Accuracy First
A training film stressing accuracy for Western Union's keyboard operators, who were mostly women.
A training film stressing accuracy for Western Union's keyboard operators, who were mostly women.
A training film stressing accuracy for Western Union's keyboard operators, who were mostly women.
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.
Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn teenager, decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
เรื่องราวของ เอไลซา ดูลิตเทิล หญิงสาวขายดอกไม้ข้างถนนผู้มีสำเนียงพูดแบบชนชั้นต่ำ แต่ได้รับการฝึกฝนจาก เฮนรี ฮิกกินส์ ศาสตราจารย์ทางด้านสัทศาสตร์ จนสามารถกลายเป็นกุลสตรีที่มีกิริยามารยาทและการพูดจาแบบชนชั้นสูงได้สำเร็จ
ครูผู้เปี่ยมด้วยความมุ่งมั่นและสร้างสรรค์ออกจากบ้านเกิดเล็กๆ ของเขาเพื่อไปสอนหนังสือในโรงเรียนที่ยากที่สุดแห่งหนึ่งของฮาร์เล็ม แต่เพื่อที่จะก้าวข้ามขีดจำกัดของนักเรียนกลุ่มนี้ รอน คลาร์กต้องใช้วิธีการที่ไม่ธรรมดา รวมถึงกฎห้องเรียนที่แหวกแนวของเขา เพื่อผลักดันนักเรียนให้บรรลุศักยภาพของตนเอง
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.