Mon, Dec 9, 1991
One of Germany's greatest victories in World War II was called "Operation Drumbeat". All but forgotten, it was the worst naval defeat in United States history. National Geographic's U-BOATS: TERROR ON OUR SHORES turns back the pages of time for a haunting look at the battle that claimed 4,000 lives and destroyed 400 ships.
Sun, Apr 16, 1995
Pet owners have sworn for years that their animal companions are thinking and feeling. This film examines the work of scientists investigating this point of view. In doing so, some very complex and flexible behaviors among a variety of animals are shown, from an African gray parrot that solves logic problems to a chimpanzee entertaining herself by making faces in a mirror. We may not be the only creatures to solve problems with mental pictures, fashion tools, make sounds to communicate, or be creative.
1996
A remarkable close-up footage of the leopard, and its neighbor, the warthog in the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa. Their parallel lives include age-old scenes of mating, birth, and raising young. But when these lives intersect, the outcome is always the same: The formidable leopard outranks the warthog on the food chain.
Sun, Aug 17, 1997
National Geographic Explorer takes a behind-the-scenes looks at NFL films. It follows the cameramen, videographers, and filmmakers as they take viewers inside the process of filming games for broadcast and for posterity. It follows the filmmakers as they prepare for they most important job: capturing the drama of the Super Bowl.
Sun, Mar 8, 1998
A polar bear family album. Discover the fate of a polar bear and her twin cubs at the icy top of the world. National Geographic cameras follow the family during a two-year Arctic odyssey filled with touching and unforgettable moments, many never before filmed. Watch in wonder as curious cubs emerge from their den for the first time after a three-month hibernation. Go 'icecrashing' with the polar bear family as they hunt for seals. Feet the tension as the mother protects her cubs from a hostile male, one of many dangers lurking on the ice flows. Just half of all cubs survive beyond their first year, and this polar bear family needs the mother's finely tuned instincts ~ and luck - to beat the odds.