TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA
Saturday, August 2nd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA
Aerial America Alaska's Call of the Wild
A look at America's landmarks, including a view of bears catching clams in Alaska's rivers; a high-flying tour reveals Alaska's call of the wild spirit that has lured adventurers and dreamers north for centuries.
Aerial America Georgia
The Empire State of the South; ancient Moundbuilders to the Cherokee Indians.
Aerial America The Great Plains
An aerial tour over America's Great Plains tracks the prairies, farms, oilfields and wildlife.
Aerial America New York
Beauty of the Empire State; Central Park; tallest skyscrapers; mighty rivers; 17th century explorer Henry Hudson.
Aerial America South Carolina
White sand beaches; Blue Ridge Mountains; Charleston's Rainbow Row.
Aerial America Alabama
Vast cotton fields, Gulf coast beaches; famous Civil Rights marches; NASCAR's most dangerous track; steel factories.
Aerial America Boston 24
A day-long aerial tour of the New England city of Boston in Massachusetts; where Americans first rebelled against Britain by dumping chests of tea into the harbor and where rock band Aerosmith first made it big.
Aerial America Tennessee
From battlefields where hundreds died to Beale Street where musical legends were born.
Aerial America Rhode Island
A small state has a whole lot of history.
Aerial America Connecticut
A high-flying tour of Connecticut; exploring the safe harbors, buildings and rich maritime history; the home state of Mark Twain, PT Barnum and Katharine Hepburn; the exclusive Gold Coast, the Thimble Islands and the historic cities.
Make It Out Alive San Francisco Quake
When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
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.
Disasters at Sea Death On The Staten Island Ferry
The MV Andrew J. Barberi ferry boat is traveling to Staten Island with 1,500 passengers; as it nears its destination, the ship continues full steam ahead and slams into the maintenance pier, killing 11 on board and injuring 57 others.
Air Disasters Fire in the Hold
Moments after takeoff, a plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 110 people on board.
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.
An inside look at the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde jet and series of events that caused the accident.
Air Disasters Missed Opportunities
[EPG Series] History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters Fire on Board
A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic, leading to one of the largest investigations in aviation history.
Air Disasters Kathmandu Descent
A challenging descent in the Himalayas turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to a Kathmandu airport.
Air Disasters Mountain Impact
Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.
Air Disasters Soccer Tragedy
A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.
Aerial America Coasts
An aerial tour over America's coastlines explores the visual splendor and rich history of the nation's varied borders.
Aerial America Massachusetts
A flight over Massachusetts explores the sites; the Bay State, from Martha's Vineyard to the Bambino's Curse, seen from the air.
Aerial America On the Water
Taking flight for a bird's eye tour of America's rivers, lakes and canals.