Online documentaries

May 5, 2007 7:26 AM

Biographies, history, science and more. Over 500 of the best online documentaries.
posted by Mblue (26 comments total)

Excellent, I've been looking for a site like this.
posted by fire&wings at 7:56 AM on May 5, 2007

Thanks heaps, something to do a work next week.
posted by mattoxic at 7:57 AM on May 5, 2007

nice
posted by b1tr0t at 8:18 AM on May 5, 2007

Thanks for this one!
posted by autodidact at 8:56 AM on May 5, 2007

I think the sitemap page is a lot easier interface to use than having to mouse-over every category. And it's ctrl-f searchable. And the movie plays in fullscreen.
posted by Rhomboid at 8:57 AM on May 5, 2007 [2 favorites]

awesome
posted by DU at 9:28 AM on May 5, 2007

Sweet. Thanks for the link.
posted by dozo at 9:32 AM on May 5, 2007

This is quite great - many thanks!

Remember, you can directly download .avi files of anything posted on Google Video simply by downloading the .gvp file, opening it up in a text editor, and locating the direct URL to the .avi download.

I've pulled down about 5 gigabytes from Google this week alone.
posted by porn in the woods at 9:50 AM on May 5, 2007 [8 favorites]

Excellent link, thanks
posted by briank at 9:54 AM on May 5, 2007

Very good stuff--thanks!
posted by Amy NM at 9:57 AM on May 5, 2007

If you like this site, check out Smashing Telly - not all documentaries, but focuses on shows that inform and are interesting.
posted by lubujackson at 10:08 AM on May 5, 2007 [3 favorites]

Best of the Web! (if you skip the one about the Lizards and the Jews). Great find.
posted by RussHy at 10:10 AM on May 5, 2007

thank you so much for this and thanks Rhomboid for the sitemap link.
posted by andywolf at 10:46 AM on May 5, 2007

None of these are loading for me...
posted by DU at 2:12 PM on May 5, 2007

Strike that--some are and some aren't.
posted by DU at 2:25 PM on May 5, 2007

Money Masters! This really is quite incredible. Those damn international bankers.
posted by Curry at 2:58 PM on May 5, 2007

Crap, the useful output of the web is finally overtaking my total free time.
posted by BrotherCaine at 3:14 PM on May 5, 2007

Neither the Milgram nor the Zimbardo films will load for me.
damn.
I've wanted to see the Milgram one for years.
(whimper)

The others look great, though.
thanks for this!
posted by mer2113 at 3:32 PM on May 5, 2007

Way groovy. Thanks!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:24 PM on May 5, 2007

This is great. Thanks mblue.

A minor disappointment....unfortunately, the Rickson Gracie "Choke" documentary cuts off shortly after he's introduced at the vale tudo tournament. I invested almost an hour to discover this.
posted by edverb at 8:03 PM on May 5, 2007

Cool! The Hoover and Boulder Dam ones (same Dam, different names) is done by my employer, the US Department of the Interior. GO BUREAUCRACY!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by The Deej at 8:28 PM on May 5, 2007

Bureau of Reclamation, by the way. Gotta shoutout to my Bureau.
posted by The Deej at 8:31 PM on May 5, 2007

OK, I have had time to watch a couple of the videos, and to browse through the some others. I have 2 words for the poster:

Damn.
You.

I'll have to quit my job.
posted by The Deej at 11:31 PM on May 5, 2007

The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow (Autism)

WTFKOTIT?
posted by YoBananaBoy at 12:43 AM on May 6, 2007

I highly recommend Prisoners of Katrina, which I screened the other night.

Part of BBC's This World series, it's a heartbreaking story of the plight of some of the most ignored victims of the disaster. It's right up there with Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke for incisive takes on Katrina.
posted by porn in the woods at 11:10 AM on May 6, 2007

as pitw said earlier, download if you want
posted by acro at 1:36 PM on May 6, 2007