Documentaries worth watching. Post 'em here

[harrybarracuda]

Motorway Cops - Rulebreakers and Risktakers

Police track down drivers who disregard the law, placing themselves and others in danger. PCs Paul Finlayson and Tracey Cope investigate a collision between a car and a lorry. Meanwhile, fellow officer Adam Toal's patience is pushed to the limit on the M5 when he catches a motorist using a mobile phone, and is overtaken at 88mph by a woman who wanted to let her young son wave at a police car.


UK Nova

Fkin hell, what next: Rulesbreakers and Risktakers 2: The Traffic Wardens Strike Back?

And Rulesbreakers and Risktakers 3: Return of the Perambulating beat copper?

[Hampsha]

Not sure if this was posted way back or not. Just heard someone mention this on my favorite online radio talk show, The Horn at TuneIn Web Tuner

Anyways, here's a documentary one caller suggested. Sounds interesting because I have never heard of this story before. I'm going to give it a go.

The Art of the Steal

Trailer



It's on BTjunkie if you are interested.

[jizzybloke]

Not sure if it's been put up here yet?

I've just watched thee first episode and as always really enjoyed it, David Atten borough at the North pole.


BBC iPlayer - Frozen Planet: To the Ends of the Earth

[Hampsha]

The Secret of Oz.

The documentary draws parallels with the classic children novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum depicting the story hidden in symbolism about monetary reform and the economic scenario during the late 19th century. The yellow brick road (gold standard), the Scarecrow (farmers), the Tin Man (industrial workers), the Wicked Witch of the West (Cleveland banker J.D. Rockefeller) and the Wicked Witch of the East (NY banker J.P.Morgan), the Emerald City of Oz (greenback money), the illusory power of the Wizard in the capitol city (who monopolized power through deceit), even Dorothy’s silver slippers (changed to ruby slippers for the color movie version -symbols of Baum’s and Bryan’s belief that adding silver coin to gold coin would provide much needed money to a depression-strapped, 1890s America). Oz is a virtual forest of monetary reform symbolism, done by someone extremely well versed in the Populist monetary reform goals of the period (Baum was a newspaperman and author) – goals which have never changed - they are still valid today, they are needed now more than then

This is rich bankers bailing out rich bankers on your credit card!

Quite relevant to today's topic on OWS. Covers the history from way back when and shows how the banks have manipulated government to change the way money works.

Pretty good documentary. I got a bit lost during it because it was so long. In my case, I really needed to focus on this. I got a lot out of it. Seems to be form the End the Fed group. It was high quality. There's another one that is 7 gigabytes by this guy at the download sites. Not sure when I will get through that. It's a bit similar to the work of Ken Burns in that so much of it is connected to history. Even though this is the case, I still wonder a bit about it things like this these days. Just lots of wacky beliefs out there these days. I wonder what Ken Burns, the great historian, would say about this.

A few basic messages I got from this exactly what he pushed:

1. He who controls the qualtity of money controls everything.

2. The government should print its own money

3. Gold has only caused problems when backing 'money'



I'll watch it again someday.

[sabang]

Excellent documentary about the cartoonist Robert Crumb- one weird dude with an even weirder family. You don't need to be a cartoon fan to find this interesting. It's both an affectionate look at Crumb, his body of work, his peccadillo's and kinks, and a look at 'countercultural' Amerka. Well recommended, certainly if you think a documentary is more than just a nature program.

[mobs00]

^ Found it here:

Dailymotion - Crumb (1994) [1/6] - une vidéo Comédie et Humour

[Bung]

For those on Demonoid check out the array of top documentaries from a guy called DocGuy09, the guy deserves a medal.

[FailSafe]

I watched this last night- it was sad but pretty gripping:

thepiratebay.org/torrent/3745851/The_Bridge[2006]DVDrip[Eng]

The Bridge (2006)
Director:Eric Steel
Genre: Documentary
People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about
its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of
the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the
world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge
during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of 2004,
recording most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and preventing
several others).
They also taped interviews with friends , families and witnesses, who
recount in sorrowful detail stories of struggles with depression,
substance abuse and mental illness. Raises questions about suicide,
mental illness and civic responsibility as well as the filmmaker' s
relationship to his fraught and complicated material.

[harrybarracuda]

BBC The Sky at Night: Apollo XI A night to remember.

Bloody hell I'd forgotten it's so long ago. Brings back some memories.

[khmen]

BBC - BBC TV blog: Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

Excellent documentary, real James Bond stuff. Don't know where to find it to dl or stream but it's well worth seeking out.

Eddie Chapman was a crook, a womaniser, an opportunist and a manipulator. But he was also an unlikely sort of World War IIhero.
He was motivated by a strange combination of self-interest, hunger for adventure, greed, bravery and patriotism.
He was freed from prison and trained as a spy by the Germans, but he claimed he always intended to swap sides and spy for Britain.
His handlers at MI5 were not so sure. Hence his codename: Agent Zigzag.
Researching theBBC Two documentary Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story, I became more fascinated than ever by his extraordinary combination of qualities, both good and bad.

by far the most important contribution to the programme came from Chapman himself.
Chapman died in 1997, but four years earlier he was interviewed by the BBC for a programme entitled The Underworld: Thieves.
Deep in the archives of the BBC we found a box containing more than five hours of videotapes from that interview, in which Chapman discussed not only his criminal past, but every aspect of his wartime career, his womanising, his sabotage, and his life after the war.
The most extraordinary discovery was just how gleefully unrepentant Chapman was about what he happily referred to as his "villainy".
The unused footage even includes a masterclass on how crack a safe.
With remarkable foresight, the makers of the earlier documentary had decided to keep the camera rolling, despite knowing that by discussing his wartime intelligence work, Chapman was violating the Official Secrets Act.
They anticipated, rightly, that the laws might one day be relaxed, allowing the footage to be used.
Chapman had been gagged during his lifetime - when he tried to serialise an account of his spying in a newspaper, a judge ordered the entire print run pulped - and probably assumed that the interview would never be shown.
This may explain why, as you will see in the programme, he is such an uninhibited interviewee, swearing, cracking jokes, and blithely admitting to all sorts of skulduggery.

[ENT]

Sounds good, will check it out.

The Power of Nightmares is amazing how they show the history of Islamic fundamentalism and Neo Conservatism are basically one and the same. What a strange world we live in.

We are basically foked by the powers that be at the moment....Is there any hope?

Agreed that Islamic fundamentalism and Neo Conservatism have the same objective, thought control.

[Breny]

I don't know if this has ben posted on here yet? The doc about Nigel Benn V Gerald mcllenan, Its called the fight of their lives its on ITV player. Fantastic doc, the story before the fight, fight footage and the story afterwards. it on for about an hour. Must see.

[Chairman Mao]

Brinks Matt, The Greatest Heist.

Remember watching it on TV a few years ago, so D/L'd off youtube with Internet Download Manager, a great tool for those who don't have it.

Very well produced doco on an interesting story. Well worth a watch.

[watdog]

john martyn documentary
part 1 of 7. # 4 can be found in the posters site.

great stuff!

[Neo]

Two part documentary series which explores accusations by CIA officials and western diplomats that Pakistan is failing to live up to its alliances in the war on terror.In May this year, US Special Forces shot and killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. Publicly Pakistan is one of America’s closest allies – yet every step of the operation was kept secret from it.
Filmed largely in Pakistan and Afghanistan, this two-part documentary series explores how a supposed ally stands accused by top CIA officers and Western diplomats of causing the deaths of thousands of coalition soldiers in Afghanistan.
It is a charge denied by Pakistan’s military establishment, but the documentary makers meet serving Taliban commanders who describe the support they get from Pakistan in terms of weapons, training and a place to hide.
The second film in this timely and enthralling two-part documentary series reveals how Britain and America discovered compelling evidence that Pakistan was secretly helping the Taliban and concluded they had been double-crossed.
It tells the story of how under President Obama the US has waged a secret war against Pakistan. Taliban commanders tell the film makers that to this day Pakistan shelters and arms them, and helps them kill Western troops – indeed one recently captured suicide bomber alleges he was trained by Pakistani intelligence.

[Chairman Mao]

Picked up M. Palin's book 'Sahara', so D/L'd the four part series. Very good for people who've traveled in the region.

Then went on to DL his 'Around the World in 80 days', which despite being nearly 25 years old hasn't aged at all. I remember watching it as a kid.

Also D/L'd his 'Himalayas' adventure from only a few years ago, which I haven't watched yet, but being the BBC and Michael Palin I suspect it will be great.

[sabaii sabaii]

Nature\'s Great Events BBC 2009 Complete Torrent - btjunkie

These are beautiful quality videos; nice 720p rips from BBC HD.

It‘s narrated by David Attenborough, so it has the same feel as Planet Earth. These BBC documentaries w/ Attenborough are just amazing.

[astasinim]

Empire

Not sure if a torrent is up yet. Im sure there will be, some time today.

Empire is a major five-part series presented by one of British television’s most distinguished broadcasters, Jeremy Paxman. It tells the story of the British Empire in a new way, tracing not only the rise and fall of the empire but also the complex effects of the empire on the modern world – political, technological and social – and on Britain.

Jeremy travels to India, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, the Caribbean and the Far East in search of the extraordinary characters, burning ambitions and surprising principles which created an empire four times the size of Ancient Rome’s.
Taking the form of a personal essay, Empire will tell the story of the British Empire in five programmes looking at a single key idea in each.


Only started last night. I really enjoyed it. Paxman seems to give a fairly even handed account what happened at the time.

[blue]

Crumb

1994 Terry Zwigoff
One torrent here , at other places too I guess

http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2626233/22489908/

About comic book artist Robert Crumb
he's certainly crazy enough and looks it too -
with his constant maniac smile and extra thick lens glasses
but has nothing on his 2 brothers, both totally nuts .
Very frank and interesting , Crumb hides nothing .
Bit long at 2 hours , I never had any problems with long films in the past
but in this internet age I now seem to have to watch in sections...

Screenshot of the man himself


Documentary shows plenty of his art too,
here's Crumb minding his own business at a bus stop queue,
I love the look on this ladies face

[Marmite the Dog]

Empire

Not sure if a torrent is up yet. Im sure there will be, some time today.

Empire is a major five-part series presented by one of British television’s most distinguished broadcasters, Jeremy Paxman. It tells the story of the British Empire in a new way, tracing not only the rise and fall of the empire but also the complex effects of the empire on the modern world – political, technological and social – and on Britain.

Jeremy travels to India, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, the Caribbean and the Far East in search of the extraordinary characters, burning ambitions and surprising principles which created an empire four times the size of Ancient Rome’s.
Taking the form of a personal essay, Empire will tell the story of the British Empire in five programmes looking at a single key idea in each.


Only started last night. I really enjoyed it. Paxman seems to give a fairly even handed account what happened at the time.

It's on UK Nova - thanks for the heads up.

[astasinim]

^
It starts off a bit left wing and apologetic, but, if you can see past the superficial pandering, then it seems to give a pretty good account of history, and promises to even point out some the good things the empire did for the world.

[Yasojack]

heres a directory of free doc online to watch and previews.

Documentary List | DocumentaryWIRE

[Marmite the Dog]

^
It starts off a bit left wing and apologetic, but, if you can see past the superficial pandering, then it seems to give a pretty good account of history, and promises to even point out some the good things the empire did for the world.

I watched the first one last night and it's not a patch on the series my Nial Ferguson.

[FailSafe]

I downloaded 'Knuckle' yesterday (though I have yet to watch it)- it looks pretty interesting:

[astasinim]

I watched the first one last night and it's not a patch on the series my Nial Ferguson.

Thanks. I`ll have a look for that. I still think this one has promise though.