Take to the skies and explore the most impressive aircraft in the world. Each episode highlights one incredible plane, from the world's only flying eye hospital to the largest passenger jet ever built.

Mighty Planes

A behind-the-scenes look at the voyages of a variety of cruise-ship voyages.

Mighty Cruise Ships

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

Chronicling the life of Queen Elizabeth II, including interviews from prime ministers, close friends, royal household members and special advisers who knew her best.

Elizabeth

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

Mighty Ships

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

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

Combat Ships

The naval fighter designed to counter the Japanese Zero turns the tide of the war in the Pacific.

F6F Hellcat

A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

Ice Airport Alaska

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

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

History's most iconic female fighters from the Roman Empire to Central Asia and West Africa; Lynda Carter narrates.

Epic Warrior Women

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

Lincoln's Last Day

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

The Obama Years: The Power of Words

Follow engineers and conductors as they navigate their way through busy rail yards.