Truth From Legend - Fact From Myth

Truth From Legend was a television show set in the 80s era of the BioShock Infinite universe and aired on AHX in the United States. It was narrated by Alistar Bloom and featured documentaries on various mysteries and strange phenomena. Among their different episodes and thematics was a segment entitled Columbia: A Modern Day Icarus?, dedicated to the mysteries surrounding the lost floating city of Columbia.

The first part presented the city's foundation in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition, and its creator and self-proclaimed prophet Father Comstock, worshiping the founding fathers of the United States. It continues on with a possible explanation behind the secession of Columbia from the government and its public disappearance after the city's violent involvement in the Boxer Rebellion, and concludes on the discovery in March 1981 of a fallen building high in the Alps which contained several Columbian artefacts, bringing new interrogations.

The second part begins with the presentation of the Songbird, a monstrous creature feared by the people on ground after Columbia's disappearance. It is revealed that several sightings of the flying beast captured their imagination in the early 20th century, enough to inspire a nursery rhyme destined to scare misbehaving children. The documentary then shows an excerpt of a 1912 video footage as proof of the Songbird's existence which leaded to many theories on the creature's origin, and purpose as a watchful guardian against enemies of the floating city. The segment concludes on a suggestion (based on the various objects discovered in the Alps) that the real purpose of the bird was to held captive a child, both revered and feared as "The Lamb of Columbia", which brings more questions about this strange figure.