PickVidsBest Ships, submarines & maritime Videos
The 24 Ships, submarines & maritime videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 1 introductory, 1 intermediate, 22 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include SmarterEveryDay, Wendover Productions, NathanielsCAD.
How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251
A Smarter Every Day episode from aboard a nuclear submarine on how the crew makes breathable air.
Celestial Navigation (instruction video)
A roughly 45-minute vintage US military instructional film that gives a comprehensive overview of celestial navigation, covering sextant use and the theory behind lines of position.
SHIPBREAKERS | Would you risk your life dismantling the world’s largest ships just to survive? | NFB
An NFB documentary about the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India, where about 40,000 people dismantle huge ships by hand in dangerous conditions.
Meeting my hero! Sailing legend Sven Yrvind
Sam Holmes Sailing visits sailing legend Sven Yrvind and tours his boat, covering the man and his small-boat design philosophy.
The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System
Wendover Productions explains how the US military moves people and materiel worldwide, including prepositioned equipment, sealift and airlift.
Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2
Military History Visualized charts ship production by the United States and Japan from December 1941 to September 1945.
How I Boarded a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic (ICEX 2020) - Smarter Every Day 237
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day documents boarding a US Navy nuclear submarine in the Arctic during the ICEX 2020 under-ice exercise.
5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!
Five hours of the late-night BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast, uploaded to mark its 150th anniversary.
China's Invasion Barges, Leading Indicator Of Plans For Taiwan
Defense analyst H I Sutton argues that a new type of Chinese landing barge can only be explained by planning for an amphibious assault, in particular on Taiwan.
The Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
Practical Engineering explains how canal locks work, including the water-saving basins of the new Panama Canal locks.
Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)
Wendover Productions explains the wave of supply shortages in 2021, arguing the causes go beyond COVID.
Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
A short, sarcastic Half as Interesting video about a tiny freight railway in Canada built to exploit a shipping regulation loophole.
Jones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on With Shipping?
Forgotten wrecks are a time bomb | DW Documentary
DW Documentary on the roughly 6,300 ships sunk in World War II that are now rusting and leaking oil into the seas.
What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New Yorker
A New Yorker short documentary about the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea, based on the film In the Absence.
Rowing 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean
Laura Try recounts her 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic as part of a crew of four women in the 2018 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day explains how a US Navy nuclear submarine surfaces through Arctic ice, filmed during the ICEx exercise.
The moiré effect lights that guide ships home
Tom Scott investigates moire-effect beacons, called Inogon leading marks, a Swedish invention from the 1980s that shows different patterns depending on the viewer's position.
Australian Sub defeats US Navy in exercise
A short clip about the Australian Collins class submarine HMAS Rankin reportedly defeating US Navy ships in a war-game exercise.
Inno-Versity Presents: Greatness by David Marquet
Retired submarine captain David Marquet explains, with drawings, how he turned the USS Santa Fe around by treating his crew as leaders rather than followers.
100% Electric Ferry Crossing | Fully Charged 4k
Fully Charged rides a 100% battery-electric ferry across the 4 km strait between Helsingborg, Sweden and Helsingør, Denmark.
Japan, Tsunami. Coast Guard ship rides over the tsunami waves. 日本 - 津波
Amateur footage of a Japanese coast guard boat riding up and over large tsunami waves after the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
Delta P
A short video illustrating the hazard of pressure differentials (delta P) in commercial diving, where a pressure difference creates enormous force on a diver.
Phalanx CIWS Close-in Weapon System In Action - US Navy's Deadly Autocannon
Footage of the US Navy's Phalanx CIWS, a radar-guided 20 mm Gatling gun, firing in live target practice.