Movies: Smithsonian Channel

  • 2019
    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

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    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 African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws we...

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
  • 2015
    SEAL Dog

    SEAL Dog (2015)

    SEAL Dog

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    On the surface, they appear to be ordinary dogs, but these canines have a secret identity. They are the Pentagon's stealth warriors, with specialties in explosives detection, tracking, laser target acquisition and bite work. Meet the U.S. Navy SEALs'...

    SEAL Dog
  • 2019
    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon (2019)

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

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    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 century: the launch of Apollo 11. Over the next few days, the world watched on with wonder and raptu...

    The Day We Walked on the Moon
  • 2020
    Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Breaking the Sound Barrier (2020)

    Breaking the Sound Barrier

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    On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager accomplished what many thought was impossible: he broke the sound barrier and in doing so, changed aviation history forever. Behind this remarkable achievement was a dedicated team of rocket scientists and en...

    Breaking the Sound Barrier
  • 2013
    The Day Kennedy Died

    The Day Kennedy Died (2013)

    The Day Kennedy Died

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    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 unwittingly sheltered an assassin. The death of JFK has inspired thousands of books and debates over the las...

    The Day Kennedy Died
  • 2022
    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly (2022)

    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

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    Chihuly is widely known as the enigmatic figure behind impressive glass sculptures that are both well-integrated yet strikingly imposing as they float through Finland's rivers, crowd the narrow canals of Venice, blossom across the ceiling of the Bell...

    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly
  • 2023
    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali (2023)

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali

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    Cassius X puts a period of often-overlooked history into the spotlight – the period when Cassius Clay fought his way to achieving his lifelong dream of becoming World Heavyweight Champion while embarking on a secret spiritual journey....

    Cassius X: Becoming Ali
  • 2012
    Titanic's Final Mystery

    Titanic's Final Mystery (2012)

    Titanic's Final Mystery

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    The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs alike have floated theories for why it occurred and who was to blame for the extraordinary loss of l...

    Titanic's Final Mystery
  • 2015
    The Day Hitler Died

    The Day Hitler Died (2015)

    The Day Hitler Died

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    The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65 years, with members of Hitler’s inner circle who were trapped with him in his bunker as the Russians fought to...

    The Day Hitler Died
  • 2014
    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

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    It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least five times before. Cataclysms, such as supervolcanoes or asteroids, are thought to cause these events, ...

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
  • 2017
    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth (2017)

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

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    The story of Pocahontas has been passed down through the centuries. Her relationship with John Smith has been characterized as a romance that united two cultures and created lasting peace. However, the life of this American Indian princess was anythi...

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth
  • 2019
    Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes

    Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes (2019)

    Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes

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    Le pouvoir des prêtresses égyptiennes
  • 2015
    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy

    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy (2015)

    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy

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    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 and crew aboard the doomed luxury liner, or the German commander who ordered the deadly attack on Ma...

    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy
  • 2022
    Hudson River Wild

    Hudson River Wild (2022)

    Hudson River Wild

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    At first glance, the Hudson appears to be just another industrial river. Tree-lined riverbanks are interspersed between cultivated land, bridges, shipping docks, private homes and marinas, factories, chemical plants and brickyards. But go a little de...

    Hudson River Wild
  • 2016
    Mighty Ship at War: Queen Mary

    Mighty Ship at War: Queen Mary (2016)

    Mighty Ship at War: Queen Mary

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    The RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. She was bigger and faster than any ship ever built before. Her presence was a symbol of new hope and a better future during the Great Depression and through the darkest days o...

    Mighty Ship at War: Queen Mary
  • 2021
    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant (2021)

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

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    "The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher, Free The Wild, Four Paws International, and Kaavan on every step of the trip....

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
  • 2017
    The Last Buffalo

    The Last Buffalo (2017)

    The Last Buffalo

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    For thousands of years, the Great Plains were home to countless numbers of American bison, but in the late 1800s, the number of bison dropped from nearly 30 million to just a few hundred in less than 100 years. What happened to place this national ic...

    The Last Buffalo
  • 2016
    Castro's Secret Reef

    Castro's Secret Reef (2016)

    Castro's Secret Reef

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    Cuba's enforced isolation has resulted in the unlikeliest of marine reserves: a huge, rambling archipelago known as Jardines de la Reina, or "Gardens of the Queen." Stretching around 140 miles along the southern coast of Cuba, it's one of the longest...

    Castro's Secret Reef
  • 2014
    Shark Girl

    Shark Girl (2014)

    Shark Girl

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    For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by the Great Barrier Reef, she's treated these predators as family. But they're vanishing from existence...

    Shark Girl
  • 2017
    Battle of Okinawa in Color

    Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)

    Battle of Okinawa in Color

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    By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, wi...

    Battle of Okinawa in Color