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Upside Down & Under Sea

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP6 "Upside Down & Under Sea"

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.

How Did They Build That?

S1, EP4 "Viaducts & Hotels"

A towering bridge in France; upside-down hotel in China; Italy's forest into the sky.

Air Disasters

S3, EP3 "I'm the Problem"

Moments before Pacific Southwest Flight 1771 crashes on a cattle ranch in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.

Air Disasters

S16, EP3 "Tragic Takeoff"

When a twin-engine jet careens off the runway in Kentucky, investigators must determine why the plane failed to take off.

Air Disasters

S7, EP5 "Hidden Danger"

In 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.

Air Disasters

S10, EP7 "Murder in the Skies"

When Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, investigators discover shocking truths about the co-pilot's mental health.

Air Disasters

S5, EP8 "Imperfect Pitch"

On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T stalls and crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board.

Air Disasters

S6, EP8 "Death and Denial"

In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.

Disasters Engineered

S2, EP4 "Beneath the Surface"

Nothing can stop an earthquake and while the ground may feel solid, below our feet, the earth is shifting constantly, sometimes violently.

Disasters Engineered

S2, EP7 "Unnatural Causes"

The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown hit Japan in the wake of a tsunami, creating a crisis on a par with Chernobyl; just a few months later, a lightning strike affected signaling on a bullet train in China, leading to a catastrophic collision.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP1 "Blitzkrieg"

Rare archive footage charts the German Army in 1940 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg tactic.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP2 "Barbarossa"

Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP3 "El Alamein"

Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP4 "Kursk"

The story of the greatest tank battle the world has ever seen.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP5 "The Bulge"

Eyewitness accounts from those who fought in the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.

WWII Battles in Color

S1, EP6 "Berlin"

Incredible footage, colorized for the first time, chronicles the final days of the Third Reich and the brutal battle for Berlin, though German defeat looked certain. Nazi soldiers persisted in fighting despite the inevitability of their downfall.

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