Best Engineering Documentaries That Everyone Should Watch
1. To Engineer is Human
Using graphic archive footage of the world's major civil disasters in To Engineer is Human, Horizon illustrates some of the great engineering failures of history and explains how there are a multitude of ways in which structures great and small may fail.
2. Engineering an Empire
Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of some of the greatest societies on this planet.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL64A2477E9C21A067&v=GavXBTWZP2g&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Engineering an Empire - The Maya - pt1 - YouTube</a>
Airbus 380
Nicknamed the Superjumbo, this passenger airliner is the largest in history. It's packed with cutting-edge technology but owes its very existence to the most unlikely breakthroughs - a Mongolian bow and a 19th century rocket.
Some more from this series include:
Burj Al Arab -
Oil Rig -
Taipei Tower -
4. Engineering the impossible - The Freedom Ship
If successfully built The Freedom Ship will be the largest ocean going vessel in history, it will become a luxury city afloat travelling the world. This video addresses whether Freedom Ship is possible and how it would be constructed.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aA0PWgoAf4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">- YouTube</a>
5. MegaFactories - Lamborghini
Lamborghini’s factory near Bologna, Italy, is building its fastest car ever: the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The USD$450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour. The factory builds the car almost entirely by hand including its engine and body. The car is also painted and assembled by hand, including installation of the famous Lamborghini scissor doors. Every car is custom-built to order and only 2.7 cars are completed per day.Lamborghini’s factory near Bologna, Italy, is building its fastest car ever: the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The USD$450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour. The factory builds the car almost entirely by hand including its engine and body. The car is also painted and assembled by hand, including installation of the famous Lamborghini scissor doors. Every car is custom-built to order and only 2.7 cars are completed per day.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyX6HjtNfWk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">- YouTube</a>
More to come!
Using graphic archive footage of the world's major civil disasters in To Engineer is Human, Horizon illustrates some of the great engineering failures of history and explains how there are a multitude of ways in which structures great and small may fail.
2. Engineering an Empire
Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of some of the greatest societies on this planet.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL64A2477E9C21A067&v=GavXBTWZP2g&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Engineering an Empire - The Maya - pt1 - YouTube</a>
Airbus 380
Nicknamed the Superjumbo, this passenger airliner is the largest in history. It's packed with cutting-edge technology but owes its very existence to the most unlikely breakthroughs - a Mongolian bow and a 19th century rocket.
Some more from this series include:
Burj Al Arab -
Oil Rig -
Taipei Tower -
4. Engineering the impossible - The Freedom Ship
If successfully built The Freedom Ship will be the largest ocean going vessel in history, it will become a luxury city afloat travelling the world. This video addresses whether Freedom Ship is possible and how it would be constructed.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aA0PWgoAf4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">- YouTube</a>
5. MegaFactories - Lamborghini
Lamborghini’s factory near Bologna, Italy, is building its fastest car ever: the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The USD$450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour. The factory builds the car almost entirely by hand including its engine and body. The car is also painted and assembled by hand, including installation of the famous Lamborghini scissor doors. Every car is custom-built to order and only 2.7 cars are completed per day.Lamborghini’s factory near Bologna, Italy, is building its fastest car ever: the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The USD$450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour. The factory builds the car almost entirely by hand including its engine and body. The car is also painted and assembled by hand, including installation of the famous Lamborghini scissor doors. Every car is custom-built to order and only 2.7 cars are completed per day.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyX6HjtNfWk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">- YouTube</a>
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