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 The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many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

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs ar...

BBC Two takes us inside the world's biggest invention time capsule - the Science Museum vaults - and...

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, a...
A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made fo...

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...
Introduction to the oil industry of India in the post-colonial period.

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in In...

Beautifully made and historically important pipe organs are being scrapped in their hundreds. Once a...

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

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

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

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

Having been granted special permission to film inside one of the most secretive countries in the wor...

Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.

This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any sp...

Shown as part of the BBC's Modern Times series. Think of England shows Parr talking to the many peop...

This short film from 1946 presents an outline of the fur trade's history and the commercial use of f...