Record-breaking snow in Anchorage could shut the airport. A novice pilot tests his nerve landing on a frozen lake. USAF aircrews battle the toughest Arctic survival training, and a unique aircraft workshop Alaska-proofs a vintage bush plane.
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A 3-day clash between Nazi U-boats and Allied ships in March 1943 marks a major turning point.
Witness the events that turned ace U-boat commander Otto Kretschmer from Nazi idol to prisoner of war.
See how a new wave of aggressive U.S. sub commanders radically changed the Navy's WWII strategy, and in turn, the war.
A truck accident, a record day of snowfall, and the return of a wild moose.
Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).
Record-breaking snow in Anchorage could shut the airport. A novice pilot tests his nerve landing on a frozen lake. USAF aircrews battle the toughest Arctic survival training, and a unique aircraft workshop Alaska-proofs a vintage bush plane.
The maintenance crews at Ted Stevens International Airport face challenges to keep things running.
Alaska's aviators fly into the wild for the world's toughest snowmobile race, Anchorage mechanics wrestle with a damaged 737's jet engine, and scientists take to the air to fight back against floods devastating remote communities.
Rare archival films, iconic news footage and home movies during a decade of revolution.
Industrialists and inventors revolutionize every aspect of American life.
The legend of the American West as a feral and untamed land persists as a potent myth.
Hollywood becomes a leading industry, cornering the market on glitz, glamour and fame.
Racial unrest divides the nation; Russia has a nuclear bomb; the Cold War.
The Great Depression dominates the decade; Franklin Roosevelt's Presidency.
How technological innovations, two world wars and consumerism built a rich economy in the U.S.
Criminals build a vast empire that exploits political corruption and reaches across the country.
The landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
The extreme physical and psychological dangers of flying into deep space.
Recounts the final journey of the space shuttle Discovery and discusses the spacecraft's history.
Four young men who stood up to racism and social injustice.
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