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The American Revolution: The Magna Carta

The United States' borrowed the concept of checks and balances from England's Magna Carta.


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Discoveries This Week: High Tech Bomb Sniffer (0:56)

The Science Channel's "Discoveries this Week," takes a look at the latest in technology in airport security -- a high tech scanner that can sniff out bombs and explosives.

Pearl Harbor News: Images from the Attack (4:13)

Watch this original video made from Pearl Harbor newsreels and radio broadcasts.

Operation Sea Dragon: Suspect Vessel (3:43)

The Operation Sea Dragon task force responds to a distress call off of the African Coast. Meanwhile the USS Antietam wards of a suspect vessel.

Operation Sea Dragon: USS Antietam (4:01)

The Operation Sea Dragon task force responds to a distress call off of the African Coast. Meanwhile the USS Antietam wards of a suspect vessel.

Operation Sea Dragon: USS Carl Vinson 2 (4:14)

Catch the second half as the USS Carl Vinson packs the biggest punch for the Operation Sea Dragon task force.

Operation Sea Dragon: USS Carl Vinson (5:00)

The USS Carl Vinson packs the biggest punch for the Operation Sea Dragon task force.

Operation Sea Dragon: Al Basrah Oil Terminal 2 (4:24)

Learn more about the most important terrorist target in the world, the Al Basrah Oil Terminal, located off the coast of Iraq.

Operation Sea Dragon: Al Basrah Oil Terminal (4:55)

The most important terrorist target in the world is ABOT, the Al Basrah Oil Terminal, located off the coast of Iraq.

My War Diary: Hotel Saddam (6:49)

Two soldiers with the 74th Engineer Company help rebuild a bridge over the Tigris River and get to shack up in a former palace.

TLC Elementary School: American Values in Conflict (24:22)

This program explores conflicts in American history that have challenged the interpretation of the Bill of Rights: the Trail of Tears, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the events of September 11, 2001.