History
270 title(s) found.23 Skidoo - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520597If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is...
64,000,000 Years Ago - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524546This short animated film for children looks at the last of the great dinosaurs to stalk the central...
A Friend for Supper - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523557During World War II, a teacher explains how children in Russia, China, and occupied Europe are...
A House on the Prairie - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523402The promise of riches in a new land lured many settlers to the West, but it was a harsh climate...
A Song for Tibet - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526593A land of snow and mountains, of burgundy-clad monks and prayer wheels--this mythical image of...
A Story About Breadmaking in the Year 1255 A.D. - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525539An animated film showing the sowing, reaping, and milling of wheat, the baking of bread and service...
A Sun Like Nowhere Else - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525795Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their...
A Visit from Captain Cook - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520240When world-famous explorer James Cook took to the high seas in the 1700s he had ships' artists...
Action Stations - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521729A 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 NFB528045A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the...
After Fifty Years - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526578In the space of fifty years, a small trading post has grown into the metropolis of Canada's West...
Aftermath: The Remnants of War - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521082War has a dirty secret: it never really ends. Aftermath: The Remnants of War weaves archival images...
Age of the Buffalo - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523744A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds...
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524860For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united...
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520664Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this picture recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave...
Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521619This is the story of the Caribou Inuit family who were Canada's last nomads. With the voices of...
Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur Stefansson - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520871An exploration of the fascinating life of the controversial Arctic anthropologist/explorer...
Artist in Montreal - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB519896This film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of a form of abstract art that developed...
Atlantic Crossroads - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521002Newfoundland's role in World War II, her economic structure and post-war prospects are discussed as...
Back to Jobs - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525508An account of the return of Canadian veterans to civilian life, including those who, because of war...
Background to Federation - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB537768Part one of New Nation in the West Indies is an introduction to the Federation of the West...
Baghdad Twist [DO NOT USE] - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB543826It could be anywhere. A mid-1960s wedding reception captured on Super-8 film. Narrow ties. Bouffant...
Banshees Over Canada - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524493Illustrating Britain's preparations for air attack, scenes show destruction wrought by enemy...
Behind the Swastika: Nazi Atrocities - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523252Nazi atrocities in concentration camps and prisons. Behind the huge swastika flags and the cheering...
Bethune - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525425A film biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who served with the loyalists during...
Black and White in South Africa - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520362South Africa, one of the largest members of the Commonwealth, a country with full self-government...
Blackwood - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521554Richly woven of fine threads that mingle and separate, surface and disappear, this poetic...
Break-through - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520662Allied troops land on the Normandy coast and drive eastward to the gates of Germany. Opening scenes...
British Empire and Commonwealth Games - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524662Highlights of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In Vancouver, top-ranking athletes...
Camera on Labour No. 4 - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520954New 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 NFB521605June - 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 NFB524643September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory Canada faces an internal crisis: an acute...
Canada at War, Part 12: V Was for Victory - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB533622April-August 1945. Hitler had said: "Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing...
Canada at War, Part 13: The Clouded Dawn - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528770August 1945 - 1946. Japan surrenders. World War II is over, but the scars are deep. Canadian...
Canada at War, Part 1: Dusk - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB5226891936 - 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 NFB523929April - November 1940. With devastating speed Germany takes Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Italy...
Canada at War, Part 3: Year of Siege - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520435September 1940 - October 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic begins. German U-boats take their toll of...
Canada at War, Part 6: Turn of the Tide - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524832October 1942 - July 1943. The inherent strength of the Allies begins to be felt. Canadian munitions...
Canada at War, Part 7: Road to Ortona - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520053July 1943 - January l944. The objective at last--Fortress Europe. The Canadian 1st Division...
Canada at War, Part 8: New Directions - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524725December 1943 - June 1944. Canada, war-seasoned, girds for the final assault. In London...
Canada Between Two World Wars - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528248A vivid review of life in Canada between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II...
Canada Vignettes: Calliope - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520184A vignette on the travelling calliope.
Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528292This film describes the journey of nomadic Asian people to North America via a land bridge.
Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526267A young girl who loves to dance and is ready to marry chooses a log driver over his more...
Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524452An animated story about the hardships of early farm life on the prairies.
Canada Vignettes: The Dentist - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB519941A Japanese-Canadian who practices dentistry in Montréal recalls his childhood in a prison camp in...
Canada Vignettes: The Egg - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525004This animated story shows that societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523078An animated film about the Hudson's Bay trading post, and the relationship between fur traders and...
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521032An animated film about the hardships of voyageurs' lives in the early Canadian fur trade.
Canada Vignettes: Wop May - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525155A film on Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.