Platform: PBS ❯ PBS Nova

B29 Frozen in Time

Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.
Gleaming like a jewel, this well preserved bomber from World War II rests on the Arctic tundra where it was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947. This plane has long been a legend, and now, facing incredible hardship, a team of adventurers struggle to bring the frozen warbird back to life.
In February 1947, a B-29 bomber nicknamed Kee Bird became lost above the Arctic Circle while on a secret Cold War reconnaissance mission. After crash landing in northern Greenland, the crew was rescued, but the Kee Bird was left behind. Although nearly 4,000 B-29s were built in the 1940s, by 1994 the Kee Bird was one of only a few such planes left in the world.
Its historical significance and well-preserved condition attracted the attention of Darryl Greenamyer, an experienced salvage pilot. After surveying the plane and its location, Greenamyer decided to repair the Kee Bird and fly it back to the United States. He and a team of dedicated enthusiasts take up the impossible challenge of bringing the frozen legend back to life.
NOVA follows bold pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to revive Kee Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and harshest environments on Earth-- -endurance, improvisation and experience. Despite severe weather illness and difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994 Greenamyer returns in May 1995 with a larger crew a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to bring Kee Bird back to life and back home. An amazing and enthralling story, superbly filmed and documented.
Written, Produced, and Directed by Mike Rossiter ; A Debonair Production Co. Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH in association with Channel Four Television and SVT Sveriges Television

Perception Deception

Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you cant always trust what you perceive. Learn the surprising tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive.

Whos In Control

Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see whats really driving the decisions you make.

Nazi Attack on America

A sunken German U-boat off the coast of New Orleans tells the story of Operation Drumbeat. At the beginning of 1942, shortly after the USA entered the war, the German Navy sent its submarines west. Their destination: the North American coast.
Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one of the attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off New Orleans.
Hitler's U-Boats sank 609 allied ships in American-protected waters during WWII. More than 5,000 lives were lost and over 3 million tons of cargo never reached its destination, as Hitler attempted to disrupt the crucial flow of supplies from America to Britain. The allies managed to sink only ten of these U-boats in American-protected waters during the war and only one in the Gulf of MexcioU-Boat 166. However, the circumstances surrounding U-boat 166's sinking resulted in decades of controversy. Now, Nazi Attack on America, a NOVA/National Geographic special tells what is known of the Unterseeboote's fateful voyage and seeks to determine who was responsible for sinking it.
Type IXC U-166 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful U-boat operation that caught East Coast cities and shipping almost completely unprepared. With state-of-the-art survey gear Ballard probes the wreck and explores a dramatic mystery in the official story of the sub's sinking. As the only U-boat lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the U-166 represents an important piece of Louisiana and U.S. maritime history.
Directed by Kirk Wolfinger and Owen Palmquist ; A Production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston in association with Lone Wolf Documentary Group