Hurricane Katrina: When The Levees Broke

When The Levees Broke A Requiem in Four Parts is a documentary by Spike Lee covering the devastating affects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005. The film was broken into four parts all which can be seen below. In the documentary we see the devastation caused in New Orleans when the Levees (Flood Walls) broke in over 50 places. Over 80% of New Orleans was flooded, over 100,000 homes and businesses were flooded and almost 1,000 people lost their lives. The documentary interviews experts in a number of fields who look at how the disaster happened, how it might have been prevented and efforts to prevent similar future events. Lee however gives the main attention of the documentary to those effected the most by the New Orleans floods.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2006 Duration: Total Time 4 Hours 19 Minutes.

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National Geographic's Most Amazing Moments

National Geographic has been to some of the most dangerous places in the world. Be they deep oceans or safaris with predators lurking around every corner or war zones were bullets rain down. Now in this documentary National Geographic has combined the most amazing moments they caught on camera. We see a reporter vanish below the ocean surface on a hunt for the Titanic, another get attacked by sharks and in a Taliban stronghold a reporter must dodge rockets. But it's not all danger we also find some of the truly amazing time Nat Geo cameras were able to capture nature at it's best.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2004 Duration: 1 Hour 24 Minutes.

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Doomsday: When The Earth Stops Spinning

The earth is spinning at more than 1600 Kilometers per hour but what if it stopped turning ? In the documentary National Geographic slow the spin of the earth over the course of five days until a complete stop. What would happen to nature, wildlife, countries and oceans ? What would happen to the human race could we survive on a static earth ?

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2012 Duration: 45 Mins.

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Nat Geo: The American Bald Eagle

In this wildlife documentary long time film maker Neil Rettic documents the animal that is a national symbol in America the bald eagle. We get to track the bird that was at one stage threatened with extirpation in the USA. Neil sees how they hunt, breed and we even go inside the nest of a Bald eagle to find some surprises. Then with hidden cameras in the nest we see a pair of eagles work constantly to protect the eggs from which their young will emerge. The life cycle starts again as the young eagles now learn to hunt and fend for themselves.

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Holland's Barriers To The Sea

Holland has always been fighting the north sea and without measures currently in place much of the country would already be swamp or under water.Barriers called The Delta Works are holding back the sea for now but what can be done going forward. Climate change could have a huge impact on the levels and tide of the north sea so can the dutch continue to hold it back ? This documentary looks at how they have fought back the sea for over two thousand years, current measures in place and what the future may hold.

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Nature : Under Antarctic Ice

Under Antarctic Ice from the Nature series is narrated by Hillary Swank in which a group of divers, scientists and photographers go "to the ice". We see amazing pictures from under the largest ice cap on earth, 14 KM squared that's 98% covered in Ice. The extreme conditions are also a huge challenge for the scientists carrying out experiments on and under the ice.We follow the team from their base in New Zealand to the Antarctic which will be their home for the next few weeks. What lies below the ice of the Antarctic ?

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The Deepest Place On Earth

The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest place on earth at it's very deepest over 11 Kilometres down. In this documentary they look at how the Mariana Trench was found and theories used to explain how such a trench could exist.What it can tell about the history of the earth and the movements of continents over millions of years. Could we travel to the bottom of the trench, is there life over 5 miles down and could it be used for example to dispose of nuclear waste. What is the deepest place on the earth, how was it found and can we go there ?

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Mount Everest: How It Was Made

Mount Everest stretches 5.5 miles into the sky but were it's peaks once flat or even under water. In this documentary scientists set out to retrieve samples of rock from the top of the mountain and study them to discover the past of the worlds largest mountain. Millions of years have shaped the largest peaks and deepest hollows on earth but they have left a trail of evidence pertaining to their history. After the break up of the super continent known as Gondwanaland 800 million years ago the earth as we know it today began to take shape.

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Cuttlefish Kings Of Camouflage

Cuttlefish are like an alien species living in our oceans.This documentary covers among it's features the amazing powers of Camouflage the Cuttlefish posses. We get to travel deep into the ocean and see the Cuttlefish in action as they hunt and and are hunted.

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