WORLD (PT)

10:00 pm 

Into The Wild: Edison, Ford & Friends   Between 1914 and 1924, a group of famous friends - prolific inventor Thomas Edison, pioneering auto-maker Henry Ford, best-selling nature writer John Burroughs, and later, tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone - traveled to the remote reaches of Florida's Everglades in search of a rustic camping adventure far from the pressures of work and the press. Freed from the demands of daily life, the friends and their entourage enjoyed the serendipity of life on the road, stopping to help farmers in the field, examining streams for hydroelectric possibilities or engaging in an impromptu tree-chopping contest. INTO THE WILD: EDISON, FORD & FRIENDS features excerpts from the journals and letters of Burroughs and Firestone as well as interviews with historians and biographers. D

10:30 pm 

Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison, The Wizard's Wife   The wife of Thomas Edison hints at a little-known side of the prolific inventor in her diary entries and reveals her own struggles and accomplishments. Drawn from diaries and letters, this film explores Mina's own impact through the seeds sown in their gardens and her personal charity workG

11:00 pm 

Secrets of the Dead  "Japanese Supersub"  In spring 1946 the United States destroyed one of Japan's most advanced weapons systems - the I-401 aircraft carrier submarine - rather than share the discovery with the Soviets as required at the end of World War II. The innovative ship could launch attack bombers within seven minutes of reaching the surface. This program investigates Japan's efforts to take submarine technology beyond the known limits. of the 1940s.G