documentary television programs

Surveys the history and design of castles and shows defensive features. Also comments on the peacetime use of castles.

Introduces the pilots of the Russian Air Force, and looks at some of their stunning maneuvers. Includes vintage wartime footage.

Follows pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to a Greenland icecap where they attempt to revive and rescue a rare World War II B-29 bomber that was abandoned there in 1947 following a crash landing.

Examines examples of remote-control aviation as used in spy technology.

Describes the bidding war between Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the contract for the Joint Strike Fighter, a technologically advanced X-Plane.

Documentary film which takes an in-depth look at one of America's most famous families in history, the Rockefellers.

Documents the building of Hoover Dam during the Great Depression, using archival footage and interviews with witnesses to examine the challenges workers faced in completing one of history's greatest engineering feats.

Tells the story of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge at the time of its construction, and looks at the trials and tribulations of inexperienced engineer Joseph B. Strauss who designed the bridge and oversaw its completion.

Selects ten cars from throughout the history of automobile design that are representative of ingenuity, foresight, and innovation in the automobile industry.

One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72.