Posted: 12/21/2005 8:18:00 PM EDT
| I really like watching informative documentaries. I must credit this forum for turning me on to some fascinating shit. Most notably, Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie, Waco:Rules of Engagement, and 44 Minutes: North Hollywood Shootout. Anyway, I'm looking for some recomendations... Anyone know of some other good ones? |
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The Hunt for Red Mercury An utterly facinating documentary from about 10 years ago. Red Mercury is supposedly a substance used in nuclear weapons manufacture and was on the black market with the collapse of the Soviet Union. They never could really pinpoint if the stuff actually existed really, but their search for the substance and their inclusion of what other things were going on in post Soviet Russia was really interesting. It's a bit dated now probably, but I really enjoyed it. |
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The Disappearance of the PX-15 on the Science (Discovery?) Channel...it is about the Submersible Ben Franklin and it's Gulf Stream Drift Mission(NASA) that took place at the same time as the moon landing. Interesting stuff, I cannot seem to find any pictures from the mission, i.e. the pictures taken during the mission, not pictures of the Ben Franklin. ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Gladiator Days Ring of Fire Frozen in Time- Saddest documentary I've ever seen  shop.wgbh.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=11154&storeId=11051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1 |
OMG. I saw that one. I seriously did want to cry at the end of that one. Very good, but very very sad. |
Mark Bowden also wrote a book about the Medellin cartel in Columbia, Killing Pablo, of which there is an excellent documentary. Details the hunt for Pablo Escobar, CIA and Delta Force involvement, Los Pepes, etc. It was on cable recently, THC IIRC. |
He said documentaries not fairy tales. |
dang, i just thought it was mildly interesting...but i'm no aviation buff. when the plane burned up all i could think of was homer going, "D'OH!!!" |
