Invention Movies

A scientist is murdered and his new invention is stolen and held for ransom.

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

In the absence of their parents, the Malinowski kids are robbed. Instead of going to the police though they decide to regain the stolen money...

Brian Owens was once a prominent professor of quantum mechanics until an accident stripped him of his credentials; he now teaches at a community...

An English spy (Tom Adams) guards a Scandinavian scientist (Karl Stepanek) who has sold an anti-gravity device to each side.

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...

Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is delivering newspapers by rockets. When he finds the...

Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If the experiment is successful its a brilliant new...

Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of...

1932 Documentary showcasing the Ford V8 engine.

Two Russian craftsmen, slightly warmed up by a game of chess, where instead of pieces there are glasses with "strong drink", invent a perpetual...

A chemist and his assistant make a groundbreaking discovery. They manage to make butter directly from pasture grass without having to deal with...

BBC Two takes us inside the world's biggest invention time capsule - the Science Museum vaults - and asks the nation to vote for Britain's Greatest...

Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? German forester Peter Wohlleben and scientist Suzanne Simard...

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.