It took Kurt Vonnegut more than twenty years to turn his experience of surviving the allied bombing of Dresden during World War II, into his novel Slaughterhouse Five. In this short interview with James... continue reading

posted by critical_d 1 decade 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,576 views • 9:30

A film about the music, and effects, of the Vietnam Conflict. I was introduced at another site and thought I'd share it. Very moving stuff

The cameraman and many of the people in the film died soon afterwards.

posted by arvana 1 decade 3 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 2,712 views • 6:30

Everything you always wanted to know about the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England, but couldn’t be bothered to inquire.

posted by eric3579 1 decade 3 years 10 months ago • 8,193 views • 5:15

The 90 minute documentary was a 2010 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature. http://www.metafilter.com/96416/Risking-everything Synopsis: In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War... continue reading

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 4,462 views • 1:27:25

A clip on Harold Gillies; who is considered as the father of plastic surgery. The clip deals with the development of plastic surgery in the First World War. From the BBC documentary: Blood and Guts. ... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 9,371 views

Zulu is a 1964 historical war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 2,122 views • 2:18:19

"Some absolutely amazing video of the bow taken by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory team with cameras mounted on Phoenix's expertly piloted ROV." - YT ... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 4 years 3 months ago • 1,809 views

This is a very fine recitation of a powerful, dark, gut-wrenching anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen. The Latin at the end means "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."

posted by thepinky 1 decade 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 2,212 views

Confessions of an American terrorist April 19, 2010 MSNBC

posted by burdturgler 1 decade 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 2,624 views

From YT - "Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several... continue reading

posted by Throbbin 1 decade 4 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 15,029 views

And amazingly thorough explanation of the events leading to the Great Depression.

posted by blankfist 1 decade 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 2,463 views

Nothing in life makes me happier then seeing mankind at it's best. The space walk EVA scene from the powerful and fascinating For All Mankind.

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,326 views

We've all seen (and tried) sand-drawing, but this is beyond insane. This Ukrainian Talent contestant has absurd drawing and storytelling skills. While Western audiences might not fully grasp the '1945'... continue reading

posted by EDD 1 decade 5 years 5 months ago • 20,995 views • 8:33

With thanks to spoco2. Fascinating documentary about the complex tunnels of bunkers and military installations in Berlin, preserved since world war 2.

posted by rasch187 1 decade 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 2,702 views

A brief geopolitical history of Palestine (18:56)

posted by geo321 1 decade 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,434 views • 18:57

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has come to the Third World War. Neither the US nor the USSR wanted war, but for days in October 1962, neither side was quite sure how to back away from... continue reading

posted by calvados 1 decade 6 years ago • 1,849 views

'The Trap - What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom?' is a new documentary by the BAFTA-winning producer Adam Curtis. It looks at how models of human behaviour shaped by Cold War logic have come to control... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,370 views • 59:36

(85 min) The Atomic Café is an acclaimed documentary film about the beginnings of the era of nuclear warfare, created from a broad range of archival of film from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s - including... continue reading

posted by calvados 1 decade 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 5,699 views