Short Documentary

Fried peanut candy, sugar-coated haws, and a lamb that won’t leave her side. Ziqi’s video is equal parts culinary artistry and real-life fairy tale. She broke the Guinness Book of … Read more

It’s less than a minute long, but somehow, it feels like the first great action movie ever made. And keep an eye out for the bicyclist—he never saw that ambush … Read more

Think bullet trains are cool? In 1902, Germany built a train that dangled above the city. This short film captures it in breathtaking clarity. The train looks like it’s floating, … Read more

From 70,000 lost Nikes to a Boeing jet engine, a snake-soaked sake bottle, and relics from Japan’s 2011 tsunami—John Anderson’s Beachcombing Museum in Forks, Washington turns ocean wreckage into a … Read more

The sixth man to walk on the moon wasn’t changed by what he found there—but by what he saw on the way home. While rotating in space, Edgar Mitchell experienced … Read more

This viral demonstration isn’t just a party trick. It shows how music is hardwired into all our brains: how music is hardwired into all our brains. Thanks to creative force … Read more

Bill Marsh has taught 5,000 kids to swim. This “underwater opera” is a beautiful little coming of life documentary. Check out the the kids’ faces when first underwater (at 5 … Read more

The electric eel’s 900 volt jolt can stop a human heart. It’s the equivalent shock of putting all of your fingers into an electric wall socket (at the same time). … Read more