"One of the main benefits of the [Gutenberg] printing press was that it allowed ideas and news to be shared quickly which helped usher in the Rennaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the scientific revolution."
Back at the dawn of Y2K, I watched a program on Discovery or some such where they counted down to the most important person of the previous millenium. By the time they'd done #2 and broke for a commercial, I was stumped. All the obvious choices I thought of had been named.
#1 was Gutenberg.
about wartime bomb disposal on the Armoured Archivist channel yesterday, and woke up in the night with my heart pounding after a nightmare which was rather jumbled but clearly related.
You could take that either as a recommendation or not. It was a fascinating film though, because there was no shortage of real examples illustrating bomb sites. One of its main lessons was how to tell whether a small bomb had landed and exploded or a large bomb had buried itself without going off yet.
A nice long documentary
Why Did The Armee De L'Aire Lose The Battle Of France?
How a combination of Air Doctrine, politics, finance and industrial capabilities, resulted in the failure of the French Air Force.
At the end of WW1 they were the premier air force in the world but failed to achieve any of their aims in 1940.
Magellan, the folks who 3D scanned the Titanic, are currently surveying the Bismarck. This time next year we should have a fantastic 3D model of the ship, but in the meantime, they have a channel where they've just begun to upload dive footage:
Magellan are an independent global specialist in deep and ultra-deepwater site investigation, subsea intervention and seabed mapping. We are proficient in operating in harsh and remote environments and delivering to and exceeding expectations in some of the most challenging locations around...
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If you like boats, Oceanliner Designs is a wonderful resource covering all aspects of the grand old liners, maritime disasters, and he dives into the minutia of almost every aspect of the Titanic. So if you ever wondered about ventilation, 2nd class accommodations, or how the construction crews went to the bathroom this is a great channel:
And he's just finished working with a computer design company on a Bismarck simulator:
Keeping with ships, Big Old Boats also covered maritime disasters, with a focus on the Great Lakes in the US. He's a great story-teller. Light houses are also covered as well:
If you just want maritime disasters, Waterline Stories is your on-stop channel. He covers many lesser known sinkings, and he has a library of diving accidents as well. He is good at bottom-lining these events for the viewer to make complex technical issues easier to understand:
Welcome to Waterline Disasters! The flagship of the Waterline network. Dive into history's most devastating disasters. Every disaster has a story worth telling. My name's Paul. I'm your storyteller, a diving instructor and yacht master who has spent decades beneath the waves and on the open...
HD Archives is all B-roll footage from WWII and Vietnam. Often with no sound, but a solid resource if you want to get lost in the past.
The Imperial War Museum produces good videos. Well written and concise.
The Nuclear Vault is full of DoD and DoE promotional, informational, and training films related to the Cold War with special attention to nuclear weapons testing back in the day:
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