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Bombshell

Aired January 6, 2026 | 85 min

Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Nazi Town, USA tells the unknown story of the German American Bund, a 1930s pro-Nazi group with chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country. Many believe the Bund represented a real threat of fascist subversion in the U.S.

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Nazi Town, USA (español)

Aired July 8, 2025

Nazi Town, USA cuenta la desconocida historia del Bund, la Federación Germano-Americana, un grupo pronazi de la década de 1930 con divisiones en suburbios y ciudades por todo el país. Muchos creen que el Bund representaba una amenaza real de subversión fascista en Estados Unidos.

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The Movement and the “Madman”

Aired March 28, 2023 | 93 min

Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.

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The Movement and the “Madman” (español)

Aired March 28, 2023 | 93 min

Descubra la historia de cómo se enfrentaron el presidente Nixon y el movimiento contra la guerra en 1969. Contada a través de relatos de primera mano, la película revela cómo los líderes del movimiento movilizaron a grupos dispares para crear dos protestas masivas que cambiaron la historia.

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The Codebreaker

Aired April 29, 2023 | 53 min

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.

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Sealab

Aired February 12, 2019 | 53 min

In 1969 off the California coast, a US Navy crane carefully lowered a massive tubular structure into the waters. It was an audacious feat of engineering — a pressurized underwater habitat, designed for an elite group of divers to spend days or even months at a stretch living and working on the ocean floor.Sealab tells the little-known story of the daring program that tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized undersea exploration.

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The Secret of Tuxedo Park

Aired January 16, 2018 | 60 min

Meet Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis, who led a double life as a scientist and whose secret lab in upstate New York developed radar technology that altered the course of World War II.

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The Great War

Aired July 3, 2018 | 5 hrs 42 min

Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories of those whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

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Command and Control

Aired April 25, 2017 | 92 min

How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?

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The Battle of Chosin

Aired November 1, 2016 | 113 min

The Korean War battle at Chosin Reservoir is one of the most celebrated in Marine Corps annals. More than 20 veterans of the campaign recount this epic conflict.

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The Boys of '36

Aired August 1, 2017 | 53 min

The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

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