The Smithsonian Network Movies

  • 2015
    Napoleon's Waterloo

    Napoleon's Waterloo

    Napoleon's Waterloo

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    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 definit...

    Napoleon's Waterloo
  • 2021
    Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Breaking the Sound Barrier

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    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.

    Breaking the Sound Barrier
  • 2015
    Goshawk - Soul of the Wind

    Goshawk - Soul of the Wind

    Goshawk - Soul of the Wind

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    A visually stunning portrait of one of nature's most agile and fearsome predators, the Goshawk. This secretive bird of prey can be hard to see in the...

    Goshawk - Soul of the Wind
  • 2020
    Shark Ganglands

    Shark Ganglands

    Shark Ganglands

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    Ascension Island, a remote Mid-Atlantic outpost famous for its big game fishing, is under siege. Tiger sharks, hammerheads, even great whites, lured h...

    Shark Ganglands
  • 2020
    Brazil's Emerald Oasis

    Brazil's Emerald Oasis

    Brazil's Emerald Oasis

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    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, th...

    Brazil's Emerald Oasis
  • 2020
    Dung Dynasty

    Dung Dynasty

    Dung Dynasty

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    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 not...

    Dung Dynasty
  • 2019
    Isle of Chimps

    Isle of Chimps

    Isle of Chimps

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    A colorful portrait of Uganda's gamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a place where orphaned and rescued chimpanzees - victims of the illegal exotic pet...

    Isle of Chimps
  • 2015
    Raiders of the Jade Empire

    Raiders of the Jade Empire

    Raiders of the Jade Empire

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    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 vi...

    Raiders of the Jade Empire
  • 2016
    Pompeii: The Dead Speak

    Pompeii: The Dead Speak

    Pompeii: The Dead Speak

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    When Mount Vesuvius obliterated the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., it preserved the bodies of about 2,000 victims, freezing them in their final moments....

    Pompeii: The Dead Speak
  • 2014
    Stranded: Alpine Air Crash

    Stranded: Alpine Air Crash

    Stranded: Alpine Air Crash

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    In November 19, 1946, a U.S. military transport plane goes out of control while flying over the Swiss Alps and crashes high in the mountains. Miraculo...

    Stranded: Alpine Air Crash
  • 2015
    Polar Bear Summer

    Polar Bear Summer

    Polar Bear Summer

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    The uncommon sight of polar bears wandering a colorful landscape during an iceless summer in Hudson Bay, Canada.

    Polar Bear Summer
  • 2024
    Tiger Tales

    Tiger Tales

    Tiger Tales

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    Peek at the first hours of three tiger cubs to their first swim at the National Zoo.

    Tiger Tales