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Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world4:55

Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world

27.8M views • 14 years ago
Miniatur Wunderland
The official tour video of Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, the world's largest model railway. It shows the 1,300 square meter layout with trains, aircraft, cars and ships moving around.
Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.35:22

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.

7.9M views • 4 years ago
People Make Games
A People Make Games follow-up investigation into Roblox, built on stories from players and creators after the channel's first video. It covers the platform's treatment of young developers and its moderation.
Modern Times Streetwise - part 1/4 - 1996 BBC Documentary how become a London cabbie.14:52

Modern Times Streetwise - part 1/4 - 1996 BBC Documentary how become a London cabbie.

54K views • 15 years ago
TaxiWarrior
Part one of a 1996 BBC Modern Times documentary on the training to become a London black cab driver. It follows candidates learning the Knowledge and facing stressful repeated exams with Public Carriage Office examiners.
Tesla Factory Tour with Elon Musk!15:20

Tesla Factory Tour with Elon Musk!

15.5M views • 8 years ago
Marques Brownlee
Marques Brownlee walks through Tesla's factory with Elon Musk, showing production lines for the Model S, X and 3.
HyperNormalisation 20162:40:29

HyperNormalisation 2016

2.3M views • 10 years ago
crisalist
Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation, about 160 minutes long. It cuts together roughly forty years of politics, finance and technology to argue that people have retreated into a simplified fake world.
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent9:04

Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

2.4M views • 11 years ago
Chomsky's Philosophy
A nine-minute excerpt from the 1992 documentary Manufacturing Consent in which Noam Chomsky summarizes how corporate media shapes public discourse.
The Fantastic Case of the Missing Tesla14:35

The Fantastic Case of the Missing Tesla

830K views • 7 years ago
Rich Rebuilds
The final chapter of Rich Rebuilds' saga about buying a used Tesla Model X that went missing, with cameo appearances and the end of the dispute. It is part of a longer series on the problems he had with Tesla.
Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro-lofts15:11

Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro-lofts

7.2M views • 11 years ago
Kirsten Dirksen
Kirsten Dirksen visits the Providence Arcade, the oldest US indoor mall, which was converted into 225-square-foot micro-lofts classified as a rooming house.
Quants | The Alchemists of Wall Street | VPRO documentary47:49

Quants | The Alchemists of Wall Street | VPRO documentary

2.7M views • 16 years ago
vpro documentary
A VPRO documentary on quantitative analysts who designed the mathematical models and high-speed trading systems behind modern finance. It features figures such as Paul Wilmott and asks what risks come from treating markets as a machine.
To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM7:07

To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM

16.5M views • 11 years ago
To Scale:
A short film in which friends build the first true-to-scale model of the solar system, with full planetary orbits, on a Nevada dry lakebed. It conveys the real distances and sizes involved.
The Story of Another World on the Amiga | MVG13:44

The Story of Another World on the Amiga | MVG

350K views • 4 years ago
Modern Vintage Gamer
Modern Vintage Gamer explains how Eric Chahi built Another World on the Amiga 500, using 2D polygons, rotoscoping and clever techniques to run well on a stock 7MHz machine.
James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"49:22

James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"

764K views • 7 years ago
DRS_Education
The first episode of James Burke's 1978 BBC series Connections traces modern dependence on complex technological networks, starting with the 1965 New York blackout, and moves through ancient agriculture to Kuwait's oil-driven leap.
The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"58:46

The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"

2.9M views • 10 years ago
JustAdamCurtis
The first part of Adam Curtis' documentary series on Sigmund Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays, who invented public relations. It shows how Bernays used Freud's ideas to link mass-produced goods to unconscious desires and create modern consumer persuasion.
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED33:45

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

56.9M views • 2 years ago
Veritasium
Veritasium tells the story of how Shuji Nakamura and others made the blue LED, long thought nearly impossible. It covers the materials challenge of gallium nitride and the persistence it took.
Moleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms (2012)1:29:59

Moleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms (2012)

329K views • 14 years ago
Vakondok (Moleman)
Moleman 2 is a feature-length documentary about the demoscene, tracing its rise from 1980s Commodore 64 culture to modern real-time art. It explains the algorithms and creative process behind demos and intros.
James Burke Connections, Ep. 4 "Faith in Numbers"48:42

James Burke Connections, Ep. 4 "Faith in Numbers"

225K views • 7 years ago
DRS_Education
Episode 4 of James Burke's Connections series, tracing how commercialism, climate change and the Black Death shaped the move to the Renaissance. It follows threads through waterpower, the printing press, the Jacquard loom and the Hollerith punch card toward modern computing.
Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers22:44

Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers

2.7M views • 5 years ago
People Make Games
People Make Games investigates how Roblox relies on young, often child, developers to build its content while paying them very little. It covers Roblox's monetization model, the revenue split, and the harms to kids who make games on the platform.
Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion47:01

Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion

1.8M views • 7 years ago
New York Times Opinion
A New York Times Opinion documentary tracing Soviet and KGB disinformation, from the 1980s AIDS origin hoax to modern campaigns like Pizzagate. It features former KGB officers and the people who tried to counter the lies.
James Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect48:02

James Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect

389K views • 4 years ago
Tim Callinan
The first episode of James Burke's Connections series, 'The Trigger Effect', explores how modern society depends on interlinked technological systems and how quickly it breaks down when they fail, starting with a power blackout.
2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse1:03:45

2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse

8.2M views • 6 years ago
Fall of Civilizations
An episode of Fall of Civilizations on the Late Bronze Age Collapse around 1100 BC, when many Eastern Mediterranean societies were destroyed in a short span. It explores the Sea Peoples and the lessons for modern globalised societies.
Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All13:26

Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All

1M views • 5 years ago
Bloomberg Originals
A Bloomberg mini-documentary on how Vienna keeps housing affordable through large-scale public and social housing. It presents the city as a model strategy for others.
Inside a Huge PCB Factory26:49

Inside a Huge PCB Factory

3.7M views • 8 years ago
Strange Parts
Strange Parts tours JLCPCB's large PCB factory in Huizhou, China, walking through the printed circuit board manufacturing process step by step. It shows the machinery, quality checks and scale behind cheap prototype boards.
Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing47:25

Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing

1.3M views • 11 years ago
NativLang
NativLang's 47-minute animated documentary traces the birth and evolution of writing, from early cave marks to modern scripts. It presents the history of the world's writing systems as a story.
[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track29:54

[Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track

5.4M views • 8 years ago
Summoning Salt
Summoning Salt traces the speedrunning history of Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain track and its famous shortcut, through the successive record holders and discoveries. It carries an epilepsy warning for flickering lights.
Money as Debt I - Revised Edition 2009 (Full Movie)46:21

Money as Debt I - Revised Edition 2009 (Full Movie)

291K views • 11 years ago
Ethaniel RockX
An animated documentary by Paul Grignon explaining how modern money is created through bank lending as debt. This is a combined upload of the revised 2009 edition.
Money as Debt - Full Documentary47:08

Money as Debt - Full Documentary

226K views • 13 years ago
Free Your Mind
Paul Grignon's animated documentary presenting his view of how banks create money as debt and why that system requires continuous growth. It outlines the historical background of modern banking.
They Shall Not Grow Old – New Trailer – Now Playing In Theaters2:24

They Shall Not Grow Old – New Trailer – Now Playing In Theaters

9M views • 7 years ago
Warner Bros.
The trailer for Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, a WWI documentary built from restored, colorized archival footage and BBC interviews with British soldiers.
The 1751 Machine that Made Everything14:57

The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

6.1M views • 8 years ago
Machine Thinking
Machine Thinking argues the 1751 machine, a metal-cutting lathe associated with Vaucanson, triggered the biggest explosion of wealth in history by enabling precise manufacturing of other machines.
The Untold Story of Online Gaming on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis | XBAND1:04:15

The Untold Story of Online Gaming on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis | XBAND

619K views • 7 years ago
Wrestling With Gaming
A one-hour documentary on XBAND, the 1994 modem network for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. It covers matchmaking, chat, email, leaderboards and how games were patched at runtime to cope with lag.
New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost24:18

New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost

2.3M views • 6 years ago
Kirsten Dirksen
Kirsten Dirksen tours new Earthships, homes built from tires, bottles and cans that generate their own energy, collect water and grow food. The video covers the newer, cheaper Encounter model and its passive systems.
The Secrets Of Cornwall - Part 1 - Communications54:27

The Secrets Of Cornwall - Part 1 - Communications

259K views • 10 years ago
Mark Thomas
A documentary on how Cornwall became a hub for the world's communications, from the first transatlantic radio signal to modern undersea fibre cables. It describes how cable landing stations and the systems are put together.
What's It Really like Working at Valve?47:42

What's It Really like Working at Valve?

643K views • 3 years ago
People Make Games
People Make Games interviewed 16 current and former Valve employees to examine how the company's no-bosses, no-titles structure works in practice, and where it falls short.
Secret Life Of Machines 104 The Washing Machine25:52

Secret Life Of Machines 104 The Washing Machine

84K views • 12 years ago
Retrotv
An episode of Tim Hunkin's The Secret Life of Machines that explains how a washing machine works, using models, cut-aways and animations. It was first aired in 1988.
Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version1:38:54

Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version

10M views • 13 years ago
Renegade Inc.
An independent feature documentary in which 23 economists, advisers and financiers discuss how the financial system works and what a more just economic model might look like. It covers money creation, debt and the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly11:31

Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly

3.4M views • 8 years ago
Motherboard
A Motherboard documentary episode from Nebraska about farmers and mechanics fighting manufacturers like John Deere over access to the diagnostic software needed to repair modern tractors. It shows how software locks have taken away farmers' traditional self-reliance.
Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (Full Documentary)30:36

Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (Full Documentary)

1.7M views • 4 years ago
The Verge
The Verge's documentary on Handspring and its Treo, a smartphone that came a decade before the iPhone. It tells how a small team tried to build the modern smartphone and was held back by carriers and timing.
The History of Tetris World Records1:53:34

The History of Tetris World Records

7.3M views • 2 years ago
Summoning Salt
Summoning Salt's roughly two-hour documentary traces the history of Tetris world records, from early play through the modern competitive scene. It is a long, well-researched narrative about the players and techniques that pushed the records.
BMW i3 Factory Production Tour40:33

BMW i3 Factory Production Tour

6.6M views • 12 years ago
europeanautosource
A 41-minute factory tour showing how the BMW i3 electric car is built from start to finish, in the style of a Megafactories documentary. It shows a highly automated production line with carbon-fiber body construction and robots doing most of the work.
Master Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)27:21

Master Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)

1.4M views • 16 years ago
US Auto Industry
A 1936 Chevrolet promotional drama, 'Master Hands', showing car manufacturing from foundry to finished vehicle in Flint, Michigan. It is a National Film Registry selection and a record of early mass production.
21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 - Full Episode 156:14

21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 - Full Episode 1

744K views • 13 years ago
shareoldvideos
The first episode of the 1996 PBS documentary series on the creation of the Boeing 777. It follows the design, build and certification process, including meetings with subcontractors.