Industry Movies

  • 1949
    Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham

    Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham

    Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham

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    An engineering feat: Second city civil engineers complete a new bridge to carry traffic over New Street's tangled railway intersections.

    Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham
  • 2012
    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

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    From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute...

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond
  • 2017
    Hollywood's Greatest Trick

    Hollywood's Greatest Trick

    Hollywood's Greatest Trick

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    The video is accompanied by a richly detailed article that adds more depth to the documentary. If there’s any question about why Hollywood is...

    Hollywood's Greatest Trick
  • 2001
    Sweet Jam

    Sweet Jam

    Sweet Jam

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    The doors of the jam produced by a company do not open. In order for them to be able to sell their jam, they reward the one who can open the jam. All...

    Sweet Jam
  • 1948
    Enterprise: A Documentary Film

    Enterprise: A Documentary Film

    Enterprise: A Documentary Film

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    Film sponsored by the Troy, New York–based manufacturer of Arrow shirts to explain its reasons for moving its business down south. The true...

    Enterprise: A Documentary Film
  • 2021
    Jobs for All!

    Jobs for All!

    Jobs for All!

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    A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful roller coaster ride that demands the viewer...

    Jobs for All!
  • 2009
    What happened - No one knows

    What happened - No one knows

    What happened - No one knows

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    An unlikely band of misfits has made their home on a roof between a feed mill and the municipal waste treatment plant. But life is good, away from...

    What happened - No one knows
  • 1946
    Fur Trade

    Fur Trade

    Fur Trade

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    This short film from 1946 presents an outline of the fur trade's history and the commercial use of fur in Canada. A thirst for fur by the kings and...

    Fur Trade
  • 2011
    END:CIV

    END:CIV

    END:CIV

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    The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic...

    END:CIV
  • 1954
    Decision for Chemistry

    Decision for Chemistry

    Decision for Chemistry

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    Surveys the role of chemistry in American life and the central role of the people, products, and plants of Monsanto.

    Decision for Chemistry
  • 2009
    With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

    With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

    With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

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    In 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Co. closed its plant in Martinsville, Virginia, after 83 years in...

    With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory
  • 2018
    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

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    In 1907, Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was...

    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic
  • 1977
    The Mallet

    The Mallet

    The Mallet

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    In a futuristic, antiseptic food factory, workers select healthy chicks, while the rejects are carried along a conveyor belt until they are crushed...

    The Mallet
  • 1970
    Sleep No More

    Sleep No More

    Sleep No More

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    The workers of an Indonesian factory that manufactures custom-made fake body parts have hidden dark and greedy sides, and the place’s elderly...

    Sleep No More
  • 1973
    Kainai

    Kainai

    Kainai

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    On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...

    Kainai
  • 1955
    High Tide in Newfoundland

    High Tide in Newfoundland

    High Tide in Newfoundland

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    High Tide in Newfoundland
  • 2015
    The High Cost of Cheap Gas

    The High Cost of Cheap Gas

    The High Cost of Cheap Gas

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    The environmental problems caused by fracking in America have been well publicized but what's less known are the gas industry's plans for expansion...

    The High Cost of Cheap Gas
  • 1934
    Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera

    Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera

    Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera

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    Birkenhead's sights, shopping opportunities and industries.

    Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera
  • 2024
    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

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    Britain feels under-funded and falling apart. On the eve of the election, as politicians debate the causes, economist Tim Harford looks at what the...

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy
  • 1999
    Lingerie: The Industry Exposed

    Lingerie: The Industry Exposed

    Lingerie: The Industry Exposed

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    Lingerie--a word that conjures up silk, seduction and sensuality, the items that can create a curve or a mood. Underwear is the first thing to touch...

    Lingerie: The Industry Exposed