Recommend Documentaries

[Jayy]

Similar to the film thread, recommend and rate some documentaries worth watching.

https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/26/idUS333894436320110926

This Mayan documentary is set to come out in time for the Mayan prophecy and will provide evidence that the Mayans had UFO contact... backed up by the Mexican government. A documentary with government backed information about UFOs? Sounds highly interesting.

The Revelation of the Pyramids 9/10

Watched this last week and it was very well done and extremely interesting. They had allot of modern day architects involved in some huge projects of our time, all going on camera saying that it would be impossible to replicate what they did with the great pyramid even today. Also covers other ancicent sites across the world and links them all up.

Ancient Aliens 8/10

Another good one about ancient mythology but more focused on the UFO theories.

Religilous 9/10

Bill Maher taking the absolutely piss out of religious nuts around America and questioning faith. He's a bit like Louis Theroux in provoking answers that will make them look dumb but does it far more directly and bluntly. I especially liked the Vatacan priest who was just agreeing with him saying it's all bullshit.

Inside Job 10/10

Saw this last year before it won an oscar and it certainly was deserving of it. The director exposes why the recession happened and who was responsible. Exposes allot of corruption and the people who were directly responsible for the collapse of the global economy but have never been brought to justice to this day.

Secret Britain

An old channel 4 documentary about secret locations around Britain that are not on any maps and some pretty funny laws he uses to get information.

[Bendy]

I love a good documentary, me. The first one that springs to mind is:

B-29 Frozen In Time
The story of a team trying to recover a second world war bomber that's been frozen on a glacier for decades.

[Ayrton]

Just started watching the revelation of the pyramids. Seems really good so far, definitely worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSYCVAjJsc&feature=related

[Rogerborg]

Star Trek: The Original Series (of Historical Documents).

https://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1569/original/insp_captkirk_5_.jpg

Oh, all right then. If comes on again, Secrets of the Ancients: Viking Voyage. A bunch of Nordies build a replica longship and port it across Mavis Grind in Shetland, the narrow bit between the North Sea and the Atlantic.

I'm in it momentarily, going "Raaargh" from a low angle, and the wife used to live next to Mavis Grind, as in, they were filming from her old front garden[1].

She used to port boats up there all the time as a yoof, and says that the method they finally "rediscovered" is common knowledge in Shetland. If they'd just bothered to ask, any of the Zetlanders they got in to haul on ropes could have told them how to do it the easy way.

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[hellkat]

I watched two great little series on BBC in the last few months:

Monty Don's "Italian Garden" series.

I managed to watch the first 2, missed the other 2 in the series, and (despite Tarmacsurfer's best efforts) ... am hopeless at downloading from [whatever those sites are called].

Also ...
(I know, I'm old)
... a tiny 3-part one-off about perfumes. It was fantastic.
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[GhostRider]

Banged up abroad - Henry Hill, the original Goodfella. As the title suggests, the film Goodfellas was based on his life, pretty interesting if you like true crime.

Fatbelly - Documentry about Mark "Chopper" Read, again fans of the film will love it, and any true crime fan shall enjoy old uncle chop chops yarns about H division in Pentridge and the like.

DMT: The spirit molecule - For those that don't know, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is one of the most powerful hallucinogens in the world, and is endogenous is everyone and practically every living thing. This is a documentry brought about by the work of Dr Rick Strassman who measured it's effects both biochemically and psychologically in some 30 patients over a couple of years, but more than that it explores the chemical itself in terms of it's use in shamanic cultures, as well trip reports and descriptions from people who have stepped into the abyss, and not your average drug taking schmo, these are reports from doctors, psychiatrists, educated persons shall we say. As someone who has also taken this journey, I thoroughly recommend both the documentry and the substance itself, in the right setting with the right attitude of course.

Dirty Pictures - A documentry about the life of pioneering pharmacologist Alexander "Sasha" Shuglin, also known, much to his displeasure, as the "Godfather of Ecstasy". Were it not for Shulgin, anyone who's ever taken Ecstasy has this man to thank for it, and a wealth of other chemical delights. The part with the ex-DEA agent is particuarly enjoyable.

Freakanomics - Interesting documentry about some leftfield statistical studies that two maths-savvy guys performed and came up with, hard to explain what it's about really but it's rather interesting. Google it.

Starsuckers - Fantastic documentry about the current state of the media today and it's impact on people, the wicked empire of reality TV. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence will enjoy and agree with pretty much everything that is put forward in this one, I really liked it.


Ancient aliens is......ok, but they speculate huge amounts, use unreliable sources, hell it even spawned it's own meme...

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E8mHWJc7u5M/TeJ9gGxCGrI/AAAAAAAAAZs/XEYujDt4f1Y/s1600/therefore+aliens.jpg

There's a shit-ton of documentrys I'll list later, I watch a lot since normal television usually makes me want to end my existence.

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[mistergixer]

The World at War.

Dur duh dur duh durr durr, duddle urr dur durr durrr.

Currently being (re)shown on Yesterday on freeview.
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[Jayy]

Walking The Amazon - 10/10

The only bloke to have walked the entire length of the Amazon, took him a couple of years and he filmed it all. I love stuff like this, the only downside is I think it could have been stretched out over a few more episodes. 2 years condensed into 2 hours but still a great watch.

Can watch it here: https://www.channel5.com/shows/walking-the-amazon

How To Build A Volcano - 8/10

Pretty cool what they did and simulated what happens in volcanos on a large scale. Again, only a 45 minute episode, would have been cool to see some more experiments.

Can watch here: https://www.channel5.com/shows/how-to-build-a-volcano

[colin1]

freakonomics

a scientific look at social phenomena

here's their take on zero tolerance policing taking credit for reducing crime that was actually the result of abortion becoming legal in states.

here's a snippet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCH_OewK_KI


the whole thing covers lots of other topics

https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6097119

EDIT it appears to be on youtube in full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00-cYc0REkU
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The Union, the business behind getting high

A very well built documentary about cannabis and drug prohibition. Does the drug prohibition work? Have a look and think for yourself.

won't be to everyones taste but worth a look and available on Google video's

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007
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[charlie_a]

Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War 26-part Canadian television documentary on the Vietnam War, fucking long but well worth it.

Second world war in colour Lightweight compared to The World at War but it's world war 2, and it's in colour!

Queen: Days of Our Lives

Loads more here:
https://documentaryheaven.com/all/?gdsr_sort=rating&gdsr_order=desc

[ThoughtContro...]

Ken Burns 'The Civil War' is a good un

There's also a Channel 4 docu from '83 called 'The Spanish Civil War'. Some interviews with former International Brigades, who are probably long gone.

'1421: The Year China Discovered America' is a decent watch but a bit left field.
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[Jayy]

Forgot about this, watched it a while back on Channel 4 and it's still up to watch now.

Interesting and Dr Nakamats is one funny character to watch.

The Invention of Dr Nakamats

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-invention-of-dr-nakamats/4od

Kaspar Astrup Schröder's film is a portrait of one of the world's more eccentric inventors. Octogenarian Yoshiro Nakamatsu claims to hold over 3,000 patents - among them the basic technology for the floppy disk, the digital display and an aphrodisiac called Love Jet.

He was awarded the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize for Nutrition, for photographing and retrospectively analyzing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years (and counting). He fully intends to live to the age of 144 years thanks to a strict dietary regime and plenty of exercise in between trips to the patent office, book signings and lectures.

And, of course, he is still coming up with inventions, using his tried and trusted method of immersion in water and holding his breath until an idea pops into his head; fortunately he invented the underwater notepad so he can record his latest brainwave.

[MarJay]

I love a good documentary. I have a thing for 'Classic Albums' at the moment. I recently watched "Classic Albums: Songs in the key of life" which wasn't as good as some but was OK. The best ones (IMO) are The Doors, Nevermind, Rumours and A Night At The Opera. British Steel is interesting too. You don't even have to be a fan of the music IMO.

There are some good history channel and discovery docs around too. For example, Fight Science is quite cool, as is Human Weapon.

Moon Machines is a great series too, if you're in any way a space nerd.
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Gotta love Brain Cox https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonders-Solar-System-DVD-Brian/dp/B00395ATQ8

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[Daimo]

NASAs greatest missions.

[Mellow Matt]

World War One in Colour: https://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryHolland#p/u/36/TAJA7Cibfx4

This chap's also got a series on the Spanish Armada which is quite interesting.

Also, Jeremy Clarkson's Greatest Raid of All Time is quite amazing - tells of a raid on a German port by Commandos in WWII.
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