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Back for an amazing seventh series ‘Air Warriors’ takes you on a journey to discover World War II’s most legendary fighter, the world’s first “invisible” plane and the Swiss Army knife of military aircraft. These are just some of the world’s most iconic planes -past and present- that have pushed the boundaries of aviation, gravity, and warfare. Discover the inside stories of the F6F Hellcat, the F-22 Raptor, the OV-10 Bronco, and many more.
When President Kennedy challenged NASA to reach for the moon in 1961, it had all of fifteen minutes of space flight experience. By 1969, Neil Armstrong’s boot print was in the moon dust. In between are extraordinary tales of politics, engineering, ego, tragedy, and triumph. They are told by astronauts, historians, Smithsonian experts, and one-of-a-kind artifacts. This series sheds new light on one of the most compelling chapters of the American storybook: Project Apollo.
Smithsonian Networks
On the 10th anniversary of US Airways Flight 1549’s miraculous landing on the Hudson River, Smithsonian Channel revisits the event to explore the impact of bird strikes in aviation accidents. See first-person accounts from survivors, flight safety experts, and leading scientists in the fields of ornithology and wildlife management as ‘Bird vs. Plane: Miracle On The Hudson’ highlights the groundbreaking work to prevent future occurrences.
Arrow Media/Smithsonian Networks
The Great Barrier Reef; a living structure so big it can be seen from space, more complex than any city, and so diverse it hosts a third of all fish species in Australia. The Reef as we know it is dying. ‘Can We Save The Reef?’ is the story of scientists racing to understand this natural wonder, and employing bold new science to save it.
New Series
Red Rock Films/Smithsonian Networks
Air Warriors
24 x 60’, 2014-2018, HD/4K
In a blockbuster paper in 1948, Claude Shannon introduced the notion of a “bit” and laid the foundation for the information age. His ideas ripple through nearly every aspect of modern life, influencing such diverse fields as communication, linguistics, genetics, computing, cryptography, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and cosmology. But when interviewed in the 1980s, Shannon was more interested in showing off the gadgets he’d constructed - juggling robots, a Rubik’s Cube solving machine, a wearable computer to win at roulette, a unicycle without pedals, a flame-throwing trumpet - than rehashing the past. Mixing contemporary interviews, archival film, animation and dialogue drawn from interviews conducted with Shannon himself, ‘The Bit Player’ tells the story of an overlooked genius who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.
An IEEE Information Theory Society Production
SeaLight Pictures
The Bit Player
1 x 89’, 2019, HD
Apollo’s Moon Shot
6 x 60’, 2018, 4K
Bird vs Plane: Miracle
On The Hudson
1 x 60’, 2019, 4K
Can We Save The Reef?
1 x 60’, 2018, HD
Science