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Season 1


Season 1, Episode 2: Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees

Original Air Date—22 December 1965

Season 1, Episode 3: Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee

Original Air Date—11 February 1966

Season 1, Episode 4: The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Original Air Date—24 March 1966

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"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- Paleontologists find a treasure trove of fossils in dinosaur pits of death.
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500 Million Years Beneath the Sea

Original Air Date—16 April 1968

Alaska!

Original Air Date—30 January 1967

Amazon

Original Air Date—20 February 1968

America's Wonderlands: The National Parks

Original Air Date—28 November 1968

Australia: The Timeless Land

Original Air Date—18 February 1969

Born of Fire

Original Air Date—????
National Geographic's cameras travel to Iceland, Africa, Japan, California and Greece to record how the huge plates of the earth's crust crash together, pull apart and override each other, causing ground-shattering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Follow scientists around the world as they search for clues to the causes of these powerful geologic events. BORN OF FIRE demonstrates that while man is capable of hernessing this tremendous power for his benefit, he must also prepare for the possibility of cataclysmic disaster

Bushmen of the Kalahari

Original Air Date—17 May 1974

Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man

Original Air Date—25 October 1966

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

Original Air Date—1982
Documentary about ancient Egypt, its temples, paintings and art, and how these old treasures are being endangered by modern civilization. Also shown are the Nile river, the Luxor and Karnak temples, the Sphynx, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the river path to the Land of the Dead, the pharaohs and queens' tombs, as well as egyptologysts' interpretation of Ancient Egypt mysteries.

Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas

Original Air Date—1992

Grizzly

Original Air Date—1 November 1967

Hippo!

Original Air Date—15 April 1969

Holland Against the Sea

Original Air Date—14 April 1970

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- Join biologist Alan Rabinowitz as he fights to protect the elusive and endangered jaguar.

In Search of the Great Apes

Original Air Date—13 January 1976

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- An intimate look at the Islamic spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca.

Inside Special Forces

Original Air Date—5 November 2003
The U.S. Army Special Forces are otherwise known as the Green Berets. The history of the Special Forces in Vietnam, Iran, El Salvador, and elsewhere is explored. Special Forces soldiers are shown at work in Afghanistan and Iraq. A unit in Baghdad occupies a deserted palace while they attempt to catch allies of Saddam Hussein and locate weapons caches in the area. As the United States' foes increasingly turn to the tactics of unconventional warfare, the skills and expertise of the Special Forces will prove to be even more useful.

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- Each year the miraculous resurrection takes place, and a submerged kingdom rises to the surface.

Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West

Original Air Date—2003

Lonely Doryman: Portugal's Men of the Sea

Original Air Date—16 April 1968

Man of Serengeti

Original Air Date—22 February 1972

Miraculous Machines

Original Air Date—15 February 1985

Miss Goodall & the Wild Chimpanzes

Original Air Date—5 January 1966

Monkeys, Apes & Man

Original Air Date—21 October 1971

Poison!

Original Air Date—2001

Polynesian Adventure

Original Air Date—15 April 1969

Reptiles and Amphibians

Original Air Date—12 March 1968

Savage World of the Coral Jungle

Original Air Date—10 September 1965

Search for the Belgrano

Original Air Date—13 March 2003

Secret Lives of the Wild Bunch

Original Air Date—15 October 1969

Siberia: The Lost Horizon

Original Air Date—2 December 1969

The Animal Nobody Loved

Original Air Date—10 February 1976

The Big Cats

Original Air Date—15 March 1974

The Great Mojave Desert

Original Air Date—13 February 1971

The Grizzlies

Original Air Date—March 1987

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- Take a voyage through mysterious maritime tales of haunted ghost ships.

The Haunted West

Original Air Date—12 April 1973

The Hidden World of Insects

Original Air Date—8 November 1966

The Last Tribes of Mindanao

Original Air Date—12 January 1972

The Last Vikings

Original Air Date—27 March 1972

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- A chilling look at one of the most violent and destructive storms to hit the U.S. this century.

The Mystery of Animal Behavior

Original Air Date—14 October 1969

The Soul of Spain

Original Air Date—1991

The Violent Earth

Original Air Date—15 February 1973

This Britain: Heritage of the Sea

Original Air Date—9 December 1975

This Land Is Your Land

Original Air Date—23 October 1968

Those Wonderful Dogs

Original Air Date—13 January 1989

"National Geographic Specials" (1964): :  -- Join a new breed of champions as they battle to save this gentle giant of the sea.

Whales in Crisis

Original Air Date—31 March 2004

Wild River

Original Air Date—10 February 1970

Wind Raiders of the Sahara

Original Air Date—6 September 1973
A 1500 mile journey across the world's largest desert in sailboats. An eight-man team of experts spent four weeks navigating the Sahara from Algeria to the Atlantic Coast of Mauritania. The crafts are three-wheeled boats that can streak across the dunes at speeds up to 60 mph. Sahara means wilderness in Arabic and several scenes capture the feeling. Nomadic tribes of Moors, caught in a devastating drought are forced to slaughter their camels for food or free them to fend for themselves. The hazards include erratic winds, uneven terrain, long hauls between water and temperatures that rise over 100 by day and dive below freezing at night.

Winged World

Original Air Date—11 December 1967

Yankee Sails Across Europe

Original Air Date—20 March 1967

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