Documentary
Historic construction footage, photos, and newsreels help illustrate Grand Coulee Dam's construction, engineering challenges, and regional impact including power and irrigation. Produced by the Bureau of Reclamation and shown at the dam's Visitor Center.
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The World's Most Useful Airport
Look at Life: Top People
Hulhumale’ Skatepark – The Build
Secrets of the Empire State Building
Suspension
Nový dům
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Nový průmysl
Dams: The Lethal Water Bombs
Jongens van de Bouw
Dobrý nástup
Proud 640
Safety on the Move: Track Haulage Safety
Oravská priehrada
Titanic's Achilles Heel
Manufactured Landscapes
Prvý vážsky stupeň
The Missing Piece
The Botanist
Hunting Bigfoot
SIMILAR MOVIES
The World's Most Useful Airport
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2019
The story behind the construction and operation of the first-ever airport on Saint Helena Island. St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most isolated islands in the world. Its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is well below that of the rest of the United Kingdom. The reduction in travel times from days to hours will hopefully create an economic boom on the island.Look at Life: Top People
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1960
An overview of high-rise construction activity in London. From the crane operators who build the new sky-scrapers to the tenants who live in the penthouses, this newsreel provides a colorful birds-eye view of London Town.Hulhumale’ Skatepark – The Build
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2017
Follow the story of how a skatepark was built in the Maldives and the volunteers who worked day and night for a month to make it happen. See how the project unfolded from initial idea to completion.Secrets of the Empire State Building
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2019
Suspension
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2019
In the depths of the Colombian jungle, the skeleton of an immense abandoned cement bridge is tucked away. It has turned into a delusional tourist attraction.Nový dům
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1950
Documentary film about new working methods in the construction industry. It introduces the viewer to new procedures and compares them with past times.maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
IMDB 5 | Jan , 2020
An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their own relationships to the spirit world and a place in between life and death.Nový průmysl
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1952
Dams: The Lethal Water Bombs
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2011
Documentary short about the disastrous dangers of aging, ailing dams.Jongens van de Bouw
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2019
Filmmaker Geertjan Lassche follows a construction project in the heart of Rotterdam, from the first foundation pile up until completion.Dobrý nástup
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1950
Document about the new organization and mechanization of construction in Czechoslovakia according to the Soviet model.Proud 640
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1950
A picture of the new step-by-step process of building construction called "flow 640", which ensures optimal continuity of the individual professional parts of building construction.Safety on the Move: Track Haulage Safety
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1982
Focuses on an open-pit mining operation. Shows huge haulage trucks, pointing out existing and potential hazards involved in their operation. Re-enacts common accidents, explains their causes and outlines the steps necessary to prevent their re-occurrence.Oravská priehrada
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1954
Titanic's Achilles Heel
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2007
An expedition looks into whether Titanic's hull had a construction design flaw that caused her to break apart. Featuring advanced CGI technology, archive documents and photographs, as well as footage from the modern-day History(R) expeditions, "Titanic's Achilles Heel" is a remarkable journey into the ongoing legacy of a ship that continues to capture the world's attention.Manufactured Landscapes
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2006
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.Prvý vážsky stupeň
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1953
The Missing Piece
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2024
They were 27 and 35 years old. They were both killed in the same spot, within the same month. The same botched work killed them. Eighteen people are called to provide an answer to a simple question: Why don't we do what we should? The answer might lie in the missing piece - the unknown story of the pothole, a trademark of Greek roads infrastructure.The Botanist
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2016
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.Hunting Bigfoot
IMDB 4 | Feb , 2022
Hunting Bigfoot (2021) A film that skillfully melds the worlds of narrative feature and documentary to capture this portrait of a broken man obsessively pursuing personal and professional redemption in a world where many of those close to him think he's crazy.