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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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    Tesla

    Aired December 26, 2018 | 53 min

    Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century.

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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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    Space Men

    Aired July 9, 2019 | 52 min

    Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and ingenuity in this lethal realm.

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    The Perfect Crime

    Aired April 10, 2018 | 52 min

    The shocking story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.

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    Murder of a President

    Aired February 2, 2016 | 112 min

    The story of James Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president, and his assassination by a deluded madman.

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    The Mine Wars

    Aired September 3, 2019 | 113 min

    At the dawn of the 20th century, the struggle over coal — the material that fueled America — led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a bloody war zone.

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    Bonnie & Clyde

    Aired May 9, 2017 | 52 min

    The true story behind the most romanticized, infamous outlaw couple in U.S. history, and their gang.

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    The Pilgrims

    Aired November 19, 2020 | 114 min

    The converging forces, circumstances, personalities and events that propelled a group of English men and women west across the Atlantic in 1620.

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    American Comandante

    Aired November 17, 2015 | 52 min

    American comandante William Morgan went to Cuba to help Fidel Castro return the country to a democracy. Instead, four years later, he was executed.

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    Edison

    Aired January 27, 2015 | 112 min

    An in-depth look at America's most famous inventor and his role in America's future.

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    Walt Disney

    Aired August 29, 2017 | 3 hrs 42 min

    An unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers.

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