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What began as a live-fire exercise on the southwest coast of England ended in a tragedy that cost 1,000 American lives — ten times the number who died on Utah Beach. Exercise Tiger almost compromised the entire D-Day invasion when ten American top-secret officers, were lost in the English Channel. Using eyewitness accounts and film that has never been broadcast, we tell the true story in full for the first time.
TVT Productions/Smithsonian Networks
All graveyards tell stories, but few can talk to the living like Arlington. It’s here that America buries its war dead, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq. Today, more than 27 burials take place daily, each meticulously planned. Each section in Arlington reflects a time in history, each stone in the endless rows of white marble tells a story.
Lynn Kessler/Smithsonian Networks
As Asia continues to be the fastest-growing economic region in the world, will Asia’s monarchies be able to keep up with the pace? We ask, what does the future hold for them? What is clear, is that Asia’s monarchies are at a tipping-point and what happens to each of them will bring about a whole new era that will affect not only the East but the world as a whole.
America’s Treasures is inspired by the National Museum of American History and their special exhibit of 150 of the most unique objects in the Smithsonian’s collection. From the hat that Abraham Lincoln wore the night of his assassination to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers, these diverse objects combine to define the American experience over the last two hundred years.
Big Fish Entertainment/Smithsonian Networks
This is the definitive story of the devastating south east Asian tsunami of 2004. We explore how and why the tsunami happened, weaving together archive footage, CGI, and interviews with experts and reveal the very latest developments in how we understand and forecast tsunamis, using data to model the disasters of the future.
ITN Productions/Smithsonian Networks
There’s a reason they called it theoretical physics. No one really knew for sure what would happen when we split the atom. At Los Alamos, the famous scientist Enrico Fermi jokingly suggested a bet: the bomb would ignite the atmosphere – and end all life on earth. Atomic Age Declassified tells the untold stories of a time that brought us to the edge of human possibility and the verge of total annihilation – more times than we ever knew.
MCN/Off the Fence/Channel News Asia International
Smithsonian Networks
America’s Secret
D-Day Disaster
1 x 60’, 2014, HD
Arlington: Call To Honor
1 x 60’, 2007, HD
America’s Treasures
1 x 60’, 2007, HD
Asian Tsunami:
The Deadliest Wave
1 x 60’, 2014, HD
Asia’s Monarchies
5 x 60’, 2010, HD
Atomic Age Declassified
3 x 60’, 2018, HD
History