The BEST episodes of Discovery Channel Documentaries season 1998

#1 - Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

Season 1998 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1997

"Titanic - Anatomy of a Disaster" is an original Discovery Channel production that looks into not only the history but the mystery surrounding the sinking of Britain's most luxurious passenger liner. Having assembled a unique investigative team of oceanologists, marine engineers, archaeologists, microbiologists, metallurgists, engineers, writers, historians and movie makers, Discovery Channel spent many months unraveling this mystery. Discover the truth about one of history's greatest disasters. Touted as unsinkable prior to its maiden voyage, the manner in which the Titanic sank has long been a source of debate. Watch as scientists and researchers combine underwater archaeology, forensic science, metallurgy and other disciplines to get to the bottom of this 90-year-old mystery. In the frigid North Atlantic night, on the fourth night of its maiden voyage the "unsinkable" R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg on its starboard side and went down. But exactly how did the vessel sink? This investigation narrated by Martin Sheen, takes you on an extraordinary research and recovery expedition to uncover the truth. In Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster, you'll take part in the first expedition to use science to piece together the the Titanic's final hours. First, follow a group of investigators as they dive to the site and analyze the clues to separate fact from fiction. Then, through dramatic re-enactments, computer animation and other state of the art techniques, see how these scientists faithfully recreate the iceberg damage and the sinking process to discover what might have been done to prevent it.

#2 - Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy

Season 1998 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1998

#3 - Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend

Season 1998 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/1998

Frenchman Franck Goddio leads an underwater 1998 expedition to find the Egyptian queen's home. On the submerged island of Antirhodos, the team also hunts for her temple. Omar Sharif narrates.

#4 - Lost Treasures of the Yangtze Valley

Season 1998 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/1998

The first and last encompassing view of the Three Gorges area before it is changed irrevocably, flooded by the building of the Three Gorges Dam in the heart of China. No area of China represents more emotional or historical importance to its people for it was in these gorges and mountains that Chinese life began. The Yangtze River is China's longest river, and the third largest in the world after Nile and Amazon. More commonly known among the Chinese as the Chang Jiang, or the 'long river', the Yangtze is the lifeblood of northern China but also a large, muddy, unpredictable killer. As China constructs the world's largest and most powerful dam on the Yangtze River, scholars and scientists race to uncover and preserve artifacts that tell its story and the story of the people who have lived on its shores for over 50,000 years. This documentary is about the valley's past. Offering glimpses of some of the monuments and archaeological sites that will be drowned when the dam is completed, it focuses on the race to discover more about the Baa civilisation before its ancient homeland is destroyed.

#5 - Ultrascience: War 2020

Season 1998 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/1998

A bloodless war could be the product of the new millenium. The military is developing an armory of non-lethal weapons and tactics designed to confuse, immobilize and frighten the enemy. With the spread of computer networks, we increasingly rely on cyberspace to order our world. A war of the future could see nations battling for control of communication systems without dropping a single bomb. This video concludes this picture of the future by gazing forward to a world where war is conducted with psychological weapons and even mass mind control.