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Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the career and personal life of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. As a youth, Castro worked in the family's sugar cane fields. He got an education culminating in a doctorate in law from the University of...

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The question continues to be raised: what happened to Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa after his release from prison in 1975, when President Nixon commuted Hoffa's sentence? His disappearance decades ago led to reports that he was murdered; others claim to have seen him in foreign...

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The legacy of an important historical figure is examined in this Biography by A&E. Susan B. Anthony was born into an activist Quaker family and soon began to fight injustice wherever she encountered it. But being a woman proved to be an obstacle in her struggles, and so, after a meeting with...

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This video looks at the life and mystery of Anastasia, youngest daughter of Nicholas, the last Czar of Russia. When the Communists took over in 1918, the royal family was executed. But many said that the young princess escaped. The program looks at recent evidence which clears up many...

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This episode of the long-running A&E series Biography takes a look at the life and career of Condoleezza Rice. The film begins with her upbringing and follows her throughout her career that included serving as secretary of state during the Iraq war.

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In Search of History: The Holy Grail documents the many legends that have sprung about the cup Jesus drank from during The Last Supper. The film examines many of the different clues that have surfaced throughout history concerning where the grail may have been transported and where it might be today....

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Produced by The History Channel, Israel: Birth of a Nation documents how Israel survived its fraught infancy as a country. The film employs archival footage, much of it taken by a British military officer.

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Biography: Rasputin -- The Mad Monk is a 50-minute A&E biographical profile of imperial Russian monk Gregory Rasputin. The program examines the controversial life of the uneducated peasant who preached God's word but practiced corruption. Highlights include scholarly analysis...

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The American West offered everything to the frontier family: gold, silver, land, a new life. In 1869, four years after the War Between the States and 43 years after the locomotive engine was invented, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed -- one of the greatest engineering feats of its time -- and the...

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This edition of Biography, the long running documentary series from A&E, explores the life of General Douglas MacArthur. The son of a Union army hero during the Civil War (they are the only father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor) he graduated from West Point in...

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This program is part of the popular series from the History Channel that investigates some of civilization's unsolved mysteries and controversies. This episode investigates the black chapter in world religious history known as the Inquisition. In search of truth, it told lies; preaching redemption, it...

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The greatest hoaxes in modern history are remembered in A&E's American Justice: Quiz Show Scandal and Other Frauds. Herbert Stempel's story was popularized in the movie Quiz Show. As a contestant on the '50s program Twenty One, Stempel...

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Al Capone's involvement in the underworld of speakeasies, gangs, and liquor wars left hundreds dead in Chicago and surrounding communities. This episode of the A&E Biography series profiles Capone's terrorizing rule as the Windy City's undisputed emperor. Born in...

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For history scholars, the name Sitting Bull brings to mind the powerful Native American Resistance and the bloody Battle at Little Bighorn. There was much more to the Sioux medicine man's rich and varied life though, and as the filmmakers behind A&E's acclaimed Biography series...

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This insightful release from A&E follows the life of Tibet's sacred and secular leader. The 14th man to be known by the title His Holiness the Dalai Lama and believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, he has been living in exile since 1959 after staging a rebellion against the occupation...

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In this episode of A&E's Ancient Mysteries narrated by Leonard Nimoy, modern archaeologists investigate the strange phenomenon of UFOs by delving into the past as far back as the stone age. Many ancient civilizations erected monuments to the heavens with precision bordering on...

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This documentary takes a look at the Spanish galleon called the Atocha that sank in the waters off of Florida while laden with wealth. In 1985, a treasure hunter named Mel Fisher underwent the arduous process of unearthing the Atocha and this film documents the process that brought the ship's treasure...

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This Biography presents the story of Crazy Horse, the revered warrior and Chief of the Oglala Sioux. He stands as a symbol of the fight for freedom. He never bowed to the incursions of the white man on Indian land, continuing to roam free, as his people always had. Crazy Horse...

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Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the career and personal life of Frederick Douglas. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, he was the son of a slave woman and, probably, her white master. Upon his escape from slavery at age 20, he...

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From A&E's three-tape series {|Great American Monuments} comes this in-depth look at the magnificent memorials which pay tribute to the men and women who suffered in the name of freedom. Learn the untold history and tales behind the creation of Washington D.C.'s beloved landmark monuments. From the...

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This chilling and eye-opening documentary examines four very different cases of paranormal activity in the U.S. and England. From a Kentucky roadhouse to ancient English universities, viewers are taken on location and introduced to the people who encountered these poltergeists firsthand. As psychics and scientists...

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Witness a living legend live and in concert as former Beatle Paul McCartney embarks on his 2005 North American tour and cameras roll to bring the entire performance directly to the fans. Featuring a lively mix of Beatles classics, McCartney originals, and hard...

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