Manufacturing Movies
- 2013
American Made Movie
American Made Movie6.22013HD
American Made Movie looks back on the glory days of U.S. manufacturing when there was a more balanced relationship between the goods produced and...
- 1909
Comment se fait le fromage de Hollande
Comment se fait le fromage de Hollande61909HD
Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.
- 1978
Court Case
Court Case01978HD
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.
- 2010
Back to the Brickworks
Back to the Brickworks02010HD
In the 1800s, brickmaking was one of the largest manufacturing industries in Australia. Hoffman's Brickworks in Brunswick, Victoria, was a leader of...
- 2018
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic02018HD
In 1907, Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was...
- 1951
Yellow Tobacco from Quebec
Yellow Tobacco from Quebec01951HD
History of yellow tobacco cultivation in the regions of Joliette, Berthier and Trois-Rivières. The documentary describes the care and work...
- 1926
Car Assembly, Calcutta
Car Assembly, Calcutta01926HD
Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.
- 1941
Tins for India
Tins for India51941HD
The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.
- 2016
Making the American Man
Making the American Man5.22016HD
A look at the makers of American made goods for men and the resurgence of clothing manufacturing in the United States.
- 1956
Aluminum on the March
Aluminum on the March81956HD
This short film presented by the Reynolds Metals Company details how aluminum is manufactured and illustrates the seemingly endless uses of this...
- 2002
Blue Vinyl
Blue Vinyl5.32002HD
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning...
- 2009
Elbert Hubbard: An American Original
Elbert Hubbard: An American Original52009HD
This public television documentary examines the passionate life and career of Elbert Hubbard, a businessman who in 1895 established a socially...
- 2013
Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry
Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry4.82013HD
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...
- 1951
American Harvest
American Harvest01951HD
Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on...
- 1965
Pioneer Axe
Pioneer Axe01965HD
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...