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From early trade vessels to Civil War-era steamers, U.S. rivers reveal a rich history as vital lifelines for commerce, conflict and exploration.
Pearl Harbor sparks one of history’s deadliest conflicts—and it’s just the start. Wrecks expose failed missions and fierce battles on every front.
A 200-year-old ship and a top-secret military stronghold lost below the ice. Two stories of ambition and catastrophe, frozen in time, now uncovered.
Fragments of porcelain and blocks of beeswax lead to a 250-year-old shipwreck and a forgotten trade route of vast cargo ships in the Pacific.
A mysterious plane wreck in the Caribbean and U.S. lakes and oceans sunken remains reveal a historical timeline of the unrelenting war on trafficking.
Drowned shipwrecks, lost battlefields, and dinosaurs lie hidden, waiting for archaeologists to unlock their secrets using modern technology.
Hidden in the oceans, lakes and rivers of the US lie wrecks revealing secrets to the rise to power of the American Mob in the 1920s.
From titanosaur fossils to submerged Mayan caves, and even a thirty-two-ship whaling disaster, science unearths secrets of hidden history.
Palaeontologists journey from Patagonia to Canada to overturn popular misconceptions about dinosaurs and uncover the real Jurassic Americas.
Relics of Pearl Harbor, The Alamo, and The War of 1812 lie on the seabed. Can archaeologists shed light on these pivotal attacks that shaped America?
The hunt for a legendary ghost ship in Alaska reveals a corner of the United States once known as “Russian America.”
A legendary 300-year-old sunken ship, and a lone Russian-era vessel found in Pacific Waters. Can science uncover the truth to these Pacific's perils?
A shipwreck is thought to be a lost flagship from the War of 1812, and an artist uncovers her ancestor’s link to the burning of the White House.
The true story of one of the darkest crimes on the high seas; the sinking of the MV Lucona and its crew, all to claim a massive insurance pay out.
Draining Hawaiʻi reveals Japan's secret weapons, from mini-subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona a reminder of the forces unleashed.
War is as inevitable as the tides, and for centuries, ocean battles have claimed countless souls. Now, can we reveal some of their last moments?
New discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal the identities and final moments of those trapped during the eruption of a volcano 2000 years ago.
A new wreck discovery in the Baltic Sea leads explorers on a hunt for the world’s greatest lost treasure, and reveals the story of Germany’s ‘Dunkirk’.
Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.
Intrepid marine archaeologists shine a new light on graves long lost to the depths, coaxing secrets from their forgotten bones.
New discoveries made at a lost city and a human sacrifice deep within an underwater cave reveal secrets about the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.
A mysterious plane wreck in the Caribbean and secret tunnels along America’s border with Mexico reveal the scale of the unrelenting war against drugs.
A 14th-century galley entombed in mud, a 16th-century hoard of luxury cargo, and a gruesome discovery reveal the rise and fall of the Venetian Empire.
New discoveries unearth the true story behind this infamous pirate coast and some of its villainous fortune seekers.
Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.
Secrets of the Mary Rose, Quedagh Merchant, and Clotida are uncovered…revealing details about what brought them down and the fate of countless souls.
They disappeared without a trace or a soul to tell the tale. Shipwrecks so mysterious, their fate became the stuff of legends, until now.
From a buried film set to a WW1 Navy ship and old fishing barge, we discover the role these ruins played in Hollywood movie-making history.
Using the latest technology and research, a missing ancient wonder and once fabled city of the early Egyptian world are discovered beneath the Nile.
The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for clues at the bottom of the reef.
The Black Sea is a place of myth and legend and ships have sailed on its waters for millennia. Three wrecks unlock secrets of this mysterious sea.
WWII’s greatest aviation mysteries brought to the surface for the first time. Revealing the real story lies as much in the sea, as it does it the air.
The Loch Ness Monster, the Bermuda Triangle, and the city of Atlantis - science is helping to uncover the truth behind these legendary sea mysteries.
Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes’ impacts on America’s past and its future.
Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?
The Pacific Ocean is the scene of the largest maritime war in history. Ships lost in the Pacific during WWII, found for the first time.
A 'freedom runner', an iconic Union ship, and notorious Confederate vessel reveal a nation divided on its economic foundation…slavery.
Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.
Atomic explosions on ships at sea. The USA's largest thermonuclear bomb. A new survey using extraordinary CGI explores the dawn of the Nuclear Age.
Pearl Harbor, HMS Prince of Wales, and USS Lexington share one thing in common, they were all sunk by the Japanese Imperial Navy. They left behind a tragic trail of wreckage on the ocean floor.
TPDiscover underwater secrets of Ancient Egypt, Loch Ness, and the California Gold Rush. With scientific data and unique graphics, we reveal a world of Sunken ships, mysterious creatures, and historical wonders.
A mythical Ancient Egyptian city, now lies buried beneath the waves of the Mediterranean. After 2000 years existing only in legend, we finally reveal its secrets.
The summer of 1940 great britain stands alone against the nazis. Now we uncover the wrecks that reveal the real truth on how britain won the battle of britain and kept the allies in the second world war.
TPThe port cities of Rome, London, and New York hide secrets of their beginning under the waves. Protected and harbored by the sea, how they matured into the powerhouses of today is a surprising story of innovation, tragedy, power and intrigue.
Of all the wrecks lying at the bottom of the Baltic, perhaps the most spectacular is the battleship the Mars. Only recently discovered, she is finally ready to give up her secrets.
Deep beneath the worlds ocean lie the shattered remains of ancient wrecks. As the water drains away whats revealed is an age old story of epic battles between empires jockeying to rule the oceans.
Sea mines are one naval warfares most reliable sunken weapons. Poised and ready to take down anything that crosses their path. While many have been swept out of existence, some of these incendiary devices lie abandoned under our oceans.
Forgotten wrecks from the American Revolution are discovered in the United States. Cutting-edge computer graphics drains away the water and sheds new light on the struggle for independence.
Draining slave ships around the world reveals the rise of global phenomena: The transatlantic slave trade. Archaeologists investigate a wreck that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.
The American Civil War was unlike any that came before it. Draining American rivers, seas and oceans reveals military tactics that re-wrote the rules of warfare forever.
Uncovering the long lost shipwrecks of legendary Captains reveals why - above all other seas - the Caribbean became famous for pirates.
Underwater exploration reveals astonishing secrets: terrifying disasters, war winning heroics, and an engineering marvel that saves the city.
Hitler's latest weapons sink during top secret U-boat mission. An American aviation breakthrough brings victory to the Allies in the Pacific.
Using the latest sonar technology, a unique expedition to map sunken Allied vessels off the Normandy Coast reveals stunning images from beneath the waves.
Superpowers clash in an ever-escalating arms race. Secret weapons and killing machines have changed the rules of engagement, forever.
Spain's attempted conquest of England fails when the Armada is defeated. By draining the ocean we reveal how the English then stole ship technology to build their own empire.
Ravages of war? visions of a future and the quest for gold helped create the modern United States. Extraordinary decades transformed America and the story of her humble beginnings hides below her harbors, shorelines and ever her streets.
Draining the Oceans reveals the story of the world's first stealth weapon, the U-Boat, takes on the might of the Royal Navy. Sinking 12m tons of shipping, they almost win the war.
The sea is a dangerous place but the dangers don't seem to outweigh the reason for remaining ashore. Passenger ships, war machines and pleasure cruises all lost beneath the waves of the World's Ocean. What led to these shocking maritime disasters?
The land battles of the American Civil War are well known, but it's the war on the seas that shaped the outcome of the war. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of Civil War secrets.
The Hidden Ships of the Gold Rush drains the streets of San Francisco, the Sacramento River and the icy wastes of the Klondike, northern Canada, to tell the true story of nineteenth-century gold mania.
With access to daring expeditions, precision data and classified information, we drain the ocean and reveal the secrets of the nuclear-armed Cold War.
Examining hidden giants can explain New York City's meteoric rise to bustling world metropolis. A city that can't be kept down, forever pushing forward, with true grit and determination.
Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey of the Thai Cave. It reveals new insights into the life and death mission to save 12 boys from the flooded cave.
An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, USS Indianapolis.
The story of Hitler's vision to conquer the world using his high-tech battleships. Drain the Oceans reveals the rise and fall of the Third Reich's deadly fleet.
Combining over a hundred year of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world's most famous lake to reveal the monster within.
London is one of the most powerful cities on earth. Draining the Oceans reveals the story of the city's meteoric rise.
Over the last century, a new breed of ocean giant has emerged. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk beneath the seas.
In 1942 one country, Japan, came to dominate the Pacific region and inflict huge blows on the Allies. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.
Drain the Oceans unlocks the secrets of how the Roman Empire controlled the seas of the Ancient world revealing one of the oldest shipwrecks in the world and unearthing a port lost for centuries under Italian soil.
Lost civilizations, mysterious sunken cities and the legendary sites have all vanished beneath the waves. Can draining the seas help unlock their secrets?
Using state of the art technology, experts investigate the world's biggest sunken mysteries, including an intriguing WWII battleship and Flight 19, which vanished in the Bermuda Triangle.
In the Pacific, 500 million people live in ever-present danger along its edges. we drain the Pacific Ocean to reveal the deadly geological forces behind Earth's most destructive natural disasters.
Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the ocean bed.
For centuries treasure ships sailed the oceans of the world...packed with silver, gold and precious stones. Around the world, countless treasures and wrecks remain unexplored.
Hidden deep underwater is the untold story of how the Nazis waged a secret war across the world’s oceans.
Under the seas lives a lost graveyard of sunken war ships. Countless vessels from WWI and WWII pepper the seafloor. Among those, some of the most powerful weapons ever built.
Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface about the story of North America - trade, slavery, war, the oil industry and even the death of the dinosaurs.
Extreme weather patterns have threatened ships and mariners for centuries. The perfect storm, towering walls of water, powerful winds and churning seas can overwhelm any ship.
In ancient times, the Mediterranean was home to some of the greatest civilisations the world has ever seen - unlocking the mysteries of the Minoans, Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans.
The act of sabotage is one of the most effective weapons in any arsenal. Direct attacks, advanced weaponry and the element of surprise have sent many ships to their final resting place on the seafloor.
From mysterious underwater pyramids off the coast of Japan to the fabled city of Atlantis itself. But are these truly ancient sites or simply accidents of geology?
War, weather and human error have led to some of the worst maritime disasters in US history. But imagine if we could empty the oceans, letting the water drain away to reveal these secrets.
For centuries treasure ships plied the oceans of the world, packed with silver, gold and precious stones. Many of them lie undiscovered on the sea floor.
Deep below the ocean lies a tectonic monster. The seafloor is the worlds biggest tsunami machine and its dangers have remained hidden from view, until now!
Featuring the China Seas - the site of the largest naval battles in history, a 700-year-old mystery and technological wonders, both ancient and modern.
Beneath the waters of the world, lies undersea empires and relics of their bloody wars. Through the use of cutting edge technology we will uncover lost empires for the first time.
The Nile was once home to the Ancient Egyptians, one the of the greatest civilisations on Earth. Scientific data, combined with computer graphics, can drain the waters and sand of Egypt.
The Battle of Jutland of 1916 was the most violent sea battle in history. Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of Jutland's secrets,investigating the mega battleships of World War One.
With today’s technology, how can we lose a jetliner with 239 people on board? MH370: inside the longest, most costly search in aviation history.
Pirates… Gangsters… Villains… and the worst of humanity. Swallowed up by the sea. Cutting edge technology will reveal the secrets of the sea floor and expose the shaky ground on which we all live.
Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the Atlantic sea bed.
Some of the world's most deadly killing machines and lethal nuclear weapons lie abandoned under our oceans. Hidden for decades, these top-secret wrecks will unlock the truth about the dawn of the modern nuclear age.
December 1945, a squadron of US Navy planes vanishes off Florida's coast and March and 2014 a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board is lost without a trace.
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