Discovery History +1 Friday

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Buying goods from home

Josh Gates dives into America's daring response to Pearl Harbor. Using new intel, he helps Project Recover to find 40 planes and 200 American heroes lost

The presenter - whose grandfather enlisted in the First World War - gains an unparalleled perspective of the Great War from 3D photographs

Colourised archive footage depicts the Germans' artillery barrage against the Allies during the Battle of the Bulge, which began in December 1944

Darrell Miklos finds the final piece of Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper's code, but hiring a crew to pursue the treasure presents a new danger - that of sharing his secrets with others

Drew Pritchard finds one of his favourite objects while visiting a sign-writer's business in Portsmouth. Plus, he meets Porsche restorers in Southend-on-Sea

It's the homeward leg and the good old Metisse Steve McQueen Desert Racer has nearly made it!

Bruce hears about some Second World War British RAF gear from the Battle of Arnhem for sale, which is of big interest to ex-paratroopers like him and Freddie

The manufacturing processes involved in the making of individual transporters, post clocks and drum heads

The science and technology behind the manufacture of air bags, jelly beans and domestic water heaters, and how these methods have evolved over time

Using 3D photographs taken at the time, the presenter explores the stalemate of trench warfare which culminated in the Battle of the Somme

Drew Pritchard finds one of his favourite objects while visiting a sign-writer's business in Portsmouth. Plus, he meets Porsche restorers in Southend-on-Sea

Stel and Jess investigate ancient cave paintings in Turkey that could be connected to Atlantis. They also examine a shifted shoreline and ruins of a lost city

Don investigates a devious plot that threatened America's most famous family and a strange being that some believed was evidence of a close encounter

Bad weather strikes treasure hunter Darrell Miklos as he makes his way along the Columbus trail, forcing him to put his gear to the ultimate test

Josh dives into the Navy's heroic Pearl Harbor counterattack. New intel leads to an historic discovery: the first US plane ever found from this battle

The pivotal role industrialist Andrew Carnegie played in ensuring trains could run on the Pennsylvania Railroad line - setting in motion a chain of events that changed the world

The legacy of mechanics William Harley and Arthur Davidson, whose decision to place an engine on a bicycle frame created of the Harley-Davidson brand

Bruce Compton dives into the murky secrets of Second World War spies. In Italy, he unearths an iconic code-breaking machine. In the UK the lads revive two rocket launchers

Drew Pritchard's never-ending hunt temporarily concludes at a pub filled with quirky antiques in Winchester, Hampshire, and makes a controversial purchase elsewhere in the county

Henry Cole takes his trusty steed Mavis to the Welsh valleys to enjoy the region's beautiful scenery

The documentary turns to Abu Simbel in Egypt, the largest rock-cut temple in the world, built 3,000 years ago by Pharaoh Ramses II

Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton is in the Philippines with Freddy where they find an artillery gun from the Japanese occupation in the Second World War

Drew Pritchard's never-ending hunt temporarily concludes at a pub filled with quirky antiques in Winchester, Hampshire, and makes a controversial purchase elsewhere in the county

The pivotal role industrialist Andrew Carnegie played in ensuring trains could run on the Pennsylvania Railroad line - setting in motion a chain of events that changed the world

The legacy of mechanics William Harley and Arthur Davidson, whose decision to place an engine on a bicycle frame created of the Harley-Davidson brand

Henry Cole takes his trusty steed Mavis to the Welsh valleys to enjoy the region's beautiful scenery

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home