James Burke

25th anniversary of James Burke's landmark Connections program, in which Burke looks back and forward to the program's digital incarnation, the Knowledge Web

National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.

Raymond Burr and James Burke take a whimsical look at 200 years of inventions from the cotton gin to the computer. Included are commentaries, animation, song by and dance routines and on-location segments.

A documentary on the history on mankind's attempts to reach high speeds. Starting with the invention of the bicycle, going on to sports cars, cars with jet engines, rocket-powered cars, attempts to break the sound barrier, and rocket-engine airplanes. Each achievement is documented by title card indicating the speed reached in miles per hour.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Commemorating the 40th anniversary of NASA's 1969 moon landing, this documentary uses news coverage from the BBC archives to recount the excitement of the historic event. Led by science reporter James Burke and astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, the BBC team captures all the drama of the momentous occasion, from the exhilarating takeoff to Neil Armstrong's unforgettable first step.

This exploration of visual illusions, explained by James Burke in the context of its discovery by the Renaissance masters, and now used by Hollywood special effects wizards is certainly of the most valuable and entertaining educational videos ever produced. If you teach art or film, or if you are a student of any age, your education is incomplete unless you have seen this film. Works of Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli, Rapheal and others are used to illustrate the technical and artistic achievements of the Renaissance, but within a very contemporary context of how we see the world in reality or artificial illusion. This is about the discovery of how to make a two dimensional image appear in three dimensions through an understanding of light, shadow, color, and vanishing point perspective.

James Burke roams the Hotel del Coronado, using its services as a metaphor for the neuro-chemical activity of the human brain.

Raymond Burr and James Burke take a whimsical look at 200 years of inventions from the cotton gin to the computer. Included are commentaries, animation, song by and dance routines and on-location segments.

James Burke roams the Hotel del Coronado, using its services as a metaphor for the neuro-chemical activity of the human brain.