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- Outside of the White House, one would be hard-pressed to name a private residence in America.
- A trip through the idiosyncrasies and difficulties of making one of the most tormented movies ever filmed.
- Documentary about the moviestar's last months including her tumultuous love affairs, drug and alcohol dependency, depression and eventual firing from her final film, 20th Century Fox's "Something's Got To Give". Features several first time interviews with the people surrounding Monroe at the end of her life, behind the scenes footage and stills, and the assembled footage from her final film, co-starring Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse.
- This documentary series explores relatively unknown, and sometimes off-limits, historical sites across the USA. Hosted by Don Wildman.
- Leonard Nimoy narrates this documentary chronicling all five "Fly" films. Starting with a short story in Playboy Magazine in 1957, and ending with a gruesome tale in _Fly II, The (1989), this 5-film franchise is known for being one of the best/well known franchises in the history of the science fiction genre.
- The most secure place on earth isn't he bottom of some bunker or behind some intricate corporate alarm system. It is Cadillac 1, aka the Beast, the part car, part tank, part hospital that protects the president of the United States. The special will build the Beast from the ground up to reveal its inner workings.
- Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew attention from the public, and, more importantly, from those in the entertainment industry. The theater helped to launch very famous careers, such as Chaplin and Mirna Loy. Kirk Douglas, still alive today, also credits the theater as his launch pad. Documentary contains many archival clips and interviews.
- Istanbul is undoubtedly one of the most dynamic and exotic cities in the world. Once the capital city of three of the world's most powerful empires--The Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman--its strategic location made it the perfect spot for empires to rise, fall...and rise again. Residents of Istanbul walk on top of remnants of these fallen civilizations...literally. Taxis drive over parts of Constantine's Lost Great Palace; children play on cobblestone streets concealing a massive Byzantine dungeon; a high school sits on a 3rd century wall leading to the bowels of a 100,000 seat ancient Roman Hippodrome; and basement's of old Ottoman homes lead to subterranean tunnels and secret cisterns. Join host Eric Geller as he leaves the buzz of the city streets behind and follows the pull of the past. Teamed with leading archeologists and experts, Eric peels back the layers of the past--to reveal a hidden history that hasn't seen the light of day for ages
- Constrained for space by a stone defensive wall and steep terrain, the people of Edinburgh build both high rises and subterranean dwellings to provide living space. Out of sight, the underworld attracts all manor of seedy activities.
- Forget everything you thought you knew about the cold because Modern Marvels: Deep Freeze takes the technology of cold to the extreme. Think your home freezer is "cool"? How about a 12-story ice box filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream? Take a tour of arctic vaults that store billions of seeds and learn how scientists have mastered temperatures of minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit... and below. See how engineers turn the gases we breathe into ultra cool liquids and blistering cold solids. Explore how the cold not only preserves and chills, but shatters rubber tires, creates super-sized energy and fuels the rockets that have taken us into the deep freeze of outer space. And just when you think it can't get any colder, go inside Alcor where researchers keep cadavers chilled to the bone in hopes of future revival. It's time to chill out on Modern Marvels: Deep Freeze.