History Channel (Television network)
1) Samurai
Series
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Contains six acclaimed documentaries that tell the history and lore of the Samurai.
2) War in HD
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
WWII in HD is the first documentary to show World War II from the perspective of both sides in full, immersive HD color. This comprehensive presentation creates a personal, introspective and detailed look at life on and off the front lines. Vietnam in HD represents a story that is in danger of being lost to history.
Publisher
[History Channel]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Rick Dale runs Las Vegas based Rick's Restorations, a family business that finds, restores, and upcycles cool objects ranging from Cadillacs to Coke Machines. Dale has restored everything from barber chairs to a 1937 gas pump. Dale also shares information about each object including where, when, and why they were invented, plus who used them and how fixing or transforming them changes their value.
9) Stalingrad
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Description
On August 23rd 1942, 330,000 men of the German 6th Army smashed through Soviet defenses outside the city of Stalingrad. For 162 terrible days the Soviet defenders of Stalingrad make the Germans pay in blood with savage hand to hand combat in a maze of ruined factories, shops and apartment blocks. Outnumbered and outgunned the Red Army suffer appalling losses, but by clinging to their positions they draw the Germans into a trap from which there will...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
On June 20, 1941, the US Submarine O-9 headed out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and nosed below the surface carrying 33 hands and never returned. Inquiries into her sinking failed to find answers. But 60 years later, she was rediscovered. Today, our team of Deep Sea Detectives heads out with the National Undersea Research Center to take the first ever video survey of the wreck in an attempt to solve this long forgotten mystery.
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In small towns and along America's backroads, treasures are waiting to be uncovered, valuable relics from our history that are hidden in junk piles, buried in barns, and stacked in garages. It takes experts to find them, and turn rust to riches. Follow highly skilled 'pickers' Mike Wolfe, owner of Antique Archaeology in Iowa, and his business partner Frank Fritz as they hunt down objects with historical, collectible, and pop culture value that have...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Strap yourself into the cockpit and fly along with daring U.S. airmen as they attempt the impossible and change the course of aviation history. Today, few know about the first flight around the world or the men who flew it, though it remains one of aviation's most important milestones. Three years before Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, eight U.S. aviators boarded four Douglas World Cruisers in a race with five other countries to complete the first...
13) Ancient Rome
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Experience the intrigue, scandal, excitement and chaos of the most dominant empire in the history of western civilization as History journeys back to the age of Caesar"--Container.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008], c2005
Description
King Solomon was one of the greatest rulers described in the Bible. He was one of the wisest and most powerful, not to mention the richest. According to the Old Testament, his source of wealth was the goldmines located in the mysterious land of Ophir. Travel on a 4,000-mile journey across sub-Saharan Africa in search of the Biblical Ophir and the lost riches of King Solomon.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Examines the possibility of a tsunami hitting the eastern United States, an event that could be provoked by a volcanic eruption off the coast of Africa. An in-depth and chilling look at a little-known menace that could devastate the nation's eastern coastline.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"Each monument represents the utmost in engineering, design and vision. They all stand as mighty symbols of American ingenuity, courage and sacrifice. Find out how these famous structures came to be, who conceived of them, whose sweat built them, and who dismissed them as fantasy. Find out why the Washington Monument took 100 years from conception to execution, why skeptics thought the Brooklyn Bridge wouldn't survive the first gale, and why it took...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
Description
In March 1876, the ability to communicate by speech across vast distances could not have come at a better time. This program takes a captivating look over the great inventor's shoulder as he toils to bring a world-changing technology to a young nation in need.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The video features numerous African-American WWII veterans, who speak with brutal honesty about the prejudice they encountered and the battles they fought. Learn of the remarkable achievements of units like the Tuskegee Airmen, who earned the respect of their German adversaries in the skies over Italy and Sicily, and discover how the advances made in World War II paved the way for the armed forces to become a model of successful integration for the...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
War, famine, plague. According to the Book of Revelation in the Bible, these are three of the four horsemen of a coming apocalypse. The anti-Christ, in human form, walking among us is the fourth. Decodes the ancient prophecy, which actually consists of seven signs within seven signs within seven more signs. Examines whether any of them could be linked to actual or potential occurrences today. Explore what would happen if the seven-signs prophecy were...