HISTORY Specials

THE HISTORY CHANNEL brings history's most incredible wartime feats, scientific mysteries, and turbulent periods back to life in top-rated programs on topics including Sherman's March, the battle of Thermopylae, comets, the Plague, and the Dark Ages.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - 102 Minutes that Changed America

    September 11, 2008
    1 h 38 min
    TV-PG
    A new historical record is emerging of the sights and sounds of the attack on the World Trade Center.
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  2. S1 E2 - Ancient Ink

    July 14, 2009
    1 h 26 min
    TV-PG
    Tattoos are more desirable than ever but do you know who created the first tattoo or why monks in Thailand "sling ink" so their clients can have great sex?
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  3. S1 E3 - Andrew Jackson

    November 18, 2007
    1 h 29 min
    TV-PG
    Andrew Jackson was the first "common-man" President. Orphaned at 14, he became a lawyer with no formal education, an Army General with no military experience and President without being rich.
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  4. S1 E4 - Beltway Unbuckled

    March 15, 2009
    1 h 29 min
    TV-PG
    Beltway Unbuckled explores the fascinating ways sexual politics have impacted and created American history.
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  5. S1 E5 - Beyond The Da Vinci Code

    January 20, 2009
    1 h 29 min
    TV-PG
    Is it the greatest story ever told--or the greatest story ever sold? A best-selling novel sparks a debate that could change Christianity forever.
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  6. S1 E6 - Holy Grail in America

    September 20, 2009
    1 h 27 min
    TV-PG
    In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder.
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  7. S1 E7 - Last Stand Of The 300

    March 8, 2009
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    After Custer, Thermopylae is the most famous last stand in history. In a narrow pass in Northern Greece, seven thousand Greek soldiers await an onslaught of epic proportions.
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  8. S1 E8 - Marijuana: A Chronic History

    November 3, 2009
    1 h 28 min
    TV-PG
    It's illegal, used throughout the country, and a major source of income for many people.
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  9. S1 E9 - Mysteries Of The Freemasons: The Beginning

    September 17, 2009
    1 h 28 min
    TV-PG
    They led the Revolution, framed the Declaration of Independence, and in the early years of the Republic, grew to unmatched heights of influence and power.
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  10. S1 E10 - Quest for the Lost Ark

    March 2, 2008
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    The existence and location of the Ark of the Covenant has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in archaeology.
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  11. S1 E11 - Samurai

    March 16, 2010
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    The ultimate warrior of the Samurai era, Miyamoto Musashi's violent and revered style of combat ultimately gave way to a life of art, poetry and philosophy.
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  12. S1 E12 - Sherman's March

    April 22, 2007
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    Known affectionately as "Uncle Billy" by Union soldiers, but reviled in the South as a brutal war criminal, General William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the truly enigmatic and complex figures in the American pantheon.
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  13. S1 E13 - Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs

    December 20, 2009
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    The deadliest weapon on the battlefield is neither bullet nor gun; it's the lone sniper.
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  14. S1 E14 - Sputnik Mania

    November 29, 2008
    1 h 27 min
    TV-PG
    Fifty years after the launch of Sputnik HISTORY revisits the shock that catapulted America from complacency into action.
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  15. S1 E15 - The Bielski Brothers

    February 26, 2009
    45min
    TV-PG
    HISTORY brings to life the true story of three brothers who managed the unimaginable.
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  16. S1 E16 - The Brain

    November 10, 2008
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    The Brain is a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier.
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  17. S1 E17 - The Plague

    March 4, 2007
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    It began like the common cold. Then fever, baseball-sized black swellings on the neck, coughing of blood. Few lived more than two days.
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  18. S1 E18 - The White House: Behind Closed Doors

    December 12, 2008
    1 h 7 min
    TV-PG
    Take an inside-access tour of the White House as President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush provide HISTORY with one of the most intimate looks at the private residence in 50 years.
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  19. S1 E19 - Columbus: The Lost Voyage

    October 8, 2007
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    Ten years after his famous 1492 voyage, Christopher Columbus awaited the gallows on criminal charges in a Caribbean prison. He plotted an escape--a last voyage that would restore his reputation.
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  20. S1 E20 - Comets

    March 12, 2007
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    Comets--these celestial travelers have forever filled us with fear and wonder. Lurking in the furthest reaches of our solar system, they come close to Earth as they orbit our Sun.
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  21. S1 E21 - Clash of the Cavemen

    May 4, 2010
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    25,000 B.C. In Europe, arctic glaciers reach as far south as London. Massive predators are on the prowl. Across the continent, two species of primitive man struggle to survive.
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  22. S1 E22 - Jesse James' Hidden Treasure

    November 9, 2009
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    In central Kansas, a treasure hunt is underway that could call into question much of what we know about the notorious outlaw Jesse James.
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  23. S1 E23 - Death Masks

    October 26, 2009
    1 h 31 min
    TV-PG
    Faces...and facts...fleshed out from the grave. Unprecedented technology brings to life extraordinary mirror images and powerful last impressions of history's most powerful men.
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  24. S1 E24 - How The Earth Was Made

    October 11, 2010
    1 h 30 min
    TV-PG
    It is mystery 4.5 billion years in the making: how has our planet transformed, and why? New clues are being discovered not in volcanoes or canyons, but inside each of us.
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  25. S1 E24 - After Armageddon

    January 5, 2010
    1 h 27 min
    TV-PG
    It is inevitable that disaster will someday strike America on an unprecedented level. What have past acts of destruction taught us about what will happen to mankind after the apocalypse?
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Extras

Bonus

The Definitive Guide to the Mob

The Definitive Guide to the Mob

1 h 25 minTV-14
What is life really like in the American mafia? How do you get in, get made and make money? What happens when you get in too deep? This two-hour special takes viewers on a step-by-step journey through the world's most famous criminal organization.
What is life really like in the American mafia? How do you get in, get made and make money? What happens when you get in too deep? This two-hour special takes viewers on a step-by-step journey through the world's most famous criminal organization.
What is life really like in the American mafia? How do you get in, get made and make money? What happens when you get in too deep? This two-hour special takes viewers on a step-by-step journey through the world's most famous criminal organization.

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Content advisory

Flashing lightsviolencealcohol usefoul language

Subtitles

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Directors

Adam Barton

Producers

Adam BartonSam BathrickBryan CarmelGail FreedmanBill JohnstonKripa Koshy

Cast

Dean NorrisTrace AdkinsJames CarvilleJeff FoxworthyTy PenningtonHerschel WalkerRicky SkaggsMichael WaltripBobby BowdenSteve Gillon

Studio

A&E Television Networks
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