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Expedition Amelia

Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.

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Chad Cohen

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documentary, history

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National Geographic

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http://natgeotv.com/int/expedition-amelia

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Narrator: It's not every
day one gets a chance to
make the find of a century, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: It's not every day one gets a chance to ma...

Narrator: But that's exactly
what national geographic's - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: But that's exactly what national geographic...

Narrator: The story takes
us back to July 2, 1937. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The story takes us back to July 2, 1937.

Any moment now, the world's
most adored aviator, having
flown more than halfway around - Expedition Amelia

Any moment now, the world's most adored aviator, having...

They were horrified of the
fact that they could hear her, - Expedition Amelia

They were horrified of the fact that they could hear her,

Earhart (over radio): Khaqq. - Expedition Amelia

Earhart (over radio): Khaqq.

Narrator: The signal is
so strong, the radiomen
run out on deck, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The signal is so strong, the radiomen run out o...

Narrator: Wait. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Wait.

Man (over radio): She
was reported missing. - Expedition Amelia

Man (over radio): She was reported missing.

Narrator: The disappearance
has spawned countless theories
and launched dozens of - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The disappearance has spawned countless theories a...

There's a lot of interest
in her disappearance
and what happened to her, - Expedition Amelia

There's a lot of interest in her disappearance and what...

But to me the biggest mystery
is who was she really. - Expedition Amelia

But to me the biggest mystery is who was she really.

But 80 years later she is,
in some ways, - Expedition Amelia

But 80 years later she is, in some ways,

She was way ahead of her times
and taking on the world as a
woman, and she did quite well, - Expedition Amelia

She was way ahead of her times and taking on the world as a ...

Narrator: Now ballard,
another kansan, is adding a
new chapter to amelia's story. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Now ballard, another kansan, is adding a new chapt...

Narrator: At an airplane
hangar in amelia's
hometown of atchison, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: At an airplane hangar in amelia's hometown...

Narrator: Bob is confident
the engines lie at
the bottom of the pacific, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Bob is confident the engines lie at the bottom ...

Crew (over radio):
It's good to go. - Expedition Amelia

Crew (over radio): It's good to go.

It's not the lochness
monster, it's not bigfoot. - Expedition Amelia

It's not the lochness monster, it's not bigfoot.

That plane exists, which
means you can find it. - Expedition Amelia

That plane exists, which means you can find it.

Narrator: Even before
she disappeared in July 1937,
amelia earhart was already one - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Even before she disappeared in July 1937, ameli...

For years she pushed
the boundaries of what
was humanly possible, - Expedition Amelia

For years she pushed the boundaries of what was humanly p...

Narrator: Now she is
poised to push those limits
as far as they can go. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Now she is poised to push those limits as far a...

She was really
at the peak of her
training, her expertise. - Expedition Amelia

She was really at the peak of her training, her expertise.

She wanted to do the
most exciting thing
she could think of. - Expedition Amelia

She wanted to do the most exciting thing she could think of.

And I think that's why she
chose flying around the world. - Expedition Amelia

And I think that's why she chose flying around the worl...

Narrator: World flights
had been done before, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: World flights had been done before,

It will be the first
flight, if successful, - Expedition Amelia

It will be the first flight, if successful,

Narrator: It would be an
astonishing feat for anyone
in 1937, man or woman. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: It would be an astonishing feat for anyone in 1...

I mean, you're talking
about mechanics and
airplanes and being brave, - Expedition Amelia

I mean, you're talking about mechanics and airplanes an...

Narrator: Amelia takes off
from california in March 1937. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Amelia takes off from california in March 1937.

Reporter (over radio):
Over san francisco bay
and its famous bridges, - Expedition Amelia

Reporter (over radio): Over san francisco bay and its fam...

Narrator: Under auspicious
skies, the expedition vessel
nautilus is also setting off, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Under auspicious skies, the expedition vessel n...

Narrator: That she
crashed at sea and sank
is the official explanation - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: That she crashed at sea and sank is the officia...

Narrator: It's just not a
simple theory to search. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: It's just not a simple theory to search.

Narrator: Instead, bob is
following evidence uncovered
by the international group for - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Instead, bob is following evidence uncovered by th...

Until I saw evidence that
something else had happened. - Expedition Amelia

Until I saw evidence that something else had happened.

And then I said,
let's look into this. - Expedition Amelia

And then I said, let's look into this.

Narrator: Tighar has now
been looking into nikumaroro
for the last 30 years. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Tighar has now been looking into nikumaroro for...

Narrator: So far, they've
found no definitive proof
amelia landed on the island, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: So far, they've found no definitive proof ...

Narrator: And he has
a pretty good track record
of finding the unfindable, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: And he has a pretty good track record of findin...

And this is probably
the toughest one I've
ever had, and you know, - Expedition Amelia

And this is probably the toughest one I've ever had, an...

Narrator: Flying westward
over the pacific, amelia is
also giving all she's got. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Flying westward over the pacific, amelia is als...

And when she finally takes
off again on may 20, 1937,
a seasonal shift in the - Expedition Amelia

And when she finally takes off again on may 20, 1937, a s...

Ballard is nearing the
waters where amelia is - Expedition Amelia

Ballard is nearing the waters where amelia is

We're here heading on
337, and she was coming
down on the reciprocal. - Expedition Amelia

We're here heading on 337, and she was coming down on t...

Narrator: The nautilus
team uses satellites
to chart its course. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The nautilus team uses satellites to chart its ...

Narrator: Without stars,
fred would presumably await
the next available sighting, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Without stars, fred would presumably await the ...

I don't know if I'm up here
or down here or right here on
course, but I'm on this line. - Expedition Amelia

I don't know if I'm up here or down here or right ...

Narrator: Fred can then use
airspeed to determine when
that north-south line will - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Fred can then use airspeed to determine when th...

Narrator: They are supposed
to home in on howland using
a new radio direction finder, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: They are supposed to home in on howland using a...

And fred says, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: But if you follow
the 337-157 line a few
hundred miles the other way, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: But if you follow the 337-157 line a few hundre...

And they look
around and they see, - Expedition Amelia

And they look around and they see,

Narrator: The ss norwich city, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The ss norwich city,

Narrator: It was called
gardner island in 1937;
today it's nikumaroro. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: It was called gardner island in 1937; today it&...

Narrator: The island offers
bob and expedition leader
allison fundis a narrow search - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The island offers bob and expedition leader alliso...

We're at the entrance to
the lagoon where we think
that is the general area - Expedition Amelia

We're at the entrance to the lagoon where we think that...

Narrator: Previous attempts
here, including modest imaging
work and rudimentary mapping, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Previous attempts here, including modest imaging w...

Narrator: And the search won't
stop at the water's edge. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: And the search won't stop at the water's...

September 23rd, 1940,
“just might be amelia earhart.”
and he misspells earhart, - Expedition Amelia

September 23rd, 1940, “just might be amelia earhart.” and he...

Narrator: Thirteen
bones are found in all,
including some long bones, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some...

Narrator: Nobody knew about
because the bones were packed
up and sent to the colonial - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Nobody knew about because the bones were packed ...

Narrator: The teams here based
on a recent reevaluation of
the written description of the - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The teams here based on a recent reevaluation of t...

He didn't take a long bone
measurement of the femur. - Expedition Amelia

He didn't take a long bone measurement of the femur.

That is really the absolute
best bone that we could
measure for an accurate - Expedition Amelia

That is really the absolute best bone that we could measure ...

He says that he can't estimate
ancestry, but then goes on
to say it's probably a mixed - Expedition Amelia

He says that he can't estimate ancestry, but then goes ...

Where I think he really got
it off was the sex estimation. - Expedition Amelia

Where I think he really got it off was the sex estimation.

He takes a couple of
measurements that he doesn't
provide those metrics and says - Expedition Amelia

He takes a couple of measurements that he doesn't provi...

Narrator: By entering
hoodless' measurements
of the bones into a - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: By entering hoodless' measurements of the ...

At a minimum, they should
have been analyzed further. - Expedition Amelia

At a minimum, they should have been analyzed further.

Narrator: The question now
is, if the paper archives
wound up here on tarawa, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The question now is, if the paper archives woun...

Islands in the central
pacific, including nikumaroro. - Expedition Amelia

Islands in the central pacific, including nikumaroro.

The national geographic
team believes if the british
telegrams ended up here, - Expedition Amelia

The national geographic team believes if the british tele...

Narrator: The challenge
is they've been holding
on to many unidentified - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The challenge is they've been holding on t...

Narrator: Many of those
remains are now housed
in tarawa's archives, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Many of those remains are now housed in tarawa&...

It's a small space
between your teeth. - Expedition Amelia

It's a small space between your teeth.

Narrator: She also had
repeated surgeries throughout
her life due to crippling - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: She also had repeated surgeries throughout her ...

So, seeing that evidence
of surgery and the diastema
would be great indicators - Expedition Amelia

So, seeing that evidence of surgery and the diastema would b...

Narrator: The
team meticulously
studies each bone, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The team meticulously studies each bone,

Hiebert: So, this one also
checked off the list. - Expedition Amelia

Hiebert: So, this one also checked off the list.

Narrator: They search through
more than 600 bone fragments, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: They search through more than 600 bone fragments...

Narrator: Until, at
the end of the last day,
in the very last box. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: Until, at the end of the last day, in the very ...

That's a female, and you
can see a huge difference. - Expedition Amelia

That's a female, and you can see a huge difference.

We're looking at a
female all of a sudden,
that's a game-changer. - Expedition Amelia

We're looking at a female all of a sudden, that's ...

Narrator: A female
that may even bear some of
amelia's telltale markings. - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: A female that may even bear some of amelia'...

If we reconstruct this, we'll
be able to just to visualize
it a little bit better. - Expedition Amelia

If we reconstruct this, we'll be able to just to visual...

Narrator: The team
now arranges to get the skull
back to erin's lab in florida, - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: The team now arranges to get the skull back to eri...

Now, honestly, that is a long
shot, but I love long shots. - Expedition Amelia

Now, honestly, that is a long shot, but I love long shots.

Narrator: In another long
shot, fred and jaime will join
ballard in nikumaroro to dig - Expedition Amelia

Narrator: In another long shot, fred and jaime will join bal...

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Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.

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Director: Chad Cohen

Writer: Chad Cohen, Eleanor Grant

Production: National Geographic

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 Oct 2019

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://natgeotv.com/int/expedition-amelia