Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "borax"

1. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Western stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.

Stars: Stanley Andrews, Robert Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Dale Robertson

Votes: 1,049

2. Land of Plenty (2004)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub

Votes: 4,120

3. A Merry War (1997)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter

Votes: 1,548 | Gross: $0.30M

4. Clash of the Wolves (1925)

Passed | 74 min | Adventure, Family, Romance

A fire in the mountains drive a wolf pack into a nearby desert where they will terrorize the local residents.

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Nanette, Charles Farrell, June Marlowe

Votes: 428 | Gross: $0.51M

5. Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home (2013 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of the Victorian home and unveils the hidden dangers that posed a deadly threat to Victorian life.

Director: Suzanne Phillips | Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Judith Flanders, Kate Williams, Andy Meharg

Votes: 215

6. The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Western

In this Western comedy, the King Soap Company is doing poorly, and the banker says that to receive a bank loan, they must have orders, so daughter Mabel heads west as a traveling saleswoman... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Joan Davis, Andy Devine, Adele Jergens, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 66

7. A Day in Death Valley (1944)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short

A tour of the arid, inhospitable region of the southern California desert known as Death Valley, originally named because of the many travelers in the 1840s who died of thirst, starvation and/or exposure trying to cross it.

Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Walter Scott, Albert Johnson

Votes: 61

8. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Big Team Rolls (1955)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

A young tenderfoot goes to Death Valley to work at his fiancée's borax mine. He is assigned to work as a swamper on the huge mule train that ships the product out of the desert to a train ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Judd Holdren, Lucille Barkley, Tom London, Ted Hecht

Votes: 34

9. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: Green Is the Color of Gold (1968)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Aaron brings his new bride Rosie to Death Valley where his place is isolated and rundown. Aaron continues a futile look for gold but as Rosie is about to leave him, he discovers another mineral to make them wealthy.

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Royal Dano, Lisa Gaye, Chubby Johnson, Bella Bruck

Votes: 34

10. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: The Trap (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Eileen are faced with the brutal truth. Meanwhile Dean and Cass work together in the hopes of getting a step ahead of Chuck.

Director: Robert Singer | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Alexander Calvert, Misha Collins

Votes: 3,962

11. Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! (2014– )
Episode: What Happens If You Mix All the Metals Together? (2021)

20 min | Documentary

After providing a primer on alloys Maxim demonstrates how to make a few. With a high temperature electric furnace and a little stirring he produces bronze, brass, stainless steel and ... See full summary »

Star: Maxim Bilovitskiy

12. Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! (2014– )
Episode: Metallic Glass - A Material We Are Not Ready For! (2020)

13 min | Documentary

Glass is an amorphous material devoid of crystallinity. It is pervasive in our society usually as car and building windows made of silica glass. Amorphous metal alloys, known as metallic ... See full summary »

Star: Maxim Bilovitskiy

13. NurdRage (2009– )
Episode: Make Wildfire (Trimethyl Borate) from Game of Thrones (2016)

4 min | Documentary

Nurdrage generates the green flame reminiscent of wildfire in Game of Thrones by burning borax dissolved in methanol. But the sodium in the borax adds yellow to the flame. So Nurdrage ... See full summary »

Star: NurdRage

14. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: Death Valley (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

The history of Death Valley's transformation from an inland sea to a towering mountain range then to a fresh water lake and finally the salt bed we see today it revealed.

Director: Kathryn Johnson | Stars: Corey Johnson, Tony Prave, Marli Miller, John Caskey

Votes: 23

15. Filthy Cities (2011)
Episode: Industrial New York (2011)

Documentary

In the 19th century New York City experience a flood immigrants which, coupled with parasites, disease and political corruption, created one of the most hazardous living environments in ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Robbins | Stars: Dan Snow, Roger Horowitz, Peter Mintun, Jim Pynn

Votes: 24

16. LookMold (2017– )
Episode: Black Mold - How to Kill Toxic Mold in Under 5 Mins! (2018)

4 min | Documentary

If you have toxic mold in you home you can kill it with a variety of common chemicals but bleach is not one of them. But killing the mold does not remove it's toxins so you need to consider a remediation specialist.

Star: Brad Fishbein