The Last Lions of India

I have had many requests for more nature documentaries...this documentary is for those that want to know the life of animals, rather than just watching them.




This documentary is about Asiatic lions, which are completely different from African lions in both appearance and behaviour but are thriving in India. Their refuge is the Gir forest in Gujarat, and in the last 100 years their numbers have grown from 20 to over 300.

These lions are now spreading out beyond the protection of the National Park, reclaiming lost territory and colonising new habitats. It's a rare conservation success story but one that brings new challenges to lions, naturalists and forestry staff.

Freeze Me

Imagine your body in an aluminum container filled with liquid nitrogen that will be kept in deep-freeze for hundreds of years. This documentary takes you through an entire cryopreservation process. Can it really offer people a second chance on life?

Cryogenics is an extremely controversial subject...what do you think?

The Universe Within

How do our muscles translate electrical and chemical energy into mechanical force? How does our immune system destroy microscopic invaders? How is the stomach protected from its own lethal hydrochloric acid?




Through the use of fiber optic cables and special cameras, this documentary travels inside the body to answer these questions and to reveal the details of our muscular, immune, digestive, and reproductive systems. Featuring 3-D computer animations and never-before-seen footage of microscopic events, this program follows functions such as the digestive process and the immune system's response to invading bacteria.

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In addition, interviews and footage showing four famous athletes in action demonstrate the links between internal functions and external physical performance and health.

The Gunpowder Plot - Exploding the Legend

This interesting documentary draws on input from respected historians to illustrate this facinating chapter of history.




Wiki has this to say about the Gunpowder Plot...

The Gunpowder Conspiracy of 1605, or the Powder Treason or Gunpowder Plot, as it was then known, was a failed assassination attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics against King James I of England and VI of Scotland.

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The plot intended to kill the king, his family and most of the Protestant aristocracy quite literally in a single blow, by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening on 5 November 1605. The conspirators had also planned to abduct the royal children (not present in Parliament) and lead a popular revolt in the Midlands.

Suggest a Documentary - April

May was a big month here at OD4U! Thanks to all those that answered the call to support their favourite online documentary place. A special thank you to those that donated...your contributions are much appreciated. Again...thank you all for your support!

Those that regularly visit our website will have noticed that some changes. We have a new catagory menu and have kicked off a Google Groups based discussion forum. As it will take some time for changes to OD4U to be 'tweeked' to perfection, we would like to thank you all in advance for your patience.

I would like to once again encourage people to contribute to the new forum. Whilst more than 20 people have already joined the forum, only 4 have contibuted posts. Remember that members can start new threads or become involved in existing ones. The forum is set up so that new members can post unmoderated once they have posted their first post. There have been some problems with this function, but we will get it ironed out in the near future.

Requests for documentaries were down this month compared to previous ones. In the near future we will just have a link to a form where you can send in your suggestions and requests...stay tuned.

The Seven Wonders of the World

Egypt, land of the pyramids, mighty monuments constructed in the early days of history. Monuments that endure to this day attracting visitors across the world. Many visitors come to Egypt to see one pyramid in particular, the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the most celebrated man-made constructions of all time.




Of the seven, only the Great Pyramid of Cheops survives, but history and archaeology are able to tell us the stories of all seven, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria.

For the first time in some 3,000 years, viewers see the Seven Wonders restored to their original glory.