National Geographic Documentaries
Season 1996
TV-PG
Go behind the scenes of life on our planet with National Geographic videos. Share the wonder of the natural world with educational animal videos for kids. Let National Geographic be your all-access pass with documentary videos about the U.S. State Department, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or 9/11. Experience the past coming to life with culture and history videos, and engage more deeply with the present with science and nature.
Where to Watch Season 1996
10 Episodes
- Wildlife WarriorsE1
Wildlife WarriorsThe hunted - they slip across borders in search of prey, boldly striking without fear. The hunters-- an elite force of specially-trained soldiers with orders of shoot-to-kill. Now, watch the story of one of today's most compelling dramas, the life-and-death struggle to save Africa's endangered animals. Shot on location by famed African filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, travel to some of the most remote corners of the African bush. - Last Feast of the CrocodilesE2
Last Feast of the CrocodilesShows how animals survive when drought strikes at the Kruger National Park. Hippos and crocodiles take refuge in the last pool in the riverbed, and an increasing crowd of thirsty animals compete for a life-saving drink. It also shows how baboons force a crocodile to release its prey. - Russia's Last TsarE3
Russia's Last TsarFabled Romanovs, led by Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, ruled imperial Russia in high splendor, despite the disintegration of their divided, war-torn country. In 1918 the rise of Communism violently collided with the rule of royalty when the tsar, his beloved wife, and their children were murdered and buried in a secret grave. Story is told from newly discovered photographs and archival film. - Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
E4Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's StoryPredator versus prey in a deadly battle on the African plains. Leopard and warthog: Two unlikely creatures linked by fate on the African savanna. One is predator, the other, prey. This intimate film presents remarkable close-up footage of the leopard, perhaps the wildest of the great cats and its odd-looking neighbor, the warthog. 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. The night is full of other killers on the African plains. Leopard and warthog are just players of an ongoing struggle to survive, played out at the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa. One of nature's most magnificent natural settings sets the stage for the many dramas in BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: A LEOPARD'S STORY. - Arctic Kingdom : Life at the EdgeE5
Arctic Kingdom : Life at the EdgeStalk the Arctic ice with the fiercest predator, the polar bear, as it prowls one of the most forbidding places on the planet: a hidden kingdom of magnificent creatures. Armed with a keen sense of smell and backed up by 1,700 pounds, fur and fangs, the polar bear stands alone at the top of the food chain. Yet many other hunters manage to survive in and around harsh arctic waters from the savvy arctic fox to the massive, whiskered walrus. - Okavango: Africa's Wild OasisE7
Okavango: Africa's Wild OasisWhile most think an oasis in the desert is at best a mirage, this is not always so, as is the case of the jewel of the great African Kalahari Desert, Okavango. This nourishing delta, the largest within the borders of the Dark Continent, is the lifeblood for thousands of weary animals making the trek across the unforgiving sun-baked lands of Zimbabwe. - Dinosaur Hunters
E8Dinosaur HuntersIn 1922, American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews led an archeological expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert and uncovered one of the richest dinosaur graveyards in the world. Political conflicts forced him to leave before he had even scratched the surface of the treasure below. In 1997, two paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History were finally allowed to return, retracing Chapman's steps and unearthing some groundbreaking finds of their own. With spectacular on-location filming, archival footage from Chapman's expedition and impressive computer animation, it's an amazing journey back in time to a lost world where ancient giants once roamed.