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7 Episodes 2005 - 2005
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 1, 2005 30 mins
Chronicling a purported escape from Alcatraz by two inmates, fleeing the former prison in San Francisco Bay known as "the Rock." The program details the perils of the scheme, including a treacherous swim to the mainland.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 13, 2005 30 mins
Recalling an explosion onboard Apollo 13 during its lunar mission in 1970 that endangered astronauts and made headlines. Included: frantic retrieval efforts undertaken by Mission Control in Houston.
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 22, 2005 30 mins
Chronicling a World War II drama in Arnhem, the Netherlands, that involved airborne troops from Britain who eluded capture for weeks behind enemy lines. Archival footage complements firsthand accounts of survivors.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 30 mins
Documenting a World War II getaway from a Nazi stronghold in eastern Germany at Colditz Castle, a high-security installation considered "escape-proof." Detainees defied their captors by devising ingenious escapes.
Episode 5
Thu, Sep 15, 2005 30 mins
Recalling Auschwitz breakouts, heroic flights to freedom from the dreaded concentration camp built in Poland by Nazi Germany. Jewish escapees relate their experiences, framed by harrowing prison footage.
Episode 6
Thu, Oct 6, 2005 30 mins
The evacuation of Allied troops, numbering some 340,000, from the beaches of Dunkirk by an armada manned mostly by civilian volunteers and protected by the Royal Air Force.
Episode 7
Wed, Sep 14, 2005 30 mins
Recalling the Berlin Wall era (1961-89) and dramatic defections by East Germans, who tunneled to freedom or braved police fire. Included: recollections of refugees, enhanced by documentary footage from the period.