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Taken for a Ride (1996) - How General Motors bought out and dismantled the light rail systems in major US cities to undermine public transportation and promote automobile traffic

5,399 points 894 comments submitted 1 year ago by contents to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I8GDklsN4

EconomicsThe Money Masters (1996)- the history behind the current world depression and the bankers' goal of world economic control by a very small coterie of private bankers, above all governments [3h 30min]

3,040 points 958 comments submitted 4 months ago by lawful_neutral to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4wU9ZnAKAw

American PoliticsWelfare and the Politics of Poverty (2016)- "Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform was supposed to move needy families off government handouts and onto a path out of poverty. Twenty years later, how has it turned out?"

2,820 points 678 comments submitted 5 months ago by Ziapolitics to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/Y9lfuqqNA_g

Tech/InternetTriumph of the Nerds (1996) - "Even though it's dated, still one of the best Documentaries ever made about the birth of the personal computer."

2,632 points 202 comments submitted 5 months ago by StraightOuttaMypos to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7tjSfnjSwc&index=1&list=PLn-Y3vvQbmHO5WUcBdIWqiUfNawhC1cn3

Tech/InternetThe Internet As It Was In 1996 [1996]

426 points 90 comments submitted 2 years ago by rob79 to /r/Documentaries

http://youtu.be/WTKIgdfoHxM

Taken for a Ride (1996) - How General Motors bought out and dismantled the light rail systems in major US cities to undermine public transportation and promote automobile traffic

1,748 points 178 comments submitted 29 days ago by aleppo1357 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUyEbfcRFXA

CrimeParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) The first of three feature HBO documentaries about the west Memphis three.

913 points 287 comments submitted 1 year ago by Everyday-formula to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/c2pvl4-g_6A

BBC Horizon - Fermat's Last Theorem (1996) "The story of the British mathematician Andrew Wiles and his bid to find proof for Fermat's last theorem, which has taxed mathematicians since the 17th century."

891 points 102 comments submitted 1 year ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/18216532

Kennewick Man - 60 Minutes Segment (1998) An ancient skeleton was found in 1996. The remains were from 9,000 years ago and physical characteristics suggest Caucasoid origins.

248 points 155 comments submitted 2 years ago by alllie to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOTk3yDvkgM

CHELYABINSK :The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet (1996). Russian documentry on the after effects of mostly unknown nuclear accidents in Chelyabinsk Oblast, which was closed to foreigners until the fall of the USSR.

331 points 37 comments submitted 1 year ago by OhioTry to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/LYmGCIg9O6Y

CuisineA Hot Dog Program (1996) - A lighthearted look at local hot dog stands throughout the USA

264 points 41 comments submitted 3 months ago by EHoffman922 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdO6E4PouM

Link is DownFermat's Last Theorem (1996) [An amazing documentary even if you aren't well versed in mathematics]

293 points 30 comments submitted 3 years ago by Cigareddit to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnXgprKgSE

Int'l PoliticsThe Last Shah (1996) - A look into how Iran went from developing modern country to theocracy

236 points 26 comments submitted 5 months ago by Creationlord to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/FBW5d1TWFDU

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

NSFW 183 points 43 comments submitted 2 years ago by Ga_vvin to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS64-KRVG9Q

The Money Masters - How International Bankers Gained Control of America (1996)

197 points 9 comments submitted 9 months ago by AlphaBetaUnlimited to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4wU9ZnAKAw

DisasterStorm Over Everest (2014) - Excellent PBS doc about the 1996 Mount Everest disaster that the 2015 film "Everest" is based on

205 points 17 comments submitted 1 year ago by iLikeMakonnen to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/hJ5olbdXd10

Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook (1996) - A critically acclaimed doc that examines the impact of the horrors of the notorious Willowbrook State Institution for the developmentally disabled

220 points 23 comments submitted 1 year ago by Linden2k to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjRIZFQcUY

Storm over Everest (2008)- Relives the rescue effort to save climbers who were stranded near the summit of Mount Everest during a ferocious storm on May 10, 1996.

203 points 52 comments submitted 1 year ago by chrissHxC to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5olbdXd10

Ricardo Lopez "Bjork Stalker" (1996) 18 hours of footage recorded by the stalker of the singer Bjork as he builds a mail bomb he sent to her and narrates his own downward spiral into complete insanity

NSFW 153 points 103 comments submitted 1 year ago by Anthinee to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz5lv1FPd9bEVP-BNwW5dhGB21Jc-ljat

ScienceGenius of Pythagoras (1996)

159 points 15 comments submitted 4 months ago by Wallblacksheep to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaYq9R8X4ew

CrimeThe Filmrise Youtube Channel has uploaded every episode of The FBI Files, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives, along with several more complete series. (1996)

194 points 29 comments submitted 1 year ago by The_Soft_Jewel to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmRiseTV/playlists

Sport(1996) When We Were Kings - Emmy award for best Feature Documentary winner about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

199 points 17 comments submitted 2 years ago by shamusisaninja to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGhNKT-M4Q

Last Feast of the Crocodile (1996) - On the strange relationship between hippos and crocodiles, where hippo is master and king. One of the most interesting and haunting nature docs you will ever see.

163 points 13 comments submitted 1 year ago by roger--wilco to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKuHAhl_2pc&feature=youtu.be

a 1996 short documentary about a group of 13 year old girls, outcast and called the "dirty girls"

110 points 25 comments submitted 3 years ago by designtraveler to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3MxEHQk644

Hype! - (1996) A documentary on the rise of Grunge in Seattle in the '80's and '90's

104 points 12 comments submitted 3 years ago by SHADOWJACK2112 to /r/Documentaries

http://youtu.be/87e1zMzZrX8

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