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- Witness how skilled workers and high-tech tools combine to create made-to-order fire trucks in 45 days.
- Tour the factories that build the mining Goliath - the Caterpillar 797B.
- The legendary kraken lurks in the dark, and may be headed for our shores. From fishermen killed by ravenous squid to sailors who've witnessed the epic-sized monster in the flesh, these stories show the kraken myth is all too real. Can anything stop them?
- Best Food Ever: Sensational Sandwiches takes viewers on a cross-country tour of supreme American sandwiches. From the ultimate burger to the $100 cheesesteak, it's sure to leave viewers craving America's best local handheld creations.
- Mammoth machines. Trash piled twenty stories high. Man and technology in a battle against a tidal wave of waste. Uncover the gargantuan world of garbage at America's largest active Mega Dump: Puente Hills, California. Most landfills take in 2,000 tons of trash a day -- this one processes 2,000 tons an hour. How does it do it? With mega machines and mega ingenuity. Take a spin in the 120,000-pound Bomag Compactor, with its 55-inch garbage-crushing steel wheels. Power up with methane gas... Puente Hills powers over 100,000 homes and a fleet of vehicles with their landfill gas. And find out what happens to your trash when you're not looking. You're going behind the scenes at LA's dirtiest suburb. Call it big, call it nasty, but don't you dare call it just a hole in the ground!
- Go behind the scenes at Anheuser-Busch's unique beer factory.
- The Rolls-Royce Phantom is the ultimate symbol of automotive luxury. National Geographic goes inside three plants to see how a team of skilled craftspeople perfectly weld, sculpt, laser-cut, paint and customize each one of these ultimate luxury cars.
- The story of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who killed at least 33 young men and boys, between 1972 and 1978, and buried many of the bodies in the crawl space, beneath his suburban Chicago house. He was executed on May 10, 1994.
- Join us as we follow the creation of the car that moves millions. The R-160 Subway car is the newest member of the New York City Transit fleet -- bringing 21st Century safety and technological innovations to a mass transit system over 100 years old. These innovations include LCD screen maps, a passenger emergency intercom system, soundproofing and a braking system that actually generates electricity and returns power to the third rail. It starts as sheets of metal in Sao Paulo, Brazil where human skill, fire, and steel come together to build the body shell. After a month-long voyage, the body arrives in Hornell, NY for final assembly, motor installation, and testing. Once assembled the R-160 weighs nearly 85,000 lbs and contains 24 miles of wiring. This car is built to last 40 years, to withstand the force of 1.6 billion riders per year, and survive in one of the worlds toughest environments New York City.
- Witness the creation of the new high-performance Corvette Z06.
- Inside the Audi R8 factory in Neckarsulm, Germany and follow the crafting of a road car modeled after a champion racecar. With the introduction of the R8, Audi creates a sportscar that rivals the likes of Porsche and Lamborghini.
- It was the world's largest concrete building, housing the world's most dangerous criminals. What design strengths made Alcatraz invincible? And what design failures made it a mecca for escape. Uncover the incredible of story of man vs. prison in ALCATRAZ: LIVING HELL.
- Go behind the scenes to witness the V-Rod as it's built from the ground up.
- They combine innovative design and massive horsepower to generate unparalleled speed. But with tremendous strength comes tremendous danger. One wrong move could send a driver into disaster. But advancements in mechanical technology and safety innovations are helping to push the boundaries of what is possible for superbikes, race cars, and acrobatic airplanes.
- Match wits with the greatest military leaders and go behind the scenes of the most intriguing battles in history.
- At the intersection of human and wild you'll find hugely entertaining stories with larger-than-life, but very real characters from the full range of the animal kingdom.
- See firsthand what it takes to build the "ultimate driving machine".
- Since 1964, Porsche's Ultimate Factory in Stuttgart, Germany has made one of the world's most iconic sports cars - The Porsche 911. The factory runs like a precision machine as it builds more than 200 of Porsche's legendary flat-six cylinder engines a day. In the body shop, 105 robots and teams of human welders build the Porsche 911's body. The color coat for all bodies is hand-painted. And finally the cars pass through 117 assembly stations, the most dramatic of which is the "marriage" of the body and powertrain. By the end of every workday, 110 new Porsche 911's roll out of the famed German maker's Ultimate Factory (Mega Factory).
- In 36 countries, in 296 stores IKEA represents a distinct design and an affordable price. To get the job done, suppliers in 54 countries carry out IKEAs vision. These are the factories.