History -- The Warrior Tradition French Foreign Legion (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

They are the last refuge for the desperate, a place where a man's past is forgiven and forgotten and one of the most difficult and demanding fighting forces on earth. No other force has captured the imagination of so many men as the French Foreign Legion...

History -- Tales Of The Gun: The M-16 (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

The M-16 - the most powerful assault rifle ever used in combat. The M-16 could easily be called America's most unloved gun. It was Vietnam's gun, a symbol of a war that bitterly divided the country, a war we ultimately lost. Yet in the thirty years...

History -- Tales Of The Gun: Guns Of The Civil War (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

It was a war in which brother fought brother. Where battlefields became slaughterhouses. Where the astonishing technology and ingenuity of a country in the midst of an industrial revolution, was put to the task of making the most destructive killing...

History -- Modern Marvels: Firefighting! Extreme Conditions (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

Fire has been a fundamental force affecting mankind since before caveman days. Both a blessing and a curse, fire at its worst has wiped out whole cities full of thousands of people. Efforts to control fire have intrigued us since the Roman era, but only...

History -- Modern Marvels Commercial Fishing (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it. Americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists. We follow the fish, the...

History -- Mail Call Ermey's Vietnam (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

For the first time since leaving on a Freedom Bird back in 1969, R. Lee Ermey travels back to Vietnam. In this two-hour special Lee visits his old stomping grounds, Da Nang, where he served 13 months as Staff Sergeant assigned to the Marine Air Support...

History -- In Search of History: England's Theatres of Blood (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

In 1600, London citizens poor and rich attend the theater to enjoy grand spectacles of drama, music and dance. These huge playhouses like Shakespeare's Globe Theatre offer the highest form of entertainment to the masses of Elizabethan England. Nowhere...

History -- In Search of History : The Romanovs (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

For most of a century, their tragic fate was unclear, shrouded by a government obsessed with secrecy. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the final chapter of one of the most fascinating dynasties in history is finally revealed. Join authors Mark...

History -- In Search of History : China's Boxer Rebellion (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

Examine the motivations behind the bloody uprising and discover why Chinese peasants were willing to take up arms to drive foreigners out of the country.DVD Details>Rated: 0>Runtime: 0 hours, 50 minutes>Video: 0>Encoding: Region 1(US &...

History -- Hunting Hitler (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

The target of a daring assassination plot by members of his military, Hitler nearly died at Wolf's Lair, his main wartime headquarters. It was one of 15 known attempts on his life. This is the story of those diverse individuals who tried to alter...

History -- History's Mysteries : True Story Of Rasputin, The (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

A Siberian peasant rises to power in Czarist Russia, becomes the close confidante and reputed lover of Empress Alexandra, scandalizes the country with his drinking and womanizing, and after being poisoned, shot several times, and submerged in the Neva...

History -- Heroes Under Fire Jungle Ambush (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)

During the Vietnam War, a daring group of Army Green Berets known as SOG launches highly classified missions into neighboring countries Laos and Cambodia, in an attempt to foil the cross-border activities of the North Vietnamese Army. The "Secret War"...