2018

Smithsonian Ch. – Smithsonian Time Capsule 1968 (2018)

Smithsonian Ch. – Smithsonian Time Capsule: 1968 (2018)
English | Size: 1.46 GB
Category: Documentary

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Smithsonian Time Capsule: 1968
A military uniform that represents the uniting of American and South Vietnamese forces. The Olympic tracksuit worn by Tommie Smith when he raised a fist in silent protest. The original art by Roy Lichtenstein on his powerful "Gun in America" Time Magazine cover. These are just some of the objects on display at various Smithsonian museums that tell the story of one of the most influential years in American history: 1968. Through these remarkable artifacts, witness a year of courage, revolution, tragedy, and triumph.

BBC – The Truth about Getting Fit (2018)

BBC – The Truth about Getting Fit (2018)
English | Size: 894 MB
Category: Documentary

By the middle of January many people struggle to keep up their resolutions to be more active. The result is that the UK wastes nearly £600 million a year on unused gym memberships.

BBC – The Storm that Saved a City (2018)

BBC – The Storm that Saved a City (2018)
English
Category: Documentary

On 15th January 1968, thousands of homes were damaged when 100-miles-an-hour winds tore through the central belt. Twenty people lost their lives amid devastating scenes. But the storm shook up Scotland’s biggest city in another way, too. It inspired a rethink about Glasgow’s tenements. For 100 years, the city had been destroying unfit houses for new ones – but it wasn’t solving the problem. It took the storm, a group of young architects and some strong-willed residents to save their city from the bulldozer. And it brought forward the transformation of Glasgow – from Britain’s biggest slum to the cultural capital of Europe.

BBC Natural World – Nature’s Biggest Beasts (2018)

BBC Natural World – Nature’s Biggest Beasts (2018)
English | Size: 1.26 GB
Category: Documentary

The world’s biggest beasts have always captured the imagination. But whilst being big can have its advantages, it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, whose huge appetite means it must take on prey ten times its weight, or the tallest animal of them all – the giraffe – who, with such a long neck, must control immense blood pressure. Nature’s biggest beasts must go to extraordinary lengths to thrive. These are their epic survival stories!

BBC – Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes (2018)

BBC – Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes (2018)
English | Size: 947 MB
Category: Documentary

The programme shows Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie’s fascination with music from an early age, listening to the sounds of Elvis and Aretha Franklin before graduating to punk. He talks about his passion for music and how to keep creativity on the right track. In the early 90s the UK music scene was changing – with Oasis and Blur emerging, this alternative rock band was recording in Memphis but suddenly sounded out of step with the music scene.