A Hundred Years Underground

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of today's Polynesians sailed vast distances using only the waves, the stars, and...

An amusing view of the machine that has taken the country by winter storm: the snowmobile, revving, raring, ready to go. What the motorboat was to...

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings...

This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all...

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...

An audio-visual essay, which reflects upon & compares metro systems around the world. It is an exploration of a world inside the world as well as...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

Tribute to the workers responsible for maintaining and repairing the tracks, stations, terminals, and tunnels of the metro.

An experimental film following a trip made by three friends in which the contrast between the agitated city of São Paulo, Brazil and the...

This film is a portrait of New York in the 1980s by famed photographer Steven Siegel, including footage of the subways, the parks, Times Square and...

A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland, Abegweit reveals some of the...

THE STRAIT GUYS follows Czech-born mining engineer, George, and his fast-talking protégé, Scott, along the proposed route of the...

Profiles the culture, lifestyles, and rituals within the New York City subways.

In the heart of New York City stands Grand Central Terminal. Explore the magnificent secrets of this iconic landmark as we take you inside the heart,...

A regular Wednesday night in Tokyo's subway. The train is filled with more and more people...

The battle for accessibility in New York City Transit told by those fighting it. Less than a quarter of stations in the city's sprawling subway...

A multibillion-pound investment is underway to make our railways bigger, better and faster. Over three years, we go behind the scenes with...