When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.

When mountain climbers are trapped by an avalanche on 28,250 foot-high mountain K2 in Pakistan, a rescue team races against time to save them.

Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.

Rocky Mountain rescue workers discover that a distress call to locate five climbers is really a trap set by a merciless international terrorist, and millions of dollars and their own lives hang in the balance.

Join Hard Hat Harry and learn about the police and search and rescue. From their cars, motorcycles, helicopters, and boats to the rescue dogs and everything in between, find out what it's like to be a part of these heroic teams.

During the final days of World War I, a regiment of daring African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" is trapped deep behind enemy lines. After one of these soldiers manages to escape, he is ordered to join a select team of white troops, led by a battle-scarred officer, to find and rescue the survivors. Casting aside their racial differences, the determined men join forces to find their lost comrades in this gripping, action-filled tale of bravery and unity....

An American naval aviator is shot down over Bosnia while in the midst of a routine reconnaissance mission during the Yugoslav War.

After scaling the never-before-climbed 21,000-foot Siula Grande, climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, face their greatest challenge yet: getting back down. Tragedy strikes when Simpson shatters his leg and they are separated by a series of mishaps.

Hilarious story about baring it all for a cause. When New York publicist E.J. Baxter loses both her job and her fiance at the office Christmas party, she does what anyone would do, she takes a job in Montana! Now, to help the local search-and-rescue station raise funds, E.J. must convince 12 men to pose naked for a calendar. And soon, she finds herself wanting to make room in her own calendar for one of the hunky rescuers!

In 2004 a tsunami ravaged the coast of Thailand and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This story follows a group of people whose lives are irrevocably transformed in the aftermath including: a young couple searching for their child; a Thai survivor who loses his family and tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on; an Englishwoman whose husband and son are missing; an ambitious reporter; a relief worker; an overwhelmed...