Smithsonian Channel Movies
- 2013
Samurai Headhunters
Samurai Headhunters6.92013HD
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world o...
- 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom7.72019HD
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help Afric...
- 2014
Shark Girl
Shark Girl62014HD
For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by t...
- 2015
The Day Hitler Died
The Day Hitler Died6.62015HD
The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65 years, wit...
- 2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.72012HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...
- 2013
The Real Beauty and the Beast
The Real Beauty and the Beast02013HD
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic fair...
- 2019
The Day We Walked on the Moon
The Day We Walked on the Moon4.32019HD
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...
- 2017
Baboon King
Baboon King82017HD
In Africa's Simien Mountains, Braveheart is the undisputed king of his gelada family. For four years, he has fought off predators, kept the peace, and...
- 2021
Wildest California
Wildest California02021HD
Follow the dramas of mustangs, elephant seals, and other wildlife taking place in California’s reserves and sanctuaries.
- 2017
Aerial Ireland
Aerial Ireland7.52017HD
Take a cross-country flight over Ireland's natural wonders and ancient ruins. In this spectacular overview of the historically significant Emerald Isl...
- 2020
Aboard Air Force One
Aboard Air Force One02020HD
Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying for...
- 2021
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant7.72021HD
"The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher, Free...
- 2013
The Day Kennedy Died
The Day Kennedy Died6.82013HD
The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who unwittin...
- 2016
Castro's Secret Reef
Castro's Secret Reef7.52016HD
Cuba's enforced isolation has resulted in the unlikeliest of marine reserves: a huge, rambling archipelago known as Jardines de la Reina, or "Gardens...
- 2020
Mystery of the Ice Age Giants
Mystery of the Ice Age Giants6.72020HD
During the last Ice Age, millions of large animals roamed the Earth, from wooly mammoths and giant sloths to cave lions and saber-toothed cats. But as...
- 2013
Legend of Lead Belly
Legend of Lead Belly92013HD
Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one o...
- 2007
Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise
Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise02007HD
Going from 0 to 150 mph in three seconds, withstanding three Gs of force, and taking off from what's often called "the most dangerous place on the pla...
- 2015
Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy
Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy52015HD
The sinking of the Lusitania and the impact it had in determining the fate of World War I is widely known. But few know the stories of the passengers...
- 2018
Honey Badger: Grit
Honey Badger: Grit72018HD
On the harsh and unforgiving plains of central Namibia, Africa, a young honey badger named Grit has just left home to venture out in the great, wide w...
- 2013
40 Under 40
40 Under 408.72013HD
Some of them move. Others make noise. One weighs in at 700 pounds. Collectively, they represent the future of contemporary craft. Go behind the scenes...