Life After People: Season 1
What would happen if every human being on Earth disappeared? This isn’t the story of how we might vanish – it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. Building off the success of HISTORY’s two-hour special Life After People, this series continues the exploration of a world wiped clean of humanity, in even more vivid detail. Just like the special, each episode will use cinematic CGI to reveal – in scientific detail – the fate of every aspect of the man-made world. What...
- Documentary/Bio
- HISTORY
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Episodes
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01. The Bodies Left Behind |
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What if every human being on earth disappeared? This isn't the story of how we might vanish--it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. In this episode, we'll see what happens to some of the bodies left behind. Most embalmed and buried, some mummified, others cryogenically frozen. Will any of them truly achieve immortality? Or will they be outlived by other memorials to mankind, like the Statue of Liberty or the Sistine Chapel. This is just part of a journey that will take us to the future of cities of Boston and Houston--as well as haunting sites already devoid of man.
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44 min | 4/27/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
02. Outbreak |
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In this episode, savage forces seize control from man. Thousands of domesticated animals break loose, feats of engineering will self-destruct, pets will escape, and a deadly virus will spread once again. Invasive vines will blanket the South, while the Sears Tower and Big Ben struggle to remain standing. In an outbreak of nature what will endure? It is a journey that will take us to the future of Chicago, Atlanta and London--as well as haunting locations already devoid of man. This isn't the story of how we might vanish--it's the story of what happens to the world we leave behind.
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44 min | 4/29/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
03. The Capital Threat |
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Our nation's capital is under attack. Forces of nature threaten to destroy our national treasures. What will happen to The Capital, The Washington Monument or the Constitution after man disappears? Three thousand miles away, Los Angeles, the center of the entertainment world, faces the same threat. Wilted palm trees set the scene for a massive inferno. What will survive? What creatures might take our place? And could another capital to mankind emerge in the Pacific Ocean when we're gone?
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44 min | 5/6/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
04. Heavy Metal |
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Once people disappear, New York City experiences its next great crash. In this episode, we reveal the breaking point of precious metals: skyscrapers face collapse, bridges hang by a steel thread; and the fate of our nation's secret stash of gold. Meanwhile, a fatal weakness is exposed in the Gateway Arch, breweries reveal untapped potential for disaster, and horses make a surprising bid to stay alive in a life after people.
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44 min | 5/12/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
05. The Invaders |
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In a life after people, Earth is invaded by predatory forces: Pythons, once exotic pets, now battle native alligators for control of the Everglades, invasive plants strip oxygen from lakes and rivers, and the desert invades Phoenix with enormous sandstorms. Meanwhile, Shanghai sinks under the weight of its empty skyscrapers, while Miami Beach battles the forces of the Atlantic Ocean.
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44 min | 5/19/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
06. Bound and Buried |
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The fate of the treasures left entombed, like the mysterious Doomsday Vault, the Mona Lisa, and the Declaration of Independence. Also, Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell cracks for good and San Francisco's cable cars and bridges snap.
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44 min | 5/27/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
07. Sin City Meltdown |
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The apocalyptic future of our gambling meccas. In Las Vegas, a new rat pack takes over, wax figures of celebrities melt, and iconic hotels crumble. In Atlantic City, the ocean tears apart casinos, but the boardwalk refuses to be destroyed.
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44 min | 6/3/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
08. Armed and Defenseless |
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The fate of mankind's machinery of war: a sunken nuclear missile explodes, Pearl Harbor comes under renewed attacks, snow causes urban avalanches, and dairy cows are threatened. Featuring Denver, Hawaii, and a mysterious abandoned island near New York City.
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44 min | 6/9/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
09. The Road to Nowhere |
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What happens to the world when mankind stops traveling around it? Oil refineries keep pumping out fuel, but they're turning into ticking time bombs. In the Motor City, a series of harsh northern winters dismantles an automotive headquarters. In Texas, a life-giving river turns into destroyer, while the Alamo succumbs to a new invader. Also, one breed of dog re-discovers its natural hunting instincts, armadillos reach new frontiers and long-horn cattle face a future they've already experienced.
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44 min | 6/17/2009 | 160 | Buy | |
10. Waters of Death |
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Water gives life, but it can also destroy....and in a Life After People, civilization is under attack from water in many different forms. Corrosion from rain and wet leaves brings down Seattle's Space Needle, while Middle Eastern humidity wrecks Dubai's Burj al-Arab hotel. Rain will flood New Orleans, and when power goes out in the city's aquarium, it spells doom for thousands of animals.
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44 min | 6/24/2009 | 160 | Buy | |