All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the...

An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his...

Jettingen Germany is home to Ludo Fact, one of the world's largest manufacturers of board and card games. This documentary shows how a board game...

A Canadian union and workers in a GM plant mobilize to save it in what will become the fight of their lives.

We examine the unique manufacturing ecosystem that has emerged, gaining access to the world’s leading hardware-prototyping culture whilst...

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still...

This French-Canadian co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at...

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

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...

At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first jumbo jet took off in 1969, it has been the...

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

Promotes television sets and the broadcast of New York's first regularly scheduled programs by providing a clinical look at the inner workings of...

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...

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...

A historical overview of Sisak, the city on three rivers, from the Roman era to the post-WWII industrialization.

John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A...

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