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23 Skidoo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520597

If 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 NFB524546

This 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 NFB523557

During 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 NFB523402

The 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 NFB526593

A 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 NFB525539

An 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 NFB525795

Acadians 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 NFB520240

When 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 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 Fifty Years - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526578

In 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 NFB521082

War 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 NFB523744

A 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 NFB524860

For 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 NFB520664

Filmed 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 NFB521619

This 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 NFB520871

An exploration of the fascinating life of the controversial Arctic anthropologist/explorer...

Artist in Montreal - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519896

This film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of a form of abstract art that developed...

Atlantic Crossroads - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521002

Newfoundland'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 NFB525508

An 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 NFB537768

Part 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 NFB543826

It 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 NFB524493

Illustrating Britain's preparations for air attack, scenes show destruction wrought by enemy...

Behind the Swastika: Nazi Atrocities - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523252

Nazi atrocities in concentration camps and prisons. Behind the huge swastika flags and the cheering...

Bethune - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525425

A 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 NFB520362

South Africa, one of the largest members of the Commonwealth, a country with full self-government...

Blackwood - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521554

Richly woven of fine threads that mingle and separate, surface and disappear, this poetic...

Break-through - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520662

Allied 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 NFB524662

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

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 12: V Was for Victory - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB533622

April-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 NFB528770

August 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 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 3: Year of Siege - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520435

September 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 NFB524832

October 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 NFB520053

July 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 NFB524725

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

Canada Between Two World Wars - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528248

A 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 NFB520184

A vignette on the travelling calliope.

Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528292

This 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 NFB526267

A 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 NFB524452

An animated story about the hardships of early farm life on the prairies.

Canada Vignettes: The Dentist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519941

A 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 NFB525004

This animated story shows that societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

Canada Vignettes: Trading Post - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523078

An 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 NFB521032

An animated film about the hardships of voyageurs' lives in the early Canadian fur trade.

Canada Vignettes: Wop May - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525155

A film on Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

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