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Robert Donnell is a man with an unusual occupation. He is the Carilloneur in the Dominion of Canada Peace Tower in Ottawa. Unseen to the visitors , he...

A fanciful story, done in paper cut-outs, of a boy's journey through the skies on the tail of a kite. He soars high above the earth, encountering bird...

Margaret Perry, now in her eighties, is the unsung heroine of the Nova Scotia film industry. For over a quarter of a century, she shot, directed, wrot...

This short documentary offers a reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and bu...

This short documentary demonstrates how to efficiently manage a woodlot in order to maximize yearly income. Joe Kelly, a farmer who sold his trees to...

This 1950 documentary examines the penalties of forest destruction: fire, flood, wasted resources and barren lands. The film describes measures to pre...

This short documentary looks at the Indigenous Gitxsan community in central British Columbia’s Skeena River through one of its members, Ben Risdale. W...

How a child's emotional development normally keeps pace with his physical growth; the behaviour he exhibits at certain ages. This introductory film te...

Documentary in classic NFB style about Canadian farmers who travel south to Texas every spring with their combine harvesters to harvest crops travelin...

Vignettes include "Man-Made Niagara", "Water on Dry Land", and "Under-Water Round-Up".

In this installment of the Eye Witness series of short documentary films, two stories, "Classroom on Rails" and "Disabled Civilians' Workshop", are to...

After a farm child becomes sick, a visit from the sanitary inspector points out various precautions for maintaining a clean water supply and preventin...

This film follows a young couple from the time they suspect pregnancy to their child's first birthday. The value of good prenatal habits and medical c...

In this installment of the Eye Witness series from 1947, we visit Chalk River, Canada's atomic energy project, for an update. We see the production an...

An overview of national radio in Canada in 1946, describing the networks and showing clips of programming in English and French, from Don Messer to a...

New Faces Come Back shows the part that plastic surgery played in giving disfigured servicemen a chance to resume normal lives. The story is told from...

A panorama of winter scenery and sports in the Laurentians.

A wartime tribute to the men who built Canada's merchant ships during World War II and those who sailed in them. Alternating scenes in Canadian shipya...

During this time of war, Canadian men are battling on the front. But the chain of command and information about what happens on the battlefield is oft...

A short animated film that explains the necessity of curtailing the consumption of civilian goods in wartime.