Movies and TvShows featuring "dam-construction" theme.

In the early 1900s, the Ughetto family from Ughettera, Northern Italy, faces difficult living conditions and dreams of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crosses the Alps and starts a new life in France, changing the fate of his beloved family forever. In present times, his grandson travels back in time to revisit their history.

Set in the 1910s, New Frontier follows the Three Mesquiteers as they pose as Indians to stop a crooked businessman from swindling settlers out of their land. Along the way, they encounter ambushes, horseback chases, and a dam construction project that plays a crucial role in their victory.

Farewell (1983) is a drama film that tells the story of a remote village in Russia that is scheduled to be flooded due to the construction of a hydroelectric power station. The film revolves around the struggles of the villagers as they face eviction and the destruction of their homes and way of life. It explores themes of tradition, resistance, and the impact of progress on rural communities.

This documentary explores the role of rivers in American life during the 1930s. It touches upon various aspects such as dam construction, poverty, land erosion, and the impact on different communities. Through a combination of propaganda and real-life footage, the film sheds light on the challenges faced by those living along the rivers and the efforts made to address them.

India: Matri Bhumi is a semi-documentary film that explores various aspects of India in 1959, including modern life, hydroelectric power, dam construction, deforestation, and more. The film takes a first-person narrative approach, showcasing the beauty of the Himalayas, the Ganges River, and the bustling city of Mumbai (Bombay). It also delves into the struggles faced by the people, such as a dysfunctional couple, workers involved in excavation, and the impact of dam construction on the environment. Through non-professional casts and depictions of daily life, the film provides an intimate and immersive experience.

In Tarzan Goes to India, Tarzan travels to India and gets involved in various adventures including a dam construction project and an encounter with a wild elephant. The movie showcases his strength, agility, and his ability to communicate with animals.

The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.

The heroine in L'Eau Vive is the unwilling heir to a fortune. Young Hortense (Pascale Audret) has always known that her family was greedy, but until she inherits her father's hidden millions she has no idea how loathsome her relatives could be. Surrounded on all sides by grubby, outstretched hands, Hortense takes some comfort in the fact that her legacy is still missing. When the money is finally recovered, our heroine does the "right thing" with her windfall, leaving her mercenary family empty-handed. Throughout the film, Hortense's dilemma is likened to a government dam project not far from her home; as the bridge grows in size, so too does Hortense's resolve to rise above the nastiness all around her.

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.

Summer Light follows the story of a bitter woman who plans a murder disguised as an accident. As events unfold, the murder is ruled as an accidental death, but the truth slowly comes to light. Set against the backdrop of the South of France, the film explores themes of love, jealousy, and isolation.

Nazim, a foreman working on a dam construction, falls in love with Aysel, the most beautiful girl of the local brothel. Too shy to identify himself, Nazim sends her love letters, signing as Orhan, one of his employees - and a man with not many scruples... When Aysel arrives on the construction site, the deception does not last long. It all ends in a happy marriage. Only, it's not the end yet.

A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.

The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan.

A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by American activists Robert Van Lierop, it details the relationship of the liberation to the wider regional and continental demands for self-determination against minority rule. It notes the complicit roles of foreign governments and companies in supporting Portugal against the African nationalists. Footage from the front lines of the struggle helps contextualize FRELIMO's African socialist ideology, specifically the role of the military in building the new nation, a commitment to education, demands for sexual equality, the introduction of medical aid into the countryside, and the role of culture in creating a single national identity.

The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and Benton is jailed. To fight back, Benton escapes jail at night to become the Phantom.

Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable dam as payment for a $50,000 debt. The ranchers hope to earn the money by getting their cattle to market on time, but head bad guy Cash Fenton (Kenneth MacDonald) and his flunkey Lobo (Dick Curtis) intend to prevent this.