 "No Control"

An examination of three crashes that occurred when pilots battled against their sophisticated aircraft.

Air Disasters

S16, EP2 "Playing Catch Up"

A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.

Air Disasters

S12, EP5 "Deadly Display"

A high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.

Air Disasters

S22, EP6 "Trained to Fail"

Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

Air Disasters

S14, EP1 "Communication Breakdown"

A look at three deadly air disasters that are caused by misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.

Air Disasters

S20, EP5 "Fuel Trouble"

Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues; in the end, all three trails lead back to the same source -- the fuel tank.

Air Disasters

S20, EP21 "Dead of Night"

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose sight of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

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