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,...
- 1981
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge7.21981HD
Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and...
- 1963
Verify Your Clock
Verify Your Clock7.21963HD
A creative political short animation calling for saving time and increasing efficiency in national economic construction.
- 2011
Skydancer
Skydancer02011HD
For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly...
- 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...
- 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid01989HD
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2013
Talking Architecture, City: Hall
Talking Architecture, City: Hall7.52013HD
A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative...
- 2013
If You Build It
If You Build It72013HD
A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 1985
Taiwan Canasta
Taiwan Canasta6.11985HD
A frustrated and unemployed architect experiences flashbacks of his youth and 1968 protests while the life passes by. Unable to adapt and to accept...
- 1998
Abegweit
Abegweit01998HD
A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland, Abegweit reveals some of the...
- 2001
Work in Progress
Work in Progress6.32001HD
An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.
- 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...
- 1950
The Gambler
The Gambler01950HD
This late 1940s/early 1950s rather graphic color film about carelessness and safety operating heavy machinery is presented by Caterpillar.
- 2009
Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations62009HD
A workman is oblivious to the danger he causes.
- 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...
- 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...