Films On Demand is the leading source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational, and life-skills content. Click on the links below to see examples of a few of the films available.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies.
Mark Ellison, the author of the new book Building, is a carpenter who knows his way around tools. But rather than a how-to book, this is about developing any kind of craft and skill, along with a few hard-earned lessons for living a good life.
“Project Impossible” explores epic engineering feats that were once considered unthinkable, but with new advances in technology have become possible. Each episode delves into the construction of man-made structures that are crucial to the planet's future.
Pakistan is struggling to recover from last year’s cataclysmic flooding that killed more than 1,700, prompting calls to make hard-hit communities more resilient as they rebuild.
Follow the construction of one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board. Its design is so radical that construction experts have turned to a building material never before used in skyscrapers.
Needle thin and sky high, the team behind New York’s latest and most ambitious residential skyscraper face a unique challenge: how to build the world’s tallest and thinnest tower on the construction equivalent of a postage stamp.
Filmed over the course of a year, each episode follows the rise of a single skyscraper during a crucial timeframe in their construction period. With unprecedented access to the build process, Super Skyscrapers goes behind the scenes of construction to show these iconic landmarks in the making.
This 6-part series gives learners the tools they need to succeed in the industry, teaching them about the industry and the core skills that the construction industry requires.
This series explores common scenarios in the construction industry where it pays to be numerate. Vocational learners looking to enter the workforce will find these helpful to refresh their understanding of basic mathematical processes and computational thinking.
From a blueprint’s basic elements to the distinct features of construction, electrical, manufacturing, and machining blueprints, this program gives viewers a detailed primer on types of blueprints and how they are read.
What is it like to be an architect? In this Career Q&A video interview, Lief Houser talks about his/her career path, what he does on the job, and the keys to success in the field.
What is it like to be a construction inspector? In this Career Q&A video interview, Rene Perez talks about his career path, what he does on the job, and the keys to success in the construction inspection field.
What is it like to be a cost estimator? In this Career Q&A video interview, Alison Francis talks about her career path, what she does on the job, and the keys to success estimating construction costs.
