Manufacturing Movies
- 2016
Tora-san of Goto
Tora-san of Goto7.92016HD
This documentary film follows for 22 years a nine-member family involved in the manufacturing of Udon in the Goto Islands, Nagasaki prefecture. Mr....
- 1944
Main Street Today
Main Street Today6.71944HD
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1941
Tins for India
Tins for India51941HD
The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.
- 2021
DeLorean: Back from the Future
DeLorean: Back from the Future02021HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2019
The Goal Is To Live
The Goal Is To Live102019HD
The Goal Is To Live is an infinitely-looping assemblage constructed out of repurposed content from the popular show How It’s Made, which...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 1926
Car Assembly, Calcutta
Car Assembly, Calcutta01926HD
Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.