Industry Movies

As a family of siblings and their spouses gathers at their father's deathbed, old jealousies and new angers and liaisons lead to an inevitable climax.

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still...

This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print....

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

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...

The video is accompanied by a richly detailed article that adds more depth to the documentary. If there’s any question about why Hollywood is...

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on...

This is a documentary that tells about the history of Ålvik as an industrial town. It is the story of the water on the mountain that was tamed...

A ten minute video exploring green careers in supply chain management produced by The Van Horne Institute featuring speakers and interviews.

This short film from 1946 presents an outline of the fur trade's history and the commercial use of fur in Canada. A thirst for fur by the kings and...

Progress in South Australia manifests itself around the Flinders Range country in the industries of Whyalla, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Leigh Creek...

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

Short documentary on the wool industry.

A Canadian union and workers in a GM plant mobilize to save it in what will become the fight of their lives.

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...