I know there's a classic youtube thread already but that's for short, funny clips and there's lots more substantial stuff on youtube so I wanted to create a thread for that. Also it hits -30 in the winter here so I'll be spending a fair bit of time indoors.
This is a brilliant, moving documentary about Canadian police and how they treated drug addicts in their community with kindness and respect and actually got results too. It's called Life through a blue lens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFRsfATaag
This is a short, interesting one about Ryan Leaf, the unfortunate NFL player who went second in the draft after Peyton Manning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT5ok_ztNiA
The Wet house. A documentary about chronic alcoholics living in a hostel where they're allowed to drink. Rough but fascinating. And a few Irish lads proudly flyig the flag of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltYki-OxJw
Dylan Moran, stand-up live in Sydney. Class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hieTxQ0oJPc
John Sweeney's BBC documentary about scientology. There's a scientologist called Tommy Davis who is some piece of work. He needs to be seen to be believed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YQVJXaNK8
I'm off work for the next week and feeling lazy so if anyone knows of any cracking documentaries or shows out there please post a link to them.
Them 30 for 30 shows are usually quite good.
Depends what you are into suppose/
Loads of good documentaries on netflix streaming, if you're anywhere you can get that.
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on September 29, 2014, 05:19:03 PM
Loads of good documentaries on netflix streaming, if you're anywhere you can get that.
Would be nice if you could get decent internet speed. Lucky to able to watch youtube.
Watched a great doc on the NFL Draft 2006 called Two Days in April, compelling viewing of several lower profile stars and their efforts to make the pros. Its crazy to think margins such as .1 second on a 40 yard sprint could be the difference between making it or not...
Ironically they are also mentored on their media relations, bearing in mind this is from 2006 its an issue the NFL have been well aware needs addressing (although the recent scandals are a different kettle of fish).
Also watched documentary on Pixar Animation on Netflix. Shows their early struggles and how much effort was put into Toy Story. Steve Jobs could spot potential a mile away...
A year til Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS94zRxJfKc
Quote from: seafoid on September 29, 2014, 05:57:46 PM
A year til Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS94zRxJfKc
;D
It is brilliant in fairness, if anyone hasn't seen it. I (like most Galway people) know it off by heart.
Ethan , that Two Days in April doc, any idea where I'd get it?
Hoop dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMyvImhdBB8
The fog of war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXF6UdkeI4
When we were kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGhNKT-M4Q
Quote from: Hereiam on September 29, 2014, 05:23:17 PM
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on September 29, 2014, 05:19:03 PM
Loads of good documentaries on netflix streaming, if you're anywhere you can get that.
Would be nice if you could get decent internet speed. Lucky to able to watch youtube.
I had that problem myself for a while. What worked for me in the end is that netflix allows you to reduce the picture quality and therefore reduce stalling/buffering. If you haven't already tried that, worth a shot.
If you're into Australian politics there's a great biopic of Bob Hawke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aaLCDC5_iQ
Doesn't portray Keating in a very flattering light, but it's a good insight into Hawke and the personal and family dramas he went through. Shows you the kind of personal sacrifices you have to make if you want to go for the top office.
If you like University Challenge there's a nice documentary about it and the history of the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7L6ICUNDjs
Interesting to see how it's evolved. Bamber Gascoigne still looks fairly fresh too. A likable sort of chap.
Here's a channel full of documentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryEmpire4/videos
There's an American-made one in there about Afghanistan from 1982, bemoaning how the Russians violated the sovereignty of this nation with a rich heritage.
It's amazing how much video is out there for free now. I've cancelled my Netflix for a while to save a bit of money. The selection was crap anyway.
The only thing about documentaries is they can be a bit hit-and-miss. American-made docs tend to be a bit repetitive, telling you the same thing over and over again, they seem to be all about style rather than substance. British or Australian docs are a lot more informative.
Some American documentaries are very trashy, America's toughest prisons and all that sh!te. They all seem to have that same dramatic voiceover guy who sounds like a trailer for a Steven Seagal movie. They lose all credibility straight away and must be aimed at morons (I'm a halfwit but not a complete moron).
Some good links there to check out. I love a day on the sofa free of work, obligations and commitments. I would never pay for something like netflix with so much free stuff out there. If it's not on youtube, you ca usually get it off piratebay.
I'm binge-watching The Prisoner now. It's on a service called Crackle. Free content with commercial interruptions.
The World at War on You Tube.
Its on the 'Yesterday' channel all the time - I be glued to it. Fantastic
The Fog of War as linked above is a good watch.
I enjoyed *cough*cough* watching this one about the Major Fraud on Who Wants to be a Millionaire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeR4jS_IO7Y
Plenty of full episodes of the Nat Geo "Aircrash Investigations" full episodes on You Tube. The famous Gimli Glider is a good win with a happy ending!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTRAQAzey4w
Interesting series beginning here on the Great War:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhiagFG8KE
Quite old, which means there's a lot of first-hand accounts. Goes into great detail, it's quite a long series. What I find striking is how popular the war was at the time when it started and how it was greeted with celebrations in the street. People were queuing up to enlist and have a crack at the enemy, patriotism was everything and peer pressure made sure that anyone in doubt about it was brow-beaten into signing up too. A completely different world from today.
Not on youtube, but listened to this last Saturday on RTE Radio 1 on Sean Mannion (Boxer from Rosmuc, Galway). A great listen.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/
32 short films about Glenn Gould
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twV8YZut2nw
I couldn't find the long versions on youtube but Koyaanisqatsi and Robinson in Space are class.
Quote from: Asal Mor on September 29, 2014, 04:11:55 PM
I know there's a classic youtube thread already but that's for short, funny clips and there's lots more substantial stuff on youtube so I wanted to create a thread for that. Also it hits -30 in the winter here so I'll be spending a fair bit of time indoors.
This is a brilliant, moving documentary about Canadian police and how they treated drug addicts in their community with kindness and respect and actually got results too. It's called Life through a blue lens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFRsfATaag
good shout, that was excellent. very moving.
Quote from: Asal Mor on September 29, 2014, 06:06:23 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 29, 2014, 05:57:46 PM
A year til Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS94zRxJfKc
;D
It is brilliant in fairness, if anyone hasn't seen it. I (like most Galway people) know it off by heart.
Ethan , that Two Days in April doc, any idea where I'd get it?
a week off work is great for this craic, have watched up to part three there, i enjoyed them singing the fields of athenry after the mayo game. :D
Quote from: JBM on the 21 on September 30, 2014, 08:47:57 PM
Not on youtube, but listened to this last Saturday on RTE Radio 1 on Sean Mannion (Boxer from Rosmuc, Galway). A great listen.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/
Worth a trawl through the RTE Radio documentary archives. Some real clinkers in there? My favourite is the one where the the 2 young fellas blagged their way from Dublin to Manhattan with no passports or money. Link anseo.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2011/0812/646856-radio-documentary-dont-go-far/
Quote from: charlieTully on October 02, 2014, 05:06:47 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFRsfATaag
good shout, that was excellent. very moving.
Yeah cheers Charlie, I thought it was great, and should be shown to police officers everywhere, especially the overly aggressive, macho ones. I'm sure everyone could learn something from it.
Decent one on the Italian Mafia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7PPWV1qt0
Excellent series of boxing documentaries from HBO - Legendary Nights.
This one features the fight between Meldrick Taylor and Chavez when Taylor had him beaten but the ref Robert Steele stopped it with less than 5 seconds left. Fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3_Hlaggeks
I'd never heard of Greg Giraldo until a few days ago. He was a legend of comedy roasts who died in 2010. Hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReoxCAepS7c
Quote from: Denn Forever on September 30, 2014, 10:41:45 AM
The World at War on You Tube.
Probably the best factual TV series ever made. Amazing...the interviews with people who actually were there make the hairs stand on end.
German documentaries on WW2 and after including the ethnic cleansing eg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzMs3t5Ygo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH6MlmLmDnk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo95rTt9ikU
We get a very false image of WW2 .It was hell
Also good are 1970s US roasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9wQxU_iIg
Quote from: seafoid on March 23, 2016, 09:37:33 AM
German documentaries on WW2 and after including the ethnic cleansing eg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzMs3t5Ygo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH6MlmLmDnk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo95rTt9ikU
We get a very false image of WW2 .It was hell
Also good are 1970s US roasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9wQxU_iIg
Thanks for these, I watch the full world at war recently excellent show.
Quote from: seafoid on March 23, 2016, 09:37:33 AM
German documentaries on WW2 and after including the ethnic cleansing eg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzMs3t5Ygo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH6MlmLmDnk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo95rTt9ikU
We get a very false image of WW2 .It was hell
Also good are 1970s US roasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9wQxU_iIg
Have any of these got subtitles? I'd like to watch them but I don't know a word of German.
The 2000 Year-Old Computer - Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXjUqLMgxM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXjUqLMgxM)
Amazing story.
Great series called The Liners, if you're interested in the history of the old ocean liners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGcGvR4PEc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGcGvR4PEc)
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on March 23, 2016, 09:16:06 PM
Great series called The Liners, if you're interested in the history of the old ocean liners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGcGvR4PEc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGcGvR4PEc)
You're fond of the auld tug Eamon?
Crossmaglen Rangers documentary from the BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aCVpOCGFI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aCVpOCGFI)
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on March 23, 2016, 10:44:15 PM
Crossmaglen Rangers documentary from the BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aCVpOCGFI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2aCVpOCGFI)
Really enjoyed that thanks for posting!
Eamonn, thanks for posting the Crossmaglen link.
Quote from: Oraisteach on March 27, 2016, 12:06:44 AM
Eamonn, thanks for posting the Crossmaglen link.
Anyone who reads the GAA page would have seen Throughthelaces posted it the previous day.
Well, armaghnic, I didn't see it, so I'm grateful to Eamonn. So, keep your snarky comments to yourself. What did you gain by making that remark? Maybe I'm not as true a Gael as yourself.
Quote from: Oraisteach on March 27, 2016, 07:33:31 PM
Well, armaghnic, I didn't see it, so I'm grateful to Eamonn. So, keep your snarky comments to yourself. What did you gain by making that remark? Maybe I'm not as true a Gael as yourself.
I wanted to give credit to the original poster.
My apologies if I have offended the people of USA, please do not report me to Donald Trump.
No, armaghniac, you wanted to dig me, otherwise you would have said nothing or would have simply named the original poster, not said "anyone who reads . . . ." Implying that I don't read GAA pages, which. I do. Never thought I'd be mocked for gratitude.
CNN is doing a series on the 80's
This is the first one I watched and it brought back a flood of memories and emotions from songs and videos that I grew up listening to and watching. Some of the "older" posters will enjoy this and the "younger" poster will get a good laugh.
The Eighties Video Killed the Radio Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR8yNrY4L8g