Re: History Channel/July 19-31

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: Thanks, Elaine, for both posts.  This is some good sh*t!  Who needs TV Guide and who said there's nothing worth watching on tv anymore?  

: Like Bill, must go out and buy more tape.

: Theresa
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: : July 19/31

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: : : TIME LISTED IS BOTH EASTERN TIME and PACIFIC TIME.

: : 07/19/2001 
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: :  8:00 Ghost Plane of the Desert: "Lady Be Good."   April 4, 1943--25 B-24 
: : Liberators take off from their base in Libya on a bombing mission to Italy, 
: : but only 24 return. In 1959, a British survey team discovers a plane, deep in 
: : the desert. Using the diary of two crewmembers, along with the crew's 
: : remains, we learn of their struggle to cross 100 miles of desert, without 
: : food or water. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  9:00 The Battleships.  The Darkness of the Future. With the signing of the 
: : Treaty of Versailles ending WWI, the entire German High Seas Fleet was 
: : scuttled. But soon a new arms race began between Britain, the U.S., and 
: : Japan. Radical new battleships, larger and with even more firepower were 
: : planned. By the mid-1930s, Italy, Russia, and a re-emerging National 
: : Socialist Germany began building up their fleets. As political conditions 
: : deteriorated in Europe, it was clear that the battleship would play a major 
: : strategic part in future armed conflicts. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 Battlefield Engineering.   Meet some of the most important, yet least-
: : recognized, warriors--the battlefield engineers who lay the groundwork for 
: : oncoming conflicts. We'll cover combat engineering from ancient Rome to 
: : Desert Storm, and take a look at the "Next Big Thing."  CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Suicide Missions.  Ball Turret Gunners. In war, certain missions 
: : demand the most and constitute much of the legends of bravery. Journey back 
: : to the Second World War, when fearless airmen manned the B-17's belly guns--
: : glass bubbles that at any moment could become their coffin. The ball turret 
: : gunners called their work "flying the ball", others called it crazy! CC  [TV 
: : PG] 
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: :  
: :  07/20/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 Where Is Jimmy Hoffa?   On July 30, 1975, former Teamsters' kingpin 
: : Jimmy Hoffa went to meet someone at a Detroit restaurant, then vanished into 
: : thin air. It was widely held that the Mafia was behind Hoffa's abduction. 
: : Though no body was ever found, rumors abound as to its final resting place. 
: : We explore the theories and suspects behind Hoffa's disappearance. CC  [TV 
: : PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 The Battleships.  Terror from Above. Although the early months of WWII 
: : saw some of the most dramatic surface naval battles of all time, the rise of 
: : the aircraft carrier spelled the demise of the battleship. From the sinking 
: : of the British Hood and German Bismarck through the destruction of the 
: : Japanese Fleet by U.S. Air and Surface Forces, through Korea, Vietnam, and 
: : the Gulf War, where the modernized battleship played a support role, we 
: : witness its passing. Today, not one battleship remains in commission in any 
: : navy.  CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 Offshore Oil Drilling.   Offshore oil drilling is one of mankind's 
: : greatest technological feats. From the beginning of oil discovery, the 
: : oceans' vast reserves have been the ultimate frontier. See how these 
: : superstructures, both floating and fixed, revolutionized the search for crude 
: : oil, and the environmental price we pay for their prolific production. CC  
: : [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Incredible But True?  Pompeii. August 24, 79 A.D. A day like any other 
: : day in the thriving Roman resort town of Pompeii, sheltered in the shadow of 
: : Mt. Vesuvius. Then, the volcano erupts and lava engulfs the city, preserving 
: : it in time. Historians walk us through the daily life of this ill-fated 
: : community. CC  [TV PG] 
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: :  07/21/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 Fire at Sea.   "Fire at Sea!" One of the most deadly cries heard aboard 
: : a ship with each vessel that heads to sea at risk. From the ancient Greeks 
: : use of Naphtha--the earliest known offensive use of maritime fire--to the 
: : English "fire ships" sent against the Spanish Armada to today, fire has 
: : played a pivotal role in naval history. Features footage of the 1904 burning 
: : of the cruise ship General Slocum in New York's East River, the 1934 inferno 
: : aboard the Morro Castle, and the 1998 fire on Carnival Cruise's Ecstasy. CC  
: : [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 The "Fighting I": The Story of the U.S.S. Intrepid.   Complete history 
: : of one of the Navy's most storied ships. A veteran of some of WWII's most 
: : important battles in the Pacific, the carrier also played roles in the Cuban 
: : Missile Crisis and Vietnam War, and recovered two space capsules.  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Lawbreakers.  Japanese War Crimes & Trials: Murder under the Sun. 
: : Though most people have heard of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, few know 
: : that Japanese officers were also tried for crimes against humanity. This 
: : program deals with the horrific stories of those held captive, and the trials 
: : of those held responsible for the greatest crimes. [TV PG] 
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: :  
: :  07/22/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 Suicide Missions.  Combat Photographers. Photographic images of war 
: : stand as testimony to extraordinary human experience--the edge of life and 
: : death, the extreme of good and evil. Gaze through the viewfinders of war with 
: : the men and women who captured defining moments while bullets flew and bombs 
: : exploded. From the U.S. Civil War to Somalia and Bosnia, we hear their 
: : stories. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Military Blunders.  Kasserine Pass/Battle of the Bulge. U.S. troops 
: : arriving in Tunisia for their first campaign of WWII were certain that, with 
: : their resources and equipment, they would quickly show the German Afrika 
: : Korps who the new masters were. Unfortunately, Field Marshal Rommel and his 
: : battle-hardened veterans hadn't read the new script! Next, we see how Field 
: : Marshal Montgomery deployed British airborne brigades one bridge too far in 
: : Germany and brought lightly armed paratroops up against two crack S.S. Panzer 
: : divisions. [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 History Undercover.  Rudolf Hess: The Man Who Died Twice. In May 1941, 
: : Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into a Scottish field with proposals 
: : for ending the war. He believed that members of a British peace party would 
: : welcome him. Instead, he was arrested and spent the next 46 years as a 
: : solitary prisoner at Spandau. Apart from appearing at the Nuremberg Trials, 
: : he would never speak or be seen in public again. Was it really Hess or an 
: : imposter? We reveal the true nature of his mission and the reasons behind the 
: : British government's secrecy. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Sworn to Secrecy.  Roosevelt's Spymasters. Details President Franklin 
: : D. Roosevelt's behind-the-scene use of political and military intelligence 
: : operatives. From the legendary O.S.S. chief William Donovan to the wily 
: : Switzerland-based Allen Dulles, American spymasters helped Roosevelt keep an 
: : eye on his enemies--as well as his friends! Charlton Heston narrates. [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/23/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 This Week in History.  Napoleon Takes Egypt. July 1799, Napoleon and 
: : his fleet of 400 ships and over 34,000 men invade Egypt. But he also brings 
: : along 150 scholars and experts in all fields of science and art. Their job--
: : to extend the frontiers of Western knowledge. On July 26, Napoleon took 
: : Cairo. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Secret Passages.   Join our voyeuristic voyage into a hidden world of 
: : adventure, mystery, and danger as we investigate secret passages. Hidden 
: : rooms, concealed stairways, volcanic catacombs, underground labyrinths, 
: : speakeasies, gangster hideaways, and underground cities--it's a trip inside a 
: : world never meant to be seen by the general public. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 The Most.  Extraordinary Nations and Places. Join our exhilarating 
: : journey as we search down Earth's superlatives. From Mt. Everest's dizzying 
: : heights to the Mariana Trench's murky depths, we cover the highs and lows. 
: : Jump off the tallest waterfall, explore the longest river's source, visit the 
: : smallest country, and see the why world's coldest spot is also its largest 
: : desert! CC  [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/24/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 Devil's Island: Hell on Earth.   In French Guiana, we unearth the 
: : hellish history of the penal colony Devil's Island, final stop for France's 
: : incorrigibles and political prisoners from 1852 to 1945. We interview an 82-
: : year-old former prison secretary; actor Richard Dreyfuss, who claims descent 
: : from inmate Alfred Dreyfus; and island authority Alexander Miles. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Greatest Raids.  Attack on Dieppe. As dawn broke on August 19, 1942, 
: : 2nd Canadian Infantry Division troops, supported by British Commandos and 
: : U.S. Rangers, launched a major raid on the German-held French port of Dieppe. 
: : The action proved a disaster from the start--the Canadians, pinned down on 
: : the beach under savage fire, had inadequate naval and air support and their 
: : tanks couldn't cope with the shingle beach. Though only a fraction of the men 
: : made it back to England, the lessons learned there were put to good use on D-
: : Day. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  10:00 Cattle Ranches.   From the 19th century's legendary cattle drives to 
: : the million-acre ranch kingdoms that sprang to life with the end of the Open 
: : Range to 21st-century techniques that include artificial insemination, embryo 
: : transplants, and genetic engineering, we review the history of cattle 
: : ranching. We'll ride herd with modern cowboys as they twirl ropes and brand 
: : calves, and look to the cattle ranch of the future, where cloning will 
: : produce the ideal meat-producing steer with a consistently juicy, low-fat 
: : carcass. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Tales of the Gun.  The Guns of Colt. The weapons designed by Samuel 
: : Colt revolutionized American warfare and society. From the first revolving 
: : pistol to the high-tech M-16, from Bat Masterson's "Peacemaker" to Billy the 
: : Kid's "Lightning", Colt's guns have earned a notch in time. See how "God 
: : created men, and Samuel Colt made them equal." CC  [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/25/2001 
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: :  8:00 Hitler and the Occult.   Did Hitler's obsession with astrology, 
: : numerology, ancient runes, and German mythology enable his early brash moves 
: : and ultimately spell the Third Reich's doom?   CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Greatest Raids.  PT Boats in the Pacific. Among the first U.S. Navy 
: : vessels to see action in the Pacific in WWII were the motor torpedo boats of 
: : PT Boat Squadron 3 in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion. And for 
: : the next three years, from Guadalcanal to the coasts of Japan, they ran 
: : reconnaissance and screening missions, landed raiding parties, and attacked 
: : enemy shore installations and supply barges. See how they lived up to the 
: : motto of John Paul Jones: "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to go in harm's 
: : way." CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  10:00 Saloons.   From a ladle and tin cup in an 1850s' mining camp and Civil 
: : War tent saloons to Prohibition-era speakeasies, we investigate the history 
: : of the American saloon, and go behind-the-scenes at Billy Bob's, a three-acre 
: : Texan saloon, and a Los Angeles sports bar with a computerized liquor-
: : dispensing system. We see what it took to create the elaborate carved bars, 
: : the purpose of the brass foot-rail, the impact of refrigerated railroad cars 
: : on beer supply, and the transformational power of the bottle cap. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 The Big House.  San Quentin. Step inside San Quentin--California's 
: : oldest and best-known prison, which contains the state's only gas chamber. 
: : Made necessary by Gold Rush lawlessness, and built in 1852 by inmates housed 
: : on a prison ship, its violent history is rife with riots. Paul Sorvino 
: : narrates the story of San Quentin, home to Charles Manson. [TV PG] 
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: :  07/26/2001 
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: :  8:00 The True Story of Mutiny on the Bounty.   It's history's best-known 
: : uprising on the high seas--the subject of books, poems, and movies. But even 
: : after two centuries of documentation, questions still surround the 1789 
: : mutiny on the HMS Bounty, its captain William Bligh, and the band of men who 
: : commandeered the ship. Whose account is the truth? What inspired the 
: : insurrection? And what happened to chief mutineer Fletcher Christian? We also 
: : visit Norfolk, a South Pacific island where the people claim to be direct 
: : descendants of the mutineers. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Greatest Raids.  The SAS Siege on the Embassy. On May 6, 1980, 
: : astonished British TV viewers watched as black-clad troopers blasted their 
: : way into the Iranian Embassy in London to free 26 hostages being held by six 
: : Iraqi-backed gunmen. The men who brought the six-day siege to a triumphant 
: : conclusion were part of Britain's elite Special Air Service regiment, which 
: : specializes in raiding and anti-terrorist operations, and whose motto 
: : is: "Who dares wins." Includes a live-action reconstruction of the operation. 
: : CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  10:00 The Railroads That Tamed the West.   The year was 1869 and America had 
: : just completed the greatest building achievement in its history--the 
: : Transcontinental Railroad. East and West were now connected by a thin ribbon 
: : of steel and wood. But the fledgling country now faced an even greater 
: : challenge--how to harness the awesome potential of he railroad to tame the 
: : still wide-open and wild West. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Suicide Missions.  Combat Photographers. Photographic images of war 
: : stand as testimony to extraordinary human experience--the edge of life and 
: : death, the extreme of good and evil. Gaze through the viewfinders of war with 
: : the men and women who captured defining moments while bullets flew and bombs 
: : exploded. From the U.S. Civil War to Somalia and Bosnia, we hear their 
: : stories. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  
: :  07/27/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 The True Story of Gladiators.   They began as slaves, prisoners of war, 
: : the damned of ancient Roman society. Yet, a few would become wealthy and 
: : famous--the sports stars of their day, main attractions in spectacular 
: : entertainment meant to satiate the bloodlust of the Roman mob. Their ranks 
: : included women, senators, and even an emperor who took the bloody sport to 
: : new depths of depravity. Join as we examine the sometimes glorious and always 
: : gruesome history of gladiators. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Greatest Raids.  Mosquito Attack on Amiens Prison. After the Nazi 
: : victory in France in 1940, Britain was isolated and among the few ways in 
: : which she could strike back was by mounting air attacks and supporting 
: : resistance movements in occupied Europe. In both activities, an extraordinary 
: : aircraft played a vital role--the "Wooden Wonder", De Havilland's ultra-fast 
: : Mosquito. One of the most spectacular missions of the Mosquito was the 
: : pinpoint raid on Amiens Prison in France to free key resistance fighters who 
: : faced imminent execution. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  10:00 The Winchester.   Winchester...the name still evokes images of the 
: : Wild West and the taming of the frontier--it was the first reliable repeating 
: : rifle and settlers brought it along as they moved west. Prized by Civil War 
: : soldiers, the lever-action rifle was preferred by lawmen and outlaws alike. A 
: : classic Winchester can command upwards of $100,000 from collectors trying to 
: : buy a piece of the Old West. We see how a shirt manufacturer named Oliver 
: : Winchester became the most famous gun maker of the American West. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Incredible But True?  Captives. As white settlers pushed west, 
: : resulting wars with Native Americans took more victims than the dead. In an 
: : overview of the captive-taking phenomenon among American tribes, we explain 
: : the cultural role the practice played; and, in a look at four captivity 
: : narratives, see the ordeals captives faced and the ways they responded. CC  
: : [TV G] 

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: :  07/28/2001 
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: :  8:00 Tuskegee Airmen.   Movie. Laurence Fishburn stars in a drama based on 
: : true WWII events of the first African-American combat fighter pilots of the 
: : U.S. Army Corps. Bigoted officers and the military establishment refused to 
: : accept them as equal to white counterparts, until Eleanor Roosevelt 
: : intervened and the men of the "Fighting 99th" were able to prove themselves. 
: : This is the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and their struggle to defeat the 
: : enemy--both at home and aboard. With Andre Braugher and Cuba Gooding, Jr. 
: : (1995) CC  [TV PG-L] 
: :  
: :  10:00 The True Story of the Big Red One.   Pitting Hollywood fiction against 
: : historical fact, we'll examine the reality behind Samuel Fuller's great war 
: : movie "The Big Red One." Based upon Fuller's own World War II experiences, 
: : the film starred Lee Marvin as the intrepid sergeant of a special infantry 
: : squadron in various campaigns of the war. CC  [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/29/2001 
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: :  
: :  8:00 Suicide Missions.  Snipers. They are the most feared and hated men on 
: : the battlefield, silent assassins who can kill with a single shot from miles 
: : away. Creep along undetected with these brave men as they surgically deliver 
: : swift death without warning, and learn why snipers are hunted mercilessly by 
: : the enemy in every conflict. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Military Blunders.  The Vincennes Affair/The Shooting Down of KAL 007. 
: : A review of two massive military blunders that cost the lives of innocent 
: : civilians on commercial aircraft. In 1988, an American missile cruiser, the 
: : U.S.S. Vincennes, shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf, 
: : killing 290. The crew mistakenly thought the ship was about to be attacked by 
: : a hostile Iranian fighter jet. Then, we look at the shooting down of a South 
: : Korean airliner, KAL 007, by Soviet fighters. Moscow claimed it had strayed 
: : into Soviet airspace. [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 History Undercover.  Air America: The CIA's Secret Airline. Looks at 
: : the unique civilian airline known as Air America, secretly owned and operated 
: : by the CIA, which began as an outgrowth of WWII's Flying Tigers. From secret 
: : missions over China and Korea to aerial support in Vietnam and the secret war 
: : in Laos, Air America formed a cornerstone of U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. 
: : CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Sworn to Secrecy.  The Secret Bunker. At the height of Cold War 
: : paranoia, the U.S. government embarked on a secret duck-and-cover plan: a 
: : network of underground bunkers made to protect top officials should the 
: : Soviets attack. In 1992, a reporter blew the lid off the doomsday bunker. We 
: : venture deep beneath West Virginia's hills to expose a luxurious last resort 
: : for Congress. CC  [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/30/2001 
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: : 8:00 This Week in History.  Discovery of the Grand Canyon by John Wesley 
: : Powell. In June of 1869, Major John Wesley Powell--a one-armed Civil War hero-
: : -set off down the uncharted canyons of the Green River on one of the last 
: : great voyages of discovery in the Rocky Mountains. On August 5, 1869, he and 
: : his team entered the Grand Canyon. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Forensic Firsts.   Today, crime investigation is a high-tech science. 
: : But how did forensic detection get its start? In a riveting 2-hour special, 
: : we trace the origins of four key investigative techniques: ballistics, trace 
: : (microscopic) evidence, the polygraph, and criminal profiling. Rarely-told 
: : stories of murder, kidnapping, terrorism, and stalking reveal how these 
: : techniques were developed. Features interviews with top criminal 
: : investigators and true-crime authors. CC  [TV PG] 
: :  
: :  11:00 The Most.  On the Move/U.S. Crime Fighter's/Isolation/Spoils of War. 
: : This week, categories examined include: "on the move" (the Transcontinental 
: : Railroad, Berlin Airlift, Silk Road); "crime fighters" (Wyatt Earp, Eliot 
: : Ness, the Pinkerton Agency); "isolation" (Great Wall of China, WWII Japanese 
: : soldiers who refused to surrender at war's end, the Mir Space Station); "the 
: : spoils of war" (Nazi looting of Europe, Genghis Khan's empire, Inca King 
: : Atahualpa's ransom); and our "The Most Moment" highlights Ford's landmark 
: : vehicle. CC  [TV G] 
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: :  
: :  07/31/2001 
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: :  8:00 Area 51: Beyond Top Secret.   Born during the Cold War, Area 51 in 
: : Nevada, also known as Groom Lake or Dreamland, became not only the Air 
: : Force's most strategic test site, but also a symbol of everything that was 
: : sneaky about the U.S. military-industrial-intelligence complex. In recent 
: : years, UFO investigators claimed that the top-secret planes tested there were 
: : built with technology gleaned from captured alien aircraft. We uncover the 
: : secrets of the cryptic desert facility and look into mysterious deaths of 
: : base workers. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  9:00 Air Power.  The Bombers. Captures the history of strategic bombing 
: : through the firsthand accounts of the men who commanded some of the world's 
: : most awesome aircraft. Experience the speed and destructiveness of the De 
: : Havilland Mosquito as it races over targets in the North Sea; cross the 
: : German border with a formation of B-17s; follow the lead navigator as he 
: : guides a squadron of B-29s from Guam to the outskirts of Tokyo; and face a 
: : North Vietnamese onslaught with the crew of a B-52 stratofortress. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  10:00 Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel.   Named one of the seven engineering 
: : wonders of the modern age, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel connects 
: : Virginia proper with its easternmost land mass. Stretching 17 miles across 
: : the historic Chesapeake Bay, the structure represents a man-made boundary 
: : between the Bay and the Atlantic. The structure includes two two-lane 
: : highways supported mostly by trestles, four man-made and one natural island, 
: : two truss bridges, and two revolutionary sunken tube tunnels. CC  [TV G] 
: :  
: :  11:00 Tales of the Gun.  Naval Guns. Perhaps one of the greatest expressions 
: : of weapons, naval guns first encouraged nations to develop the concept 
: : of "sea power." From sail, to steam, to steel, the warships of the world 
: : exist for one purpose--to overpower the enemy at sea. Step aboard as we test 
: : the mighty force of enormous guns at sea. CC  [TV G] 


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