Take off on a thrilling flight across America. This epic series offers rare glimpses of the country's most treasured landmarks, all seen from breathtaking heights. From busy cityscapes to quiet landscapes, we capture the history and the pageantry of the U.S., which is as diverse as the people who occupy it.
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We bring you award-winning programming inspired by the world's largest museum and research complex. This is the place for fascinating stories, powerful documentaries and factual entertainment that explore air and space, history, science, nature and wildlife, pop culture and more.
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World War II's most legendary fighter. The world's first "invisible" plane. The Swiss Army knife of military aircraft. These are just some of the world's most iconic planes--past and present--that have pushed the boundaries of aviation, gravity, and warfare. Discover the inside stories of the F6F Hellcat, the F-22 Raptor, the Supermarine Spitfire, and more.
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From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. It's a decisive period in America's history that most have only witnessed in black and white, until now. Using digital colourization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them. Join us as we revisit 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes.
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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 iconic creature on the brink of extinction? Join us as we detail the events that led to this mass extermination. Then follow the story of William Temple Hornaday, a chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian Institution who headed west to hunt bison for the museum, but ended up saving the species instead.
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About the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 by an act of the U.S. Congress, using funds given by British scientist James Smithson (1765-1829). He never stepped foot in America, yet Smithson admired this budding nation and bequeathed his estate for the creation "at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." He could not have foreseen the breadth of discovery and scholarship that arose from his bequest, yet his legacy has grown into the world's largest museum, education and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centres, the National Zoo and 21 libraries.
The Smithsonian's scientists and scholars work in 140 countries, including the United Kingdom, to preserve cultural heritage and biodiversity, explore space, save species and elevate the arts. Its museums are the steward of a national collection, which has more than 154 artifacts, works of art and specimen from the United States and around the world.
The Smithsonian Charitable UK Trust (charity #1147674) was established in 2012 to support projects that advance the Smithsonian's scholarship, experience and resources. The Trust is funded by charitable donations from UK donors.
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