Videos and other online resources
English
The Princess Bride
Inconceivable tales from the making of “The Princess Bride” – Cary Elwes – YouTube
True love: the Princess Bride phenomenon (2012) – Reiner, Elwes and Wright on the film – YouTube
Rare Andre the Giant 70s TV interview – YouTube
A Princess Bride reunion on Good Morning America from 2011 – YouTube
Science
Oceanography
Rolex presents: The Trieste's deepest dive (Extended) – YouTube
Under pressure: The making of “The Abyss” 1/2 – YouTube
“The Abyss” miniature effects – YouTube
The Titan Bathyscaphe - what really happened? – YouTube
Investigating the Titanic - Drain the Oceans – YouTube
How the World Largest Container Ships Survive Monster Waves Without Breaking – YouTube
Adventure Ocean Quest – YouTube
Deep Sea Creatures (National Geographic Documentary) – YouTube
Cetaceans - See Blue Whales Lunge For Dinner in Beautiful Drone Footage | National Geographic – YouTube
Cetaceans - Incredible Orca Hunt | Frozen Planet II | BBC Earth – YouTube
Cetaceans - Humpback Whales Breaching in Hawaii – Ryan Shirley – YouTube
Cetaceans - Bottlenose dolphins New Zealand - The Kayaking World of Nathan Pettigrew – YouTube
Cetaceans - Dolphins playing at Goat Island, New Zealand – Goatisland NZ – YouTube
Cetaceans - Serene Whale Pod Sleeping Together In Harmony | Chasing Ocean Giants – YouTube
Cetaceans - Whale jumps out of nowhere during sight seeing tour - Maasai Sightings – YouTube
Cetaceans - This Is Why All Whales Are Afraid of Orca - WATOP – YouTube
Cetaceans - Here’s why SeaWorld trainers DON’T swim with killer whales – Wild Vault – YouTube
Poetry audio reading - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - full text, audio, with images – YouTube
Machines and Engineering
Mighty Machines (TVO Kids) – YouTube
History
Ancient Egypt
Immortal Egypt: The definitive Ancient Egypt documentary (2020) – YouTube
The history of Ancient Egypt: One of the most magnificent civilizations in history – YouTube
What was normal life like in Ancient Egypt? | Life and death in the Valley of the Kings | Odyssey – YouTube
Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians – Terry Deary – YouTube
Usborne Books - Quicklinks - Ancient Egypt – YouTube
The Vikings
A tour of the Viking Age – full documentary – YouTube
Farmers to Raiders: the mysterious origins of the Vikings | Wings of a Dragon | Timeline – YouTube
What was life like for the average Viking? Weird History – YouTube
Viking Raids - what it was like to be on the front lines? – Weird History – YouTube
The ancient sagas of Iceland | The Viking Sagas | Timeline – YouTube
The gruesome world of Viking weaponry | The Vikings | Chronicle – YouTube
The entire history of Viking Britain // Medieval England Documentary – YouTube
Make a Viking sword and helmet – easy and simple project – Epic Fantasy – YouTube
Norse Mythology stories: the essentials - from Creation to Ragnarok – YouTube
Usborne Books - Quicklinks - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings – YouTube
Ancient Greece
The life of an ancient Spartan | The Spartans | Timeline – YouTube
How the fundamental differences of Sparta & Athens led to decades of war | Timeline – YouTube
All the mighty Gods of Olympus - Greek Mythology – The Olympians – YouTube
Salamis 480 BC: The Battle for Greece – YouTube
The Odyssey explained in 25 minutes | Best Greek Mythology Documentary – YouTube
The entire story of the Trojan War explained | Best Iliad Documentary – YouTube
Greek Gods explained in 12 minutes – YouTube
Usborne Books - Quicklinks - Greek Myths – YouTube
Ancient Rome
Mars, Romulus, & the founding of Rome (Roman Mythology Explained) – YouTube
What made the ancient Roman Empire so successful? | Metropolis | Timeline – YouTube
Twilight of Rome – The Eternal City at the peak of its glory. "HISTORY IN 3D" – ROME 320 AD – YouTube
Julius Caesar and the City of Rome – YouTube
Bars and nightlife in Ancient Rome – YouTube
The untold story of Emperor Vespasian | Vespasian | Odyssey – YouTube
What it was like to live in ancient Rome during its Golden Age? – YouTube
The Roman Pantheon of Gods | The Lost Gods | Odyssey – YouTube
Pirates
The entire wild history of western piracy – YouTube
The rise and fall of the Pirate Golden Age | Outlaws | Timeline – YouTube
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean (History Documentary) – YouTube
Blackbeard: the true story – YouTube
10 notorious female pirates who roamed history’s seas – YouTube
‘Treasure Hunt’ - a podcast reading of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson - YouTube
Usborne Books - Quicklinks - Pirates – YouTube
The Titanic
The forgotten heroes of the Titanic disaster | Saving the Titanic | Timeline – YouTube
Titanic: into the heart of the wreck | Channel 4 Documentary (2021) – YouTube
Titanic: the facts told by real survivors | British Pathé – YouTube
Into the Deep with Titanic explorer Dr Robert Ballard – YouTube
Usborne Books - Quicklinks - Titanic – YouTube
The History of Aviation
Temora Aviation Museum, Temora, NSW, Australia – VirtualTour
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, Maryland, USA – Virtual Tour
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Pensacola, Florida, USA – Virtual Tour
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California, USA – Virtual Tour
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, California, USA – Virtual Tour
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ promotion on the USS Midway – Feature
Airplane Academy: GA Aircraft Spotting Quiz – Online Quiz
US Department of Defense Aircraft Recognition Test – Test
Open Aviation - Airliner Identification Quiz – Test
Key AER Historic Aviation Quiz - Great War Aircraft Recognition – Quiz
Key AER Historic Aviation Quiz - The Monday Military Aviation Quiz – Quiz
STOL Competition - World Record Shortest Landing 9 Feet 5 Inches – YouTube
Geography
People & Places
Types of Human Settlements – YouTube
How the Physical Environment Influences Human Settlement | Grade 8 Geog Lesson 2 – YouTube
A local's guide to exploring Kakadu – YouTube
Kakadu National Park in 4K, landscapes, crocodiles, Australia Nature – YouTube
25 Greatest Natural Wonders of the World - Travel Video – YouTube
Survival
I Shouldn’t Be Alive – Documentary series – YouTube (multiple episodes available)
Alone: Meet the RELENTLESS Contestants of Season 9 (Part 1) – YouTube
Alone: Meet the RELENTLESS Contestants of Season 9 (Part 2) – YouTube
Alone: 10 Items to survive the brutal Canadian wilderness (Season 9) – YouTube
Bushcraft SURVIVAL shelter with fireplace – Complete build, ALONE Season 8 – YouTube
How to Survive – Documentary series – YouTube
Bethany Hamilton short documentary by – This Iz My Story – YouTube
Alexander Selkirk - the real Robinson Crusoe – YouTube
Beyond the Book Episode 8 (the real Robinson Crusoe) – YouTube
Winter House in Minecraft Survival: how to build a house in a snowy biome – YouTube
Shackleton's Captain – the famous Antarctic Expedition – Inspiring – YouTube
Shackleton's lost ship 'Endurance' discovered after 107 years – YouTube
Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found – YouTube
MINECRAFT: Build a Medieval Tavern – YouTube
Business & Economics
Money
‘Hidden Secrets of Money’ – Gold/Silver with Mike Maloney – YouTube
Work Education
Design & Technology
Food Technology
Cake Decorating
Making icing flowers: cherry blossoms – YouTube
Making icing flowers: water lilies – YouTube
Making icing flowers: gardenias – YouTube
Making icing flowers: hibiscus – YouTube
Making icing flowers: frangipanis – YouTube
Making icing flowers: poppies – YouTube
Making icing flowers: pansies – YouTube
Making icing flowers: daisies – YouTube
Making icing flowers: tulips – YouTube
Making icing flowers: roses – YouTube
Making icing flowers: violets – YouTube
Making icing flowers: leaves – YouTube
Visual Arts: Photographic & Digital Media
Essential film-making skills
Cinematography - Australian Centre for the Moving Image - ACMI
Exploring shot types - YouTube
Camera angles - YouTube
Camera movement - YouTube
Composition - YouTube
Leading lines - YouTube
Whip pan transitions - YouTube
Re-make your favourite film - Australian Centre for the Moving Image - ACMI
Visual effects tutorials
Visual effects - YouTube
Jump cut tutorial: the disappear - YouTube
Jump cut tutorial: the clothes change - YouTube
Jump cut tutorial: the location change - YouTube
Jump cut tutorial: the dissolve - YouTube
Keying tutorial: location change - YouTube
Layering tutorial: screen overlay - YouTube
Layering tutorial: creating twins - YouTube
Layering tutorial: the ghost effect - YouTube
Which colours key - YouTube
Editing
FilmIt - How to edit a film (includes all the elements below) - ACMI
Editing a rough cut - YouTube
Editing a fine cut - YouTube
Condensing time with quick cuts - YouTube
Condensing time with jump cuts - YouTube
Cutting on action - YouTube
Sound
Sound design - what is Foley? - YouTube
The story of Jack Foley - FilmSound
Creating the sights and sounds of E.T. - YouTube
The sound of Avatar - YouTube
The sound of Inside Out - Vimeo
Recording sound on location - YouTube
Room tone and ambience - Vimeo
Microphones: the proximity effect - Vimeo
Golden Ears challenge - Videomicrange
The art of visual music - ACMI
Storyboards
What is a storyboard? - YouTube
Storyboarder - WonderUnit
Storyboarder Review - YouTube
Toy Story (1995) Storyboard Final split-screen comparison - YouTube
Storyboarding for hacks (and me) - YouTube
Screenwriting
FilmIt - Screenwriting (includes all the elements below) - ACMI
Screenwriting software - Celtx - Celtx
Screenwriting software - Writer Duet - WriterDuet
Tips for writing scripts - YouTube
Up: Married Life - Script to Screen - YouTube
How to format a screenplay - YouTube
Writing the perfect villain - YouTube
Editing software
Introducing iMovie - YouTube
DaVinci Resolve - YouTube
Getting started in Final Cut Pro 10.3 - YouTube
Learn Premiere Pro in 20 Minutes - YouTube
Hardware tips
How to DIY three phone tripods - YouTube
Animation
The story of the moving image - animation discovery - ACMI
Make a stop motion animation - ACMI
Disney: the magic of animation - You Tube
Chicken Run 2 Movie Trailer JoBlo Animated Videos - You Tube
Chicken Run Opening Scene Movie Trailer (2000) by JoBlo Animated Videos - You Tube
Edward Scissorhands trailer - You Tube
Edward Scissorhands - Edward makes snow scene - You Tube
Edward Scissorhands - Kim remembers Edward scene - You Tube