New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update March 21, 2016 @ 11:05 PM
How You Really Make Decisions
We all like to think that we are smart, wise, rational and creative beings who make thought-out and conscious decisions based on logic. But this very human notion may have to be thought about again, a topic that is investigated by John Simm in the documentary, How You Really Make Decisions[...]
Revealed: The Hunt for Hitlers Scientists
The Hunt for Hitlers Scientists documentary looks into how the Allied forces of Russia, The United States and England were trying to obtain scientific knowledge from Germany in the later days of world war 2. The crumbling German army meant that the only way Hitler stood a real chance of winning back[...]
Heavy Load Transport through Nicaragua
Dangerous streets, vertiginous abysses, shaky bridges – to ensure electrical power supply Nicaragua experiences one of the most spectacular heavy loads of all times. On more than 150 km across the country, over 60 bridges and through volcano landscape, diesel engines with a weight of 300 compa[...]
The Brain with David Eagleman 3 Who is in Control
In Episode 3 of the Brain with David Eagleman we look at the hidden world of the unconscious, and how big of an impact it has on everything we do and everything we are. We tend to think of the decisions we make as being conscious and fully within our control however almost every decision we mak[...]
How the Universe Works: What Caused the Big Bang?
This documentary looks into what caused the big bang which if we turn back the cosmic clock we would see happened around 13.8 billion years ago. The big bang describes the state of the universe only a couple of femtosecond’s after time started which is a time so close to the beginning of time[...]
Married To The Eiffel Tower
A documentary that follows three woman who are in love with objects. The first woman that we meet is Erika Eiffel who famously married the Eiffel tower, Paris back in 2007. Erika is also in an object relationship with with a bow which she calls Lance, the intimate relationship with the bow helped he[...]
Meru
Mountain climbing is a mission that is not for the faint hearted. In the documentary “Meru” we explore from a genuine point of view just what it takes to be a dedicated climber. The film provides a “candid” view which allows us to understand the in’s and outs of what it[...]
Mad World of Donald Trump
A documentary about the mad World of Donald Trump, the 2016 republican fore-runner for presidency of the United States. Donalds’ political campaign has be viewed as controversial by some and as the future of America for others. No matter which political view point you have there is no doubt th[...]
Marijuana - Northwest Trees
Northwest Trees is a Marijuana documentary by Ben Grayzel, who spent only six weeks creating the entire film. The movie focuses on the cities of Oregon and Washington as they have recently made the use of Marijuana legal, the film looks into how this has effected the people and the c[...]
Eat, Fast and Live Longer
In the BBC horizon documentary Eat fast and live longer Michael Mosley sets himself a massive goal. He wants to lose weight, live longer and stay younger. He has discovered a new science that uses the ancient idea of fasting that will achieve all three of the goals for him but the only catch is[...]
Dunblane School Shooting: Our Story
A documentary about the Dunblane school shooting where 16 children and their school teacher were Murdered. At 09:35am on March 13th 1996 a man, Thomas Hamilton walked into Dunlane Primary school, Scotland and opened fire. The gunman shot himself soon after making a total of 18 deaths.[...]
The Universe: The Biggest Things in Space
The universe is so big that it troubles one's mind to even think about it, but the objects within the universe are equally as astonishing. The Earth seems like a pretty big place however it is merely a spec of dust compared to the largest objects and structures in the universe, the closest objec[...]
New Horizons: Passport to Pluto and Beyond
New Horizons documentary. New Horizons is the culmination of more than ten years worth of work by the National Aeronautics and Space administration. This documentary follows the people behind the project to gain greater knowledge about how this tremendous feat of engineering and science was achieved[...]
Dancing in the Dark: The End of Physics?
Scientists still do not know what the universe is really made of. Its true that we only fully understand how atoms work which from our point of view seems like a massive part of the universe since they are the building blocks of stars, planets and us, however the reality is that atoms only make up a[...]
The Brain with David Eagleman 6 Who will we be
In the final episode of the Brain with David Eagleman, we cast our mind into the future of the brain and ultimately our species. We have discovered that the brain will wire itself accordingly to its enivornment so what does this mean for the future of mankind and the ever changing environment we fin[...]
How Big is the Universe?
In this documentary BBC horizon investigates the question, how big is the Universe? At face value the idea of mapping out the universe is a simple task much like making accurate maps here on Earth however you would be wrong as the universe is certainly not a static object. The known or visible unive[...]
The Brain That Changes Itself
The Brain That Changes Itself documentary focuses on recent advancement in the science of “Neuroplasticity” which is a concept that allows to greater understand how the brain adapts itself. Traditionally it has always been thought that the human Brian is incapable of repairing itself and[...]
ScienceNow: Where Did We Come From?
In this documentary Neil DeGrasse Tyson looks into the origins of humans here on Earth. we have done a lot in the last few hundred years to understand this thanks to innovators like Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution which allowed us to understand how we evolved from our early ancestors[...]