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  • 2014
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    Shark Girl

    Shark Girl

    6.00 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
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    The Last Lioness: Birth of a Pride

    The Last Lioness: Birth of a Pride

    1 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
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    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    7.70 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
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    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    10.00 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
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    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    7.00 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
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    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    7.70 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
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    The Lost City of the Pharaohs

    The Lost City of the Pharaohs

    8.00 2016 HD

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  • 2023
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    The Last 747

    The Last 747

    1 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
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    The Day Hitler Died

    The Day Hitler Died

    6.80 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
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    The Day Kennedy Died

    The Day Kennedy Died

    6.80 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
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    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    4.80 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
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    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    10.00 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
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    Aboard Air Force One

    Aboard Air Force One

    1 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
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    Mystery of the Hope Diamond

    Mystery of the Hope Diamond

    1 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
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    Titanic's Final Mystery

    Titanic's Final Mystery

    7.60 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
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    Legend of Lead Belly

    Legend of Lead Belly

    9.00 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
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    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    1 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
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    Memphis Belle in Color

    Memphis Belle in Color

    8.00 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
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    La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale

    La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale

    8.00 2019 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Last Buffalo

    The Last Buffalo

    8.00 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...

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