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Depending on who you ask, they are the bane of the highways or a physical manifestation of the American dream, icons of freedom and mobility that let travelers take the comforts of home on the road or "silver Twinkies." WHEEL ESTATE explores the weird and wonderful world of travel trailers and recreational vehicles, meeting the men and women who live on the road, the engineers who keep their dreams moving and tracing the evolution of these distinctive vehicles. The earliest examples were...

Launched in 1944, it was the last U.S. battleship ever built and the last to serve. Today, the U.S.S. Missouri floats in Pearl Harbor, a powerful monument to the devastating 1941 attack that propelled America into WWII. Now, HISTORY traces the 51-year career of BB-63, the battleship Missouri, which fought in WWII, the Korean War, and the First Gulf War. Meet generations of Missouri sailors as they return to its decks to recall their memories of this Naval icon, and learn how the crew that...

The Russian space station Avma is disintegrating, and an international band of scientists is sent to the dying station to salvage valuable technology left on board. But fate has other plans, and when a rogue meteor collides with the station, leaving them with all communications lost and life-giving oxygen bleeding into space, one man has only hours to save all the lives on board!

Ever since the first sailors ventured into open waters mariners have needed lighted signals to guide them safely through the night. What started out as simple signal fires led the way to the building of elaborate structures that soared high in the sky projecting light out for miles to warn sailors of danger and guide them home. One talented builder and his team will work with our host, contractor Nick Mystrom, to reconstruct the historic Brant Point Lighthouse. Our lucky recipients are John...

Its 36 chapters detail the complete range of erotic experience from formulas for aphrodisiacs to foreplay and explicit details of intercourse. More than 2,000 years after a forgotten Hindu high priest sat down to compile all that was written about sex and sensuality, the Kama Sutra continues to inspire delight and spark controversy. Take an unblinking look at one of the most remarkable and, to some, notorious works ever written. This program traces not only the details of the book itself such...

Insipired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, BABY SELLERS, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. A chilling account of the brutal and horrific realities behind the global, illicit trade of selling children, many kidnapped from their homes, under the guise of seemingly regulated adoption. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley stars as the respected owner of a major U.S.-based adoption agency that helps prospective parents fulfill their...

German military aircraft designs were decades ahead of their Allied counterparts. To insure the Luftwaffe's air superiority, Germany's cutting edge designers conceived and tested highly advanced concepts including swept-wing and vertical take-off aircraft, and long range stealth bombers. Their innovations influenced the world's military and civilian aircraft designs for much of the post war period. Had Hitler's forces held on for another few years, the Luftwaffe's airborne arsenal would have...

When a crew of international terrorists hijack a commercial airliner and intentionally plunge it into the Pacific Ocean, passengers are forced to struggle to survive. On board is a computer micro-board that controls the National Defense satellite Nova One, capable of launching nuclear weapons of mass destruction. In the wrong hands, it can mean global devastation. But in the eleventh hour, a band of Navy Seals will stage a daring underwater rescue. Now, with the fate of the world at hand,...

Without ammunition, guns are little more than finely machined clubs. From the earliest hand-cast lead shot to the finest factory-made centerfire cartridges, it's ammo that makes a firearm sing. For 500 years, ammo makers have tried to construct bullets sothey're easier to carry, quicker to load, and more powerful than the enemy's!

The history of civilization could easily be measured in terms of our ability to make, use, and improve tools--an activity that is at least 4 million years old! At the tip of our toolmaking timeline are power tools. We'll examine today's power tool industry, which is booming thanks to more powerful, lighter, and quieter cordless tools.

The world's biggest authentic car show draws international attention, and the world's top car thieves. When professional car thief Luke (David Arquette) is offered millions to steal a prototype super car, he is about to realize it's not just about the money, it's about the rush. But Luke has met his match in rival carjacker Claudia (Famke Janssen), who can't resist the adrenaline or the money. Sit back, buckle down and gear up for explosive high-speed action and nonstop thrills.

Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love. The quest for the yellow metal took men across oceans, into the depths of the Alaskan winter, and miles beneath South African earth. This is the story of the huntersof the precious metal and methods for extracting it.