Industry Movies

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

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

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

Unconventional portrayal of mining in the Swedish Lapland ore fields, a powerful image and sound symphony that can be experienced both as a...

SCHICHT (SHIFT) is both a reckoning and a search for traces of the past. Layer by layer the film unfolds the portrait of the filmmaker's family -...

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

Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel production, including the smelting process,...

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...

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of...

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

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

Short documentary on the wool industry.

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...

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

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

The Singer sewing machine, international icon and a symbol of the Industrial Revolution, helped put the town of Clydebank on the map. Over the course...

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...

Introduction to the oil industry of India in the post-colonial period.