Where does scale lumber come from? Miles Hale learns about the craft of turning raw wood into model-building products at the Mt. Albert Scale Lumber factory.
Sooner or later, every layout-building project comes to an end. Three layout owners share their regrets and future plans as they dismantle their railroads, and we gain valuable insights from their experiences.
Ce documentaire rend compte de l’engouement suscité par les combats ultimes aussi appelés combats libres parce que les adversaires peuvent utiliser les techniques de plusieurs arts martiaux différents. Interdits il y a peu, les galas, opposant amateurs ou professionnels se…
SMILE ‘TIL IT HURTS: The Up With People Story is a feature documentary exploring the clean-cut, smile-drenched singing phenomenon Up With People. Since 1965, this peppy youth group has sung to 20 million people worldwide, performed at four Superbowl halftime shows, and been parodied on The Simpsons…
Two radical historians the significance of some recent historical events. This classic filmed conversation between two radical historians covers many issues: from the threat of nuclear war to the significance of the Solidarity movement in Poland, the independence struggle in Zimbabwe and the overthrow…
Discussion starters for schools on conflict These three films on one DVD are designed to start discussion about conflict. They focus on situations involving teenagers but they open up wide issues of conflict at all levels - personal, social and community, "structural", and international.…
CND demonstration in London in 1981, with 250,000 people taking part. This record of the large CND demonstration which took place on 24th October, 1981, was made by the ACTT Union for CND. It shows the 250,000 strong march, and includes interviews with many people from different walks of life, as…
Bound by a common conviction, the fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked in a story of courage and freedom. From the award-winning director of “Tibet: Beyond Fear”, Free China: The Courage to Believe, examines the widespread human rights…
This award winning documentary staring Patton Oswalt and Whoopi Goldberg, follows art-world phenomenon SHAG, whose paintings have drawn obsessive fans around the globe and collaborations with Disneyland, Paul Frank and Hot Wheels. His once-affordable artwork commands thousands of dollars -- if you can…
Easter Island Rises was the directorial debut of veteran documentarian Bill Benenson, shot in 1970 with the support of The International Monuments fund. The film focuses on the shipment of one these famous Moai statues to The United States, where it went on display at Seagram’s Plaza in New York…
The finest minerals in the world show up for Europe's oldest mineral show - The Munich Show in October.
How do young Chinese living in Québec feel about themselves, their community and their place here? What do they know about the history of Sino-Québec? These are some of the issues explored by this film, which follows two young Quebeckers of Chinese origins, Bethany Or and Parker Mah on…
