Dr. Thomas Hicks illegally sold more than 200 babies from the back door of his Georgia clinic in the 1950s and 1960s. Investigator Jane Blasio works alongside Lisa Joyner and Chris Jacobs to uncover the truth about these black market babies.
In 1903, not only did the Wright brothers ’plane soar, but a young man named William Boeing stepped out of the Yale University gates. 13 years later, using wood, canvas and wire, the first "Boeing model", the B&W, was born. Boeing has since grown into a huge company and developed countless models, including the 1957-92 passenger jet, the 707. Later, we learn about the Constellation designed by Lockheed in the early 1940s. The fuselage of the machine evokes the graceful form of a dolphin, no wonder that with its beauty it also won the title of "Queen of Heaven". The C-69 was the first model to cross non-stop America, covering the Los Angeles-Washington DC distance in record time of 7 hours and 3 minutes. Connies were used for both military and civilian purposes until the early 1960s. This and many more stories are recounted here in Great Planes.
Professor Robert Winston presents a series investigating the natural instincts inherent in people, covering survival, procreation, the drive to succeed and the heroic impulse.
Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions.
Vegas Strip is an American documentary television series that shows the two of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's units: the Homeland Security Saturation Team and the Convention Center Area Command as they patrol the Las Vegas Strip. Officers encounter disorderly conduct, drugs, and solicitation among other unique situations. The show is produced by Morgan Langley, co-creator of the popular show COPS. It premiered on July 17, 2011 on the cable network truTV.
When most people hear NASA; they think of rockets and exploration of the universe. In fact entire facets of our daily lives are fueled by the results of the space race technology. From online dating to your smart watch heart monitor, GPS to groceries; explore the far ranging ways the space race completely changed YOUR life. In this two part series we’ll explore technologies we take for granted in our daily lives, tracing its roots back to the quest for the stars, and imagine our world had it never happened.
At the beginning of the reform and opening up, the special geographical environment of the mountain city of Chongqing gave birth to a special industry - the mountain city great army. Climbing up the ridge, carrying more than 30 years of weight-bearing, hundreds of thousands of great army not only picked up the sweat-soaked years, but also took away their own age. At the end of the year, a few backs will soon say goodbye to the industry that is dying. A retired lieutenant colonel has set off a stick and started his own pursuit - brilliant and embarrassing, tough and helpless, their lives need not be commented, their The story is worth remembering.
Explore the life and crimes of Hadden Clark, a lesser-known serial killer. Dive into the inner workings of the volatile and dysfunctional Clark family, Hadden's path of depravity, and the shocking confessions he made to his cellmate that sent investigators on a search to solve the cold cases allegedly linked to him.