"The word 'revolution' to us Frenchmen is not a vague term. We know that Revolution is a rupture, that Revolution is an Absolute. There is no such thing as a moderate revolution, there is no such thing as a planned revolution—as one speaks of a planned economy. The revolution we are announcing will overturn the entire existing order or it will not take place at all. If we believe that the present system is capable of being reformed, that it can, in itself, check the fatal course of its evolution towards Dictatorship—the dictatorship of money, of race, of class, of the Nation—we will certainly refuse to run the risk of an explosion capable of destroying precious things that can only be rebuilt with much time, perseverance, selflessness, and love. But the present system will not change the course of its evolution for the good reason that it is no longer evolving; it is merely reorganizing itself with the view of lasting a little longer, of surviving. Far from professing to resolve its own contradictions, which are, in any case, impossible to resolve, it seems more and more inclined to impose them by force through strict regulation of individual effort that grows more rigid and more particular every day, carried out in the name of a sort of State Socialism, which is the democratic form of Dictatorship. Every day, in fact, brings us another proof that the purely ideological era has long since passed, in New York as well as in Moscow and London. We can see the Imperial English Democracy, the Plutocratic American Democracy and the Marxist Empire of Soviet Dominions walking, if not hand in hand—far from it!—at least pursuing the same goal, that is to say maintaining at all costs and even while appearing to oppose it, the system in which they have acquired wealth and power. For, in the end, Russia has profited no less from the capitalist system than America and England; it has played the role of the Member of Parliament who makes a fortune in Opposition. In short: regimes formerly opposed in ideology are now directly united by Technology. A world dominated by Technology is lost for Liberty."

"The word 'revolution' to us Frenchmen is not a vague term. We know that Revolution is a rupture, that Revolution is an Absolute. There is no such thing as a moderate revolution, there is no such thing as a planned revolution—as one speaks of a planned economy. The revolution we are announcing will overturn the entire existing order or it will not take place at all. If we believe that the present system is capable of being reformed, that it can, in itself, check the fatal course of its evolution towards Dictatorship—the dictatorship of money, of race, of class, of the Nation—we will certainly refuse to run the risk of an explosion capable of destroying precious things that can only be rebuilt with much time, perseverance, selflessness, and love. But the present system will not change the course of its evolution for the good reason that it is no longer evolving; it is merely reorganizing itself with the view of lasting a little longer, of surviving. Far from professing to resolve its own contradictions, which are, in any case, impossible to resolve, it seems more and more inclined to impose them by force through strict regulation of individual effort that grows more rigid and more particular every day, carried out in the name of a sort of State Socialism, which is the democratic form of Dictatorship. Every day, in fact, brings us another proof that the purely ideological era has long since passed, in New York as well as in Moscow and London. We can see the Imperial English Democracy, the Plutocratic American Democracy and the Marxist Empire of Soviet Dominions walking, if not hand in hand—far from it!—at least pursuing the same goal, that is to say maintaining at all costs and even while appearing to oppose it, the system in which they have acquired wealth and power. For, in the end, Russia has profited no less from the capitalist system than America and England; it has played the role of the Member of Parliament who makes a fortune in Opposition. In short: regimes formerly opposed in ideology are now directly united by Technology. A world dominated by Technology is lost for Liberty."

1932年，Robert Flaherty与英国纪录片导演格里尔逊共同拍摄的一部反映英国当时工业化发展状况的纪录片. 　　 　　英国是自十八世纪３０年代至十九世纪４０年代，在世界上第一个基本上完成工业化革命的国家。当时英国工业革命的动力主要是蒸汽机的发明和应用，是以蒸汽机为动力的机械化带动了英国的工业化。英国成功的原因是多方面的，而16—18世纪英国呢绒工业的发展，在调整产业结构、解决剩余劳动力问题、加速资本积累、推进工业化进程中发挥了重要作用。 　　第一、通过法令把圈地游离出来的劳动力导入羊毛加工工业。1576年法律规定：治安法官有权使用公款购买成批原料、羊毛、大麻等为穷人安排工作。法律还规定每个郡要办两个到三个工场，即感化院，收容有劳动能力的乞丐和流浪者。在羊毛产区还有另一救济方法，就是由呢绒商以低廉的工资雇用贫穷的劳工。不少贫民习艺所都办起了手工工场，也有不少手工工场办起了贫民习艺所。这些方法不仅吸收、安置了圈地产生的部分流浪者，缓解了流民问题，也促进了手工工场发展。正是这些“真正的工场手工业，为那些由于封建社会解体而被赶出土地的农村居民开辟了新的生产领域”。因此，呢绒工业的扩大再生产为从根本上解决流民问题，完成农业劳动力向工业部门转移，实现英国经济起飞打下基础。 　　第二，努力吸收外国技术人才，改进呢绒生产工艺，赶超欧洲先进水平。 　　在机器时代前，改进一个国家工业的基本因素不是资本，是有技术的劳动者。1271年，亨利三世宣布：“所有男女织工，不管是佛兰德尔人还是他国人，均可前来我国安全织布。”并对移居者赐于5年的免税待遇。伊丽莎白女王执政时期则利用尼德兰反西班牙专制统治的时机，大量接纳尼德兰工匠。她颁布法令，欢迎佛兰德尔工匠来英国定居，但每个工匠必须带两个英国籍学徒。据估计，当时大约有三万名佛兰德尔工匠逃往英国。他们把精湛的选毛、染色技艺带到英国，改进了当地的生产工艺。16世纪初期一度衰退的诺威奇接受移民4000人，并迅速复苏，成为“新织品”的生产中心。 　　第三，遵循重商主义原则，采取贸易保护主义。 　　首先，政府通过调节进出口商品种类，以保护呢绒为主的本国工业发展。1576年，英国政府颁布法令限制羊毛、大麻等本国原料或初级产品出口，禁止粗纹布、呢绒织品、亚麻布进口。18世纪输出羊毛被列入重罪之列。政府禁止输出羊毛、活羊，甚至不准在海滨五里地内剪羊毛。其次，排斥呢绒生产的国外竞争者，禁止英国属国生产毛织品。17世纪以来，爱尔兰工业发展较快，为防止来自爱尔兰的威胁，英政府设立出口税制度，使爱尔兰不能接近殖民地和外国市场。在该岛四周设立封锁，用2艘军舰和8只武装帆船组成小舰队进行巡逻。再次，支持贸易公司活动，发展英国海外贸易，支持海外探险、殖民活动和殖民战争，开辟海外贸易新市场。伊丽莎白女王对开辟西北航线的探险事业大力支持，并积极鼓励英商进入西班牙、葡萄牙所垄断的航路和殖民地从事贸易活动。在政府的大力支持下，16世纪英国开辟了与北美、俄罗斯、亚非、利凡特、东印度公司等地区的外贸新市场，17世纪时，在西半球建立了17个新的、分散的殖民区，为英国工业赢得更大的发展余地。呢绒加工业的发展，对英国的经济结构、阶级结构、社会生活产生了巨大的影响，并为本国工业化的启动打下良好的基础。 　　1763年，英国工业革命开始，随后工业经济的比例持续上升，农业经济的比重持续下降，越来越多的农民到城市生活，工业化和城市化发展迅速。与此同时，工业化国家的全体成年人逐步获得了选举权和被选举权，政治民主化逐步普及。在法律面前，人人平等。每个人都享有国家法律赋予的神圣权力，包括财产权和自由居住权等。发达国家完成了从农业社会向工业社会的转变过程。

历史上第一部互动电影（interactive movie），观众可以通过按手中的红绿按钮来投票选择后面的剧情。1967年蒙特利尔世博会上捷克馆的一大看点。影片同时也是贯穿着捷克电影新浪潮的主题。

Documenting Horn & Hardart's iconic Automat, one of America's original and most popular restaurant chins in NYC & Philadelphia.

一个想当电影制片人的电影制作人说服一个不情愿的电影导演，当两人都突然被一个神秘的团伙绑架时，他们给予指导。

帝国陸軍鉄道連隊の青年兵と老機関士の、蒸気機関車の運転の指導を通じた心の交流と機関士としての成長を描く。当時の「鉄道省」全面協力のもとに作られ、C58形蒸気機関車が第三の主役となり、操車風景が全編にわたって登場する鉄道ファン必見の1作。若き日の原節子の出演も貴重。 　　太平洋戦争開戦直前の千葉県・習志野。機関士歴35年の瀬木（丸山定夫）は、これまで若者の育成をする機会もなく、邦子（原節子）ら娘3人と細々と暮らしていた。そんな折、瀬木は青年兵士・佐川（藤田進）の機関士訓練指導を任される。

中国首部大型国际工业题材系列纪录片，《工业传奇》旨在揭示世界工业文明的精神和科技成果，为行业和受众深度解读世界工业发展的内核及原理；并在工业创新时代，整合先进工业成长经验，助推中国工业的转型升级。通过世界工业强国的发展故事，溯源人类工业发展长河，精心选择世界工业翘楚企业和机构，展现工业发展台前幕后的精彩故事，展开一幅气势磅礴的人类工业画卷。

“Continued explorations of automatism as a practical guide to negotiating the mysterious zone where light and no-light flutter in a fecund equipoise. A homemade rocket to realms unknown to any movie camera or photo lens. In the end, perhaps nothing more than a search for an experience of continuity, a kind of sanity. Failing sanity, a wild ride at least.”