Construction Movies

Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and...

A 36-minute overview of one of mankind's greatest achievements. In the early 1930s, America was in the depths of a tragic economic depression. Yet...

Chronicling the reconstruction of the World Trade Center and restoration of the New York City skyline, with a focus on the construction workers who...

Highlighting the canal’s quiet beauty and fascinating people, Part 2 travels from the Genesee Waterways to Spencerport, Brockport, Holley, and...

A parallel montage of the construction of a dam in Galicia and the architecture of a small Roman-style church.

All Denny wants to do is get by like everybody else, but there always seems to be something in the way.

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...

A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film...

Drawn again from footage shot in the Torrance Public Library parking lot, Introduction to Crack Sealing 3 remixes material from the first two films...

Alex is a shy, antisocial young man who finds a refuge from his daily routine at the subway. During his wanderings, he meets Sofia, a woman who seems...

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...

Treats drafting as a means of visual communication and a key to organized training and planning. Discusses the importance of drafting in various...

In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his...

A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her...

Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter, as well as Ed Hobleman and Walter Magnuson from the studio inventory group provide commentary on a never-before-seen...

Today we cut the granite with diamond-cut blade as is one of the most difficult rocks to cut due to its hardness.How could the egyptians, if it was...

This PSA-style film from the 1970s titled “Use Your Head” was presented by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario to eliminate...

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.