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27 H2oil Animated SequencesAnimations from the feature documentary H2oil.
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Ever wonder where American gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America’s biggest... more inside Region Blocked 16 Healthcare Around The World - America Pay AttentionIn Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies -- the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan... more inside 31 Olbermann Special Comment On New Orleans Free Health Clinic"There are no words" As "Countdown" producer Rich Stockwell Admits when he attends the free health clinic. November 16, 2009. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/countdown-producer-attend_n_361286.html 45 Explaining temperature (kelvin) and laser coolingAn explanation of what temperature is as it relates to the energy of a molecule, and the process of how physicists use lasers to cool atoms of gas. 18 Why Did The Church Cross The Street?I'm just amused at the fact that while the building suffered no damage during the move, it still ended up in two pieces. 29 The Cove: Sundance Film Exposes Japanese Dolphin SlaughterThe Cove exposes an atrocity of unimaginable brutality. The dolphin slaughter depicted here is committed yearly and without knowledge of the general Japanese public, even though they could be buying highly-toxic... more inside 23 Largest non-nuclear explosion in history (for a while)On April 5, 1958 an underwater mountain, Ripple Rock, was decapitated by the explosion of 1,375 tonnes of Nitramex 2H (an ammonium nitrate based explosive). The destruction of Ripple Rock was a brilliant... more inside 20 National Geographic Explorer-Inside LSDLSDs inventor Albert Hofmann called it "medicine for the soul." The Beatles wrote songs about it. Secret military mind control experiments exploited its hallucinogenic powers. Outlawed in 1966, LSD became... more inside 69 What is money?A hard-hitting 47-minute documentary on what money is, how it came into existence, and how it works in the world today. Definitely not boring! 13 BBC Horizon - Why Do We Talk? (Aired 11-10-09)"Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Horizon meets the scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech - including a father who is filming every second of... more inside 12 Eskimo Hunters - 1949 FilmA film from 1949 featuring an Eskimo family from Alaska. (Canadian Inuit prefer to be called 'Inuit' - Alaskan Inuit prefer being called 'Eskimos').
My father was born in 1950, and grew up in a way... more inside 15 Human, All Too Human : Nietzsche (1999)Human, All Too Human (Menschliches, Allzumenschliches), subtitled A Book for Free Spirits (Ein Buch für freie Geister), is a book by 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published... more inside 13 Confessions of a Serial Killer - The IcemanRichard "The Iceman" Kuklinski (1935 – 2006) was a convicted murderer and notorious contract killer. He worked for several Italian-American crime families, and claimed to have murdered over 200 men over a career that lasted 30 years; he killed his first victim at age 13. 19 I'm 80% Girl, 20% Boyfrom Current on YT:
When Adele was born they couldn't tell if she was a girl or a boy. A series of childhood genital operations 'corrected' her into a boy but as she grew up it became apparent a mistake... more inside 15 The last CalligraphersTrailer for a documentary about the last hand-printed newspaper in Asia. Printed with the art of Urdu calligraphy Found at http://musalman.100hands.net 16 90 year old man from India tries to get his lettersA heartbreaking scene from Beg, Borrow Or Steal. 21 London in 1927 - Early Colour Silent FilmLondon is the last stop in an epic trip across Britain filmed in remarkable early colour.
London was the final stop in a marathon journey around Britain filmed as a series of cinema travelogues. Pioneering... more inside 12 Robert Anton Wilson - Language, Reason, and Realitya short set of excerpts from a documentary about Robert Anton Wilson. While he may indeed have been high much of the time, please note that the quavering in his voice comes from a severe post-polio syndrome condition which induced severe pain. | Top Sift for Nov 20th, 2009Friends O' the Sift Top New Documentaries Videos by Vote Subscribe Top 15 Documentaries Sifters of All Time Top 15 Documentaries Sifters of the Past Week Newest Appreciated Comments |