How It's Made (2001)

The manufacturing processes behind prescription eyeglass lenses, finished granite products, mass-produced potato chips and microscopic comp…

Bees and beekeepers produce and harvest honey, glass is drawn into extremely fine optical fibers, clay is molded and fired into bricks, and…

Personal watercraft are molded and mechanically assembled, grapes are fermented and aged into wine, particleboard is transformed into offic…

Insulated materials are cut and sewn into winter jackets, drawings are developed into animated sequences, mushrooms are cultivated under co…

Lettuce is grown without soil in a hydroponic system, logs are processed into construction lumber, discarded materials are sorted and prepa…

Rough diamonds are evaluated and precisely cut, lumber is shaped and joined into wooden doors, gelatin shells are filled to create paintbal…

Yarn is tufted and finished into carpet, municipal water is filtered and disinfected, lasers are used to reshape the eye during corrective…

Fiberglass layers are molded into boat hulls, metal cabinets and rotating drums become clothes dryers, gum base is mixed and flavored to ma…

Reinforced steel is fabricated into security safes, dental impressions are used to create fitted dentures, aircraft structures and systems…

Gelatin mixtures are molded into gummy candies, aluminum sheet is formed into beverage cans, fish are raised in controlled aquaculture faci…

Aluminum is pressed and finished into cookware, prosthetic limbs are designed and fitted to individual patients, roasted peanuts are ground…

Automobile bodies and mechanical components come together on an assembly line, steel wire is shaped into grocery carts, computer-assisted t…

Steel components are ground and polished into precision ball bearings, conductive metal is drawn and insulated to produce electrical wire,…