Manufacturing Movies

Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans...

The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose...

With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning...

This short film presented by the Reynolds Metals Company details how aluminum is manufactured and illustrates the seemingly endless uses of this...

This short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer 'Lotus'. In the past 'Lotus' has been famous for producing championship...

The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.

In the 1800s, brickmaking was one of the largest manufacturing industries in Australia. Hoffman's Brickworks in Brunswick, Victoria, was a leader of...

This public television documentary examines the passionate life and career of Elbert Hubbard, a businessman who in 1895 established a socially...

An insider's look on the making of Penn's tennis balls, from their creation in a factory to the final stages of quality control.

A short film about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory...

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.

History of yellow tobacco cultivation in the regions of Joliette, Berthier and Trois-Rivières. The documentary describes the care and work...

John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A...