Construction Movies
- 2007
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Titanic's Achilles Heel102007HD
An expedition looks into whether Titanic's hull had a construction design flaw that caused her to break apart. Featuring advanced CGI technology,...
- 1944
The Old Texas Trail
The Old Texas Trail01944HD
In this western, set in Texas, the brave heroes Rod, Fuzzy, and their good-guy gang attempt to keep a band of ruthless outlaws who are trying to take...
- 2010
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre82010HD
Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects,...
- 2006
A Prairie Story
A Prairie Story02006HD
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her...
- 2021
Cutting Corners
Cutting Corners02021HD
With building collapses happening around the country, activists band together to confront the real estate developers and hold them accountable for...
- 1960
Druckgefäß Kahl
Druckgefäß Kahl81960HD
A short, impressionistic documentary about the extremely precise process behind the creation of an autoclave (a reaction container) for a nuclear...
- 2006
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 1)
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 1)72006HD
The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel in its time and remains so today. This documentary travels from Palmyra to the Genesee River, stopping along...
- 1963
Verify Your Clock
Verify Your Clock7.21963HD
A creative political short animation calling for saving time and increasing efficiency in national economic construction.
- 1940
The Riveter
The Riveter6.6711940HD
Donald is a riveter who has trouble with the riveting gun, heights, and the foreman, Pete. Pete chases him throughout the construction site, causing...
- 2018
Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall)
Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall)5.32018HD
When the beautiful Leonor arrives at the architecture studio Borla y Asociados looking for Nelson Jara, both Mario Borla and his partner Marta Hovart...
- 1960
Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter
Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter01960HD
A man named Walt who has recently completed building a fallout shelter in his home, a project initiated due to the threat of nuclear war during the...
- 1965
High Steel
High Steel71965HD
A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk...
- 2012
An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka62012HD
In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his...
- 1990
Standard
Standard4.81990HD
Does someone remember that project of López Rega’s which, in 1975, thought up the construction of a Great Homeland Altar where all...
- 2006
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 2)
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 2)72006HD
Highlighting the canal’s quiet beauty and fascinating people, Part 2 travels from the Genesee Waterways to Spencerport, Brockport, Holley, and...
- 1974
One Man's War
One Man's War6.81974HD
Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...
- 1959
Skyscraper
Skyscraper71959HD
Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...
- 1967
Monument to the Dream
Monument to the Dream7.61967HD
Documents the evolution of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch from concept drawings, to fabrication of its stainless steel sections, to...
- 2002
Blue Vinyl
Blue Vinyl5.32002HD
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning...
- 2022
Drives Me Crazy
Drives Me Crazy02022HD
All Denny wants to do is get by like everybody else, but there always seems to be something in the way.