All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic at Fmovies. In 1907, Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was the first wholly synthetic plastic and ushered in an explosion of new man-made materials that marked the beginnings of our modern industrial age.
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This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print....
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It's 1948 and hydro-electric power is transforming Scotland's Grampians.
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In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...
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MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his...
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A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful roller coaster ride that demands the viewer...
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Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to...
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This documentary film follows for 22 years a nine-member family involved in the manufacturing of Udon in the Goto Islands, Nagasaki prefecture. Mr....
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On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...
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Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel production, including the smelting process,...
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Surveys the role of chemistry in American life and the central role of the people, products, and plants of Monsanto.