Free Documentaries Online

From the Vault Documentaries

• Smartest Machine on Earth

  (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  The smartest machine on Earth is actually related to the historic showdown between an IBM computer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The two are actually winners on the game show, Jeopardy with Alex Trebek. And at the time of their winning streak, it was almost impossible to beat them. Watch how this IBM computer, which
  Watch now…

• Thriller in Manila

  (3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  Thriller in Manila was known as one of the best moments in boxing history. It featured Muhammad Ali who was the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion at that time. He was set to fight against his arch rival Joe Frazier, and this fight, staged in Manila, Philippines, on October 1, 1975, was filled with tension and
  Watch now…

  
  

• Fermat’s Last Theorem

  (43 votes, average: 3.47 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  Simon Singh and John Lynch’s film tells the enthralling and emotional story of Andrew Wiles. A quiet English mathematician, he was drawn into maths by Fermat’s puzzle, but at Cambridge in the ’70s, FLT was considered a joke, so he set it aside. Then, in 1986, an extraordinary idea linked this irritating problem with one
  Watch now…

• Christopher Hitchens debates Peter Hitchens: Hitchens vs. Hitchens

  (27 votes, average: 2.44 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  This is it! Hitchens vs. Hitchens. Most are aware of Christopher Hitchens, who is an extremely influential atheist. What many might not know is that his younger brother is almost as well known and respected for being PRO Christian. Cane and Abel couldn’t have written this debate any better. This debate should be perfect for
  Watch now…

• Leonard Maltin’s Animation Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada

  (22 votes, average: 1.77 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  This feature-length film is comprised of a compilation of NFB films presented by on-camera host, Leonard Maltin. Included in the collection are Begone Dull Care, Mindscape, Log Driver’s Waltz, Getting Started and The Street, among others.

• Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variations (concert)

  (16 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  Glenn Gould is just what the doctor ordered.

• Log Driver’s Waltz

  (44 votes, average: 2.91 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  Growing up in Canada, this short animated song was a secret highlight of my Saturday mornings. My brother and I would wake up with the sunbeams, tiptoe downstairs so not to wake our parents and baby sister, and turn on the Saturday morning cartoons. Before they started, and while we fought over the best spot
  Watch now…

• A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

  (32 votes, average: 2.47 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  A Hard Day’s Night is a scripted documentary. ie: The Beatles are acting. Still, this film offers an incredible look into Beatlemania, the mid 1960′s America, and mob mentality that forms around a musical group every so often. A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles: for the music lovers among us. Enjoy, yah, yah, yah!

• Walking With Dinosaurs

  (53 votes, average: 2.74 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  Those of you with great memories and a thirst for documentaries may remember when I posted Walking With Beasts. Here is where it all began: Walking with DINOSAURS. BBC brings us a rocking good documentary and they seemed to have a strong budget for this one, too.  Enjoy

• High Grass Circus

  (34 votes, average: 2.21 out of 5)
  

   Loading ...

  

  We’re going to a carnival today! It’s the 1970′s and the carny folk are out. Documentary about the carnival.