The Spitfire's legend and role in the Battle of Britain.

Spitfire

Following the efforts of Head Vet Amanda Salb and the team at Malawi's only animal rescue center, who are dedicated to saving injured and orphaned animals and returning them to the wild.

Malawi Wildlife Rescue

On D-Day, Allied forces land in Normandy, France, to beat back the German troops and liberate France; previously unseen archival footage captures the 85-day struggle to liberate Europe and includes rare images of the battle itself.

The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

A look back at some of President Obama's speeches and statements.

The Obama Years: The Power of Words

Argentina, a land of extremes, homes some of Earth's highest mountains, largest waterfalls, and driest places, as well as a people and history as varied and remarkable as the land itself.

Aerial Argentina

Animals, insects, birds and environmental elements create their roots in and around five infamous trees in South Africa.

Rooted

James Meredith was a civil rights hero unlike any other; he took on the University of Mississippi and the state's governor to desegregate the school; a fight that triggered the largest mobilization of federal troops on U.S. soil since the Civil War; he began a one-man Walk Against Fear to encourage Black Mississippians to register to vote, which became a national event after he was shot; despite his monumental achievements, few people know who he is.

Walk Against Fear: James Meredith

Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation's most iconic stories.

America's Hidden Stories

Documentary series revealing the real-life events behind well-known feature films.

The Real Story

A retelling of the D-Day invasion and its critical naval operation involving an armada of diverse and ingenious vessels.

D-Day

Exploring high-octane aviation stories across Southern Africa.

Extreme Airport Africa

Experts analyze various plane crashes with an aim to figure out how these disasters occurred; they also shed light on how such accidents shaped the aviation industry and improved safety standards.

Air Disasters

America's first victory in the Pacific during World War II is retold from the vantage point of the three U.S. attack planes as they overcame the enemy ambush to face off against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long-range fighter, in the air.

Battle of Midway: The True Story

At the National Portrait Gallery's America's Presidents exhibit, visitors get up close and personal with the people who shaped the country's history.

Picturing the Presidents

Experience the liberation of Western Europe from every angle, as astonishingly colorized and expertly restored footage bring the historic turning point of World War II back to vivid life.

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin

A definitive look at the creation of the English Premier League and rapid evolution told through the lens of people like Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Vinnie Jones and Alan Shearer.

Fever Pitch!: The Rise of the Premier League

A look at the US military's ultimate flying war machines and the airplanes used by American forces through the years as pilots and other team members look back on their experiences.

Air Warriors

Notable individuals share powerful stories about their personal Black experiences and the legacy of slavery.

One Thousand Years of Slavery

Mexico reveals the country's most iconic images; from the birthplace of tequila and mariachi.

Aerial Mexico

Winter is Coming

Robert Powell, who portrayed Jesus Christ in 1977's Emmy-nominated "Jesus of Nazareth," takes a journey through modern Israel in an attempt to reconstruct the story of the man who changed history.

The Real Jesus of Nazareth

In celebration of Black History Month, Smithsonian Channel has compiled a thought-provoking series of original programs that explore important milestones made by African Americans throughout history.

Black History Month Collection

The untold story of how the Space Race became a competition between two superpowers to put the first black man in space.

Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Four young men who stood up to racism and social injustice.

Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4

Documentary series that tells the story of the evolution of maritime conflict.

Combat Ships

Picturing the President

Sir David Attenborough explores the mysteries of the Great Barrier Reef.

David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef

Abraham Lincoln's final hours and John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill him.

Lincoln's Last Day

How the legendary "Dambuster" bomber squadron of WWII fooled Nazi Germany into believing the Allied invasion was going to be at Calais, rather than Normandy, and went to on to destroy Hitler's super weapons.

D-Day and the Dambusters

Beginning in 1936, Victor H. Green produces a travel guide known as the Negro Motorist Green Book for African Americans who face indignities and dangers while on the road during the era of Jim Crow laws.

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

A look at some of the most catastrophic aviation incidents in history that have led to safer systems being developed.