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 The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many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

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

In a futuristic, antiseptic food factory, workers select healthy chicks, while the rejects are carri...

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

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of indus...

An original portrayal of a small Czech village where – as the locals put it – an UFO has landed in t...