Saturday, 28 February 2009

Documenting Subways, Comedy, & The Financial Meltdown



Design Classics was a 1980s documentary series looking at revolutionary pieces of design. The London Underground Map is about the subway map, created in 1933 by Underground employee Henry Beck, that has become an icon of both London and British design.





100 Years Of Comedy is a documentary about the history of comedy during the 20th century. Written by Phillip Dye, the documentary features narration over archival footage of Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Charlie Chaplin, and many other great examples of comedy in history.






Frontline is probably the best broadcast documentary series with some of the best investigative journalism of its kind with a whopping 26 awards and 25 nominations. The series focuses on exploring and illuminating the critical issues of our time.
On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was told in a private session by the chairman of the Federal Reserve that the American economy was in grave danger of a complete meltdown within a matter of days. "There was literally a pause in that room where the oxygen left," says Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.).
Inside The Meltdown takes a close look at the current economic recession and the causes behind it. If you don't know why our economy got so bad so quickly, then this documentary may shock you to the bone.

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