The Best of Google Video
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Fischer VS Spassky
BBC Documentary with various interviews from well-known chess enthusiasts regarding the legendary 1972 World Chess Champion match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.
"The century of the Self" by Adam Curtis
"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis
Part 2: The Engineering of Consent
Part 3: There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed
"The Root of All Evil?" by Richard Dawkins
In this Channel 4 documentary British evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins argues that the world would be better off without religion. He thinks that "the process of non-thinking called faith" is not a way of understanding the world, but instead stands in fundamental opposition to modern science and the scientific method, and is divisive and dangerous.
"Free to Choose" by Milton Friedman
"Free to Choose" is a legendary PBS television show by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. The whole series is now available on Google Video for free (courtesy of Palmer R. Chitester Fund).
(Dr. Milton Friedman died on November 16, 2006, at the age of 94.)
Milton Friedman - "Free to Choose" (Episodes overview and links to Google Video)
James Randi debunks Uri Geller and Peter Popoff
James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario), more often known as The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and skeptic, best known as a debunker of pseudoscience. He is perhaps most known for the One Million Dollar Challenge, in which his James Randi Education Foundation will award a prize of one million USD to anyone who is able to demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties.
James Randi debunks Uri Geller and Peter Popoff
60 minutes: The World around Us - Randi vs. Geller (video quality is not the best)
"MeaningofLife.tv" by Robert Wright
Journalist Robert Wright (author of the book "The Moral Animal") discusses the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything with prominent thinkers like Francis Fukuyama (Professor of Political Economy), Steven Pinker (Professor of Psychology), Daniel Dennett (Professor of Philosophy), John Maynard Smith (Evolutionary Biologist), Freeman Dyson (Professor of Physics) and many more.
From the Googleplex: Authors@Google
"Authors@Google is a speaker series where thought-provoking, Zeitgeist-making, trend-setting authors come to the Googleplex to read from their works and share their thoughts with us. The following authors have agreed to release their talks to the world on Google Video." Source: Google Video
Highlights:
Seth Godin - "All Marketers are Liars"
Dr. James Watson - "DNA and the Brain"
David Vise - "The Google Story"
TED Talks - Technology, Entertainment, Design
"Each year, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. Now ... we're sharing some of the most remarkable TED talks with the world at large. ... For best effect, plan to listen to at least three, start to finish. They have a cumulative effect..." Source: TED Conferences LLC
TED Talks (Google Video) TED Talks (ted.com)
Highlights:
TED: Sir Ken Robinson (2006) Influential advocate for educational quality
TED: Hans Rosling (2006) video Professor of International Health
TED: Richard Dawkins' jaw-dropping talk on our bizarre universe
The History Of Hacking
A quality documentary about hacking from the 1960's to date. Takes a historical approach, looking at the role of the hacker during this time. Profiling Steve Wozniak, John Draper alias Captain Crunch and Kevin Mitnick.
(A September Films Production for Channel 4)
Tetris: From Russia with Love
From BBC: "This is the story behind the fiendishly addictive game, a tale of high stakes, intimidation and legal feuds set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions between East and West."
Richard P. Feynman - The Pleasure of Finding Things out
Excellent short 40 min documentary interview with Dr. Richard P. Feynman- one of the greatest physicist of the last century and a Nobel Laureate.
During World War II Feynman helped to develop the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project and was later a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
The Elegant Universe
"One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory." (PBS Broadcast)
The Elegant Universe - Einstein's Dream
SPACE - BBC TV Series
"Look up at the stars and you see a million points of light - you're looking at the entire universe. But what is out there? Let Sam Neill be your guide as state-of-the-art computer graphics take you on the ultimate journey beyond any known universe." (BBC 2001)
(not available at the moment)
MythBusters
Special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends of popular culture.
Is it possible to break glass with human voice? Can you find a needle in a hay stack? Do plants grow better if you talk to them?
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Professional magicians/comedians Penn Jillette and Teller aim to debunk an array of metaphysical and supernatural BS by applying critical thinking and scientific skepticism. They also explain us in a humerous and informal way, why lots of products, services and ideas that we buy into are just plain - bullshit!
Most of the 49 episodes (saison 1-4) are now availabe on Google Video for free.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Overview and links to full length episodes on Google Video)
University of California Television (UCTV)
"University of California Television (UCTV) is a 24-hour, non-commercial satellite channel that broadcasts educational and enrichment programming from the campuses, national laboratories, and affiliated institutions of the University of California. UCTV delivers science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, and the arts to a general audience, as well as specialized programming for health care professionals and teachers." Source: Google Video
Highlights:
The Origin of the Human Mind: Insights from Brain Imaging and Evolution
Grey Matters: Music and the Mind
Conversations with History: On Theory, with Nobel Prize Winner Amartya Sen
Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" Series
In the legendary tv series "Cosmos" American astronomer Carl Sagan explains the history of our planet, the origin of life, the life cycle of stars and many other topics.
The series won an Emmy and a Peabody Award and has been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 600 million people, according to the Science Channel.
Carl Sagan's "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Official Google Video Blog
Richard Dawkins - "Nice guys finish first"
Produced in the mid 1980s by Jeremy Taylor and Richard Dawkins for BBC's Horizon series. It was based mainly on the chapter of the same name in the Second Edition of "The Selfish Gene".
Richard Dawkins - "Nice guys finish first"
BBC Documentary: The Story of 1, History of Numbers
Monty Python star Terry Jones, presents The Story of 1, a one-off BBC One documentary on the history of numbers in which he merges slapstick, quirky humour and learning.
Terry Jones - "The Story of 1" (not available at the moment)
Jonathan Miller's: A Brief History of Disbelief
"A Brief History of Disbelief" is a 2005 documentary series conducted by Jonathan Miller for the BBC tracing the history of Atheism.
(Not available at the moment!)
A Brief History of Disbelief Pt.1
A Brief History of Disbelief Pt. 2
A Brief History of Disbelief Pt. 3
The Atheist Tapes: Colin McGinn Steven Weinberg Richard Dawkins Denys Turner Daniel Dennett
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Please let me know about gems YOU found on Google Video. I will add them to this collection and hope to make this "Hub" a useful resource for curious minds.
Goeran
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I like that you added pictures and commentary, instead of just a laundry-list of available videos. Some of these seem genuinely appealing to me and I'll watch them. (Yes I'll digg it and give you a reddit point)
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More James Randi videos:
James Randi Lecture at Princeton 2001: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4665376168
James Randi in Australia: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7461912885
James Randi at SMU 2002: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5194991180
James Randi - 2000 Skeptics World Convention: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3178853788
The complete Carl Sagan TV series "Cosmos" can be found here:
Thanks Ernst!
I'll add "Cosmos" to the list.
Great list... here's some more suggestions:
Stephen Hawking's Universe:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6134892726
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7150114910
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-587992949
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7247337622
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6342208133
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-575214040
The Elegant Universe:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-338709675
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-238678794
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-549114736
Quantum mechanics lecture by Hans Bethe:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-807545961
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6157692255
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-269108678
Great finds Derevirn!
Is there a version of "Hawking's Universe" without Japanese commentary?
Hmm I don't think so...
Here's a new finding though :)
BBC Horizon Programme: The Blind Watchmaker:
its not japanese, its Cantonese, a chinese dialect generally spoken in HongKong
Great list! I like your taste.
You should add Dennett at TedTalks2006 though. (on religion as a natural phenomenon):
Nevermind. I forgot for a minute that this is a google video list & that particular one isn't on there...
Shame on me.
A good talk nonetheless...
The century of the self. BBC documentary by adam curtis. Amazing insight into philosophy. Also available from the internet archive in better quality
My best find on google video so far has to be "The Power of Nightmares"
Thanks, Goeran. I watched the Bullshit episode about bottled vs tap water, which was fantastic! Looking forward to the one where they debunk Feng Shui!
What a wonderful collection of thought provoking documentary and other videos, I watched The Root of All Evil and it was really inspiring stuff! great way to educate and entertain the the masses. TED talks are great as usual, thanks.
did you see? Penn and Teller's BS episode on the war on drugs was removed from google video. I saw it two days ago and today I tried to do it again and it's no longer there
Thanks for the info FB. Those BS episodes come and go on Google Video. I hope that one day they will just upload all episodes again and keep them there. (They could split ad revenues with the copyright owner right?)
This is a great Hub. Thought you might like to know we just launched video capsule for Google video. You can now embed video in the page.
for another long list of documentaries
http://iptvpc.blogspot.com/2005/11/documentary-arc IPTV Documentaries for another long list of documentaries
Thanks SO much; thoroughly enjoyed that milton friedman and the chess movie. Looking forward to spending many more happy hours thanks to your list. Wish all hub/squidoo pages were this interesting! Well done.
Robert Wright is such a moron. It's embarassing to hear him interview such great minds. What a waste! Even in the hands of a Charlie Rose (who's overrated) it would've been such a great opportunity.
have you looked for Who killed the electric car?
A Brief History of Time
FRONTIERS OF ASTRONOMY: Astronomy educational videos by Alex Filippenko from Berkeley.
It is a series of 16 videos. Pretty good in my opinion.
Thanks for making this list. Here are some more
Terry Jones Barbarians - This is a link to part 3, there are 4 in total
http://video.google.com.au/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2
Graham Hancock's interesting take on history 3 parts
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=3310928
James Burkes excellent Connections series
http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?q=bbc+conne
History of Oil - Comedy lecture by Robert Newman, worth watching for sure
http://video.google.com.au/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2
Good report on North Korea
http://video.google.com.au/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2
BBC doco on NDE's
http://video.google.com.au/url?vidurl=http%3A%2F%2
Also seen:
The Ascent of Man & Walking with Cavemen, both BBC I think?
Just a quick question.
Has anyone tried the download as ipod file on the video google pages ? It works 90% of the time.
Occasionally, I download an mp4 and it has the video but not the audio. (even though the audio is in the original video.google stream ...)
(example: Frontiers of Astronomy: Epiosdes 2,3,7,14)
does anyone know why this might happen ?
Just a quick question.
Has anyone tried the download as ipod file on the video google pages ? It works 90% of the time.
Occasionally, I download an mp4 and it has the video but not the audio. (even though the audio is in the original video.google stream ...)
(example: Frontiers of Astronomy: Epiosdes 2,3,7,14)
does anyone know why this might happen ?
Just a quick question.
Has anyone tried the download as ipod file on the video google pages ? It works 90% of the time.
Occasionally, I download an mp4 and it has the video but not the audio. (even though the audio is in the original video.google stream ...)
(example: Frontiers of Astronomy: Epiosdes 2,3,7,14)
does anyone know why this might happen ?
I thought these two documentaries on autistic savants were fantastic. One is about Kim Peek, the inspriation for the movie Rain Man, who can read a page from a book in about 8 seconds and remembers the information, many years later, nearly perfectly
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-676726162
The other is about the highly functional Daniel Tammet, who can learn any language in seven days, does mathematical computations with ease, and also has an amazing memory.
I'd never seen many of these - thanks for the links!
great collection. I have seem some gem videos which I will post here as well.
great collection. I have seem some gem videos which I will post here as well.
great collection. I have seem some gem videos which I will post here as well.
great collection. I have found some gem of videos out there and I will post them here to share with everyone.
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Great resource. Wish I had more time to watch the videos.
The Sir Douglas Robb Lectures, University of Auckland, 1979
The Sir Douglas Robb Lectures, University of Auckland, 1979
by Richard P Feynman on light
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BBC Space Odyssey - Voyage to the Planets Episode 1 of 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2548033681
BBC Space Odyssey - Voyage to the Planets Episode 2 of 2
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Similar to Adam Curtis' in style of documentary, Why We Fight is a great documentary on the Military Industrial Complex. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-492403446
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Good post! I learned somthing new!
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WHAT IS GOOGLE VIDEO ALL ABOUT ?????
there is also a list of google videos here best.online.docus.googlepages.com
That was wierd
Good source and interesting to enjoy the videos through googlepages, thanks.
Cool videos man!!! AWESOME! Thanks for posting them! Love'em
myth busters is great ha ha
Great video source to take a break... ;-)
The most extraordinary interviews are here:
[Video Interview] Astounding Interview of Aaron Russo about Nicholas Rockefeller who asked him to join the CFR
http://hubpages.com/hub/Astonishing_Interview_with
[Video Interview] Norman Dodd: an extraordinary interview
http://hubpages.com/hub/Norman_Dodds
Watching the video on Fischer VS Spassky brought back some happy personal memories.
this sucked
Was searching for "best of google video", saw your chess hubpage. Great info on chess!
Cool hub, but a bunch of links do not work for me. :( I guess it's time to update the hub :)
Wow really nice! Great hub.Interesting topic, well written. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for making this nice collection of videos. This is one of rare 'best of' web pages that has informative and educational videos. Most others just collect funny, stupid, or cool videos, and sometimes they make mistake and put some good one.
I am also trying to make a collection of videos that are effective and can change viewers opinions on issues. The site already has 120 videos. Link is http://best-google-videos.com
wow, what a collection of videos! it is nice to find the older stuff and re-watch it.
A lot of TV worth watching here, all though I can't help but think I see some suggestive philosophical undertones. We'll leave it at that.
great post but some of the links don't work. here are too blogs worth checking out!
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This is an interesting list of videos. Some very profound and historical, others just plain funny!
Very well done hub! I really enjoyed "The History Of Hacking"
Keep the info coming.
The elegant universe links don't work so here's a link of the video on youtube I found:
Great list, i've seen about 3/4 of those videos. I love the History of Hacking one.
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Good sharing. Lot videos i never seen and it is quite educated. Learn lot here. Good finding.
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Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" Series is awesome - thanks for the links I Digg!
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A very nice piece of work! I was looking, if there was Carl Sagan and I found it. He is the best for me, though.
I've laughed so much just now.
Just an added information,
you can download the videos from google video or other web using a program called: Orbit downloader, depending on the file mostly in .flv or .avi
more documentary can be found on www.guba.com
Great list
Very informative! lot of videos that i never know about it. Thanks
You appear to have almost the exact same taste in video that i do. Based on this, I am now going to have to watch every single one on this list that I haven't already.
Cheers! There goes my lazy sunday...
You appear to have almost the exact same taste in video that i do. Based on this, I am now going to have to watch every single one on this list that I haven't already.
Cheers! There goes my lazy sunday...
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Interesting read, but a lot of links are broken. :(
Anyone can add, discuss, or watch all the great documentaries on Google Video
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Wow, great hub i specially like the Spassky vs Fischer video documentary :X. I'm a chessplayer so I really enjoyed watching this video :). I had one just like it but much smaller on a site that I did a few years ago :D. to bad I don't have it anymore :(. Anyway keep up the good work, cheers!
This is excellent. I am enjoying the Freud documentaries right now.
This is great! Here's my favorite video, and I found a Hub with it one there. http://hubpages.com/hub/Iraqi-journalist-throws-sh
great hub
That's a great collection. wouldn't mind spending time to go through..
Thank you for reminding me of Richard Dawkin, he has such a common sense viewpoint and talks sense not ideas. Good Hub, long live Google Video.
great hub...nice videos and information....great job done...have a look for this one...i am sure you will like it....thanx
Thanks for sharing these. There are some great videos out there but finding them amid all of the goofy snippets that are flooding the internet can be tough.
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Nice videos and information. Must see. thanx
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I am glad that I have discovered this source!
The last 6 months I have already tried to put on a blog the best movies and documentaries that I am aware of (including some Greek ones) but I can use a lot of your links guys!
Thanks a lot!
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greg says:
3 years ago
don't forget dancing outlaw. Great documentary on Jesico White.