TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Saturday, April 4th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Aerial America Louisiana
Louisiana's wetlands and underwater oil fields.
Aerial America Beyond Hollywood
A coast-to-coast aerial journey across America, visiting locations made famous by movies such as Rocky, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump and others.
Aerial America New Jersey
Explore the forests, shores, bridges and tunnels of one of American's 13 original states, New Jersey.
Aerial America Washington
Home to some of America's highest mountains; Mount St. Helens.
Aerial America Amazing Destinations
Natural wonders, manmade marvels, hidden treasures and places of inspiration.
Aerial America Oklahoma
Viewing Oklahoma from the sky reveals a state filled with tall-grass prairies and man-made wonders; the Dust Bowl, Tornado Alley and buffalo-filled plains; it also shows a history steeped in tragedy and devastation.
Aerial America Arizona
A flight over Arizona explores the state's storied past, architectural achievements and landscapes, including America's natural wonder, the Grand Canyon.
Aerial America The Great Plains
An aerial tour over America's Great Plains tracks the prairies, farms, oilfields and wildlife.
Aerial America Alabama
Vast cotton fields, Gulf coast beaches; famous Civil Rights marches; NASCAR's most dangerous track; steel factories.
Aerial America Nevada
An aerial tour of Nevada; the state's deserts, ghost towns, neon cities and Hoover Dam; its history built on epic booms and busts.
Aerial America Yellowstone
An aerial tour of the world's first national park showcases Yellowstone's diverse wildlife and rich history.
A supervolcano brewing beneath Yellowstone National Park could be the worst natural disaster in history.
The eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano kills hundreds as a pyroclastic flow roars down its slopes; the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is a slow-motion disaster, starting with small earthquakes before bursting into residential neighborhoods.
Make It Out Alive Oklahoma Tornado
On the evening of May 3, 1999, the residents of Oklahoma City were hit with a devastating tornado.
Ten Steps to Disaster Mount St. Helens
On May 18, 1980, Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupts; revisiting the destructive volcanic event and revealing ten failures that escalated the catastrophe, including ignored warnings, inadequate safety zones and poor rescue planning.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
Disasters at Sea Storm Watch
Bound from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico, crew members on the SS El Faro containership find themselves just 20 miles from the eye of a hurricane; after the ship goes missing, investigators ask why the crew took such a deadly course.
Ten Steps to Disaster Texas Blackout
Modern history's worst disasters are revisited and analyzed to identify ten key errors that led to each one.
Bird vs. Plane: Miracle on the Hudson
An exploration of the threat posed by bird strikes in commercial and military air accidents as well as a closer look at the day when US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canadian geese and lost engine power over the Hudson River.
Air Disasters Hudson River Runway
US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, causing both engines to fail.
Air Disasters Deadly Detour
The crew of a commuter flight over France makes a sight-seeing detour that sets off a deadly chain of events.
Air Disasters Icy Descent
After experiencing icing conditions, a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert; investigators are mystified by what they uncover.
Air Disasters System Breakdown
Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
Air Disasters Tragedy on the Potomac
On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.