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THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY: 85 DAYS IN HELL
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL COMMEMORATES THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIGGEST MILITARY LANDINGS IN HISTORY WITH NEVER-BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY: 85 DAYS IN HELL
FRENCH ARCHIVIST IDENTIFIES NEARLY 100 HOURS OF FILM TO CREATE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE LEGENDARY WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTARY TO PREMIERE JUNE 6 AT 8PM ET/PT NEW YORK – May 23, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy with a new documentary that uses unseen and rare images to give an intimate account of the battle that freed Europe from Nazi rule. One of the world’s foremost experts on World War II archives, Dominique Forget, has identified over 100 hours of previously unseen archival footage, including 20 hours from the batt...
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SMITHSONIAN TIME CAPSULE: BEYOND STONEWALL
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL MARKS THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN SMITHSONIAN TIME CAPSULE: BEYOND STONEWALL
DOCUMENTARY FEATURING EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE RIOTS AND TRACING OVER 150 YEARS OF GAY LIFE PREMIERES MONDAY, JUNE 24 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – May 21, 2019 – On June 28, 1969, a routine police raid of a gay bar in New York City turned into a violent conflict that ignited protests lasting for days. The Stonewall Inn Uprising is celebrated by many as the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. But the history of gay life in America extends far before and after Stonewall.Using commentary from LGBTQ+ allies and icons (including Matthew Shepard’s parents, Stonewall eyewitness partici...
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ADOLF ISLAND
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL INVESTIGATES WHAT MAY BE THE LARGEST MURDER SCENE ON BRITISH SOIL IN ADOLF ISLAND
NEW SPECIAL PREMIERES JUNE 23 ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL NEW YORK – May 15, 2019 – In what could turn out to be the largest murder case on British soil, ADOLF ISLAND sees forensic archaeologist Caroline Sturdy Colls (Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Genocide Investigation at Staffordshire University) go in search of a Nazi SS camp constructed in secrecy on the British Channel island of Alderney during World War II. Years of research and forensic investigation have led Sturdy Colls to examine remnants of concentration and labor camps on the quiet island, and to official SS archives in G...
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ATOMIC AGE DECLASSIFIED
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL UNCOVERS THE SECRETS OF AN ERA IN ATOMIC AGE DECLASSIFIED
NEW SERIES EXPLORING THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE ATOMIC ERA PREMIERES SUNDAY, JUNE 16 AT 9 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – May 13, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel will shed light on years of America’s history that were shrouded in secrecy and deception in ATOMIC AGE DECLASSIFIED. The three-part series takes viewers back to the Atomic Age of the mid-20th century, a time when there was excitement about the potential of nuclear planes, trains and automobiles and private programs were on a mission to identify the endless possibilities of atoms as an energy source. But recently declassified materials show that ...
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RUSSIA'S WILD SEA
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL DIVES DEEP INTO THE UNSEEN BEAUTY OF RUSSIA’S WILD SEA
NEW TWO-PART SERIES EXPLORING ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST YET MOST DANGEROUS SEAS PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – May 8, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel takes the Sea of Okhotsk by storm with RUSSIA’S WILD SEA, the first comprehensive documentary revealing this untouched area of natural wonders. Located almost 4,000 miles from Moscow in Russia’s Far East, the Sea of Okhotsk is a constant survival battleground for humans and a range of wildlife that includes orcas and humpback whales, as well as tigers prowling the forests. The two-part special from award-winning directo...
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WHEN WHALES WALKED: JOURNEYS IN DEEP TIME
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WHEN WHALES WALKED: JOURNEYS IN DEEP TIME Premieres Wednesday, June 19 on PBS and Smithsonian Channel
Narrated by Actor Lee Pace, Join Top Scientists on a Global Adventure to Unlock the Evolutionary Secrets of Four Iconic Creatures Broadcast Timed to Opening of the New Deep Time Hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History NEW YORK – May 6, 2019 – Created in a first-ever partnership between PBS and Smithsonian Channel, WHEN WHALES WALKED: JOURNEYS IN DEEP TIME is a two-hour film tracing the epic origin stories of some of the world’s most spectacular creatures. From Abu Dhabi to Argentina, Kenya to China, the program takes viewers on a global adventure as top scien...
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Smithsonian Channel
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL ANNOUNCES MULTI-PLATFORM CELEBRATION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING
SIX-PART SERIES ‘APOLLO’S MOON SHOT’ REVEALS OUR DRAMATIC CHARGE INTO SPACE THROUGH EXCLUSIVE ARTIFACTS, PREMIERING SUNDAY, JUNE 16 DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL RELIVING ‘THE DAY WE WALKED ON THE MOON’ FEATURES MOVING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS FROM KEY FIGURES OF APOLLO 11, AIRING SUNDAY, JULY 7 ‘APOLLO’S MOON SHOT’ COMPANION AUGMENTED REALITY APP WILL ENABLE USERS TO STEP ONTO THE MOON, TACKLE APOLLO CHALLENGES AND SHARE THEIR ADVENTURES, AVAILABLE THIS JUNE NEW YORK – April 30, 2019 – Half a century after humanity’s historic first step on the Moon, Smithsonian Channel will launch a six-week ...
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PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL GOES BENEATH THE ROBES AND UNDER THE WIGS OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY IN PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
NEW SERIES PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 20 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 22, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel slips into the bedchambers and back rooms of Britain and France’s royal palaces to discover the PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS. Hosted by Tracy Borman, joint Chief Curator of the Royal Palaces, this five-part series uncovers the nitty-gritty, down and dirty and outright strange about the most iconic rulers of our history books – from the infamous Henry VIII to the “mad” King George III and up to Queen Victoria’s long-lasting reign. The series takes Borman through the royal palaces and castle...
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BLACK HOLE HUNTERS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL TAKES VIEWERS ON A QUEST TO CAPTURE THE FIRST IMAGE EVER OF A BLACK HOLE IN BLACK HOLE HUNTERS
NEW DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT 9PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 1, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel is putting viewers in the passenger seat of the journey towards a cutting-edge outer space discovery. On the heels of a groundbreaking scientific announcement to be made on April 10, the network will air a new one-hour documentary following a team of international scientists as they attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole. BLACK HOLE HUNTERS premieres Friday, April 12 at 9 PM ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel. Dr. Sheperd Doeleman of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observ...