The Big Chill • 2020 • episode "S1E2" • Blue Sky Metropolis

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Explores how the Cold War and Pentagon dollars fund the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles, creating the gargantuan "military-industrial-complex".

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Blue Sky Metropolis • 2020 • 4 episodes •

Wings

Los Angeles becomes America's "arsenal for democracy" during World War II while critics see an unhealthy alliance develop between the federal government and aircraft manufacturers.

2020 • Technology

The Big Chill

Explores how the Cold War and Pentagon dollars fund the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles, creating the gargantuan "military-industrial-complex".

2020 • Technology

A Space Odyssey

A Space Odyssey

First-hand accounts of those who made possible mankind's greatest achievement.

2020 • Technology

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Tech billionaires launch a new generation of aerospace companies, setting their sights on colonizing Mars and exploring the universe.

2020 • Technology

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