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Abegweit(en)

A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland, Abegweit reveals some of the innovations that made this mammoth project one of the most impressive engineering feats in Canadian history.

Fall 2(en)

Bas Jan Ader rides his bike into a canal in Amsterdam.

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge(xx)

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

TGV Paris-Bordeaux, la ligne de tous les records(fr)

The Man Who Could Not See Far Enough(en)

A film that uses literary, structural, autobiographical, and performance metaphors to construct a series of tableaux that evoke the act of vision, the limits of perception, and the rapture of space.

A Bridge at the Edge of the World(tr)

Year 1969 - in Turkey. 60s youth were living the most excited days. There was a great effort to make a bridge in Istanbul, on the Bosphorus. Meanwhile, on the eastern border of Turkey, in a Kurdish city between the borders of Iran and Iraq that is left to its destiny, in Hakkari, Zap River was taking lives since there were no passage on it.

Les allumés du pont Jacques-Cartier(fr)

The story behind the technical prowess deployed to light up the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.

Walk on water(sv)

An often humorous documentary about the building of the Öresund bridge, connecting Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmö in Sweden. We meet the people who work on production of the bridge, as well as opponents to the idea of such a bridge.

Maillart's Bridges(de)

Famed Swiss architect and artist Robert Maillart was renowned for his concrete bridges; this documentary examines the elegant design of his engineering masterpieces, which, the film argues, embrace both functionality and aesthetics. Instead of following a traditional journalistic structure, director Heinz Emigholz's spellbinding film reads more like ethereal visual poetry, allowing the beauty of Maillart's work to speak for itself.

Opening of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge(xx)

Extraordinary pictures of an accident with a royal audience at Middlesbroughs magnificent Transporter Bridge.

Paris on the Seine(en)

A history of the bridges of Paris, through modern views and historical engravings.

Aces & Knaves(en)

Aces & Knaves is a documentary about mental gymnastics, competition, and cheating in bridge - the most complex game ever invented by the human mind.

Angel of Nanjing(zh)

The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges in China. It is also the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For the past 11 years Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge, looking to provide aid for those who've gone there to end their lives. Incredibly, he has saved over 300 people since he began - nearly one every two weeks.

Street Scene in unidentified European city(en)

An actuality film of traffic and pedestrian movement at the end of a bridge. In the distance on the other side of the bridge, the tops of some large buildings are visible, including a domed building. The location is unconfirmed.

Storstrøm Bridge(da)

A wordless ode to the Storstrom bridge.

Dans les coulisses du métro de Paris(fr)

Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1(en)

The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, both then and now. From its inception in the sixteen cancelled airborne operations during August, we will chart the problems, many of which were ignored by men desperate to get into battle, the compromises and mistakes that pitched lightly armed and ill equipped paratroopers and glider infantry into an unequal struggle against an SS panzer troops. We follow the eight mile route that 2 Para took to reach the bridge at Arnhem, slipping through the German defences.In Part 2, a separate film we look at their epic battle.

El puente(es)

The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.

River Divides, Work Connects(sl)

A bridge over River Sava is being built. The opening ceremony is a festive occasion.

Last Words: The Battle for Arnhem Bridge(en)

The Survivors of the WW2 Battle of Arnhem tell their stories of the brutal and exhausting conflict.