Smithsonian Channel Documentaries

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2019
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Bird vs. Plane: Miracle on the Hudson
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US Airways Flight 1549 is about two minutes into its journey from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2009 when bird strikes to both engines cripple the plane. What results .. show full overview
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Amazing Pigs
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Forget what you think you know about pigs. These remarkable animals have talents we're only beginning to understand. See how pigs have conquered nearly every habitat on Earth, thanks to .. show full overview
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Naked Mole Rats
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Looks aren’t everything. Despite its appearance, the naked mole rat should be envied. It lives to a very old age, never gets sick, and is practically impervious to pain. Scientists want .. show full overview
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
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In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and .. show full overview
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Europe in Chaos - Part I: Brexit
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On the evening of June 23, 2016, Prime Minister David Cameron and his inner circle gathered at 10 Downing Street to witness a turning point in British history. Nearly 52% of the people .. show full overview
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Europe in Chaos - Part II: Migration Crisis
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A boat overcrowded with men, women, and children fleeing Africa sinks near Italy, killing over 800 people in April 2015. The tragedy is the flashpoint of a long-running problem. The .. show full overview
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Rome's Chariot Superstar - Part I
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Part 1: Slave to Star Before Flavius Scorpus became a superstar charioteer in ancient Rome's most popular sport, he was a young slave who dreamed of freedom. Explore the early years of .. show full overview
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Rome's Chariot Superstar - Part II
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Part 2: Circus Maximus Chariot racer Flavius Scorpus has won hundreds of races while watching his friends and rivals die on the track. Now, the stakes, and the risks, are about to .. show full overview
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A Life Among Monkeys
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The jungles of the sacred city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka are home to 33 identified troops of toque macaques and one man. This is the extraordinary story of Dr. Wolfgang Dittus, a .. show full overview
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Brazil's Emerald Oasis
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An astonishing range of wildlife is attracted to the Pantanal's Rebel Lake - including 600-pound tapirs, jaguars, graceful spoonbills and hundreds of caimans.
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The Battle Of Normandy: 85 Days In Hell
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On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of ships reached the French coast of Normandy as part of an Allied operation to take back France from the Germans. For the next 85 days, U.S., .. show full overview
2019x6
Adolf Island
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Caroline Sturdy Colls, a world leader in the forensic investigation of Nazi crime scenes, is chasing clues to an unsolved case: a concentration camp that existed on the British island of .. show full overview
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A-Bombs Over Nevada
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The dropping of "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" on Japan marked the end of World War II and the dawn of the Atomic Age. The race against the Soviet Union to build a bigger, better bomb was .. show full overview
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The Day We Walked on the Moon
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The Day We Walked on the Moon is the inside story of the first moon landing, told from the unique, first-hand perspective of the astronauts and other key figures on the Apollo 11 Mission .. show full overview
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Queen of the Pythons
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This one-hour documentary examines the deadly African rock python by showing a 13-foot, 70-pound female snake’s daily life in a sub-tropical valley in South Africa.
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Chile: A Wild Journey
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An intimate and classic journey through Chile with magical moments of nature, from a cougar mother playing tenderly with her cubs to the rare desert flowering, where different animals take advantage of the opportunity the flowers give them.
2019x10
40 Under 40
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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 of the "40 under 40: Craft Futures" .. show full overview
2019x10
Volcanoes: Dual Destruction
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In 2018, two volcanoes unleashed terror on their communities, but in very different ways. Fuego, the Volcano of Fire in Guatemala, sent boiling clouds of gas, ash, and rock down the .. show full overview
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Islands of Fire
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Few places on Earth remain largely untouched and uninhabited by humans, but such spots exist in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Welcome to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a vast chain of .. show full overview
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Gorillas of Gabon
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A race is on to save Gabon's Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and the silverback gorillas that call it home. This area was once protected by a thriving oil industry, but now the logging .. show full overview
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The Life of Earth - Part 1 - From Space
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Discover how Earth evolved from a ball of fire to a ball of ice to a blue-green planet teeming with life.
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The Life of Earth - Part 2 - The Age of Humans
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Using clues from space, see how humans have evolved over the course of 300,000 years.
2019x13
Darwin & The Beagle's Scandal
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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 .. show full overview
2019x18
Memphis Belle in Color
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In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a small contingent of men overseas to loosen the Nazis' grip on Europe. The command's star .. show full overview
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Midway: The True Story
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It's June 1942 and the world's fate is about to be decided by a handful of pilots and their untested aircraft. Experience an inside look at the Battle of Midway, captured through rarely .. show full overview