Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glou...

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs ar...
A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of ...

Find out how the cars were crafted and discover the secret family stories behind the most famous mar...

In 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Co. closed its plant i...

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A study of the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the ...

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Facing deteriorating machines and the advance of new technologies, Argentine printing presses are cl...

In the blistering hot summer of 1984, a sadistic predator is terrorising rural Britain. This is the ...

A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful rol...

Documentary looking back at a Britain during the darkest days of WWII using stunning new archived fo...

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in In...
A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made fo...