Friday, August 15th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Canada: Over the Edge Cape Breton Island
An aerial view of Cape Breton Island from the Canso Causeway to the Cape Breton Highlands.
Canada: Over the Edge Northumberland Strait
Northumberland Strait.
Abandoned Engineering Ghost Ships
Once-great triumphs of marine engineering now left to rust include a ship graveyard in Maryland.
Inside the Tower of London Henry's Wives
An inside look at gruesome history of the White Tower, the tragic relationship of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and what it's like to work in London's oldest building.
Egyptologists investigate rumors that the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb unleashed a deadly curse.
America's Lost Airships: Weapon of War
The Navy's U.S.S. Macon flew in the 1930's, the golden age of airships, and was able to both launch and recover airplanes; telling the lost story of America's airships, their rapid rise, tragic demise, and the bold experiments in between.
Inside the Tower of London Henry's Wives
An inside look at gruesome history of the White Tower, the tragic relationship of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and what it's like to work in London's oldest building.
Egyptologists investigate rumors that the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb unleashed a deadly curse.
Air Warriors Prowler-Growler
Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.
Mysteries From Above Great Cities
Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.
Unearthed The Lost Empire of Palmyra
Palmyra: pearl of the Syrian desert; experts return to the site and use CGI reconstruction to reveal the secrets of Palmyra's ancient engineers.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
The Secret History of World War II D-Day
First-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-Day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
Hitler's Last Stand Falaise Trap
With thousands of German soldiers trapped in the Falaise Pocket, a small Canadian tank squadron tries to close off the escape route.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
The Secret History of World War II D-Day
First-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-Day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
Hitler's Last Stand Falaise Trap
With thousands of German soldiers trapped in the Falaise Pocket, a small Canadian tank squadron tries to close off the escape route.
Abandoned Engineering Ghost Ships
Once-great triumphs of marine engineering now left to rust include a ship graveyard in Maryland.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
The Secret History of World War II D-Day
First-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-Day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
Hitler's Last Stand Falaise Trap
With thousands of German soldiers trapped in the Falaise Pocket, a small Canadian tank squadron tries to close off the escape route.
Cosmic Vistas The Big Bang
Examining the science behind the birth of the universe.
Cosmic Vistas Hot Zone
Mercury, one of the nearest planets to earth, has eluded astronomers' best efforts to learn its secrets until missions like Mariner and Messenger.
Mysteries From Above Lost at Sea
A remote island linked to one of the world's most famous aviation mysteries; thousands of shipwrecks in the Bermuda triangle; a history lost and found in the South Pacific; a 10,000-year-old mystery in the murky depths of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Canada: Over the Edge Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick
The loyalist city of Saint John and international borders beyond, one of the worlds most famous waterways.