Engineering & Megastructures Documentaries

How the biggest things ever built got built.

• Bridges, Tunnels & Towers
• Energy & Power
• Factories, Mines & Machines

Topics

• Bridges & Tunnels documentaries
• Skyscrapers & Towers documentaries
• Dams & Waterworks documentaries
• Power & Nuclear documentaries
• Mega Projects documentaries
• How It's Made documentaries
• Mining & Digging documentaries
• Building Sites documentaries

• Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? | Secrets Of The Castle (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Final Barrier to (Nearly) Infinite Energy (22 min, PBS Space Time)
• I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308 (49 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Largest Fire Truck Manufacturer | Mega Manufacturing (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Real Madrid's $1 Billion Super Stadium Upgrade | Megastructures (45 min, National Geographic)
• A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion (31 min, Real Engineering)
• The Gigantic Goldmine 14,000 Feet In The Air | Super Structures Episode 9 (52 min, Spark)
• The Making of an American Truck | Exceptional Engineering (50 min, Free Documentary)
• What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway? (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• Refueling a NUCLEAR REACTOR - Smarter Every Day 311 (106 min, Smarter Every Day)
• I Explored the World's First Nuclear Power Plant (and How It Works) - Smarter Every Day 306 (43 min, Smarter Every Day)
• What Really Happens When High-Speed Elevator Cables Snap? (48 min, Wonder)
• World's Tallest Tower: Burj Khalifa - Dubai's Vertical City (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Extremely Heavy Mining Truck | Mega Transports (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Huge Drilling Rig Transport | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Germany Hates Nuclear Power (20 min, Real Engineering)
• I Went Into a Nuclear Plant and It Changed How I Think About Radiation - Smarter Every Day 309 (42 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Exploring The Huge Nuclear Bunker Built Inside Of A Mountain | Super Structures Episode 8 (52 min, Spark)
• The Incredible Engineering Behind Japan's Floating Airport | Super Structures Episode 3 (52 min, Spark)
• The New Silk Road, Part 1: From China to Pakistan (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Castle Builders: Masters & Masons - How Medieval Castles Were Built (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About (13 min, Kurzgesagt)
• The Grid That Doubles the Strength of the Ground (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• So You Want to Build a Tunnel... (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• Sawing a Dam in Half (on Purpose) (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Bizarre Bases of Antenna Towers (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Firefighter Hoses, Helmets, Boots & More Are Made | How It's Made (35 min, Science Channel)
• The Chernobyl Shield Is Broken – Here’s What That Means (22 min, The B1M)
• Note by Note: The Making of a Steinway Piano | Musical Instrument (56 min, ENDEVR)
• Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams? (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• This Spillway Failed On Purpose (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers Work (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why are Smokestacks So Tall? (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• ROBOFORMING: The Future of Metalworking? (I Had NO IDEA This Was Possible) - Smarter Every Day 290 (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 1 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 271 (57 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The Abandoned Megastructure Saved by a Tech Giant (19 min, The B1M)
• Why Bhutan is Building the Anti-Dubai (14 min, The B1M)
• This is The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project (32 min, The B1M)
• This Skyscraper Was Days From Collapsing And No One Knew (34 min, Veritasium)
• Excavator Factory | Mega Manufacturing (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Hightech Plane Makers | Exceptional Engineering (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Largest Car Factory in the World | Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (44 min, National Geographic)
• Constructing The Scorpion Tower | Impossible Builds (55 min, PBS)
• Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• Things You've (Maybe) Never Heard Of | How It's Made (60 min, Science Channel)
• Crayons, Highlighters, & Other Writing Utensils | How It's Made (31 min, Science Channel)
• Toothbrushes, Tweezers, Toilet Paper, & Other Hygiene Products | How It's Made (61 min, Science Channel)
• Singapore's Vegas: Inside Singapore's Most Luxurious Casino Resort | Megastructures Episode 1 (52 min, Spark)
• The Science Behind Constructing The Worlds Longest Underwater Tunnel | Super Structures Episode 2 (52 min, Spark)
• Is The Line Really Dead? (31 min, The B1M)