Smithsonian HD Network
USA
Smithsonian HD Network zeigt Dokumentationen und faktische Programme aus den Archiven und der Forschung der Institution. Der Kanal konzentriert sich auf amerikanische Geschichte, Naturwissenschaften, Weltraumforschung und kulturelles Erbe und verwendet häufig Archivmaterial sowie Expertenkommentare. Die Sendungen behandeln Themen wie Militärtechnologie, Paläontologie, Luftfahrt und das Leben US-amerikanischer Präsidenten. Die Inhalte werden in hochauflösender Qualität produziert und verzichten bei vielen Dokumentationsblöcken auf Werbeunterbrechungen. Der Sender ist über Kabel- und Satellitenanbieter in den gesamten Vereinigten Staaten verfügbar.
Zuschauer können das Programm über ihren lokalen TV-Guide oder die Website des Senders abrufen, die die kommenden Sendungen nach Datum und Uhrzeit auflistet. Einige Folgen sind auch auf Abruf über teilnehmende Kabelplattformen verfügbar. Der Sender zeigt keine Filme, Musikvideos oder Live-Sport. Sein Programm richtet sich an ein Publikum, das an Bildungsinhalten und institutionellem Storytelling interessiert ist, ohne auf Reality-Serien oder Shopping-Segmente zurückzugreifen.
Programm
00:00 - 01:00
How Did They Build That?
Shipyards & Slender Builds
Series, How-to
A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.
01:00 - 02:00
How Did They Build That?
Arctic Modules & Auditoria
Series, How-to
The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland.
02:00 - 03:00
How Did They Build That?
Reborn Buildings & Sacred Grounds
Series, How-to
In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery.
03:00 - 04:00
Air Disasters
Second Thoughts
Series, Documentary, Aviation, History
The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go wrong; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes a few kilometers from the runway; investigators discover that there was nothing abnormal about the two engines.
04:00 - 05:00
Air Disasters
Blind Spot
Series, Aviation, Documentary
In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.
05:00 - 06:00
Air Disasters
Dead Weight
Series, Aviation, Documentary
Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
06:00 - 07:00
Air Disasters
The Plane That Flew Too High
Series, Aviation, Documentary
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
07:00 - 08:00
Air Disasters
Tree Strike Terror
Series, Documentary, Aviation
After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
08:00 - 09:00
Air Disasters
Lethal Choices
Series, Documentary, Aviation
Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
09:00 - 10:00
Air Disasters
Deadly Crossroads
Series, Documentary, Aviation
A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
10:00 - 11:00
Air Disasters
Operation Babylift
Series, Documentary, Aviation, Crime drama, History
A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing.
11:00 - 12:00
Air Disasters
Falling Fast
Series, Documentary, Aviation, Crime drama, History
Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
12:00 - 13:00
Combat Ships
Doomed Vessels
Series, Documentary, Military, War
Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.
13:00 - 14:00
Combat Ships
Metal War Ships
Series, Documentary, Military, War
The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.
14:00 - 15:00
Combat Ships
War Beneath the Waves
Series, Documentary, Military, War
The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.
15:00 - 16:00
Combat Ships
Cold War Warriors
Series, Documentary, Military, War
An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.
16:00 - 17:00
Combat Ships
Hidden Figures
Series, Documentary, Military, War
Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.
17:00 - 18:00
Combat Ships
Record Breakers
Series, Documentary, Military, War
A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.
18:00 - 19:00
Combat Ships
Gulf War Warriors
Series, Documentary, Military, War
A look at key naval battles that have taken place in the Persian Gulf over the last 50 years and the warships involved, from both sides of the conflicts.
19:00 - 20:00
Combat Ships
The Smallest Ships
Series, Documentary, Military, War
A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.
20:00 - 21:00
Combat Ships
Sunk
Series, Documentary, Military, War
New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.
21:00 - 22:00
Combat Ships
Top Guns
Series, Documentary, Military, War
A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.
22:00 - 23:00
Air Warriors
AH-1 Cobra
Series, Documentary, Military, History
During the Vietnam War, the United States needed a helicopter that could defend itself; the AH-1 Cobra, the world's first pure attack helicopter.
23:00 - 00:00
Air Warriors
Prowler-Growler
Series, Documentary, Military, History
Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.