The Smithsonian Network Movies
- 2015
Goshawk - Soul of the Wind
Goshawk - Soul of the Wind02015HD
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...
- 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 pollinators of o...
- 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.
- 2014
Stranded: Alpine Air Crash
Stranded: Alpine Air Crash02014HD
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...
- 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 vi...
- 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, th...
- 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 not...
- 2016
Pompeii: The Dead Speak
Pompeii: The Dead Speak02016HD
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....
- 2019
Isle of Chimps
Isle of Chimps02019HD
A colorful portrait of Uganda's gamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a place where orphaned and rescued chimpanzees - victims of the illegal exotic pet...
- 2011
Mission Critical: Amphibian Rescue
Mission Critical: Amphibian Rescue02011HD
Smithsonian Institution scientists race against time to save endangered frogs from a deadly fungus that is ravaging amphibians worldwide.
- 2015
Polar Bear Summer
Polar Bear Summer02015HD
The uncommon sight of polar bears wandering a colorful landscape during an iceless summer in Hudson Bay, Canada.
- 2024
Tiger Tales
Tiger Tales02024HD
Peek at the first hours of three tiger cubs to their first swim at the National Zoo.