PickVidsBest Military history & warfare Videos
The 121 Military history & warfare videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 6 intermediate, 111 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a documentary. What they share is that the people and the sequence of events are put back before anyone argues. Channels you will keep seeing include SmarterEveryDay, VICE, Veritasium.
Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers
A 1953 US Navy training film explaining the basic mechanisms in mechanical fire control computers aboard ships.
U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794
A 1953 US Navy training film on the basic mechanisms in fire control computers: shafts, gears, cams and differentials.
The Secret War
A compilation of the 1977 BBC series The Secret War, a documentary on British scientific and technical efforts in WWII, including radar, German navigation beams and V-weapons.
This Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length)
Ben Anderson's VICE documentary shows embedded reporting on Afghan security forces and US Marines in Helmand during the troop drawdown, exposing incompetence, drug abuse and corruption.
Tiedustelueverstin arvio Venäjästä | 3.12.2018
A 2018 lecture, with subtitles available, by former Finnish intelligence colonel Martti J.
Secret History of Silicon Valley
Steve Blank's Computer History Museum lecture argues that Silicon Valley's roots lie in WWII radar and electronic warfare work, Stanford's Fred Terman and Cold War military funding rather than the semiconductor alone.
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122
Lex Fridman interviews Navy pilot David Fravor, a primary witness of the 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, about the sighting, military aviation and aerospace engineering.
The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3)
Part one of Montemayor's animated-map documentary on the Battle of Midway, told using only the information available to the Japanese side.
Threads (1984) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
The original trailer for Threads, the 1984 British TV film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear attack on Sheffield.
The Secret History of Silicon Valley
Steve Blank tells how World War II, Stanford's Frederick Terman and military and intelligence agencies shaped the rise of Silicon Valley.
Gimbal UFO - A New Analysis
Mick West analyzes the Navy's Gimbal UFO video and gives four checkable observations suggesting it is an infrared glare that appears to rotate because the camera rotates while tracking.
Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion
A New York Times Opinion documentary tracing Soviet and KGB disinformation, from the 1980s AIDS origin hoax to modern campaigns like Pizzagate.
Nuclear 101: How Nuclear Bombs Work Part 1/2
Harvard Belfer Center lecture by Matthew Bunn explaining how nuclear bombs work, including fission and fusion weapons and which parts of bomb-making are hard.
Super Pointy Sprint Missile - 0 to Mach 10 in 15 Seconds - 100Gs & 6000°F
A short video on the US Sprint anti-ballistic missile, which accelerated to around Mach 10 in seconds under extreme g-forces and heat.
Slaughterbots
Slaughterbots is a fictional short film, backed by Stuart Russell, depicting swarms of cheap autonomous drones that use facial recognition to assassinate targets.
Nuclear Weapons: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on the US nuclear arsenal and how poorly it is maintained and secured.
War - Part Two: Anybody's Son Will Do (1 of 6)
An episode of Gwynne Dyer's 1983 documentary series War, about how military basic training turns recruits into soldiers.
Sci-Fi Short Film “Slaughterbots” | DUST
Slaughterbots is a short sci-fi film in which swarms of cheap autonomous drones are programmed to kill targets by profile.
The Future of War, and How It Affects YOU (Multi-Domain Operations) - Smarter Every Day 211
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day explains Multi-Domain Operations through footage from his last mission at RIMPAC 2018.
Richard Feynman Lecture -- "Los Alamos From Below"
A 78-minute Richard Feynman lecture of anecdotes about working at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project, followed by about ten minutes of audience Q&A in which he tells three safe-cracking stories.
Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated
An animated account of Day 1 of the Desert Storm air war on 17 January 1991, covering the 2,775 sorties flown against Iraqi strategic targets in the first 24 hours.
CIA Officer in Charge of Taking Down the AQ Khan Network | James Lawler | Ep. 125
A long Team House podcast interview with James Lawler, a former CIA operations officer who led counterproliferation work against the A.Q.
Why our generals were more successful in World War II than in Korea, Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanistan
Thomas Ricks's Nimitz Memorial Lecture at UC Berkeley asks why US generals did better in World War II than in Korea, Vietnam or Iraq and Afghanistan.
A4 / V2 Rocket in detail: Turbopump
A very long, detailed look at the A4/V2 rocket turbopump, the steam-turbine-driven twin propellant pump system.