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The story of Alaska's evolution, from isolated wilderness to America's 49th state, during the first half of the 20th century.

Visit Coney Island, Disneyland, the Kentucky Derby, and Notre Dame football, in their infancy and in color.

Color footage of the Rockefellers, Roosevelts, and Kennedys gives an unprecedented look at America's storied families.

See Prohibition end, the New Deal begin, and the Great Plains turn to dust, as you've never seen it before: in color.

From Buffalo Bill to the construction of the Hoover Dam, this is the story of America's Wild West in color.

A look at the Hindenburg crash, the San Francisco earthquake and other disasters of the early 20th century through colorized home movies and archival footage.

See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.

The inside story of Project Viking and the incredible ingenuity that put the first spacecraft on Mars.

The history of the Hubble Telescope, as told by the brilliant minds and mavericks who built and repaired it.

Witness the incredible story of the engineers who built the mighty rocket that put man on the moon: the Saturn V.

See how a shared goal to build a space station brought Cold War enemies together and inspired visionary breakthroughs.

A flight to a prime fishing spot in Cape Douglas turns disastrous and it's up to NTSB's Alaska office to find out why.

What caused a routine, 20-minute commuter flight to end in disaster? The NTSB's Alaska Regional Office aims to find out.

Follow Alaska's lead NTSB investigators as they try to find the cause of two mysterious Cessna crashes.

A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and U.S. shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers.

The compelling stories of Black sailors who fought for the right to fight for their country during the Civil War and through the 20th century.

High-tech investigations help solve some of maritime warfare's most mysterious and remarkable ship sinkings.

A comprehensive look at the world's last great amphibious invasion, the 1950 Battle of Incheon, and the combat ships that led the assault.

Track the evolution of the spacesuit, from the first pressure suit of the 1930s to outfits that will take the man to Mars.

Meet the innovators who developed newer, safer ways to fall from the sky and those whose lives were saved by them.

From the first gas turbine to tomorrow's hypersonic jet engines, see the evolution of the machine that is changing the world.

Witness the ingenuity and bravery of the pioneers who developed, built, and even risked their lives testing the ejection seat.

A look at the journey of the American worker through the first half of the 20th century.

A look at the rise and fall of the airship and the U.S. military's failed attempts to make it the future of warfare in the 1920s and '30s.

See how a team of engineers, through ingenuity and dogged determination, built the spacecraft that put man on the moon.

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