Manufacturing Movies

  • 2014
    747: The Jumbo Revolution

    747: The Jumbo Revolution

    747: The Jumbo Revolution

    7.32014HD

    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...

    747: The Jumbo Revolution
  • 2013
    Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry

    Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry

    Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry

    4.82013HD

    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...

    Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry
  • 2021
    DeLorean: Back from the Future

    DeLorean: Back from the Future

    DeLorean: Back from the Future

    02021HD

    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...

    DeLorean: Back from the Future
  • 1974
    Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

    01974HD

    The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose...

    Leeds United!
  • 1951
    Yellow Tobacco from Quebec

    Yellow Tobacco from Quebec

    Yellow Tobacco from Quebec

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    History of yellow tobacco cultivation in the regions of Joliette, Berthier and Trois-Rivières. The documentary describes the care and work...

    Yellow Tobacco from Quebec
  • 2002
    Blue Vinyl

    Blue Vinyl

    Blue Vinyl

    5.32002HD

    With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning...

    Blue Vinyl
  • 2018
    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

    All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

    02018HD

    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
  • 1941
    Tins for India

    Tins for India

    Tins for India

    51941HD

    The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.

    Tins for India
  • 1965
    Pioneer Axe

    Pioneer Axe

    Pioneer Axe

    01965HD

    A short film about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory...

    Pioneer Axe
  • 2016
    Making the American Man

    Making the American Man

    Making the American Man

    5.22016HD

    A look at the makers of American made goods for men and the resurgence of clothing manufacturing in the United States.

    Making the American Man
  • 1978
    Court Case

    Court Case

    Court Case

    01978HD

    An insider's look on the making of Penn's tennis balls, from their creation in a factory to the final stages of quality control.

    Court Case
  • 2009
    Elbert Hubbard: An American Original

    Elbert Hubbard: An American Original

    Elbert Hubbard: An American Original

    52009HD

    This public television documentary examines the passionate life and career of Elbert Hubbard, a businessman who in 1895 established a socially...

    Elbert Hubbard: An American Original
  • 1926
    Car Assembly, Calcutta

    Car Assembly, Calcutta

    Car Assembly, Calcutta

    01926HD

    Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

    Car Assembly, Calcutta
  • 1956
    Aluminum on the March

    Aluminum on the March

    Aluminum on the March

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    This short film presented by the Reynolds Metals Company details how aluminum is manufactured and illustrates the seemingly endless uses of this...

    Aluminum on the March