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National Geographic : Mystery of the Wolf : The wolf, the last great European predator, has survived for thousands of years in the Pollino National Park in Italy. Surrounded by mystery, until recently little was known of its habits and its delicate relationship with man and his domestic animals. For...

In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme northwest of the United States. It was a journey of almost 300 kilometers through expansive green valleys, by fields of snow, and across hazardous, narrow ridges...

This video is about living with a serious, chronic illness. Hepatitis C is a viral disease of the liver which affects nearly four million Americans. There is no vaccine for it, and no definite cure. Yet, although about 10,000 people die each year from diseases associated with Hepatitis C, and others...

Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil....

Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."...

This short documentary demonstrates how to efficiently manage a woodlot in order to maximize yearly income. Joe Kelly, a farmer who sold his trees to be cut down wholesale, illustrates the danger of short-sighted planning. Given a second chance on his father’s farm, Joe learns to practise sele...

For those sworn to serve and protect, a shootout is a last resort against criminals bent on doing harm. We'll go inside three high-profile shootouts to see how split second decisions determined who lived, and who died....

In 1911, Hiram Bingham, famed American explorer, stumbled across a remote Inca city atop a high peak in the Andes. The site was called Machu Picchu – perhaps the most famous ruin in the world. What was its purpose? Was it, like Bingham believed, a military fortress? Or did this glorious ruin h...

A fascinating snapshot of medieval society, this documentary narrated by Rob Brydon uses dramatic reconstructions and original animation to reveal the clash between reason and the supernatural at the heart of the medieval mind. In 1307, the full weight of medieval justice descended on the sleepy tow...

Warriors of China: This is a sweeping epic travelogue across China to examine all the major Chinese styles of Martial Arts and see how they are taught in the training grounds of the temples and in the halls. Filled with in-depth interviews with China's top masters and featuring the external and inte...