Groups of various national and ethnic origins arrived seeking their fortune; this documentary focuses on the Jewish presence in California during the Gold Rush. This feature traces the arrival of Jews in the "rough and tumble" West and follows how they settled and grew with the towns and establishing communities, which have grown to become more valuable than gold in a sense. The city which most '49ers arrived at on their way to seek gold was San Francisco, due to an earlier find of gold at Sutter's Mill, in Northern California.
In 1940, during the Blitz, with London and other urban centres in England under constant nightly bombardment. parents have to make a momentous decision to protect their children. While anti-aircraft guns fire at the raiders, families seek shelter in air-raid shelters, ever fearful of being bombed.
An opening narration explains that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and consumption. Following the principles of dialectical montage at both the level of detail and of overall structure, the film is divided into three major parts: "Food – As It Was" (prewar), "Food – As It Is" (during the war) and "Food – As It Might Be" (looking forward to the postwar era).
A few weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States Congress passed a complicated and controversial law purportedly designed to help with tracking future terrorist threats. Unconstitutional'''s purpose is to explain the USA PATRIOT Act to its viewers and expose its alleged failings. Primary among these is the way in which post-9/11 law enforcement detained Muslims and others with Arabic names for unspecified lengths of time without due process or criminal charges.
Filmmaker Kaleo La Belle sets out on a cycling trip through Oregon with his eccentric father, Cloud Rock La Belle. As he seeks answers about their failed father-son relationship, the film also asks whether the hippie ideal of freedom has failed.
Only When I Dance tells the story of two teenagers, Irlan and Isabela, who pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers as a way to escape the violent slums of Rio de Janeiro.
During the Second World War, by 1943, shortages in food and resources begin to affect all warring nations. In Nazi Germany, conditions harken back to the desperate years in the First World War and shortly after, when ordinary citizens were impoverished and forced to severely curtail their food intake. In Russia, families have to contend with the widespread destruction of their homes and farms.
In 1951, every major nation is involved in the development of jet aircraft. At international air shows, Great Britain demonstrates the revolutionary de Havilland Comet, the first jet airliner to fly and its nimble de Havilland Vampire jet fighter. The United States is introducing its swept wing Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bomber into service while the Soviet Union has unveiled a secretive jet design, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter interceptor.
