Smithsonian Networks Movies
- 2017
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
The Obama Years: The Power of Words102017HD
Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's delivered messages of patriotism...
- 2022
The Real Top Gun
The Real Top Gun4.32022HD
The 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" continues the adventures of the ace fighter pilot made famous by Tom Cruise. But how true to life is the fictional s...
- 2018
Cave Crocs of Gabon
Cave Crocs of Gabon82018HD
A caving expedition recently discovered a community of dwarf crocodiles living in the Abanda Caves, Gabon. The crocs are living in pitch darkness, hun...
- 2019
Viking Warrior Women
Viking Warrior Women7.42019HD
Drama-led documentary following the life of Signe, an orphaned Chief's daughter, who, driven by revenge, becomes an explorer and trader in the lands o...
- 2015
Fall of Japan: In Color
Fall of Japan: In Color6.82015HD
William Courtenay's color film of the pacific campaign and Japan's downfall.
- 2013
Leopard Fight Club
Leopard Fight Club7.5452013HD
Witness a remarkable coming-of-age story as we track a young leopard's journey from rookie to royalty in South Africa's lethal Big Five landscape. Whe...
- 2007
America's Treasures
America's Treasures02007HD
From the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to Dorothy's ruby slippers, the National Museum of American History houses many...
- 2016
Incredible Insects
Incredible Insects6.32016HD
Incredible Insects A captivating world of creepy crawlies exists all around us. And they are the biggest group of animals in the world, outnumbering h...
- 2012
Black Wings
Black Wings92012HD
For early aviators, conquering the forces of gravity was a daunting challenge. But black aviators had an additional challenge - conquering the forces...
- 2018
Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey
Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey72018HD
Is it possible that Ice Age people succeeded in crossing the frozen Atlantic Ocean to North America, thousands of years before the Vikings and Columbu...
- 2013
Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History
Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History02013HD
Engineer Jem Stansfield investigates how the crash test dummy has become an icon for safety. For 65 years he has been crashed, smashed and impaled, ev...
- 2013
Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission
Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission5.82013HD
With more than 27 years of service, the space shuttle Discovery has clocked more time in space than any other shuttle. She has flown more than 148 mil...
- 2007
The Leeper Mail Bomb
The Leeper Mail Bomb02007HD
A man in Leeper, Pennsylvania receives a package that he suspects is a bomb; enter America's oldest law enforcement service, the Postal Inspection Uni...
- 2020
Nomads
Nomads02020HD
This nature documentary follows some of the world’s most charismatic animals as they travel to Mexico across the span of a year. Using access to some...
- 2010
Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef
Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef02010HD
Down Under, just a few nights after the November full moon - when water temperature and tides are just right - one of nature's most extraordinary even...
- 2008
D-Day: The True Story of Omaha
D-Day: The True Story of Omaha02008HD
Here's the full true story of "Bloody Omaha". Thousands of soldiers were killed as soon as they stepped onto the beach, or even into the water as they...
- 2014
When Lions Attack
When Lions Attack02014HD
The dry season in northern Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park is as deadly as any predator. The rains stop, the temperatures rise, and the water sour...
- 2014
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
America's Secret D-Day Disaster02014HD
6 weeks before D-Day, British, American, and Canadian soldiers took part in a dangerous rehearsal for the Normandy invasion which claimed more America...
- 2012
Creatures of the Lagoon
Creatures of the Lagoon02012HD
Immerse yourself in a world of mud dwellers, algae-eaters and expert predators all fighting for survival in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
- 2007
Thunderheads
Thunderheads02007HD
On a daredevil quest into the eye of the storm, an intrepid group of scientists, researchers and topgun pilots: in seven planes and armed with the bes...