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  • PBS - The Ghost Army (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - The Ghost Army (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - The Ghost Army (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:56:10 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3300 Kbps | AAC 126 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.29 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    On the Front Lines of World War II, Illusion Was Their Ultimate Weapon.During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GI's undertook a bizarre mission: create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the Nazi German Army as their audience. The U.S. 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable rubber tanks, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy again and again, often right along the front lines. This little-known unit's knack for trickery was crucial to Allied success in World War II, but their top-secret mission was kept quiet for nearly 50 years after the war's end.Using archival footage and dozens of still photographs, paintings, and sketches created by soldiers, The Ghost Army tells the extraordinary story of these incredible battlefield illusions and the talented young men, many recruited from art schools across the country, who used their creativity to ultimately save lives.
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  • PBS - NATURE: Great Zebra Exodus (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - NATURE: Great Zebra Exodus (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - NATURE: Great Zebra Exodus (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:52:56 | H264 | 1280x720 | 23.98fps 2224 Kbps | AAC 150 Kbps 48.0khz | 842 MB
    Genre: Documentary

    Each year, far from human eyes, a remote expanse of Botswana's Makgadikgadi salt pans hosts one of Africa's last great spectacles when thousands of striped nomads wander the breathtakingly beautiful but barren landscape. It is only by the grace of isolated summer rains that the zebras can survive here at all.Family groups gather together to follow the rains, driven by a constant search for better grazing on islands of grass that dot the pans. Meerkat families watch the zebras come and go, and families of lions wait for them along their grueling trek, hoping for a chance to bring one down.Their journey is one that is sometimes limited by the fragility of new life, but always made possible by the strong family ties that help animals survive in one of Africa's most surreal landscapes. It's a tale of loyalty and sacrifice, of home and exile, of death and new life, in southern Africa's largest zebra population.
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  • PBS - NATURE: An Original DUCKumentary (2012) 720p BluRay x264-DON

    PBS - NATURE: An Original DUCKumentary (2012) 720p BluRay x264-DON
    PBS - NATURE: An Original DUCKumentary (2012) 720p BluRay x264-DON
    English | 00:53:01 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 6277 Kbps | AC3 640 Kbps 48.0khz | 2.32 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    Ducks are true originals. They waddle, glide, dive, and dabble, and their feathers shimmer with dazzling hues, brilliant iridescence, and come in every color of the rainbow. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters with names to match - Buffleheads, Canvasbacks, Pintails, Shovelers, Widgeons, and Woodies.Ducks are born knowing how to survive - how to swim, what to eat, how to find it, and where to fly in the winter. They must make it through a gauntlet of hungry predators, just waiting for a tasty little duckling to swim by. Even when grown, most ducks are still small enough to be vulnerable, but in the end, ducks have a talent for survival, and life stories filled with personality and charm.Take to the skies with a flock of green-winged teal. Watch Wood ducks raise a family. Learn why Goldeneyes head north in the winter. Jump into South American rapids with Torrent ducks. Meet some Redhead ducklings and their foster mother. Dive with little Ruddies and admire their enormous feet.
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  • PBS - Nature: The Private Life of Deer (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - Nature: The Private Life of Deer (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - Nature: The Private Life of Deer (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:52:57 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3452 Kbps | AAC 137 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.28 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    Just a century ago, there were less than a million deer in North America. Today, there are nearly 30 million. No wonder it seems they're moving in right down the block. Nowhere are the deer more at home than in the suburbs. Whitetailed deer live in the boundaries, where our backyards meet the backwoods, and the woodlands meet the roads. From our kitchen windows we spot them, nibbling away at our gardens and shrubs.But how well do we know our neighbors from the natural world? Not very well at all, as it turns out.New investigations into their world reveal a more complex society than we imagined. These are smart, adaptable creatures, with impressive skills, senses and family lives, yet they also have unexpected shortcomings. Their famous "deer in the headlights" immobility, for instance, is not caused by fear at all, but rather by bright light overpowering their visual cortex and locking down their brains for a period of up to several minutes. Also among these extraordinary creatures are some exceptional rarities, such as the tiny endangered Key deer that captivate the residents of the Florida Keys, and the spellbinding white ghost deer that roam the northern woods.
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  • PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) HDTV x264-QCF

    PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) HDTV x264-QCF
    PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) HDTV x264-QCF
    English | 00:57:56 | H264 | 720x404 | 29.97fps 1223 Kbps | AAC 118 Kbps 48.0khz | 506MB
    Genre: Documentary

    Breathing new life into the traditional civics lesson, Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me," travels across the country on a Harley Davidson to find out where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Sagal introduces some major constitutional debates today and talks with ordinary Americans and leading constitutional experts about what the Constitution actually says and what it means, the dramatic historical events and crises that have defined it, and why all this matters.
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  • PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) 720p HDTV x264-QCF

    PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) 720p HDTV x264-QCF
    PBS - CONSTITUTION USA With Peter Sagal S01E01: A More Perfect Union (2013) 720p HDTV x264-QCF
    English | 00:57:56 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 4030 Kbps | AC3 384 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.63 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    Breathing new life into the traditional civics lesson, Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me," travels across the country on a Harley Davidson to find out where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't ... how it unites us as a nation and how it has nearly torn us apart. Sagal introduces some major constitutional debates today and talks with ordinary Americans and leading constitutional experts about what the Constitution actually says and what it means, the dramatic historical events and crises that have defined it, and why all this matters.
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  • PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:53:16 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 2556 Kbps | AAC 132 Kbps 48.0khz | 973MB
    Genre: Documentary

    A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? And could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal extinction?
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  • PBS - American Experience: Annie Oakley (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - American Experience: Annie Oakley (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - American Experience: Annie Oakley (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:52:55 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 2504 Kbps | AAC 125 Kbps 48.0khz | 947MB
    Genre: Documentary

    Described as "the greatest woman rifle shot the world has ever produced," Annie Oakley thrilled audiences of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show with her daring shooting feats. Over time she became an American legend. But that legend had little to do with the real Annie Oakley. This probing AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production examines the dramatic life of a uniquely American icon whose complex character manifested many of the paradoxes of the nation.
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  • PBS - American Experience: Jesse James (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - American Experience: Jesse James (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - American Experience: Jesse James (2006) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:51:49 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3101 Kbps | AAC 127 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.12 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    The story of Jesse James remains one of America's most cherished and wrong-headed myths. Less heroic than brutal, James was a product of the American Civil War; a Confederate partisan of expansive ambition and cunning, who helped invent his own valiant legend. A member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the war, James sought redemption afterwards, but, rode further from it, redeeming instead the glorious memory of the Old South.
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  • PBS - Ten Buildings that Changed America (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - Ten Buildings that Changed America (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - Ten Buildings that Changed America (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:55:09 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3659 Kbps | AAC 126 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.41 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    10 Buildings That Changed America tells the stories of ten influential works of architecture, the people who imagined them, and the way these landmarks ushered in innovative cultural shifts throughout our society.From American architectural stalwarts like Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, to modern revolutionaries Frank Gehry and Robert Venturi, this film examines the most prominent buildings designed by the most noteworthy architects of our time.We see the legacy of these architects all around us: in the homes where we live, the offices in which we work, our public buildings, and our houses of worship. These 10 Buildings represent architects who dared to strike out on their own and design radical new types of buildings that permanently altered our environmental and cultural landscape.
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  • PBS - NOVA: Venom (2011) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - NOVA: Venom (2011) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - NOVA: Venom (2011) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:53:46 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3493 Kbps | AAC 141 Kbps 24.0khz | 1.31 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    Venom scientists are in a race against time. Inside the bodies of many creatures, evolution has produced extreme toxic cocktails, all designed for one reason: to kill. It took millions of years to perfect these ultimate brews of proteins and peptides and we have only just begun to discover their potential. Now, the race is on to collect and study them before the animals that produce them disappear. But how does venom do its deadly work? NOVA reveals how venom causes the body to shut down, arteries to bleed uncontrollably and limbs to go black and die. But nature's most destructive and extreme poisons could contain the building blocks for a new generation of advanced drugs that could treat heart attack, stroke, diabetes, obesity and cancer. VENOM follows two scientists on their expeditions to track down and capture the planet's most deadly creatures, risking life and limb just to tease out milligrams of venom and get it back to the lab. Find out how nature's deadliest cocktails could be medicine's brightest new hope.
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  • PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad (2013) 720p HDTV x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 00:53:40 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3037 Kbps | AAC 126 Kbps 24.0khz | 1.14 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    Death on the Railroad is a classic story involving foul play, cover ups, a murder mystery and a voyage of discovery to understand what happened to a group of Irish men who came to America for a better life but found only misery. In 1832, railroad contractor, Philip Duffy, hired 57 Irish immigrants to lay railroad tracks in West Chester, Pennsylvania. But, less than two months after their arrival, all 57 were dead. Did they all die – as was widely believed – due to a cholera pandemic? Or, were some of them murdered? In 2003, twin brothers discovered a secret file among their grandfather’s papers that led them to investigate the deaths of these men and find the location of their final resting place in a valley now known as Duffy’s Cut. Using the latest forensic and scientific investigative techniques, DNA, forensic analysis, facial reconstruction and historical detective work in Ireland and the USA, modern detectives and experts will unravel this extraordinary story.
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  • PBS - American Experience: Freedom Riders (2011) DVDRip x264 AAC-MVGroup

    PBS - American Experience: Freedom Riders (2011) DVDRip x264 AAC-MVGroup
    PBS - American Experience: Freedom Riders (2011) DVDRip x264 AAC-MVGroup
    English | 01:55:02 | H264 | 720x400 | 29.97fps 1616 Kbps | AAC 160 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.3 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students--many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university--decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil rights inequities that plagued the nation.Veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature-length film about this courageous band of civil rights activists. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.This documentary is based partly on Raymond Arsenault's acclaimed book Freedom Riders: 1961and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
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  • PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) 720p HDTV x264-QCF

    PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) 720p HDTV x264-QCF
    PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) 720p HDTV x264-QCF
    English | 00:53:07 | H264 | 1280x720 | 29.97fps 3391 Kbps | AC3 384 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.26 GiB
    Genre: Documentary

    In October 1962, the world held its breath. On the edge of the Caribbean Sea, just a few miles from the Florida coast, the two great superpowers were at a stand-off. Surrounded by twelve US destroyers, which were depth-charging his submarine to drive it to the surface, Captain Vitali Grigorievitch Savitsky panicked. Unable to contact Moscow and fearing war had begun, he ordered the launch of his submarine's nuclear torpedoes. As the two sides inched perilously close to nuclear war-far closer than we ever knew before--just one man stood between Captain Savitsky's order and mutually assured destruction.Set over four hours on October 27, 1962, when the Cuban Missile Crisis was at its height, this program tells the powerful but forgotten story of Vasili Arkhipov and Soviet submarine B-59. With most of the action set in a claustrophobic submarine running out of air, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about some of the most critical events in the Cold War.
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  • PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) HDTV XviD-AFG

    PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) HDTV XviD-AFG
    PBS - Secrets of the Dead S12E01: The Man Who Saved the World (2012) HDTV XviD-AFG
    English | 00:53:07 | XviD | 640x360 | 29.97fps 1407 Kbps | Mp3 56 Kbps 48.0khz | 534MB
    Genre: Documentary

    In October 1962, the world held its breath. On the edge of the Caribbean Sea, just a few miles from the Florida coast, the two great superpowers were at a stand-off. Surrounded by twelve US destroyers, which were depth-charging his submarine to drive it to the surface, Captain Vitali Grigorievitch Savitsky panicked. Unable to contact Moscow and fearing war had begun, he ordered the launch of his submarine's nuclear torpedoes. As the two sides inched perilously close to nuclear war-far closer than we ever knew before--just one man stood between Captain Savitsky's order and mutually assured destruction.Set over four hours on October 27, 1962, when the Cuban Missile Crisis was at its height, this program tells the powerful but forgotten story of Vasili Arkhipov and Soviet submarine B-59. With most of the action set in a claustrophobic submarine running out of air, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about some of the most critical events in the Cold War.
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