The Smithsonian Network Movies
- 2015
Raiders of the Jade Empire
Raiders of the Jade Empire02015HD
China, as we know it today, would not exist without the Han Dynasty. About two millenniums ago, its emperors ruled for over 400 years, and yet, few...
- 2009
Picturing the Presidents
Picturing the Presidents72009HD
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
- 2015
Napoleon's Waterloo
Napoleon's Waterloo02015HD
It lasted only one day on a small piece of land, but the impact the Battle of Waterloo had on history is massive and far-reaching. This is the...
- 2019
Wolf vs Bear
Wolf vs Bear82019HD
In the far reaches of the North, wolf and bear come head to head. Winter has been long. The melting ice reveal scattered carcasses in the Swamp: a...
- 2013
Kennedy's Suicide Bomber
Kennedy's Suicide Bomber02013HD
In 1960, a lone assassin planned a deadly attempt on the life of President-Elect John F Kennedy. With a Buick packed with dynamite, nothing was going...
- 2015
Moby Dick: Heart Of A Whale
Moby Dick: Heart Of A Whale62015HD
Herman Melville's epic ocean adventure "Moby Dick" is an American masterpiece. But was this stirring tale of violence and revenge simply an allegory,...
- 2017
Desert Lions
Desert Lions02017HD
Enter the harsh and unforgiving Kalahari and follow a lion pride attempt to save their threatened bloodline.
- 2019
Darwin & the Beagle's Scandal
Darwin & the Beagle's Scandal02019HD
Before he wrote the book that revolutionized the way people understood evolution, a young Charles Darwin found himself, by chance, on a strange sea...
- 2020
Shark Ganglands
Shark Ganglands02020HD
Ascension Island, a remote Mid-Atlantic outpost famous for its big game fishing, is under siege. Tiger sharks, hammerheads, even great whites, lured...
- 2020
Survival Of The Snow Leopard
Survival Of The Snow Leopard102020HD
Spend three years in China's remote and inhospitable Tibetan Plateau, home to nearly all the world's snow leopards.
- 2018
Volcanoes: dual destruction
Volcanoes: dual destruction72018HD
- 2015
Surviving the Serengeti
Surviving the Serengeti92015HD
20 years after the TV Mini-Series "Tales of the Serengeti", our crew reunites to truly explore the Serengeti, with no fiction. We almost didn't...
- 2016
China's Emperor of Evil
China's Emperor of Evil102016HD
In China's Valley of the Kings, there stands a tall, carved stone. It honors the resting place of a woman named Wu Zetian, who rose from concubine to...
- 2015
Secrets of the Hive
Secrets of the Hive8.52015HD
Honeybees are in crisis – but there is hope. Biologists are studying the estimated 20.000 bee species in the world to look for viable...
- 2015
iCrocodile
iCrocodile02015HD
A high-tech autopsy on a Nile crocodile unlocks secrets behind its hunting prowess.
- 2020
Monkeys of Bioko
Monkeys of Bioko82020HD
Roughly 20 miles off the coast of west Africa, sits a volcanic relic now completely blanketed in equatorial rainforest: the island of Bioko. It's...
- 2020
Dung Dynasty
Dung Dynasty02020HD
During the rainy season in Africa, a herd of buffalo can create thousands of pounds of waste in a day, which would be an environmental disaster if...
- 2021
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Breaking the Sound Barrier82021HD
The history of the people and the planes that first broke the speed barrier in 1947 and the impact it has had on aviation and how we fly today.
- 2020
Brazil's Emerald Oasis
Brazil's Emerald Oasis02020HD
Brazil's massive Pantanal is a land of extreme contrasts, ruled by dramatic cycles of torrential rain and arid heat. At the peak of the dry season,...
- 2015
Samurai Warrior Queens
Samurai Warrior Queens82015HD
The drama documentary tells the real life story of Samurai woman Takeko Nakano who in 1868 fights for her clans' independence in a final battle that...