Movies: The Smithsonian Network
- 2009
Picturing the Presidents (2009)
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We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents....
- 2015
Moby Dick: Heart Of A Whale (2015)
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Herman Melville's epic ocean adventure "Moby Dick" is an American masterpiece. But was this stirring tale of violence and revenge simply an allegory, or were there real giants of the deep deliberately attacking whaling ships? With the help of centuri...
- 2010
Diving with Crocodiles (2010)
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Documentary which follows crocodile expert Brad Bestelink on a quest to dive with crocodiles without a cage or any other protection....
- 2010
Pride in Battle (2010)
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A documentary which follows two lion brothers as they become rulers of a pride in Botswana after a battle for dominance....
- 2017
Desert Lions (2017)
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Enter the harsh and unforgiving Kalahari and follow a lion pride attempt to save their threatened bloodline....
- 2018
Hannibal's March on Rome (2018)
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Even 2,000 years after his death, General Hannibal's battle strategies are still studied today. But of all his military feats, perhaps his greatest was leading his massive Carthaginian army of men and three-dozen elephants across the Alps and into th...
- 2015
Secrets of the Hive (2015)
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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 our crops. In their quest they discover the marvellous world of bees: bees that live in flowers, inva...
- 2015
Surviving the Serengeti (2015)
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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 survive it....
- 2020
Monkeys of Bioko (2020)
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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 home to some very rare species, including the drill -- one of the most endangered primates in the world....
- 2016
China's Emperor of Evil (2016)
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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 become China's only female emperor. For more than a millennia, history claimed she killed her own ch...
- 2013
Kennedy's Suicide Bomber (2013)
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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 to stop Kennedy's Suicide Bomber....
- 2015
Samurai Warrior Queens (2015)
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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 marks the end of the Samurai era....
- 2015
Napoleon's Waterloo (2015)
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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 definitive account of the fight that ended Napoleon's rule as emperor and altered the destinies of France, ...
- 2018
Volcanoes: dual destruction (2018)
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- 2019
Darwin & the Beagle's Scandal (2019)
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Before he wrote the book that revolutionized the way people understood evolution, a young Charles Darwin found himself, by chance, on a strange sea voyage. This is the story of the HMS Beagle, which traveled from Great Britain to survey South America...
- 2020
Survival Of The Snow Leopard (2020)
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Spend three years in China's remote and inhospitable Tibetan Plateau, home to nearly all the world's snow leopards....
- 2020
Shark Ganglands (2020)
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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 here every year by the bountiful reefs, are displaying aggressive behavior, culminating in the island...
- 2019
Wolf vs Bear (2019)
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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 feast worth fighting for. The bears must fatten up before Winter comes again, the wolves must strengthe...
- 2015
iCrocodile (2015)
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A high-tech autopsy on a Nile crocodile unlocks secrets behind its hunting prowess....
- 2014
Cheetah: Race to Rule (2014)
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This is the story of a cheetah born into the Linyanti cheetah coalition. He is the runt of the litter and will have to fight hard for every scrap of food and attention to survive....