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Maiya May explores heat in Portland, Oregon, and Medellín, Colombia, a city that is leading the revolution against sweltering city temperatures. Then she visits the hottest city in the US, Phoenix, Arizona. Part 3 of 6.
The presence of the American soldiers - nicknamed the ‘Sammies’ (sent by Uncle Sam) - on French soil during the Great War is virtually unknown. And yet, 2 million arrived in France between 1917 and 1918 to fight alongside French and UK troops.
Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe’s Concorde, the Soviet TU144 and the American Boeing 2707, and examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage behind this story. Part 1 of 2.
The story of how America’s supersonic dream ended and the battle between Russia’s TU144 and Europe’s Concorde. Concorde ultimately became the most luxurious airliner in the world but the supersonic dream still died. Could it be revived? Part 2 of 2.
December 1941 to March 1942. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 thrusts the United States into the global cataclysm that will eventually touch every family on every street in every town in America. Within a few months, millions of young men have entered the armed forces and are beginning to train for war. A series by Ken Burns. Part 1 of 14.
March 1942 to December 1942. With U-boats menacing the East Coast, and little good news from overseas, many worry that the United States is utterly unprepared to fight in a 'total war'. But after six months of gruelling combat on Guadalcanal, the Americans finally stop Japan's expansion in the Pacific. A series by Ken Burns. Part 2 of 14.
January 1943 to June 1943. American troops land in North Africa and test themselves for the first time against the German and Italian armies, learning to set aside the notion that killing is a sin, and adopting the outlook that 'killing is a craft'. Back home, cities become booming 'war towns' overnight as nearly all manufacturing is converted to the war effort, and thousands of women become industrial workers. A series by Ken Burns. Part 3 of 14.
July 1943 to December 1943. On daylight bombing missions, American airmen gamble with their lives against overwhelming odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's vast empire. Allied forces invade Sicily and then Italy but, as they grind their way towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding. Twisting mountain roads and blown bridges have to be negotiated while under constant German fire. A series by Ken Burns. Part 4 of 14.
November 1943 to February 1944. In November, the US marines take the tiny Pacific atoll of Tarawa, but at a terrible cost. Back home, Japanese-Americans are permitted to form a special segregated infantry unit and begin to train for combat. As the war economy booms, ugly racial violence erupts in cities across the country. Overseas, in the mountains south of Rome, the allies try to fight their way around the edges of Monte Cassino, but are stopped cold. A series by Ken Burns. Part 5 of 14.
For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.
