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The life and career of newsman Charles Kuralt.

Mariel Hemingway narrates a profile of her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, filmed at locations related to his work.

Painter Vincent Van Gogh has a short, turbulent but gifted life.

Film clips show Michelangelo's artwork and where he lived and created.

Surrealist artist Salvador Dali puts himself into hallucinatory states.

The life and work of Norman Rockwell had a great impact on the nation.

Hollywood directing legend Cecil B. DeMille becomes known for his "spectaculars.".

Early methods of airborne attack; medieval kite bomb; bouncing bombs terrorize shipping in Turkey in 1453; Chinese commanders use whistling arrows to direct battles; Chinese rockets; the earliest known successful parachute.

China's master shipbuilders create some of the most powerful warships and greatest fleets of the ancient world.

Many of today's lethal military weapons owe their origins to inventors of the ancient world who created siege machines, land mines, flamethrowers and more.

Asian battle elephants and Europe's medieval knights in armor demonstrate people in the past understood the modern tank's principles combining protection, speed and firepower; ancient antitank weapon.

The amazing successes and stunning failures of ancient military engineers influence today's weapons and tactics; an ancient Greek weapon is still used on aircraft carriers; rapid-firing Chinese catapult; Hannibal crosses the Alps.

Modern forensic techniques help firearms experts reveal the accuracy, power and range of ancient bullets, rockets and bombs.

Ancient Roman navy SEAL technique of capturing enemy ships from underwater; Roman war dog units; the Mastiff; the samurai sword; the Horro is designed to protect cavalryman from arrow fire.

Investigating history's most impregnable fortresses; the castle that helped create Great Britain; Cappadocia's invisible underground defensive systems; Mayan killer bee castle defenses; the Roman siege of Alesia in Gaul.

Early methods of airborne attack; medieval kite bomb; bouncing bombs terrorize shipping in Turkey in 1453; Chinese commanders use whistling arrows to direct battles; Chinese rockets; the earliest known successful parachute.

China's master shipbuilders create some of the most powerful warships and greatest fleets of the ancient world.

Many of today's lethal military weapons owe their origins to inventors of the ancient world who created siege machines, land mines, flamethrowers and more.

Asian battle elephants and Europe's medieval knights in armor demonstrate people in the past understood the modern tank's principles combining protection, speed and firepower; ancient antitank weapon.

The amazing successes and stunning failures of ancient military engineers influence today's weapons and tactics; an ancient Greek weapon is still used on aircraft carriers; rapid-firing Chinese catapult; Hannibal crosses the Alps.

Modern forensic techniques help firearms experts reveal the accuracy, power and range of ancient bullets, rockets and bombs.

Ancient Roman navy SEAL technique of capturing enemy ships from underwater; Roman war dog units; the Mastiff; the samurai sword; the Horro is designed to protect cavalryman from arrow fire.

Investigating history's most impregnable fortresses; the castle that helped create Great Britain; Cappadocia's invisible underground defensive systems; Mayan killer bee castle defenses; the Roman siege of Alesia in Gaul.

Early methods of airborne attack; medieval kite bomb; bouncing bombs terrorize shipping in Turkey in 1453; Chinese commanders use whistling arrows to direct battles; Chinese rockets; the earliest known successful parachute.