scientific movies

jeudi 16 août 2012

Discovery Channel - Zero Hour 07of10 The Sinking of the Estonia (2008)

Discovery Channel - Zero Hour 07of10 The Sinking of the Estonia (2008) DVDRip XviD AC3-MVGroup

On 27th September 1994, the car ferry Estonia departed from Tallinn with 989 people on board. She was bound for Stockholm but never arrived. Six hours into the stormy crossing, the 15,000-ton ship sent out a desperate Mayday communication. By interviewing passengers and crew and by analysing the official investigation into the accident, the evidence is pieced together to show how this tragedy took place and how, incredibly, 137 people managed to survive.

The Sinking of the Estonia.part1

The Sinking of the Estonia.part2

The Sinking of the Estonia.part3

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 5of5 Bloody Beginnings (2009)

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 5of5 Bloody Beginnings (2009) PDTV XviD AC3-MVGroup

Part 5: Bloody Beginnings

Presenter Michael Mosley finds out how the early days of surgery were dark and barbaric, when the surgeon?s knife was more likely to kill you than save you, and invasive medicine generally meant being bloodlet by leeches to within an inch of your life.

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 5of5.part1

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 5of5.part2

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 4of5 Fixing Faces (2009)

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Part 4: Fixing Faces

Thought of as a modern phenomenon, it actually started over 400 years ago with a spate of botched nose jobs. Since then, surgeons have been entranced with the idea that not only could they fix the body, but could even fix our sense of self-esteem. Presenter Michael Mosley undergoes both 16th-century bondage and 21st-century botox in his journey of discovery.

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 4of5.part1

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 4of5.part2

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 3of5 Spare Parts (2009)

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Part 3: Spare Parts

These days, transplant surgery saves thousands of lives every year and almost everything, from heart to eyes, can be replaced. But in the beginning, transplants killed rather than cured, because surgeons didn?t understand that they were taking on one of the most efficient killing systems we know of ? the human immune system.

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 3of5.part1

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 3of5.part2

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 2of5 Bleeding Hearts (2009)

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Part 2: Bleeding Hearts

With a family history of heart problems, presenter Michael Mosley takes a personal interest in these pioneers, who teetered on the scalpel-edge between saviour and executioner. Michael has a go at heart surgery, meets a man with no heartbeat and witnesses an operation where the patient is cooled until their brain stops and has all of their blood sucked out.

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 2of5.part1

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 2of5.part2

mercredi 15 août 2012

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 1of5 Into The Brain (2009)

Part 1: Into The Brain

Just over 100 years ago, cutting into the brain was a terrifying prospect for both patient and surgeon. They could expect the result to be the surgeon bloodied and defeated, and the patient dead. From freak accidents involving crowbars through the skull to notorious lobotomies with icepicks, this programme reveals how, through mishap and misadventure, brain surgery has become the life-saving discipline it is today.

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 1of5.part1

BBC - Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 1of5.part2

Patagonia - In The Footsteps Of Charles Darwin (2012)

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A land of endless expanses and unspoiled nature with unique wildlife awaits us here in two parts. Based on original quotations from his travel journal, the film follows the historical itinerary of one of the most significant nature observers and evolutionary biologists in history – Charles Darwin. Wildlife, nature and human interest stories like the mussel divers of the island of Valdes, who, equipped only with a garden hose as an oxygen supply, collect mussels in depths of up to 20 meters are part of this wonderful documentary of Patagonia.