Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.

Air Disasters

Two archaeologists attempt to prove their theory that North America's first humans arrived during the Ice Age from across the frozen Atlantic Ocean.

Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey

The Last Buffalo

Documentary series that tells the story of the evolution of maritime conflict.

Combat Ships

A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

Ice Airport Alaska

An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.

How Did They Build That?

The story of Nazi Germany's unprecedented aerial assault on Britain's major cities and how the resilience of its citizens became a news event.

The Blitz: Days That Changed WWII

Revisiting the life of a legendary woman whose story continues to gain new resonance over time, even now on the 400-year anniversary of her death in March 1617.

Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

The stories behind the world's most mysterious mummies.

Mummies Alive

Military cameramen's footage of the Battle of Okinawa shows the intensity of the battle, on land and sea, in vivid color.

Battle of Okinawa in Color

The identity of an unnamed hero in the iconic photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima is revealed by modern science.

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

America's first victory in the Pacific during World War II is retold from the vantage point of the three U.S. attack planes as they overcame the enemy ambush to face off against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long-range fighter, in the air.

Battle of Midway: The True Story

A look at the US military's ultimate flying war machines and the airplanes used by American forces through the years as pilots and other team members look back on their experiences.

Air Warriors

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

How Did They Fix That?

On D-Day, Allied forces land in Normandy, France, to beat back the German troops and liberate France; previously unseen archival footage captures the 85-day struggle to liberate Europe and includes rare images of the battle itself.

The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

Exploring the world of unidentified flying objects through declassified documentation.

UFOs Declassified

Footage of the Pacific campaign during World War II and Japan's downfall.

Fall of Japan: In Color

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