Beyond the Wild Blue is the most accurate rendition of the history of the United States Air Force that has ever been seen on the television or video. By a brilliant combination of archival film research and intensely personal interviews with many of the most important figures in the history of the Air Force, John Honey and Walter Boyne have produced a vivid and fast moving portrait of service which went from the ruins of World War II demobilization to become the principal weapon of the world's only Superpower.
Big Shrimpin' is an American reality television series that premiered on November 17, 2011 on the History channel. The series follows three longtime shrimpers from Bayou La Batre, Alabama who are employed for Dominick Ficarino, who owns Dominick's Seafood. They battle each other, other companies, and harsh conditions as they shrimp for several months nonstop in the waters of Texas, Alabama, and Louisiana.
Offering viewers an insightful look into the incredible feats of engineering that have shaped the nation. This series focuses on the stories behind some of America’s most iconic structures and the innovative minds that brought them to life.
Executive produced by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of the world's foremost Abraham Lincoln experts, the three-part premium miniseries event "Lincoln" (working title) will be a sweeping, multi-layered biography of perhaps the most important president in U.S. history, the man of remarkable character who led the country during its bloodiest war and greatest crisis.
Off the Grid: Million Dollar Manhunt is a game show which airs on The History Channel. Contestants attempt to evade Kevin Reeve, an expert in surveillance, fugitive tracking, and classified government technologies. If they can succeed in performing simple tasks, for one day, and avoid detection, they win $1 million.
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, rests the island paradise of Hawaii. But hidden behind its beauty, is a lost land with thousands of acres of untamed jungle, home to wild beasts and the men who hunt them. For two months each year, when the rains stop, longtime hunting clans who live off the land fight for wild game. Survival depends on allegiance to family, and power belongs to those who can control the most hunting trails.
Weird U.S. is a reality television series, and book of the same name, on the History Channel starring Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, founders of the magazine Weird NJ, as they hunt the United States looking for weird history, hauntings, and legends because, as they say, "history is full of weirdos." It is produced by KPI TV. It is also a series of paranormal travel guides edited by the same two individuals.
Kenny Hauk, lead designer of Hauk Designs, works with his crew of expert mechanics and fabricators to build ultra-powerful, one-of-a-kind vehicles that look amazing and can go anyw
Death or Canada is a Gemini- and IFTA-nominated, two-part Canadian–Irish docudrama which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in November/December 2008, in the UK on The History Channel UK in January and February 2009 and in Canada on History Television on March 16, 2009. The film also had a limited theatrical release in Canada, and enjoyed a gala screening on March 3, 2009 to kick-off the celebrations for Toronto's 175 birthday.
Death or Canada, as narrated by Brian Dennehy, follows the Protestant Willis family from the west of Ireland as they flee to Canada in the Spring of 1847 at the height of An Gorta Mór or the Great Hunger. The family ultimately arrives in the young city of Toronto, which is overrun by a deluge of 40 000 Irish famine refugees. This dramatic story is interspersed with commentary from historians and other experts. Death or Canada is a Canada-Ireland Treaty Co-Production, produced by Canada's Ballinran Productions, whose other credits include Manic Organic, and Hangman's Gra
A team uses modern science & the gift of gab to uncover the truth behind some of history's most amazing moments. Don't believe everything you learned in school.
Chris Parvin, a family estate planner, is headed out across the nation to help business owners put their children to the test and see if they have what it takes to take over the family business tomorrow. With money, promotions, and stakes in the company on the line, this is no game.
Documentary special that chronicles the struggles of American settlers as they battled the British and Native Americans while pushing westward beyond the original colonies.
China's First Emperor was a documentary aired on The History Channel on 2008.
It tells the story of Qin Shi Huang's career as a military leader and ruthless ruler and how he unified China during the Qin Dynasty.
He is played by Xu Peng Kai.
The HISTORY Channel’s popular series The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch tracks the boldest efforts yet of ranch owner Brandon Fugal and his team to reveal the ultimate truth behind the anomalous property.