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2014
Shark Girl
Shark Girl6.00 2014 HD
For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by...
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2013
The Last Lioness: Birth of a Pride
The Last Lioness: Birth of a Pride1 2013 HD
A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years. She has no pride, no support - she alone must...
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2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom7.70 2019 HD
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...
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2023
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Cassius X: Becoming Ali10.00 2023 HD
Cassius X puts a period of often-overlooked history into the spotlight – the period when Cassius Clay fought his way to achieving his lifelong...
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2014
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink7.00 2014 HD
It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least...
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2021
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant7.70 2021 HD
"The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher,...
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2016
The Lost City of the Pharaohs
The Lost City of the Pharaohs8.00 2016 HD
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2023
The Last 747
The Last 7471 2023 HD
The iconic design of the Boeing 747 has endured for over 5 decades, but the end of production is looming. In this documentary special we follow the...
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2015
The Day Hitler Died
The Day Hitler Died6.80 2015 HD
The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65...
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2013
The Day Kennedy Died
The Day Kennedy Died6.80 2013 HD
The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who...
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2019
The Day We Walked on the Moon
The Day We Walked on the Moon4.80 2019 HD
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...
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2017
Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth
Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth10.00 2017 HD
The story of Pocahontas has been passed down through the centuries. Her relationship with John Smith has been characterized as a romance that united...
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2020
Aboard Air Force One
Aboard Air Force One1 2020 HD
Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying...
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2010
Mystery of the Hope Diamond
Mystery of the Hope Diamond1 2010 HD
Unlock the secrets of the most celebrated and prized gem in the world. Learn why the Hope Diamond has inspired superstition and passion since its...
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2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.60 2012 HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...
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2013
Legend of Lead Belly
Legend of Lead Belly9.00 2013 HD
Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one...
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2013
The Real Beauty and the Beast
The Real Beauty and the Beast1 2013 HD
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic...
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2019
Memphis Belle in Color
Memphis Belle in Color8.00 2019 HD
In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a small contingent of men overseas to loosen the...
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2019
La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale
La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale8.00 2019 HD
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2017
The Last Buffalo
The Last Buffalo8.00 2017 HD
For thousands of years, the Great Plains were home to countless numbers of American bison, but in the late 1800s, the number of bison dropped from...