Free Documentaries for Online Viewing

January 13, 2008 2:09 PM

bodocus.com has online (at the time of writing) 659 full length documentaries, from Anthropology to Technology.

Sourced from all over the world (including a selection in foreign languages), these are professionally produced documentaries you may have missed before on your favourite TV channel.

Unfortunately, their java menu system makes it difficult to directly link to certain things, but an FPP filled with individual links to different places on the same site isn't cool anyhow - just take a look for yourself and see if there's something you could waste an hour or three watching...

posted by benzo8 (17 comments total)

very nice.
posted by TrialByMedia at 2:13 PM on January 13

My brain thanks you.
posted by dhammond at 2:13 PM on January 13

The rest of my professional career thanks you.
posted by absalom at 2:16 PM on January 13

Great find, thank you.
posted by kisch mokusch at 2:17 PM on January 13

Though, at second glance, I can't really seem to get any of them to play.
posted by absalom at 2:17 PM on January 13

Popper's List is good for documentaries.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 2:24 PM on January 13 [4 favorites]

Some of the links don't work but some do. Nice find, thanks.
posted by nickyskye at 2:31 PM on January 13

Luckily, if you click the "Google" button on the video and go to the associated Google Video page, you can download most of them, rather than having perfectly good documentaries confined to a Flash object on their site. Good work.
posted by Jimbob at 2:33 PM on January 13

Thank you - looks wonderful.
posted by Lezzles at 2:35 PM on January 13

Great find. I didn't have any trouble playing the few that I glanced at, though the copyright status of some is a little questionable.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 2:35 PM on January 13

Looks about the same as ALL U C's list of documentaries.
posted by empath at 2:38 PM on January 13 [4 favorites]

Double by the way. But still good.
posted by McSly at 2:51 PM on January 13

Also, True Films, a discerning list of documentaries by the ever-interesting Kevin Kelly.
posted by eclectist at 3:20 PM on January 13

Holy cow! This is awesome. Thank you.
posted by painquale at 3:33 PM on January 13

Good lookin' out.
posted by The Straightener at 3:39 PM on January 13

Thanks! I will most definitely be making use of that site.
posted by Funky Claude at 3:49 PM on January 13

http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/
posted by gman at 3:57 PM on January 13