Smithsonian Networks Movies

  • 2017
    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

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    Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's delivered messages of patriotism...

    The Obama Years: The Power of Words
  • 2022
    The Real Top Gun

    The Real Top Gun

    The Real Top Gun

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    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...

    The Real Top Gun
  • 2018
    Cave Crocs of Gabon

    Cave Crocs of Gabon

    Cave Crocs of Gabon

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    A caving expedition recently discovered a community of dwarf crocodiles living in the Abanda Caves, Gabon. The crocs are living in pitch darkness, hun...

    Cave Crocs of Gabon
  • 2019
    Viking Warrior Women

    Viking Warrior Women

    Viking Warrior Women

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    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...

    Viking Warrior Women
  • 2015
    Fall of Japan: In Color

    Fall of Japan: In Color

    Fall of Japan: In Color

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    William Courtenay's color film of the pacific campaign and Japan's downfall.

    Fall of Japan: In Color
  • 2013
    Leopard Fight Club

    Leopard Fight Club

    Leopard Fight Club

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    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...

    Leopard Fight Club
  • 2007
    America's Treasures

    America's Treasures

    America's Treasures

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    From the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to Dorothy's ruby slippers, the National Museum of American History houses many...

    America's Treasures
  • 2016
    Incredible Insects

    Incredible Insects

    Incredible Insects

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    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...

    Incredible Insects
  • 2012
    Black Wings

    Black Wings

    Black Wings

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    For early aviators, conquering the forces of gravity was a daunting challenge. But black aviators had an additional challenge - conquering the forces...

    Black Wings
  • 2018
    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey

    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey

    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey

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    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...

    Ice Bridge: The impossible Journey
  • 2013
    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History

    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History

    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History

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    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...

    Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History
  • 2013
    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission

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    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...

    Shuttle Discovery's Last Mission
  • 2007
    The Leeper Mail Bomb

    The Leeper Mail Bomb

    The Leeper Mail Bomb

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    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...

    The Leeper Mail Bomb
  • 2020
    Nomads

    Nomads

    Nomads

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    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...

    Nomads
  • 2010
    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef

    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef

    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef

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    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...

    Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef
  • 2008
    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

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    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...

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha
  • 2014
    When Lions Attack

    When Lions Attack

    When Lions Attack

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    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...

    When Lions Attack
  • 2014
    America's Secret D-Day Disaster

    America's Secret D-Day Disaster

    America's Secret D-Day Disaster

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    6 weeks before D-Day, British, American, and Canadian soldiers took part in a dangerous rehearsal for the Normandy invasion which claimed more America...

    America's Secret D-Day Disaster
  • 2012
    Creatures of the Lagoon

    Creatures of the Lagoon

    Creatures of the Lagoon

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    Immerse yourself in a world of mud dwellers, algae-eaters and expert predators all fighting for survival in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

    Creatures of the Lagoon
  • 2007
    Thunderheads

    Thunderheads

    Thunderheads

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    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...

    Thunderheads