Retro Report by The New York Times

"The truth now about the big stories then."

An excellent series from The New York Times, each Retro Report reexamines the assumptions about news stories from the past.

The Singer 911

Icon Bronco

Icon Bronco from William Bradford on Vimeo.

A couple of short documentaries showcasing Icon 4x4's latest project, a reinvention of the classic Ford Bronco.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Icon Bronco from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

Icon Derelicts

The Derelicts a short film by eGarage from eGarage on Vimeo.

Soda Pop

Life In A Day

Masdar City

Green done right: innovation, not taxation. The video below is from Human Planet, an exceptional BBC wildlife documentary strand.

Machine.

MACHINE from matt machine on Vimeo.

Roman & Williams

Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

Flotsam & Jetsam

Flotsam & Jetsam from Flotsam and Jetsam on Vimeo.

The Archive

Paul Mawhinney owns the largest private record collection in the world: 3 million records and 300,000 CDs totalling more than 6 million song titles dating back to the first flat record from 1881. Since his health has deteriorated, he's closed down his shop and has been trying to sell the collection and pass on the torch to someone else. However he's yet to find someone who “gives a damn“ or at least enough of a damn to pay $3,000,000 for it. (h/t music like dirt).

"Without firing a shot..."

This footage underscores pretty well just how foolish John Reid was when he described the prospect of Britain's deployment in Helmand. That we could come out of that place without a battle is not just unlikely, believing such an obvious fairy tale demonstrates a wilful ignorance. Not believing it, but asserting it anyway, demonstrates a much more serious problem.

The footage comes from At War, an upcoming documentary about the war in Afghanistan. Proper coverage of the fight for Afghanistan's future is slowly trickling out now, but it is long overdue.