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28:46FarewellEtaoinShrdlu
259K views • 10 years ago
Drinks and Dice
A documentary on the last day the New York Times was printed with linotype machines in 1978, following the process from the newsroom to the press. It marks the move to computerized typesetting.
1:18:02The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of Finance
7.9M views • 8 years ago
Independent POV
A feature-length documentary on how the City of London and Britain's overseas territories built a global web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions after the empire declined. It traces how this network captured and hid wealth from around the world.
1:32:40Princes of the Yen | The Hidden Power of Central Banks
4.5M views • 12 years ago
Independent POV
Michael Oswald's documentary, based on Richard Werner's book, argues that Japan's 1990s crash was engineered by the central bank and powerful interests. It focuses on the Bank of Japan's hidden influence over the economy.
49:22James 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.
56:09Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary
337K views • 13 years ago
The Documentary Network
Code Rush is a one-hour documentary following Netscape engineers in Silicon Valley through the company's last year as an independent firm. It covers the Mozilla open-source announcement, the frantic push to ready the source for release by March 31, 1998, and the toll on engineers' lives before the AOL acquisition.
48:02James 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.
31:48China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World
11.6M views • 7 years ago
VICE News
VICE News reporter Isobel Yeung goes undercover as a tourist in Xinjiang, documenting heavy surveillance, policing and internment of Uighurs. It also covers children taken into state-run institutions.
1:38:54Four 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.
18:37The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars
5.2M views • 8 years ago
Motherboard
A Motherboard documentary on Rich, who buys wrecked Teslas, rebuilds them from salvaged parts and shares the process as Rich Rebuilds. It shows the obstacles to repairing cars Tesla won't service.