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3-D Cuban Missile Crisis

The detectives investigate a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections, what could be an early "Amos 'n' Andy" record and a painting with potential ties to women's suffrage. 8/6/2013
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Season 5, Episode 5
S5 E5 Length 56:01 Premiere Date 01/05/07

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis
S5 E1 Length 56:46 Premiere Date 08/06/13

Preview: Cuban Missile Crisis connections
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 06/24/07

Behind the Scenes - Series Three
Clip Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Sports Memorabilia
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 04/28/05

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Thin Section Analysis
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Genealogy
Clip Length 01:36 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Underground Railroad
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre, George Washington Miniature, Stalag 17 - S8 E7

Premiered On: 08/07/2010

Family lore says their 12-gauge shotgun played a role in the Chicago St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Is their story true? Then, why is this miniature of George Washington much more than a piece of art? And, a portrait sketched in a World War II prison leads to a moving meeting 65 years later. These three encore segments first aired in 2009.

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Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/Lost City of Gold - S8 E8

Premiered On: 08/14/2010

The images and words on a poster suggest a battle is brewing: a clenched fist, police called "pigs." Who made this poster and why? Then, did the artist mean to scare someone with the grimace on a face jug? And what does the inscription on a rock in Phoenix tell us about when Spain first arrived in America?

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Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five - S8 E9

Premiered On: 08/21/2010

Does the roster on a Jackie Robinson All-Stars scorecard signal early steps toward integration of major league baseball? Then, see the name 'Toby' worked into the weave of a basket. Could it be Toby Riddle, the woman congress honored as a heroine of the Indian Wars of the American West? And, why did J. Edgar Hoover endorse a radio script, a crime suspense drama based on an FBI case?

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WB Cartoons/Galvez Papers/Mussolini Dagger - S8 E10

Premiered On: 08/28/2010

A box of cartoon drawings and cels tell an unexpected story about the early days of animation and the people behind the art. Then, why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? And (in a repeated segment), did a dagger once belong to Fascist Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini?

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Chicago Clock/Universal Friends/War Dog Letter - S8 E11

Premiered On: 09/06/2010

How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and was this that clock? Then, a document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. So why is her name missing from this document? And, in an encore segment, Tukufu Zuberi investigates what went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island.

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Korean War Letter/Diana/Lookout Mt. Painting - S8 E6

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Cromwell Dixon, Bartlett Sketchbook, & Duke Ellington Plates - S8 E5

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Andrew Jackson's Mouth/Barton Letter/Spybook - S8 E4

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