The BEST episodes of National Geographic Documentaries season 2014
Every episode of National Geographic Documentaries season 2014, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of National Geographic Documentaries season 2014!
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#1 - Area 51 The CIA's Secret Files
Season 2014 - Episode 53 - Aired 12/1/2014
"Area 51: X Files" utilizza documenti declassificati della CIA per presentare un documentario autorevole e attendibile. Tralasciando speculazioni e leggende metropolitane, il programma si concentra su quanto accade realmente nell'area test conosciuta nell'immaginario collettivo come Area 51. Questa è la vera storia di Groom Lake, il sito segreto dove i progetti Oxcart, Grudge, Sign, U-2, A-12, SR71, HAVE BLUE, F117 Nightawk e Raptor F22 hanno preso vita. Il luogo dove è nata e si è sviluppata la supremazia aerea statunitense dalla guerra fredda ai giorni nostri. Un racconto avvincente fatto raccogliendo le testimonianze di chi era impiegato in prima persona.
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#2 - Brothers in War
Season 2014 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/2014
Through gripping first-person accounts and digitally remastered archival footage, including the soldiers' own home movies and personal audio tapes, Brothers in War recounts the harrowing combat experiences of the men of Charlie Company - one of the last American combat infantry companies to be drafted, trained and sent to fight together in Vietnam. The two-hour special is fittingly narrated by Charlie Sheen, who rose to stardom after his 1986 performance as a Vietnam soldier in "Platoon."
#3 - Hasselhoff vs the Berlin Wall
Season 2014 - Episode 49 - Aired 11/9/2014
Arguably more than any other event, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of communist rule across Eastern Europe set the scene for the 1990s and David Hasselhoff was there to witness history in the making. With the 25th anniversary approaching, Hasselhoff vs. the Berlin Wall takes viewers on an incredible, personal journey back to Berlin, retracing the wall's history, meeting the people who lived in its long shadow and examining the fate of the wall's final remnants.
#4 - 9/11 Voices From The Air
Season 2014 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/6/2014
9/11: Voices from the Air recalls the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 via radio transmissions between the cockpit and the control tower, and through cellphone calls between passengers and their loved ones. Along with archival film, dramatic re-creations and interviews with air traffic controllers, military personnel and the relatives of those on the planes, the documentary takes a new look at the confusion and terror of the morning's events.
#5 - 9/11 The Miracle Survivor
Season 2014 - Episode 36 - Aired 9/7/2014
9/11 survivor Pasquale Buzzelli tells his amazing story of riding a blizzard of falling debris from a 22nd floor stairwell – and the science behind his bewildering survival.
#6 - Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape
Season 2014 - Episode 44 - Aired 10/11/2014
October 14th 2013 was the 70th anniversary of an event that shook the Nazi party to its core, when the Jewish prisoners at Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in Poland staged a bloody break out. Through brutally honest dramatisations and compelling first hand testimony, travel back with some of the last remaining survivors to reveal their extraordinary stories of courage, desperation and determination.
#7 - Pearl Harbor Seconds From Disaster
Season 2014 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/12/2014
On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attack United States military installations in and around Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the US into World War II.
#8 - Sleepless in America
Season 2014 - Episode 52 - Aired 11/30/2014
In an unprecedented partnership, NGC along with The Public Good Projects and NIH, America’s foremost scientific authority, will draw the nation’s attention to the science of sleep — a topic fundamental to our collective well-being.
#9 - Drain the Bermuda Triangle
Season 2014 - Episode 54 - Aired 12/7/2014
In this one-hour special, National Geographic Channel explores the Bermuda Triangle's ominous reputation by draining the water from it to see what exactly lies below the surface of the mythical triangle. With the aid of data from sophisticated sonar surveys, see what the ocean floor looks like below the Bermuda Triangle.
#10 - Cooking Alaska
Season 2014 - Episode 55 - Aired 12/8/2014
Sherri and her extreme outdoor catering company are hired to cook a gourmet meal off the grid in the wilds of Alaska for a high-end client with a taste for adventure.
#11 - Hitler the Junkie
Season 2014 - Episode 56 - Aired 12/15/2014
This hard-hitting and in-depth special examines the medications Hitler was taking, how much he took and how often, and whether drugs played a role in his behavior and actions.
#12 - In Love With Hitler
Season 2014 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/24/2014
This is Adolf Hitler as we’ve never seen him before — through the eyes of his mistress, Eva Braun. From 1937 to 1944, Braun shot a series of remarkable amateur movies that take us into the inner sanctum of the Third Reich — Hitler’s chalet, the Berghof, the veritable decision center of the Nazi regime.
#13 - Cocaine Crackdown
Season 2014 - Episode 58 - Aired 12/27/2014
In Colombia and the Caribbean, American DEA special agents put the ultimate crackdown on billion-dollar drug cartels, risking their lives in the process.
#14 - The Next Mega Tsunami
Season 2014 - Episode 59 - Aired 12/27/2014
Ten years after one of the most deadly tsunamis ever known, scientists are making a shocking discovery. Experts used to believe that the biggest killer waves were only generated in a handful of regions, but mounting evidence now suggests that more of the world’s coasts, from the Mediterranean to Australia, could be in grave danger. But where will the next Big One strike?
#15 - The Quest For Gold
Season 2014 - Episode 57 - Aired 12/21/2014
Gold is the oldest precious metal known to man and has long been the ultimate symbol of immortality and power. Throughout history, gold's scarcity and value has driven men to journey to unknown reaches, wage wars, conquer kingdoms and sacrifice all in the quest to find and possess it. National Geographic explores how man's endless search for gold across time and cultures ultimately shaped our civilization.
#16 - Elizabeth I: War on Terror
Season 2014 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/24/2014
Elizabeth I War On Terror Summer 1586 is England’s darkest hour. A terrorist cell of Catholic extremists is planning to kill Elizabeth and install the Queen of Scots on her throne. One man stands in the way: Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth’s spymaster and security chief. So why was this dangerous prince of spies so dedicated to his Queen and country? In this tense documentary we’ll explore new visual evidence that will transform our understanding of Walsingham’s dark world.
#17 - Comet Catcher: The Rosetta Landing
Season 2014 - Episode 50 - Aired 11/12/2014
On November the 12th, millions of miles from Earth, a spacecraft will make history by attempting to land on an icy rock nearly three-miles across, hurtling through space at 41,000 mi/hr. An international team of scientists will work around the clock to make sure the orbiter Rosetta, and lander Philae, will survive the journey to accomplish their mission. If successful, Rosetta and Philae could help peer into our past and unlock secrets from our very origins. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
#18 - Murder In The Family
Season 2014 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/18/2014
Following the gruesome murder of a Californian family in 2003, police are pretty sure the killer is Vincent Brothers – but his alibi places him over 3,000 kilometres away from the scene of the crime. Using an unusual tactic developed in Scotland in 1935, investigators turned to ‘insect analysis’ for help. How did bugs found in Brothers’ rental car prove to be the vital ‘silent witnesses’ in this extraordinary case?
#19 - Hidden Horrors of the Moon Landings
Season 2014 - Episode 48 - Aired 11/5/2014
What if the Apollo 11 astronauts had been unable to leave the moon as planned? What stroke of luck allowed the safe return of Apollo 13? NGC reveals the make-or-break moments you didn't see.. In July 1969, 600 million people around the world watched Neil Armstrong become the first human being to set foot on another planet. Apollo 11's mission and the five moon landings that followed were the most costly and dangerous single expeditions ever undertaken by any government at any time in history. For those who volunteered for the job, the risk of death was many times greater than a tour of duty in Vietnam. In all, 24 men ventured a quarter-million miles from home, relying on just a single engine. These are the untold stories of Apollo: the rarely remembered breakthroughs, harrowing escapes and heartbreaking disasters. Neil Armstrong also carried a small National Geographic flag when he became the first person ever to step onto the surface of the moon.
#20 - Nazi Temple of Doom
Season 2014 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/1/2014
What links Adolf Hitler, Heindrich Himmler and a priceless Celtic cauldron recently discovered at the bottom of a lake in Bavaria? In this film an investigation uncovers allegations of mafia involvement, an international fraud trial where millions of dollars are at stake and a forensic discovery that stuns the archaeological world and steers the mystery towards Himmler’s SS shrine at Wewelsburg and Hitler’s obsessive quest for the Holy Grail. This seemingly priceless and beautiful object has brought death and disaster to everyone who has attempted to own it but who did make it and why?
#21 - The Lion Whisperer
Season 2014 - Episode 29 - Aired 8/4/2014
He’s been living surrounded by domesticated lions for years. Kevin Richardson lies down with them, pets them, takes care of them and travels long distances along with them. Convinced that animals cannot be domesticated through stick and chain strikes, he’s been using other techniques since their tender childhood to get in touch with them. The compassion, trust and even love he feels for those animals - considered as the most dangerous of the world - enabled him to create his own language. He claims an instinctive approach of those animals which led to the fusional relationship they share. This documentary takes you into the intimacy of this astonishing, “extra-ordinary” relationship. In South Africa, where wild beasts are the victims of poachers and dream sellers, Kevin tries to denounce those downward slides and protect the kings of savanna he knows better than anyone else because they are wrongly threatened.
#22 - Devil's Bible
Season 2014 - Episode 30 - Aired 9/1/2014
At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Filled with satanic images and demonic spells, according to legend, the cursed text sprang from a doomed monk's pact with the Devil. Now, Nat Geo follows a team of scientists as they embark on an unprecedented quest to unravel the secrets behind the book's darkened pages. Using ultra-violet fluorescence imaging, handwriting analysis and a re-creation of the text, forensic document experts attempt to uncover the cryptic truth behind this ancient Devil's Bible. The Devil’s Bible is so huge that it requires at least two people to carry it. Once considered the eighth wonder of the world, the Codex Gigas stretches three feet long and weighs a hundred and sixty-five pounds. It is the only book that places the Old and New Testaments alongside violent, holy incantations. The Codex Gigas contains one full page – right opposite the devil portrait – of a towering Heavenly City. Although no people can be seen in the Heavenly City, it is a symbol of hope and salvation, a contrast to the portrait of the devil on the opposing page. The Codex Gigas includes mystical medical formulas for anything from treating ailments such as fevers and epilepsy to resolving practical problems such as finding a thief. The book's transfer to Prague in 2008 took a year of planning. It was insured for $15.1 million during the transfer. The Devil’s Bible has 600 pages, which is 310 parchment leaves, all made from donkey skins.
#23 - Ultimate Tutankhamun
Season 2014 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/9/2014
World renowned archaeologists are taking a 21st century approach to ancient history, conducting a forensic investigation into Tutankhamen's cause of death.
#24 - Hunt For The Giant Squid
Season 2014 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/9/2014
For centuries, sailors have told terrible tales of ferocious underwater monsters. Now, an ultra-modern research crew hopes to catch a glimpse of the ultimate monster: the 12-metre, 200kg giant squid. Lurking some 500 metres below sea level, these real-life krakens are notoriously hard to film - and they have never been shot in their own world. With the team headed by British camera expert and expedition leader Martin Dohrn, the brave souls of the Makaira are hoping to be the first. Equipped with radical night-vision cameras and a custom-built stealth rig known as 'the Gupster', their mission takes them to a giant squid hotspot off the coast of the Azores. With the camera lowered, an astonishing array of curious creatures and super-sized sea serpents loom out of the darkness. Could one of them be the elusive giant squid?
#25 - Surviving Wild America
Season 2014 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/30/2014
Australian adventurers Cas & Jonesy battle alligators, deadly snakes, fatigue and each other in search of a lost trail through Georgia's infamous Okefenokee Swamp. The fearless world-record-setting duo have conquered the South Pole and crossed the treacherous Tasman Sea in a kayak but tackling the Okefenokee brings new and unfamiliar challenges. Hostile spirits - the ghosts of long-dead Native Americans - are said by the locals to roam dark corners of the wetlands and Cas and Jonesy must go.