Inventor Movies

In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realisation that the country...

A former research assistant Pasha is trying to invent defocusin at home. The substance that will render public persons' image to be out of focus in...

Parfenov's documentary is about a brilliant scientist and engineer, born in Russia, but only known on the other side of the ocean. The invention of...

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

Miss Devore plays Tommy, a young woman who runs a boarding house for her father, an inventor of eccentric devices, and the boarders are the usual...

This short film celebrates the hard work, tenacity, and ingenuity of inventors. Highlighted are some seemingly small inventions that have become part...

In a castle full of hedgehogs, an engineer is trying to satisfy her king, who wants her to create an unusual machine. After being thrown away for her...

The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft,...

For the past 40 years, Bruce Beach has been preparing for a nuclear disaster. A bunker of 42 school buses is buried on his property, designed to save...

Mr. Felix is an inventor. The visit of a millionaire to place an order disrupts Mr. Felix's cozy everyday life.

A modest Chinese scientist accidentally invents a machine that disintegrates. This invention will be used to save humanity from a global threat....

Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and...