Sidd’s Backyard Bombardiers Original physics videos from the 1990s — built for 28.8 modems.
The codecs changed. The physics didn’t.

YouTube Highlights

Real Blooper Reel

Water Balloon Bust

One of the first home-video captures fast enough to freeze water mid-burst — the balloon still visible in liquid form.

Classic Impact Experiments

Fan Club (DVD/MPEG2) | Fan Club (MP4)
TV Meets Pointy Rock (AVI) | TV Meets Pointy Rock (MP4) | MPEG1
TV Is For Dumbbells (MP4, Bloopers)
TV Is For Dumbbells (MP4) | MPEG1 | Slow Motion (MP4) | Slow Motion (DVD/MPEG2)
Built Like a Brick (MP4) | MPG
Inkjet Crash (MP4) | DVD/MPEG2 | Slow Motion (MP4) | Slow Motion (DVD)
Sledge Hammer Wrestling (MP4) | MPEG
Printer & Newton (MP4) | AVI
The Electric Pickle Experiment
“My Ma Says This Blender Is Shot” (MP4) | MPEG
Bowling Ball Meets Monitor (MP4) | DVD/MPEG2 | Bowling for Monitors (MOV)
VHS & Gravity (MP4) | AVI
Old Amplifier Sounds Off (MP4) | DivX
Tape Deck That Knew How to Rock (MP4) | AVI
Building a Better Mousetrap (MP4) | DVD/MPEG2 | RealPlayer | Photo
Calibrating a China Diesel (MPEG4)
Lightbulb Meets Metal Ball (MP4) | AVI
Bulb Bug Banger (MP4) | MPEG
Out the Window with Windows (MP4) | MPEG
Blowtorch Gets Fired Up (MP4) | DVD/MPEG2
Millions of Colors Monitor (MP4) | AVI
Pyrotechnics Class (MP4) | Download
Tomato Tweek (MP4) | MPEG
Tomato Juicer (MP4) | DVD/MPEG2
Toilet Flushing (MP4)

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