Japan, both fast and furious but outside it's neon cities lies an untamed wilderness, forest filled islands, massive mountains and billowing active volcanos. A fantastic variety of animals inhabit these vast landscapes, a place where against the odds life can flourish. In this National Geographic documentary we look past the bustling car filled streets and discover the true beauty of Japans hidden
April 19th 1993, a violent standoff between a radical religious sect and the federal government comes to a fiery end, all eyes are on David Koresh the groups prophet, the government portrays him as a dangerous cult leader but to his followers he is the final messenger.Nearly two decades after the blaze questions about what really happened at Waco still remain. With rare footage and first hand
It's Boxing Day, 2003 and much of Britain was quite as millions of people celebrated the Christmas holidays, but not everyone of course has time off. In Leads two police officers said goodbye to their families and went to work at Killingbeck police station, they were PC Neil Roper and by his side, his friend and colleague PC Ian Broadhurst.The two officers were expecting a relatively easy shif
Dorothea Helen Puente (January 9, 1929 - March 27, 2011) was a convicted American serial killer. In the 1980s, Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, and cashed the Social Security checks of her elderly and mentally disabled boarders. Those who complained were killed and buried in her yard.Alvin Howard Neelley, Jr. (1953 - 2005) and Judith Ann Adams Neelley (born 1964) are an A
Delve into the Prince of Motown’s violent childhood to uncover the root of Marvin’s strained relationship with his strict father and to understand his struggle with drugs.This compelling documentary series unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and events that result in the tragic deaths of famed notorious and the iconic. Every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous p
The high mesas of New Mexico are the starting point for Stephen’s journey through the dramatic landscapes and peoples of the South West. The physicists at the Los Alamos Lab, who are unraveling the mysteries of dark matter, contrast starkly to the ecohouse dwellers living off the grid near Sante Fe. Staying with the Navajo Indians in Monument Valley in Arizona, Stephen learns to weave a basket,
As the credit crunch continues to leave Britain cash-strapped and high street banks report huge losses, Dispatches investigates who is responsible for the current crisis. Reckless lending and risky investments have been blamed for directly driving up mortgage rates and increasing the numbers of people losing their homes.Dispatches investigates how the bank chiefs allowed this to happen and if
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with shadows is a documentary about the legendary WWF and WWE wrestler, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. This is about a man making it to the top and the human cost: his father’s legacy on his shoulders, his brother’s pay-per-view death, his brother-in-law, The British Bulldog’s premature death, and Vince McMahon: the legendary owner of the whole sha-bang.
This film by BraveArcherFilms is the Final Edition of "2012 Crossing Over A New Beginning", which when released in 2012 was viewed over 1 million times on YouTube alone. The film itself is an inspirational one that explores a more positive spiritual viewpoint behind the significance of December 21, 2012. A date that seems to captivated many but we all now know the world didn't actually come to an