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The English butler has become the ultimate symbol of prestige and civility. But in today's aristocratic circles, only a handful of butlers remain, compared to an estimated 30,000 employed in Britain j...
Length: 08:00mins
Education Subject areas: Career & Vocational Education
Year produced: 0000
At one of the world's most sophisticated high-tech battle training sites--U.S. Army's National Training Center (NTC), located on Fort Irwin in the deserts of California--computers and laser rays simul...
Length: 17:00mins
Year produced: 1991
Production code: 90A51
Dr. Austin Frishman is one of the top pest-control experts in the world. Clients hire him as a kind of field marshal to help them fight off everything from rats to termites. He is an entomologist and ...
Length: 18:00mins
Year produced: 1992
Production code: 91A29
No other professional risks death more often, more deliberately, and more routinely than a fire fighter. Manhattan's 181st Street station is one of the busiest firehouses in America. New York City cal...
Length: 20:00mins
Year produced: 1988
Production code: 91A20
A great photograph should speak for itself, but that doesn't mean there aren't great stories behind it. Learn what happened behind the lenses that captured some of the best recent adventure shots....
Length: 47:00mins
Year produced: 2004
Production code: 63212
The U.S.S. Eisenhower: one of the most advanced 'super carriers' in the U.S. Navy's arsenal. Fresh off a $2.5 billion overhaul, the 'Ike' is poised to deploy for the first time in four years. But firs...
Length: 52:00mins
Year produced: 2006
Production code: 20351
Would you leave friends and family to voluntarily work in a war zone? Each and every day international security contractors in Iraq run a gauntlet of hidden dangers as they carry out critical missions...
Year produced: 2007
Production code: 20349
After a nine month run in Chicago, the magnificent treasures of King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs are about to hit the road. But moving an exhibit insured for 650 million dollars is ...
Production code: 63250A
With unprecedented access this film documents the efforts of the American Special Forces and their decisive role in the war on terror around the globe. The key characters in this film are part of the ...
Year produced: 2002
Production code: 10078
The FBI is one of the most powerful institutions in the world. Yet it is little understood. With its success in fighting crime it has developed from humble beginnings in the early 20th century, to bec...
Year produced: 2003
Production code: 10060
The U.S. Secret Service is best known for guarding the President of the United States. Most of us have seen the agents in dark glasses shadowing the President, scanning the surroundings for any possib...
Production code: 10103
West Point is a world of rules that compel all cadets to do the right thing or face the consequences. But following rules is just the beginning. West Point also has to build leaders who can think for ...
Length: 24:00mins
Production code: 63201L
Being at West Point is all about orders. Following them is tough for some and will prove impossible for others. But that's not the hardest part. The cadets have to learn how to give orders too. Nation...
Production code: 63201C
Houses don't move. That's a basic assumption, and one that Jerry Matyiko and his three brothers challenge every day. They're in the house moving business and, with a dash of bravado, they claim there'...
Length: 12:00mins
Year produced: 1995
Production code: 92A81
There's a lot to prove during cadet basic training. Only it's not how strong, tough, or even how smart you are. It's about teamwork, about learning to struggle together. National Geographic goes insid...
Production code: 63201D
At every moment of every day, on oceans around the world, there are people in danger. These people ply one of the most dangerous professions on earth. They are fishermen. Every time they go out take t...
Year produced: 2001
Production code: 10027
We travel to the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece - the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, with a continuously suspended deck of over 6,700 feet. The challenge of building a bridge across the Str...
Production code: 63235-02
Duff Severe is an artist in leather. His finished canvass is a bronc saddle or a cowboy saddle. Duff has been making saddles for 40 years, but he contends that he learns something new every day. He's ...
Length: 11:00mins
Production code: 90A79
In Missoula, Montana, fire fighters learn to fight fires better by becoming smokejumpers. A group of rookies trains to become members of an elite strike force in time for a busy fire season. Hard trai...
Length: 04:00mins
Aerial view of ships, boats, and yachts of various sizes, set to Chorus from "The Magic Flute" by Mozart....
Length: 03:00mins
Year produced: 2010
Production code: SWK1320