A documentary about the urban history of Naples unfolding as a mystery. It looks at the town planning of Naples from the Ancient Greek settlements up until 1657 AD. The documentary starts with an historical narration for the period from 600 B.C. to 1400 A.D. ; it is full of myths, anecdotes and tales supported throughout by virtual reconstructions and shootings taken from archaeological excavations. It moves through the period 1000 to 1657 A.D with interviews with archaeologists, historians,...

In this sweeping, epic true story, the romance between the most powerful man in the world and the woman who conquered his heart decides the course of Western civilization -- Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story. Napoleon Bonaparte (Armand Assante), the brilliant general who leads France from chaos to become the most powerful nation in Europe, controls the fate of a continent as he commands a seemingly unstoppable army. The man with the strength and ego to proclaim himself emperor falls in love...

When people speak of towering arrogance and catastrophic defeat, they speak of Waterloo. It was the 1815 battle in which the balance of world power changed, in one afternoon, for a hundred years to come. The players of the most famous battle in history were of epic stature. Leading the French was Napoleon Bonaparte, the greatest military commander since Alexander the Great. Leading the British was Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, a commander some consider "the greatest man England...

In March 2002, in Vilnius, Lithuania, construction workers uncovered a mass grave filled with close to 2,000 skeletons. Scientists determined that the remains belonged to the last remnants of Napoleon's Grand Army retreating from Moscow in 1812. The find offers new insight into Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the largest military disaster ever recorded. Follow scientists as they seek to learn who these people were and how they died. Was it a massacre, an epidemic, or the result of brutal cold?

Academy Award -winning director Steven Soderbergh (Best Director, Traffic, 2000) presents Naqoyqatsi ("Life As War"), from filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, in collaboration with composer Philip Glass, whose original score features renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In this cinematic concert -- the concluding film of the Qatsi Trilogy preceded by critically acclaimed Koyaanisqatsi ("Life Out Of Balance"), and Powaqqatsi ("Life In Transformation") -- mesmerizing images reanimated from everyday reality, then...

It's a raging drug war that has turned Phoenix, Arizona into the second kidnapping capital of the world. National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling embeds with the Phoenix Police Department as they investigate the latest drug-related kidnapping, uncover a cache of $3 million worth of marijuana and ambush suspects at a ransom drop-off. Then, cross the border and ride along with a photojournalist on his crime beat in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico the deadliest city in North America. Hear voices from...

NARCO WARS explores how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with the power to destabilize and tear apart whole countries. The series combines gripping access to cartel members and the law enforcement agencies opposing them with a deep dive documentary exploration of the geo-political, social and cultural factors that led the cartels' rise.

One night of bliss... A thousand nights of hell...This picture is presented in the hopes that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to end the curse of drug addiction!One night in an opium den sends respectable young doctor William Davis hurtling down the slippery slope to doom and self-destruction. When his drug habit renders him incapable of practicing medicine, Dr. Davis becomes a sideshow huckster shilling miracle elixirs. The income provided by snake-oil sales only fuels...

Detective Nondice Mason checks out a report that a 25-year-old man attempted to take a 15-year-old girl out of school by pretending to be her father, and the SWAT team tries to stop a man who threatens his wife after she files for divorce.

Narcotics Squad (1957, B&W): A mysterious drug pusher has infested the high school and a rash of students are getting hooked on heroin, among them Ray, star of the basketball team. The boy is found dead, having injected a lethal cocktail into his own veins. This is the dealer's way of making sure that kids, like Ray, who have fallen too far behind in their drug debt, don't turn into squealers. Police Lieutenant Lacey strikes back, bringing the full weight of the Narcotics Unit into his...

Narrated by Robert Ryan: World War I - The Complete Season 3 DVD-5 1964-1965 Narrated by Robert Ryan. This 3-disc collection includes original early 20th century material and rare archival footage illustrating a war that ended Europe's uneasy peace.

Are they ancient road maps or messages for visiting aliens? Lying at the foothill of Peru's Andes Mountains is the site of one of the world's greatest mysteries. Etched, as if by giants, onto its arid, moonscape plains are immense lines that stretch for miles to form strange shapes recognizable only from the air. Forming the shapes of animals, plants and humans, they were first spotted by pilots in the 1930s, and inspired fantastic explanations ever since. Now, a team of specialists from...

This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country's political and cultural landscapes, set in the nation's music capital. Nashville weaves the stories of twenty-four characters from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many members of the astonishing cast wrote their own songs and performed them live on location, which lends another layer to the film's...

A talented young country singer dreams of nothing but going to Nashville to become a music star and dating the most popular cheerleader in high school. As the stars would have it, his music career takes off at the same time as their relationship, but she doesn't share his love of music. He refuses to compromise in this coming-of-age story of true love and following your destiny.

It began as a simple convent election. Then came the illegal buggings. the bungled break-in, the hasty cover-up and the exorbitant payoffs. The result is a sinfully hilarious tale of immaculate deception! In a suspiciously profitable convent near Pittsburgh, the abbess has just died. To protect their secrets, sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) is determined to become the orders new leader. But when she sees her campaign threatened by a pretty. Sexually liberated young novice (Susan Penhaligon),...

Special agent Britt Hunter discovers a sinister Soviet plot to destroy America. A Russian operative (barely disguised as a cowboy) waits in the badlands to unleash a deadly bacteria. Hunter goes undercover as a rock and roll singer to corner the enemy spy. The radioactive device, fastened around the neck of a rabbit, is the target of an international ring of counterespionage agents from every corner of the world. As the cadre take turns attacking the Soviet operative and clobbering each, the...

Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos gives viewers a front-row seat as photographers reveal the hard work, perseverance, and luck involved in capturing that one-in-a-million shot.

Fifteen-year-old Natalie Cantons world is turned upside down when her mother loses her battle with cancer on Valentines Day. A fragile white rose becomes Natalie's only tangible link between the mother she lost and the hope she desperately needs to find. When Natalie's father sends her to Nevada for Christmas to visit her aunts ranch. Shortly after her arrival, Natalie's rose slips out of her coat pocket, undetected, and falls into the riding corral. The next day, a pure white horse,...

Get ready for hijinks and heroics on the high seas as Academy Award -winner Tommy Lee Jones and Oscar -nominee Michael OKeefe team up against bloodthirsty savages and scoundrels in this thrilling swashbuckler. After a gang of merciless cutthroats attacks a South Pacific island, would-be reverend Nathaniel Nate Williamson (OKeefe) is left for dead, and his fiancee (Jenny Seagrove) is kidnapped. But to rescue her, Nates only hope is to forge an unlikely alliance with a notorious and...

A beautiful American doctor imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp uses her skill to save the life of an SS officer, who falls in love with her.

Nathan Hill Triple Feature. A collection no Hill fan should miss! Jasper, Model Behaviour & Revenge of the Gweilo.

Avenging Angels mete out punishment to foreigners and all others who don't live up to their leaders' notions of "100 percent Americanism."The secret lodge has been formed by con men planning to get rich via initiation fees, dues and the sale of their sinister robes. Unstoppable because of the nation's mood in the depths of the Depression, the pistol-packing, lash-wielding night riders exploit religious intolerance and prejudice against aliens. With members of the hate group winning elected...

"National Bird" follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war. At the center of the film are three U.S. military veterans. Plagued by guilt over participating in the killing of faceless people in foreign countries, they decide to speak out publicly, despite the possible consequences. Their stories take dramatic turns, leading one of the protagonists...

"National Bird" follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war. At the center of the film are three U.S. military veterans. Plagued by guilt over participating in the killing of faceless people in foreign countries, they decide to speak out publicly, despite the possible consequences. Their stories take dramatic turns, leading one of the protagonists...