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Works explorer

Valley town

United States, 1940
film

The story of how machines made a “boom” town with factories running at top speed, stores crowded with shoppers, money flowing freely - and of how ..

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Men at work

Canada, 1953
Similarity: 77%

The Machine: master or slave

United States, 1941
Similarity: 74%

Machine story

United States, 1983
Similarity: 73%

Key to progress: machines in the service of men

United Kingdom, 1951
Similarity: 73%

A Touch of the terminals

Australia, 1978
Similarity: 72%

Mechanisation in small foundries

United States, 1950
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Change and employment

United Kingdom, 1961
Similarity: 71%

The City

United States, 1939
Similarity: 71%

Boomtown

United States, 1984
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A Matter of survival

Canada, 1969
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America on the edge of abundance

United Kingdom, 1966
Similarity: 71%

Boys in the age of machines

Australia, 1963
Similarity: 71%

Ideas at work

United Kingdom, 1950
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Railroad story

United States, 1951
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The Skilled worker

Canada, 1958
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Day after day

Canada, 1962
Similarity: 70%

The Man on the assembly line

Canada, 1958
Similarity: 70%

The Magic machines & other tricks

United States, 1969
Similarity: 70%
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