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 The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many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...

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Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

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

A study of the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the ...
Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the si...
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Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel p...

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

A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful rol...
A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

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

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