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24 results for “construction documentary”

MegaStructures

2004 ★ 7.5

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the Uni

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Building Giants

2018 ★ 7.7

This documentary series showcases how key technological innovations enable giant superstructures to be built. Footage filmed during construction along with CGI

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Operation Concrete

1958 ★ 5.4

Godard returned to Paris briefly before getting a job as a construction worker on a dam project in Switzerland. With the money from the job, he made a short fil

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Lady Liberty: Secrets of an Icon

2026 ★ 0.0

This iconic statue was a gift from France to the new-born American Republic and was the first crowd-funded monument of all time. A symbol of emancipation and fr

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Brooklyn Bridge

1981 ★ 7.5

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 ingenious solution

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River Silence

2019 ★ 0.0

Follows four women of the estimated 40,000 displaced people moved from the banks of the Xingu River in the Amazon Basin to make space for construction of one of

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Grand Designs

1999 ★ 7.1

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects. Grand Designs is a British television series that has

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The Queen of Versailles

2012 ★ 6.9

With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate

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The Legend of Cocaine Island

2018 ★ 6.2

Rodney is an American dreamer. His glass is not only half full, but it's half full of the finest wine you've ever tasted. But when the great recession wipes out

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Treehouse Masters

2013 ★ 6.8

People who know and work with Pete Nelson describe him as a tree whisperer. For his part, Nelson lets the trees do the talking. He's a world-renowned treehouse

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Chumlum

1963 ★ 6.1

Ron Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are integral to the experience of watching it. It is a record of a cadre of

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The Time Traveller

2026 ★ 0.0

Taking Beijing Subway's "Time Train" as the main narrative thread, and centering on subway enthusiasts, designers, constructors and operators, the story recount

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The Construction Site

2026 ★ 0.0

For a year and a half, the filmmaker documented the construction of a future residential facility for young autistic adults. At the same time, she spent time wi

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Zembla

1995 ★ 9.3

Zembla is a Dutch television documentary programme by VARA and NPS. The documentaries are based on in-depth research which can take months. The subjects are oft

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Engineering Catastrophes

2018 ★ 6.2

From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolution

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A City at Chandigarh

1966 ★ 6.3

Documentary on the construction of Chandigarh, the new capital of the Indian Punjab region, planned by Albert Mayer and Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Documentar

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Conterrâneos Velhos de Guerra

1990 ★ 6.3

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation the

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Skæve dage i Thy

1971 ★ 5.6

Documentary about the construction of Thy Lejren in 1970 - an alternative summer camp. Features concerts by bands such as Gasolin' and Gnags. Music Documentary

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Himalayan Road: A New Frontier

2025 ★ 7.0

Once free to farm in the most remote part of the Himalayas, today the people labor on the ambitious road to Zanskar, which will soon connect both sides of their

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Modern Marvels

1993 ★ 8.1

HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace

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Under Construction (Or The Place Where I Was Born No Longer Exists)

2000 ★ 7.3

Agüero is able to look at the scene in all it's complexity around architectonical brutality that Santiago de Chile underwent around the year 2000. Documentary d

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The Rehearsal

2022 ★ 8.0

With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life's biggest moments by

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How (not) to Build a School in Haiti

2022 ★ 0.0

Development, history, and colonialism collide when a seemingly simple aid project spirals out of control in Haiti. Headstrong American Tim Myers clashes with Ha

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The Cathedral

2022 ★ 7.5

For 60 years, with no help or architectural expertise, one man builds a gigantic cathedral using waste and recycled materials. He works mostly alone, without ev

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