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"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520213

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life--and death--in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were...

10 Days... 48 Hours - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520592

After a six-month strike, the trawlers are once again heading out from Bonavista, bound for fishing...

10-7 for Life - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520953

10-7 for Life is a funny, raw and occasionally violent chronicle of the last two weeks of Carol...

12,000 Men - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524770

This powerful documentary brings alive the brave story of Cape Breton's union struggles in the coal...

20 Years Later ... - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526736

Moroccan independence from France, and Arab nationalism encouraged by Israel's existence as a...

A Balancing Act - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524519

Through the first-hand accounts of working women and men, A Balancing Act offers an inside look at...

A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526785

A film for frank discussion of the causes and consequences of racial prejudice, particularly as it...

A Friend for Supper - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523557

During World War II, a teacher explains how children in Russia, China, and occupied Europe are...

A License to Remember: Je me souviens - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524400

Quebec license plates don't sport cutesy tourist slogans like "Canada's Ocean Playground" or "Land...

A Local Kid - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526849

This drama is based on a tragic event that took place in Kapuskasing, Ontario, in 1963. A strike...

A Nurse's Opinion - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520019

Nursing is a profession in crisis. Of the 250 000 nurses in Canada, more than 30 000 have left the...

A Time to Rise - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525573

On April 6, 1980, the Canadian Farmworkers Union came into existence. This film documents the...

A Union Free Seminar - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521066

Techniques for union-proofing the workplace are presented in a concise, straightforward manner by...

A Woman's Place (1972) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522554

Is it in the home, as some men would have it, or in the more competitive world outside? Almost all...

Acadia Acadia?!? - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523410

In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université...

Acid Rain: A North American Challenge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523588

All across eastern North America, trees are dying and soils are being poisoned by acid rain. This...

Action Stations - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521729

A Canadian corvette goes on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, sights a submarine and sinks it.

Action: The October Crisis of 1970 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528045

A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the...

After Mr. Sam - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522708

This seventh and final part of the Corporation series is a documentary record of a three-day...

After the Axe - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527914

Every year, 250 000 managers get fired in North America. After the Axe is a cinematic drama that...

After the Montreal Massacre - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525409

December 6, 1989. Sylvie Gagnon was attending her last day of classes at Ecole Polytechnique, an...

Airwomen - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525489

A Fighter Control Operator must know her radar screen as well as she knows her own face. Elaine...

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524860

For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united...

Alternate Route - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527331

Alternate Route features young women and men who are fighting back against the economic oppression...

An Untidy Package - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528358

The 1992 cod fishing moratorium threw nearly 35,000 Newfoundlanders out of work. It was the biggest...

Angkor, the Lost City - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524356

A pictorial essay on the ruins of the ancient city of Angkor. The greatest assembly of sculpture...

Anthony Mazzocchi Talks About Chemicals and the Workers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524731

"Every human being should have the right to make a product without having to put a piece of his...

As Friend and Foe - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526154

Through the use of stock footage and stills photographs, this film describes labour's early...

Asking Different Questions: Women and Science - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528140

In Canada and around the world a new scientific revolution is taking place, propelled by a new...

Assignment Northwest - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528714

Filmed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, this is a firsthand account of the life...

Attention: Women at Work! - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521973

In this documentary about women in non-traditional jobs, a hovercraft pilot, an architect and two...

Back to Jobs - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525508

An account of the return of Canadian veterans to civilian life, including those who, because of war...

Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524329

Luke Melchior jokes that at least he doesn't have to watch his cholesterol intake. Already, at 26...

Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520260

This documentary presents a moving and graphic portrait of the people of war-torn Beirut in their...

Beluga Days - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524387

From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a...

Black Sugar - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520299

A shocking look at the living and working conditions of Haitian agricultural labourers in the...

Blindness - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520706

The story of a man who lost his sight during the best years of his life. Filmed with the help of...

Boomer - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526247

For some of us, home and work are not in the same place. Well-paid as a boilermaker, Gary Honig...

Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB544247

Childhood seems more a nightmare than a playground: 180 million children work throughout the world...

Bravery in the Field - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523132

Tommy is a veteran of World War II. He rooms alone, waiting for his pension cheque to arrive...

British Empire and Commonwealth Games - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524662

Highlights of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In Vancouver, top-ranking athletes...

Bush Pilot - Into the Wild Blue Yonder - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526274

Who hasn't dreamed of flying? Head in the clouds, light-hearted giddiness, a surge of adrenaline...

Camera on Labour No. 4 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520954

New Health Service for Garment Workers: Jointly operated by management and union, the Fashion...

Canada at War, Part 10: Cinderella on the Left - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521605

June - December 1944. V-1 rockets, and later V-2s, rain death and destruction on Britain; their...

Canada at War, Part 11: Crisis on the Hill - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524643

September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory Canada faces an internal crisis: an acute...

Canada at War, Part 1: Dusk - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522689

1936 - March 1940. In Europe war clouds gather as Germany re-arms and Hitler propounds his "master...

Canada at War, Part 2: Blitzkrieg - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523929

April - November 1940. With devastating speed Germany takes Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Italy...

Canada at War, Part 6: Turn of the Tide - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524832

October 1942 - July 1943. The inherent strength of the Allies begins to be felt. Canadian munitions...

Canada at War, Part 8: New Directions - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524725

December 1943 - June 1944. Canada, war-seasoned, girds for the final assault. In London...

Canada Vignettes: Calliope - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520184

A vignette on the travelling calliope.

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